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Police brutality is the wanton use of excessive force, usually physical, but potentially in the form of verbal attacks and psychological intimidation, by a police officer.
Widespread police brutality exists in many countries, even those that prosecute it.[1] It is one of several forms of police misconduct, which include: false arrest; intimidation; racial profiling; political repression; surveillance abuse; sexual abuse; and police corruption.[2] However, as aforementioned, it may involve physical force but never reaching death under police custody.[citation needed]
The word "brutality" has several meanings; the sense used here (savage cruelty) was first used in 1633.[3] The first known use of the term "police brutality" was in the New York Times in 1893,[4] describing a police officer's beating of a civilian.
The origin of modern policing based on the authority of the nation state is commonly traced back to developments in seventeenth and eighteenth century France, with modern police departments being established in most nations by the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Cases of police brutality appear to have been frequent then, with "the routine bludgeoning of citizens by patrolmen armed with nightsticks or blackjacks."[5] Large-scale incidents of brutality were associated with labor strikes, such as the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the Pullman Strike of 1894, the Lawrence textile strike of 1912, the Ludlow massacre of 1914, the Steel strike of 1919, and the Hanapepe massacre of 1924.
Portions of the population may perceive the police to be oppressors. In addition, there is a perception that victims of police brutality often belong to relatively powerless groups, such as minorities, the disabled, the young, and the poor.[6]
Hubert Locke writes,
When used in print or as the battle cry in a black power rally, police brutality can by implication cover a number of practices, from calling a citizen by his or her first name to a death by a policeman's bullet. What the average citizen thinks of when he hears the term, however, is something midway between these two occurrences, something more akin to what the police profession knows as "alley court"—the wanton vicious beating of a person in custody, usually while handcuffed, and usually taking place somewhere between the scene of the arrest and the station house.[7]
In 1991, Los Angeles police harshly beat African American Rodney King. The police officers involved were acquitted and is widely believed to have lead up to the Los Angeles riots of 1992, causing 53 deaths, 2,383 injuries, more than 7,000 fires, damage to 3,100 businesses, and nearly $1 billion in financial losses. After facing federal trial, the officers received 32 months prison sentence. The case was widely seen as a key factor in the reform of the Los Angeles police department.
People's Republic of ChinaEdit
Politically motivated riots and protest have occurred historically in China, notably with the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Within the past decade, groups such as Falun Gong have protested party measures and been broken up by riot police. Chinese dissidents have been able to arrange effective mobilization through use of social media and informal communication like Twitter and its Chinese counterparts Weibo or microblogs.[8]
Foreign journalists from Switzerland have reported cases of police harassment. Media suppression has increased in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia. Plainclothes policemen are often deployed during demonstrations to suppress violence. Censorship is often maintained as a measure to maintain political stability in China. Web activists can be charged by the police for using false identities to surf the Internet. After arrests, homes of the arrested individual are often searched for incriminating evidence such as computers, hard drives, and flash drives.[9]
Russian protests have gained media attention with the reelection of Vladimir Putin in 2012. Attention has been given to incidence of violence via posting videos online. President Dmitry Medvedev has initiated reforms of the police force, in an attempt to minimize the violence by firing Moscow police chief and centralizing police powers. Police divisions in Russia are often based on loyalty systems that favor bureaucratic power amongst political elites. Phone tapping and business raids are common practice in the country, and often fail to give due process to citizens. Proper investigations of police officials still remains lacking by western standards.[10]
In 2012, Russia's top investigative agency investigated charges that four police officers had tortured detainees under custody. Human rights activists claim that Russian police use torture techniques to extract false confessions from detainees. Police regulations require quotas of officers for solved crimes, a practice that encourages false arrests to meet their numbers.[11]
Islamic extremists in Indonesia have been targeted by police as terrorists in the country. Police may either capture or kill dissidents. Cases of police corruption with hidden bank accounts and retaliation against journalists who attempt to uncover these cases have occurred such as in June 2012, when Indonesian magazine Tempo had journalist activists beaten by police. Separately, on August 31, 2010 police officers in Central Sulawesi province fired into a crowd of people protesting the death of a local man in police custody. Five people were killed and 34 injured. History of violence goes back to the military-backed Suharto regime (1967-1998), from which Suharto seized power during an anti-Communist purge.[12]
Criminal investigations into human rights violations by the police are rare, punishments light and Indonesia has no independent national body to deal effectively with public complaints. Amnesty International has called on Indonesia to review police tactics during arrests and public order policing, to ensure that they meet international standards.[13]
There have been a number of high profile cases of alleged police brutality including, 2010 G-20 Toronto summit protests,[14] the 2012 Quebec student protests,[15] and the Robert Dziekański taser incident. The recent public incidents in which police judgments or actions have been called into question have raised fundamental concerns about police accountability and governance.[16]
Turkey has a history of police brutality, including (particularly between 1977 and 2002) the use of torture. Police brutality featuring excessive use of tear gas (including targeting protestors with tear gas canisters),[17] pepper spray and water cannon as well as physical violence against protestors has been seen, for example, in the suppression of Kurdish protests and May Day demonstrations. The 2013 protests in Turkey were in response to the brutal police suppression of an environmentalist sit-in protesting the removal of Taksim Gezi Park.
