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This Is Unacceptable, In My Humble Opinion
October 24, 2014 October 24, 2014 Dustin Fink20 Comments
Yesterday I wrote about concussions and the difference between professionals and adolescents using Jamaal Charles as an example. What happened last night on the professional field with millions watching was completely unacceptable, professional athlete not withstanding.
Late in the third quarter of the game, last night, San Diego's defensive back Jahleel Addae (#37) ran into a pile to finish the tackle on the Denver running back. He was running at full speed and led with his left shoulder, but as he made contact with the RB his head dropped and he also made (incidental) helmet to helmet contact with the runner. This type of collision is very frequent and looked innocuous… Until you saw the after math…
Addae was bounced back, still on his feet, and began "short circuiting" for the national audience to see. He begins to look around, kind of, and stumble, kind of, and lose full control of his extremities, all of them. As a medical professional and athletic trainer I would have documented this OBJECTIVE finding as "unsteadiness and disorientation". It looked like a boxer/MMA fighter catching a fist/kick in the face late in a boxing match; the type of reaction that any referee in those sports would stop a match for and award a TKO to the other guy.
It happens from time to time in this and other sports, that is not the issue here. The issue is that Addae returned to the game (oh, it gets worse). Here is the tweet from last night (h/t to Brady Phelps' Vine);
https://t.co/V200gPAYhz the defensive player, Addae, returned to the game… #hypocrisy #playersafety
— The Concussion Blog (@concussionblog) October 24, 2014
From what I can piece together this play was the last of the 3rd quarter and reports had him taking the field on the first play of the 4th quarter. HE DIDN'T MISS A SINGLE SNAP! Even with the long commercial break between quarters there is a maximum of 4 minutes, but if my DVR time was correct it was between 2 and 3 minutes. This is not nearly enough time for a full concussion evaluation, by anyone.
"Maybe he was screened, like you said yesterday, Fink."
There was absolutely no reason for a cursory "screen" in this situation, Addae showed a clear and overt sign of neurological impairment, in concussion recognition jargon: a sign. When any player shows a sign there is no screen it means Continue reading →
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Please Let This Be The Beginning: A Public Invitation
April 28, 2014 April 28, 2014 Dustin Fink2 Comments
The blog began simply enough, making notice of information about concussion in a time when there was so much misunderstanding. It turned into a cathartic exercise on how I have dealt with concussions as an athletic trainer – the good and the bad. It has slowly morphed into a platform for change; not only concussions but the healthcare profession of athletic training, in particular at the secondary school level (high school).
Adolescent concussion is not only staggering in terms of exposure but in terms of mismanagement, the true problem in this concussion crisis, in my humble opinion. I feel – biased – that athletic trainers not only can help with the management but with the overall "acceptance" of this brain injury as it relates to sports. Because of those thoughts I have been openly and behind the scenes, clamoring for a way to get more AT's in the high school. Not just game-day ATC's either, full-time and daily coverage for our most vulnerable. The analogy still remains: would you send you kid to a public swimming pool without a life guard on duty? Why would you send your kid to collision sports without an athletic trainer on duty?
Yes, this is being spurred on by the concussion issue at hand, but in reality an athletic trainer is SO MUCH MORE! We deal with the mundane (common cold) to the emergent (cardiac arrest) when it comes to athletic or high school (dealing with situations during a school day) injuries.
I came across a tweet today from Rick Burkholder (@proatc), Head Athletic Trainer of the Kansas City Chiefs that is putting this into action.
The NFL is starting a grant process to place certified athletic trainers (ATC's) into more high schools. The monies are limited from what I can tell, but this is the start that I have been dreaming of for the past few years.
You can read the entire NFLF ATC Grant by clicking on the link to see all the details but here are the highlights: Continue reading →
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"League of Denial" (Part 2)
October 8, 2013 October 8, 2013 Dustin Fink9 Comments
Coming to a bookstore and TV near you today is "League of Denial" a book and documentary about one of the dirty little secrets the NFL has been avoiding for some time. Fortunately, I have been provided with advance copies of both; the Frontline film was easy to digest, as for reading a book, well we can just say I am trying to read as fast as possible.
I was reminded quickly, yesterday via Twitter, that I may lack valuable perspective when it comes to concussion information (and that I am not normal – this is not breaking news). Will Carroll of Bleacher Report let me know that this information will be new to a lot of people out there. He is exactly right, not only that, this documentary will be easily digestible for the fan of football. For any person just wading into this, when you tune into PBS tonight to view "League of Denial" you will be absolutely hooked from the start.
The sounds of the crowd, visuals of big hits grab your football part of the brain IMMEDIATELY, over those sounds you will quickly discover the problem NFL players have faced with brain injuries playing their sport. Harry Carson saying "and then they are gone" when talking about former players. A bold statement that the level of denial was "just profound." An NFL lawyer saying "we strongly deny those allegations that we withheld information or misled the players." And more video and sound of punishing hits that used to fill the highlight reel bring the opening curtain of this very important documentary.
This problem is real – it's not just real for the professionals – and from the get go Frontline makes you understand, vividly and personally, why this is. After listening to old radio calls of the Steel Curtain it all begins with the story of Mike Webster and the forensic pathologist who studied his brain, Bennet Omalu.
The discovery of a possible reason one of the most respected and lauded players in Pittsburgh sports pantheon fell from grace and eventually found and early demise. If the football portion of your brain does not connect to what is being presented then I would haphazardly guess that you are not ingrained within the fabric of football.
