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Kacey Musgraves is setting out on her own Same Trailer Different Park tour starting September 19 at New York City's Bowery Ballroom. The trek will take her throughout the U.S. and Europe. It comes on the heels of her recently wrapped opening stint on Kenny Chesney 's No Shoes Nation tour. Kacey also toured with Little Big Town earlier this year.
She says, "I've learned so much from the amazing artists who've invited me to tour with them over the past couple of years and can't wait to take that knowledge and work it into this tour in my own quirky way. I'm excited to get back on the road and bring our little trailer park to the fans."
Kacey's headlining tour continues through the end of October. She'll hit the road with Lady Antebellum and Kip Moore in November.
Here are the Same Trailer Different Park Tour dates:
9/19 -- New York, NY, Bowery Ballroom
10/2 -- Stockholm, Sweden, Nalen
10/3 -- Oslo, Norway, John Dee
10/6 -- Berlin, Germany, Postbahnhof
10/7 -- Amsterdam, Netherlands, Paradiso
10/9 -- Glasgow, UK, Academy 3
10/11 -- Dublin, Ireland, Whelans
10/13 -- London, UK, Shepherd's Bush Empire
10/26 -- Cullowhee, NC, Western Carolina University
10/29 -- Columbia, MO, Missouri University
10/30 -- Richmond, KY, Eastern Kentucky University
10/31 -- Athens, OH, Ohio University
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DETROIT (AP) - The city of Detroit says it has reached yet another deal to settle a pension debt with UBS and Bank of America Merrill Lynch for $85 million and will file it within a few days in federal bankruptcy court.Judge Steven Rhodes vetoed earlier proposals to settle the debt for $230 million and $165 million.State-appointed Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr said in a statement Monday that the latest agreement balances the needs of the city and its creditors. He says he looks forward to Rhodes' decision on the proposal.In 2009, Detroit pledged casino taxes as collateral to avoid defaulting on pension debt payments. Detroit locked itself into high interest rates on bonds, and the deal became too costly when interest rates plunged.
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PHOTO CREDIT: Marcelino Portfolio, Creative Commons LicenseIt's getting down to the wire in our Track-by-Track Battle between Metallica's First Four Albums.
Thanks to everyone who has participated so far. In case you're just joining us, you can see the results of the Track 1 , Track 2 , Track 3 , Track 4 , Track 5, and Track 6 fights by clicking the appropriate link.
When first started this series, the two battles readers told me would be the toughest were Track 4 and this one...
Track 7
Kill 'Em All - "Phantom Lord"
The Track 7 Battle starts off strong with "Phantom Lord". Thrashy as hell riffs, Dungeons and Dragons bad guy lyrics, an acoustic bridge, it has all the makings of a Metalli-classic. Anthrax did a pretty ripping cover of it back in day too.
It's going to take a bad ass song to knock this "Lord" off his throne. (OMG. Did I really just type that? GROAN...)
Ride the Lightning - "Creeping Death"
Speaking of bad ass songs, meet "Creeping Death".
A thrasher of biblical proportions (enough...with...the...puns), inspired by the Book of Exodus and its tale of The Plague of the Death of the Firstborn, "Creeping Death" is a monster song. (Plus, its biblical origins gave us something to throw right back in the faces of Fundamentalist Christians who are all "Metal's all about the Devil!")
Then there's that bridge. There are few things more sublime in the world of metal than being at a Metallica concert and yelling "DIE!" over and over again while the band continues on with...
Die by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first born man
Hellz yes.
Master of Puppets - "Orion"
One of my great psychic wounds in metal, (and rock music in general) is that no one seems to want to make cool instrumentals any more. Thank goodness for prog-metal and bands like Scale the Summit .
"Orion" features more of those awesome "OMG! Is that really a BASS making that noise ?" moments from main composer Cliff Burton (1:42-2:13 & 6:36-6:55), along with killer delivery from the rest of the band.
It's a song so good they named their music festival after it .
...And Justice for All - "The Frayed Ends of Sanity"
The "March of the Winkies " chant at the beginning of this song is the bestest. (Yes, they're called Winkies .)
The rest of "Frayed Ends..." is full of proggy, "Justice"-y goodness, and lyrics that sound like they came from one of my darkest days (no, not the lame ass Nickelback-lite My Darkest Days). A solid track.
Scary FN Terry's Pick: "Creeping Death"
I love Cliff Burton. I love instrumental metal. I love "Orion".
But I love this just a little bit more:
After reading that, you might be chanting "DIE!" too, not because you love "Creeping Death", but because you think my choice sucks harder than Nickelback's entire catalog. (That's a lot of suck.)
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The Editor:
My son will be a freshman at Blaine high school next fall and my hope is that this latest, and frankly, despicable fiasco with principal Dan Newell will result in his termination, once and for all. Superintendent Mary Lynne Derrington has an opportunity to set a standard for our kids. However, her open letter to parents about this matter, portends that she may not seize it.
Mr. Newell should be terminated for the sake of propriety. His previous arrest for DUI is significant enough reason to terminate him whether he is innocent or guilty of obstructing an officer and rendering criminal assistance. Appearances are important for our kids. The hypocrisy of teaching high ideals and then tolerating this alleged incident or his previous arrest does not "provide a quality education in an atmosphere conducive to learning," as Dr. Derrington's letter stated. Mr. Newell's termination will not assuage my concerns, however.
The Blaine school board bears a large burden of responsibility in this and is saddled with the same expectations of being role models to students as, I hope, we expect of our principals, teachers and staff.
How grave is the situation then, when a member of that board is named indirectly in this tawdry incident. Mr. Newell allegedly tipped off a school board member that her 16-year-old daughter was going to be arrested the next day for smuggling as much as 25 pounds of pot on the Point Roberts school bus the next day. The girl was allegedly smuggling for her live-in boyfriend.
Why do we have a school board member who has a minor child with a live-in boyfriend? This person should have excused herself from the board the moment her house became 'out of order.' That is, when it was no longer a role model for our students. There is no judgment in stepping down for the sake of propriety. Indeed, it is a most laudable act.
In like manner, the entire board's inaction over Dan Newell's previous arrest reflects the same disdain for propriety. Had he been terminated then, the district would not be in the humiliating position they are in now. Their house is 'out of order.'
I call on the Blaine school board to voluntarily step down for allowing this to go on. I don't require that board members live impeccable lives or that they not have family issues that are inherent in all families. Yet, they should strive to exemplify the ideals they endeavor to teach our children. With the statewide notoriety this affair has received, this board can only be ashamed.
Blaine school board members – please step down.
Jerry Huls
Dan Newell & the Editor:
Thank you for being such a great principal. You are a person who everyone counts on as having the student's best interest in mind. After all, that is what a principal is supposed to do and there is no one who could do a better job.
