text: contentLE Magazine March 2003 Medications side effects Prescription drugs help millions of people. Still, most people don't like taking drugs, although many of us ultimately need to. So how can you get the treatment you need while minimizing the risks? Mainstream medicine's record on preventing medication side effects is poor. A 1998 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) defined the scope of the problem: 106,000 deaths and 2,000,000 severe reactions from medications annually in U.S. hospitals, making side effects the fourth leading cause of death in America.1 These numbers aren't new. The side effect problem has continued for decades and persists unrecognized by many doctors and authorities. But patients understand. Patients' first concern about medications is safety. They know intuitively that, as a leading drug reference states, "Any drug, no matter how trivial its therapeutic actions, has the potential to do harm."2 How can you maximize safety while getting the treatment you need? There are ways, ways in accordance with scientific principles and proven by medical studies, yet routinely ignored by drug companies, the FDA and doctors. The first key to avoiding side effects Jay Cohen, M.D.Associate Professor, Dept of Family and Preventative Medicine (Voluntary), University of California, San Diego Side effects occur because most drugs aren't specific in their actions. We may call a drug an "anti-inflammatory" or "antidepressant," but medications don't just go to the cells involved in these problems. They go to most of the cells of our bodies, which can provoke undesirable effects. Thus, an anti-inflammatory may reduce your joint pain, but it may also cause stomach bleeding, kidney failure or anxiety. An antidepressant can improve mood but can also cause insomnia, nausea, weight gain or diminished sex drive. Most of these unintended effects-side effects-are dose-related. You see the same phenomenon every day with alcohol and coffee. In moderate amounts, they cause few problems. But at excessive doses, coffee causes edginess and insomnia, and alcohol impairs thinking and coordination. It's the same with medications. Indeed, in the 1998 JAMA study cited at the beginning of this article, 76.2% of all side effects were dose-related. Melmon and Morrelli's Clinical Pharmacology places the number at 75% to 85%.3 I believe the number is higher, because many drug interactions are also dose-related. When people take multiple drugs, higher doses cause more adverse interactions than lower doses. Whatever the actual number, the first key to avoiding side effects is this: Most side effects are dose-related. Hence, the problem isn't the drug itself, but a dose that's too strong for you. Thus, the best way to avoid side effects is to use the lowest dose that works. Excessive dosing merely increases risks. The second key: individual variation Why do side effects occur in some people but not in others? Because people vary tremendously in their sensitivities to medications, just as they do to alcohol and coffee. The American Medical Association states that the difference in people's response to a specific drug can vary "4- to 40-fold."4 With such variability, it isn't surprising that some people can drink a pot of coffee without problems while others can't handle a cup. Similarly, it isn't surprising that some people need 80 mg of the antidepressant Prozac® or the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor®, while others need just 2.5 mg. Individual variation with medications isn't the exception; it's the rule The basis of individual variation is well known. People differ greatly in how they absorb, metabolize and eliminate drugs. The new science of pharmacogenetics has revealed wide variations in the efficiency of people's liver enzymes in processing drugs. People also differ in the sensitivity of their tissues to medication effects. These factors change with age, and many people become more sensitive as they get older. Some people are sensitive from the start. My sense is that about 10% of people are highly sensitive to medications. I call this a general medication sensitivity. Some doctors dismiss such patients, but these people are real enough. Often they are "poor metabolizers" with inefficient liver enzymes that are genetically determined. With standard doses, they develop high blood levels that provoke side effects. Such people need exceedingly low doses.Because of the great variability between people, it is essential for drug doses to be tailored to each person's needs. I call this precision prescribing. Doctors already practice this with a few drugs-digoxin, insulin, thyroid drugs-but not with most drugs. Many drugs are prescribed one-size-fits-all or at doses that are identical for young and old, big and small, healthy or taking six other drugs at the same time. The failure to match drug doses to individual needs underlies the high incidence of side effects. TABLE 1: MEDICAL EXPERTS AGREE THAT INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IS COMMON AND MATCHING DOSES TO PATIENTS IS ESSENTIAL. Goth's Medical Pharmacology: "Many adverse reactions probably arise from failure to tailor the dosage of drugs to widely different individual needs."1 Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics: "Therapists of every type have long recognized that individual patients show wide variability in response to the same drug or treatment method."2 Hazards of Medication: "The ultimate hazard is variability of patient response."3 American Medical Association Drug Evaluations: "Almost all drugs cause reasonably predictable toxic reactions when given in excessive doses."4 BMJ (British Medical Journal): "Many drugs have been introduced at doses that later were found to be too high; and usually years have passed, with unnecessary toxicity, before action was taken."5 Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety: "Optimal drug therapy requires appropriate dosing in order to obtain the desired therapeutic effects at minimum risk."6 Variability In Drug Therapy-A Sandoz Workshop: "Even if we try to forget, we are constantly reminded, by one experience or another, that patients differ in their responses to drugs."7 Goth's Medical Pharmacology: "Biologic variation in drug effect is an important reason to individualize dosage and adjust treatment to the requirements of a given patient."1 Paracelsus (1493-1541): "All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy."2 References for Table 1 at the end. Creating a side effect epidemic Drug companies and the FDA routinely ignore the wide differences in people's drug tolerances and the fact that most side effects are dose-related. Doctors, accepting uncritically drug company dosage guidelines, don't think twice about prescribing the same doses of powerful drugs to young and old, big and small, healthy and frail. They ignore patients with long histories of medication reactions. Cookbook dosing is the rule, and an epidemic of side effects is the result. Even when studies show that half and quarter doses are effective, the data is ignored and dosing is one-size-fits-all. Even when studies show that women or the elderly respond to lower doses, they get the same higher doses as younger, larger men. Something is very wrong when Shaquille O'Neal, Ally McBeal and Grandma Moses are getting the exact same doses of potent drugs, yet this is exactly how many drugs are prescribed. "To think that the same dose will do the same thing to all patients is absurd," says Dr. Raymond Woosley, Vice President of Health Services at the University of Arizona. "Patients need to be titrated, starting with the lowest possible dose that could have the desired effect."5 Experts everywhere agree with him (Table 1), but that's not how it's done today. The side effect epidemic isn't caused by a few bad drugs, but by bad dosing methods with many drugs. Listening to Prozac® When I began treating patients in 1970, I quickly noticed how differently people responded to medications and began adjusting doses accordingly. Although this occurred with every drug I used, I didn't realize the depth of the problem until Prozac® arrived in 1988. As I did with all new drugs, I waited awhile before prescribing Prozac®. New drugs, like new model cars, often manifest unexpected problems. But I heard only good things about Prozac®, so I began prescribing it. I saw two distinct patterns. Half of my patients did extremely well. Prozac® was clearly a breakthrough drug, far better than any earlier antidepressant. But the other half of my patients had side effects, some severe. One woman became so agitated it incapacitated her. Another became completely psychotic