As Harry Carson explains how the game was played and to some extent how it's still played you can begin to understand the issue at hand. This is hammered home when Robert Stern, PhD tells the audience blows to the brain are at forces 20 times greater than the force of gravity (20 G's); or as he so eloquently put it "driving into a brick wall at 35mph", 1,000 times or more in a season.
In the first 11 minutes of this 2 hour presentation you are at full attention and want to understand the "whats", "whys" and "whos". If you are not engaged and ready for further explanation I can only say that you don't care or want to bury your head in the sand.
Contributions in the film include Continue reading →
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NFL Concussion Litigation Settled Out of Court
August 29, 2013 Dustin Fink9 Comments
Twitter and my in box is exploding at this very moment… The NFL and the players who have filed suit against the league have come to a settlement of $765,000,000, Judge Brody's statement can be found HERE. This works out to about $170,000/player or estate if there were only 4,500 plaintiffs (numbers are not clearly known).
This is a good thing for the league, and for some players this is well needed cash flow. If the promise of establishing a better future with study and plans for players hold true it will be a great day. But excuse me if I'm a bit reserved on the confetti and marching bands…
The 88 plan was supposed to be the answer, then the new Head Neck & Spine Committee, then the Mackey Council within the league (headed by Sean Morey). There have been many band aids placed on this gashing wound before, perhaps just throwing money at it will clot it up?
Moreover, the fact that the NFL does not have to go through discovery in the litigation process makes those in Manhattan pop the champagne!
Doesn't it seem a bit coincidental that this has come on the heels of the release of "The United States of Football" and the upcoming release of the Frontline (formerly co-partnered with ESPN) "League of Denial"?
Perhaps I am skeptical, fine, but who has really won in this?
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Old Coach Point of View
July 26, 2013 July 25, 2013 Dustin FinkLeave a comment
What I believe was at the same conference as the previous video by Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher; former coach Lloyd Carr speaks about concussions;
Coach Carr was the head football coach at the University of Michigan from 1995 – 2007, it is worth listening to this perspective. Although coaches can be to blame for much of the "complaining" when it comes to the necessary changes in any sport as it relates to concussion, their input is very worthy.
We can sit in our offices and come up with "dream" ideas, but these are the men/women that must implement all the "bright" ideas. There is something to be said for those that have "been-there-done-that", so as long as it is both constructive and respectful. I believe that Coach Carr did a good job of this.
A quick side note; this was in 2011 and he spoke of leading with the head, now the NCAA and NFL will possibly eject players for leading with the crown of the helmet (a very hot debate, and will be once the season begins).
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Free Webinar (TODAY)
May 22, 2013 Dustin Fink1 Comment
For those looking to cash in on this concussion issue with innovative ideas and products, you should not miss this opportunity;
GE & the NFL are teaming up to accelerate concussion research, diagnosis and treatment. The Head Health Initiative aims to develop new solutions to help diagnose mild traumatic brain injury. This initiative starts with a two-year open innovation program to invest up to $20 million in research and technology. This includes the first Challenge, the focus of this webinar, which offers a $10 million award to better understand and diagnose traumatic brain injury. A second component of the initiative is a four-year $40 million research and development program to determine the key imaging biomarkers in the brain.
Featured speaker include Mark A. Phillips, Chief Marketing Officer, GE Healthcare, Healthcare Systems and Kevin Guskiewicz, Ph.D., Chair, NFL's Head, Neck & Spine Committee.
You must go to the link to register, the event is at 3pm EST today.
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Who Wants Research Monies?
April 11, 2013 Dustin FinkLeave a comment
There are plenty of people out there that think they have the answer to the concussion issue. From helmets (G. Malcom Brown) to mouth gear (Mark Picot), to assessment, to rehabilitation, to research, the whole lot of it. Well now is your chance to put forth your best effort and get some money for research on your products or your ideas. The National Institutes of Health and the NFL have created the Sports and Health Research Program;
The Sports and Health Research Program (SHRP) is an innovative partnership among the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Football League (NFL) and the FNIH. Launched in 2012, the program aims to help accelerate the pursuit of research to enhance the health of athletes at all levels, past, present and future, and to extend the impact of that research beyond the playing field to benefit others in the general population, including members of the military.
There is an agenda of sorts; regarding what they are looking at going forward (see article) but they are giving grants for those that meet the criteria; Continue reading →
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What Is Going On In Arizona?
October 30, 2012 October 30, 2012 Dustin Fink3 Comments
I only lead the story that way because this past weekend there have been two "interesting" situations involving potential concussions of football players, with 'Arizona' on the jersey.
Yesterday I posted about Matt Scott, University of Arizona QB (Dan Diamond also has a follow-up to his story here) and today after Monday Night Football Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals is under the microscope. I too was watching and was mystified at the handling of the situation. Watching on television you could clearly see a mechanism of injury that would predispose a player to a head injury, then as he rose to his feet – to this highly trained observer – he appeared gazed and "not all there". Apparently I was not the only one to see it that way;
When he got up from the field picking grass out of his facemask and looking woozy, there were fewer questions about whether it was a dirty play by Brown—it wasn't—than how much time Fitzgerald would miss due to a possible concussion.[…] Continue reading →
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2012 NFL Concussion Report Week 5
October 11, 2012 October 17, 2012 Dustin FinkLeave a comment
The Concussion Blog Original, NFL Concussion Report, is a weekly compiling of the reported head injuries in the National Football League. Concussions are added to the list each week from multiple sources to give you the reader a picture of what is happening on the field. Each week we will bring you the information along with relevant statistics. If we have missed a concussion or put one on here erroneously, let us know (we will also be using Fink's Rule to classify a concussion/head injury).
