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The Center for Injury Research and Policy Announcements page provides information about recent awards, publications, studies and events as related to our Center.
Two staff from CIRP were honored with American Public Health Association (APHA) Injury Control and Emergency Health Services (ICEHS) awards at the annual conference in Denver, Colorado on November 1. [more...]
CIRP Director Gary A. Smith, MD, DrPH received the Distinguished Career award, which recognizes an individual for outstanding dedication and leadership in injury/violence prevention and control and emergency health services with contributions and achievements that have a significant and long term impact on the field.
Director of CIRP's Center for Pediatric Trauma Research, Huiyun Xiang, MD, MPH, PhD received the Excellence in Science award, which recognizes an individual, frequently at mid-career, for outstanding dedication and leadership in the science of injury/violence prevention and control and emergency health services with contributions and achievements that have a significant and long term impact on the field.
Congratulations, Dr. Smith and Dr. Xiang!
Thanks to a long-standing grant partnership between the Blue Jackets Foundation and the Nationwide Children's Hospital Foundation, CIRP administers a program that distributes approximately 5,500 bike helmets annually to children in central Ohio. Over the history of this partnership, CIRP has distributed approximately 36,120 helmets. [more...]
"We couldn't do it without the Blue Jackets. We have no other support for our program for bike helmets. So without the Blue Jackets supporting this program, we wouldn't be able to do the great work that we're able to do" said Nichole L. Hodges, an Injury Prevention Coordinator at CIRP.
Since 2008, the Blue Jackets Foundation has been the program's sole source of bike helmet funding which facilitates helmet distribution through the City of Columbus' Neighborhood Pride events, local police departments, child care centers, summer programs, camps and other bike safety-related nonprofit organizations.
"The way that Neighborhood Pride does this program is really the way that we like to see it done," said Hodges. "They're giving the kids the education, they're fitting the helmets to each child so they all have a helmet that fits correctly, and then they even have the bike course where the kids can try out the bikes. They learn how to stop at the stop signs, how to give the hand signals and so it's really like the complete package."
For the full article, visit the Blue Jackets website.
Each year, the National Safety Council honors safety professionals with the Green Cross for Safety award. The award is bestowed in three categories: Safety Excellence, Safety Innovation, and Safety Advocate. [more...]
This year, one of our own has been awarded the Green Cross for Safety award in the Safety Advocate category. Dr. Gary Smith, Director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital received the award last night (May 12) at the Green Cross dinner in Chicago. Other finalists included leaders from the vehicle safety and military industries. Dr. Smith, a tireless advocate for pediatric injury prevention, focuses much of his work on consumer product safety. During his more than 30-year career, he has worked with government agencies, policy makers, child advocacy organizations and industry to prevent child injuries associated with such products as shopping carts, ride-on mowers, food and toys, high-powered magnets, all-terrain vehicles, fireworks, baby walkers, trampolines, bicycles, furniture and televisions, smoke alarms, laundry detergent packets and liquid nicotine for electronic cigarettes. He created Prevent Child Injury and the Midwest Injury Prevention Alliance. He promotes coalitions through mentorship programs focused on the needs in low- and middle-income countries. Join us in congratulating Dr. Smith on being honored with this well-deserved award.
Jiabin Shen, PhD, postdoctoral fellow for the Patient-Centered Pediatric Research Program (PC-PReP) in the Center for Pediatric Trauma Research (CPTR) and the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, recently received the American Psychological Association (APA) Achievement Award for Early Career Professionals. Dr. Shen will receive the award during the 2016 APA Annual Convention in Denver, CO in August 2016. [more...]
Dr. Shen is a developmental psychologist and injury researcher at Nationwide Children's. He earned his PhD in Lifespan Developmental Psychology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in August 2015. During his doctoral education, Dr. Shen received extensive training in pediatric unintentional injury prevention research from a developmental psychology perspective, including dog-bite injury, drowning and pedestrian injury. His training involved technology-based interventions for injury prevention, such as computerized testimonials and virtual reality.
As a postdoctoral fellow with CIRP, Dr. Shen is working with Huiyun Xiang, MD, PhD, CPTR director, in developing evidence-based rehabilitation programs based on psycho-behavioral theories and virtual reality technology to improve the outcomes of pediatric patients with traumatic brain injuries. He utilizes knowledge and skills in developmental science and technology-based interventions to conduct pediatric injury research. His research interests include development and evaluation of virtual reality-based tools for pain management for pediatric burn injuries and rehabilitation outcome improvement for traumatic brain injuries.
Dr. Shen hopes his research will improve child health and reduce child injuries both domestically and globally.
Thanks to the collaboration between CIRP researchers, NCH's Dr. Howard Jacobs, and Healthy New Albany, kids can ride a little safer this summer in New Albany, a northeast suburb of Columbus. [more...]
Jacobs, who addressed City Council, said the law was intended to be educational and positive in its message. "In our city, we promote a healthy lifestyle, and while it is great to see so many kids on bicycles, way too many are riding without helmets."
Mayor Sloan Spalding shared a personal story during the March 15 meeting about a bicycle crash he had in 2011 while training for the Pelotonia philanthropic ride. He said he hit the ground head first and cracked his helmet in two. "Without that helmet, I'm not sure I would be here this evening."
Effective April 14, 2016, anyone under 18 riding a bicycle, scooter, skateboard, roller skates, or any low-horsepower motorized vehicle without a helmet will be given a warning by police on his or her first offense. Second offenders will be required to pay a $25 fine. A $50 fine will be fined for each subsequent offense.
The home safety mobile app (hyperlink: http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/make-safe-happen) developed by Dr. Lara McKenzie and her team at the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) was featured during the 2015 Children's Miracle Network Telethon on WBNS-10TV. [more...]
The telethon, which raises money for Nationwide Children's Hospital and other hospitals across the country, aired May 30 and May 31. The segment included an interview with Dr. McKenzie.
The Make Safe Happen app was also named a finalist in the prestigious Appy Awards, given annually by New York-based MediaPost Communications. The awards recognize the year's best apps in a variety of categories. Other finalists for 2015 in the family/parenting category were Let's Get Ready by Sesame Workshop for Sesame Street and ChoreMonster by ChoreMonster Inc. (the eventual winner).
Dr. Jingzhen "Ginger" Yang, a principal investigator at the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP), has been elected to the board of directors of the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR). [more...]
SAVIR is a professional organization that promotes research and the distribution of that research to prevent violence and injuries. Dr. Yang's term runs from 2015-2018.
Dr. Lara McKenzie, also a principal investigator at CIRP, recently completed a term on the SAVIR board.
Dr. Gary Smith, the founder and director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP), is the 2015 recipient of the Trainee Research Day Distinguished Biomedical Research Mentor of the Year Award. [more...]
The award is given annually by The Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center and recognizes mentors who "model a passion for biomedical research." Along with his role at CIRP, Dr. Smith is a Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology at The Ohio State University.
When Nationwide Children's employees Scott and Lara McKenzie, PhD, MA, learned they were expecting triplets in 2010, they were shocked but felt well prepared for the upcoming challenge of baby proofing their home. As a principal investigator in Nationwide Children's Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP), Lara has dedicated her career to investigating causes of childhood injuries in and around the home and advising parents on ways to reduce risks. [more...]
The Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) helped bring together more than 150 people from 23 countries for Child Road Safety in the Americas: A UN Global Safety Week Regional Congress on May 7 and 8. [more...]
The conference, held in San Jose, Costa Rica, included representatives from governments, non-governmental organizations, survivor groups, private sector organizations, medical and public health associations, development agencies and global organizations working to improve road safety.
Dr. Gary Smith, CIRP's founder and director, was a conference co-chair.
The telethon, which raises money for Nationwide Children's Hospital and other hospitals across the country, aired May 30 and May 31. The segment included an interview with Dr. McKenzie.
The Make Safe Happen app was also named a finalist in the prestigious Appy Awards, given annually by New York-based MediaPost Communications. The awards recognize the year's best apps in a variety of categories. Other finalists for 2015 in the family/parenting category were Let's Get Ready by Sesame Workshop for Sesame Street and ChoreMonster by ChoreMonster Inc. (the eventual winner).
Friday, July 13, 2012 Gary A. Smith, MD, DrPH, founder and director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy, was named a Health Care Hero by Columbus Business First. [more...]
He was awarded this prestigious title for having a positive impact in the field of injury prevention through his research and advocacy efforts.
The Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Ross County Kids Injury Prevention Coalition are inviting children between the ages of 5 and 12 to the Ross County Farm Safety Day Camp on Tuesday, July 31. [more...]
