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Life on the edge in San Diego
Rescue mission, bounty hunters, boat live-aboards, runaways, process servers, knights in Balboa Park
Various Authors 8:30 a.m., Dec. 15
March 6 started out pretty much like any other day. Work was busy. I got off a little late, went home, got in the shower, and when I got out, my son Marshal told me that Jadean, my 15-year-old daughter, had been home. She'd dropped off her schoolbooks and left again. I asked Marshal if she had taken my work phone with her. I gave her the phone every day after work so that I could keep in contact with her. He didn't know, so I tried calling the phone, and it rang in the house. She hadn't taken it with her.
I had been taking six-mile walks after work most days, and I was going out for a walk. I got ready, and as I was leaving there was a news flash on Channel 7/39 about a rollover truck accident on Pamo Road in Ramona. I could hear the sirens from the fire department a few blocks away, so I stopped at the door and looked back at the TV, at the helicopter's view of the crash. As I stood there I had this thought, just a little thought: I wonder where Jadean is? Then I went out the door and went on my walk.
I cut the walk short and stopped to visit with Cindy and Donny. We had a few beers, and Cindy and I were laughing when the phone rang. It was my boyfriend Dave, wanting to know if I was there. Cindy said, "Yeah," and hung up. A few minutes later Dave came screeching up the driveway. I was still laughing. I was pretty hammered, and I laughed all the way out to the truck. Then I saw Dave's face, and I was suddenly very sober. He said, "There's been an accident." I looked at him and asked, "What do you mean?" Again he said, "There's been an accident, Staci, and Jadean…" I yelled, "No, no, no. What do you mean? Where is she?" Dave said, "She didn't make it." I yelled at him, "You're a liar, Dave," and I ran back into Cindy's, screaming. I think I was screaming. My mind was screaming. I grabbed the phone and tried to call my best friend and sister Sam. Over and over I dialed. I couldn't seem to get my fingers to work right.
I dropped the phone and ran back outside. I got down the three porch stairs and just fell on my knees, crying. Dave came over, picked me up, put me in the truck, and drove me home. He told me a lady had showed up at the house and asked for me. When he told her that I wasn't there, she asked if he was Jadean's dad. He said that he was her stepdad, and she asked him to please step outside, away from Marshal. The lady was from the medical examiner's office. She told Dave that there had been an accident. At 3:45 p.m. Jadean had been pronounced dead. She told him that if we had any questions to feel free to call her, and she left her card.
When I got home, Marshal was crying. The card was sitting on my bed. I picked it up and stared at it for what seemed like forever. I took a deep breath and called the number. I said, "My name's Staci Thrasher." The medical examiner said, "Oh! Ms. Thrasher, I'm so sorry." I asked, "Are you sure it's Jadean? How are you sure it's Jadean?" She said, "The people who were in the accident with her identified the body." I said, "Who was she with?" The medical examiner said that the people she was with were Doug Garcia and Shelby Graham. "When can I see my baby?" I asked. She told me there had to be an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death, and then they could release her body to me.
As I hung up I started screaming again at the top of my lungs, "No, no," again and again. The neighbors, Margaret and Rails, came down. They asked if everything was okay. Dave told them, "No, nothing is okay. Jadean was killed in a car accident. Staci doesn't want to see anybody right now or talk to anybody." But Margaret came in anyway and gave me a hug and told me how sorry she was.
I started calling people. I called my mom, but she wasn't home. Then I called my other two boys, Roah and Dalton. Roah was at school down at Grossmont College. I didn't think he'd answer, but I figured that if he saw I'd called 100 times, it would make him call me back quicker. Dalton lived with his dad up in Washington State. I called all the numbers I had for them, but nobody was answering. I left a bunch of messages everywhere. I tried calling Sam again, but she was out with Vic, Dave's cousin, eating dinner. I tried calling Vic's phone, and once again, I left a message. Sam called right back, and all I remember saying is "Sam" and "Jadean," and she knew. She started screaming, and then Vic was telling me, "We'll be there. We'll be right there."
My mom called right after Sam and Vic. I told her what had happened, and she said, crying, that they'd be right over.
We started finding out some of the details of what happened out on Pamo from the kids around town, and I knew then that that was the accident I'd seen on TV before I went on my walk. I still didn't know who this Doug guy was. I knew Shelby. She was Jadean's friend from school. I thought Doug might be a teenage boy I had met a couple of months earlier at the house, but I didn't know for sure.
When Roah arrived with his friend Jae, we decided to go out to Pamo to see where it happened. Vic and Sam arrived just as we were leaving, so they joined us. By then it was pitch black, but it was unmistakable where the accident had occurred. Even out on the dark dirt road, the orange spray paint was visible. The twisted fencing and the mashed dirt embankments marked the spot. We all got out of the cars and walked over to see what we could with our flashlights. Marshal found a shirt that was his. He and Jadean used to fight over it all the time. It was just lying on the bushes. We could see papers and all kinds of debris everywhere, but we couldn't see why it had happened.
Im a 40 year old father of 2 boys 13 and 14.As i normally do picked up the reader today. as i picked it up the cover caught my attention. As like most that will read i too became so uppset As my 2 boys were getting ready for school they would ask why i was crying. And i had told them about your loss my boys were at a loss for words such as i as i writting this letter im in tears for your loss. And hope in time you find you find comfort Knowing she is a better place.As for Mr Garcia He will get his im shure of that.not in court. our court need a big over haul.And i hope getting the word out through the reader will help as im shure it will. staci wish i could hold you and take your pain away. should you need anything talk vent E-mail me at [email protected]
I just read this story and I'm appalled. I would like Staci and the entire Thrasher family to know that they are in the thoughts and prayers of so many of us. Doug Garcia's family should be ashamed of themselves. It's obvious that they taught their son nothing as he has shown no remorse and not an ounce of respectability. I would love to see a response from them.
While I feel great sympathy for you and your family, it's painfully apparent that there is much more to this story and that you loved your little girl unconditionally...
tx5150, really? Are you a friend of the Garcia's?
What a tragic story. I lost my beautiful daughter eight months ago unexpectedly to an accident so I certainly understand how Staci feels. And I too am appalled at the sorry excuse for a justice system you were put through. Doug Garcia sounds like a total parasite not unlike Seth Cravens. Just remember Staci, 'what goes round comes round'. I'd be interested to see where this piece of trash ends up down the road.
God Bless You.
Staci, I go to the same coffee shop every day and I pass the reader every Thursday and I don't pick it up. Today all I had to do was read the headline and my heart sunk. Oh how I remember those words. My sister Raina Bybee and her best friend Tiffany Savage were both killed in Poway in 1999. We have so many of the same ties to our stories. -No blood taken at the scene -Witnesses say he had been drinking all day -Poway sheriff department would not investigate -28 year old man with no remorse and tried to blame the girls -2 counts of Vehicular manslaughter (misdemeanor) -9 months in jail but with work furlo -Raina's funeral was also at a Mormon church -We handed out flyers just as your family did I feel like I read this story for a reason. My mother and I are very passionate and still angry. We are very active in the community. Contact us if you wish to talk. My heart mourns with you. [email protected] or [email protected]
I'm disgusted by how the Sheriff's dept handled, or mishandled as it were, this case. It screams of the kind of kick back or under the table dealings that are so prevalent in law enforcement today. It is certainly interesting that the perpetrator's family paid his bail, in cash, the day he was arraigned. A 100k bail mind you. Not the kind of money normal people have tucked away, at least not to the point that it can be liquid so soon. I'm willing to bet my very small salary that this guys family has political ties somewhere.
I do wish the author luck in her wrongful death suit, especially in light of how the perpetrator has treated her so far. Instead of showing dignity or at least expressing some form of regret for what he did, he serves the writer a restraining order on the anniversary of her daughter's death. Very crass indeed.