after just three Prozac® doses. The problem? The recommended, one-size-fits-all initial dose, 20 mg, was too strong. I would have started patients with lower doses, but Prozac® was marketed in only one size, a 20 mg capsule. After these reactions occurred, I had patients open the capsules, mix the powder in juice and start lower. Most did fine at 5 mg to 10 mg daily, and the severe, dose-related reactions ceased. Meanwhile, troubled by the reactions I saw, I searched the medical literature for explanations. I found more than I anticipated. A study published before Prozac's® approval showed that just 5 mg helped 54% of patients, while 20 mg-the recommended dose-helped 64%.6 In other words, quadrupling the dose only improved efficacy 10%. To me, this meant that 5 mg was a reasonable starting dose, yet doctors were told to start everyone at 20 mg, even the 54% who needed only 5 mg! I was shocked and appalled. Meanwhile, other doctors began reporting severe reactions to Prozac® and that lower doses worked better (Table 2). Yet today, the standard starting dose of Prozac® remains 20 mg, and there's still scant information in the package insert or Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) about the effectiveness of the 5 mg dose.7 Prozac® and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) continue to cause high incidences of dose-related side effects such as headaches, nausea, weight gain, irritability, sexual dysfunctions (impaired orgasm, reduced libido), low energy, dry mouth and tremor. Insomnia or anxiety occur frequently, too, which doctors handle not by reducing the dose, but by adding a dependency-causing sleep or anxiety remedy. TABLE 2: LOW-DOSE PROZAC® Studies before and shortly after Prozac's® approvalrevealed that 5 mg, one-quarter the standard 20 mg initial dose,was highly effective and less toxic for many people. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1987: "Clinically, we have observed fluoxetine (Prozac®) to be effective over a wide range with many patients requiring very low dosages...."1 Psychopharmacology Bulletin 1998: 5 mg helped 54% with major depression; 20 mg helped 64%. Fewer adverse effects with the 5 mg dose. Conclusion: "No lower limit for an effective dose of this potent serotonin uptake inhibitor has been demonstrated in moderately depressed outpatients."2 Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 1990: "A single daily dose of 20 mg may overmedicate some older depressed patients. Experienced geriatric clinicians sometimes advise older patients to open the capsule and sprinkle small amounts of fluoxetine in a flavored beverage such as orange juice. Alternatively, the contents of an entire capsule may be dissolved in a beverage, but only a part (such as one quarter or one half) is consumed each day."3 Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 1991: "Today, it is clear, however, that the precept of pushing the depressed patient quickly to a high dosage of antidepressant medication is not the optimal strategy for serotonergic agents. `Start low and stay low' may be the new watchword, particularly with... compounds such as fluoxetine [Prozac®]."4 Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1992: "In the 5 mg, 20 mg, and 40 mg fixed-dose study, there were no differences in effectiveness between the active treatment groups, all of which were superior to placebo. Side effect dropouts increased significantly with dosage....With endpoint analysis, numerically, 5 mg/day outperformed 40 mg/day which outperformed 20 mg/day...These data point to 5 mg/day as optimal, although there is no evidence that doses below 5 mg/day are not equally effective."5 Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1993: "We conclude that starting fluoxetine at doses lower than 20 mg is a useful strategy because of the substantial fraction of patients who cannot tolerate a 20-mg dose but appear to benefit from lower doses.... Patients often benefitted clinically from treatment at lower doses, and failure to tolerate 20 mg/day of fluoxetine should not be taken as evidence that the agent cannot be used efficaciously in these patients."6 Conn's Current Therapy, 1993: "Many patients resond to the starting dose of 20 mg per day, but a substantial proportion need lower doses (e.g., 2.5 to 10/day)...."7 New England Journal "The results of three dose-effect studies... [demonstrated that] a dose of 5 mg per day was as of Medicine, 1994: effective as any of the higher doses."8 References for Table 2 at the end. Continued on Page 2 of 6 Back to the Magazine Forum


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American Mathematics Contest 8 (Middle School)The AMC 8 is a 25 question, 40 minute multiple choice examination in junior high school (middle school) mathematics designed to promote the development and enhancement of problem solving skills. The examination provides an opportunity to apply the concepts taught at the junior high level to problems that not only range from easy to difficult but also cover a wide range of applications.
American Mathematics Contest 10 (Secondary Grades)The AMC 10 is a 25-question, 75-minute multiple choice examination in secondary school mathematics containing problems which can be understood and solved with pre-calculus concepts. Calculators are allowed. The main purpose of the AMC 10 is to spur interest in mathematics and to develop talent through the excitement of solving challenging problems in a timed multiple-choice format. The problems range from the very easy to the extremely difficult.
American Mathematics Contest 12 (Secondary Grades)The AMC 12 is a 25-question, 75-minute multiple choice examination in secondary school mathematics containing problems which can be understood and solved with pre-calculus concepts. Calculators are allowed. The main purpose of the AMC 12 is to spur interest in mathematics and to develop talent through solving challenging problems in a timed multiple-choice format. Because the AMC 12 covers such a broad spectrum of knowledge and ability there is a wide range of scores. The National Honor Roll cutoff score, 100 out of 150 possible points, is typically attained or surpassed by fewer than 3% of all participants. The AMC 12 is one in a series of examinations (followed in the United States by the American Invitational Examination and the USA Mathematical Olympiad) that culminate in participation in the International Mathematical Olympiad, the most prestigious and difficult secondary mathematics examination in the world.
The Mandelbrot Competition (Secondary Grades)In those ten years the contest has grown to two divisions encompassing students from across the United States as well as from several foreign countries. Nearly half of the competitors in the USA Math Olympiad in the last couple of years have been Mandelbrot competitors. The Mandelbrot Competition is split into two divisions: Division A for more advanced problem solvers and Division B for less experienced students.
Mathcounts (Grades 7-8)Each year, more than 500,000 students participate in MATHCOUNTS at the school level. Those who do tell us that their experience as a "mathlete" is often one of the most memorable and fun experiences of their middle school years.
Math Problems of the Week (Grades K-12)The Problem of the Week is an educational web site that originates at the University of Mississippi. All the prizes are generously donated by CASIO electronics. All contest winners are chosen randomly from the pool of contestants that successfully solve that week's problem.
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New York Post cover draws public ire, response from Feds
The New York Post's cover Thursday morning read "BAG MEN" and showed a photo of two dark-skinned young men in a crowd.
The inside story reported an email being circulated internally by law enforcement officials "of two men chatting near the packed finish line." Recipients were advised to pass it around to their "fellow agents elsewhere."
According to the Post's sources, authorities were also interested in two men seen on surveillance video. These authorities reportedly knew the names of the two men in the surveillance video, "but do not have enough evidence to make an arrest."
"It was not immediately clear if the men in the law-enforcement photos are the same men in the surveillance videos," the Post allowed.
In the hours after the paper hit newsstands everywhere Thursday morning, the two young men on the cover had been identified — through the work of internet sleuths on message board websites like Reddit — as local high-school students. The one whose face is most visible is a soccer player and track athlete named Salah Barhoun.