Speaking as a former student at Blaine high, and now a university student, I know what a good teacher is and there is no better one than you. Your dedication to the kids at Blaine stands out; however, many take it for granted. I hope the recent trouble you are facing doesn't discourage you from continuing as a principal and a person in the exact manner as you have for years. Everyone has benefited from having you as a principal.
People who know you personally realize that you always have good intentions in mind. Your support inside and outside the classroom is greatly appreciated. I am on your side completely.
Tyler Glahn
Ellensburg, WA
The Editor:
The Blaine senior center's trusty van has just died completely! After carrying volunteers through the streets and byways, delivering meals to the homebound in Blaine and Birch Bay, checking on seniors welfare, spreading cheer, picking up donated produce to be distributed to the seniors, etc., it is no longer able to carry on.
As we must, after all losses, we must carry on. We need to continue helping those who have difficulty helping themselves, and to keep people in their own homes as long as possible. We must have either a small pick-up with a canopy or a small van to do this job.
We are appealing to anyone with a vehicle to donate or who wishes to help with buying one to contact the Blaine senior center at 332-8040. We really appreciate any consideration.
Evelyn Yarbrough, past president, Blaine seniors board of directors
The Editor:
With the recent events currently surrounding Mr. Newell, an ill informed person would immediately label or stereotype him as a certain type of individual. We, the students of Blaine high school, know and support him as a respectable man of integrity, honor, compassion and commitment.
Mr. Newell has our unwavering support and although we may not know the law "in depth" or the exact details surrounding these events, we confidently stand by our principal because of who he is and what he has done for us.
Mr. Newell is a principal who constantly strives to improve Blaine high school and our high school experience, a principal who gladly takes time out of his day to listen to and support his students and a principal who is liked by all. Blaine high school is not the same without him and we want him back.
Mr. Newell, you have always supported us and we are committed to supporting you.
Students of Blaine high school
(Ed. Note: The letter was signed by 175 high school students.)
The Editor:
As the parent of two high school students, I am outraged at the conduct of principal Dan Newell. Our children need role models and individuals who conduct themselves in a lawful manner with the best interests of the students in mind.
Dan Newell's constant violation of laws and conduct are appalling. Now he is under investigation for interfering with a police investigation involving drug smuggling by contacting the parent of the alleged school drug smuggler. What was he thinking? Isn't part of his job as principal to assist in keeping drugs out of our schools and away from our students?
Isn't it interesting to know that Dan Newell was covering for a student of his whose parent is a member of the school board. A school board member, maybe the same one who saved him from rightful termination after his drunk driving charge.
It's all relevant. And it's all sickening. As if the police don't have enough to worry about without having to worry about internal interference from high ranking school officials.
It's time for a responsible adult to be in charge of our young adults in the high school, and it isn't Dan Newell.
Patty Orozco
The Editor:
County officials are allowing Medic 3 to be eliminated in April. Medic 3 is one of only two paramedic staffed ambulances stationed in rural Whatcom County. When Medic 3 is eliminated, people in Medic 3's response areas – Ferndale, Birch Bay, Blaine and Lynden – will wait extra minutes for Whatcom Medic One paramedics to travel from much further to administer IVs, life saving drugs, etc. Local volunteer EMTs will still respond, but the life saving capabilities of Whatcom Medic One paramedics are far greater.
With 911 calls increasing seven percent per year the current emergency medical system already needs another Whatcom Medic One paramedic staffed ambulance to serve county residents, yet county officials have agreed to eliminate Medic 3. Eliminating Medic 3 in our aging, growing population shows poor prioritizing.
We're told this is a financial decision. It is. But much more than that, it's an ethical decision and county officials are making a wrong choice if Medic 3 is eliminated. The consequence of this action will be the loss of life of the very citizens county officials are to protect – what could have greater priority?
Please contact county executive Pete Kremen (firstname.lastname@example.com; 676-6717) and Whatcom County Council (council@ co.whatcom.wa.us; 676-6690) asking them to save Medic 3.
Jon Denham
The Editor:
While I don't pretend to fully understand either the circumstances leading to the charges against Dan Newell or the wisdom of his behavior, I will offer that Dan is one of the most genuinely caring educators with whom I have had the good fortune to work in my 18 years with Blaine schools.
I suspect many in our community, particularly students, feel similarly. My hope would be that the public remain mindful of that fact as they struggle to make sense out of this difficult situation.
Leaf Schumann
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Asheville, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - Julia Potter carded a 2-under 69 on Saturday to grab a 5-stroke lead after the first round of stroke play at the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship.
Potter was the lone player in red figures. She started with back-to-back birdies from the 10th at Biltmore Forest Country Club. She parred 10 consecutive holes from the 12th.
At the fourth, Potter stumbled to a bogey, but she bounced back with a birdie on the sixth. Potter parred the final three holes to post 69.
Christina Proteau, who was a quarterfinalist last year, posted a 3-over 74 and is alone in second place.
Martha Leach, the 2009 winner, managed a 4-over 75 in round one. She was joined in third place by Rachel Smith, Olivia Herrick and Mercedes Huarte.
Meghan Stasi, who won this title for a fourth time last year, opened with a 5- over 76. She shares seventh place with Margaret Shirley, Dawn Woodard and Glynnis Price
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San Juan and La Rioja provinces share some memorable countryside, with range after range of lofty mountains alternating with green valleys of olive groves, onion fields and vineyards, but they're the poorer cousins, in every sense, of Mendoza Province. The provinces' bodegas, for example, continue to take a back seat to those of Mendoza and San Rafael, even though their wine can be just as good and they export much of their grape harvest to Mendoza's wineries. Tourism has not fully got off the ground here, either, partly owing to poor transport services. To engineer tourist circuits you'll need your own transport, preferably a 4WD.
Outside the capital, La Rioja's population density barely reaches one inhabitant per square kilometre, while San Juan, where the equivalent ratio is around three, is on average half as densely populated as Mendoza Province. Leaving the cities behind to scout around the outback, you'll experience a real sense of setting off into uncharted territory. Some unpaved roads peter out into tracks barely passable in the hardiest jeep, and the weather conditions can be inclement. However, this inhospitable nature does offer up fantastic opportunities for alternative tourism, such as 4WD trips or hiking.