I am so sorry that our so called justice system put Jadean's family through additional hell. It seems to me that Doug Garcia's family have some kind of inside connection with the police and that he should have been investigated from the beginning. A 26 year old man driving teenage girls where one is killed is very suspicious and the fact that he was not investigated for sexual minconduct is apalling. I am totally disgusted with the police, the court and most of all with Doug Garcia. I am not related to this family and never heard of them until I read this story and I too am angry. Doug Garcia needs to be held accountable. How can we trust our police if they allow scum like this to get away with...contributing to the death of a child. I guess if your family has enough money in our society you can get away with it.
To GeorgeSD: I just wanted to point out that it's the investigating agencies responsibility to investigate the crime and to use all means necessary to analyze the crime scene. This evidence is then submitted to the DA at which time the DA can decide if said evidence is enough for an indictment.
Again, let me emphasise the first point, it is the investigating agencies responsibility to investigate the crime. This seems like a case of the Sheriffs department trying to do the DA's job and making a field decision that a crime did not occur. I'm thinking that you are PD due to the vehemence you have shown in your post, so you may be well aware of the slippery slope the officer begins to traverse when he makes that decision in the field.
This was mishandled from the beginning and anyone who is not stubborn or obtuse can see that. When a death occurs on the highway a full investigation is made by CHP. Why did the Sheriffs department not show the same modicum of attention to detail in this case?
Babywilson, that is completely out of bounds and uncalled for. Shame on you.
Administrators, please remove comment #8.
I found this story to be a pathetic cry for pity. This woman clearly feels incredibly guilty for what happened to her daughter.
I wanted to sympathize with Staci, I really did but, it was difficult to sympathize with a woman who starts the story talking about getting hammered. Her overall tone seemed whiny to me. She is trying to justify her ignorance regarding her daughter by persecuting this man.
Of course this man deserves no symapthy either but kids do stupid stuff, they experiment with drugs, they hang out with the wrong people, they go drop e in the middle of nowhere and they don't always wear their seatbelts.
Although it saddens me that her daughter died at such an early age and that the death could have been prevented, you are responsible for yourself. Her daughter is as guilty as the driver of that car and as guilty as her mother.
Hmmmmm... let's see... if she'd been wearing her seatbelt, she probably would've survived, just as the others did.
To incessantly declare that Mr. Garcia 'murdered' Jadean is ridiculous. And to attack that poor Detective Saussman, saying that Sausmann's daughter had died as a 'result of her own mistake'?!? How else could one label the taking off of a seatbelt in a known hazardous area, as Jadean had done?
Though I sympathize greatly with Staci Thrasher, she is entirely out of line. Though the driver should not have been out with underage girls, there is no connection between his inappropriate behavior and the car accident. Her desperate attempt to identify foul play seems to be a product of her inability to realize that life is filled with tragedy. Sometimes, there is no one to blame but God.
What the young man is guilty of is negligence. Not being careful, taking a turn too fast, not making sure underage girls were buckled in, etc. But Staci is guilty of negligence too. She did not know where her daughter was, seems to have a bit of an alcohol problem, goes through men like a pack of cigarettes, and cannot keep her bank account above $12. It might sound harsh to say this, but I grew up with such a mother and like Jadean, often found myself with a dangerous level of autonomy as a teenager.
What bothered me most about Staci's story is how she treated Doug. Publicly calling him a murderer...sending her boyfriend/son posse out to harass him...and so forth. As a product of her misdirected grief, she is clearly ruining this man's life. I can picture Staci red-faced in outburst: "ruining HIS life...what about MY DAUGHTER...she is DEAD." And in response I say, that is a separate issue. It seems as if she wants Doug to have been drunk or high so she has someone to blame. My feeling is that her daughter was making bad choices for herself...and herein comes a mother's duty.
And I should add that it does not take more than a few minutes of scanning through this family's myspace pages to realize what kind of people we are talking about.
Unfortunately the reader was unable to print the entire story. My position is and always has been... if 26-year-old Doug Garcia had not been picking my 15-year-old daughter and her 16-tear-old friend up from school and taking them out to the middle of no where to get high for the 3 weeks prior to her death (Yep... being a single parent affords children WAY to much free time, I agree! Must be that everything went perfect in your life huh?), there would have been no accident for Jadean. As for me ruining HIS life. Doug Garcia is a sick and twisted individual, using young impressionable girls for his sick and twisted agenda. He is guilty of far more than negligence,(or maybe you think it is appropiate for 26 year-old men to hang out with under-age girls) in my eyes as well as the eyes of many others, he is a murderer. Maybe you'd feel different if it had been your 15 year-old daughter that had made a bad choice that cost her her life.
As for me... you can assume want you want about me, if getting drunk once every 2 - 3 months makes me a drunk in your eyes... so be it! And if 2 men in my life in the last 14 years means I go thru men like they were cigarettes.... so be it!
Have a good day... and hopefully nothing tragic ever happens to you and yours!
I always pick up the Reader and look through it.I have to say that this is my first time actually reading an article from it. comments # 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, are out of line. sounds like they may be family members of Doug Garcia! Shame on you. When you have teens you have to trust them and let them stretch their legs, hoping they do the right things, make the right choices. A 15 year old still needs guidence...A 26 year old knows better. Back off of Staci she is a greiving mother. Doug Garcia is not the victim... The victim was Jadean Thrasher.Doug had no business picking up 15 year olds from school. I feel that the lack of remorse from the Garcia family is unjust.
I just have to say I was so touch my your story. But justice will prevail one way or other. We might not always be able to witness it first hand but we all have to meet our maker someday and answer all of the questions. I am so proud of how you sought justice for your daughter. Maybe that is the final gift you were able to bring to her. I hope that someday you will find peace in knowing that you never and will never give up in honoring the memory that she deserves and will always deserve. You did your best MAMA that is all you can do and I am certain that she see's that from up above. All my love to you.
"My position is and always has been... if 26-year-old Doug Garcia had not been picking my 15-year-old daughter and her 16-tear-old friend up from school and taking them out to the middle of no where to get high for the 3 weeks prior to her death...there would have been no accident for Jadean."
No, there wouldn't have been. But there are a million other contingencies that could have prevented her death. What I contest is your calling Doug a murderer simply because a) he was driving when the car crashed and b) he may have engaged in statutory rape at a different time. These two are unrelated issues...and (a) is not the result of (b). It is not fair for you to call someone a murderer using this type of logic.
I think people who undergo tragedies such as these are entitled to grieve to the point of irrationality. But you have clearly gone too far.
I am glad that you at least acknowledge that she made a bad choice...by associating herself with the wrong crowd, by using drugs, by not wearing her seatbelt, etc. But there IS something to the argument that if a child is not capable of making adult choices, he/she should not be given to autonomy of an adult.
I know that it is not easy to get around this however...ALL teens experiment..do stupid, and often dangerous things and their parents simply cannot watch them 24/7. But most of them come out alive. It is a real tragedy that your daughter did not, but your blame is incredibly misplaced and I would not be surprised to see Doug win his libel suit.
As for the statutory rape charge(s)...THAT should be your focus. What the man is is not a murderer.
Shame on you Sarah!!!!!!!!!!
You have no place to tell Staci how and what she should do unless of course you can tell her story, after walking in her shoes. And I pray you never do. You owe her a huge amends because What you wrote will come back to haunt you at some point in your life. it always does!!!
I do not know Staci and I do not write because of any connection to her family but her story is one I have heard one to many times. After I lost my daughter in almost the same senario and had to then deal with the incompetence of the Poway Sherrif dept and all the lawmakers that went with it,
I realized that I also needed to step up and get something changed. Staci is completely within her right to call the accident 100% avoidable. Jadean was 15, he was 26, that is 11 yrs her senior. Doug basically took a 6000 lb weapon and killed Jadean, I call it murder and I think the law should call it murder. I am on a mission to change that law. My tragedy happened almost 9 yrs ago and Im still trying to get the legislation to pick it up. They will eventually.