This free event will take place from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Hirsch Fruit Farm in Chillicothe, Ohio. Participating children will enjoy fun, interactive safety stations, and great door prizes. Parents, grandparents and siblings are welcome to join. Children attending the event will also have the opportunity to receive a free T-shirt, while supplies last; be sure to register today at http://tiny.cc/safetyday to make sure that your child receives one!
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 According to a new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy, over 16 million children younger than 18 years were treated in U.S. emergency departments (EDs) from 1990 through 2009 for hand-related injuries. This equates to an average of 818,688 injuries being treated every year, or a child being treated every 38 seconds. [more...]
The study found that across all age groups, pediatric hand injuries most commonly occurred at home and that the most frequently involved products or objects were doors/windows (21 percent) and knives/blades (16 percent). Children younger than 5 years were almost twice as likely to be injured in the home as older children and were more likely to be injured by doors and windows.
Friday, May 18, 2012 A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy, Tongji Medical College and Wuhan University, compared the patterns of medically attended injuries between children with and without disabilities and explored the residential environment risks in five counties of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. [more...]
Thursday, May 17, 2012 As part of the SPARK (Safe Play Areas for Ross County Kids) Program, the Center for Injury Research and Policy helped renovate Strawser Park located in Chillicothe, Ohio. [more...]
The new playground equipment now meets the 2008 revisions to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) standards for public playgrounds and is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, which ensures that even children who are differently abled can enjoy a safe play environment at Strawser Park.
Monday, April 16, 2012 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the release of the U.S. National Action Plan for Child Injury Prevention today to help guide a national effort for preventing unintentional childhood injuries. [more...]
The Center for Injury Research and Policy is proud to have contributed to the development of this plan and is looking forward to collaborating with researchers and child injury prevention experts across thenation to help reduce the impact of unintentional childhood injury in the U.S.
Print/download the National Action Plan for Child Injury Prevention
Thursday, April 12, 2012 - Young children all across the United States have already started stepping onto baseball diamonds to play one of the nation's favorite pastimes. Playing baseball is a great way for children to have fun and stay active. However, it is important to keep in mind that injuries can and do occur in this sport. In fact, every day during the youth baseball season, close to 850 children younger than 18 years of age are treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments for baseball-related injuries. An informational video recently released by CIRP shares guidelines and recommendations to help reduce the occurrences of these injuries. [more...]
View the Youth Baseball Safety Informational Video by CIRP
Monday, April 2, 2012 A new study by researchers at CIRP examined activity- and consumer product-related eye injuries treated in US hospital emergency departments among children younger than 18 years of age. [more...]
The study analyzed data from 1990 through 2009 and found that an average of 70, 310 injuries occurred each year during this period. The majority (69 percent) occurred at home and were caused by chemicals (17 percent) or sports and recreation (24 percent).
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Current knowledge about elder mistreatment is mainly derived from studies done in Western countries. As a result, very little is known about prevalence and risk factors for elder mistreatment elsewhere, including China. While people believe that elder mistreatment is not common in China because of strong family ties in that culture, a new study conducted by researcher at the Center for Injury Research and Policy has found elder mistreatment to be very common in rural China. [more...]
Factors including depression, being widowed / divorced / single / separated, having physical disability, having a labor-intensive job, depending on self-made income, and living alone were all associated with increased risk of elder mistreatment.
Monday, March 19, 2012 - Jake Pauls, CPE said, "The NBC Today Show piece marks a turning point in consumer knowledge of home stair safety, bringing consumer knowledge of key stairway safety problems ahead of the knowledge held by many professionals in the building codes field for example. [more...]
Today will, for some time, be an important day in the story about home stairway safety, and I express my great appreciation to Dr. Gary Smith and the people he worked with in recent weeks at NBC Television to make it happen."
Learn more about this study
Print/download residential stair building checklist
Monday, March 05, 2012 - Dr. Keith Yeates and his team of researchers examined reliable change in postconcussive symptoms and its functional consequences among eight- to 15-year-old children with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) as compared with children with orthopedic injuries. [more...]
Study results show that children with mild TBI were significantly more likely than those with orthopedic injuries to show reliable increases in both cognitive and somatic symptoms. These symptoms are associated with significant impairment in their daily lives, including decline in health-related quality of life and an increased likelihood of educational intervention.
Read the PubMed abstract.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - Dr. Gary A. Smith (@GaryASmithMD), founder and director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital (@NationwideKids) and President of the Child Injury Prevention Alliance (@CIPAinjury), will participate as an injury prevention expert in a Twitter chat about TV tip-overs. [more...]
Along with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (@OnSafety) and Kids in Danger Executive Director, Nancy Cowles (@KidsinDanger), Dr. Smith will engage in a conversation about television safety in the home on Thursday, February 16th at 7 p.m. ET. To participate or view the discussion, use the hashtag #TVSafety.
Friday, February 10, 2012 - CIRP affiliate faculty member and The Ohio State University Sexuality Studies Associate Professor, Dr. Amy Bonomi, will help participants of the Women's Summit on Dating in the Digital Age discover how their use of technology relates to their individual intimacy style. [more...]
The summit, being held at The Ohio State University on Friday, February 17, 2012 from 10 am to 3 pm, will help participants learn how the digital age affects their views and actions on dating and hooking up, how they can navigate through positive and difficult dating situations and how to better utilize technology to have healthy relationships.
Learn more about the event
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 - A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy found that an estimated 5,088 fall-related injuries among children and adults were treated in U.S. emergency departments each year from 1990 to 2006 as a result of falls from balconies, decks, patios, porches, terraces, or verandas. [more...]
According to the study published in the February 2011 issue of The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, most injuries were sustained by males (70 percent) and adults (63 percent), 94 percent occurred at home, and 48 percent of the injury events occurred during May through August.
While prohibiting children from playing on balconies and keeping balcony doors locked can help prevent these injuries, researchers also called for the establishment of stricter laws and building codes that would make climbing on balcony barriers more difficult for young children.
Read the PubMed Abstract
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - A new study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy and Children's Hospital Boston examined how concussions are being assessed among US high school athletes. The study found that only 40 percent of US high schools use computerized neurocognitive testing to assess sports-related concussions. Researchers, however, were optimistic since the use of computerized neurocognitive testing has increased from 26 percent in the 2008-2009 school year to 41 percent during the 2009-2010 academic year. [more...]
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - A new study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy examined trimming- and pruning-related injuries that were treated in U.S. emergency departments from 1990 through 2007. [more...]
Over the 18-year study period, researchers found a 64 percent increase in the annual number of injuries, which rose from 28,300 in 1990 to 46,300 in 2007. The fact that virtually all injuries (98 percent) occurred at home suggests that homeowners are not getting instruction about safe trimming practices and are unaware of the potential risks.
Monday, January 16, 2012 - Dr. William Marras, an affiliate faculty member at CIRP and Director of the Biodynamics Laboratory at The Ohio State University, spoke about the mine safety study commissioned by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health at the public meeting recently held in Pennsylvania. The study, subtitled "The Essential Components of Self Escape," is being conducted by the National Academy of Sciences to identify key components of self-escape that aide mineworkers during a disaster. [more...]
A committee has been formed to research and write the recommendations based on the study's findings. As the committee's chair, Dr. Marras stressed the importance of the committee's report and how closely it will be reviewed. His fellow committee members include an expert in fatigue management, a psychologist from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, experts in mine safety and training, and a former coal miner who currently works for the United Mine Workers of America.
Dr. Gary Smith, founder, director and principal investigator of the Center for Injury Research and Policy, was presented with the 2011 Chairman's Commendation Circle Award by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission for his significant contributions towards reducing deaths, preventing injuries, and improving consumer product safety. [more...]
Print/download the complete press release
Print/download the complete CPSC press release
Read coverage of the award in the Columbus Dispatch
Monday, December 12, 2011 - A recent study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy analyzed the trends in injuries and fatalities from road traffic crashes from 1951 to 2008 in China. They compared the frequency, severity, and patterns of crashes by provinces, types of road, and injured road users. [more...]
According to the study, over the past 5 decades, road traffic injuries in China increased substantially. From 1951 to 2008, the total number of road traffic crashes increased by 43-fold, nonfatal injuries increased by 50-fold, and fatalities increased by 85-fold. Considering the burgeoning public health problem r oad traffic injuries have become in China, researchers recommend developing and implementing programs that target efforts to prevent nonfatal injuries and fatalities caused by road traffic crashes in this emerging country.