Club-sandwiched between the pre-cordillera and the two rows of cordillera – known as main and frontal ranges, a geological phenomenon unique to this section of the Andes – are successive chains of valleys. The higher ones over 1500m above sea level are known as the valles altos, of which the Valle de Calingasta is an outstanding example. Between them the two provinces have four natural parks. The highly inaccessible Parque Nacional San Guillermo in San Juan Province adjoins the Reserva Provincial Las Vicuñas across the boundary in La Rioja; respectively, they give you a sporting chance of spotting wild pumas and vicuñas, along with a host of other Andean wildlife, amid unforgettable landscapes. Further east are the provinces' star attractions: Parque Nacional Talampaya, with vertiginous red cliffs that make you feel totally insignificant and – only 70km south – its contiguous, unidentical twin, Parque Provincial Ischigualasto, more commonly referred to as the Valle de la Luna, an important dinosaur graveyard in a highly photogenic site.Read More
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San Juan
Some 165km north of Mendoza, the city of SAN JUAN basks in the sun-drenched valley of the Río San Juan, which twists and turns between several steep mountain ranges. The city revels in its pet name, Residencia del Sol. In some of its barrios it has rained only a couple of times over the past decade, and the provincial average is less than 100mm a year. When it does rain, it's usually in the form of violent storms, as savage as the zonda wind that occasionally stings the city. All this sunshine – more than nine hours a day on average – quickly ripens the sweetest imaginable grapes, melons and plums, irrigated by pre-Columbian canals, that have helped the city to prosper over the years. But nature is also a foe: periodic tremors remind Sanjuaninos that they live along one of the world's most slippery seismic faults; the Big One is dreaded as much here as in California.
One of South America's strongest-ever recorded earthquakes flattened the city in 1944 and as a result the city has hardly any buildings more than 70 years old. It's modern and attractive, but San Juan is also quite conservative compared with its much bigger rival Mendoza. Around a third of a million people live in Greater San Juan, but in the compact microcentro everyone seems to know everyone else. Broad pavements, grand avenues and long boulevards shaded by rows of flaky-trunked plane trees lend the city a feeling of spaciousness and openness, making San Juan a comfortable starting-point for touring some of the country's finest scenery.
Brief history
The city was founded by the Spanish aristocrat Juan Jufré as San Juan de la Frontera on June 13, 1562, during an expedition from Santiago de Chile, and since then it has had a persistently troubled history. In 1594, the settlement was washed away by floods, and in 1632 it was again destroyed, this time in attacks by natives. The following year an uprising by the indigenous inhabitants was brutally put down; seventeen were hanged on the Plaza Mayor as an example. In the middle of the nineteenth century, San Juan found itself at the heart of the country's civil war when its progressive leader, Dr Antonino Aberastain, was assassinated by federalist troops. In 1885 the arrival of the railways heralded a change to San Juan's backwater status, as Basque, Galician and Andalucian immigrants began arriving.
Like Mendoza, the city has had terrible luck with seismic shocks: several violent earthquakes struck the city in the 1940s, but the strongest of all, reaching around 8.5 on the Richter scale, hit San Juan on January 15, 1944. It flattened the city and killed more than ten thousand people; during a gala held in Buenos Aires to raise funds for the victims shortly afterwards, an as yet relatively unknown army officer, Juan Domingo Perón, met an equally obscure actress, Eva Duarte.
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La Rioja
La Rioja
LA RIOJA – or Todos los Santos de la Nueva Rioxa, as it was baptized at the end of the sixteenth century – is an indolent place, built in a flat-bottomed valley, watered by the Río Tajamar, 517km northeast of San Juan. It is not a sightseers' city, but you can find enough to occupy a full day if passing through. Among the highlights are two of the country's best museums of indigenous art, one archeological and the other with a folkloric slant. It is best visited in the spring (Oct–Nov), when the jacaranda trees are abloom, and the city is perfumed by the blossom of orange trees that have earned it the much-bandied sobriquet "Ciudad de los Naranjos". In spite of the plentiful shade of this luxuriant vegetation, the blistering summer heat is refracted off the brutally arid mountains looming to the west and turns the city, notoriously one of the country's hottest, virtually into a no-go zone. Whatever you do, avoid the midsummer, when temperatures can get up to 45°C.
Brief history
La Rioja came into being on May 20, 1591, when the governor of Tucumán, Juan Ramírez de Velasco, a native of La Rioja in Castile, founded the city in its strategic valley location. Today's main Plaza 25 de Mayo coincides exactly with the spot he chose. Ramírez de Velasco had set out on a major military expedition to populate the empty spaces of the Viceroyalty and subdue the native Diaguitas, who had farmed the fertile oasis for centuries. La Nueva Rioxa, the only colonial settlement for leagues around, soon flourished and Ramírez de Velasco felt justified in boasting in a letter that it was "one of the finest cities in the Indies".
From it, mainly Franciscan missionaries set about fulfilling Ramírez de Velasco's other aim of converting the indigenous peoples. Their convent and that of the Dominicans, one of the oldest in Argentina, both miraculously survived the earthquake that flattened most of the old colonial city in 1894. The whole city was rebuilt, largely in a Neocolonial style that was intended to restore its former glory, but long decades of neglect by the central government were to follow. La Rioja did not even benefit as much as it hoped it would when Carlos Menem, scion of a major La Rioja wine-producing family was elected president in 1990. There are signs that La Rioja is beginning to diversify away from its agricultural base, although the city, with a current population of about 150,000, is still regarded by most Argentines as a rather arid backwater.


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Ten people, 17 stock animals and 1,400 pounds of supplies. Is it possible to travel through Yellowstone National Park – to one of the most remote locations in the United States – and leave no trace?
There was a good reason why I stood on the shoulder of Highway 191 with my saddle, a duffel bag and my Appaloosa mare, Gravelly, at 6:30 in the morning. We were hitchhiking – sort of. At the beginning of a leave-no-trace pack trip into Yellowstone, it seemed appropriate to car pool. Matt Henningsen, outfitting manager for the Club at Spanish Peaks, a Montana resort, had agreed to pick me up on his way into the park. His truck and trailer pulled up at 7 a.m. sharp.
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OBJECTIVE: The focus of this study was the systematic evaluation of the clinical effects of glycine as an adjunct to the atypical antipsychotic clozapine in the treatment of schizophrenia. METHOD: In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 19 patients with chronic, treatment-resistant schizophrenia who were maintained on optimal doses of clozapine (400–1200 mg/day) were administered either 30 g/day of glycine (N=9) or placebo (N=10) for 12 weeks. Clinical evaluations with the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms, and the Simpson-Angus movement scale were completed biweekly. RESULTS: The use of glycine as an adjunct to clozapine was not effective in decreasing positive or negative symptoms. In contrast, the patients treated with clozapine without glycine had a 35% reduction in positive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: These preliminary data suggest that glycine may interfere with the antipsychotic efficacy of atypical neuroleptics such as clozapine.
Treatment with conventional dopamine receptor-blocking antipsychotics—although effective in the treatment of positive symptoms (e.g., hallucinations)—has relatively limited effects on negative symptoms (e.g., social withdrawal, blunted emotional responses) in schizophrenia. An alternative strategy consistent with the hypoglutamatergic hypothesis of schizophrenia R15601CHEDIDFB–R15601CHEDABBJ involves the administration of compounds that stimulate N-methyl-d-aspartic acid (NMDA)-mediated activity through the strychnine-insensitive glycine site. In a subgroup of chronic schizophrenic subjects, the addition of glycine to conventional neuroleptic treatments decreased negative symptoms R15601CHEDCAFF–R15601CHEDGGEB without worsening positive symptoms R15601CHEBIABI. d-Cycloserine, a partial agonist at the glycine site, may improve negative symptoms when added to conventional neuroleptics R15601CHECJDBG; it does not appear to be effective at higher doses R15601CHECJDBG, R15601CHECGBDI and may worsen negative symptoms in patients maintained on clozapine R15601CHECGBDI.