In 2012 a number of officials received prison sentences for their role in the death in custody of political activist Engin Çeber.
The European Court of Human Rights has noted the failure of the Turkish investigating authorities to carry out effective investigations into allegations of ill-treatment by law enforcement personnel during demonstrations. [18]
Police brutality was a major drive behind 2011 Egyptian revolution;[19] the incident of Khaled Said's death and other stories, yet very little has changed since. One of the "demands" around which people decided to take it to the streets in Egypt is "purging the Ministry of Interior" for its brutality and torture practices Things went wrong after the coup regarding police reforms .Police used brutal force again against protests in streets killing hundreds of Egyptians At Rabaa square in on of the most brutal use of force against civilians in Egypt's modern history [20]
United StatesEdit
Police officers are legally permitted to use force, and their superiors — and the public — expect them to do so. According to Jerome Herbert Skolnick, in dealing largely with disorderly elements of the society, some people working in law enforcement may gradually develop an attitude or sense of authority over society, particularly under traditional reaction-based policing models; in some cases the police believe that they are above the law.[21]
There are many reasons as to why police office are excessively aggressive to civilian. It is thought that some personality traits make some officers more susceptible to the use of excessive force than others. In one study police psychologists were surveyed on officers who had used excessive force. The information obtained allowed the researchers to develop five unique types of officers, only one of which was similar to the bad apple stereotype. These include personality disorders, previous traumatic job-related experience, young inexperienced or macho officers; officers who learn inappropriate patrol styles, and officers with personal problems (Scrivner, 1994:3-6). Schrivers categories group officer that most likely use excessive force. Scriver, 1994: 3-6 However, this "bad apple paradigm" is considered by some to be an "easy way out". A broad report commissioned by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the causes of misconduct in policing calls it "a simplistic explanation that permits the organization and senior management to blame corruption on individuals and individual faults – behavioural, psychological, background factors, and so on, rather than addressing systemic factors."[22] The report goes on to discuss the systemic factors, which include:
- Pressures to conform to certain aspects of "police culture", such as the Blue Code of Silence, which can "sustain an oppositional criminal subculture protecting the interests of police who violate the law"[23] and a "'we-they' perspective in which outsiders are viewed with suspicion or distrust"[22]
- Command and control structures with a rigid hierarchical foundation ("results indicate that the more rigid the hierarchy, the lower the scores on a measure of ethical decision-making" concludes one study reviewed in the report);[24] and
- Deficiencies in internal accountability mechanisms (including internal investigation processes).[22]
Police use of force is kept in check in many jurisdictions by the issuance of a use of force continuum.[25] A use of force continuum sets levels of force considered appropriate in direct response to a subject's behavior. This power is granted by the civil government, with limits set out in statutory law as well as common law.
Violence used by police can be excessive despite being lawful, especially in the context of political repression. Indeed "police brutality" is often used to refer to violence used by the police to achieve politically desirable ends and, therefore, when none should be used at all according to widely held values and cultural norms in the society (rather than to refer to excessive violence used where at least some may be considered justifiable).
Global prevalenceEdit
- The Amnesty International 2007 report on human rights also documents widespread police misconduct in many other countries, especially countries with authoritarian regimes.[1]
- In the UK, the reports into the death of New Zealand teacher and anti-racism campaigner Blair Peach in 1979 was published on the Metropolitan Police website on 27 April 2010. The conclusion was that Blair Peach was killed by a police officer, but that the other police officers in the same unit had refused to cooperate with the inquiry by lying to investigators, making it impossible to identify the actual killer.[citation needed]
- In the UK, Ian Tomlinson was filmed by an American tourist apparently being hit with a baton and then pushed to the floor, as he walked home from work during the 2009 G-20 London summit protests. Tomlinson then collapsed and died. Although he was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, the officer who allegedly assaulted Tomlinson was released without charge.
- In Serbia, police brutality occurred in numerous cases during protests against Slobodan Milošević, and has also been recorded during protests against governments since Milošević lost power.[citation needed] The most recent case was recorded in July 2010, when five people, including two girls, were arrested, handcuffed and then beaten with clubs and otherwise mistreated for one hour. Security camera recordings of the beating were obtained by the media, causing public outrage.[26][27] The police officials, including Ivica Dačić, the Serbian minister of internal affairs, denied this sequence of events and accused the victims "to have attacked the police officers first". He also publicly stated that "police isn't here to beat up citizens", but that it is known "what one is going to get when attacking the police".[28]
- Some recent episodes of police brutality in India include the Rajan case, the death of Udayakumar,[29] and of Sampath.[30]
- Police violence episodes against peaceful demonstrators appeared during the 2011 Spanish protests.[31][32][33] Furthermore, in August 4, 2011, Gorka Ramos, a journalist of Lainformacion was beaten by police and arrested while covering 15-M protests near the Interior Ministry in Madrid.[34][35][36][37][38] A freelance photographer, Daniel Nuevo, was beaten by police while covering demonstrations against Pope's visit in August 2011.[39][40]
In England and Wales, an independent organization known as the Independent Police Complaints Commission investigates reports of police misconduct. They automatically investigate any deaths caused by, or thought to be caused by, police action.