So Those that wrote and pointed the fingers to Jadean or staci, I pray you never join her club, so until you do get out of hers
My prayers are with this family and my hand is there to help if I can Ladyg
Sarah_bellum lets go back to your comment #12. What kind of people are we talking about? I have no where near the time you have to look up this families my space. Who are you to judge? Once again shame on you. Doug Garcia needs to take responsibility. He is an adult...if he faced the family and showed some kind of remorse in the first place...I am sure emotions would not have taken over.
Staci, i am very sorry for your loss.. loosing your daughter at such young age in this way it seems justice have not been served at all.
Doug Garcia, the least you can do is apologized to Staci's family which you have not done. Think if this happening to you, I am sure your parents will act the same way like Jaedan's. If you were complained of being harrased, don't be such a baby, consider it 'ur gift' than being jailed.
My thoughts & prayer for Staci's family.
Re #12 and #17: Some potentially defamatory statements by Ms. Bellum were edited out of comment #12, which is why it may seem incomplete. -- the mgmt
I have been grabbing the Reader for years and not once have I read any of the stories up until today, which the story put tears in my eyes. Staci, I am truly sorry for your loss.
Yes, I agree kids do stupid things, but at 26 years old, Mr. Garcia is no longer a kid and is responsible for his actions.
As for the Sheriffs, this is the agency lazy Police Officers join. Remember this when it comes time to vote when they have something in stake on the ballot!!
I just finished reading this article and these comments. I feel so sorry for Staci and her family. I feel sorry that Staci needs help dealing with her loss and I agree with some of everyones comments. I have followed the legal system for decades and I believe it needs to be improved. But I don't believe Staci is going about this in the right way. She goes on and on about all the yelling at different agencies and people and how the Judge was wrong, and this and that. It really detracted from the story. Judges don't make the law, they follow a very specific set of rules and guidelines that were in place and created by legislation. If a Judge sways, and some do, then their decision usually gets challenged and you know the rest of the story... Usually the appeal overrules a Judges decision that falls outside the sentencing guidelines. Staci is spending her time making posters and t-shirts attacking the Judge, when she should be channeling this negative energy to try to change legislation in Sacramento or at the nations capital. And police and sheriff's have to follow the rules too. I frankly was getting tired of all the references Staci made about her upper handed remarks and rude and insulting comments she made to everyone in the system who disagreed with her. Almost like she was keeping a score card. Our police don't have to stand there and be yelled at, or insulted when they make an attempt to express their condolences, and they don't have to return phone calls if they know all they are going to get is more of the same. I am a retired school teacher. I have dealt with parents every single day of my 29 years of teaching. The vast majority of the interactions was highly positive. Yet from time to time there were parents who simply were out of touch with what was going on in their childs life, and with often tragic consequences. And there were those parents who expected the school system or police department to clean up their mess at home, or wave a magic wand and fix all the injustices.
I support our police and sheriff, but I don't always agree with them and I am the first to support weeding out the bad ones. But I see nothing in her article to suggest there was anything the sheriff department could have done differently, and I am not convinced it was all as Staci's account suggests it was. I don't blame the detective Wells for not returning her phone calls if all Staci was going to do is be rude and insulting and creaming for something that could not be produced for her. I have to imagine the authorities would have loved to figure out a way to lock this person up and throw away the key!
I hope Staci can come to grips with her tragic loss and channel her energy for real changes.
Dear GeorgeSD, Let's just agree to disagree on the point of where the investigation begins and ends. My main point, and the point I think you miss seeing, is that her battle with the justice system is over. It's sad how it turned out, but such is life.
The person who committed this "act", however, showed absolutely no remorse, and in fact, insulted the author by serving her with a restraining order on the anniversary of her daughter's death. This was a conscious decision made by the server to have that done as the author pointed out, so it wasn't an accident, or "twist of fate". Perhaps that was the intended message. Again, a message that person had no right sending in the first place when it was his direct actions which caused the author's daughter's death.
I gave my best wishes, however, for the wrongful death suit, where the burden of proof is much different. He will be hard pressed to prove how, if he had not made those incredibly stupid decisions, the author's daughter would have died anyway. He put that poor girl in that situation. The other girl had even told him to slow down. He was showing off, probably hoping to impress them so he could molest these girls later after he drugged them up with ecstasy, marijuana, and alcohol. Seems a bit different when you look at it that way doesn't it?
How does the mothers actions, i.e. having a few drinks after work, have anything to do with the fact that a grown man took those children to a dangerous place, without the parents consent, and put them in mortal danger. One of them did not survive. Those are the facts of the case.
You say you are a parent, so let me ask you this, as a parent, when you were 26 years old would you have two 15 year old girls in a truck on your way to get drunk/high and engage in sexual activity? Probably not, and the reason is because you realize that is wrong and you have no business with a 15 year old girl, unless you're 15. The fact that he would pick her up from school every day reveals even more about his intentions.
The girl probably didn't tell her mother because she was afraid of getting a lecture or getting in trouble. She probably felt she could handle it, and be "adult" about it. He took full advantage of her naivete and therin lies the crux of the wrongful death.
George, Enough already! Work on taking care of your wife! With as much as you been commenting in this site, I am sure she is lacking attention! we have all read what you have wrote...you can stop attacking now. It sounds like you may be the one having the cocktails!
After reading this article, the only ones I truly feel sorry for are Jadean Thrasher, her siblings, and Det. Saussman. Jadean died because of some bad choices. No one is perfect and all of us make wrong decisions at some point, but no one deserves to die because they wanted to have fun. In Jadean's case, the auto accident that killed her was the result of Doug's irresponsible driving and Jadean removing her own seatbelt while the vehicle was in motion. What I don't understand is according to Shelby, the friend that was in the truck with them the day of Jadean's death, they were out for 4-wheeling. I am perplexed as to why anyone would remove their seatbelt while 4-wheeling? As for Det. Saussman, I completely and wholeheartedly sympathize w/the loss of her daughter in a car wreck. Regardless of whether or not it was an accident or "her mistake" as Staci Thrasher coldheartedly put it, her daughter did not deserve to die nor should the impact of her death be disregarded because there was no one else to blame as in the case with Jadean. I lost a nephew this past February in a car accident. He was driving to school in the rain when he lost control of his car and hit an oak tree. No drugs or alcohol were found in his system according to the medical examiner, and we have spoken with various people who saw the accident and pulled over to try and help him, all of whom confirmed he was not speeding or driving recklessly. Regardless, of the circumstances, he was taken from us, so I do feel Det. Saussman's (and Staci's) pain and loss. However, I say shame on Staci Thrasher for expecting others to feel her pain (as this does seem like a cry for pity) when she clearly insulted a detective who was merely doing her job and offering her condolences as a mother who also lost a child in a car accident, to the point of belittling the detective's loss as a parent. I read this article hoping to find common ground w/ Staci and her family, and possibly some healing for the pain and loss my family and I are still suffering. Instead, I found a mother who refuses to take any slack for the negligence which contributed to bad choices that put her daughter in a situation that led to her death. Simply giving a child a cell phone so you can call whenever you want while they're out is not actively participating in their life. Furthermore, her response to sara_bellum that "being a single parent affords children WAY to much free time," implying she did not have the luxury of spending regular time with her kids, is inconsequential in light of her "six-mile walks after work most days" and cutting her walk short on this day to have a few beers with friends. If spending time regularly w/your kids was a luxury you couldn't afford, wouldn't you spend time w/them if you cut your walk short? Anger and grief at the loss of a child is normal, but relentlessly pointing the blame at anyone and everyone you can (including law enforcement) is not healthy for all involved.