In studies of adjunctive glycine, the majority of patients were maintained on a variety of neuroleptics R15601CHEDCAFF–R15601CHEDGGEB. The focus of the current study was to determine whether glycine augments the therapeutic efficacy of the atypical neuroleptic clozapine in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
Twenty-four chronic schizophrenic patients (21 male and three female) who met the DSM-III-R criteria for schizophrenia and were free of other axis I diagnoses or clinically significant concurrent medical illnesses were enrolled in this 12-week study. They were chronically hospitalized (mean=12.4 years, SD=7.2) at Metropolitan State Hospital, Norwalk, Calif., and were maintained on optimal doses of clozapine (range=400–1200 mg/day) for several months before the start of the trial.
Although improvement was observed with clozapine, these patients remained symptomatic (mean BPRS score=43.2, SD=12.2) and required continual hospitalization. The patients were randomly assigned to a glycine group (10 men and two women) or a placebo group (11 men and one woman). There was no significant difference between the groups in age (mean=35.3 years, SD=5.26, and mean=34.4 years, SD=4.75, respectively) or clozapine dose (mean=589 mg/day, SD=172, and mean=635 mg/day, SD=232, respectively). After a complete description of the study to the subjects, written informed consent was obtained.
Patients in the glycine group were administered a solution of glycine (10 g) dissolved in 1 oz of water three times a day after meals. The placebo group received 1 oz of a similar-tasting solution three times a day after meals. Physician raters, nurses, and the patients were kept blind to the procedure. Raters received biweekly training sessions to maintain adequate interrater reliability for all scales. Standardized rating scales (the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale [BPRS], the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms [SANS]R15601CHEEAIHE, the Simpson-Angus movement scale R15601CHEDHGIE, and the SAFTEE adverse symptoms checklist R15601CHECJCDJ) were administered at baseline and at weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12 during the trial. Clozapine levels and laboratory studies (e.g., SMA-17 and CBC) were evaluated at baseline and at weeks 6 and 12.
Because of an inability to participate or lack of cooperation, three patients (one female and two male) from the glycine group and two patients (one female and one male) from the placebo group were discontinued from the study prior to week 8. Data analysis was done on the remaining 19 patients (glycine group: eight men and one woman; placebo group: 10 men). One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed on the baseline data. There were no between-group differences in baseline total BPRS score (glycine group: mean=40.4, SD=12.2; placebo group: mean=45.9, SD=9.9; F=1.05, df=1, 16, p=0.32), in BPRS positive symptoms score (glycine group: mean=13.3, SD=5.7; placebo group: mean=17.4, SD=5.0; F=2.49, df=1, 16, p=0.13), or in SANS score (glycine group: mean=13.7, SD=6.1; placebo group: mean=13.7, SD=3.6; F=0, df=1, 16, p=0.99).
Repeated measures ANOVA with baseline values as covariates across the 12-week study showed significant improvement in BPRS positive symptoms in the patients treated with clozapine alone compared to the patients treated with clozapine and glycine (F=5.75, df=1, 16, p=0.03) (F1). There were no significant treatment effects on negative symptoms as measured with the SANS (F=0.27, df=1, 16, p=0.61) or the BPRS (F=0.45, df=1, 16, p=0.51) or on overall psychopathology as measured by the total BPRS score (F=0.99, df=1, 16, p=0.33). The adjunctive glycine was well-tolerated throughout the double-blind study. No adverse changes in hematological values or serum chemistry were observed. In addition, adjunctive glycine did not significantly affect clozapine blood levels (posttest level for the glycine group: mean=511.4, SD=159.1; for the placebo group: mean=642.0, SD=255.8; F=1.32, df=1, 16, p=0.27, ANOVA).
To our knowledge, this is the first study to systematically evaluate the efficacy of glycine as an adjunct to clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic. Results from this double-blind study show that adjunctive glycine does not augment the antipsychotic effects of clozapine. These findings are in contrast to our findings in open R15601CHEDCAFF and double-blind R15601CHECHEHJ studies as well as data from other laboratories R15601CHECAEDJ, R15601CHEDJEDG, all of which used conventional neuroleptics. Differential responses to glycinergic compounds as adjuncts to treatment with conventional and atypical neuroleptics have been reported elsewhere. Although adjunctive d-cycloserine, a glycinergic compound, improves negative symptoms in patients maintained on conventional neuroleptics R15601CHECJDBG, R15601CHECGBDI, it increases negative symptoms in patients maintained on the atypical antipsychotic clozapine R15601CHEECHFA.
In the present study, patients administered glycine failed to show the improvement in positive symptoms that occurred in clozapine-treated patients who did not receive glycine. It has been suggested by Goff et al. R15601CHEECHFA that the lack of therapeutic efficacy of clozapine and adjunctive glycinergic drugs may be due to effects of clozapine on NMDA-mediated systems. We did observe a 5% greater improvement in negative symptoms in patients treated with adjunctive glycine compared with those who received placebo, but it did not reach statistical significance. This observation must be cautiously interpreted, as we had less than 10% power to detect such a small difference R15601CHEBDIAB.
In summary, the data suggest that the addition of high-dose glycine to clozapine therapy may not be effective in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, and, if anything, glycine may decrease the efficacy of clozapine (as seen by the lack of improvement in positive symptoms in the glycine group). These findings provide interesting data for the further study of glycine and its differential interactions with typical and atypical antipsychotics in chronic schizophrenia.
Received Sept. 16, 1997; revisions received Feb. 17 and April 29, 1998; accepted June 19, 1998. From the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine; and Metropolitan State Hospital, Norwalk, Calif. Address reprint requests to Dr. Potkin, Department of Psychiatry, Irvine Hall, Room 163, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697.
Effect of Clozapine and Adjunctive Glycine on BPRS Positive Symptoms Scores of Patients With Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia
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The Phillies have started the second half with three awful starts in five games by the stating rotation. Throw in a late home run by Aramis Ramirez in a close game in Chicago and you've got 1-4 to start the second half for the Phils when they were looking for a whole lot more.
Last night the Phils gave Kendrick an early 3-0 lead and things looked good through the first out of the fifth inning. After the first out in the fifth, though, the next eight St Louis batters went walk, double, home run, ground out, home run, home run, ground out, home run. Things didn't look so good anymore.
In the five games since the All-Star break the Phillies have pitched to a 7.46 ERA and a 1.61 ratio. Opponents are hitting .317 against them and they've allowed more than two home runs per game (11 in five games).