A similar body operates in Scotland, known as the Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland. In Northern Ireland the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland has a similar role to that of the IPCC and PCCS.
Independent oversightEdit
Various community groups have criticized police brutality. These groups often stress the need for oversight by independent citizen review boards and other methods of ensuring accountability for police action.
Umbrella organizations and justice committees (often named after a deceased individual or those victimized by police violence) usually engage in a solidarity of those affected. Amnesty International is another organization active in the issue of police brutality.
Tools used by these groups include video recordings, which are sometimes broadcast using websites such as YouTube.[41]
Citizens and communities have begun independent projects to monitor police activity in an effort to reduce violence and misconduct. These are often called "Cop Watch" programs.[42]
Proper supervision by competent police supervisors and administration can reduce police misconduct.
See alsoEdit
- High Speed Pursuit Syndrome
- International Day Against Police Brutality (March 15)
- Legal observer
- List of cases of police brutality
- List of cases of police brutality in the United States
- List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States
- List of killings by law enforcement officers in Canada
- Photography is Not a Crime
- Police misconduct
- Police riot
- Prisoner abuse
US specific:
- ^ a b "Amnesty International Report 2007". Amnesty International. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
- ^ Martinelli TJ. (2007). Minimizing Risk by Defining Off-Duty Police Misconduct
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary
- ^ "Police officers in trouble: Charges against policeman McManus by his sergeant". New York Times. June 23, 1893.
- ^ Johnson, Marilynn S. (2004). Johnson, ed. Street Justice: A History of Police Violence in New York City. Beacon Press. p. 365. ISBN 0-8070-5023-7.
- ^ Powers, Mary D. (1995). "Civilian Oversight Is Necessary to Prevent Police Brutality". In Winters, Paul A. Policing the Police. San Diego: Greenhaven Press. pp. 56–60. ISBN 1-56510-262-2.
- ^ Locke, Hubert G. (1966–1967). Police Brutality and Civilian Review Boards: A Second Look 44. J. Urb. L. p. 625
- ^ http://articles.cnn.com/2012-04-30/asia/world_asia_china-chen-internet_1_sina-weibo-chinese-censors-chen-guangcheng?_s=PM:ASIA
- ^ http://en.rsf.org/china-police-violence-against-28-02-2011,39643.html
- ^ http://www.economist.com/node/15731344
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/29/russia-police-torture_n_1387421.html
- ^ http://www.economist.com/node/17419881
- ^ http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/indonesia-must-end-impunity-police-violence-2012-04-25
- ^ http://rabble.ca/news/2010/07/medics-g20-protests-speak-out-against-police-brutality-0
- ^ http://rabble.ca/news/2012/03/police-violence-rise-montreal
- ^ http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/cnt/tpsp-tmrs/police/projet-pip-pep-eng.aspx
- ^ http://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne/2013/07/aftermath-unrest-turkey
- ^ http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-122885%22]}
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Skolnick, Jerome H.; Fyfe, James D. (1995). "Community-Oriented Policing Would Prevent Police Brutality". In Winters, Paul A. Policing the Police. San Diego: Greenhaven Press. pp. 45–55. ISBN 1-56510-262-2.
- ^ a b c Loree, Don (2006). "Corruption in Policing: Causes and Consequences; A Review of the Literature" (PDF). Research and Evaluation Community, Contract and Aboriginal Policing Services Directorate. Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- ^ Skolnick, Jerome H. (2002). "Corruption and the Blue Code of Silence". Police Practice and Research 3 (1): 7. doi:10.1080/15614260290011309.
- ^ Owens, Katherine M. B.; Jeffrey Pfeifer (2002). "Police Leadership and Ethics: Training and Police Recommendations". The Canadian Journal of Police and Security Services 1 (2): 7.
- ^ Stetser, Merle (2001). The Use of Force in Police Control of Violence: Incidents Resulting in Assaults on Officers. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing L.L.C. ISBN 1-931202-08-7.
- ^ B92 (video)
- ^ Blic (video)
- ^ B92: Dačić: Police isn't here to beat up citizens
- ^ "Police question forensic experts". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 4 October 2005.
- ^ "Sampath case: 4 police officers to turn approvers". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 17 May 2011.
