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...Coach Baise] emphasized that the only way to get better is to push yourself and make yourself better,” Weissbourd said. “It’s not going to happen naturally; without everyone focusing on making themselves better, you’re not going to make the team better...
Overdoses kill some 22,000 Americans each year - more than homicide and, in some states, like Utah, more than car accidents. Most overdose deaths happen accidentally, and most involve a combination of an opioid - either prescription painkillers, like methadone or OxyContin, or street drugs like heroin - and other depressant drugs, such as alcohol or Xanax. (Such deadly cocktails were responsible for the deaths of actor Heath Ledger in 2008 and former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith in 2007.) Typically, people who overdose on prescription drugs have a history of addiction, and they end up either taking more than their prescribed...
...happen? On Saturday, Denville native Demauro and her friend John Capra decided to indulge their yen to bet. Their Atlantic City jaunt began innocuously enough, with Demauro, only a casual casinogoer, planting herself in front of a penny slot machine on the Borgata floor and Capra going off to try his hand at three-card poker. (See an interview with the new king of poker...
...Vegetarian Alternative says Ghent's public education program is still young. The city council has yet to mail out the 90,000 leaflets it has printed for residents explaining the global benefits of reducing meat consumption, and Veggie Day has yet to roll out in local schools, which will happen when they reconvene in September. He points out that there are historical antecedents for meat-free days, and that it is only recently that people have come to expect meat to be a daily ritual. For centuries in Catholic Europe, for example, citizens forsook meat on Fridays, fast days...
...That kind of reform can happen quickly if the central leadership changes their approach to football and returns it "to the people," says Rowan. "There are senior leaders now asking why Chinese football is in perpetual crisis, and they are looking for solutions. But even if the authorities don't take active steps to encourage private and community-owned networks, it will still happen. It's the people's game." And it seems that Huilongguan's future teams are already coming together. No longer an active player, Wang has started coaching about 60 young children every week...