Although I agree with most of the story written by Ms. Thrasher, I did have a few issues with some of the missing and important pieces. I feel sorry for your loss, very much so. I have yet to know what such a loss could possibly feel like. The issue I have with the story is that very little was said about her daughter and what she knew of her reputation at school. Nobody deserves to die for wanting to have some fun, but to paint your daughter as an innocent, is not really telling us everything.
Having said that, I know exactly what it can be like when the local police be it the sheriff or whomever, can seem to protect the person totally in the wrong. Why didn't the police investigate any of this? Why was a 26 yr old man not responsible for a minor taking off her seat belt? When Joe Blow citizen gets pulled over, we are responsible and nobody has died in those situations. I also have a problem with the local Ramona law enforcement's desire to protect Doug Garcia. Why do cops always seem to only believe the first story and not the whole story? Is Doug Garcia's family a big deal in Ramona? Why did law enforcement look the other way on all of the stories of underage girls he had dated? Dude, not only do you have a possible manslaughter charge go unpunished, but the possible possession of controlled substances AND statutory rape charges. Sounds to me like typical Ramona "Towny" b.s.
Furthermore, the icing on the cake is when Mr. Garcia pays someone to serve the restraining order on the anniversary of Staci's daughter's death. What? Dude, Doug Garcia, do you know what Karma is? That's the most horrible thing I have ever heard of.
I completly agree with George. I am a mother and i use to pickup my daughter at school when she was 15 or make sure an other parent did it after my work. [Jadean] was not supervised at all and knew she could go where ever she wanted to after school....Sad, sad story with a tragic ending...i's like don't drive and drink,..don't be mother and drink...
Hi George, Now now, we don't have to resort to insults. I'm assuming your innuendo regarding "first year paper-chase" was a veiled attempt to discredit my choice of a phrase. Let me inform you sir, I am not a writer, nor have I taken a single journalism class, other than in High School. I am a software engineer by trade. I do happen to write a lot of documentation so please excuse my pedantry.
You are correct that my main point was in support of her civil action, which, as I pointed out, has a much different burden of proof (I have been a juror on two separate civil cases so I am well aware of what the burden of proof is). Her battle with the penal system is over. She lost and she will move on. The penal system is flawed, we all know that. If you don't, just pick up a paper and read any one of the many stories about individuals who were let out of jail, sometimes after years, after they found evidence that proves their innocence. I can guarantee you it wasn't the justice department who was championing these peoples rights.
I'm a firm believer though, that to hurt someone with money, hit them where it counts; In the pocket book. I'm sure the wrongful death suit is much more damaging to the "Garcias" than putting their baby in jail for a few months.
For a final request, I would like for you to point out where I made this "quantum" leap in logic. Which, for your information, is the wrong usage for that word. Quantum means a discrete quantity and does not give any indication of the size of the quantity. It can be small or huge. As for etymology of the word, it comes from the Latin word "quantus", which means "how much". The common form of the word is derived from the Standard Model theory which dictates that the universe is full of quantum, or discrete, states of energy. So, making a "quantum" leap wouldn't be any different than making a regular leap as long as the quanta are the same.
Have a nice day George.
To BigJ, My thoughts exactly. It's definitely a "good ole boy" syndrome that affected the investigation. For all the detractors and supporters of the Sheriff department, let me ask you this. Do you think the case would have been handled differently if it was the Garcias' daughter that was killed by the Thrashers' son? I think the answer is a resounding yes.
My family is all law enforcement. Both my grandfathers and an uncle are retired LAPD. I'm not unfamiliar with how things work. There is indeed a "blue wall" and if you are close friends or family of a police officer that "blue wall" is also extended to you. I've seen it happen, so I know for a fact that it goes on.
To Felix, Please point out my leap in logic.
The facts of the case are: Prior history of drug usage Prior history of same behavior leading up to drug usage Prior history of drug usage, reckless behavior with minors, and sex with minors (if the witness are telling the truth) Adult with minors in car WITHOUT parents permission Reckless driving leading up to the accident
I still submit that Mr Garcia has some culpability for his actions. Had he not picked up those girls, without parents permission, had not drove recklessly, and had not been somewhere with two 15 year old girls he shouldn't then Jadean would probably be here today. I also submit, that legally, and logically, a 15 year old girl is not in the proper frame of mind to make that kind of decision, nor does she have enough experience to know better. If Doug was a man, he would have called the mother and said, "I'm picking up your daughter from school". He didn't do that. Probably because he knew what he was doing was wrong. You, and the other detractors, can point out all you want about Staci getting "hammered", it still doesn't change the fact that Doug made a really stupid decision and a 15 year old girl died as a result. He should be held accountable for his actions. As you pointed out, I'm not a lawyer, but that sounds pretty reasonable to me.
To Felix, Yes thin blue line, blue wall, definitely the same thing. I suppose I was being a bit harsh on the Sheriff's department. To be honest, I only know the authors side of the story. I was driven by my own emotion and my own dealings with that branch of law enforcement. I agree with you that there is no murder here. There was no motive and no malice in what Doug did. I'm sure he didn't go out there with the intention to kill that poor girl. He is guilty, however, of making a really bad decision that cost a girl her life. However, the serving of papers on the anniversary of her daughters death is probably the most despicable thing he could have done. Yes, you are right, that doesn't make him a criminal, it just makes him a crappy human being. The two are not necessarily mutually inclusive.
While I don't agree with all of Staci's points,I do agree that more drivers should be blood tested in accidents, especially if the accident happened during the day,seems to have no apparent cause, or somone is injured. I have been hit THREE times during the day--in the first two, I didn't even think to ask for a blood test until witnesses pointed out that the at-fault driver appeared to be drunk. (Who would think a high school principal would be driving drunk at 2pm on a Saturday?) Turned out all 3 were over the limit--during the day, and one with kids in the car. Why not make a blood test standard, especially if there are injuries?
Misses Thrasher:
I am very sorry for your loss, but I am even more sorry that some people are judging you and they have no right to do that. Sometimes people forget that we all have stuff in our lives, and nobody should diminish your tragedy because of it.
Athenais - by your comment, "Sometimes people forget that we all have stuff in our lives, and nobody should diminish your tragedy because of it," are you referring to the part of Staci Thrasher's article that reads, "Detective Saussman then told me, 'I know what it's like to lose a child. My daughter wrecked her car and died last year.' I was so angry at this point, I said, 'Really, you know what it's like to lose a child! Your child died from her own mistake. My child was seduced by a 26-year-old man, taken out to the middle of nowhere for Lord knows what, and killed. So you might know what it's like to lose a child, but you will never have a clue as to what it's like to have a child taken from you.'"? She said this to a detective who was only doing her job and who also happened to be another mother who lost a child in a car wreck trying to let her know she understood what Staci was going through. Did Staci Thrasher consider that when she thoughtlessly lashed out at this person? I realize Staci was angry and frustrated at the time, but nowhere in this article does she apologize for those remarks or even acknowledge that she was out of line. Instead, she continues to blame everyone else.
Everyone experiences tragedy at some point in life to some degree. What people who disagree with Ms. Thrasher are trying to say is that everything she is claiming in her article has no solid foundation other than the fact that Doug was a scumbag who should not have been in the company of high school girls unsupervised. Everything else from calling him a murderer, subjecting him to libel by handing out flyers about him, blaming law enforcement or even believing there was some conspiracy to cover the whole thing up is an attempt to detract attention from the root of the problem, which was Staci did not play an active (and possibly positive) enough role in Jadean's life to influence her and help her make decisions that would have kept her out of trouble. By not being more present in her life and aware of her usual activities and circle of friends, she was the one who put her own daughter at risk. Was she trying to be the "cool mom" by simply giving her a cell phone as a means of being present in her life while both of them go out to do whatever with friends? With that said, if it were one of Jadean's teenage friends, whom she might have also done drugs with, driving the truck when she died, who would Staci have to blame then? She couldn't accuse some 26-year-old loser for preying on teenagers nor could she blame law enforcement for trying to cover it up or not doing their jobs. It wouldn't change the fact that she was clueless to her daughter's actions. Jadean was out doing the same thing with this same guy for weeks prior to her death for heaven's sake. How could Staci not have known? Because she was always at work or out on one of her six-mile walks or getting hammered with friends that it didn't afford her time with her children?
