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Just two of the 12 seats on the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court bench are up for grabs in the Nov. 4 election, yet that hasn't meant a lack of drama or political jousting this election season.
The race to fill the Section G seat left vacant by Judge Julian Parker pits longtime Municipal Court Judge Paul Sens against Byron C. Williams, a former federal and state prosecutor who most recently served as executive counsel for the president of Southern University.
The battle over the Section D seat that Judge Frank Marullo has occupied for four decades, meanwhile, has sparked fireworks, as former Orleans Parish prosecutor Graham Bosworth and local attorney Marie Williams go up against the longest-serving judge in Louisiana in a contrast of age and attitudes.
Section D
That race unleashed a legal scrum that reached the Louisiana Supreme Court last month, with Bosworth supporters challenging Marullo's eligibility to run again at age 74.
Marullo survived the fray, only to face accusations that he offered to throw his support behind Williams for a magistrate commissioner's post if she would exit the race.
The FBI has gotten involved in reviewing the matter, although Marullo says federal agents haven't contacted him. In the meantime, while it remains unclear whether Marullo can legally take office if he wins, the courts have deemed him fit to run again.
Not since 1996 has Marullo faced a challenge for his seat, much less the kind of jabs the former New Orleans Athletic Club boxer is now taking on the chin. Marullo, who turns 75 on Dec. 31, insists he has unfinished business at the court.
On the campaign trail he has harkened back to his appointment in 1974 and the initiatives he says he later brought to the bench.
"It was like a naked place," he has said. "No judicial administrator's office. No drug court. I started drug court, intensive probation, compensation for victims."
Marullo said he will continue to lobby in Baton Rouge to protect state funding that has dwindled in recent years. And he promises to fight against a tide of laws that he says have tied judges' hands, like minimum sentences for certain crimes.
"There's no garden-variety burglary. There's no garden-variety crime," he said. A reflexive desire to toss defendants behind bars is "not the economic answer and not the right answer. You destroy families, children. Not only Daddy goes to jail. It's a chain reaction."
In Bosworth's view, the criminal courthouse suffers from institutional malaise and antiquated technology that gums up the justice system's works.
Bosworth, 36, was first hired by former District Attorney Eddie Jordan and worked for five years as a prosecutor, mostly in the appellate division. He's been a defense attorney since 2010, including work under contract as a Jefferson Parish public defender.
Bosworth said he aims to bring an end to the cattle-call approach to criminal cases in Orleans Parish, where judges often sort out their daily dockets on the fly.
"It doesn't need to be that way. We can expect more. We need to expect more," he said. "I've never been political. I just became incredibly frustrated with what's going on in Criminal District Court."
Favoring new technology to streamline cases and unify a balkanized system among the court sections, Bosworth pledges to start by launching an e-filing system in Section D if he wins.
Bosworth and Williams both say they never meant to run against Marullo, thinking he legally couldn't qualify for the race at his age. The courts ruled otherwise.
Williams has taken a combative approach to the campaign, boasting of her experience representing death row inmates and the underserved, as well as serving as an administrative law judge. Her legal history also includes work for the Pro Bono Project and former Mayor Marc Morial's law office.
"What I bring different to the table is I've worked with the community," she said. "I've worked with the people. I've gone to Angola, eaten with inmates in Angola."
Williams, 43, is unapologetic about her clandestine recording of a meeting last month with Marullo at Mandina's, the Mid-City restaurant. In a tape aired by WDSU-TV, Marullo can be heard pledging to back Williams when a magistrate commissioner's post opens up. Marullo has denied wrongdoing, saying he "all of a sudden realized there was an agenda" and made for the exit.
Williams likens her role to that of civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
"I'm for honesty," she said. "I want the citizens of the city to be able to trust. That's why people don't come forward. They don't trust the police. I don't trust the police. I'm so tired of the politics and decades of corruption. It only takes one person."
Williams has run for office twice before, losing a race in 2010 for a Juvenile Court seat and also missing out on a 2nd City Court judgeship in 2012.
This is Bosworth's first run for office.
Section G
So far, the Section G race has been far quieter.
Sens, who has sat on the Municipal Court bench for 18 years, is making his first run for a seat on the bench across Gravier Street, though he said it crossed his mind a few years ago.
He said he was busy at the time taking care of health problems and rebuilding Municipal Court operations. He also acknowledged a political hit from a 2012 report by New Orleans Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux that accused him of turning Municipal Court into a family-run business by maintaining 18 family members on the payroll.
It didn't help that his younger brother, John Sens, pleaded guilty in a contractor kickback scheme from his years as purchasing director for Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman's office. The sheriff and the judge are longtime friends and political allies from their days in the Morial administration, where Sens served as executive assistant for intergovernmental relations. Sens said the relationship has cooled lately.
Sens also took political fire for hiring Gusman's wife, Renee, to run a marijuana diversion program that she still oversees — a hire Sens stands by — while Gusman hired Sens' wife, Ann, as an appraiser.
Now 58, Sens insists he played no role in his brother's hiring at the Sheriff's Office. He also dismisses Quatrevaux's report as a "slanderous lie," saying the bulk of his purported nepotism was incidental, the result of a brother marrying into a family of court employees. Sens would rather talk about being the first to return to the bench in the weeks after Hurricane Katrina, commuting from New Iberia to a makeshift court at the bus station; his leadership on domestic violence issues in Municipal Court; and his shepherding of a massive influx of state misdemeanor cases that District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro moved over to Municipal Court from Criminal District Court a few years ago.
He claims a proven track record as a judge, pointing to a state-low 52-day pace for resolving cases in his courtroom. His first mission if he wins, he said, will be to get control of a Section G docket that ranks among the most bloated in the courthouse, according to the Metropolitan Crime Commission.
Sens also wants to take a leading role in shifting the court away from its reliance on fines and fees levied on criminal defendants, calling the practice "borderline unconstitutional."
Williams, who turns 60 next week, served as a judge pro tem in the courthouse in 2008 and went on to become special counsel to the state Judiciary Commission for a brief period ending in 2009. Before then he was a prosecutor for five years in Orleans Parish and, earlier, a federal prosecutor in New Orleans for a decade under former U.S. Attorneys Jim Letten and Eddie Jordan.
Citing Metropolitan Crime Commission reports on the court, Williams portrays himself as part of a "revolution of change" in the city. Also, he said, "I'm the only candidate who knows anything about Criminal Court, period."
He said he intends to be a "servant judge," connecting the court's work with that of nonprofits and organizations such as the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, where he has served as a coach and football rules official.
"To be engaged in the community is not something you can turn on and turn off," he said. "I've been sawing wood in the community for years. That's what we need now for this new New Orleans we're trying to build."
On the campaign trail he has taken swipes at Sens, pledging to never hire family members.
"It's the appearance of impropriety. I think that's when people lose confidence," he said, promising tight adherence to the canons that govern judicial ethics. "I clearly demonstrate the experience and integrity to put confidence back in the judicial system."
Follow John Simerman on Twitter, @johnsimerman.