The Department of Justice had already released a statement: "Any images not released via FBI official channels should not be considered credible."
Post editor Col Allan did not apologize.
"We stand by our story," he said. "The image was emailed to law enforcement agencies yesterday afternoon seeking information about these men, as our story reported. We did not identify them as suspects."
Indeed, what the Post had said was that "cops are seeking these two men who were spotted near the site of the Boston blasts."
Barhoun told the Daily News that he and his friend are "just athletes."
"We love running and we love to watch running," he said.
Gawker noted that he had posted a couple of enthusiastic photos to his Facebook page of himself at the marathon.
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His bag contained gym clothes and sneakers, he said. He and his friend had left the race two hours before the explosion.
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The villa is an extremely spacious house with expansive terraces surrounded by lush tropical foliage. At the center of the villa you find the impressive swimming pool and sala. Both provide an exotic location to overlook the Andaman Sea and Kamala Bay. Sun lounges and ample decking provide the perfect setting for relaxing during those sunny Phuket days with cool ocean breezes. The pool terrace is also the perfect place for a sunset cocktail or an indulgent twilight massage.
The accommodation comes with a King Sized bed, spacious surroundings and spectacular ocean views. The designer decorated living area includes a settee for 4 people and coffee table as well as a 32″ Plasma screen TV. A mini-fridge and safety box are found in the built in robe.
The second master bedroom, the Orchid Suite, is located on the same level as the Island Suite, overlooking the bay, and with direct access to the pool terrace. This spacious suite is equally as luxurious as the Island Suite, and is complete with private Jacuzzi/bath, King sized bed, spacious living area, beautifully varnished wooden floors and ceilings. It would be hard to find a more comfortable room on Phuket's west coast.
The kitchen, dining and living areas are located on level one right by the ocean side (The Living Room can easily be utilized as an optional sixth bedroom if required as it is complete with a King sized daybed). A unique feature of the terrace and connecting walkways on this level are the large glass windows which provide guests with underwater views of the swimming pool on the level above. The kitchen is a very large western designed kitchen with all the modern appliances one would expect in a holiday villa of this size and quality. The kitchen is manned by Baan Lom Talay's private chef, who is happy to prepare a gourmet selection of Thai and international dishes to your liking.
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Rach 3 and Ghosts of Rach 3 pastPosted by Jeffrey Biegel in Uncategorized
Last night's concert with the Charleston Symphony was perhaps the most emotionally charged of any I have ever performed. David Stahl led his orchestra so splendidly. We had a double rehearsal the day before, and it was a rather long day's wait until we performed the piece after intermission at 9:15pm. After I went through countless passages on a Yamaha upright in the Green Room, I sat down to play the piece, and felt this amazing focus of emotuional energy take me over–before the orchestra even began. When the first notes sounded, I could feel my eyes well up a bit. Sure, there is a history of the Rach 3 and me. I learned it in 1981, and in 1982, I studied it with Adele Marcus, who has taught it to all of her best prize-winning students. There was a concerto competition at Juilliard, and Rach 3 was one of them. Adele didn't wish for me to enter, and said, 'I know how you will play this someday, and now is not the time'. I was crushed, of course, and did not enter. Fortunately, the year after, I won the concerto competition for the Prokofiev 2nd Concerto. In 1984, I entered a major competition in Europe and missed the finals by a half point–Rach 3, again. I witnessed another pianist play itn in the final round and take second prize. Fortunately, though, I won the Kapell competition in 1985 with the Prokofiev 2nd concerto. But the stigma of not getting this opportunity to play Rach 3 would haunt me. It was finally in 1996 that this opportunity came not once, but twice. I played it with my friend George Del Gobbo conducting the Lake Forest Symphony–first time for me! Shortly after, with my Bulgarian conductor friend, Ivan Anguelov, with the Istanbul State Symphony. Two years later, with my friend (and quasi brother!) Stuart Malina, and the Greensboro Symphony, which cemented our long-lasting friendship. Stuart suggested me to David Stahl, and here we are, ten years later, performing Rach 3 in Charleston!
I had found out just two hours prior to the concert in Charleston through a google search that an older friend had passed. He was Neil Levenson, who wrote 'Denise' (recorded by Randy and the Rainbows and later, Blondie) and other pop songs. Deeper than that, Neil was one of the best pianists I ever heard. He studied with Moritz Rosenthal and his wife, of the old world pedigree, and could sit down and play anything like a seasoned artist. He studied with me briefly, and traveled often to Israel and basically lived off the royalties of his songs. Oddly, my son asked my wife what ever happened to Neil Levenson just two weeks ago–he passed, unknown to us, on January 7. How strange for my son to ask at that time. Not sure what made me reach out to find out how he is–perhaps he was sending us messages. Perhaps then it became part of my experience performing last night. The audience screamed and jumped to their feet–Iwas overwhelmed–my cup runneth over. I am sure Neil was there too–along with Adele Marcus by my side.


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Graced with a quick and sometimes sung delivery, along with a unique sense of melody, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony burst out of Cleveland, Ohio in the mid-'90s with a pair of massive hits ("Thuggish Ruggish Bone" and "Tha Crossroads") along with a great first album, as well as a successful follow-up, and then quickly unraveled. Mainstream interest dropped off toward the tail end of the '90s, but the group, which underwent a series of lineup changes, continued to release new material via mixtapes and albums throughout the 2000s.
N.W.A's Eazy-E signed the group -- initially comprised of Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone, Flesh-N-Bone, Layzie Bone, and Bizzy Bone -- to Ruthless Records. The debut release from Bone was an EP, Creepin on ah Come Up (1994). The EP boasted "Thuggish Ruggish Bone," a conventional G-funk song with an unconventional array of Bone Thug rappers that became an overnight summer anthem, especially throughout the Midwest. The single crossed into the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 22.
Amid the fervor, the group immediately reentered the studio and emerged with a remarkable album, E 1999 Eternal (1995). The album topped the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and spawned a pair of popular singles, "1st of the Month" and "Tha Crossroads," the latter a dedication to the deceased Eazy-E and a Grammy Award recipient. As was in vogue at the time, the group members subsequently pursued respective solo careers and also a Mo Thugs Family spinoff group; none of these ventures rivaled the proper Bone projects.
At this point, the onetime cohesive group, which specialized in interwoven, harmonious singing as well as rapping, became conflicted and the group members failed to collaborate well. However, their second album, Art of War (1997) -- an ambitious double-disc package -- was very successful. Not only did it top the same Billboard charts as E 1999 Eternal, but lead single "Look into My Eyes" went Top Five on the Hot 100. Within a year of release, it was certified quadruple platinum for over four million units sold in the U.S.