I don't think that Staci is an alcoholic or anything, but she really doesn't come across as the classiest person in the world. She's got multiple children with different fathers and one kid who doesn't even live with her. Couple that with her blithely mentioning that she was getting 'hammered' at a friend's house and it's pretty clear that she's far from perfect.
I feel sorry for her because no one deserves to lose their kid, but obviously if she had kept a better eye on her then things could have turned out a lot differently. I wonder if she had any inkling of what was going on. Fifteen year olds should never get to just come and go as they please. And obviously Jadean wasn't the most mature fifteen year old. My mom wasn't especially doting on my sister and I but I am certain that she always knew where we were.
Yeah, I have to say that by the end of the article I was kind of annoyed with Staci's attitude. I was appalled by what she said to the police officer who lost her own daughter. I love how she assumed that her daughter was the cause of the accident in the first place. It could have been bad weather, an animal in the road, anything. Clearly Jadean's decision to not wear a seatbelt was the reason she died. The other two passengers were hardly injured.
Also, did anyone else notice her daughter's striking resemblance to a certain famous rock singer from England with a reality show about his annoying family?
Good Lord, I don't know which was more painful to read - this story, or the comments. I tried to view the JusticeforJadean MySpace page, but it's been taken down. There was a lovely memorial page and one belonging to her brother, neither of them revealing any more info - let alone insight - than what can be found on this Reader webpage.
I ache with sympathy for Jadean's Mom, even tho I'm concerned about her apparent determination to focus all the blame on one party, ignoring that at least some responsibility lies with young Jadean's own actions. Yes, Mr. Garcia clearly has a history that should have resulted in much more investigation, if not more aggressive prosecution, but the man cannot be decisively branded a "murderer," even after reading the decidedly (and intensely) one-sided arguments presented in the article by Jadean's mom.
So much pain here, and I doubt anything akin to a "resolution" will ever occur, for any of the parties involved (all of whom have my sympathy, tho some seem to deserve far more than others).
For more on the Judge, see www.SanDiegoJudges.com
i just finished reading this story in the reader. i just wanted to give my support to staci thrasher and her quest for justice. i was also very upset to see so many others who read this article write in to slam her. i am a mother of 2 girls and i cant imagine going through the indescribable hell this poor woman has endeared for over a year. i belieave in what staci is doing in sharing her story and fighting for justice. I WOULD HAVE DONE THE EXACT SAME THING! and to al you who are trying to put her down try putting yourself in her shoes befor you critasize.
lbreezy83, Good Lord, you're a mother of two children and your spelling is absolutely atrocious. I cringe to think of when you help your kids with their homework. You would have done the exact same thing as Staci? Does that include letting your kids run wild and then place all the blame on someone else when something bad happens due to you and your kid's own negligence? Well good for you. You're just another hysterical mother with no common sense. Enjoy your crusade.
What I want to know is why has Mr. Garcia not been arrested and charged with statutary rape? There is the testimony of several minors and no charges. Something really smells in Ramona. I experienced police corruption when my son was murdered 3 years ago in Seattle. Everything was caught on video, yet when they finally caught one of the guys I was told there was not enough evidence to charge him. I understand that money is tight but if you ever can get some together the first thing I would do is hire an investigator to find out the connection between the sheriffs department and Doug Garcia. And believe me, there is a connection there. I can't say that you will ever get over this, I still greive for my son, but I can promise you that it does get a little easier. My prayers are with you and your family.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Thrasher family.
While, yes, the girls made a mistake being with Garcia and Jadean made a mistake taking off her seatbelt, those are not things that should cost anyone their life.
The fact of the anyone's upbringing or family situation is irrelevant.
The ultimate responsibility in this situation lies with Garcia. At 26, he had no business taking anyone's CHILDREN anywhere. But for his actions, this situation would not have occurred.
Also, I agree with glorysway. Something not only smells in Ramona, it stinks; in fact, it totally reeks. There most definitely is a connection between the Garcia family and the sheriff's office. I would start with finding out Garcia's mother's maiden name and go from there... (I wonder if it might not be too different from that of maybe even the judge...)
When this case goes back to court, I hope there will be an exhuming so that more evidence against Garcia can be found and used against him so that he receives the justice he deserves!
RIP Jadean.
To those of you who had the gall to make those nasty comments, not only SHAME ON YOU, But you are DEEPLY misinformed about Staci. I understand that most of you may not know Staci personally, but I do. And she is an incredible woman. Your comments brought me to near tears, because I knew her daughter as well. After I read those uncalled for comments, I had to put my own "two-cents" in. It's difficult to find any words that would not become retaliation, so I came up with a different perspective for you, My Own. Jadean was my brother's best friend, and was over at our house the night before she died watching RENT and giggling like crazy. We bonded over the ridiculous Dress Code,as well as other things. She was an incredibly happy girl, who always brought light into every room she walked in. The moment I found out she had died, I couldn't believe it. I hadn't known the complete story yet, I just heard it was an accident, and that she was gone. I watched Jadean and Shelby drive off that day with Doug, it was the last time I ever saw her breathing. I kept thinking, "What if I told them not to go?" The next morning I could barely get myself up to go to school, but I had to.The silence that immediately followed my entry into my first period's classroom, was overwhelming..Surrounded by Grief counselors and those who were friends with Jadean, Shelby came in to tell us the "real story" of what happened.Hit with disbelief, I didn't want to question it then, tears filled my eyes and the "truth" crushed me. When we were asked to return to class, I was then confronted by a person I already disliked with a comment that made my heart drop to the floor. "She deserved to die… She should have worn her [explicit] seat belt." and a few other things I would rather not include. Your comments, (Those I mentioned in the beginning of my letter) remind me of that particular comment that was said to my face. Completely heart wrenching. I cannot even imagine how Staci feels right now.Jadean's viewing then came up, which was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. I can't even imagine how it was for her family. My heart felt as though it stopped beating when I walked up to her casket. I couldn't bear standing there for longer than a minute, so I placed what I wanted her to have inside, and ran out. The funeral was standing room only. To celebrate her birth, rather than mourn her death,March 30,we decorated her headstone with gifts,and strategically spelled out HAPPY BIRTHDAY JADEAN, WE LOVE YOU with plastic cups in the fence of the cemetery. Yes, Jadean and Shelby, SHOULD NOT have gotten into his car in the first place, but that blame DOES NOT lie on Staci. My mother is also a single parent, and I have made some pretty hasty decisions in my life as well, but you DO NOT blame those AMAZING women for their children's mistakes. HOW DARE YOU. As for Doug... Yeah... Well. Staci, my prayers are always with you. Rest In Peace Jadean. <33 We Love You.
Yes, this guy sounds like such sleaze!!! I can remember how many older guys would date me and my girlfriends when we were still in high school. Being that young, we totally thought we were so cool for hanging out with older guys who would buy us booze and drive us around. Just a few years later, I see things so differently.
If you want to help prevent these scumbags from taking advantage of girls, check out this website: www.friendsofsarah.com.
This is a initiative that will help stop these guys who are preying on younger girls (probably because they can't get a girl their own age!).
Look at this video, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn3iNn...
May Jaedean's family find peace through all this.
First off, I pray that those of you who posted negative comments never go through what the Thrasher Family has had to endure because their daughter made a choice and got into a car and unbuckled her seatbelt.