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CHICAGO(AP) Gerald Green scored 18 points to lead six Dallas players in double figures, helping the Mavericks beat the Chicago Bulls 110-102 in a preseason game on Thursday night.
Bulls rookie Derrick Rose, last spring's No. 1 draft pick, played nearly 27 minutes and scored 10 points in Chicago's preseason opener.
Dallas (2-0) never trailed, using an 11-1 run in the first quarter to establish an early edge. Josh Howard scored six points during that span and finished with 10.
The Mavs' lead ballooned to 19 points by halftime, then slipped to seven after the Bulls opened the second half with a 12-0 run. Rose had a pair of long-distance jumpers during the surge, which ended with Dallas guard Gerald Green's 20-foot field goal at the 6:59 mark.
Chicago trailed 82-70 after three quarters but rallied to within six points with 1:56 left.
Luol Deng, Aaron Gray and Darius Washington paced the Bulls with 14 points each, while Drew Gooden and Larry Hughes each added 11.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 15 points for the Mavericks, Antoine Wright and Jose Barea each had 11 and Brandon Bass added 10.
Rose had a slow start in his NBA debut. The former Memphis guard missed his first four field goal attempts before scoring on a right-handed layup with 6:45 left in the second quarter.
Four Chicago players - including regulars Joakim Noah and Ben Gordon - sat out with injuries.


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Dollar Touches 11-month High vs. Yen, Gains vs. Euro
The dollar hit a fresh 11-month high against the yen and a new one-month high against the euro on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve upgraded its economic outlook on Tuesday amid a string of U.S. data reports that indicate a firm recovery.
U.S. two-year Treasury yields reached a 7-1/2-month high after solid retail sales data on Tuesday, making the dollar less attractive to fund investments in higher-yielding assets.
The 1.1 percent rise in retail sales added to signs of a pickup in the world's largest economy after another encouraging monthly jobs report last week, the third in a row.
Acknowledging the trend, the Fed slightly upgraded its outlook, expecting moderate growth over coming quarters and a gradual decline in the unemployment rate, although it said the jobless rate remained elevated.
Recent monetary easing steps by the Bank of Japan and that country's record trading deficit powered by demand for fossil fuels have also helped the dollar, which has gained around 9 percent against the yen since the beginning of February.
The dollar's bullish movement has re-accelerated following the most recent FOMC and BoJ meetings, where the latter is expected to continue to loosen monetary policy as the former remains on hold for the time being, said Eric Theoret, currency strategist at Scotia Capital in Toronto, referring to the Fed's policy-setting Open Market Committee.
The dollar rose as high as 83.65 yen, its highest since mid-April. Traders said Japanese exporters were reluctant to sell the dollar and anticipated further strength. The dollar has advanced 8.6 percent against the yen in 2012 to date and analysts are raising their forecasts.
We have revised our dollar/yen forecast up to 90 in six months and think it will stay there until 12 months from now, said Raghav Subbarao, currency strategist at Barclays Capital in London.
Barclays' previous forecasts were for dollar/yen to be at 82 yen in six months and 84 yen in a year.
The euro struggled against the dollar, falling to a one-month low of $1.3028 after triggering stop-loss orders below support at $1.3054, around the 50 percent retracement of a January 16-February 24 rally. It later recovered to $1.3067, down 0.1 percent for the day.
Further support for the euro loomed at the next major trough on daily charts at the February 16 low of $1.2973.
Further boosting sentiment, the Fed said most of the largest U.S. banks passed its stress tests, bolstering strong gains on most stock exchanges.
Jens Nordvig, global head of FX strategy at Nomura, said the European Central Bank's long-term cash injections into European banks (LTRO) had also changed euro/dollar's trading dynamics.
In a way, the euro is the new dollar, with potential to become the favorite funding currency in global capital markets, he said.
The euro zone common currency strengthened against the Swiss franc, however, rising to a peak of 1.2117 francs, its highest since February 8, before a Swiss National Bank rate decision on Thursday.
Although economists polled by Reuters expect the SNB to stick to its euro/Swiss floor at 1.20 francs and keep interest rates at zero, there have been calls for the bank to raise the floor. The euro was last at 1.2102 francs.
The Australian dollar also dropped against its U.S. counterpart, touching a fresh seven-week low of US$1.0456. It was last at US$1.0463, down 0.8 percent.


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The Greenhouse Villa offers sweeping ocean views from every level of the house.
2 Airconditioned Bedrooms | 2.5 Bath | Internet | Sunrise View
The Greenhouse Villa offers sweeping ocean views from every level of the house.
2 Airconditioned Bedrooms | 2.5 Bath | Internet | Sunrise View
The view from every level of the house.
The exterior of The Greenhouse Villa.
This hilltop property, bordering the Virgin Islands National Park, has two air-conditioned bedrooms and two-and-one-half baths. Spectacular views, and beautifully designed lush landscaping complete this tropical paradise. The Greenhouse Villa is a 3-story property, built into the hillside. Where as there are many lovely villas and beautiful views on Saint John, the location, design, and amenities of The Greenhouse Villa make it quite unique. The spectacular mountaintop setting and views are considered one of the finest in the Caribbean. Breathtaking views can be enjoyed from every room, so you may never want to leave the house!
Panoramic view from upstairs.
The comfortable living room has a TV with satellite and a Sonos system for tunes!
The main entrance level features an open floor plan, with a kitchen, dining bar, living room, and glass doors which separate the outdoor screened living area and dining area.
The Greenhouse Villa offers a full kitchen with a gas stove.
Outside View to Downstairs and Inside Stairs
Panoramic view from the interior stairs, which connect main level and master bed.
The Master bedroom features a walk in closet, a/c, safe, and en suite bath.
View from the Master Bed
Master Bathroom
Master bath features a bathtub with jets, along with washer-dryer & double sinks.
Off Season – May 1 – Nov 15
(7 Night Minimum)
1-2 Guests $1800
3-4 Guests $2000
Thanksgiving Week
1-6 Guests $2500
Christmas and New Year's
1-6 Guests $3000
In Season – Jan 4 – Apr 30
(7 Night Minimum)
1-2 Guests $2200
3-4 Guests $2400
Virgin Island Tax Rate 12.5%
Additional information about rental rates
Fees and Rental Conditions:
Refundable Damage Deposit $500
Long-Term Renters Welcome
Minimum Age Limit For Renters: 26
Children Welcome:
Children are welcome ages 8+. Please note that there are interior and exterior stairs in The Greenhouse Villa, and the property is not child-proofed. The Greenhouse Villa may not be ideal for those with younger children due to the layout of the house. Please contact us with any questions.
Non Smoking Only:
The Greenhouse Villa is a non-smoking property, both inside and out.
Pets Not Allowed
An exterior staircase connects the lower bedroom to the rest of the house. This bedroom can either be set up as a King, or two Twin beds, depending on your preference.
Each level offers the same fantastic view, and both bedrooms have absolute privacy as well as air-conditioning.
The lower bedroom can either be a King bed or Two Twin beds. Ensuite bath.