Read the PubMed abstract
Thursday, December 08, 2011 - On December 6, 2011, Dr. Dawn Comstock, principal investigator at CIRP, was recognized at the Youth Sports Safety Alliance's summit for her contributions to education, research and legislation in the field of youth sports and injury surveillance. [more...]
As a result of her continued efforts, Dr. Comstock is considered one of the country's leading experts on the topic, and her studies have had wide-reaching impact and attention across the national landscape.
Monday, December 5, 2012 A new study by researchers at CIRP compared new versus recurrent sports-related concussions among high school athletes participating in nine sports from 2005 to 2010 in the U.S. Study results show that athletes sustaining recurrent concussions had longer symptom resolution times, were kept out of play longer and reported being unconscious more frequently than athletes sustaining new concussions. [more...]
Among the nine sports that were studied, those with the highest rates of recurrent concussions included football, girls' soccer, girls' basketball and wrestling; the rates of recurrent concussion were higher during competition than practice.
Read the PubMed abstract
Friday, December 2, 2012 A new collaborative study by researchers at CIRP and Tehran University of Medical Sciences examined firework-related injuries during the Last Wednesday Eve Festival in Tehran, Iran. The study focused on the association of socioeconomic status and educational level with the use of fireworks and the incidence of firework-related injury. [more...]
The study found a direct association between higher educational level of the head of the household and participation in firework-related activities by household members, expenditure on fireworks, and the amount of financial loss due to fireworks. Findings from the study will help inform future efforts to reduce the incidence and severity of firework-related injuries during the Last Wednesday Eve Festival.
Friday, December 02, 2011 - On Nov. 28, 2011, Professor Zengzhen Wang and Ms. Meirong Hu, invited by Dr. Huiyun Xiang, visited the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP). [more...]
Prof. Wang and Ms. Hu came from Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, in China. Prof. Wang was the Chinese collaborator in the NIH/Fogarty International Center program---USA-China Agricultural Injury Research Training Project, and Ms. Hu was the program manager. The project is a 5-year training program (from 2007 to 2011) that has provided injury research training to more than 130 researchers in China.
As part of their visit, Prof. Wang and Ms. Hu exchanged ideas with researchers at CIRP and The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's about program management and IRB working procedures. Their visit helped reinforce the bonds that have already been established through the International Program at CIRP.
Read the complete press release in Chinese
Read the complete press release in English
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - A new national study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital found that nearly a quarter (24 percent) of all cheerleading-related sprains and strains that were treated were recurrent injuries. [more...]
According to researchers, the greatest risk for strains and sprains is a history of past injury; therefore, injury prevention efforts should emphasize prevention of the first injury and address return-to-play decisions for both new and recurrent injuries.
Monday, November 14, 2011 - A new study by researchers at CIRP and Children's Hospital Boston found that a lack of standardized evidence-based guidelines has led to inconsistencies in who is diagnosing and managing concussions sustained by athletes at high school sporting events in the U.S. [more...]
Additional highlights of the research include:
While a majority of concussed athletes were examined by a medical professional, the type of professional varied -- from athletic trainer, to primary care doctor, to specialist, to a combination of these three.
Athletic trainers were just as effective as specialists in assessing and managing concussions.
It is important for primary care doctors to stay up-to-date on current concussion management guidelines as many high school athletes only see primary care doctors and not specialists.
Clinicians in the study ordered CT scans 6.5 times more often than MRIs, highlighting the need for additional education to help medical professionals recognize the benefits of using MRIs over CT scans in this scenario.
As opposed to CT scans, MRIs have no radiation and are more effective in detecting traumatic lesions.
Non-medical professionals are still making return-to-play decisions for some high school athletes. Researchers strongly recommend that only physicians or athletic trainers make this decision given the serious risks that go along with putting athletes back in play before their symptoms have resolved.
Print/download the complete press release
Print/download the return to play after concussions fact sheet
Read the PubMed abstract
Learn more about concussions or schedule an appointment at a concussion clinic
Monday, November 14, 2011 - Residents of Ross and Pickaway counties are invited to attend the Family Safety Day, a free event hosted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy's SPARK Project at the Pickaway Ross Career and Technology Center (895 Crouse Chapel Rd. in Chillicothe) on Saturday, November 19, 2011, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. [more...]
This fun-filled event is designed to educate families about injury prevention through hands-on learning opportunities and activities for kids.
Print/download the complete press release
Print/download the event flyer
Learn more about the SPARK Project
Monday, November 07, 2011 - Dr. Deanna L. Wilkinson, an affiliate faculty member at the Center for Injury Research and Policy, an associate professor at The Ohio State University, and founder of the Youth Violence Prevention Advisory Board, will serve as a panelist for a discussion on youth violence in Columbus following the local premiere of the award-winning documentary film The Interrupters. [more...]
The film, which tells the story of three former gang members who are actively trying to prevent violence in their hometown of Chicago, is scheduled to be shown at the Wexner Center for the Arts' Mershon Auditorium on The Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio, at 7:00pm on November 9, 2011. Other panelists participating in the post-screening discussion include Eddie Bocanegra and Ameena Matthews, violence interrupters from Chicago, and Zak Piper, co-producer of The Interrupters.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - On October 20, 2011, the Ohio Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) presented Sarah Krygowski, Project Coordinator at the Center for Injury Research and Policy with the 2011 Outstanding Health Educator award, for her achievements and efforts in injury prevention education. [more...]
The conference, held at Mohican State Park Lodge and Conference Center, was presented by Ohio SOPHE and the State Office of Rural Health at the Ohio Department of Health.
Sarah is currently the Project Coordinator for the Safe Play Areas for Ross County Kids (SPARK) Project, a study focusing on decreasing the risk of injury to kids while playing on playgrounds and on farms. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist, Child Passenger Safety Technician, and a Playground Safety Inspector. In addition, Sarah serves on the board of both the Ohio SOPHE and the Ohio State University College of Public Health Alumni Society.
Learn more about Ohio SOPHE
Monday, October 17, 2011 - On October 17, 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) presented Dr. Gary A. Smith, director and principal investigator of the Center for Injury Research and Policy with the 2011 Outstanding Achievement Award. [more...]
The award, sponsored by the Council on Community Pediatrics and the Section on Epidemiology, recognized Dr. Smith for his outstanding contributions toward advocating for children and child health in the community through the effective use of epidemiologic information.
Friday, October 07, 2011 - A new study, led by CIRP affiliate faculty member Amy Bonomi, analyzed live telephone conversations between domestic violence perpetrators and victims to find out how and why victims decide to refuse prosecution. [more...]
Qualitative data from 25 couples was collected from October 2008 to June 2011. In all cases, the male perpetrator in the relationship was being held in a detention facility in the U.S. for domestic violence charges. His telephone calls to the female victim during the pre-prosecution period were recorded in real time and then analyzed.
Study results show that the victim's decision to recant was influenced by the perpetrator's minimizations of the abuse, his appeals to her sympathy through descriptions of his suffering in jail and life without her. It was further found that once the victim arrived at her decision to recant, the couple constructed the recantation plan by: redefining the abuse event to protect the perpetrator, blaming the State for the couple's separation, and exchanging specific instructions on the next course of action.
With as many as 25 percent of women across the U.S. experiencing domestic violence in their lifetime, and 80 percent of the victims recanting once they have filed charges, finding out how and why they change their mind is an important piece of the victim tampering puzzle in domestic violence cases.
Read the PubMed abstract.
Friday, October 07, 2011 - Dr. Gary A. Smith, founder, director, and principal investigator of CIRP, received an honorable mention for the 2011 Physician Advocacy Merit Award presented by the Institute of Medicine as a Profession (IMAP). [more...]
The award gives national recognition to physicians for their commitments and accomplishments in the advocacy arena. Dr. Smith received this award in recognition of his active research and advocacy efforts in the field of injury prevention.
Learn more about IMAP and the award.
Saturday, October 01, 2011 - A new study by researchers at CIRP utilized data collected as part of the High School RIO™ project to examine athletic injuries among high school athletes that required surgery. [more...]
In the nine sports studied, there was an estimated average of 73,056 injuries requiring surgery each year. Boys' football and boys' wrestling had the highest rates of injury requiring surgery followed by girls' soccer and girls' basketball. The knee was the most commonly injured body site followed by the head/face/mouth and shoulder.
Researchers recommend implementing sports-specific, evidence-based preventive interventions to help reduce the rates of these injuries.
Read the PubMed Abstract
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - Dr. Gary A. Smith, director and principal investigator of the Center for Injury Research and Policy, was recently elected President by his peers on the Board of Directors of the Midwest Injury Prevention. [more...]