The Phillies are 48-44 on the season after losing to the St Louis Cardinals 8-4 last night. They have lost four of five and are in third place in the NL East. They trail the first place Braves by six games and the second place Mets by a half game.
Kendrick got the start for the Phillies and went five innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits and three walks. Six of the hits went for extra-bases, three doubles and three home runs. He struck out two.
He had a 3-0 lead when he started the bottom of the first. Felipe Lopez led off with a single and moved to third when Jon Jay followed with a ground-rule double. Albert Pujols hit a ground ball to short for the first out. Lopez scored to cut the lead to 3-1 with Jay holding second. Colby Rasmus was next and hit the ball hard, but Valdez made the play at second for the second out as Jay went to third. Kendrick struck Allen Craig out swinging to end the inning.
Kendrick walked Skip Schumaker on four pitches to start the second. Schumaker stole second before Kendrick walked Yadier Molina on five pitches. It brought the pitcher Blake Hawksworth to the plate and he bunted the runners to second and third with the first out. Nine-hitter Brendan Ryan followed and hit a ground ball to short. Rollins went to first for the second out with Schumaker scoring to cut the lead to 3-2. Lopez grounded to second to leave Molina stranded.
Eight balls in nine pitches to start the inning isn't the way to go. Kendrick got off easy.
Pujols doubled with one out in the third and moved to third when Rasmus followed with a fly ball to center. Kendrick got Craig on a fly ball to left for the third out.
Kendrick threw a 1-2-3 fourth with the Phillies up 4-2.
Ryan flew to center for the first out in the fifth before Lopez walked. Jay doubled to center and Lopez scored to make it 4-3. Pujols pounded a 1-0 pitch out to left and the Cards were on top 5-4. Kendrick got Rasmus on a ground ball to first before Craig and Schumaker hit back-to-back home runs. 7-4. Molina grounded to short to finally end the inning.
Just the three home runs in the frame for St Louis. First career homer for Craig.
Durbin started the sixth with the Phils still down three. Switch-hitter Randy Winn hit for the pitcher Hawksworth and hit a 2-0 pitch out to right to put the Cards up 8-4. Jay walked with two outs, but Durbin got Pujols on a ground ball to third for to leave him stranded.
Romero got three ground balls in a 1-2-3 seventh.
Madson threw a 1-2-3 eighth to drop his ERA on the year to 6.08.
The Phillies didn't even have to pitch the ninth, what with having already lost and all.
Nice to see the bullpen pitch a little better. Durbin did give up the solo shot to Winn, but it was the only hit or walk the relievers surrendered over three innings.
Romero was pitching for the second day in a row. Durbin threw 23 pitches in the game. Romero and Madson both threw 12.
The Phillies lineup against righty Blake Hawksworth went (1) Rollins (2) Polanco (3) Ibanez (4) Howard (5) Werth (6) Victorino (7) Ruiz (8) Valdez. Valdez at second with Utley on the DL. Ibanez and his .399 slugging percentage for the season hit third.
Polanco reached on an infield single on a ball deflected by Pujols with one out in the first. He moved to second on a single by Ibanez. It brought Howard to the plate with two men on and he doubled into right. Polanco scored to put the Phils up 1-0 with Ibanez moving to third. Werth popped out to first for the second out, but Victorino picked him up with a single into center that scored both runners and made it 3-0. Ruiz singled to right before Valdez flew to left for the third out.
No RBI for Werth with one out and men on second and third.
The lead was cut to 3-1 when Kendrick walked to start the second. Rollins was next and hit a ball to second with Kendrick forced at second for the second out. Polanco hit into a double-play.
Werth reached on an infield single on a ball hit out in front of the plate with two outs in the third and the lead at 3-2. He was picked off of first to end the frame.
Ruiz doubled with one out in the fourth. Valdez lined to short for the second out before Kendrick walked again. Rollins singled into center and Ruiz scored, putting the Phillies up 4-2. Polanco popped to second to leave both runners stranded.
Ibanez started the fifth with a single, but Howard hit into a double-play behind him. Werth walked before Victorino grounded to second for the third out.
The Cardinals were winning 7-4 when the Phillies hit in the sixth. Hawksworth got Ruiz and Valdez to start the inning and Dobbs hit for Kendrick. Dobbs singled softly to left, but Rollins grounded to second to turn the Phillies away.
Howard and Werth singled back-to-back in the seventh with two outs and the Phils down 8-4. It put men on first and third for Victorino, but Victorino fouled out to the catcher to leave both men stranded.
Righty Jason Motte got the first two in the eighth before Gload hit for Romero. Gload singled, but Rollins grounded to second to end the frame.
Two hits in two at-bats for the two lefties on the Phillies bench.
Ibanez walked with one out in the ninth and Howard hit into a double-play behind him.
Rollins was 1-for-5 in the game. He's 2-for-his-last-20 with two singles.
Polanco was 1-for-5. 4-for-14 with four singles since his return.
Ibanez 2-for-4 in the game. 6-for-his-last-13.
Howard was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI. He's 8-for-20 with a double and two home runs since the break.
Werth 2-for-3 with a walk. 4-for-17 with a double and six walks since the break.
Victorino was 1-for-4 with two RBI. 7-for-23 with a double and a homer over the last five games. He's walked once in his last 74 at-bats. On-basing .271 in July.
Ruiz 2-for-4 with a double. 4-for-16 since the break.
Valdez was 0-for-4. 3-for-16 since the break. Among the 265 NL players with 175 plate appearances for the season, his .268 on-base percentage is 258th.
Jamie Moyer (9-9, 4.88) faces righty Chris Carpenter (10-3, 3.16) tonight. Moyer has a 1.09 ratio to go with his 4.88 ERA. He's walked just 20 in 110 2/3 innings and opponents are hitting just .238 against him. Things would be better if he hadn't given up 20 home runs on the year. He's been hit hard in each of his last two starts, allowing 13 runs in 8 1/3 innings in the outings combined. Carpenter has been great again this year, but had two weak outings in a row before holding the Dodgers to a run over eight innings his last time out.


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Purble Place is actually three games in one: Comfy Cakes, Purble Shop, and Purble Pairs.
These whimsical games help teach children memory, pattern recognition, and reasoning skills. But at higher difficulty levels, they'll challenge players of all ages.
Open the Games folder by clicking the Start button . In the search box, type games, and then, in the list of results, click Games Explorer.
Double-click Purble Place.
(Don't see it? You might need to turn on Windows Games. See Where are my games?)
Click the Game menu, and then click Purble Shop, Purble Pairs, or Comfy Cakes.
Select a difficulty level: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced.
If you need to finish a game later, you can exit the game, and then click Save. The next time you play, you'll be asked whether you want to continue your saved game. If so, click Yes.
You can adjust sounds, tips, difficulty level, and other settings.
Click the Game menu, and then click Options.