When the phone rings late at night or I see a police officer out of the corner of my eye I panic for just a second. I check in on my daughter (18) and son (15), and if they are where they are where they are supposed to be, I relax.
They were both friends with Jadean. My last memory of her is my mom coming to visit and coming into my room to ask me who it was that was sitting on the couch with Michael watching a movie. I told my mom "Its okay, that's just Jadean" There was nothing "just" about Jadean though. Earlier that week Jadean and I commiserated over the rigid dress code at the school Jadean and my daughter attended; no purple or blue hair for them. I wish I could go back to the last day I saw her and tell her not to go out there, "leave your seat belt on girl", I would tell her. March 6 2007 was devastatingly painful for my children, My son hit the wall with his fist, that was his only outward reaction, I have noticed that he became aware that he is not immortal, death happens, and he found out in the most difficult way. Losing her has impacted him in ways I never saw coming. Darker than the "teen angst" I went though with my daughter.
When it was learned that the adult driving the vehicle would receive three months in jail for his part in her death the kids reacted with shock and anger. A sentence at all shows me that there was guilt, three months though, is a slap on the hand, don't do that again or next time someone dies we will really punish you. I believe that my family would react much the way Staci and her brood did. I would want the person responsible to be brought to justice, of course that was before I was robbed of my "idea" of a justice system.
As a single parent of teenagers it is a difficult road I walk; I am loved and hated in the same breath. I want them to be independent and yet I am hurt when they don't ask me for help. They ask me for help and I try to point out the ways they can do it on their own.
I would love to spend more time with my son but he would rather play his guitar with his friends. I enjoy spending time with my daughter but she is getting ready to move away for college. My heart still grieves for Staci and her boys. I check in on my kids before I turn in, glad that they are both in there, safe for now. Tomorrow is another day.
wow... i dont know where to start. i have known staci since she was 16 years old, i have known her thru the birth of all 4 of her children.i have known her thru the good times and the bad times and for ANY of you out there to think you can pass judgement on her parenting skills is completely out of their mind. staci loves to no end when it comes to her children. children do what children do. not because they havent been taught the 'right' things in life. believe me they were brought up with the best of the best. a mother's love is a mother's love. did anyone question 'why' this 26 year old MAN is picking up and hanging out with 15 year old little girls? why he is smoking pot and giving them ecstacy? in any other state he would have been convicted of alot of diffferent crimes...but i guess not in california. why would doug allow a 15 year old to remove her seat belt while out 4-bying in a truck.what kind of driver is he? well we know that he is a reckless one... and how many other 15 yr. olds or younger has he taken out there too. maybe some of them were your daughters,they just dont want to come forward...maybe he has taken your grand children out there too..maybe jadean made a bad judgement getting in that truck, but she was only 15.you cant lay this on the mother or the brothers or any of the rest of the family. this lays on the 26 year old man that knew what he was doing...getting little girls to ride with him and get high with him so that he could what? take advantage of them? i find the law and the justice system in california very upsetting...now what are you people going to do when this happens to your child? the very exact same thing that staci did...fight. its real sad because i have done some checking into different sentences that california courts have handed down...how 'bout this one, fraud case, 5 years PRISON term and 5 years probation... no one was hurt at all..another fraud case, 9 months jail, 5 years probation.. how about the 'andrew luster case where a grown man was putting the ecstacy in womans drinks and then raping and filming it all...do u remember that one??? now california handed him down a sentence that he deserved, why is this different...a grown man giving ecstacy to underage girls...i think he needs to be put in prison for a long time to reflect back on the things he has done...we only know about this one, what about the ones he didn't get caught for??? it is a sad situation for the thrasher family, my heart goes out to all of them...the mother will never be able to see her aspiring daughter graduate,get married or even have grandchildren...the brothers have lost the only sister they had and loved, protected just to have some piece of low life come, pick her up and end her life. what is this family suppose to 'feel' like. how are they suppose to act?? there needs to be 'justice for jadean'...somewhere along the lines doug garcia needs to spend a few years in prison...dont judge the thrasher family for what doug did...
I guess I am a little behind the times because this issue of the Reader sat in my car unread until this morning.
I feel very badly for the Thrasher family and I think the way Ms. Thrasher was treated by law enforcement and the DA's office is a complete outrage.
I applaud the Reader for publishing this article as the cover story and allowing Ms. Thrasher the opportunity to get the stoty of her daughter's murder out to everyone in San Diego county.
Jadean's friend, Shelby, who was in the vehicle that Jadean died in should be ashamed of herself for not being forthcoming and honest about what occurred.
Oh my goodness! I just picked up an old reader my boyfriend had laying around the house and read the story of Jaden and her family. I am so apaulled on how this was handled. I am curious to know if anyone knows what the outcome was on the lawsuit that dumb man had the odassity to do. To Staci and her family, I hope you all are doing well and have had some kind of closure to this. As I read the ad, I cried as if I knew your family all my life. I am so sorry you had to indeer all that. May god be with you and your family!
My god, Staci... I dropped to my knees and SCREAMED when I found out... Blame me Please, blame me I'm so sorry I never had any idea she was around him... Not that I even forgive myself... Blame me for getting a ride from him in front of her. Blame me for not being responsible. Blame me for being stupid enough to hang out around him; for accepting drugs from him habitually like it was justifiable or excusable... Blame me for being her friend when she deserved better than some homeless addict/alcoholic waif like me... Blame me for not asking more questions like where she was when she told me she tried ecstasy. Blame me for being distracted. Blame me for not being there to stop it. Blame me for not being able to fix anything. Blame me for not being there in her place, because I blame myself.
Blame me for being a stupid and not being as good a friend to her as she was for me...
I love you both, You were always good to me. You were both my mothers when I had none. Even as a young woman, she had such a great head on her shoulders, I've never met anyone so wonderful, kind, understanding.... She had strong priorities, I'm sorry that one mistake ended up costing such a price... I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry to have been an aid in any way... I would give my life if I could turn it around... She was one of my only reasons for living... She kept me going when I didn't see a reason to live, and for that I hate myself. I hate that I have no desire to live and she loved life. I wished it was me every time I think about what happened and what I've done...
She remains in my head, forgiving and beautiful... Though I don't deserve forgiveness for my part, I hope you don't hate me as much as I have hated myself over the last few years...
Truly, A. Effing Fool
As for you other worthless idiots who have no idea what happened, Doug is infamous for his pedophilia, manipulation, and drug abusing habits. He has not only molested, but taken advantage of more than four girls that I knew personally.
Staci is amazing and took care of me, fed me, when no one else would. As a stranger, she still let me in her home to wash the filth off and eat as a part of the family. She's the strongest mother I've EVER met. not only that, but she's a mother to more people than are in my whole family tree.
Good luck and may the heavens help you if you don't know any better than to put an effing sock in it when you don't have anything positive to say on the massive grief and loss that she has been able to survive.
Any updates?


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Effects of Uridine Supplementation on Metabolic Side Effects of Stavudine and Zidovudine
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00471614
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 10, 2007
Last Update Posted : May 16, 2012
- Study Details
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- Results Submitted
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- How to Read a Study Record
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections Insulin Resistance Hyperlactatemia
|Drug: NucleomaxX (contains uridine)
|Phase 2
Treatment of HIV infection with nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) has been associated with numerous toxicities that have been attributed to impaired mitochondrial function secondary to a reduction in the levels of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Abnormalities in mitochondrial function have been implicated in the development of insulin resistance in patients with HIV infection and have also been hypothesized to underlie many of the pathophysiologic features of type 2 diabetes mellitus in non-HIV infected individuals.