This past week was an interesting week for concussion tracking in 2012. First, week 5 had the most concussions for the week, 12. Second, week 5 produced our first quarterback concussions (2) with RGII and Matt Cassel. Third and finally, two players – Laurent Robinson and Daniel Thomas – sustained their second concussion of the season.
A trend that I find unusual, and it is only week 5, is that the offense is now outpacing the defense. Although it is a bit over 30% more I feel that as the season progresses this will become a 50/50 split as it has been the past two years.
Now on to the numbers for the week (51 total regular season concussions bringing the 2012 total with preseason to 99); Continue reading →
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New Study; Posting for Reference
September 7, 2012 September 7, 2012 Dustin Fink2 Comments
This information was not only new, but really took up time on the airwaves with its information. For some this may be a head scratching, but for most in the know it was really confirmation of what the popular line of thinking has been. Really, if you think about this in a vacuum, brain trauma is bad, and increased exposure over long periods of time is real bad.
Here is a recap from CTVNews in Canada;
Former NFL players appear to be at an unusually high risk of dying from Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or Lou Gehrig's disease, suggests a new study that once again highlights the dangers of the game of football.
The study, which appears in the journal Neurology, found that the death rate from those three diseases among a group of former NFL players was about three times what one would expect from the general population.
The study looked at 3,439 former players who had at least five playing seasons from 1959-1988 with the NFL. The average age of the study participants was 57 and only 334 players – about 10 per cent of them – have now died.
Researchers compared the players' deaths to a comparable group of American men and found that in 10 of the former NFL players, either Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or Lou Gehrig's disease (also called ALS) was listed as the cause of death.
That's about three times the general rate for American men, the researchers reported.
I would also like to take this time to make sure we are not vilifying the NFL or football for that matter. Sure the sport has plenty of brain injury, but concussions and repetitive blows to the head are not unique to the gridiron. Soccer for one is a sport that is both understudied and had potential for chronic cases. In the sport of baseball the catcher position is an area of concern. Hockey, rugby, rodeo, Aussie Rules all have a place in this discussion.
Mostly, remember that kids are now exposed to sports at a much younger age then this study group, and the group also was playing before the 90's – before everyone got bigger, faster and stronger.
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Official Study of NFL Concussions
August 8, 2012 August 8, 2012 Dustin Fink19 Comments
It appears that there is an official study on concussions and injuries in the NFL. This data came from the internal injury surveillance of the league and is uncertain who sponsored it, however, this is our first chance to see "accurate" numbers relating to concussions in the league. Edgeworth Economics did the study and was told that there were 266 concussions in 2011 (we found 217) and 270 concussions in 2010 (182) showing a slight overall decline;
The number of reported concussions had been on the rise since 2006.
"As an economist and a statistician, I can't tell you whether that's due to increased recognition of concussions versus an increased incidence of them," David said. "It's probably both. But nonetheless, you see a pretty significant (trend) over the last five years, roughly. However, in 2011, we saw a decrease — a slight decrease in the total number of concussions, the first time that's happened in several years. And that is entirely due to a reduced number of concussions during kickoffs."
The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the kickoff rule change. As we noted here there was a decline in concussions on the kick off last year – although we could only discover single digits – where as the study had much more information;
There were 266 overall concussions reported in 2011, a decrease from the 270 reported in 2010. The number of concussions that occurred on kickoffs dropped from 35 in 2010 to 20 last season.
Yes, the kickoff rule change helped and looks like it helped the overall number as well. We have opined here that 2011 could be the "high water" mark for concussions in the NFL. We also have been extremely critical of the NFL for "hiding" their numbers, it appears that is changing. It will also be very interesting to see if the reduced contact days also drives that number down.
It is good to see the league "opening the books" on the concussion injury, although it is curious it comes at a time when there is a plateau or decline. I guess it is better late than never. With these changes and decline we should see a trickle down effect as college and high school will be more accepting of "game" changes.
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Bombshell Found in Sports Illustrated Vault
July 4, 2012 July 4, 2012 Dustin Fink9 Comments
Thanks to @ConcernedMom9 I was sent an article from Sports Illustrated written by Michael Farber. Before I tell you the year and provide the link I want so share some quotes from it;
"People are missing the boat on brain injuries," says Dr. James P. Kelly, director of the brain-injury program at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and an assistant professor of neurology at Northwestern University Medical School. "It isn't just cataclysmic injury or death from brain injuries that should concern people. The core of the person can change from repeated blows to the head.
"I get furious every time I watch a game and hear the announcers say, 'Wow, he really got his bell rung on that play.' It's almost like, 'Yuk, yuk, yuk,' as if they're joking. Concussions are no joke."
That sounds very similar to what we are discussing now in 2012.
•Of the 1.5 million high school football players in the U.S., 250,000 suffer a concussion in any given season, according to a survey conducted for The American Journal of Public Health.
•A player who has already suffered a concussion is four times more likely to get one than a player who has been concussion-free. Quarterbacks, running backs, receivers and defensive backs are most vulnerable, […] that special teams players were at the highest risk per minute spent on the field.
•Concussions are underreported at all levels of football. This is partly because of the subtlety of a mild concussion (unless a player is as woozy as a wino, the injury might go undetected by a busy trainer or coach) but primarily because players have bought into football's rub-dirt-on-it ethos. "If we get knocked in the head, it's embarrassing to come to the sideline and say, 'Hey, my head's feeling funny,' " says San Francisco 49er quarterback Steve Young, who has suffered at least a half dozen concussions. "So I'm sure we're denying it."