- ^ Spanish police clash with protesters over clean-up - The Guardian
- ^ Los Mossos d'Esquadra desalojan a palos la Plaza de Catalunya - Público (Spanish)
- ^ Indignats - Desallotjament de la Plaça Catalunya on YouTube
- ^ Spanish riot police clash in Madrid with anti-austerity protesters - The Guardian
- ^ Los periodistas, detenidos y golpeados al cubrir las manifestaciones del 15-M - El Mundo (Spanish)
- ^ Doce policías para detener a un periodista - Público (Spanish)
- ^ Gorka Ramos: "Me tiraron al suelo, me patearon y luego me detuvieron" - Lainformación (Spanish)
- ^ La policía detiene al periodista Gorka Ramos - El País (Spanish)
- ^ Spanish police officer slaps girl during Pope protests - The Telegraph
- ^ La policía golpea a un fotógrafo y a una joven - Público (Spanish)
- ^ Veiga, Alex (November 11, 2006). "YouTube.com prompts police beating probe". Associated Press. Retrieved 2006-11-12.[dead link]
- ^ Krupanski, Marc (March 7, 2012). "Policing the Police: Civilian Video Monitoring of Police Activity". The Global Journal. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
Further readingEdit
- della Porta, D., A. Peterson and H. Reiter, eds. (2006). The Policing of Transnational Protest. Aldershot, Ashgate.
- della Porta, D. and H. Reiter (1998). Policing Protest: The Control of Mass Demonstrations in Western Democracies. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press.
- Donner, F. J. 1990. Protectors of Privilege: Red Squads and Police Repression in Urban America. Berkeley, University of California Press.
- Earl, Jennifer S. and Sarah A. Soule. 2006. "Seeing Blue: A Police-Centered Explanation of Protest Policing." Mobilization 11(2): 145–164.
- McPhail, Clark, David Schweingruber, and John D. McCarthy (1998). "Protest Policing in the United States, 1960-1995." pp. 49–69 in Policing Protest: The Control of Mass Demonstrations in Western Democracies, edited by D. della Porta and H. Reiter. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
- Oliver, P. (2008). "Repression and Crime Control: Why Social Movements Scholars Should Pay Attention to Mass Incarceration Rates as a Form of Repression" Mobilization 13(1): 1–24.
- Zwerman G, Steinhoff P. (2005). When activists ask for trouble: state-dissident interactions and the new left cycle of resistance in the United States and Japan. In Repression and Mobilization, ed. C. Davenport, H. Johnston, C. Mueller, pp. 85–107. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
External linksEdit
- World wide Police Brutalities archive
- Bringing awareness of Excessive Force, Malicious Prosecution and Police Brutality
- Names of Victims of Police Brutality In Canada
- Copwatch Project - includes the Copwatch Database: a permanent, searchable repository of complaints filed against police officers.
- [3] - information, statistics, and readings about state repression
- Cop Spotting - First-hand encounters with police abuse recorded on video.
- Policing the Police: Civilian Video Monitoring of Police Activity
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I wonder what Tom thinks?!?
I wonder what Tom thinks?!?
Jamie Foxx shouldn't be around her kid, that's all I'm gonna say Robin
I hope he brings Katie on the show during his next visit! That would be more bang for our buck.
tom will now kill all his black slaves in revenge.
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Remember Jamie Foxx on In Living Colour? That was so funny.
Who is Tom dating now?
Lucky guy gets to lick and suck on those big milkbags of hers.
I don't think he's a friend of the show
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On the water:
There's plenty to do on Martha's Vineyard if you can pry yourselves off your beach towels. For starters, you can stay close to the water and go kayaking, waterskiing, jet skiing, and parasailing.
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (massaudubon.org) and The Trustees of Reservations (thetrustees.org) both offer guided as well as non-guided kayak tours of local ponds and lagoons. Winds Up in Vineyard Haven offers lessons in windsurfing, sailing, and kayaking, and also rents and sells all kinds of water toys. For more information, visit windsupmv.com.
Stroll along Oak Bluffs or Edgartown harbor for rent-your-own jet skis, parasailing outings, and charter fishing boats.
In the air:
A great way to really see the Vineyard is from above. Classic Aviators, based out of Katama Airfield in Edgartown, does daily bi-plane tours over Edgartown, along the State Beach coast, along the south coast to the Gay Head Cliffs, or over Chappaquiddick. You can even add a "thrill" to your ride. For more information, visit biplanemv.com or call 508-627-7677.
At the farm:
Gus Ben David's World of Reptiles and Birds Park Edgartown Wildlife education facility with live animals. Thursdays, 10 am: Live Animal Interviews. Rain dates: Fridays. 508-627-5634.
Island Alpaca Company, Oak Bluffs Visit alpaca, farm stand, children's programs. $5. islandalpaca.com; 508-693-5554.
Native Earth Teaching Farm, Chilmark Tours, animals, self-guided trail, self-serve farm stand, children's programs. Wednesdays, 10 am: Toddler Time. Sundays, 3 pm: Shepherd's Tea. $5; $10 families. nativeearthteachingfarm.org; 508-645-3304.
Tennis, golf, horseback riding...
Farm Neck Golf Club (508-693-3057)
Vineyard Tennis Center Workout and Spa (508-696-8000)
Island Country Club Tennis (508-693-6574)
Vineyard Youth Tennis (508-693-7762)
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Edgartown: Recreation Association on Robinson Road; Oak Bluffs: Town Courts on Niantic Ave. and the courts at the Oak Bluffs School; Vineyard Haven: Church & Lake St.; West Tisbury School.