Second bedroom has ensuite bath, A/C and stunning views.
The property includes mango, papaya, banana, soursop, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes and many other fruits, vegetables and herbs. All produce at The Greenhouse Villa is 100% organic.
The Greenhouse. Go Green!
Bedrooms: 2 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6, Beds for 4-6
Master Bedroom: 1 king
Master Bedroom: Middle level, King bed, ensuite bath
Bedroom 2: 1 king, 2 twin/ single
Lower bedroom: 2 twin beds or 1 King bed, Ensuite bath
Bathrooms: 2 Bathrooms, 1 Half Bathroom
Master Bathroom: toilet, combination tub/shower, shower, jetted tub, outdoor shower
Master Bathroom has jetted tub, screened in outdoor shower
Lower Bathroom: toilet, shower
Lower bathroom has a shower, is adjacent to lower bedroom
Guest Bathroom: toilet
Main Level: Half Bath
The Greenhouse has Dish satellite, Broadband WiFi, and a Sonos system for music. (Speakers are throughout the house, you download the app onto your phone and the speakers will play your own music). We also have an ipod dock, tv's in the bedrooms and living room. Books, DVD Player, Games, Music Library
We are happy to arrange any services, such as car rental, private chefs, boating excursions, in-villa massage, or anything else you'd like to include with your stay at The Greenhouse Villa!
Sunrise view from The Greenhouse Villa.
The Greenhouse Villa has close proximity to North Shore beaches, and yet is only 20 minutes to the Cruz Bay ferry dock.
Paradise! Comfort and Beauty at a Great Price
We enjoyed every aspect of this charming villa: design, location, spaciousness, gorgeous view, natural beauty inside and out! We stayed with another couple and both had perfectly private bedrooms and bathrooms, as well as the comfortable common areas with room to dine, do yoga, relax, and dance! Outside we grilled, hung in the hammock, and did a little necessary email work surrounded by the awesome ocean view, gorgeous plants, trees, birds, and NO bugs.
The Greenhouse Villa has fun restaurants to choose from in nearby Coral Bay, as well as a completely stocked modern kitchen. The villa is new, spotless, and safe. It's close to more beautiful beaches than we had time to discover. Beach chairs, floats, and towels are all provided. We had a young sea turtle swimming and eating sea grass around us at Salt Bay. And we had a fine hike – trailhead in the neighborhood.
The owner provided great customer service before and during our visit. We plan to come back to this property next year (!) and highly recommend it; a couple or two couples, a family with children, active and too-tired-to-move folks will be all pleased.
Please send an email inquiry from the page of each vacation home of interest. At St John House Rentals our homes are owned or run by a number of individuals and management companies and they all do their own booking. The email link on each home's page will get you directly to the person who can help! We at St John House Rentals do not do bookings.
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Goodreads Giveaway: The Wheel of Time Boxed Set by Robert Jordan
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We are offering the chance to win The Wheel of Time Boxed Set on Goodreads!
This boxed set includes The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, and The Dragon Reborn.
Enter for a chance to win here!
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New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, on Thursday ruled out paying a ransom as a long-held government standing for a New Zealander abducted on Wednesday by gunmen in southern Nigeria.
He said at a press conference in Wellington that there was no chance of the government paying a ransom for the release of New Zealander being held hostage in Nigeria.
Key said the compromise would only put a bounty on the head of any New Zealander working in a volatile region and make the situation worse.
Gunmen took at least three foreign contractors, including one New Zealander and two Australians working for an Australian mining company early Wednesday morning and killed their driver on the outskirts of Calabar.
Key said it's likely the kidnapping was random motivated rather than an act of a terrorist organisation.
"The kidnappers are yet to contact police or make any request.
Meanwhile, The Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, said the Australian High Commissioner in Nigeria is at the scene while New Zealand has no diplomatic mission in the country limiting its capacity to coordinate the rescue.
He said the Australian mining company MacMahon, has been working with Nigerian government to resolve the situation as New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs was receiving updates on the situation.
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UFC 191 will be held on September 5, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Initially, a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Daniel Cormier and top contender Alexander Gustafsson was linked as a possible event headliner. Although never officially announced by the UFC, the bout between Cormier and Gustafsson would not take place at this event and would instead be postponed and moved to UFC 192.
During the live Fox Sports 1 broadcast of UFC Fight Night: Mir vs. Duffee, it was confirmed that a UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Demetrious Johnson and top contender John Dodson will now headline the event.Their first fight at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Dodson ended in a unanimous decision victory for Johnson.
The co-main event is expected to feature a heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight champions Andrei Arlovski and Frank Mir.
Anthony Johnson was originally expected to face Jan Błachowicz on the card. However, Johnson was pulled from the bout on July 30 in favor of a fight with Jimi Manuwa at the event. In turn, Błachowicz will face The Ultimate Fighter 19 light heavyweight winner Corey Anderson.
MMA Mad will provide live play-by-play coverage of every fight on the card on the official MMA Mad twitter page. Catch all the results as they happen below.
Main Card (PPV)
Demetrious Johnson (c) vs. John Dodson
Andrei Arlovski vs Frank Mir
Anthony Johnson vs. Jimi Manuwa
Jan Błachowicz vs. Corey Anderson
Paige VanZant vs. Alex Chambers
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1 and BT Sport)
Ross Pearson vs. Paul Felder
Francisco Rivera vs. John Lineker
Jessica Andrade vs. Raquel Pennington
Clay Collard vs. Tiago Trator
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Joe Riggs vs. Ron Stallings
Joaquim Silva vs. Nazareno Malegarie


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June 7, 2010
Flo-Rida teams up with David Guetta for this extremely radio friendly song that is more along the likes of what Flo is known for. Its an upbeat record with international potential. A snippet of this popped up recently, but this is the full version. Premiered here on The305.com. Shouts to JR with Poe Boy Radio! Listen and download below…
Flo-Rida featuring David Guetta – Club Can't Handle Me
Produced by David Guetta
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- Aug 23rd - 24th, 2014
- Saturday 9:00am – 5:00pm
- Sunday 9:00am – 4:00pm
- General: $6.00
- Children under 12: Free with Adult.
The Cuyahoga Falls Gun Show currently does not have dates scheduled. This Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio gun show is held at Emidio & Sons Banquet Center and hosted by LG Firearms Productions. All federal, state and local firearm ordinances and laws must be obeyed.
Large show with a good selection of new & used rifles, shotguns, handguns, knives, ammo and accessories. Weapons must be cleared and secured at the door.
8ft Tables: $50.00
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Happy Friday! I've been burying my head at work so apologize for this belated review. This Old Navy "sweatshirt" blazer from last winter was one of my comfiest and most-worn pieces, so I was thrilled to see it brought back in new colors. Most petite sizes in the bouquet pink color are now sold out online (look out for pop-backs) but you can do an quick "Find in Store" search online for the regular sizing. The fit is very shrunken so the regular sizing may actually fit similar to petite blazers from other brands. Please note that sizing on this jacket runs small and short, and I wouldn't recommend the petite for anyone over 5'1." Several ladies have mentioned their usual size was too small and a few have also noted that it feels even snugger than last season. Like its predecessor, the cut is not perfect as the torso is a little square and boxy, but for an off-the-rack fit I can't really complain.