A second round of solo albums sold poorly, and Bone quickly slid off the mainstream radar. Occasional reunions, such as 2000's BTNHResurrection and 2002's Thug World Order, produced some moments of glory, but these were few and far between. Thug Stories, released in 2006 on Koch, placed the group -- at the time, a trio minus Bizzy -- in the Top 30 of the Billboard 200. Bone then signed to Swizz Beatz's Interscope-affiliated Full Surface boutique label, where they issued 2007's Strength & Loyalty. A major-label budget allowed for guest spots from the Game, Mariah Carey, Akon, Bow Wow, and Twista, and the set eventually sold over 500,000 copies, earning gold certification. Bizzy returned for 2010's Uni5: The World's Enemy. The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200. A handful of dates excepted, Bizzy was absent from the album's promotional tour. He returned for the 2013 release Art of War: WWIII, but this time Krayzie and Wish Bone were out of the group, with both working on solo careers. ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi
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Here's my 10@10 for Tuesday. Just some random observations and information about basketball in the highest classification.
1. As reported this morning, Morrow has forfeited two games in what Creswell Foy calls an in-house, self-imposed decision. One of the forfeits was to Region 2 rival Newton. That eliminates Morrow (16-8) from getting the No. 1 seed for the region tournament. The Region 2 boys race is the best one going in Class AAAAAA. It probably will come down to the Rockdale County-Lovejoy game Saturday. That game originally was scheduled for December but was moved to accommodate Lovejoy's run to the football state finals.
2. Region tournaments begin next week statewide. In Class AAAAAA, they will be held at Valdosta (Region 1), Luella (2), East Coweta (3), Marietta (4), Roswell (5), Alpharetta (6), Mill Creek (7) and South Gwinnett (8). AJC.com is planning to post schedules and scores in all 48 regions next week, so stay tuned. That's 96 boys and girls region tournaments.
3. Are region tournaments more important than ever this season? The GHSA has eliminated the neutral third-round sites that have existed for years in the state tournament. That means third-round games will be played at the home court of the higher-seeded teams. The difference between finishing first and second, or second and third, is more significant than ever. Also note that if two teams that are seeded the same play each other in the quarterfinals, the home team is predetermined on the GHSA's draw sheet. One example in the boys draw: No. 1-ranked Tift County and No. 2-ranked North Cobb are expected to be in the same quarter of the draw (upper right if you click on the link). If they meet in the quarters, Tift is the home team. No coin flip. Just pack the bus. It's a 3.5-hour drive.
4. Westlake and North Cobb have clinched berths in the boys state tournament. Westlake's Region 3 has only six teams, and the top two get byes into the region tournament semifinals. Hughes and Douglas County are tied for second place and hope to get the other bye. North Cobb, which has clinched Region 4, gets a bye into the semifinals. Region 4 has nine teams but elected not to put its regular-season champions at risk of not making the state playoffs.
5. Wheeler and Tift County are close to clinching state-playoff berths. Wheeler would clinch the No. 1 seed tonight (Tuesday) with a victory at Cherokee (15-8, 8-4). The Region 5 regular-season winner gets a first-round bye next week because Region 5 has only seven eligible teams in its tournament. Milton is banned from the post-season. Tift's boys will be the No. 1 seed in Region 1 with a victory over Colquitt County on Friday or Valdosta on Saturday. Tift has beaten both both 20 points or more. Region 1 has seven teams, so the No. 1 seed gets a bye.
6. In a story in the Journal-Constitution's print edition this week, we indicated that Langston Hughes' girls had won a Region 3 championship. It's really just a regular-season title, meaning the 4-year-old Hughes would be seeded No. 1 in the Region 3 tournament. Hughes coach Borato Broughton was perhaps concerned that his players would be celebrating a championship when the real title is decided next week. Good point.
7. Tift County's girls can clinch the No. 1 seed and an automatic state-playoff berth with a victory over Colquitt County on Friday. That could make Saturday's Tift-Valdosta match fairlyl meaninless. Valdosta won the first meeting between the two on Saturday 48-36, ending Tift's 15-game winning streak.
8. Girls teams that have clinched No. 1 seeds and berths in the state playoffs are Alcovy (2), Luella (3) and North Cobb (4). Also clinching No. 1 seeds, but needing to win a round in the region tournament to make the state playoffs, are Cherokee (5), Alpharetta (6) and Parkview (8). North Gwinnett and Norcross are tied in Region 7. It's not that significant since the state-playoff seeds are determined in the region tournament.
9. Speaking of Cherokee's girls, they clinched on Saturday in a showdown with second-place Woodstock, winning 61-58. It was Cherokee's 16th straight victory.
10. Check back this afternoon for the computer Maxwell Ratings. We'll post Loren Maxwell's mathematical rankings of all 800+ boys and girls teams in the state.
February 5th, 2013
9:43 am
I must say that this has been the most thorough coverage of girls basketball I have seen. Kudos to you AJC. Let's Go N.Cobb Warriors.
February 5th, 2013
10:07 am
I concur VChandler….Thanks AJC for the coverage and please keep it up! Go Hillgrove!!
February 5th, 2013
11:12 am
lol @ The Grove. Let's get ready to make some noise in the state playoffs and rep for Region 4
February 5th, 2013
11:49 am
Good to be on the roundball side for a while. Looks like Region 2 is full of balling teams. Morrow will make it alright. They have talent. This may be like the football season, Region 2 in the final. No one thinks much about them and they get little coverage. Let us not forget that this Clayton County's better sport. Although Morrow is the only one ranked in AAAAAA, two others are ranked in Jonesboro and Mt. Zion. That is no reason to overlook Drew, Lovejoy or Mundy's Milll and Riverdale.
We also know not to count out North Clayton. In that, you have all the Clayton schools. All eight could be in the state tournament. Sleep on us.(for another week)
February 5th, 2013
2:09 pm
@Todd; has there ever been a better national tournament showing than Milton's last year: Beach Ball Classic Champions: beat Miami Sr by 20; Ballard Ky 11; Bishop Gorman, Nevada 21; Lone Peak, Utah 28; Burger King Champions: beat Niagra Ny by 20; beat four time defending state champion DeWitt by 41. Miller Grove has had some good runs and so did SW Macon, Westover, Tift Co., Wheeler, and Norcross.
February 5th, 2013
2:25 pm
Has anyone seen, or have a link to, a schedule for, or a bracket of, the different region tournaments?
GaSports used to have brackets for almost every region…MaxPreps is good for stats, but is crap when it comes to the great things that were so good about GeorgiaSports
February 5th, 2013
4:58 pm
Todd are you sure about Tift and Valdosta girls playing for the Region 1 #1 seed and automatic berth in the state tournament on Saturday? I may be mistaken but Valdosta has 3 region loses and Tift only 1. Unless you're predicting Tift will drop it's region game on Friday to Colquitt. If Tift wins on Friday they should clinch that #1 seed.
February 6th, 2013
9:58 am
I am very proud of the Langston Hughes Lady Panthers 3-AAAAAA !!!! I have to agree on the great coverage of girls high school basketball.