Dr. Smith's tenure will begin immediately and span through December 31, 2012. In his role as President, Dr. Smith will be responsible for coordinating and facilitating various MIPA meetings, correspondence and activities, as well as functioning as the designated spokesperson for MIPA.
Learn more about MIPA
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - On September 21, 2011, the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics launched the Put a Lid on It! Bike Helmet Safety Awareness campaign by holding the first "Wear Your Bike Helmet to Work or School Day" in the state of Ohio. Both the event and the campaign were designed to increase bicycle helmet use in Ohio by increasing awareness and encouraging both adults and children to wear their helmets every time they ride a bicycle. [more...]
Employees from the Center for Injury Research and Policy took part by not only wearing their helmets to work on September 21st but also by producing a video to show how employees throughout Nationwide Children's proudly supported the Put a Lid on It! campaign by participating in "Wear Your Bike Helmet to Work or School Day."
Print/download the Ohio AAP's complete press release
View the Wear Your Helmet to Work Day 2011 at Nationwide Children's video.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - Dr. Gary A. Smith, director and principal investigator of the Center for Injury Research and Policy, is featured in Amy Showalter's book The Under Dog: How Ordinary People Change the Minds of the Powerful Edge and Live to Tell About It. [more...]
In the section titled "One Vivid Example vs. Six Years of Statistics," Dr. Smith shares his experiences as a resident, a doctor and a researcher. Through his anecdotes, he demonstrates the importance of Translational Research and illustrates the impact that it can have on the community and the decisions of "powerful" policy makers.
Friday, July 22, 2011 - On July 22, 2011, Ohio's Fire Marshal, Larry Flowers, announced the creation of the Division of State Fire Marshal's Smoke Alarm Advisory Task Force. Dr. Gary A. Smith, the Director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy, was named one of the key members of this new task force. [more...]
The Smoke Alarm Advisory Task Force was created to address the fact that 90% of the home fires in Ohio that have fatalities or injuries occur in homes without working smoke alarms. The task force will examine relevant research and current recommendations regarding the use and placement of photoelectric and ionization smoke alarms in residential properties and develop guidelines for best practices to reduce the number of fire-related injuries and deaths in our state.
"The members of the task force were specifically selected for their experience in analyzing and evaluating technical information," said State Fire Marshal Flowers. "Their interest in the issue of home, fire and public safety, along with their high integrity and widely accepted credibility, will provide us with a recommendation of smoke alarm protection for Ohio's homes."
View news article on task force formation
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - Researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, and The Ohio State University's College of Medicine and Public Health are currently conducting the 2011-2012 Middle School RIO™ Study, an internet-based surveillance study of injuries sustained by middle school aged football players. [more...]
By participating in this project, you can help researchers learn more about the ways middle school football players are injured so that researchers can study how to better protect them. Every participant will be compensated for their participation.
This research project uses RIO™ (Reporting Information Online), an internet-based surveillance system, to collect data from a national sample of middle school and Pop Warner football participants to identify rates, patterns of injury, risk, and protective factors for sports injuries at the middle school level. The surveillance system being used in this study was modeled after the successful National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance System and High School RIO™, systems that consistently produce high quality data on sports-related injuries, exposures, and risk factors among collegiate and high school athletes.
If you and your school/team would like to participate in the 2011-2012 Middle School RIO™ Study or if you simply want additional information about this important project, please click on the link below.
View media coverage of RIO™ research
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - The GroundWork group recently named their 2011 nonprofit creativity award winners. These honors go to Ohio nonprofits who have utilized information technology creatively in any of eleven different categories: strategic planning, marketing, constituent management, communications, fundraising, service delivery, reporting, day-to-day operations, training and education, technology maturity, and the social enterprise innovative program. [more...]
Dr. Comstock's innovative use of RIO™, the internet-based data collection tool created for her by Research Information Services (RIS) of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's, for sports injury surveillance research was nominated in three categories. High School RIO™ won the award for the Reporting category (the nonprofit that meets reporting requirements and conducts organizational, financial and management, outcome measurement and board reporting with advance tools). Additionally, High School RIO™ was a semifinalist in the Training & Education (the nonprofit that has enacted a technology training and education plan for staff that includes documentation of skills and matches skills to job requirements) and Technology Maturity (the nonprofit that demonstrates overall technology maturity when looking at all of the business functions together) categories.
Over the past 6 years Dr. Comstock has utilized RIO™ in four different large national surveillance studies. To date, these research projects have resulted in 41 peer-review manuscripts.
This success is the direct result of the early support provided by RIS. Under Mary France's guidance, Jason Morrison, wrote the code for this unique internet-based surveillance tool. Additionally, RIS provided hosting and support services for the first several years of the High School RIO™ project.
Learn more about RIO™
Learn more about the GroundWork group
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - Starting June 28, 2011, all cribs that are manufactured and sold (including resale) in the United States must comply with the Consumer Product and Safety Commission's new federal standards. In addition to requiring rigorous testing and improving the quality of the crib parts and hardware, the new rules also prohibit the manufacture or sale of the traditional drop-side rail cribs. The new safety standards apply to manufacturers, retail stores, Internet retailers, resale shops, auction sites and consumers. [more...]
The new standards also apply to cribs currently being used in places of public accommodation such as child care centers and hotels. These facilities have until December 28, 2012, to make the shift to cribs that are compliant with the new federal safety standards. The details of the new standards and answers to frequently asked questions are available on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's website.
Print/download the details of the new safety standards
Print/download the frequently asked questions about the new safety standards
With these new standards taking effect, the Center for Injury Research and Policy has created a two-part Crib Safety Informational Video to help parents and caregivers select the right crib and create a safe sleeping environment for their little ones.
View the Crib Safety Videos
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - On May 31 2011, Dr. Amy Bonomi, affiliated faculty member of the Center for Injury Research and Policy and associate professor of human development and family science at The Ohio State University, received the College of Education and Human Ecology Award of Distinction for 2011 from The Ohio State University. [more...]
Dr. Bonomi was selected for this award for her distinguished and prolific scholarship. Not only has she written 57 peer-reviewed articles but she makes it a priority to share the findings from her research by educating other investigators, teachers, policy makers, advocates and the public in general.
Dr. Bonomi's research focuses on the long-term consequences of teen dating violence and the intimacy dynamics within couples that keep violent relationships intact.
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Saturday, May 14, 2011 - A new study published in Spine by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy investigated the prevalence of back pain among farmers in the Heilongjiang Province of the People's Republic of China and examined the associations between potential risk factors and back pain among these farmers. [more...]
The study included data collected in 2008 from 2,045 farmers ages 15 years and older, and analyzed the prevalence of self-reported back pain during the previous three months. Results from the study showed that 38 percent of farmers reported back pain, and two out of three of these farmers indicated that the pain affected the quantity and quality of their work. Female farmers, farmers who experienced stress regularly and older farmers were more likely to report back pain.
Researchers recommend further research to investigate back pain among China's agricultural workforce and address this important public health issue.
Read the PubMed abstract.
Monday, May 02, 2011 - A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy examined bowling-related injuries from 1990 to 2008. During the 19-year study period, an estimated 375,468 injuries were treated in U.S. emergency departments for an average of approximately 19,800 injuries each year. Most common diagnoses were sprains/strains and soft tissue injuries while the most commonly injured body parts were fingers, the trunk and the ankle/foot/toe region. Falling, slipping and tripping were the most common mechanisms of injury. [more...]
To prevent bowling-related injuries:
Warm-up prior to bowling to prevent muscle strains
When getting your bowling ball from the ball return, put your hands on the side of the ball instead of the front or back so your fingers don't get smashed by an approaching ball.
Wear bowling shoes with soles that are slick enough to allow sliding across the lane
Wipe the lanes clean to clear any moisture that could cause shoes to stick
Wear wrist/arm/finger supports if needed
Make sure that children use bowling balls that are the appropriate size and weight for them
Children should bowl using a ball that is approximately 10 percent of their own body weight
Children who are avid bowlers should be fitted for a new ball every 6 months to ensure that the fit of the ball is adjusted to reflect their growth
Monday, April 18, 2011 - Kate Pollard, a second year medical student at the Ohio State University, received an award for her exceptional poster presentation during the 10th Annual Ohio State University Medical Center Trainee Research Day on April 7, 2011. [more...]
The poster, which received accolades from The Ohio State University Medical Center's faculty judges, was based on Pollard's research on volleyball-related injuries that she conducted as part of the Medical Student Injury Training Program at the Center for Injury Research and Policy. The research resulted in a paper co-authored with center director Dr. Gary A. Smith and will be published in a future issue of Clinical Pediatrics.