This season's version (or could be just the pink) feels slightly stiffer, and upon a closer look I noticed the material composition has changed. My grey one is 97% cotton, 7% polyester, whereas the pink is 73% poly, 20% rayon, and 7% spandex - bummer about this change! Also I want to note that darker patterns worn underneath may show through the light pink color. Care is still labeled as machine wash and dry which I love, since dry cleaning costs for daily blazer wear have been adding up! I would recommend laying flat to dry over machine drying, however, because of likely shrinkage for this type of material.
Measurements of XS petite: across shoulder 12.75", across armpits 14," length down the back 19," sleeve length 20.5." The sleeves of the petite hit me short of my wristbone so may be bracelet length on those with longer arms. The back is slightly fitted as shown below and has a bottom vent. Material has stretch and pockets are functional.


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Final CHAPTER 16 "I knew if I had stopped for some time just to take a look in the mirror and give the reflection as much affection as I would to anyone, all would be well"
CHAPTER 16 – Emotions Evoked
"I knew if I had stopped for some time just to take a look in the mirror and give the reflection as much affection as I would to anyone, all would be well"
For the mere fact that I could still walk gave me hope, even though it rained heavier as each day passed, I knew that no matter how long it may take there will be a sunny day. It may have been too sunny to walk on the light; I knew it was not yet my shine. If I would wake up sleeping in the streets, that too would still give me hope, and I would still know that the foundation of the bridge I want to build has already been started. I don't want go high above the skies because I won't see anyone that have nurtured me to be able to go that high, and I know if I were to fall, no one would catch me, and I'll fall hard. The same feeling that may have been evoked by a set of hilarious laughs, I instantly thought of how the end would be. A second with an inch passes by to a minute, an hour, a day, a week, a month, a year and a decade, and then that it hits you that time has really passed you by. My first decade, I was a little boy, looking forward to life, with so much dreams and goals that I wanted to achieve. Every morning was started on with a smile, nothing worried me, and life was just as beautiful as a sunrise. Daily, was lived like there was no tomorrow. My second decade, as I grew wiser, on my way up to finish of my second decade, I lost my pillar of strength. I believe that's when everything changed drastically. I had no longer see things the way I use to.
Prologue – The Introduction [Emotions Evoked]
On my third decade, on my half way there, I made decision and that was only when I started loving myself and chose the person I wanted to be. I cared; I loved, yet in return there wasn't enough left for me. I knew if I had stopped for some time just to take a look in the mirror and give the reflection as much affection as I would to anyone, all would be well. I grew stronger, people may have felt neglected, and I was in a journey to discover myself. I walked away from my world, stopped calling, stopped texting, I never showed how I cared or loved, all that was left, was the man in the mirror. I took a minute or two each day as it gradually grew even longer and stronger. It made me realize how much I had neglected myself and that my life was all just a wreck, hiding behind the good I did for a person and the love I gave away, when it should've started with me. Too many people looked at me like I was a bad guy, but I needed change, because I wasn't comfortable with who I had become, the life style, clothes I wore, the bed I slept on, the way I was looked at, they saw what I had given out, as it was out in the open. People I cared about that I thought they'd care for me too, seemed more to be comfortable, and just merely accommodated me and thought perhaps that's who I was, only my best friend at the time, Thato, knew better.
Chapter 1: traveled to a place of inspiration
It seemed each year I grew an inch shorter, which prevented me to see what was behind the walls. I wanted too much where not even a little was offered. Growing up made me realize that everything that you mostly want in this poor cruel earthly nature, you have to work hard for it. I wasted most of my time hoping, although hope is very essential but of no use if you not taking any steps. I wasted my time hoping for a miracle, I still believe in miracles. Although they shall find me on my way up, I know I said it before but I am going to saying it again, that everything needs to be met half way. I was in awe, when I sat alone for moment thinking about my life and where I wanted to be. I am still in awe that I may have been so blind, in such a clearer path. I look a lot at a lot of friends I knew, and some of which I grew up with. They have grown and truly matured, but then look at me, I know you aren't supposed to compare one's life with another but, I am giving you permission to, for inspiration, for you to wake up from a dreadful nightmare. They are not any different from you, yes I did convince myself, they worked harder and harder to achieve their goals and be the best as they can be. Isn't that what we all want? I was still stuck and trapped in a 14 year old body of a boy who has been through some things, for how long? Time has yet again passed me by, and yes, I would still use it as an excuse if things didn't work out as planned.
Chapter 2: When the nights grew darker, fear grew deeper, what's in the dark that could be so scary?
The moments in life, that's when life hits harder, you look back and find that one particular corner where you were stuck before and stay there, who knows for how long, yet I do realize that some things are just meant not to work out. You will only be helped in life when you help yourself, and there's a scripture in the Good Book of that sort. I believe God will only and only help you when you help yourself; even miracles have to be met half way, I said it again. The truth is biter and makes you want to curse, hurt yourself, punch someone, at the end of it all you'll have to face it.
Limitless effort is required to move in within your thoughts and rearrange your way of thinking, and face what's in the open just like as it is. Let's call a spade a spade, no need to smoother it, it will remain as it is, it's our time we wasting because you will get back to it, if you leave it unturned. It might not be easy, clichéd or perhaps easier said, but sometimes it takes only you to stand, and take that one single step and everything else will follow. Take a look yet again, if you would tick everything that you wanted to achieve in life, how many would you mark, I see zilch, perhaps a few but you haven't got to a point where you want to be. The fight never ceases.
Chapter 3: "That singled out moment that even though lies where up roared, not one single inch of animosity would separate me from my humanity."
I remember one afternoon just me in a park, looking at people walking up and down, some relaxed with their loved ones. I envied how they were all in love, snuggling and having so much fun. That never stopped me to cease thinking about all that I really wanted to achieve. Perhaps if I had a reason I would stand and take a step forward. I looked deeply into this situation, I seemed to have put making people proud my first priority. See, then I realize that, I may have wanted to please people than anything else, why is it that we care so much about what people think about us, about our lives and what we want to achieve, when all that matters should be about you and making your life work, and it has become so oblivious that we don't even realize that we doing it.
"Zack, why do you want to achieve this so much…?"
I felt the end part of the question echoing in my mind, I then realized that I may have wanted to have a clearer reason, something that will make me want to wake up at 2AM in the morning and start working. It is so unfortunate that we fight to live and we live to fight for a better life. It doesn't matter how my life was, it is a fact that I want better, better than what used to be. It may have applied in everything that one lost, even though that some of the things that I have lost are irreplaceable. The idea was to cure myself and just be.