February 6th, 2013
11:48 am
Lovejoy has had a tremendous season and has not been covered veery much by the local county newspaper. They are currently on a seven game winning streak with impressive wins coming over Morrow, Luella,and Rockdale. There are no superstars on this team, but this a group of hard wotking young men led by Michael harden, Deangelo Anthony, AJ Jackson and J Ramos. Just may be one day they will get the coverage that they are due from the county newspaper here in Clayton County.
February 8th, 2013
10:42 am
Thanks for mentioning the Rockdale vs Lovejoy contest on Saturday. This game is for the number one seed and it is not even mentioned in Clayton County newspaper.


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Between left field and first base, it's likely we're going to see a whole lot of John Mayberry early in 2012. And with good reason. Mayberry has shown enormous power with the Phillies over the past three years. And while most of the projections for 2012 don't expect Mayberry's success to continue, many fans would also say he's earned a chance to prove that what he's done so far at the major league level is not a fluke.
In 369 plate appearances with the Phillies, Mayberry has put up a surprising 265/328/518 line. In 2011, he got 296 plate appearances and slugged .513. Of the 141 NL players who got at least 275 plate appearances in 2011, Mayberry's .513 slugging percentage was 15th-best. Of those same 141 players, his isolated power of .240 was tenth and the best on the Phillies. Ryan Howard's isolated power of .235 was 13th-best among NL players with 275 plate appearances in 2011. Coming into 2011, Mayberry had hit six home runs in 73 plate appearances and had an absurd isolated power mark for his career of .304.
From 2005 to 2011, John Mayberry got 2,975 plate appearances at various levels in the minor leagues and posted a 258/328/457 line overall. About half of those plate appearances came at the Triple-A level for Mayberry — he spent most the 2008 season hitting in the extremely hitter-friendly PCL before seeing time in Lehigh Valley in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Since the start of 2009, Mayberry has gotten 1,027 plate appearances at Lehigh Valley in which he has hit 263/325/431.
Here are Mayberry's numbers from all levels in the minors, just at Lehigh Valley over the past three years and with the Phillies. Also included are the percentage of plate appearances in which he has walked, struck out, singled, doubled or homered for each:
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Mayberry hasn't just matched his minor league numbers in the big leagues, he has exceed them. He hit for a better average than he did in the minors with the same on base percentage and a higher slugging mark.
Mayberry's strikeouts and walks with the Phils are very similar to what they were in the minors. He has struck out at almost the same rate while walking more regularly than he did at Lehigh Valley, but less than his time in the minors overall.
He has been more likely to get a hit with the Phils than he was in the minors. He has gotten a hit of any kind in 24.1% of his plate appearances with the Phils. He got hits in a similar 23.7% of his plate appearances with Lehigh Valley and in 23.0% of his plate appearance in the minors combined.
What he hasn't done is hit singles. His percentage of plate appearances that ended in a single are a lot lower than they have been at Lehigh Valley and lower than in the minors altogether.
He's been a little more likely to double with the Phils than he was in the minors.
He's been a whole lot more likely to hit a home run. 3.8% of his plate appearances in the minors overall, 3.1% in his plate appearances with Lehigh Valley and 5.7% of his plate appearances with the Phillies.
So far for his career, 47.2% of his hits at the major league level have gone for extra-bases. In the minors overall he saw 41.9% of his hits go for extra-bases. At Lehigh Valley is was 36.2%.
Important to remember is that while Mayberry showed monster power in limited chances in 2009, his other numbers were rather awful. Mayberry made his debut with the Phillies that year and on-based .250 in 60 plate appearances, going 12-for-57 with two walks and a hit by pitch. He ended the year at 211/250/474. In 2010 and 2011 combined, he's posted a far better 276/343/527 line in 309 plate appearances.
Over the last two years with the Phils, he has walked in a higher percentage of his plate appearances (8.7%) than he did in either the minors overall (8.2%) or at Lehigh Valley (7.6%). He's gotten a hit in 24.9% of his plate appearances with the Phils, also more than he did in the minors (23.0%) or at Lehigh Valley (23.7%). He has struck out less (19.1% with the Phils, 21.8% all minors, 22.2% at Lehigh Valley). The power numbers are where he's up the most. With the Phillies he has registered an extra-base hit in 11.3% (9.6% all minors and 8.6% Lehigh Valley) of his plate appearances over the last two years and a home run in 5.5% (3.8% all minors and 3.1% Lehigh Valley).
So, will Mayberry's numbers with the Phils continue to dwarf his minor league output? Let's hope for the best. Either way, he should be getting a whole lot of chances in the early going in 2012.
This suggests we shouldn't expect to see too much of Utley early in Spring Training. It also suggests that Contreras could be ready for Opening Day and that Justin De Fratus has some tightness in his right elbow.
The Phillies and Kyle Kendrick agreed to a two-year, $7.5 million contract.
Manuel calls Juan Pierre a top-of-the-order hitter in this article. In 2011, Pierre got 729 plate appearances with the White Sox in which he on-based .329.
The Phils will get a supplemental pick in the 2012 draft now that Ibanez has signed with the Yankees.
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The head of an executive agency may not provide or enter into a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement if the estimated value of the services required to be performed under the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement outside the United States exceeds $500,000, unless a duly designated representative of the recipient of such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement certifies to the contracting or grant officer prior to receiving an award and on an annual basis thereafter, after having conducted due diligence, that—
(1) the recipient has implemented a plan to prevent the activities described in section 7104 (g) of this title, as amended by section 1702, and is in compliance with that plan;
(2) the recipient has implemented procedures to prevent any activities described in such section 7104 (g) of this title and to monitor, detect, and terminate any subcontractor, subgrantee, or employee of the recipient engaging in any activities described in such section; and
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Any plan or procedures implemented pursuant to subsection (a) shall be appropriate to the size and complexity of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement and to the nature and scope of its activities, including the number of non-United States citizens expected to be employed.
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The recipient shall provide a copy of the plan to the contracting or grant officer upon request, and as appropriate, shall post the useful and relevant contents of the plan or related materials on its website and at the workplace.
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The Spartans have dropped their last three matches in a row.
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This game is a complicated version of normal Bridge...
To find the best contract you can play with the cards according to the rules of Bridge.
2 normal playing card decks with 52 cards, with the same face designs and different coloured backs.
The game is for four players. One of them is the dealer. (As in Bridge).
Shuffle the card decks separately. Deal one deck (blue coloured backs) to four players, 13 cards to each player. Deal an other deck (red coloured back) the same way - 13 cards each.
Each of the players shuffles their 26 cards (13 red backs and 13 blue backs) together.
Now every player picks up his or her cards. You are only allowed to know the back colour the card that was on top when your hand was stacked face down after shuffling. Once you pick up your cards, you must not look at the backs of any of your other cards - you must only see their faces.
The player has full freedom to sort the cards in his or her hand, so long as he or she never looks at the backs of his or her own cards. However, each player is allowed to see the backs of all the other players' cards.
Each partnership is allowed to have a sustem of agreements on how they will sort the cards of their hands - for example spades on the right and hearts on the left side and clubs and diamonds in the middle.