Uridine, a pyrimidine nucleoside that plays an essential role in the synthesis of RNA and other key physiologic processes, has been proposed as a therapy for NRTI-induced mitochondrial dysfunction. Uridine supplementation protected bone marrow cells from the toxicity of zidovudine, normalized the growth of neurons exposed to NRTIs, and abrogated mitochondrial toxicity of NRTIs in HepG2 cells in vitro. A food supplement called NucleomaxX®, extracted from the stem of sugar cane, raises plasma uridine concentrations to levels known to prevent mitochondrial toxicity in vitro. In a recent case report, oral administration of uridine, given in the form of NucleomaxX®, ameliorated the mitochondrial toxicity caused by stavudine and led to improvements in myalgias and liver and muscle enzymes, despite continuing treatment with stavudine. In a clinical study of 14 HIV-infected patients treated with stavudine or zidovudine, NucleomaxX® led to improved hepatic mitochondrial function as assessed by the 13C-methionine breath test.
We will perform a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study in 20 HIV-positive subjects who are currently undergoing treatment with antiretroviral regimens containing stavudine or zidovudine and who have evidence of impaired mitochondrial function and insulin resistance. Subjects will be hospitalized in the SFGH CTSI Clinical Research Center (CCRC) for 6 days to undergo comprehensive metabolic studies. Subjects will then be randomized, in a 1:1 fashion, to receive either NucleomaxX® or placebo for two months, after which they will repeat the 6-day CCRC-based assessments. This study is designed to test the hypothesis that, in comparison to placebo, uridine supplementation will enhance mitochondrial function, and this will be associated with concomitant improvements in glucose and lipid metabolism.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|3 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Uridine Supplementation, Mitochondrial Function, and Glucose Metabolism in HIV
|Study Start Date :
|April 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2012
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2012
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Drug: NucleomaxX (contains uridine)
Escalated doses of NucleomaxX tid
Placebo Comparator: 2
Drug: NucleomaxX (contains uridine)
Escalated doses of NucleomaxX tid
- Change in insulin sensitivity as measured by euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp (with simultaneous stable isotope tracer studies) [ Time Frame: 2 months ]
- Change in body composition (DEXA and CT imaging) [ Time Frame: 2 months ]
- Change in insulin secretion (frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test) [ Time Frame: 2 months ]
- Change in resting energy expenditure (indirect calorimetry) [ Time Frame: 2 months ]
- Change in markers of oxidative stress [ Time Frame: 2 months ]
- Change in mtDNA levels (measured in muscle biopsy) [ Time Frame: 2 months ]
- Change in HIV disease markers [ Time Frame: 2 months ]
- Adverse effects [ Time Frame: continuously ]
- Laboratory based toxicity [ Time Frame: continuously ]
- Adherence [ Time Frame: continuously ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Confirmed HIV-1 infection
- HIV-1 RNA <10,000 copies/mL within 30 days of study entry
- Treatment with stavudine or zidovudine for at least 12 months prior to entry and no plan to discontinue for the duration of the study
- Stable antiretroviral regimen for at least 3 months prior to entry and no plan to change antiretroviral therapy for the duration of the study
- Mitochondrial dysfunction as evidenced by a fasting plasma lactate level > 1.5 mmol/L
- Insulin resistance as evidenced by a HOMA-IR > 2.77 as calculated from fasting blood samples (for glucose and insulin) obtained during the screening visit
- Karnofsky performance score >= 80
- Women who are on stable regimens of hormonal contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy for at least 6 months prior to enrollment may participate
- Men who are on stable doses of testosterone replacement therapy for 6 months prior to enrollment may participate
- Subjects on a stable dose of lipid lowering agents for 6 months prior to enrollment may participate
Exclusion Criteria:
- Serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen > 1.5 upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Direct bilirubin >2 X ULN
- AST (SGOT) or ALT (SGPT) >5 x ULN
- Hgb < 8.5 g/dL
- Abnormal hepatitis B or C serology
- A clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus or a fasting glucose > 126 mg/dl
- Physical or functional obstruction to food intake or impaired absorption
- A clinically suspected concomitant treatable infection that has not yet been treated
- An opportunistic infection within the preceding 30 days
- Ascites
- Pregnancy
- Treatment with growth hormone, anabolic steroids (including supraphysiologic doses of testosterone), glucocorticoids, insulin, sulfonylureas, metformin, thiazolidinediones, or appetite stimulants within preceding 6 months
- Dementia, active drug or alcohol abuse or dependence, or other conditions that would preclude adherence to the protocol or the ability to provide informed consent.
- Any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigators, would put the subject at risk
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00471614
|United States, California
|University of California San Francisco
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94110
|Principal Investigator:
|Morris Schambelan, MD
|University of California, San Francisco
|Responsible Party:
|Morris Schambelan, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00471614 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R21AT003374-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|May 10, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 16, 2012
|Last Verified:
|May 2012
Keywords provided by Morris Schambelan, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH):
insulin resistance
Treatment Experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Insulin Resistance
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
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• Number of recipes: Over 100
• The Angle: Simple, healthy, tasty vegan soups in 30 minutes or less.
• Recipes for right now: Versatile Miso Soup with Pickled Ginger, Thai Coconut Soup with Lemongrass, Portuguese Kale and Potato Soup, Roasted Root Vegetable Soup, Wonton Soup, Split Pea Soup, Roasted Squash with Coconut Soup, Cheesy Cauliflower Soup, New England Chowder
• Major Takeaways: If in these dog days of winter, you are worried that a vegan soup just won't cut it when it comes to "hearty" and "stick to your ribs," I don't think there's any need to worry. Between the rich chickpea stews, the spicy broths tempered with coconut milk, and the pureed soups of roasted winter vegetables, there can be little doubt that these soups will satisfy.
I also tip my hat to the breadth of recipes and cuisines that Reinfeld covers here. Ethiopian stews spiced with Berbere mix, Thai soups fragrant with lemongrass, soups inspired by Indian chutneys, Brazilian stews topped with plantain — just thinking about all these flavors and spices makes my mouth start to water.
I admit that I was skeptical of how well an old-school black-and-white, text-based cookbook would hold my interest in these days where flashy full-color photos accompany practically every recipe we see. But without the photos to distract or speak for the recipes, I found myself instead paying closer attention to the descriptions in the headnotes and the ingredient lists — and getting sucked right in. It makes me think that maybe a return to simple recipe-focused cookbooks like this might not be a bad thing at all.
• Who would enjoy this book? Soup-loving vegans and vegetarians, anyone looking for some quick and healthy recipes to add to the weeknight meal rotation
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: The 30 MInute Vegan: Soup's On! by Mark Reinfeld
• Visit the author's website: Mark Reinfeld
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i've been wanting to post some of the clothes i've made, but painting has been occupying all of my time. however, i finally got it together, a little, to post a blouse i made 2 years ago when i was pregnant with karl.
first, i really wanted a cool cotton blouse for the months of august and september. we lived in san francisco at the time and no one has air conditioning. even though i'm normally cold all the time i was hot-hot-hot when i was pregnant. i found some lovely cotton and preshrunk it.
i used the top and back of burda 6/2009 # 123 and the bottom of burda 2/2009 #110. on #110's piece i didn't cut it on a fold. instead i extended the fold another 2 inches and connected the front center pieces with a seam. the most challenging issue was the bust. i wasn't sure what to make in order to accommodate pregnant/nursing breasts. i ended up adding 2" to my bust measurement in preparation and it worked out wonderfully. but for you, i would ask whichever female relative you take after and get a good estimate.
the fourth photo shows me wearing it while pregnant, but it doesn't really show the blouse, probably bc my priority was getting shots of my tummy. so, today i took some new photos. there are a million more on my blog in which i'm very awkward bc i don't know what to do with my arms. mostly i feel like the mymble from "moomin."
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Sep 19, 2011, 07.00 PMby baka-pepica
cool !