•Football's guidelines for players returning after concussions are sometimes more lenient than boxing's. The New Jersey Boxing Commission requires a fighter who is knocked out to wait 60 days and submit to an electroencephalogram (EEG) before being allowed back into the ring.
•According to Ken Kutner, a New Jersey neuropsychologist, postconcussion syndrome is far more widespread than the NFL or even those suffering from the syndrome would lead us to believe. […] Kutner says that the players fear that admitting to postconcussion syndrome might cost them a job after retirement from football.
Hmmm, we all thought this was information new to us – new being 2008.
That, however, doesn't console Lawrence and Irene Guitterez of Monte Vista, Colo. "He just thought it was something trivial," Irene says of her son, Adrian, who was a running back on the Monte Vista High team three years ago. "He had a headache and was sore, but it seemed like cold symptoms. He wasn't one to complain. He wouldn't say anything to anybody. He wanted to play in the Alamosa game."
He did play. At halftime Guitterez, who had suffered a concussion in a game two weeks before and had not yet shaken the symptoms, begged teammates not to tell the coaches how woozy he felt. When he was tackled early in the third quarter, he got up disoriented and then collapsed. Five days later he died.
Years later another Colorado high school football player, Jake Snakenberg, would unfortunately repeat history; leading to the concussion legislation passed in that state.
Do you have a guess on the year… Continue reading →
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Political Football: Irv Muchnick
Irvin Muchnick is a writer and investigative journalist who previously mainly focused on the WWE. Muchnick has changed gears a bit and started Concussion Inc, a website focusing on the head injury issue.
On Friday, on Beyond Chron, Irv Muchnick wrote about the appearance of a conflict of interest between the Centers for Disease Control and the National Football League, in regards to the upcoming panel and recommendations. In the article Irv was right to point out that the federally funded CDC is taking outside monies for the first time;
A CDC spokeswoman admitted to me that the NFL's $150,000 grant for "Heads Up" marked "the first time the CDC Foundation has received external funding to help support" this initiative, which has a decade-long history encompassing various outreach to health care professionals and patients, school professionals, sports coaches, parents, and kids and teens. (CDC's own funding for this program has averaged around $200,000 a year.)
Which brings into question who will be in control of the recommendations? Will the people shaping the foundation of concussion management, aimed at athletic trainers and doctors, actually have representatives in place? I am not talking about the usual suspects that may hold a MD or ATC tag – the ones who do Yoeman's work in the research field – rather some of the "boots on the ground" if you will. Yes there are some Continue reading →
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Sunday Night Debacle
September 19, 2011 September 19, 2011 Dustin Fink7 Comments
Sunday Night Football (TM by NBC and NFL) was going to be a good watch with Mike Vick returning to his original place of employment. Not only was that an underlying tone, the Atlanta Falcons faced an early season "must win", the first half it did not disappoint as both teams scored and forced mistakes from the other team. As the second half began it looked as though the visiting Eagles were going to take full control of the game, and to be honest my interest started to wane a bit, then Dunta Robinson happened again. It was his hit in Week 6 last year that started the avalanche of eyes on concussions in the NFL. Tonight he basically did the same thing – the hit seen below (will be removed by NFL) and should be met with both a fine and suspension – and brought attention to the broadcast for what became a massive debacle in my opinion.
Later in the drive, not only did Jeremy Maclin return to the game after the hit from Robinson (and being "down"), he caught a pass from Vick, but behind the play Vick was injured. As you can see Continue reading →
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The Media and Concussions
May 18, 2011 May 17, 2011 Nick Mercer1 Comment
After being ignored for far too long, concussions and brain injury seem to have been rightfully recognized as the most important issue in contact sports. However, even the medical community is quick to note the dearth of good information about brain injuries. After my cycling accident and subsequent coma almost 8 years ago, the information my family was given had them constantly bracing for the worst. My mom tells me that when she was a kid and she'd ask her dad a question, the answer would invariably be, "Look it up." That explains her career choice (librarian) and her never-ending search for more information. Yet, even she had a very difficult time finding information that would give her solace or at least an idea of what problems her son would face. Even though my brain injury was more acute and severe than a concussion, both are brain injuries. I think that an extremely important point about concussions is being lost in the extra-subjective and passionate world of pro sports.
It's fortunate the newspapers like the Globe and Mail and the New York Times were quickly on the issue as it came to the fore in their health and sports sections. As would be expected, the Globe and Mail centres most of their attention on hockey, while the New York Times focuses primarily on football. They've obviously done an outstanding job of bringing the brain injury issue forward. An issue will not become important to the public by starting with explanations and definitions, but once an issue goes from afterthought Continue reading →
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Another Perspective on Duerson
February 22, 2011 Dustin Fink1 Comment
In an article written by Irv Muchnick we the reader get another perspective on the concussion issue, as highlighted by the suicide of Dave Duerson.
The gruesome decades-long underground American saga that is the football concussion crisis has never gotten in our faces quite like the story of the suicide last week, at age 50, of one-time National Football League defensive player of the year Dave Duerson.
How many levels are there to the news that Duerson put a gun to himself, but not before texting family that he wanted his brain donated for research on the brain-trauma syndrome now known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)? Let us, like Elizabeth Barrett Browning, count them. It begins with the fact that he shot himself in the chest – perhaps with supreme confidence that by avoiding his head and leaving intact his postmortem brain tissue, it will confirm that he is around the 21st diagnosed case of CTE among former football players.