The bidding sequence is like in bridge but the bidding must include the color of the card backs too. For example "1 blue diamond" could mean that the opener has at least 12 points in his/her hand and the meaning of blue can mean what ever the pair has decided it should mean as part of their bidding system. For example it means that in the players partner's hand most of the spades (on the right side) seems to have blue backs, so it's a suggestioin that there might be a blue spade game available. (If there are four passes after this bid, the game will be played and the player must try to take 7 tricks with diamond as a trump with blue cards...)
Each bid must be higher than the last, as in bridge. The pair which make the highest call in blue colored backs (for example 3 blue spades) and the the pair which make the highest call with red colored backs (for example 6 red NT) play those contracts. The bidding section ends after four (4) passes. The games can be doubled and redoubled as in bridge. The highest contract is played first. In this case 6 NT with red backed cards by E-W.
The hand is played as in normal Bridge. In this case the first contract is 6NT with the blue backed deck by West. The scoring is as in bridge.
After the first contract, the second contract will be played, this time 3 Hearts with the red backed deck by North, the same way as above.
Finally the results of both games are added together and the final result will be recorded on paper. The result can be abbreviated: -850 ... which means that the E-W made 6NT with the blue cards, giving them 990 points, and N-S made 3 Hearts exactly, which gave them 140 points to them. E-W points are marked negative (-990) and N-S positive (+140). Therefore -990+140=-850.
Each player mixes his or her own cards together so on the next table (assuming that we are playing duplicate) another player will get the same cards. (Playing duplicate styule with the same deal at two tables reduces the element of chance in the game, and allows the results to be evaluated.)
Because this is such a problematic game, I have given it the name Double Trouble.


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I thank The Miami Herald for its Sept. 16 Beth David marks 100th New Year. Beth David had always been special to me and close to my family's heart for several reasons. I had my bar mitzvah there, as did my siblings.
Growing up we spent most Sabbath mornings in the synagogue with my parents. We wanted to be good practicing Jews, but we also wanted to listen to the sermon delivered by my uncle, Rabbi Sol Landau. I was surprised to see that the article failed to mention him, for he was definitely the reason for Beth David's so-called "golden years" mentioned.
He was the rabbi there from 1965-1981when the synagogue flourished. Although he retired as the rabbi emeritus, the congregation could not find a rabbi that appealed to the congregation as a whole and so they convinced Rabbi Landau to come out of retirement on two occasions — in 1985 and 1995 — to act as an interim rabbi.
The achievements of being the first conservative synagogue to give women full ritual rights in 1974 and the first Miami synagogue, in 1979, to elect a woman president were both "firsts" during my uncle's tenure at Beth David. He passed away in 2004 and will always be remembered as a loving husband, father and a fantastic uncle. He was an incredible rabbi whom everyone needs to remember.
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City Council gave Mayor Andy Berke's $216 million budget their first stamp of approval after the city added money to pave 56 more miles of city roads.
After back-and-forth-debate the mayor's office added $400,000 to Chattanooga's road paving budget bumping the total to $3 million -- nearly double what the city allocated in 2013.
City Council voted 8-1 to approve the first reading of the budget that also includes $250,000 for a city-led baby college, maintains funding for 486 sworn police officers and adds a bus route to Enterprise South industrial park.
City Councilman Larry Grohn voted against the budget because he said there were too many new programs that didn't have details. He also pointed out that the first budget to entirely follow budgeting for outcomes principals still doesn't include performance benchmarks to track the success of the programs -- a key to this type of budget.
The mayor's office has said it will roll out a database this fall that tracks departments and agencies that partner with the city.
Berke's budget includes a 1.5 percent pay increase for nonsworn employees. But a week ago, dozens of city employees, who are local union members, swarmed City Hall to ask for a fair wage that addressed pay disparity.
While the mayor's office and City Council agreed the claims of unequal pay need to be studied, officials didn't include more funding in this budget. Several City Council members pledged to study the issue this year and have a plan ready to roll out by the next fiscal budget.
"Just to give somebody an across-the-board raise compounds the problem and we have not taken the time to really see where equity is best met. I and my colleagues are very much committed to that -- starting to look at the inequity," said Councilwoman Carol Berz to the workers in the audience. "That's not an idle comment."
Steve West, a city worker union member, said that wasn't good enough.
"We don't feel like we're a part of the team right now," he said, as more than a dozen audience members applauded.
Before approving the budget, the City Council made another amendment to add nearly $20,000 to their own fund.
Several council members complained when they saw this year that their own budget to host events or public forums in their district was cut. Councilman Chip Henderson agreed to add back money for their budget to total $708,000. That's an overall 1.4 percent decrease from last year.
To offset the cost for the road paving budget, the city cut the building maintenance budget, money for minor repairs in Public Works equipment along with funding for Heritage Park and the Heritage House programs.
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I suppose if it has to be of all time, I'll have to be generic and go with Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions. It was nice being able to actually understand the story the second time around. A close second is Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, which was great fun to play. Also the recent Banner Saga: Factions is a pretty great game, though it's lacking a few options (on purpose, supposedly) and is basically just a demo for the single player, I still like it a lot. Oh man! Advance Wars! I enjoyed that a lot too. Now that I think of it Phantom Brave was pretty decent as well. Also, how can people say this Ecol Tactics was their favorite game? Is this a sequel to some single player game I've never heard of? Or are people just being stupid?


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Acknowledged...is it possible to delist my dolly parton...and change to a...i dunno...eales lifiting the cup in 99 or aussie team photo in 99
Avatar now by choice. 5-0 in the Ashes and all.
If New Zealand does not win the cup I will display the following avatar for 3 months:
It'll be good to have an avatar for a change.
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RIP Fardin 1990-2006
I would like to issue an avatar challenge to BoyBrumby:
If England don't make the semis he must have an avatar of Gary Glitter for a month. He can chose mine for a month if they do
Cricket Web's 2013/14 Premier League Tipping Champion
- As featured in The Independent.
"as much a news event as an actual footballer, a worthy stop-start centre forward, but an all-time hyper-galactico when it comes to doing funny things with cars and hats, a player whose signing proves once again that the Premier League is still undoubtedly the best in the world when it comes to doing things with cars and hats."
- Barney Ronay on Mario Balotelli
Anyone want to take me on in some sort of Ireland involved challange?
Fascist Dictator of the Heath Davis Appreciation Society
Supporting Petone's Finest since the very start - Iain O'Brien
Adam Wheater - Another batsman off the Essex production line
Also Supporting the All Time #1 Batsman of All Time Ever - Jacques Kallis and the much maligned Peter Siddle.
Vimes tells it how it is:
Anyone up for a challenge on the Ireland-Argentina game???
Quotes from The US Office:
Dwight Schrute: In the wild, there is no health care. In the wild, health care is, "Ow, I hurt my leg. I can't run. A lion eats me and I'm dead." Well, I'm not dead. I'm the lion, you're dead.