Make your choices, and then click OK.
This game puts you in Chef Purble's bakery. Your job: to fill an order for a batch of cakes.
The bakery's customers are very particular, so you'll need to make the cakes with the correct combination of shapes, batters, fillings, decorations, and icing. Oh, and work fast because the cakes never stop coming!
This game tests your powers of deduction. The goal: to make your Purble's face match the mystery Purble behind the curtain. Choose hair, eyes, nose, and lips from the shelves, then learn how many—but not which—features you got right!
This goal of this game is to find all the identical pictures before time runs out. Flip a tile to reveal a picture, then try to find its match. Use a "sneak peek" token to get a glimpse of the whole board.


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Bethany Hamilton (HAW) made a great start to her Telstra Drug Aware Pro campaign. PIC ASP/Robertson.
MARGARET RIVER, WA/Australia – South west W.A. is swarming with the world's best surfers who are in town for the 2012 Telstra Drug Aware Pro Margaret River. The event got underway today starting with the Women's Round of 60, in blustery 3 foot (1.5 meter) conditions at Surfer's Point.
Nikki Van Dijk (AUS), the 17-year-old from Phillip Island, Victoria, started the day with a convincing heat win. Van Dijk carved up the Margaret River line-up to advance to the Round of 48, where she'll face Malia Manuel (HAW), Ornella Pellizzari (ARG) and Suelen Naraisa (BRA).
Nao Omura (JPN) posted the day's highest single wave score, an 8.33 (out of a possible 10). Omura picked off a nice looking wave and proceeded to unleash two solid power carves to advance to the next round with Ellie-Jean Coffey (AUS) also advancing in 2nd position.
"I'm am so happy!" Omura said. "I came to Margaret River two days ago and I'm really enjoying it here. We don't have reef breaks at home in Japan and it's very different. I saw that good wave come and I knew I would get a good score if I made my turns."
Bethany Hamilton (HAW) finished 1st in her opening round encounter at Margaret River after catching a couple of nice left-handers. Hamilton will now take on 2004 ASP Women's World Champion Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Georgia Fish (AUS) and Anne Cecile Le Talle (FRA).
"The conditions are really tricky," Hamilton said. "I don't feel like I did all that well out there. I only really had one good turn, but I'm happy that I did enough to get through the heat because that's all that matters in the end. I prefer reef breaks, so I'm stoked to be here, but at the same time Margaret River can be super challenging."
HEAT 1: Nikki Van Dijk (AUS) 10.34, Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW) 7.10, Anali Gomez (PER) 6.33, Jess Grimwood (AUS) 2.90
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It's been a while since I have made any sort of formal announcement about any new piece of work - mainly because they all seem to falter somewhere around the first few thousand words and I change ideas. But this one seems to have stuck. I am enjoying the direction and the messages therein, and I am working hard on it. So, here are the details.
Punny titled 'Through the Cooking Gas (and What Alan Found There)' is the tale of a miserable young man named Alan, who decides to take his own life by sticking his head in the oven. A somewhat antiquated suicide method these days, but one that can still work, albeit mainly through asphyxiation than by toxicity (I checked my facts! :P)
His attempt, he believes, fails when nearly twenty minutes pass and he still is seemingly alive. He breaths a heavy sigh of despair and when his sigh appears to melt a hole in his wall he suspects he is suffering some hallucination effect and decides to go to bed. His bed, however, tells him to wake up and introduces him to someone very important. Sossy McWhiskers, a black and white cat in a top hat with a string of sausages for a tail.
It turns out, Alan is stuck in an hallucinatory limbo, conjured up by his subconscious on the cusp between life and death because, despite Alan having consciously made the choice to die, his subconscious - with all it's capacity for instincts and survival - rather disagrees with this choice. It seeks to remind Alan that his consciousness is merely a construct of his subconscious mind - and Alan wants to prove otherwise before allowing himself to die in peace. During the course of which Alan and Sossy travel through what could be described as unimaginable worlds, were they not residing solely within Alan's imagination. Travelling on his old battered couch that, Transformer-like, turns into a rather comfy spacecraft, and taking advantage of televisual wormholes - Alan and Sossy go on adventure that explores the very nature of existence, the self, perception, psychology and philosophy. Engaging with strange new worlds, seeing rat things with huge pairs of tits and all the while trying to rather insanely put meaning on it all.
A tale that weaves absurdity and humour into a more philosophical story (certainly than Easy as a Bee, See?), and one of self-discovery gone a little bit astray, Through the Cooking Gas is probably the most personal piece of prose I have ever written and yet at the same time one of the most outlandish. I hope to have it finished within a few months, and after that it shall take some editing and formatting to have it publishable. So expect it soon! :)
It's been a while since I have made any sort of formal announcement about any new piece of work - mainly because they all seem to falter somewhere around the first few thousand words and I change ideas. But this one seems to have stuck. I am enjoying the direction and the messages therein, and I am working hard on it. So, here are the details.
Easy as a Bee, See?
Even the bees demand you buy it!
US visitors - Click here http://www.amazon.com/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335960043&sr=1-2
UK Visitors - Click here http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-As-A-Bee-See/dp/1471054551/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335958366&sr=1-3
and keep the bees happy!
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*also, if I actually get any sales of it, you can have a decent cut…which will be like, 20p or whatever, but it's better than nothing*
Available now on Kindle and in paperback, experience the novel that literally no one is talking about!
Easy As A Bee, See? sees protagonist Gordon, a customer service phone operative for an insurance company, wrapped up in a twisted plot orchestrated by owls and carried out by bees after a rather unfortunate and infuriating telephone call from a customer.
Not knowing what to do or where to go, luckily Gordon had been monitored - by the Global Bee Taskforce, who have known about the plot by the bees to enslave humanity for some time. The owls, however, they did not know about. And they are keen to learn more.
Join Gordon, his friend Karl, his romance Helen, and his supersecretagent buddy Tony and their 1971 Ford Capri 3000GT - in a rip roaring adventure of conspiracy, espionage, bees, owls, bad action, Gordon talking a lot, Tony being cool and masses of social satire.
Why not have a review as well!:
"This is a very funny novel. Made me laugh out loud quite a few times. It's a writing style I'm not familiar with and would like to see more often. The authorial voice is hilarious and refreshingly original and honest. One word that best describes 'Easy as a Bee, See?': Original"
Jenny Eyles
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Peace and love.
You can read them on your Kindle,
You can read them on your phone.
You can read them if you're single,
they're probably best if you're alone.
You can read them on your tablet,
You can read them on PC,
You can't read them on an aglet,
for they'd be too small to see.
You can read them in your living room,
you can read them on the bog,
you can read them at your spinning loom,
you can read them with your dog.
You can read them with your cat, too
or any pet of your choosing.
You can read them getting a tattoo,
but probably not while snoozing.
In fact, you can read then any place,
so why not take the chance.
They may put a smile across your face,
if you only give them a glance.