Duerson is the latest casualty of a sport that has evolved, via training technology and industrial design, into a form of gladiatorialism whose future human and economic viability is questionable. The New Yorker and New York Times have started assessing this cultural phenomenon with their own brands of competence and Ivy League restraint. From the closeted gutter of pro wrestling, where all the same venalities play out with less pretense, I'm here to tell "the rest of the story" – such as how the same corrupt doctors who work for the NFL also shill for World Wrestling Entertainment, and how it's all part of the same stock exchange of ethics for profits and jock-sniffing privileges.
To read the rest of this story go to Beyond Chron, HERE.
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Better concussion policy: NFL, NHL or MTV?
February 21, 2011 February 21, 2011 Nick MercerLeave a comment
When MTV takes more decisive action than the NFL or NHL, perhaps it's time to look at who makes the final decision in pro sports. 'Pro' being the operative word.
MTV's The Challenge isn't technically a sport. Unless you hear ESPN's Bill Simmons and Dave Jacoby talk about it. They're probably on to something – it should be the fifth main sport. If you haven't seen the show (it's not in-season, but it is here), this season – The Challenge: Cutthroat – provided a good example of why everyone should pay attention to concussions. Seriously. MTV.
It's not like Jersey Shore (but there is drunk fighting and debauchery), it's more like Survivor meets a gym (30 contestants, 9 challenges). Unlike the quirky challenges in which 'castaways' compete, the competitions in The Challenge are extremely physical. Case in point was a team challenge this season in which the contestants had to dive/jump from a moving platform into a pond and then swim a circuit. Chet, a member of the red team, landed awkwardly on the water, and once on the shore he was attended to by paramedics, brought to hospital, diagnosed with a concussion and told he wasn't allowed to compete anymore.
What made Chet's removal an easy decision for MTV was at least partly because Chet wasn't a professional MTV contestant. His career was not The Challenge (at least, I hope not). Whatever his eventual career choice Continue reading →
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Brad Scioli On Concussions
February 15, 2011 February 15, 2011 noodle1 Comment
For nearly a decade, the media has effectively contributed to the heightened awareness of concussions in football. Many individuals, who either were or were not involved in the sport itself, became enlightened by the growing results of medical discoveries that connected mild traumatic brain injury to conditions such as post-concussion syndrome, depression, second impact syndrome, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The widely dispersed spectrum of opinion on this subject often provided vague interpretations of concussions in sports, so I engaged in something that would be a bit more effective in opening the public's eyes, as well as my own, to the personal predicaments between concussions and professional athletes. To do so, I contacted Brad Scioli—former defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts.
Scioli played for the Colts from 1999 to 2004. He attended the same high school that I graduated from a year ago, and is forever enshrined in the athletic legacy of Upper Merion Area High School's halls. He is known to be one of Upper Merion's greatest, and most proud, athletes of success who took his talents to the professional level. Today, he is now a health and physical education teacher at Upper Merion, and is an assistant coach for the school's football program. During my high school career, I had the pleasure of working with Scioli in a productive player-coach relationship, where I learned a tremendous amount of skills for the defensive end position through his expertise.
By speaking to Scioli, I wanted to learn about what the voice of a former NFL player had to say about the league's most recent dealings with all aspects of mild traumatic brain injury. I wanted to see how we could further illustrate an issue that has been brought to the foreground of neuroscience and professional sports. After seeing my junior year mark the end of my high school football career, it was interesting to see what Scioli, a former defensive mentor who shares similar homegrown roots, had to say about the issue. Continue reading →
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NFL's Goodell in Washington for Conccusion Conference
As reported by Liz Matthews of MYNorthwest.com some heavy hitters were at the Virgina Mason Athletic Center for a conference on concussions. Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the National Football League, as well as Zackery Lystedt were there to "Keep Youth Sports Safe."
Because of the popularity of the NFL and the important role it plays, "we have a responsibility to do what's right and make a difference in people's lives," he said. Having started in the State of Washington, Goodell believes that the passing of this law would make a difference for all sports – not just football – for kids across the country.
"We all are learning more about the seriousness of the injuries. Continue reading →
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NFL Concussions Week 4
October 2, 2010 October 18, 2010 Dustin FinkLeave a comment
This is from the official injury report distributed by the NFL, there are some teams on byes.
Players listed with injury of concussion or head that are probable;
Jason Trusnik, LB, CLE
Zack Follett, LB, DET
Craig Dahl, S, STL
Mario Manningham, WR, NYG
Players listed with injury of concussion or head that are questionable or worse;
Corey Redding, DE, BAL
Clifton Ryan, DT, STL
Anthony Bryant, DT, WAS
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The Cleveland Browns had a similar situation, as Stewart Bradley in Philly, this past weekend. Tight end Evan Moore took a shot from Kansas City Chief Kendrick Lewis and was "rocked".
According to Tom Withers of the AP
After going down, Moore shook his head as he has done after taking big hits before and jogged to Cleveland's sideline, where he was met by team trainers. He felt normal and told them so. The 6-foot-6, 250-pounder had taken jarring hits and figured this was just another one.
"It was a good hit," Moore said, "but I didn't black out or anything. When I took the hit, Continue reading →
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David Price pulls out of Emilio Zarate fight with biceps injury
Yaroslav Zavorotnyi (L) takes a punch from David Price on June 7, 2014, in Schwerin, Germany. Photo by Boris Streubel – Bongarts/Getty Images.
The scheduled Dec. 6 return of heavyweight David Price against Emilio Zarate in Germany has been delayed due to a minor biceps injury suffered during a sparring session, according to a release by promoter Sauerland Event.