Michael Scott: [trying to motivate an employee for the basketball game] You'll be like the dwarf that follows the wizard to the end of the earth in... uh... Lord of the Rings!
Dwight Schrute: Gimli.
Michael Scott: ...NERD. That's why you're not on the team.
A True Champion - Bob. Rest in peace. 15/04/06
"People today have too big a devil and too small a God"
- Stephen Currie
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1
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Legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt to step aside. ›
Eight months after disclosing her diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, Pat Summitt was poised Wednesday to announce that she will step aside as the Tennessee women's basketball coach, making way for longtime assistant Holly Warlick take over the Lady Vols."This is just a progression," Barnett said in an interview. "Pat has been — and will always be — a coach, a mentor and a friend to many. Her title may be different, but her role will be very much the same. She will guide — through instruction and example — players, coaches, the university, her community and, as an advocate, our country."
Summitt, who has won more college basketball game than any man or woman in the sport (1,098), is not retiring but will remain part of Tennessee's staff, assuming the title "head coach emeritus," which will give her latitude and flexibility to do as much mentoring with players as her health allows."I want to talk to them and let them know I'm still going to be there," Summitt said. "The thing is: I have to keep living and doing what I want to do, and those players mean the world to me. With s having five seniors leaving, I feel obligated in a positive way to be there for the team." (Clarke, The Washington Times)
#Sports #NCAA #News #PatSummitt
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White House Backs Pipeline That Will Ship U.S. Oil Overseas
Jennifer Bendery email@example.com – WASHINGTON — The White House is throwing its support behind a decision by TransCanada to build a portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, even though the project will result in more oil going overseas and potentially higher gas prices.
TransCanada announced Monday that it plans to begin building the southern part of the pipeline, which would ship crude oil from Cushing, Okla., to the Gulf of Mexico.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said President Barack Obama "welcomes" the news that the Canadian pipeline company is moving ahead with its plans, despite the fact that the administration halted work on the cross-border portion of Keystone through 2013 — a move that sparked outcry among congressional Republicans — until TransCanada works out a new route through Nebraska that avoids ecologically sensitive areas.
"As the President made clear in January, we support the company's interest in proceeding with this project, which will help address the bottleneck of oil in Cushing that has resulted in large part from increased domestic oil production, currently at an eight year high. Moving oil from the Midwest to the world-class, state-of-the-art refineries on the Gulf Coast will modernize our infrastructure, create jobs, and encourage American energy production," Carney said in a statement.
Obama also touched on domestic energy and gas prices during remarks to the National Governors Association on Monday. "We've got to develop new sources of American energy so that we're less dependent on foreign oil and yearly spikes in gas prices," he said.
But if the argument for building Keystone is to generate new oil within the United States and bring down gas prices, TransCanada's plans don't deliver. In fact, environmental groups say, TransCanada's plans for Keystone mean more domestic oil will head overseas and a potential spike in gas prices.
"At a time of public worry about rising gas prices, lawmakers should be concerned about a project that will [be] diverting oil from the Midwest gasoline refining operations to Gulf Coast diesel refining operations thereby raising U.S. oil and gas prices," Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, director of the International Program at the National Resources Defense Council, wrote in a Monday blog post.
"The southern route pipeline will still provide the main service to oil companies that Keystone XL would provide: it will divert tar sands from the Midwest to the Gulf, raising American oil prices and likely also gasoline prices. An Oklahoma to Texas tar sands pipeline will mean more tar sands converted to diesel and available for export overseas."
Kim Huynh, speaking for Friends of the Earth, accused the president of trying to have it both ways by touting his commitment to clean energy "while simultaneously shilling for one of the dirtiest industries on Earth" by endorsing the pipeline's construction.
"What the administration seems to be missing is that the southern segment of this pipeline would exacerbate air pollution in refinery communities along the Gulf Coast and threaten our heartland with costly spills — all for oil that likely won't make it to Americans' gas tanks," Huynh said in a statement.
Carney defended the importance of the pipeline in expediting domestically produced oil into international markets.
"It's a global oil market," Carney said during Monday's press briefing, when asked by The Huffington Post about the apparent contradiction in energy goals. He reiterated that the pipeline is important to clearing out "a glut" of oil in Cushing, which he said exists because of an increase in oil production domestically over the last eight years.
The White House spokesman said he didn't know how many jobs would be created as a result of TransCanada proceeding with part of the pipeline. "I don't have that, no," he said.
Congressional Republicans, who for months have criticized Obama for halting work on Keystone, didn't have much of a reaction to the news of TransCanada beginning work on a portion of the pipeline. Instead, they doubled down in their criticism of the administration for not allowing TransCanada to build the entire pipeline now.
"President Obama's denial of the Keystone XL pipeline permit is an absolutely monumental dodge of responsibility," said Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), who authored a bill last fall that would have forced Obama to issue a permit for Keystone within 60 days. "Americans are screaming for more affordable oil supplies. The irony is that Democratic Senate leadership is calling for more oil from Saudi Arabia even as they continue to oppose oil from Canada."
Michael Steel, spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), said the fact that TransCanada is moving forward on part of the pipeline means Obama should just approve construction on the whole thing.
"It's good news that progress is continuing on a project that would creates tens of thousands of American jobs, and keep Canada from selling North American energy to the Chinese," he said in a statement, "but it also makes the Obama administration's refusal to approve it even more disturbing."
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Investigators say that Connie Villa murdered her 13 year-old daughter and tried to kill her 3 children and ex husband on Christmas Day.
Now Villa's ex husband spoke to FOX 10 about the crime.
"I'm keeping their lives the same... they go to school... just keeping the family together" said Adam Villa, Connie Villa's ex husband.
Adam Villa choked back tears when he spoke about his three children. On Christmas Day his ex-wife, 35 year-old Connie Villa attempted to kill their children ages 3, 5, and 8 by forcing them to take prescription drugs.
Adam Villa was stabbed by his ex and drove himself to the hospital while calling 911.
"I'm still here, a little pain but I'm doing a lot better" said Villa.
Pinal County Prosecutor Lando Voyles read the charges against Connie Villa with Villa at his side Wednesday morning. "First degree murder causing the death of "AV", and we use the initials because that is a child."
A total of 11 different counts including first degree murder in the death of her 13 year-old daughter Aniarael Macias.
Authorities found the teen in the bathroom of the family's apartment where Villa had also stabbed herself and was holed up with the three younger kids. County Attorney Voyles said the list of charges is long because the toxicology report citing the cause of death is not in yet.
"I guess as of right now we're still looking into different the ways that this child may have died. There's both a opiate in the child's blood as well as acetone. Whether or not that opiate and the hydrocodone, whether or not that's from the hydrocodone that's alleged to have been used or whether the child died from suffocation". said Voyles.
All but one of these counts carries an additional allegation of domestic violence and another ten charges signify dangerous crimes against children.