Chapter 4: "I scored before I could score and missed"
Ever been in a fight so long that you forgot what you were fighting for? It came to my attention asking myself that if it has been so long that you needed to be reminded of the battle you fighting that you probably have already lost, was it really worth it anymore. Yes, we do get stuck in a lost battle, which sometimes I feel we are afraid of change, afraid of a new challenge, afraid to start over. The time had yet passed me by again. Life can never be as easy as it seemed when one was on his first decade, yet if we can learn to live like that for a life time, imagine how much we can achieve. There is no such thing has a new you, or an old you, you are as you were born, and you will remain. My High School Principal, Mr Makhutle had always told me that we are born fisted, I believed it's because you are born a fighter and he had said it's because within its all talents you possess. I never for a second believed that a better pay cheque will make me happier. Although it is what I strive for each morning, and its called living, when all that we need is love. You might disagree, but I promise you, without any love of some sort, all that materialistic things you have, don't mean a thing if you don't have anyone to share them with, that even without them it wouldn't make a difference. Before the next person, it had to start with me. Sometimes, just once in a while, I wanted to be selfish and let it all be about me, if not now, then when is it ever going to be about me?
CHAPTER 5: "Tears of life, persuasive way to claim victory"
If nobody appreciates you, make them. This life truly is unpredictable, you never know if the next day will be any better if the worst doesn't happen. We wait and hope with so much faith that it shall arrive and wake up to do what one is designed to, or waste another precious day that might be your last.
…The truth? Yeah bitter, but has to be told.
CHAPTER 6: "Death is inevitable but fear is a choice"
I have been miserably all my life; it's time to shake me awake off all that misery and face up to the truth. My past has now worn out; yes it marks a great reminder. One I can never forget, and no one is asking me to, but we all deserve better. As my mother use to say, that I can never save the world but I can always choose to make a difference, It reminds me of my early days of relocation, when one my "friends" visited, when we were dished up, it had never occurred to me that I should share with him, and it's human for that to come naturally, but it felt at that moment that I was losing my humanity. I didn't even care much, I never wanted to listen but I wanted to be heard and yet I wasn't saying anything. My aunt tend to look at me and possibly wonder what was going on within my head when I myself didn't even understand one bit of what was going on with me. I believed at age 14, I knew all that needed to be known, yet every day of my life there would be one or two things that I would learn, some of which I could've just thought of myself, made me realize that, even though we are cruel to one another, we still need each other. We might fight all night but in the morning, we almost have to hold hands just so we can survive the day. I believe it's a human thing, not complex, but rather a way that God had created us to be. We will fall with the nights and we'll rise with the Mornings.
"I am here now, young and fearless"
Those were the words I had in my mind, because I knew it was never the end, when it in fact was the beginning of a life, re-born from a life of turmoil, re-born from a life of abundance, neglect and all unhealed wounds. I sacrificed the dark worlds with my hard work and dedication, yet I am still in touch with my inner emotions. I tear up when I look back yet with a smile to think that I almost gave up on the one thing I was left with, and that's life, but I also had Gloria, and she was never going to make it any easier for me. I realized that my journey to Johannesburg was the beginning not for me to forget where I am from, but to face up with how life is and possibly try to draw myself into a better person. I never wanted to ingest in the past but rather live for the best. Giving up, had to be my last resort. Look how beautiful the sun rise is, to think that I wouldn't enjoy the beauty of nature because of what was and probably never ever will be. I deserted that thought. I only realized how powerful a thought can be, that it actually takes over and before you know it, you are literally bossed by your own thoughts. The moment you realize it'll be too late. However, I have a forgiving heart; I was able to forgive my past, yes, I forgiven my past for doing me wrong when all I needed was to be treated right. I tend to believe that the most dangerous heart is the vulnerable one with a wound that still needs some healing, yet I tend to find an opportunity in the worst places as I actually used my wounded heart to look at the positive sight, trying to seek for that one single spark of a shining light. I too walked my own, and I know that the walk will continue with or without me.
CHAPTER 8: "If anything, don't give up on your own blood,"
This draws me back to the hands that might never get to hold me, Charity, the beautiful and most sensational, super being that for some reason, my heart can never cease to love. I cannot explain what beats my heart to explain, it is as it is and I should just accept it. I tend to pretend not to care, not to love, but my heart will always yean back to her. I am now walking a path, a difficult love life, that every single lady I see within their eyes is the girl that my heart yelled and yields so much space to accommodate her, but with so much that I have done, there was no chance for me to do anything more than what I had already done. Maybe she still has her pride, and she turns to be the first lady that I actually liked, loved, adored, and in my minds was the wildest dreams of me and her, and still is. She had seen what was within that I neglected, something I never cared for, loved and respected, and that's me. She herself sensed it in a way, I knew it in my heart that she loves me too, she cared deeply, and she had admitted once or twice but my lack of loving me more and appreciating me really put a low profile score, so I call it. Every morning, I prayed for her, she was the closest I knew. I knew that this feeling was to last a life time and never regretted it. Things along the way would work out at least now that I am awake and I see everything clearer and clearer every day. My hopes and dreams never changed, they remain as they've always been. I see them coming in and walking out, each day, but Charity will remain. It's not about finding a replacement, and if one would walk into my life thinking they are going to replace her, they really have another thing coming.
CHAPTER 9: "At peace with my soul, the only sentiment that's left of me"
"I have been distant lately, not because I have neglected you or perhaps you think I love you any less, the more I distance myself from you, the more my heart cries out your name in tears because all that my heart can accommodate is you"
CHAPTER 10: "Shadows of the hurtful earths"
This was the last message she received, she's very stubborn, and I wasn't expecting any respond, then I knew that we were back in our old habits. I was the chaser and she was the target playing her silly games, but it was better that way. I had figured out a lot of things that needed to be changed, things that I need to do for myself, I chose to wake up in the morning and live. I had so much to achieve, part of which she remained a part of. I see myself as a winner, the kind that can achieve more than I deserve, and I only see it now that we all have that within us and all we have to do is wake up. You can wake up from a lot of things. That nightmare you never seem to stop dreaming. You can wake up from that miserable life. You can wake up from the past and look forward to the future. Let what you have now, motivates you to get you even further, and if you have nothing, let your greatest achievement fill that space. We all have too many holes that needs filling. We all have an empty book to start writing a way forward of our lives, we have places we want to visit, dreamed to live at, and mostly we have a life to live. All that you ever dreamt about ever since you were a kid, now you old enough to get out there and make it a reality and nobody can stop you but you.
CHAPTER 11 "There's nothing in this lifetime that I hated more than goodbyes"
The mornings now are the brightest, because I chose them to be and that's how I would prefer my mornings to be. I start my day with a cup of coffee and a smile on my face. Have I figured out my purpose in life? I don't know that yet, but this feels great that everything seems flushed away and all that is, is a life filled with so much happiness. I believed from years back that happiness is a choice and it's only that when I have chosen it, things starts to unfold. I pretended for a while, you know the saying, fake it until you make it, well, it worked pretty well and yes I listen to critics, they are the most amazing people out there. The journey continues and will end when my life ends, until then I will do just what one was born to, work hard, be a provider, make a difference, and take each day as it comes. You know that facing life was the most difficult thing to do, but not anymore, life now is easier when faced, it only fights back when ignored. So as each day passes, I shall live mine like I know for a fact that tomorrow, tomorrow might be a day no more.