Learn more about the 10th Annual Ohio State University Medical Center Trainee Research Day
Saturday, April 16, 2011 - Each year in the U.S., over 64,000 student-athletes participate in high school field hockey, and these athletes are at risk of severe eye injury from contact with the stick and/or ball. While protective eyewear for field hockey players is readily available, its use has not been mandatory. However, after considering data from Dr. Dawn Comstock's High School RIO™ surveillance system, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) announced a new national safety policy on April 15, 2011. [more...]
Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, all high school students participating in field hockey in the U.S. will be required to use protective eyewear. This is a great example of how research can be translated into real world action to prevent injury.
Learn more about the NFHS protective eyewear mandate
Learn more about High School RIO™
View media coverage of RIO research
Friday, April 08, 2011 - Dr. Dawn Comstock received an award for Extraordinary Service to the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) Board of Directors during her tenure on the board from 2007 to 2010. She was also recognized for her efforts in establishing the SAVIR student abstract award. [more...]
The award for Extraordinary Service was presented to Dr. Comstock at the 2011 Joint Annual Meeting of the Safe States Alliance, SAVIR, and the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control in Iowa City, IA, on April 8, 2011.
Learn more about SAVIR
Monday, March 07, 2011 - Researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy examined dislocation/separation injuries among U.S. high school athletes participating in football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, baseball and softball. Even though dislocation/separation injuries only make up 4% of all injuries, they can be extremely severe. Study results show that in 32% of cases, athletes did not return to play within 3 weeks of injury, and in 12% of cases, injuries were severe enough to require surgery. [more...]
Researchers urge coaches to learn and be able to recognize the symptoms of a dislocation/separation so that they can give athletes the appropriate treatment and reduce the risk of recurring injuries. Researchers also recommend educating athletes and referees to minimize illegal/dangerous player-to-player contact since contact with another player was the most common mechanism of injury.
In 18% of cases, the injuries were recurring, and recurrent injuries were most often sustained when playing volleyball, basketball and baseball. The most commonly injured body sites were the shoulder (55%), wrist/hand (17%) and knee (16%). Sport-specific training and conditioning to strengthen these high-risk body regions is one way to physically prepare the athletes and help prevent these injuries.
Read the PubMed abstract
View media coverage of RIOTM research
Thursday, February 03, 2011 - In January 2011, Krista Wheeler, a Research Associate with Dr. Huiyun Xiang's Research Team at the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP), was presented with the 2010 Outstanding Technical Staff Award by The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital. [more...]
Krista was recognized for her commitment to advancing outstanding research, for her integrity and for her support of visiting international scholars at CIRP. In addition to managing projects for Dr. Xiang's team and supporting the international visiting scholars program, Krista was a co-author of 5 peer-reviewed papers which were published or accepted for publication in 2010. She also played an integral role in coordinating and submitting the just-in-time grant materials for a recently awarded RO1 research project while the principal investigator, Dr. Huiyun Xiang, was out of the country, running a research training workshop in the People's Republic of China.
Krista's fellow team members, CIRP's staff and visiting international scholars all value her hard work, integrity and dedication. "Krista is a valuable member of my research team. In the past 4 years, she has played a crucial rule in the success of my research projects. It is a pleasure working with her," praised Dr. Huiyun Xiang.
Thursday, February 03, 2011 - In January 2011, Dr. Huiyun Xiang received two awards from The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital. In recognition of his achievements as both a Principal Investigator and the Director of the International Program at the Center for Injury Research and Policy, Dr. Xiang was awarded both the 2010 Outstanding Principal Investigator and the 2010 Outstanding Mentor awards. [more...]
In 2010, while working on 2 federally-funded projects and 5 grants, Dr. Xiang was awarded an R01 project by the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety. He was also selected to participate as a national expert in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthy People 2020 Initiative's Disability and Health Workgroup. Dr. Xiang and his co-authors had 15 peer-reviewed publications and gave 7 presentations at national and international conferences this year.
Dr. Xiang also served as a member of the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety's extramural grant Scientific Review Group, the Nationwide Children's Hospital Intramural Grant Review Committee, the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research's scientific conference committee, the Injury Prevention's editorial board, and served as the deputy section editor of BMC Public Health. As a mentor, Dr. Xiang worked with Fogarty Scholar Awardees and hosted international scholars and students. He had five mentee publications and the USA-China Agricultural Injury Research Training Workshop trained 25 researchers in Xi'an, China in 2010. "We are thrilled that Dr. Xiang was recognized as an Outstanding PI and an Outstanding Mentor. We are incredibly proud of his achievements and want to congratulate him on receiving these honors," said Dr. Gary A. Smith, Director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy.
Tuesday, February 01, 2011 - A new study published by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy examined injury patterns by body mass index (BMI) among a nationally representative sample of U.S. high school athletes across several sports. Data from the study show that over one-third of all injured high school athletes were overweight or obese and that injury patterns among all athletes differed based on their body mass indices. [more...]
According to the study, which analyzed data from the RIO™ study obtained during the 2005-2008 school years, 13,881 total injuries among high school athletes were reported. The most commonly injured body regions were the ankle/foot (23%), knee (15%), and the head/face/neck (15%). Across all sports, obese athletes sustained a higher proportion of knee injuries compared to athletes of normal weight. The most common injury diagnoses were incomplete ligament sprains (28.2%) and incomplete muscle strains (14.0%). Fractures, which accounted for almost 10% of injuries, were mostly sustained by underweight athletes, and half of all injuries were sustained following contact with another person.
Study results show that football, wrestling and girls' soccer were the sports with the highest rate of injury, and injured athletes involved in football, wrestling, boys' basketball and baseball were more likely to be overweight or obese than athletes injured in other sports. Researchers recommend that coaches and certified athletic trainers emphasize the importance of healthy eating habits and screen all underweight athletes, particularly females, to determine whether any disordered eating habits may exist. They should also focus on preventing knee and ankle injuries among obese athletes by improving their balance, flexibility, and strength. In addition, since contact with another player was the most common mechanism of injury, coaches and certified athletic trainers must be sure that their athletes are physically capable of withstanding the usual physical contact without an excess risk of injury before they are allowed to compete.
Read the PubMed abstract.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - On January 20, 2011, the Center for Injury Research and Policy's staff members Dr. Dawn Comstock, Dr. Lara McKenzie, Tracy Mehan and Kristi Roberts presented a webinar as part of a 2011 webinar series organized by the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) entitled "Talking to The New York Times: Why you should share your research with the media and how to get the media interested." [more...]
During the presentation, CIRP staff members discussed the significance of engaging with major media outlets such as The New York Times, CNN, ESPN and The Today Show, to share public health messages and to help advance the field of scientific research. Using examples from their own research, they also provided directions and recommendations for researchers on how to take their research from the published article to the media.
View, print, or download the pdf format of the presentation
Friday, January 07, 2011 - In 2010, Dr. Huiyun Xiang served as an injury expert in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthy People 2020 Initiative for the Disability and Health Workgroup. As a member of the committee, he collaborated with other experts to propose a new Healthy People 2020 Objective (DH-19, Developmental) to reduce health disparities and address some of the health issues facing individuals with disabilities who have suffered nonfatal unintentional injuries. [more...]
Upon review, the committee's proposed objective has been accepted, and a new Healthy People 2020 Objective of reducing injuries among individuals with disabilities has officially been approved. The Center for Injury Research and Policy would like to congratulate Dr. Xiang on this achievement.
Read about the Disability & Health Objectives including the DH-19 Objective
Thursday, January 06, 2011 - The Center for Injury Research and Policy congratulates Dr. Dawn Comstock on her highly-regarded study of concussion management among U.S. high school athletes. The recently-published collaborative study between Dr. Dawn Comstock of the Center for Injury Research and Policy and Dr. William Meehan III of the Sports Concussion Clinic at Children's Hospital Boston was highlighted in the American Academy of Pediatrics' monthly journal, AAP Grand Rounds' January 2011 issue. [more...]
Given that the topic of concussion management is under close scrutiny, Dr. Comstock's unparalleled study has set high standards for fellow sports injury research scholars across the country.
Read the PubMed abstract
A new study published in Spine by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy investigated the prevalence of back pain among farmers in the Heilongjiang Province of the People's Republic of China and examined the associations between potential risk factors and back pain among these farmers. [more...]