***** Note: Books available for Kindle can be viewed on many platforms, see the end of this post for details :) ****
Books available are;
Alcoholic Ambling and Suicide Scribblings
A poetry collection detailing my struggle with booze, depression and anxiety. Since misery loves company, why not indulge me and pick it up. I know you want to, because you're a sadist, you're just going to laugh at my bad times But don't worry, I do that too. Well, it's more insane cackling.
Anyway, it has been described as 'relatable', 'intimate and well written', 'powerful, harrowing, passionate, comforting and true' and 'fascinating'. So, why not trust those other opinions and see if you can relate.
Only £1.96 for UK folk, head here to Amazon to pick it up!
Or my lovely friends across the pond can pick it up for $3.02
We then have;
How To Win At Life By Being A Smug, Self-Righteous, Smarmy, Grinning Self-Help Twat
A kind of, cynical look at the bullshit self-help genre, tackling their general and vague advice that has little or no relevance on real life or the ultimate goal we should all work for, humanity and compassion.
As such, I critique what they might say, throw in my own realist opinion, and collect together a few of my more positive poems to remind you how wonderful and beautiful you all are. My best-selling work so far, why not see what the fuss is about?
And why not add this marvelous review too;
"The cover of Mercer's second volume is somewhat deceptive. While the author indeed writes with a good deal of humor, this is a thoughtful book with a good deal of life wisdom tucked in around the self-deprecation and biting sarcasm. Don't come here if you are looking for smug platitudes and heartwarming tales of triumph over adversity, Mercer does not pull his punches even in this more 'jolly' collection. Still this is an entertaining read that gently reminds the reader to be kinder to himself, to accept and allow the kindnesses of others and above all, to love."
Only £2 for my UK people, you can find it here,
and US folk, don't feel disheartened. Here, you can get it for $3.09!
And now for something completely different;
Easy as a Bee, See?
My debut novel is a delving into the world of political chicanery. Conspiracy and intrigue abound in this no nonsense thriller that has bees being used by a cabal of owls to take over the world…
Okay, so it's not so much a no nonsense thriller as a nonsensical satire, but that does not give it any less credibility. I thoroughly enjoyed working on this and by all accounts the people who have read it thoroughly enjoyed reading it!
A brief summary; a gent named Gordon, who works in insurance, becomes involved in the bees plot to enslave humanity after a particularly odd customer service phone call. Subsequently he and his friends end up joining up with the Global Bee Taskforce, the agency tasking with bringing down the bees, to save humanity from its impending doom.
It may be a generic sounding plot, but believe me it is laced with twists and turn, easily exposed plot-holes, strange interjections and a whole lot of fun, so why not give it a read.
Available for £3.59 in the UK! That's a special sale price so get it while you can!
And in the US, it is yours for $5.54!
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The Panasonic Lumix GF6 is, by any standard, a great little camera. It's not completely fault-free of course; we weren't keen on some of the fiddly touch-screen controls, and the JPEG sharpening is a bit too harsh, but we love the versatile and accessible manual controls, the tilt-up monitor screen, the excellent build quality and the nicely understated style of the design, not to mention the excellent value for money.
Above all though it's just a genuinely nice camera to use; it's the sort of camera that encourages you to get out and take photographs, rather than just snapshots. It has controls that make it easy to do what you want to do, encouraging experimentation and creative thinking, and the results will seldom be disappointing.


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Washington residents spent $454 million on pleasure boats and related equipment in 2001, placing the state among the top 10 nationally in boat sales.
Washington ranked ninth among U.S. states in combined purchases of recreational craft and related equipment, such as motors, trailers and accessories. Florida ranked first, with combined boat and equipment sales of nearly $1.5 billion.
Nationwide, boating-related retail sales totaled $28.5 billion in 2001 and rose to $29.2 billion, in 2002, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association. State-by-state sales figures have not yet been compiled for 2002.
The sales totals include purchases of various types of recreational craft, including outboard and inboard boats, canoes, kayaks, stern-drive sailboats and personal watercraft. New outboard boats and motors were among the largest categories of purchases.
�These figures are yet another reminder of the significant impact fishing, and outdoor recreation in general, has on our state�s economy,� said Jeff Koenings, director of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). �The boating industry is just one sector of the economy that demonstrates the connection between healthy fish populations, sustainable fishing opportunity and economic vitality.�
Fish and wildlife-related recreation overall resulted in $2.18 billion in spending by fishers, hunters and wildlife viewers here in 2001, according to a national survey conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
The same national survey concluded that Washington ranks eighth in the nation in spending by recreational fishers. The survey reported that sport fishers spent $854 million here on trips and equipment � including boats � in 2001.
�The strength of the boating industry in Washington state reflects the tremendous variety of recreation � including the wide array of saltwater and freshwater fishing � available here,� said Northwest Marine Trade Association trustee Larry Carpenter.


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SPOKANE, Wash. -- A Spokane Police SWAT team and the Targeted Crimes Unit raided two homes Friday in connection with five Craigslist robberies since March.
Authorities raided one home near Altamont and Desmet. The other home was located near Parkhill and Cincinnati.
Officials said the victims of these robberies posted products on Craigslist and the suspects arranged to meet with them in a park to purchase the items. When the victims arrived at the locations, they were robbed.
Most of the stolen items were Macbooks. Authorities said the victims were not necessarily injured but weapons were displayed.
Authorities raided two locations, one in the city and one in the county. A neighbor said he heard loud banging on the door Friday morning. "I thought it was our door," Jason Colwell said, "scared the hell out of me! I ran downstairs and saw SWAT cars, cops everywhere."
Spokane Police arrested a 17-year-old man for three counts of first degree robbery. Officials are still looking for Curtis Cyrus, 20, who is also wanted for one count of first degree robbery.
"We want people to be aware that there are people in Spokane who could and will take advantage of you and to be safe," said SPD Detective Lydia Taylor. "But now we have two less of those people on the streets."
Spokane Police said if you plan to sell items on Craigslist and meet up with buyers you should go to a very public place and bring a friend.


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Most high school athletes are tough, and their competitive nature means they want to keep playing even when they're hurt -- but those good intentions can end in bad injuries when it comes to concussions.
Minnesota has been a leader in concussion awareness, but the American Academy of Neurology says more must still be done because new research conducted by the organization shows that being pulled from games sooner and spending longer stints on the sideline is one of the biggest factors in recovery time.
Tyler Joles is a three-sport star at Brooklyn Center High School, and he's been training hard for the upcoming spring seasons. Yet while he has a huge following of fans, he's also being watched for a different reason.
"Everyone said it was like thunder struck when my head hit," he recalled.
So far, Joles has had four concussions. A fifth could end his athletic career altogether.
"I've had times where I was really dizzy and I just didn't really say anything," he admitted.
That's something experts say needs to stop. In fact, the AAN is now recommending that players be pulled from games if there is even a suspicion of a head injury.