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I moved into this complex about a year ago and have really enjoyed my stay here. The girls in the office have made everything so easy, right from the moment I first walked in the door. If I ever have a problem with anything that needs to be fixed they get it taken care of quickly. I love my neighbors and have met many interesting peo


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Patients with severe non-inflammatory respiratory disease face anemia risk
A study of nearly 600 patients with severe non-inflammatory respiratory disease has found that a significant percentage also suffered from anaemia, according to the April issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinic ...
Gene therapy success for anaemia patient
In a rare success for the much-headlined vision of gene therapy, scientists said on Wednesday they had corrected flawed DNA in an 18-year-old man suffering from a debilitating form of anaemia.
Children with sickle cell suffer more severe malaria
The sickle cell trait is known for its protective effect against developing malaria. But new research warns that children with sickle cell anaemia are more likely to die from severe malaria.
Drugs that save infants' lives
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Sydney have found the combined intake of iron-folic acid supplements with World Health Organisation (WHO)-endorsed anti-malarial drugs during pregnancy could ...
Scientists discover final piece in phytate jigsaw
A team of scientists in Spain and the UK have identified the final piece in the jigsaw of how phytate is produced in plants.
HIV patients hold clues to Salmonella vaccine development
A study published today in the journal Science offers a long-awaited explanation for the link between HIV infection and susceptibility to life-threatening nontyphoidal strains of Salmonella.
Fighting fatigue: Acupuncture to be trialled for cancer patients
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women being treated for breast cancer who are experiencing fatigue are invited to join a clinical trial to determine if acupuncture could alleviate their symptoms.
Breakthrough by Danish scientists in preventing maternal malaria
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have become the first in the world to synthesize the entire protein that is responsible for life-threatening malaria in pregnant women and their unborn children.
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Men who buy fake internet drugs for erection problems can face significant risks from potentially hazardous contents and bypassing healthcare systems could leave associated problems like diabetes and high blood pressure undiagnosed. ...
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Sickle cell study boosts call for improved childhood immunization programs in Africa
Children in Africa with sickle cell anaemia are dying unnecessarily from bacterial infections, suggests the largest study of its kind, funded by the Wellcome Trust. The results are published today in the journal ...
Give children iron supplements: They don't increase malaria risk
Iron supplements do not increase the likelihood of contracting malaria and should not be withheld from children at risk of the disease, despite World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines to the contrary, a new review by Cochrane ...


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"Dearly Beloved…" That's the way I started out my last wedding sermon. I know it's a little bit of a throwback. We don't call too many people "beloved" anymore, but I hope you know what I mean. Today, I want to think about why that's a perfect way to greet one another…"beloved".
What a prison self consciousness can be. When I think of those "would be" Christians if they could just find someone to express the love of God and acceptance to them. In Luke 7, we read the story of a self-righteous Pharisee who invites Jesus to dinner and an encounter with a prostitute. (Odd mix I know) but it is kind of like Christians in the world with judgmental spirits or worse how sinners are made to feel (if) or when they walk into the church building. You have heard people say, "Well if I went to church the ceiling ...
"Dearly Beloved…" That's the way I started out my last wedding sermon. I know it's a little bit of a throwback. We don't call too many people "beloved" anymore, but I hope you know what I mean. Today, I want to think about why that's a perfect way to greet one another…"beloved."
Doubt happens to the best of us. I know we sometimes put people on a pedestal like famous preachers, authors or even mature Christians we know and then criticize ourselves with comparisons like "I bet they are too spiritually mature to doubt like me. I wish I was more like them." But the truth is, they do have times of doubt because we all do. We have times of doubt when tragedies strike for no reason or prayers go unanswered or we get mistreated for trying to do the right thing, etc. We wonder if anyone else struggles with the ...
You call yourself a Christian, right? You do realize that just by doing that, you are taking on a very specific job description. You are now "His witnesses". You are the "light of the world" and the "salt of the earth". You are "Christ's ambassadors", a "holy priesthood" you are to be "Declaring the praises of him who called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light". Do I have to go on? Realize it - you have a job, whether you like it or not, you are blessed to serve. There is no such thing as a part ...
Is the "Golden Rule" biblical? Yes, but not because it is a "golden rule" but rather because it is a "Kingdom principle." Many people miss the point here. They want to live by the golden rule (and that's fine), but not really according to the Kingdom rule. Ah yes, we are talking about the pickers and the choosers. Jesus asked it this way: "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?" (Lk. 6:46) In other words; "Why do you call me Lord when in reality I am not your Lord?" or, "Why ...
The church is failing in a big way! Yes I am aware God has, and continues to use, the church to reach the lost and minister to the world in mighty ways. However, one of the greatest and most foundational tasks given to the church by Christ is one of the things the church is neglecting the most - "discipleship." I have often said, "We are outraged at the idea of someone abandoning a newborn and we should be, but yet the church does this everyday to those who are newly born again."
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Wow! That's all I can say. I'm writing this on Sunday night after experiencing something I won't be able to adequately convey in words. A couple of days ago, I wrote to you from our secure hotel in Lagos, Nigeria, the big city of 20 million, home of Nigeria's biggest airport - the one I flew into. Today, I write from a world as far from that as Lagos is from Covington.
Your word is a lamp before my feet and a light for my journey.
Have you ever thought about foreign mission work? Could you do it? Last week, I wrote about redeeming the time - making the most of every moment of every day. So how's this for redeeming the time? As you read this, God willing, I'm in Nigeria teaching at our Lutheran Seminary there.
Just a Thought: What is this world coming to? An end!
As if public education in Georgia doesn't have enough problems, there is now a high-profile ruckus between Gov. Nathan Deal and State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge. It has gotten so peevish that there is talk that the school superintendent may challenge Deal in the Republican gubernatorial primary next spring.
Last week, we started talking about depression by looking at the prophet Elijah in 1 Kings 19. If you missed that, you can find it under "sermons" at www.abidinggrace.com. We looked at noticing the signs of depression and seeing the dangers of those tell-tale signs, from focusing on feelings instead of facts, to taking responsibility for things you're not responsible for, to withdrawing to "be alone." We focused a lot on the problem of depression. This week, let's see the solution.
Matthew 6:27 (Common English Bible) Who among you by worrying can add a single moment to your life?
ow often do we hear someone comment about another's difficulties, saying things like, "Oh, they should have seen that coming." Or, "Man I wonder what they did to deserve that?"
Ten years ago, I was installed as the pastor of Abiding Grace. Now, it doesn't seem like it was that long ago, but I guess the calendar doesn't lie. So, when we come to milestones like this, it makes sense to think again about what we're doing and to ask if it is what we hoped for. Is this working out?
Lamentations 3:22-24 (Common English Bible)
Just a Thought: Is there any clear Biblical teaching on faith healing?
Wisdom…sounds good doesn't it? You want to be wise, don't you? So how do you get there?
Psalm 119:55-56 (English Standard Version): I remember your name in the night, O Lord, and keep your law. This blessing has fallen to me, that I have kept your precepts.
Crucifixion. Stabbing. Stoning. Flaying. Beheading.
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those he redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.


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