CHAPTER 12: "Challenges and obstacles are to be embraced for the good job they did with me"
…The truth? Yeah bitter, but it must be told, and the truth is your life lies with you hence on, it is what you do with it next that matters, I have lived mine to see the rest before the end, and it has just promised the end as I predicted as a Child
…The End.


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CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti- On Monday they cleaned the mud.
On my arrival in Cap-Haitien, I found streets caked in mud, trenches that partitioned the main roads into pieces, openings in the road large enough to fall through, and garbage strewn everywhere. I heard a group of American volunteer girls rejoicing in the fact that they were on their way out to the Dominican Republic: "I just can't take all the trash in the street," one said while taking a drag on a cigarette.
This was on a Saturday. On Monday morning I awoke to a much different scene:
A virtual army of civilians and workers were out cleaning the streets, picking up the garbage, shoveling up the loose mud, and sweeping the sidewalks clean.
I was impressed. In the span of an hour or two, the excess of trash, mud, and grim that caked the streets of Cap-Haitien during the weekend was gone. The streets were clean, all set to be dirtied again.
It means a lot to see people cleaning their city. It means something when the people sweep the sidewalk in front of their doors — or, in the case of Cap-Haitien, shovel up the mud. It means something when a city employs a legion of street cleaners fully equipped with shovels and wheelbarrows, and sends around garbage trucks:
It means the people care. For even if the checks on littering are extremely pliable, the people do clean up what they seeming toss so carelessly to the ground. In the mornings, the streets of Haiti are clean. This simple act shows that the people there do notice the trash, the mud, the grime, and they know that it should not be there — that their city is a better place to live in without it.
This may seem rudimentary, but this is a big window into a culture. I have been to many places where the people really did not care about the appearance of where they lived — the streets of provincial France are caked in dog shit, I have seen trees in India completely covered in plastic bags, the down slope of a hill seems to be the best place to deposit trash in Latin America — but this does not seem to be Haiti. In Haiti, the people throw their trash in the streets, but seemingly do so with the notion that they will eventually pick it back up.
I even saw a few garbage cans.
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If you are paying high interest on credit card debt does it makes sense to use every penny possible to reduce your debts? You certainly shouldn't have a lot of savings whilst you are in debt, but there are many good reasons why you should continue to make pension contributions:
Financial reasons
Most people making pension contributions will have these increased by employer's contributions and tax relief.
If your employer is 'matching' your contributions and you are a basic rate taxpayer, a pension contribution that will cost you £100 results in a total amount of £225 going into your pension. That is a huge increase, much larger than the interest that your credit card is incurring. Your employer is effectively giving you free cash!
If you are in a defined benefit pension, such as final salary or a career average scheme, it isn't as obvious how much is being added, but the costs of these sorts of schemes are usually higher so your employer is contributing even more to them.
If you are getting any means-tested benefits such as tax credits, housing benefit or Universal Credit, then you usually also "gain" through contributing to your employer's pension because although the contribution reduces your salary, you will get higher benefits, see the February 2016 report The effect of taxes and charges on savings incentives for details.
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Many employers are closing defined benefit schemes to newcomers because they are too expensive for the employer – which means they are very beneficial for you! You should not opt out of one of these schemes as it may not be possible to opt back in again at a later date; you might have to join a less desirable defined contribution scheme.
Psychological reasons
The other problem with opting out of a pension to clear your urgent and expensive credit cards and loans is that you may not opt in again at the end. When your debts are all paid off, it may seem that your most urgent need is to save for a house deposit and then along come children … twenty years pass before it next feels as though you can easily afford to put money away for your old age.
Saving a small amount regularly throughout your life is much more beneficial than saving a lot later as you gain from compound interest.
For most people, it is never easy to 'spare' the money for pension savings and it is too tempting to deal with your current problems – your debts – and not think about the negative effect this may have on the twenty or thirty years you could be retired for.
So is it ever right to stop paying in?
This is ultimately a decision that you have to make – there is no absolute right or wrong. However, I would suggest as a general rule that you should always aim to make at least the contributions needed to get the maximum contribution from your employer.
If you are currently paying in more than this, then you could consider reducing your contributions and use the freed-up money to pay off your debts faster. But
- don't do this before looking at what your other alternatives are… look at other ways of improving your finances by spending less or earning more. If cutting back on takeaways and Sky, or getting a lodger for a few years is possible, then it would probably be a mistake to take the 'easy' option now of cutting your pension contributions – you are going to be retired for a very long while and who knows what the state pension will be like when you get to that age!
- set a time limit – a year or two years perhaps – at the end of which you will resume your current levels. Make this a definite decision to avoid the trap of always putting them off for another year.
If you are self-employed you have more freedom over what you pay into your pension. But without the incentive of an employer offering you a carrot to contribute, this freedom can be a curse. You should probably be thinking of 8% as the bare minimum of savings – this is the equivalent of what a worker will have paid in if they are in 'auto-enrollment' in a couple of years time.
What about taking money out of a pension to pay debts?
From April 2015 if you are over 55 you may now be able to take out some or all of your pension money. But this may not be a good idea when you look at the tax costs, charges and effect on any benefits – see Should I use Pension Money to pay my Debts? for more details.


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I found this recipe in an old 4-H cookbook and my family really enjoys it.
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- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1 (8 ounce) box manicotti
- 1 (26 ounce) jar marinara sauce
- 3 slices bread, for bread crumbs
- 1 egg
- 1 cup parmesan cheese
- 1 small white onion, chopped (optional)
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- black olives (optional)
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- Boil manicotti shells and let cool slightly. I rinse them after cooking so they don't stick together quite as bad.
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Brown the ground beef with the onion and drain.
- Combine egg, 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, bread crumbs, olives, mushrooms and meat in a large bowl.
- Stuff the shells with the meat mixture and line them up in a baking dish.
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WARNINGOpen the bleeder screw at least one full turn when instructed. Some air may be trapped in the brake lines or valves far upstream, as far as ten feet or more from the bleeder screw. If the bleeder screw is not opened sufficiently, fluid flow is restricted causing a slow, weak fluid discharge. This will NOT get all the air out. Therefore, it is essential to open the bleeder screw at least one full turn to allow a fast, large volume discharge of brake fluid.
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The research activities of the Cornell Pharmacology Program faculty cover broad areas of modern pharmacological sciences. Faculty carry out research in cancer pharmacology, neuropharmacology, cardiovascular pharmacology, drug metabolism, toxicology, proteomics, molecular pharmacology, receptors and signal transduction, and drug design.