The study included data collected in 2008 from 2,045 farmers ages 15 years and older, and analyzed the prevalence of self-reported back pain during the previous three months. Results from the study showed that 38 percent of farmers reported back pain, and two out of three of these farmers indicated that the pain affected the quantity and quality of their work. Female farmers, farmers who experienced stress regularly and older farmers were more likely to report back pain.
Researchers recommend further research to investigate back pain among China's agricultural workforce and address this important public health issue.
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From the very first time we heard the strange folk-blues-hip hop of "Loser," we knew that Beck was a shape-shifter. We're all learning about the Spoonman, and along comes this shaggy Scientologist talk-singing in Spanish and dropping lyrics about getting "crazy with the Cheez Whiz." It seemed like some kind of musical freak show. Hell, he would later throw bossa nova into the mix and release an album titled Mutations.In the past two decades, Beck's sound has evolved from trashy electropop to dreamy country to sampledelica and back again.
Lately, though, his musical mutations have been spreading to a host of side projects, including Charlotte Gainsbourg's most recent work, the upcoming solo effort from Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, and the Record Club cover albums that Beck records with pals (Yanni Live at the Acropolis, anyone?). Here's how Beck transmogrifies everything he touches.
Thurston Moore, Benediction (2011) Sonic irreverence2 = infinite potential for greatness. This theory will be tested when longtime friends Beck and Moore collaborate on this upcoming solo album.
Charlotte Gainsbourg, IRM (2010) Daughter of French music royalty lets Beck run wild. The result: a cacophony of computerized beats, whining strings, and plodding folk tracks. Oddly perfect.
Jamie Lidell, Compass (2010) Lidell doesn't need much help blurring boundaries, but enlisting Beck to produce doesn't hurt. Just look at this release,which saw Lidell transition from glossy soul revivalist to genre-spanning critical darling.
Yanni Live at the Acropolis (2010) Because Mellow Gold just didn't deliver enough bizarre moments, Beck covers the Greek cheese god's seminal album with assistance from some indie-rock elite. Ironic? Probably. Awesome? Definitely.
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, title TBA (2011) Two products of the '90s team up for the ex-Pavement frontman's newest project. It's a flannel-clad teenager's dream realized a decade and a half too late.
Lykke Li, "Get Some" (2010) Beck proves that all it takes is amped-up bass and a few turns of a knob to morph a Swedish chanteuse's club hit into a macho, machine-driven jam.
INXS, Kick (2010) The '80s New Wave rockers were forever doomed to crappy jukeboxes and high school reunions until Beck and his posse (St. Vincent, plus members of Os Mutantes and Liars) reworked the group's 1987 album into a truly new sensation.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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Unfortunately Democratic voters were unable to appreciate the genius of the "party switch" message in last year's 15th District primary, but it is going to be a great asset to Tom Muller. The fact of the party switch tells voters everything they need to know. No more explanation is needed. Tom Muller used to be a Republican, but then the Republican Party lost their minds, and moderate people can no longer support them.
Here's the money quote from Bernie O'Hare's excellent report:
He chose the triangle for his announcement because that's where the so-called "reform" team of County Commissioners wanted to send $209,000 in CDBG funds back to the federal government.
"I'm running for Lehigh County Exec because I'm not running for Congress. I'm running to serve the people of Lehigh County.
"I've heard an awful lot of talk over the last year over why we can't take this money (referring to Emmaus Green Future fund grant money) from the government because we have a national debt or we owe China money. I think the job of County Executive is to serve everybody in the County, to work for you, to bring as much of our money that we send to Washington back here rather than to say, 'No thank you, I don't want it because you've got a national debt problem.'
The other (unintended) news from Tom Muller's announcement is that Emmaus Councilman Wes Barrett will be running for Lehigh County Commissioner.


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There's beer. And then there's Army beer.
If you think you know the difference — and want to keep America's ground forces in suds — there's a job in it for you. The Army Installation Management Command in Oklahoma is looking for a brewmaster. No word from the job description if you should serve beer out of Honeywell's old flying spy drone, christened the "flying beer keg" by soldiers in Iraq.
Responsibilities? Run the brewery there. Brew your own — from the rich, hoppy beers that 65 years of stationing in Germany can cultivate a taste for, to the watery mass-market swill that you can drink before or after PT. You know, to hydrate.
Among the more obnoxious aspects of setting the U.S. drinking age at 21 is that someone can be a multi-tour veteran and still not be able to legally order a beer. It's worse in Iraq and Afghanistan, where regulations prevent anyone from drinking in Muslim countries, a restriction at least one senator thinks is lame. Naturally, whatever brewery there is at Fort Sill will still have to obey domestic serving laws. But at least 21-and-older soldiers at Fort Sill will be able to register their particular tastes. (And perhaps get sudsy goodness to their younger comrades, who'd be able to order for themselves on R&R in, say, Europe.)
But if you want to be a brewmaster for the command, don't expect much in the way of compensation. The job pays barely over $22 grand a year. On top of that, the job is "not entitled to benefits." That's a recipe for skunked beer.
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See Also:
- Last Call for Army's 'Flying Beer Keg' Drone
- Flying Beer Keg to the Rescue in Japan
- Gates May Cut At Least One Army Brigade from Europe
- Let Troops Get Their Drink On, Senator Says


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Thoughts on Mark Twain's 'The War Prayer'
By David Lindorff Sr.
Major Explosion at Iranian Steel Plant, Israeli Source Calls It Work of Mossad, MEK
Of course none of these killings and demolitions are acts of war, because only Iran can commit an act of war and thus far Iran is the victim . . . of noble defensive surgical kinetic contingency operations.
Kucinich, Stark Urge Diplomacy, not War with Iran: House Bill Could Outlaw Negotiating
The full text of the letter follows:
Don't Take the Best Tool to Prevent War with Iran off the Table
OPPOSE H.R. 1905: The Iran Threat Reduction Act
Dear Colleague:
Each star marks a US millitary base, but just so we're all clear: Iran is threatening us; we're not threatening them
From DU
Vote Nears on Dangerous Iran Bill: Call Your Rep. Today
From FCNL
The conflict between the U.S. and Iran is reaching a point where it could spiral out of control. In the U.S., Congress and the administration have become more confrontational toward Iran. Iran has done the same and withdrawn further from the international community.
Now, Congress is preparing to add fuel to this fire. Your representative is preparing to vote on legislation that could close off prospects for diplomatic communication between the U.S. and Iran at the very time that such channels are critical for preventing war.
This vote could come as soon as next Tuesday. Please call your representative today at 877-429-0678 and ask her or him to vote "no" on the Iran Threat Reduction Act, H.R. 1905. Enter your zip code to get talking points that reflect whether your member has publicly supported this bill.
Although more than 80 percent of the House has cosponsored this bill, many agreed to support it before the anti-diplomacy provisions were added. Section 601(c) of the bill states:
No person employed with the United States Government may contact in an official or unofficial capacity any person that--(1) is an agent, instrumentality, or official of, is affiliated with, or is serving as a representative of the Government of Iran; and (2) presents a threat to the United States or is affiliated with terrorist organizations.
The president can waive this restriction only with 15 days advance notice to Congress. In a crisis, U.S. diplomats could find themselves unable to talk to their Iranian counterparts to prevent war from erupting.
The former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and several U.S. ambassadors have warned that the lack of diplomatic contact between the U.S. and Iran could lead to war. Former ambassadors Thomas Pickering and William Luers have called the bill "preposterous," noting that it "raises serious constitutional issues over the separation of powers." Former top Middle East intelligence analyst Paul Pillar was highly critical of the bill, saying, "this legislation is another illustration of the tendency to think of diplomacy as some kind of reward for the other guy, rather than what it really is: a tool for our side."
Please call your representative today and urge a "no" vote on H.R. 1905.
Occupy Berlin Publishes Declaration Against War
»Occupy« Declaration against War – Demand to stop preparations for war against Iran and Syria!
- by Occupy Berlin
Starting from Tunisia and Egypt, spreading to Spain, Greece and other European countries and finally to the USA in 2011 protest movements developed that work towards a profound political, social and economic change in the system.
We are globally networked people who feel inspired by these international events and who are motivated to join together in order to be politically active.
Our main demands are »real democracy« – that is real participation – and thus social justice and peace on Earth!
This includes the disbandment of international operating private banks, the disempowerment of the multinational corporations and the military industrial complex, because these three factors largely influence and determine all political decisions in the existing system.
Is Iran Preparing to Strike Back
By Brian M. Downing
These attacks are almost certainly directed by Israeli, Saudi, and US intelligence services. They may also be acts of war.
"This business will get out of control."