For off the water activities, there are several golf courses: Farm Neck, Mink Meadows, and Edgartown Golf Club. Island Cove Mini Golf in Vineyard Haven is the Island's only mini golf course, and the only disc golf course is near the airport, on Barnes Road in Oak Bluffs.
Horseback Riding:
Horseback riding has long been a Vineyard tradition, and the large number of barns small and large attest to its staying power. And what better time to ride than in the cooler, fall weather?
Several Island farms offer lessons in dressage and jumping, pony rides, summer camps, or seasonal boarding if you need a place to keep your horse.
Arrowhead Farm in West Tisbury, established in 1983, boasts a pony camp, clinics, indoor and outdoor rings, and a cross-country course. Sprawled out over 36 acres, the farm has large turn-out fields for boarders, trails, and several different barns.
Camp runs weekly through August 26, from 9 am to 1 pm, and costs $600/week. For more information, call 508-693-8831 or visit arrowheadfarm.net.
Red Pony Farm, also in West Tisbury, offers summer and year-round lessons, pony rides, boarding, training, and horse and rider vacations from 3 days to 2 weeks. The farm includes 2 barns, indoor and outdoor arenas, turnout areas, and cross country course. According to the website (redponyfarmmv.com), "The farm abuts approximately 5,000 acres of conservation land, which allows for excellent trail riding."
Summer Pony Club, for ages 8 to 13, runs through September 15, and costs $550/week. For more information, call 508-693-3788 or visit redponyfarmmv.com.
Pond View Farm "has been the longest continually operating riding facility on Martha's Vineyard," according to its website (pondviewfarmmv.com). The kid-friendly barn offers daily pony rides, lessons, camp, as well as boarding and training.
Pony Camp is Monday through Friday from 9 am to 1 pm through August 30. Contact for rates: 508-693-2949 or email@example.com.
Netherfield Farm North specializes in dressage training, but also offers trails, a cross-country course, indoor & outdoor arenas, and pony camp. It's sister, Netherfield Farm South, is located in Wellington, Fla.
Netherfield's Junior Equestrian Camp runs Monday through Friday, from 9 am to 1 pm, and costs $575. Camp is limited to eight students per week, with two instructors. For more information, contact 508-645-2724 or visit netherfield.smugmug.com.
Rainy day activities
M.V. Museum Edgartown, Exhibits, library, lighthouse visits. 508-627-4441
M.V. Ice Arena Oak Bluffs, Call for public skate times. 508-693-5329.
Flying Horses Carousel Oak Bluffs, Oldest operating platform carousel in U.S.
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary Edgartown, Nature Center and Discovery Room in addition to 4 miles of nature trails.
Featherstone Center for the Arts Oak Bluffs, Weekly events, classes, exhibits. featherstoneart.org; 508-693-1850.
Scenic Bus Tours: MV Tour Oak Bluffs, Ticket Tour covers all 6 Island towns, including stop at Gay Head cliffs. 508-627-TOUR (8687).
The Game Room Circuit Ave., Oak Bluffs, Arcade with dozens of games from skee-ball to Big Buck Hunter. Win prizes with tickets. 508-693-7129.
YMCA of M.V. Oak Bluffs, Swimming pool, aerobics class, childcare, café.
Don't forget to visit Island libraries. All six have regular programs for children and adults in addition to special events. For more information, see the Vineyard Calendar section inside.


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Patients with chronic traumatic encephalopathy are sometimes diagnosed as suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias until post-mortem brain examination proves otherwise. CTE, a preventable form of dementia believed to be caused by repetitive mild head injuries, has been identified in former boxers and football players. Now researchers are turning their attention to former soldiers with mild head injuries to determine whether CTE could cause future dementia development.
Despite Success in Managing Warfarin Usage, VA's Anticoagulation Units' Role Likely to Change With New Drugs
The VA's pharmacist-led anticoagulation units use diligent monitoring and constant overview of patient compliance to keep Warfarin patients' International Normalized Ratio at a safe level. Despite that success, their future role may be in question because of a new class of medications that doesn't require routine laboratory monitoring as well as a move toward home-monitoring for Warfarin.
Where There's Smoke: DoD Investigates Causes of Deployment-Related Pulmonary Symptoms Reported by Troops
Dramatic media coverage has helped raise concerns about pulmonary disease in troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although servicemembers have reported increased symptoms, long-term damage from exposure to particulate matter has not been clinically verified. Now, the United States Army Medical Department and other DoD agencies are embarking on a number of investigations into deployment-related lung disease and exposures.
Numbers May Be Small, But Difficulty Managing Crohn's Disease is Big Concern
Crohn's disease is difficult to diagnose and complex to treat. For clinicians, the goal is to help their patients, who often are young, to achieve remission and enjoy a better quality of life. Continuing controversies over treatment guidelines can make that challenging.
How Long Before Early Adoption of Insulin Becomes Rule Instead of Exception for Difficult to Control Type 2 Diabetes?