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Unic has been a partner of Day since 2002 and uses the Content Management System CQ with a range of different customers. In July 2010, Day was bought by Adobe. What does that mean for the future of CQ5? On 18 May 2011, Ivo Bättig, Business Area Head ECM, and Thomas Röthlisberger, Department Head WCMS/Day, attended the Adobe Partner Community Day in London. The event was entitled "The Digital Experience" and the aim that Adobe had defined for its partners was "to get a complete update on the Adobe innovations for customer experience, creations, delivery and optimisation". Here follows a personal impression by Ivo Bättig: read on


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Vitamin D deficiency and psychotic features in mentally ill adolescents: A cross-sectional study
Vitamin D deficiency is a re-emerging epidemic, especially in minority populations. Vitamin D is crucial not only for bone health but for proper brain development and functioning. Low levels of vitamin D are associated with depression, seasonal affective disorder, and schizophrenia in adults, but little is known about vitamin D and mental health in the pediatric population.
One hundred four adolescents presenting for acute mental health treatment over a 16-month period were assessed for vitamin D status and the relationship of 25-OH vitamin D levels to severity of illness, defined by presence of psychotic features.
Vitamin D deficiency (25-OH D levels <20 ng/ml) was present in 34%; vitamin D insufficiency (25-OH D levels 20–30 ng/ml) was present in 38%, with a remaining 28% in the normal range. Adolescents with psychotic features had lower vitamin D levels (20.4 ng/ml vs. 24.7 ng/ml; p = 0.04, 1 df). The association for vitamin D deficiency and psychotic features was substantial (OR 3.5; 95% CI 1.4-8.9; p <0.009). Race was independently associated with vitamin D deficiency and independently associated with psychosis for those who were Asian or biracial vs. white (OR = 3.8; 95% CI 1.1‒13.4; p < 0.04). Race was no longer associated with psychosis when the results were adjusted for vitamin D level.
Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are both highly prevalent in adolescents with severe mental illness. The preliminary associations between vitamin D deficiency and presence of psychotic features warrant further investigation as to whether vitamin D deficiency is a mediator of illness severity, result of illness severity, or both. Higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency but no greater risk of psychosis in African Americans, if confirmed, may have special implications for health disparity and treatment outcome research.
Vitamin D deficiency is endemic across the life span and in diverse populations throughout the world
Vitamin D is well recognized as essential for intestinal calcium absorption, serum calcium homeostasis, optimal skeletal development, and the prevention of rickets and osteoporosis
Clinical studies reinforce the significance of this basic work. A Finnish cohort supplemented with prenatal and infant vitamin D demonstrated reduced adult risk for schizophrenia
We hypothesized that, in severely mentally ill adolescents, defined as adolescents requiring either inpatient or partial hospitalization, 1) rates of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency would be greater than those documented in general US populations, and 2) lower vitamin D levels would be associated with mental illness severity, defined as presence of psychotic features.
Methods and Materials
The University of Rochester Research Subject Review Board approved the retrospective chart review study.
The study population included 75 females and 29 males aged 12 to 18 years admitted to the Strong Behavioral Health Child and Adolescent Acute Inpatient Service or Partial Hospitalization Service (CAPHS), Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, NY, between October 2008-February 2010 who had serum 25-OH vitamin D levels collected on routine admission laboratory testing as part of a quality improvement initiative.
Data collection
Charts were identified by a clinical admission database of the service. Diagnostic evaluations and symptom reports from parents/legal guardians and adolescents were extracted from medical records for the period of clinical care.
Clinical diagnoses
Clinical DSM-IV diagnoses were predominantly affective disorders (bipolar disorders, N = 37; depressive disorders, N = 36; mood disorder NOS, N = 15; psychotic disorders, N = 8; anxiety disorders, N = 4; and ADHD/ODD N = 1).
Patient-reported psychosis and potentially related variables
Psychotic symptoms, defined as hallucinations, paranoia, or delusions, were documented on standardized admission assessment forms by the emergency room psychiatrist and the admitting attending. They were categorized dichotomously as yes/no by the second author (TLF), who was blinded to both the purpose of the study and to vitamin D levels until after record extraction was completed. Other variables examined included: race, month of admission/vitamin D level, insurance status, urban/suburban/rural residence, inpatient/partial hospital outpatient, clinical DSM-IV diagnosis, smoking status, age of onset of mental illness, admitting medications, past medications, and immediate and extended family psychiatric and medical history.
Vitamin D laboratory analysis and categorical definitions
Vitamin D 25-OH (25OHD) levels were analyzed by chemiluminescent immunoassay at ARUP laboratories, SLC, Utah, and recorded as normal if >30 ng/ml, insufficient if 20–30 ng/ml, and deficient if <20 ng/ml, as per expert guidelines
Statistical analyses
Continuous data were graphically inspected for distributional assumptions; comparisons between the normal, insufficient, and deficient vitamin D groups were evaluated by ANOVAs (with t-tests subsequent to the overall analysis), Wilcoxon rank sum test, χ², or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate to the data. The relationship of vitamin D levels and psychosis was assessed with an ANOVA type design and the association of psychosis with vitamin D level groups with logistic regression models, assessing race as well as vitamin D level groups in a multivariate model. All analyses were carried out using SAS 9.2 on a Windows 7 platform.
Vitamin D deficiency prevalence and association with psychosis
Thirty-five (33.7%) adolescents were vitamin D deficient (<20 ng/ml), and an additional 40 (38.4%) were vitamin D insufficient (20–30 ng/ml). Of those with vitamin D deficiency, 40% had psychotic features compared to only 16% of the sample who were not vitamin D deficient (p < 0.007). Those with D deficiency were 3½ times more likely to have psychotic features (OR 3.52, CI 1.38-8.95, 1df). Of those with normal vitamin D status, 79% (N = 23/29) did not have psychotic features.
Demographic and other related variable differences
A comparison of demographic variables between adolescents with insufficient, deficient, and normal 25-OH D levels is presented in Table
Racial differences
Those who were deficient were more likely to be black or Asian (Figure
Figure 1
Box-Whisker plot of vitamin D levels by race.
Box-Whisker plot of vitamin D levels by race.
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Box-Whisker plot of vitamin D levels by psychosis.
Box-Whisker plot of vitamin D levels by psychosis.
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Association of psychosis, race, and interaction of psychosis and race on vitamin D level expressed as continuous data.
Association of psychosis, race, and interaction of psychosis and race on vitamin D level expressed as continuous data. Y-axis displays 25OH-D levels in ng/mL; left vs. right side of figure denotes mean 25OHD levels without and with psychosis by race.
Family history, medication exposure, and seasonal differences
Immediate family history of psychosis and current antidepressant exposure were also independently related to psychosis. Rates of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency rose from December through March, peaking in March, as would be expected. No seasonal effects, however, were statistically detected (p = 0.14), possibly due to both latitude and high rates of overall deficiency and insufficiency.