– The Hunt for Red October
In the last few years diplomatic pressures and economic sanctions have been imposed to convince Iran to allow international inspection of its nuclear research facilities. A number of states have also pursued a violent clandestine campaign of bombings and assassinations that have killed scores of Iranians, including nuclear scientists. These attacks are almost certainly directed by Israeli, Saudi, and US intelligence services. They may also be acts of war.
In recent weeks Iran has decried terrorism around the world (somewhat paradoxically, to be sure), put up a clumsy plot to assassinate a Saudi ambassador, boasted of its missile strength, and briefly seized the British embassy in Tehran – an act done not by students as with the US embassy in 1979, but by toughs of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Most recently, the IRGC went on alert, ostensibly to brace for more attacks inside the country.
American Enterprise Institute Admits The Problem With Iran Is Not That It Would Use Nukes
The biggest problem for the United States is not Iran getting a nuclear weapon and testing it, it's Iran getting a nuclear weapon and not using it. Because the second that they have one and they don't do anything bad, all of the naysayers are going to come back and say, "See, we told you Iran is a responsible power. We told you Iran wasn't getting nuclear weapons in order to use them immediately." ... And they will eventually define Iran with nuclear weapons as not a problem.
Wait, did people believe Iran wanted to get nukes in order to use them immediately? Who believed that? Do you know someone who believed that?
U.S. ramps up warnings on Iran strike risks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has pointedly ramped up its public warnings over the last few weeks about the risks of military action against Iran, accompanied by private words of caution to Israel, which sees Tehran's nuclear push as a direct threat.
But so far, at least, comments by U.S. and Israeli officials suggest that Washington's private lobbying has yet to convince Israeli hard-liners and even some moderates that alternatives, like sanctions and diplomatic pressure, will ultimately succeed in curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions.
It is unclear whether the differing views are any indication about whether Israel might be moving closer to a go-it-alone military strike, an option Tel Aviv has ruled out for the moment. Indeed, that may ultimately not be the case.
Rhetoric has periodically escalated over the years, often bolstering pushes - like the present one - for tougher sanctions against Iran.
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a speech on Sunday widely seen within Israel as hinting about policy on Iran, spoke about making "the right decision at the right moment," even when allies object.
A nuclear-armed Iran, Netanyahu has said, is an existential threat to Israel.
Netanyahu's comments came on the heels of U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's strongest comments yet explaining America's concerns about a military strike on Iran.
Panetta said it risked "an escalation" that could "consume the Middle East in confrontation and conflict that we would regret." It could also hobble the fragile U.S. and European economies and might do little to actually stop Iran from getting an atomic weapon - a goal Tehran denies having.
Iran says its uranium enrichment is for peaceful purposes.
Panetta, citing conversations with his "Israeli friends," said an attack would only set back Iran's nuclear program by one to two years at best. He also warned about blowback to U.S. forces in the region.
"The United States would obviously be blamed and we could possibly be the target of retaliation from Iran, striking our ships, striking our military bases," Panetta told a forum in Washington on Friday.
Panetta privately outlined U.S. concerns in talks with Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Canada last month, including the impact a strike would have on the world economy.
Analysts say Tehran could retaliate by closing the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway where about 40 percent of all traded oil passes.
So How Do We Hold Rallies to Protest the Day the Iran War Begins If It Has Already Begun and We're Being Eased Into It?
People are starting to call what the United States and its 51st state are doing in Iran a war. Not of course in the constitutional sense of requiring a declaration by Congress. Not even in the sense of the War Powers Resolution which Harold Koh has now informed us allows mass murder as long as those mass murdered are not US citizens. Not of course in the legal sense in which the Kellogg-Briand Pact banned war. Not even in the UN Charter sense as "defensive" or UN-authorized. Also, not in the sense of economic or civil or political transformnation from peace time to war time, as there is no longer any such thing as peace time. But people are calling it war in the sense in which people recall legends from the murky past. A powerful mythical word for these necessary and strategic kinetic overseas contingency operations is war. Remember to bring it up when you're on a talk show.
The US Corporate Media Is Trying to Iraq Iran
Dear David,
Tell the Washington Post Ombudsman to fact-check the publication's claim that Iran has "a quest to possess nuclear weapons."
Take Action
A key way that US media - in particular, the New York Times and the Washington Post - helped railroad the nation into war with Iraq in 2002-3 was by treating as "fact" key allegations about Iraq's alleged WMD program which had not been proven - and which, following the US invasion of Iraq, turned out to be false.
Now we're seeing some of the same behavior in the US media about allegations that Iran is seeking to acquire a nuclear weapon. As Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting observed on November 16, "Much of the corporate media coverage of a new UN report on Iran strongly asserts that Iran is close to building nuclear weapons. But the International Atomic Energy Agency report does not actually arrive at that conclusion, and many critics contend that the speculations that are in the report are misguided." [1]
A particularly egregious example is a "photo gallery" published by the Washington Post headlined, "Iran's quest to possess nuclear weapons." [2] Of course, the claim that Iran has a "quest to possess nuclear weapons" is not a fact but an allegation. By making the claim a headline, the Washington Post treats it as a fact.
As Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh noted in the New Yorker on November 18, there is still no definitive evidence of an Iranian nuclear-weapons program. [3]
Join us in urging the Washington Post's Ombudsman to "factcheck" the Washington Post's treatment of the allegation that Iran has a "quest to possess nuclear weapons" as a fact.
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1. "Iran, Nukes and the Failure of Skepticism: Iraq all over again?" Media Advisory, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, 11/16/11, http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4430
2. "Iran's quest to possess nuclear weapons," Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/irans-quest-to-possess-nuclear-weapons/2011/11/07/gIQAEZaZvM_gallery.html
3. "Iran and the I.A.E.A.," Seymour M. Hersh, New Yorker, November 18, 2011, http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2011/11/iran-and-the-iaea.html
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The western powers seem to be doing everything possible to increase tension
with Iran. Yesterday EU ministers imposed new sanctions on top of those agreed
Slanting the Case on Iran's Nukes
Special Report: The U.S. news media shows no skepticism as it accepts the toughly worded report by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program. Ignored is the fact that the IAEA's new chief appears to have joined the U.S./Israel camp, reports Robert Parry.
By Robert Parry, Consortium News
As Washington's political/media class rises up in arms over new WMD allegations against Iran, it might be worth recalling how a similar process played out nearly a decade ago when the U.S. public was drawn into a war with Iraq. It wasn't just that George W. Bush told some lies; it was more complicated than that.
Iran and the IAEA: Truth or War?
From Dennis Kucinich
Kucinich Cites Iraq, Warns Colleagues Against War Based on Misinformation
Washington D.C. (November 22, 2011) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who led the opposition to the war in Iraq, is today warning his colleagues about misinformation being used to support a possible attack on Iran. In a letter to colleagues, Kucinich calls for a significant shift in U.S. policy toward Iran away from threats of war and indiscriminate sanctions against the Iranian people and towards "a serious diplomatic track."
Kucinich's letter follows.
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There is a conspiracy of silence about the war in Afghanistan, despite the fact
that the occupation is in growing trouble. Five British soldiers have died in
the last ten days but their deaths have barely been reported. Britain and the
Ex-Inspector Rejects IAEA Iran Bomb Test Chamber Claim
WASHINGTON, Nov 19, 2011 (IPS) - A former inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repudiated its major new claim that Iran built an explosives chamber to test components of a nuclear weapon and carry out a simulated nuclear explosion.
Our future depends on stopping an attack on Iran
By Harvey Wasserman
The global Occupy Movement has come to life just in time.
War is the health of the corporate state. The 1% needs its endless cash flow to stay in power.
As the slaughters in Iraq and Afghanistan transform into something less visible, the 1% war machine must have a new profit center. The pretext for this latest war is the spectre of a nuclear-armed Iran. It's a tawdry re-run of the lies George W. Bush used to sell the 2003 attack on Iraq. It's no surprise those "Weapons of Mass Destruction" were never found---or that Bush could later joke about it.
No Room for Smugness on Iran
By Elizabeth Murray, ConsortiumNews
I remember thinking smugly to myself in late 2002/early 2003: "Those neocons will never be able to launch their much-desired war in Iraq; their lies are so blatant; their allegations are nonsense; and the world is against them."
I felt so confident that reason and logic would win out. What a hard lesson the past eight years have been!
Big Media's Double Standards on Iran
By Robert Parry
Arguably, the most serious ethical crisis in U.S. journalism is the deep-seated bias about the Middle East that is displayed by major American news outlets, particularly the Washington Post and the New York Times.