Price (18-2, 15 knockouts) suffered a slight tear in his left biceps during sparring and has been advised to pull out of the bout against Emilio Zarate (18-13-3, 9 KOs), which was scheduled for the undercard of a main event featuring THE RING's No. 4-rated light heavyweight, Juergen Braehmer, against Pawel Glazewski at the EWE Arena in Oldenburg, Germany.
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"It's frustrating, as I felt that I was in the shape of my life going into this fight. I've been to see a specialist, who confirmed it was nothing serious, but advised me to avoid the fight on Dec. 6. These things happen in boxing," said Price, 31.
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"I feel for Pricey as I know he was desperate to get back into the ring," said promoter Kalle Sauerland. "But this has no effect on our plans for the future, as 2015 is going to be a huge year for the big man."

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In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Seattle City Council passed an emergency law requiring gig companies such as Instacart, DoorDash, and Postmates to provide additional compensation of at least $2.50 in hazard pay per order to their gig workers for working during the COVID-19 emergency. But, not even a week after the law was signed into effect, Instacart filed a lawsuit against the City trying to stop the law from being enforced.
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I've recently purchased quite a nice Norton Commando Hybrid, in as much it's a Mk11a frame with a Mk111 engine wrapped up in Fastback styling. Unfortunately the engine number is giving me a few sleepless nights worrying whether it's legitimate, although both frame and engine numbers do tally with the V5 log book.
The engine number starts with 850 followed by 537*** with the same six digit number on the Mk111 gearbox. I am led to believe from what I have seen on various websites including Norvil that the Mk111 engine should have a number starting 325*** .
I am led to believe from what I have seen on various websites including Norvil that the Mk111 engine should have a number starting 325*** .
Yes (but not all). The 'last' 850 Mk3 Commando was 336539.
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If you post a pic of the numbers then it can be gauged whether the stamps are factory or not, 537*** sounds out of range.
Note the 3 circles with horizontal lines.
Unfortunately I don't have photobucket at the moment, but the numbers look to be in the same format with the three circles and the radial machine marks on the casing.
and then link to them here.
There will be a story to how your numbers are what they are but no doubt a lost story. I am struggling to think of a nefarious reason for the numbers you have so suspect it was a spare engine used as a factory replacement and a number used that they expected would never be on a production bike off the line.
It looks as though whoever built the engine was proud of his handywork as there are identifying marks all over the engine including the inside, although I've not ventured that far as it's running so well. Curiously the mk111 gearbox has also been converted to RH footchange with the Mk11a drum brake.
Wonder why the 3 circle stamps with horizontal lines were defaced, making sure it was obvious they are not the original cases to later owners ?
Curiously the mk111 gearbox has also been converted to RH footchange with the Mk11a drum brake.
If you have a MK2a and your crankcases burst open and MK3 cases used as a donor then the conversion to right hand gear change allows you to keep the rear wheel and brake plus not have to consider the swingarm changes, foot rests etc with fitting a disc rear wheel.
Does the gearbox have the electric switch insert screwed in from the front for the neutral switch ?
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Or they (plus the similar chisel marks on the head) are an attempt to obliterate somebody else's identification marks?
Yes it's got the switch and working neutral light. Even the electric start has had the 4 brush conversion and works very well. In fact without it I don't think I could start it on the kickstart from cold, as it's so stiff to turn over. It's running on straight 40s oil so I may change it to 20W50 along with my other British twins.
L.A.B. - Look closely at the number 8 and the number 3 stamped into your case. . They are very different from the numbers stamped into the other case. From my many years in the motorcycle salvage business, I'd bet the numbers on your case have been altered or someone took a new virgin case and stamped the numbers.
L.A.B. - Look closely at the number 8 and the number 3 stamped into your case.
Look closely at the number 8 and the number 3 stamped into your case. . They are very different from the numbers stamped into the other case. From my many years in the motorcycle salvage business, I'd bet the numbers on your case have been altered or someone took a new virgin case and stamped the numbers.
I would have to agree with you about the virgin case. I don't think original numbers have been rubbed off as the machining marks are still evident on the case and it's not as though anybodies tried to fake an original number because the number series is incorrect. I suppose the biggest mystery is that DVLA have accepted this number and put it into the log book.
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SL signatory to Glasgow declaration on forest conservation
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Written by Amani Nilar 05 Nov, 2021	| 3:37 pm
COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has signed a Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forest and Land use, reaffirming Sri Lanka's efforts to conserve forests and other terrestrial ecosystems and accelerate their restoration.
Sri Lanka has been noted as a signatory in the document beside Brazil, Bhutan, Canada, Cuba among 131 other countries.
The declaration's signatories have recognised the need to meet their land use, climate, biodiversity and sustainable development goals, both globally and nationally, will require transformative further action in the interconnected areas of sustainable production and consumption; infrastructure development; trade; finance and investment; and support for smallholders, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities, who depend on forests for their livelihoods and have a key role in their stewardship.
Moreover, the signatories have pledged to working collectively to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 while delivering sustainable development and promoting an inclusive rural transformation.
Sri Lanka also signed a "No new coal" compact agreement recently as well.
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We, the leaders of the countries identified below:
Emphasise the critical and interdependent roles of forests of all types, biodiversity and sustainable land use in enabling the world to meet its sustainable development goals; to help achieve a balance between anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and removal by sinks; to adapt to climate change; and to maintain other ecosystem services.
Reaffirm our respective commitments, collective and individual, to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, the Sustainable Development Goals; and other relevant initiatives.
Reaffirm our respective commitments to sustainable land use, and to the conservation, protection, sustainable management and restoration of forests, and other terrestrial ecosystems.