This is the first report of an association between vitamin D deficiency in adolescents and severity of mental illness, defined as presence of psychotic features. These findings are similar to a cross-sectional study also linking vitamin D deficiency and adult psychosis
Our findings also agree with an unpublished 2011 report of a child and adolescent psychiatric population residing in the Pacific Northwest. Using the same definitions of deficiency, insufficiency, and normal ranges as in the current study, 21% of 67 youth with severe psychiatric symptoms residing in 2 Oregon residential treatment programs had vitamin D deficiency, vs. 14% of a comparable NHANES sample. For the children with psychotic disorders, the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was 43%
The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in our sample of acutely mentally ill adolescents is also greater than the high rates observed in U.S. community adolescent populations (34% vs. NHANES 9%)
Potential causal mechanisms
Basic and preclinical animal studies provide clues as to how vitamin D may lower risk for psychosis, and how vitamin D deficiency may raise risk for psychosis and depression. These mechanisms include 25-OH vitamin D and calciferol, the renal metabolite of 25-OH D (1,25-OH D): 1) altering neurotrophic factors and monoamine levels
Race, ethnicity, dietary intake and sunlight exposure
Dietary intake and sunlight exposure as sources of vitamin D are influenced by race. The NHANES found poor dietary intake of vitamin D and lower exercise in older African American and female Hispanic adolescents. Although not fully comparable due to different methodologies, our mentally ill non-Caucasian population also demonstrates more vitamin D deficiency, and for Asians and biracial subjects a greater rate of psychosis, but not after adjusting for vitamin D level. Small clinical studies to date suggest potential for a causal link between low vitamin D and mood disorders
Alternate hypotheses
In addition to the possibility that vitamin D deficiency contributes to vulnerability to psychosis, other nutritional factors may play a role: adolescents eating a diet low in dairy products may also consume less of other nutrient-rich foods, including those with essential fatty acids. Adverse omega-3:omega-6 fatty acid ratios and/or other dietary micronutrient deficiencies that are commonly associated with vitamin D deficiency such as vitamin B12 may also contribute to emergence of psychotic symptoms.
Implications for future research in psychiatry
Effects on mental illness
If a prospective association between psychotic features and vitamin D deficiency is confirmed, outstanding issues include: 1) how vitamin D affects monoamine function and the HPA axis and immune responses to stress and symptom production, 2) whether supplementation can be protective against incident depression or psychosis and their recurrence, and 3) whether supplementation improves symptoms in those with clinically diagnosed depression or psychosis, especially in populations with darker skin
Importance to overall health in psychiatric populations
Normalizing vitamin D levels warrants study in those with severe mental illness to determine whether, and at what dose, vitamin D helps protect against metabolic side effects from psychopharmacologic treatment or reduces the development of comorbid physical illnesses such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis. Low vitamin D is associated with greater BMI, insulin resistance, and systolic blood pressure, lower HDL-C in obese adolescents and adults, and lower final height in young adult women
Supplementation issues in adolescents
How should low vitamin D levels be corrected? Supplementation with over-the-counter or prescription vitamin D for those with low vitamin D is important, as natural dietary sources are few and include chiefly oily fish, irradiated mushrooms, egg yolks, and fortified milk, juices, cereal, and margarine (
This work is limited by a small sample size, cross-sectional method, inpatient sampling bias, and lack of formal research measures for diagnosis and severity of illness, family psychiatric history, sun exposure, and intake of Vitamin D and other dietary nutrients. No adolescents, however, were taking vitamin D supplementation. A winter sampling bias is present, potentially contributing to low rates of D-deficiency, however, this does not rule out that seasonal effects in illness severity and admission rates related to greater vitamin D deficiency may occur. Analysis of ultraviolet radiation for latitudes 0 to 80 degrees N found that for March through October, sites from 18 degrees to 44 degrees N (the majority of the continental United States) had equal amounts of vitamin D producing ultraviolet light; November through February only demonstrated decreases in vitamin D producing ultraviolet light
Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in this descriptive sample of acutely mentally ill adolescents, especially in African-American and Asian teens, and appears related to psychotic symptoms. This work is the first to report an association between psychosis and vitamin D deficiency in psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents
Competing Interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' Contributions
BLG conceptualized the study, designed the methodology and implementation, interpreted data, and wrote the report. TLF designed the data collection forms, performed the blinded chart review, and assisted in preparing background information. MCF and MP assisted in collecting data. SM provided statistical analysis. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
This work was supported by the Jeffrey Research Fellowship, Nationwide Children's Hospital/The Ohio State University, and the University of Rochester Clinical Translational Science Institute/Grant Number 1 KL2 RR024136-1 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of NCRR or NIH. Information on NCRR is available at
Vitamin D deficiency: a worldwide problem with health consequences
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among healthy adolescents
Prevalence and associations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency in US children: NHANES 2001–2004
Sunlight and vitamin D for bone health and prevention of autoimmune diseases, cancers, and cardiovascular disease
Is there convincing biological or behavioral evidence linking vitamin D deficiency to brain dysfunction?
Vitamin D supplementation during the first year of life and risk of schizophrenia: a Finnish birth cohort study
Low bone mass in premenopausal women with depression
Reduced bone mass in women with premenstrual syndrome
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with low mood and worse cognitive performance in older adults
Vitamin D vs broad spectrum phototherapy in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder
Effects of vitamin D supplementation on symptoms of depression in overweight and obese subjects: randomized double blind trial
13th workshop consensus for vitamin D nutritional guidelines
A cross-sectional study of vitamin D deficiency among immigrants and Norwegians with psychosis compared to the general population
Do children with psychiatric disorders have a higher prevalence of hypovitaminosis D?
Children and adolescents with severe mental illness need Vitamin D supplementation regardless of disease or treatment
Is this D vitamin to worry about? Vitamin D insufficiency in an inpatient sample
Calcitriol protects against the dopamine- and serotonin-depleting effects of neurotoxic doses of methamphetamine
Chronic vitamin D deficiency in the weanling rat alters catecholamine metabolism in the cortex
Developmental vitamin D deficiency alters adult behavior in 129/SvJ and C57BL/6 J mice
Glutathione: a novel treatment target in psychiatry
1,25 (OH)2 vitamin D3 sites of action in the brain. An autoradiographic study
Vitamin D sites and mechanisms of action: a histochemical perspective. Reflections on the utility of autoradiography and cytopharmacology for drug targeting
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 is a potent inducer of nerve growth factor synthesis
New onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms in the elderly: possible primary hyperparathyroidism
Vitamin D and serotonin in winter
Vitamin D and the occurrence of depression: causal association or circumstantial evidence?
Depressed adolescents in a case-series were low in vitamin D and depression was ameliorated by vitamin D supplementation. Accepted article
Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in obese children and adolescents
Relationships of low serum vitamin D3 with anthropometry and markers of the metabolic syndrome and diabetes in overweight and obesity
Vitamin D status and cardiometabolic risk factors in the United States adolescent population
Vitamin D status and its relationship to body fat, final height, and peak bone mass in young women
The role of vitamin D in cancer prevention
Protective role of 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 against oxidative stress in nonmalignant human prostate epithelial cells
Efficacy and safety of vitamin D3 intake exceeding the lowest observed adverse effect level
Short- and Long-Term Safety of Weekly High-Dose Vitamin D3 Supplementation in School Children
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Why the IOM recommendations for Vitamin D are deficient
Location and vitamin D synthesis: Is the hypothesis validated by geophysical data?
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Vitamin D deficiency may play a role in depression
Has the time come for randomized controlled trials of vitamin D for depression?
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