When it comes to reporting on "designated enemies" in the Muslim world, the Post and the Times routinely jettison all sense of objectivity even when the stakes are as serious as war and peace, life and death. Propaganda wins out over balanced journalism.
We have seen this pattern with Iraq and its non-existent stockpiles of WMD; with the rush to judgment about Syria's supposed guilt in the killing of Lebanese leader Rafik Hariri; with the false certainty about Libya's role in the Lockerbie bombing; and many other examples of what everyone just "knows to be true" but often turns out isn't. [For more on these cases, click here.]
The latest example of this ethical failing relates to reporting about Iran on such topics as the buffoonish plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington and a new set of dubious allegations about Iran's nuclear weapons program.
In these cases, U.S. mainstream news media happily marshals sources with histories of credibility problems; treats implausible scenarios with utmost respect; jettisons crucial context; and transforms the grays of ambiguity into black-and-white morality tales of good versus evil.
Then, behind these war drums of the U.S. press corps, the American people are marched toward confrontation and violence, while anyone who dares question the perceived wisdom of the Post, the Times and many other esteemed outlets is fair game for marginalization and ridicule.
An example of this propaganda passing as journalism has been the recent writings of Joby Warrick of the Washington Post about a vague but alarmist report produced by the new leadership of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Iran, Nukes and the Failure of Skepticism
Iraq all over again?
Much of the corporate media coverage of a new UN report on Iran strongly asserts that Iran is close to building nuclear weapons. But the International Atomic Energy Agency report does not actually arrive at that conclusion, and many critics contend that the speculations that are in the report are misguided.
A USA Today piece (11/9/11) was headlined "UN Agency Issues Red Alert Over Iran's Secret Nuke Program"--with the "red alert" hype coming from a source in the piece, Rep. Ed Royce (R.-Calif.). On CBS Evening News, Scott Pelley reported (11/7/11), "The U.N.'s nuclear agency is expected to report later this week that Iran is on the threshold of being able to build a nuclear bomb."
On ABC World News, anchor Diane Sawyer announced (11/8/11):
And now, a long-dreaded headline about Iran and nuclear weapons. After a decade of debating whether Iran would build one, a UN report says tonight they will, and it has begun.
ABC correspondent Jim Sciutto added that the IAEA found Iran has "been carrying out activities whose sole purpose can only be the development of a nuclear weapon." Sawyer closed the segment by pleading, "Anything else out there to prevent this, to stop it? Is it too late?" She added: "So much for Ahmadinejad claiming it was only nuclear power plants, always nuclear power plants."
After Republican Debate Demanding Murders of Iranians, CIA Takes Credit for Murdering Iranians
This is from the New York Daily News:
In public Sunday, President Obama was at a summit unsuccessfully leaning on Russia and China to back diplomatic efforts to curb Iran's nuke program.
In private Sunday, there was more evidence of an efficient and brutal covert operation that continues to degrade Iran's military capabilities.
Iranian officials revealed that one of the 17 men killed in a huge explosion at a munitions depot was a key Revolutionary Guard commander who headed Iran's missile program. And the IRNA state news agency reported that scientists had discovered a new computer virus in their systems, a more sophisticated version of the Stuxnet worm deployed last year to foul up Iran's centrifuges.
B-2 Bomber Gets Boeing's New 30,000-Pound Bunker-Buster Bomb
Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Air Force has taken delivery of a new 30,000-pound bomb from Boeing Co. that's capable of penetrating deeply buried enemy targets.
The huge bunker buster, dubbed the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, is built to fit the B-2 stealth bomber. The Air Force Global Strike Command started receiving the bombs in September, Air Force spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jack Miller said in a short statement to Bloomberg News.
The deliveries "will meet requirements for the current operational need," he said.
The Air Force in 2009 said Boeing might build as many as 16 of the munitions. Miller yesterday had no details on how many the Air Force plans to buy. Boeing in August received a $32 million contract that included eight of the munitions.
Matthew Gould and the Plot to Attack Iran
Craig Murray is at work: read this.
We Are Already at War With Iran and Failing to Struggle to End It
In this past weekend's festival of idiocy known as the Republican Presidential Debate, one of the more idiotic of the idiots Newt Gingrich said that if he were president he would murder Iranians and deny responsibility, while another of the more idiotic of the idiots Senator Rick Santorum said that he was aware Iranian scientists had already been being killed and that he sincerely hoped the United States was behind those murders.
Also this past weekend, another Iranian scientist was murdered, with sources crediting Mossad. In other words, the United States is either central to or complicit in and tolerant of at least some of the murders. Whether Santorum will now endorse Obama for the Republican nomination is still unclear.
War of Words on Iran
War of Words on Iran - by Stephen Lendman
Provocative rhetoric followed release of the IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program, despite baseless allegations in it.
In October 2009, the Agency leaked a document titled "Possible Dimensions of Iran's Nuclear Program" to the New York Times. At issue was circumventing then IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei. Allegations in it were spurious. As a result, he wouldn't touch it.


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Waiting in the Wings: Obama's Leadership Style Has its Downsides
President Obama plays politics a bit differently than other major political figures, but it has become more and more clear in recent months that he isn't any less of a political game player than anyone else in Washington.
His supporters want to explain away his hesitation to act decisively as him being deliberative. This just doesn't hold up when you see that the way Obama goes about things has been the same on every major issue since he's taken office. Namely that he'll wait and see, do some prodding behind the scenes, then wait and see some more... and when other people have gotten close to making a deal, he jumps in and helps push it over the line.
There are several illustrations of this - the healthcare debate and democratic uprisings in the Islamic world come to mind first. But his actions (or lack thereof) on fiscal issues at home are the most absurd example of this in my opinion.
This didn't seem to be the case for a short time last year, as Obama pushed Congress to form a commission to advise them on how we can tackle long term debt issues. They refused to do so, so President Obama put his own together, which he deserves some praise for.
The devil was in the details though. The commission's final outline of recommendations got 11 out of 18 votes, over 61 percent. This is usually plenty for a commission, but the fine print set the level it needed to reach all the way at 14 votes, nearly 78 percent. On such an important issue, this bit of purposeful sabotage is completely unacceptable. If the President wanted to hold onto the recommendations for a later date, he could have scheduled the commission to put out its conclusions later.
Luckily this power vacuum he leaves by being so unwilling to use the power of the bully pulpit is being filled with some who care too much about these issues to let them continue to slide.
On the world stage figures like France's Nicholas Sarkozy and Britain's David Cameron have taken the lead.
At home, the so called 'Gang of Six' is building support for legislation similar to what Obama's own Fiscal Commission recommended. Far from the budget champion Obama appears to want to be seen as, Democrat Mark Warner and Republican Saxby Chamblis, the two that head up the Gang of Six, are among the real heroes in the war against fiscal insanity. Heath Shuler, the most outspoken moderate Democrat these days, has been pushing for something similar to go to the floor for debate and an up or down vote as well.
Obama's tack is a near mirror opposite of George W. Bush, given his penchant for constantly throwing the full weight of the White House behind his legislative agenda. I was among those that thought President Bush went too far in that respect, but going as far as Obama has in the opposite direction has its downsides as well.
While it may seem better on the surface, it could be just as dangerous in a time when we need strong leadership to avert very real and present dangers to our economy. Should Obama and the leadership of the two major parties in the House and Senate not take serious action towards shoring up our fiscal house, each year it becomes more likely that we see our credit ranking slide, which is likely to send us into a fiscal tailspin not unlike what Ireland is dealing with now. Unlike Ireland, we aren't part of a larger body of nations with pockets deep enough to bail us out.
David Cameron made the tough choices to steer Britain clear of similar dangers. Will the Gang of Six fill the shoes Obama is unwilling to wear and do the same for us?
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Dutch ex-international Rudd Gullit and Ghana's Sammy Kuffour will be among four top soccer analysts to be engaged by Supersports for next month's 29th Africa Cup of Nations  in South Africa.
The championships will run from January 19 to February 10, 2013.
The two other analysts for the event are former South Africa Captain Neil Tovey and striker,Shaun Battlet.
Addressing a news conference in Lagos on Tuesday, General Manager of SuperSport West Africa, Felix Awogu, also revealed Nigeria's Charles Anozodo will be among the crack team of presenters for the African mundial.
According to him, all the matches of the Nations Cup would be relayed live on the DSTV platform to about 47 African countries.
"It will be a blow-by-blow account of the Nations Cup and the SuperSport channels 4 and the HD2 will work 24 hours daily to ensure the matches are enjoyed by the subscribers on the DSTV network,'' he said.
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