New research suggests that early adoption of insulin can improve long-term outcomes in type 2 diabetes patients. Most practice guidelines, including the VA/DoD guideline, which was updated last summer, still call for oral medication, primarily metformin, as first-line treatment. Insulin currently is reserved for early-stage patients with contraindications or difficult-to-control symptoms, but the introduction of basal insulins, which allow patients to more safety and easily initiate insulin, could mean changes in practice in the near future.
With 90% of U.S. Influenza Deaths in Elderly, New High Dose Vaccine Seeks Lower Mortality, Morbidity Rates
The elderly suffer disproportionately from seasonal influenza, with nearly 90% of all deaths occurring in those older than 65. One explanation is that the standard flu vaccine does not increase antibody levels for older recipients at the same rate as younger recipients. To address that issue, a high-dose flu vaccine was introduced for use in the 2010-2011 influenza season in an effort to decrease the rate of serious illness and/or mortality.
Gout Specialists Seek to Improve Care for Veterans With Painful Condition
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Psychiatric Issues in HCV-Infected Veterans Must Be Managed With Underlying Disease
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This jacket is amazing in that I can wear it when it is in the high 50's or in the 30's. It functions as a light weight jacket in warmer temps and yet keeps me warm in freezing temps. I am 5'3" & 118# and the small fits perfectly. I like the fitted look without being too tight. Fits over sweaters and sweatshirts. Have received many compliments on the watercress color as well. Would like to have this quality jacket in other colors, too. Luv it!
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HollyFrontier, Big West Oil and Silver Eagle participated in the second annual Charity Golf Classic at Mountain Dell Golf Course.
Davis County's Family Connection Center, the Davis Education Foundation and the Bountiful Community Food Pantry were among recipients of the money raised.
The event attracted more than 300 golfers.
"We take our role as an important and vital industry within the community seriously and work hard to be a good neighbor," said HollyFrontier's Woods Cross Refinery General Manager Lynn Keddington. "We are proud of the philanthropic spirit the golf tournament generates and how the money raised can help make our communities wonderful places to live."
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(CNN) -- Democratic New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith, along with a New York City councilman and other people, have been charged with conspiracy to bribe public officials and other public corruption counts, a U.S. attorney's office said Tuesday. Smith, once the state Senate majority leader, is accused of offering bribes to state Republican leaders to get on the GOP ballot in the upcoming New York mayoral election, according to court documents.
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KAlarm is a lean alternative calendar program. You can use this handy alarm clock as an easy-to-use replacement for cron.
The KAlarm [1] tool started life as part of the KDE PIM (Personal Information Management) package. It has now been dropped from the list of PIM components, however, its developer, David Jarvie, still distributes an advanced version of the program via his homepage. The current developer version is 1.9.0 beta, and it runs on KDE version 3.2 or newer. The current stable version is 1.4.4. Installation
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Actually the govt. stealing far less money from workers would work far better.It´s always amazing to see these Socialist morons and their 2 trick pony, tax & spend.
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Bobcats take photo with comedy legend
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Okay, maybe this photo, taken in the lobby of an Oklahoma City hotel, was taken with a legend in the loosest sense of the word. Yet the argument could be made that the oft-maligned Carrot Top is a legend of his own realm: prop comics, workout routines and hokey appearances on Leno. That's something, no?
The star of Chairman of the Boardposed with the photo with Bobcats players (from L) Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Gerald Henderson, Reggie Williams and Byron Mullens. They all appear with broad smiles, thus marking the first time Carrot Top has made four people simultaneously laugh in years.
The photo was posted the day after Charlotte lost by 45 points to the Thunder and became the first team in 21 years to trail by 40+ points at halftime. One day later, Charlotte lost again.
The team had been off to its best start in franchise history. Then they see Carrot Top and — boom — they're back to being the Bobcats.
Meeting with Carrot Top is something Charlotte should have done last season, during its historic losing campaign. Now they're a team on the rise. The team should be meeting with [fill in the blank with up-and-coming comic of your choosing]. Leave Carrot Top for the Wizards and/or Brian Scalabrine.
Do yourself a favor and watch that Chairman of the Board link above. You won't regret it.
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Congress has been trying to stop corruption of medical research through legislation. In 2010, as part of the health care reform package, it passed the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Starting in 2013, the law compels all pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers to reveal most of the money that they are putting in the pockets of physicians. Because most (but not all) medical researchers are medical doctors, in theory, these data will help universities, research hospitals and the NIH to pin down whether a grantee has a potential conflict of interest. The information, however, will be worthless unless it is used.
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Mirena and Estrogen for Control of Perimenopause Symptoms and Ovulation Suppression
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Hormonal treatment of perimenopausal women has frequently utilized oral contraceptive pills (OCPs). Because of their ability to suppress ovulation and establish cycle control, OCPs have become a popular option, and one that is FDA approved for use until menopause. However, use of OCPs in women in their 40's and 50's carries significant cardiovascular risks. Venous thromboembolism risk is 3-6 fold greater in OCP users, and the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) is approximately doubled in OCP users over the age of 40. This occurs at an age where the background population risk of MI begins to increase, such that the absolute number of cases rises substantially. Women with additional risk factors for cardiovascular disease have a much greater risk for MI (6-40-fold) in association with OCPs. There are also large subgroups of midlife women who are not candidates for OCP use, such a smokers and migraineurs. Moreover, the trend towards lower estrogen dosing with OCPs containing 20 micrograms of ethinyl estradiol has not led to a detectable decrease in thromboembolic risk.