Minnesota already has a strict concussion law requiring athletes to come out of games if they show concussion symptoms. It also mandates concussion training for coaches and requires a doctor's approval to get back in the game.
Even so, athletic trainers -- like Tom Iverson -- say navigating through another change in concussion standards is difficult.
"So much has happened since 2004," he said. "That even needs to be updated."
That's why Brooklyn Center High School's athletic director, Nate Gautsch, is trying to get ahead of the curve by keeping a clinic staffed with doctors inside the school in order to help athletes.
"Time-wise, there is no appointment necessary," he said. "It can be taken care of immediately."
Researchers say each concussion is different, but athletes who experience dizziness will need a month or more of recovery time.
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EOTech® 552.A65 / 1 Sight
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EOTech® 552.A65 / 1 Sight.
Pinpoint precision, as seen in use by elite military and law enforcement units. Renowned for its ability to function in extreme conditions, holographic image sighting technology also gives you true "2 eyes open" heads-up display and wide, unlimited field of view.
These EOTech® Sights are small, fast and lightweight... without sacrificing an ounce of functionality. Improved battery life over previous models means they won't power down before you do, either. Don't go with anything less on your next mission!Spectacular:
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Herbs Etc Allergy ReLeaf System (Allertonic- 60 Softgels/ Quercetin AllerReLeaf- 60 Tablets)
Herbs Etc Allergy ReLeaf System is an innovative program developed by Medical Herbalist Daniel Gagnon, RH AHG. Allergy ReLeaf System program's advanced, synergistic nutritional and herbal formulas deliver essential benefits, on-going soothing comfort, and makes every season a healthy season. Allergy ReLeaf System contains Allertonic Softgels (60 count) and Quercetin AllerReLeaf Tablets (60 count).
Just in time for spring allergy season, Herbs, Etc., Inc. announces the release of Allergy ReLeaf System, combining two powerful products in one convenient package! Allertonic and Quercetin AllerReLeaf work together to calm eyes, sinuses, lungs and gastrointestinal tissues, while stabilizing respiratory and digestive systems and easing environmental and seasonal challenges.
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Herbs Etc. Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat forms do herbal products come in?The most popular herbal products in America are capsules, softgels and tablets. Herbal teas, especially in teabags, account for a substantial amount of the herbs consumed in the United States. Herbs in liquid herbal extract form are also a popular way to ingest therapeutic herbal products. Finally, herbs are available in bulk form in some health and natural food stores.
Which form of herbs offers the most therapeutic benefits?The therapeutic benefits achieved by using herbs depend on a variety of factors. For instance, does the herbal product contain all of the active constituents in ratios found in nature, or have the constituents been altered? Is the herbal product fresh? What is the shelf life of the herb? Has the herb been processed in such a way to ensure that it will be effective when you are ready to take the product? Does the product require you to digest the herbs in order to get all of the benefits from these herbs? Is it convenient to take? Is it affordable? Does the product address the problem that you are trying to solve? Of all the available forms of herbs, liquid herbal extracts best address all of these factors. This is the reason that American herbalists recommend this form of herbs the most.
Is it better to choose herbal formulas instead of single herbs?To get the results you hope to achieve, it is important to choose the herbs that best address your specific health concerns. This web site lists both single herbal extracts and formulas, as both are effective healing agents.
Can I take herbal extracts at the same time I am taking conventional drugs?In many instances taking herbs at the same time as conventional drugs will actually support and heal the body faster and more thoroughly. For example, taking immune stimulating herbs while a person is on antibiotics is recommended, because these herbs will strengthen the immune system and prevent relapses after the round of antibiotics is done. In other instances it is best not to take herbal extracts at the same time as conventional drugs. For example, I do not recommend taking antidepressant drugs and herbal antidepressants at the same time. Be aware that when herbs are combined with drugs, they can increase the action of the drugs. Consult a knowledgeable herbalist, a naturopath or primary care physician when combining any medications.
Keeping You Healthy. Naturally.From Daniel Gagnon, Owner My name is Daniel Gagnon. I am the Medical Herbalist and Owner of Herbs, Etc. As a child and as a young adult, I suffered from eczema, asthma and allergies. My journey back to health is the driving force that motivates me to share the benefits of natural healing with other individuals. My number one goal is to develop effective herbal medicines that contain only natural and beneficial ingredients that have little or no side effects.
Research and Development In Our Retail Store Herbs, Etc. operates a retail store in Santa Fe, New Mexico, selling bulk herbs, herbal remedies, vitamins, supplements and essential oils. The store's primary mission is to offer herbal medicine information and remedies to the Santa Fe community. It is also a research and development center. Many of Herbs, Etc.'s herbal medicines are created and tested here.
The retail store offers over 250 varieties of bulk liquid herbal extracts. From these, products that are specific to clients' health needs are custom-formulated. For example, our best selling herbal throat spray was created while working with performers at the famed Santa Fe Opera. Singers would come to the store complaining of sore throats. Many formulations were tested, however, one formula was requested more often than all the others. This formulation became known as Singer's Saving Grace. Today, this product is available in four classic formulas (Extra Strength, Cool Mint, Honey Lemon and Serious Cinnamon) and 2 alcohol-free formulas (Professional Strength and Citrus & Honey).
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Exclusive Kinetic MacerationHerbs, Etc. created an innovative, proprietary process called kinetic maceration. During this process, the alcohol, water and herbs are placed in a hermetically sealed container and tumbled non-stop for 12 hours. Analyses concluded that Herbs, Etc.'s kinetic maceration method yields 20-50% more active constituents than the maceration methods used by other herbal companies.
Seeing is BelievingAt Herbs, Etc. we always purchase roots, barks and stems in their whole form. Whole herbs prevent falsification by providing our herb buyers with obvious distinguishable plant characteristics. It is next to impossible to visually guarantee the identity of an herb powder. On the other hand, a whole herb is instantly identifiable. Keeping herbs in their whole form before grinding them protects against loss of potency and the destruction of their active constituents.
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Albany and Dougherty County leaders honored County Police Chief Don Cheek Monday and wished him well, as his days on the job dwindle down.
Dozens of people thanked Cheek for his years of service at the retirement celebration.
Commission Chairman Jeff Sinyard presented him with an award as folks shared their favorite memories of Cheek. His last day is Friday.
He says the motorcycle-themed party is an example of the great people he's worked with.
"This is what this has always been about through the years is the people. Serving the community has been a fabulous thing. But the people I've had the opportunity to work with, and for, has just been phenomenal. And that's what I'm going to miss the most," said Cheek.
In September, Cheek announced his retirement because of health reasons. The 64-year old was diagnosed with leukemia in May.
He has worked in law enforcement for 41-years, the last 9 and a half as Chief of the Dougherty County Police Department.
Now he's looking forward to spending time with his family and riding his motorcycle.
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