Recognise that to meet our land use, climate, biodiversity and sustainable development goals, both globally and nationally, will require transformative further action in the interconnected areas of sustainable production and consumption; infrastructure development; trade; finance and investment; and support for smallholders, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities, who depend on forests for their livelihoods and have a key role in their stewardship.
Highlight the areas of strong progress in recent years and the opportunities before us to accelerate action.
We therefore commit to working collectively to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 while delivering sustainable development and promoting an inclusive rural transformation.
We will strengthen our shared efforts to:
Conserve forests and other terrestrial ecosystems and accelerate their restoration;
Facilitate trade and development policies, internationally and domestically, that promote sustainable development, and sustainable commodity production and consumption, that work to countries' mutual benefit, and that do not drive deforestation and land degradation;
Reduce vulnerability, build resilience and enhance rural livelihoods, including through empowering communities, the development of profitable, sustainable agriculture, and recognition of the multiple values of forests, while recognising the rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as local communities, in accordance with relevant national legislation and international instruments, as appropriate;
Implement and, if necessary, redesign agricultural policies and programmes to incentivise sustainable agriculture, promote food security, and benefit the environment;
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Author: Pedlow, Steven
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1. Lahey, Benjamin B.
Van Hulle, Carol A.
Waldman, Irwin D.
Rodgers, Joseph Lee
D'Onofrio, Brian M.
Pedlow, Steven
Rathouz, Paul J.
Keenan, Kate
Testing Descriptive Hypotheses Regarding Sex Differences in the Development of Conduct Problems and Delinquency
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 34,5 (October 2006): 737-755.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/j1716gl8501w8082/
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Springer
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Delinquency/Gang Activity; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Temperament
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Accurate descriptions of sex differences in the development of childhood conduct problems and adolescent delinquency will inform theories of their causes in fundamentally important ways. Using data on 4,572 offspring of a national sample of women, we tested descriptive hypotheses regarding sex differences. As predicted, the magnitude of sex differences varied with age, suggesting that multiple processes differentially influence levels of these behaviors in females and males across development. During childhood, boys scored lower on measures of cognitive ability and exhibited lower sociability and compliance and greater hyperactivity, oppositional behavior, and conduct problems. Most of these variables were associated with childhood conduct problems and adolescent delinquency equally in females and males, but maternal delinquency and early childhood sociability were correlated more strongly with childhood conduct problems in males and childhood compliance predicted adolescent delinquency more strongly in females. Both sexes exhibited both childhood-onset and adolescent-onset trajectories of delinquency. Although more males followed a childhood-onset trajectory, there were few sex differences in the early childhood risk correlates of either delinquency trajectory.
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Lahey, Benjamin B., Carol A. Van Hulle, Irwin D. Waldman, Joseph Lee Rodgers, Brian M. D'Onofrio, Steven Pedlow, Paul J. Rathouz and Kate Keenan. "Testing Descriptive Hypotheses Regarding Sex Differences in the Development of Conduct Problems and Delinquency ." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 34,5 (October 2006): 737-755.
2. Pedlow, Steven
O'Muircheartaigh, Colm
Combining Samples versus Cumulating Cases: A Comparison of Two Weighting Strategies in NLSY97
Presented: New York, NY, Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, August 11-15, 2002
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Association of Public Opinion Research
Keyword(s): Longitudinal Surveys; Sample Selection; Sampling Weights/Weighting; Statistical Analysis
Also presented: Portland, OR, American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 55th Annual Conference Meetings, May 2000.
AAPOR SESSION E: Impact of Telephone Sampling Design on Sample Efficiency and Bias -- Friday 5/19/2000 1. Introduction. The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97) is the latest in a series of surveys sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) to examine issues surrounding youth entry into the work force and subsequent transitions in and out of the work force. The NLSY97 is following a cohort of approximately 9,000 youths who completed an interview in 1997 (the base year). These youths were between 12 and 16 years of age as of December 31, 1996, and are being interviewed annually using a mix of some core questions asked annually and varying subject modules. We will compare two different weighting strategies for the first three rounds of NLSY97 data.
In order to improve the precision of estimates for minority youths, the overall study design for NLSY97 included a large oversample of Hispanic youths and non-Hispanic black youths. The overall design resulted in one large screening sample of over 90,000 housing units to generate youth participants for NLSY97. These housing units were drawn from two independent area-probability samples: 1. a crosssectional (CX) sample designed to represent the various segments of the eligible population in their proper population proportions, and 2. a supplemental (SU) sample designed to produce, in the most statistically efficient way, the required oversamples of Hispanic youths and non-Hispanic black youths. This paper's main concern is with the construction of sampling weights for estimating population characteristics using both samples together. The paper gives more detailed descriptions of the
Pedlow, Steven and Colm O'Muircheartaigh. "Combining Samples versus Cumulating Cases: A Comparison of Two Weighting Strategies in NLSY97." Presented: New York, NY, Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, August 11-15, 2002.
3. Schildhaus, Sam
Shaw-Taylor, Yoku
Pergamit, Michael R.
Predicting Heavy Drug Use: Results of a Longitudinal Study, Youth Characteristics Describing and Predicting Heavy Drug Use by Adults
Executive Office of the President (Publication Number NCJ 208382). Washington, DC: Office of National Drug Control Policy, February 2004.