Because of their increased potential risks, it is appropriate to seek alternatives to OCPs and to explore lower doses of hormones to relieve perimenopausal symptoms that occur prior to a woman's final menses. Recent evidence indicates that the hypothalamic-pituitary axis of reproductively aging women is more susceptible to suppression by sex steroids that previously believed. It is possible that hormone doses as low as 50 micrograms of transdermal estradiol (TDE) can suppress the hypothalamic-pituitary axis of midlife women. It is also tempting to speculate that the low but measurable circulating doses of levonorgestrel that are present when a woman uses the Mirena intrauterine system (IUS) can contribute to or even independently suppress the hypothalamic-pituitary axis, and reduce the hormonal fluctuations that result in worsening of perimenopausal symptoms. The combination of low dose TDE plus Mirena may therefore confer superior symptom control as well as contraceptive effectiveness, at far less risk.
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Perimenopausal Hormone Therapy |
Drug: Mirena Drug: Estradiol Drug: Placebo Gel |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Effectiveness of Perimenopausal Hormone Therapy in Suppression of Ovulation, Stabilization of Reproductive Hormones and Symptom Control |
- Ovulation Suppression [ Time Frame: Day 140 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Ovulation will be inhibited by use of the Mirena with estradiol, but not with Mirena alone.
- Suppression of Ovulation In Older Reproductive Aged Women [ Time Frame: Day 140 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Ovulation will be partially inhibited by Mirena alone in older reproductive aged/perimenopausal women
- Relief of Perimenopausal Symptoms [ Time Frame: Days 90 and 140 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Mirena plus transdermal estradiol will be a well tolerated method for alleviating perimenopausal symptoms by causing relative suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis in perimenopausal women and providing symptom control.
Estimated Enrollment: | 62 |
Study Start Date: | April 2012 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2013 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | June 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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Mirena (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system), 52 mg (20 mcg/day), 5 year duration (study duration 6 months).
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Topical Gel, Applied once daily for 50 days, Placebo comparator.
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The Specific Aims of the present proposal are therefore as follows:
Aim 1: To test the hypothesis that low dose estrogen therapy in concert with the low doses of levonorgestrel that circulate when Mirena is used will suppress ovulation in perimenopausal women.
Aim 2: To examine ovulation rates and symptom control with Mirena alone, and to assess the tolerability of combined estrogen therapy plus the Mirena IUS as a treatment option for symptomatic perimenopausal women.
The proposed pilot study is designed to test the feasibility and tolerability of the proposed regimens: Mirena alone or Mirena plus low-dose TDE in treating symptoms in perimenopausal women and to provide the preliminary data for a larger, comparative effectiveness study of optimal symptom control and provision of long term contraception for midlife women within 5 years of their final menstrual period.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 40 Years to 52 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 40-52
- History of regular menstrual cycles every 20-35 days in mid-reproductive life (20-35 years of age)
- At least 1 period within the past 3 months
- BMI less than 35 kg/m2
Presence of at least one of the following perimenopausal symptoms:
- Hot flashes (vasomotor symptoms)
- Cyclical headache, bloating or adverse mood
- Self-reported poor quality of sleep
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age < 40 years
- Hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy
- Cigarette smoking
- Signs or symptoms of restless leg syndrome or sleep apnea
- Any chronic renal or hepatic disease that might interfere with excretion of gonadotropins or sex steroids
- Moderate/vigorous aerobic exercise > 4 hours per week
- Inability to read/write English
- Pregnant Women
- Prisoners
- Decisionally challenged subjects
- Any medical condition that makes use of Topical estradiol or Mirena contraindicated.
- Sex hormone use within the past 30 days
- History of cancer, blood clots or blood clotting disorder
Contact: Christina S Gavito, BA | 303-724-5559 | email@example.com |
Contact: Cricket McHugh, BS | 303-724-5733 | firstname.lastname@example.com |
United States, Colorado | |
University of Colorado | Recruiting |
Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045 | |
Principal Investigator: Nanette Santoro, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Nanette Santoro, MD | University of Colorado, Denver |
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | University of Colorado, Denver |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01613131 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | 11-1711 |
Study First Received: | June 4, 2012 |
Last Updated: | February 7, 2013 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Estradiol Polyestradiol phosphate Estradiol valerate Estradiol 3-benzoate Estradiol 17 beta-cypionate Levonorgestrel Estrogens Hormones Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists |
Physiological Effects of Drugs Pharmacologic Actions Contraceptive Agents Reproductive Control Agents Therapeutic Uses Contraceptive Agents, Female Contraceptives, Oral, Synthetic Contraceptives, Oral |
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Anouther season in PV is almost over,and it has been a memorable one.After 3 seasons in PV.Tuna to Pargo,Dodos to Jacks,Stripers to Sails,Roosters to Amberjacks,and the Blacks to the Blues.Oh,and you can't forget the bait fish.Sardines to Yellowfin.So many things to learn in so little time,I think were finally starting to figure this place out.
I have been lucky enough to catch some amazing fish down here,but it ain't easy.There is not much consistency from trip to trip,you just have to run through the various methods before you find one that works.
Here are some shots of this last trip and a few from previous ones.
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PV was much more than I had imagined,and we have just grazed the surface.Until the next great adventure.Good luck Gernsey
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I tell ya, if they ever had rain delays in basketball, I'd be a stark, raving lunatic.
(Not that I'm not now, according to a few of you).
For real, 7 1-2 hours without a ball being struck; at the course at 9 a.m.; off the course about 9 p.m. and they still don't have the first freaking round finished. Sweet? Not so much.
But it's a job and someone's gotta do it, right?
And, besides, I guess it beats working for a living.
Anyway …
How, you wonder, does one while away a 7 1-2 hour rain delay?
At the trough, apparently.
Three of the golfers were talked to near dark last night – Scott Verplank, Retief Goosen and Mike Weir – all talked about taking a couple of meals during the Open shutdown yesterday.
Seems some of us grunts who spent more than our fair share of time scarfing down sandwiches, fruit, cookies and snacks were being just like the golfers. Except, in one case at least, for that whole physically fit thing they've got going on.
Maybe it's the time of year but the press tent was littered with basketball dudes. There was me and M. Grange ™, Stumpy's making a guest appearance as a golf scribbler and Bea Arthur – oops, I mean B. Arthur – was in attendance, too.
In fact, it was Bruce who pointed out the fact the offer sheet for Jamari Moon is something like three years and $8 million dollars, which provided the biggest shock I've had in a very long time.
Now, Jamario's a nice guy and I hope he has a long and fruitful NBA career 'cause it took him so long to get to the league but if Danny Ferry really offered him three years and something like $8 million (even if the last year isn't fully guarantee), I never want to hear the Cleveland GM talk about tough economic times.
That's a ridiculous deal. Good for Jamario, though.
Two-part golf story, kind of long but what the heck, it's not like we've got Raptors stuff to talk about.
The good folks from the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame – and if you're at the Abbey this weekend make sure to stop in, they've got an excellent Mike Weir display and a raft of other interesting stuff – put on a little symposium with Dave Barr, Dan Halldorson, Wilf Homeniuk and Bob Panasiuk during the delay yesterday. Chat got around to their best finishes at the Open and here's what Barr recalled:
"1988 was the year that I thought I had a really good chance at winning. Posted 66 the last day and was in the clubhouse at 13-under and every year prior to that, 13-under was a winner.
"I guess the last group, Ken Green's group, was still on the 13th when they called it on that Sunday and when I woke up the next morning, I'm in the clubhouse and the wind's blowing 25 (mph) out of the northwest and I'm thinking, 'hmm, maybe I can still win it. These guys have to tough it out for six holes or five holes in this wind.'
"Then all of a sudden everybody starting shooting birdies and eagles and it just kind of slipped away.
"I still thought I had that chance when I woke up Monday morning that I could possibly be in a playoff or win it outright. But I ended up tying for fourth."
Okay, good story, right?
Well, it gets better. That tournament was sponsored by DuMaurier, back in the day when tobacco companies could do that sort of thing, and when Green – hardly a bon vivant, in fact he's about the furthest thing from a bon vivant you could imagine – is making his acceptance speech, he botched the name of the company so badly it was comical. Kind of like:
"And I like to thank Dumier, or whatever it is, for sponsoring the event."
Well, back then, they used to bring the defending champ back for a day the next summer, invite some of hackers out to chop it around with him and pump up the coming tournament.
Funnily enough, the good folks at Dumier, or whatever it was, didn't extend that invitation to Green. And the assembled hackers really didn't miss him.
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Judging by this story, it would appear Tunisia has some work to do in the world of under-19 women's basketball.
And judging by the picture that goes with it, organizers down in Thailand have some work to do in the world of selling tickets.
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On a matter of entirely no importance, can I just say that as a rock and roll dude, Kevin Costner makes a great thespian.
Walking out of the course last night alongside Young Tim (not to confused with Old Tom or even Popular Ray) we got to listen to the, um, musical stylings of Costner and his band. I don't believe I'm rushing out to the eight-track store.
So, what's up this weekend, you ask?
Well, I can't imagine the Raptors actually getting around to filling those final two roster spots – which is a huge tick-off because I'm allegedly on holidays again next week – so it's going to be a quiet 48 hours of hoops.
The Mighty Yankees have a makeup twinbill tomorrow morning weather-permitting (and trying to keep 12-year-olds focused for one game is hard enough, getting them to concentrate for two on a Saturday morning is going to be a hoot) and then there's more golf to scribble about.
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