Also: http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/Abstract.aspx?id=208382
Publisher: Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Drug Use; Gender Differences; Income; Substance Use
Data are drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which focuses on the labor market experiences of adolescents and has followed a representative sample of 12,686 youth ages 14 through 21 years for 23 years, from their adolescence into their early 40's. The NLSY includes a battery of questions about drug use that were administered during 5 years of the survey, in 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, and 1998. Data were analyzed using logistic regression analysis and odds ratios. Results revealed that most respondents reported no drug use during the 5 years under examination. Marijuana use was reported by 42 percent of respondents, while 19 percent reported cocaine use and 3 percent reported crack cocaine use. Most respondents only reported use during one survey year or used the drug for only one more survey year. However, half of marijuana users who used in one survey year reported marijuana use in the next survey year. Approximately one-quarter of cocaine users reported cocaine use in the next survey year. In terms of predictors of heavy drug use as adults, results indicated that heavy marijuana use in adolescence was predictive of heavy cocaine use in adulthood. Results also showed that young male drug users were nearly twice as likely as young female drug users to become heavy adult drug users. Adolescents reporting significant amounts of illegal income were also twice as likely to become heavy cocaine users. The findings suggest that steering adolescents away from heavy marijuana use and criminal occupations may be an effective means of deterring future heavy drug use. Footnotes, exhibits, appendix.
Schildhaus, Sam, Yoku Shaw-Taylor, Steven Pedlow and Michael R. Pergamit. Predicting Heavy Drug Use: Results of a Longitudinal Study, Youth Characteristics Describing and Predicting Heavy Drug Use by Adults. Executive Office of the President (Publication Number NCJ 208382). Washington, DC: Office of National Drug Control Policy, February 2004..
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Q: Order piechart pieces Although I am aware there are a few posts on this matter I still have not been able to figure out how to order the wedgesof the pie chart and match them with their according label.
I have the following dataset (called plotter data):
Code     Percentage
a          21,43
b          21,43
c          3.58
d          21,43
e          3.58
f          14.29
g          3.58
h          7.14
i          3.58

Following the ideas from this post (adding-percentage-labels-on-pie-chart-in-r) I have developed the following code:
library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)
library(ggforce)
library(scales)
library(ggrepel)

plotter.data<-read.csv("plotter analysis.csv",header=T)
plotter.data$Code<-factor(plotter.data$Code)
plotter.data$Percentage<-round(plotter.data$Percentage, 2)

plotter.data<-plotter.data %>%
arrange(desc(Code))%>%
mutate(text_y = cumsum(Percentage) - Percentage/2)
plotter.data

plotter.plot<ggplot(data=plotter.data,aes(x=1,y=Percentage,fill=reorder(Code,-Percentage)))+
geom_bar(stat = "identity",color='black')+
geom_label_repel(aes(label = percent(Percentage/100),y = text_y), size=3, show.legend = F, nudge_x = 1)+
guides(fill = guide_legend(title = "Code"))+
coord_polar("y",start=0)+
labs(x='',y='',title='Code Plotter systems')+
theme(plot.title=element_text(hjust=0.5,face='bold',size=16))+
theme(axis.text.x=element_blank(),
 axis.text.y=element_blank(),
 legend.title=element_text(size=12,face='bold'))
plotter.plot

Which give me this figure

As you can see in the plot, the order of the wedges is correct, since I reorder my levels with reorder() in the ggplot code, but however, my labels (text_y) do not follow the same order. I have tried to order the dataset previous to making the ggplot and still does not work. I was wondering if you could let me know why the labels appear in a different order and how to fix it.
I have also tried to calculate text_y prior and after ordering my dataframe but once using ggplot later the labels still appear in a different position.
Thanks a lot for any advice

A: Playing around I manage to solve my answer. Once plotting the ggplot and reordering my wedges according to the factor Code, I have to reorder them using the label positions (text_y) rather than the value of the wedge.
So:
1- Order you df according to the order you want to show the factor in the data frame
 plotter.data <- plotter.data[order(-plotter.data$Percentage),]

2-Calculate the position of the labels:
plotter.data$text_y <- 100-(cumsum(plotter.data$Percentage) -plotter.data$Percentage/2)

Use reorder() on ggplot using the location of your labels as the ordering variuable:
reorder(Code,-text_y)

Thus:
plotter.plot<ggplot(data=plotter.data,aes(x=1,y=Percentage,fill=reorder(Code,-text_y)))+
    geom_bar(stat = "identity",color='black')+
    geom_label_repel(aes(label = percent(Percentage/100),y = text_y), size=3, show.legend = F, nudge_x = 1)+
    guides(fill = guide_legend(title = "Code"))+
    coord_polar("y",start=0)+
    labs(x='',y='',title='Code Plotter systems')+
    theme(plot.title=element_text(hjust=0.5,face='bold',size=16))+
    theme(axis.text.x=element_blank(),
     axis.text.y=element_blank(),
     legend.title=element_text(size=12,face='bold'))
    plotter.plot

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V blízkosti Újhartyánu prochází dálnice M5. Na Újhartyán je zde výjezd 44.

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These days, there's no shortage of new buildings on the University of Kansas' burgeoning west campus. But there's one building that stands out from the rest - one that looks less like your typical university structure and more like the type of building that would anchor a high-tech industrial park.
That outlier is the Bioscience & Technology Business Center (BTBC). It's one of the Midwest's most promising new business incubators, and it has corporate leaders nationwide adding Lawrence, Kan., to their short list of potential business sites.
"The BTBC at KU is more than just a business center," says Matthew McClorey, the incubator's executive director. "The BTBC is a system for building companies. We've created an entrepreneurial environment where software businesses, drug development companies, advanced manufacturing businesses, and information technology companies can access everything they need here in Lawrence. As a result, the BTBC is positioned to be a real economic development engine."
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