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Sep 19, 2011, 10.33 PMby nouvellegamine
Aug 31, 2011, 04.35 PMby flowergirl22
that is so cute,,,clever use of 2 designs
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Aug 31, 2011, 09.52 PMby nouvellegamine
thank you :) i really wanted to make the sleeves, but i knew the tummy wouldn't fit. so, after a little searching though issues i found a compatible pattern :D necessity is the mother of invention.
Aug 31, 2011, 06.51 AMby keren
lovely! how feminine and delicate! I like the sleeves and the choice of fabric.
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Aug 31, 2011, 09.51 PMby nouvellegamine
i really loved the sleeves too. they were very flattering on my pregnant arms as well. it was definitely nice to have something to feel "pretty" in when my ankles were swelling ;D
Aug 31, 2011, 04.45 AMby ilksen bahşi
very different pregnant clothes.And usefull because your blouse can wear after baby is born
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Aug 31, 2011, 09.49 PMby nouvellegamine
thank you :D
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Swift Named Principal at Our Lady of Lourdes
There are 2955 comments on the Massapequan Observer story from Aug 27, 2009, titled Swift Named Principal at Our Lady of Lourdes. In it, Massapequan Observer reports that:
Our Lady of Lourdes School, located in Massapequa Park, has named Rita Anne Swift, a longtime Catholic school educator and administrator, as its new principal.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at Massapequan Observer.
#1 Aug 31, 2009
Congratulations to Msgr. Jim Lisante for his efforts to move OLL parish school forward with new leadership and needed renovations and improvements in the school.
Great things are happening at Our lady of Lourdes in Massapequa Park under our new and vibrant Pastor!
#2 Sep 1, 2009
Now that I (unfortunately) know the story behind this - I can agree. Change can be good, although some might be resistant to change ;)
From what I've read Msgr. Jim Lisante seems like a good choice for this parish.
#3 Sep 1, 2009
He's a wonderful, caring and warm human being, always there in our time of need. His compassion for EVERYONE knows no bounds. A truly gifted and fine man. A true man of faith.
Thanks for the kind thoughts and sorry you are caught up in the tirades of the "Mad Man" Itzik.
God Bless you and keep you!
#4 Sep 2, 2009
Thank you - Blessings to you as well.
#5 Sep 26, 2009
How can a Wiccan Witch post on a blog in reference to a Catholic Church? All she knows about Christian religion, she is getting from her Boss who is a Protestant. She know nothing about Msgr Lisante other than what she has read while attacking the Traditional Parishioners for many years at
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. She and her Heretic/Pagan friend belittle the parishioners of OLLMP. She is following around and echoing the sentiments of
Nange4jpl who was told to leave the OLL topix website management. Great couple Nange4jpl,a professed Mental Health Professional, and IILONA a Wiccan Witch. Maybe IILONA is one of her patients that she is trying to convert from a Pagan religion to Catholic? Stay on your Bellrose/Elmont site IILONA, you know nothing about being a Catholic.
Yours in Jesus
#6 Sep 26, 2009
Notice, she did not say GOD bless you, as she believes in Goddesse's. Look up Wicca, or Wiccan Witches, and you will see what I mean. And her being close and friendly with Nange4jpl, what does that tell you about her?
#7 Sep 26, 2009
Insights to Ilona the Wicaan Witch, on about my 70th post after trying to explain that she was on a topix question"Is it right for the pastor to attack his new parish", she answer with:
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Oh and have you taken your medication today? Sounds like you need to based on your paranoid ramblings. And my reply:
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|Report Abuse |Judge it!|#69 Apr 17, 2009
HAS HA HA sori for the reply, thought you were attacking me for my posts, but it seems that you made a mistake, and thought you were on the Bellerose forum. I checked on the topix forums and found that you were having problems in your area, I will ignore your post, and you do the same for mine. tnx
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itzik Janowitz wrote:
HAS HA HA sori for the reply, thought you were attacking me for my posts, but it seems that you made a mistake, and thought you were on the Bellerose forum. I checked on the topix forums and found that you were having problems in your area, I will ignore your post, and you do the same for mine. tnx
Actually your posts STILL sound like those of a Paranoid Schizophrenic. Do you notice the lack of responses? LMFAO!!
And you are STILL wrong. There are no 'problems in my area'. Apparently some Topix forums share location sites.
(Nice reply from a woman "LMFAO!"
Just thought I would show you what you are dealing with, and she is a friend of Nange4jpl!)
#8 Sep 26, 2009
I know nothing about Rita Anne Swift, and wish her well at OLLMP.
#9 Sep 26, 2009
Hi Itchy!! spreading your wings on more threads! Great Lots more invective to challenge you on!
Ahhh, you think you can fool your Godfather???
#10 Sep 26, 2009
And Itchy is obsessed with chasing this priest all over the internet. I smell "lavender" in the air!! LOL
#11 Sep 26, 2009
Wow, his obsession with Msgr. Lisante just continues to grow!
#12 Sep 26, 2009
See what I mean folks, the Wicce Witch has cast a spell over these supposed Catholics. Thats what happens to those that take Wicce Witches for friends against other Catholics. Too Bad, I had hoped that they weren't that far gone. Poor diluted young people. They were patients of that Nange4jpl, that sat around in groups, telling their delusional stories, and planning attacks on the Catholic parishioners of OLLMP.Not to worry though, I believe they are registered from Mountainview California, and they may have been going to Berkley College. Mountainview California to Massapequa Park, wow thats quite a move. I guess after they failed, they were treated by Nancy-Ann G. After she was warned by Topix not to post anymore, along with Nomorekoolaide(for threats) I wouldn't be surprised that one of the ranters is one of them using another log-in name and area. Well they have a Pagan, a Wicce Witch, and a Heretic on their side. Evil does make strange bedfellows. Not to be detracted, I do wish Rita Anne Swift the best, I had donated to the school cause to help out because of the loss of money since the new Pastor took over.
Yours in Jesus,
#13 Sep 27, 2009
You've donated???
That's a LIE
#14 Sep 27, 2009
Of course it is... if you have to announce it!
Anyway, he is not a parishioner anymore. He's moved onto becoming a store front "practitioner of the imaginary.":
What a jerk you are Itchy. Do you smell lavender in the air??? I do when I read of your dubious obsession with the Pastor.
#15 Sep 27, 2009
That can be found out, as to exactly who donated to the "school cause".
#16 Sep 28, 2009
Of course, the IDIOT continues to make falsified claims..What else is new! he talks trash and then forgets what he posts.
..No wonder lavender is his favorite scent! It must be getting stuffy in that closet.
#17 Sep 28, 2009
I guess he's into his "Halloween mode"...witches, goblins & ghosts.
OOOOOO!!! "I see Dead People!"
#18 Sep 28, 2009
Of course you can, you work for the Bishop? You poor fool, they raffled off the Car at $100.00 a ticket. Does insanity run in your family, or are you the only one?
And you can find out each and every name that took a raffle?
Do you communicate with Mars?
I haven't looked yet, is it a full moon out tonight? My police friends state that indeed the nuts come out during the full moon phase.
I see where one of your Pagan friends stated that Mathew Blockley passed away on
August 17, 2009 at 2:59 AM. Strangely enough the sister that posted it was called SR
Margaret Mary RSM, and there are thousands of SR Margaret Mary's, if I can verify it, I will pray for his soul.
Yours in Jesus
#19 Sep 28, 2009
The only LIE around here is your doubting that. The biggest LIE is you. what a sad, sad, state you are in. Are you kept in a padded cell? or a cage?
You poor, poor mixed up soul,
I guess Nancy-Ann couldn't help you either, and her being a mental help professional! I wonder if her husband gets nervous when you are around?
I guess that comes with the territory when you try to help the unstable people. Oh well I will have to pray harder for you. No, don't thank me, its what a practicing catholic is suposed to do with people that have demons in them.
Yours in Jesus(may he heal you)
#20 Sep 29, 2009
Bluster all you want, Wackowitz. You're a LIAR!
Now, go put your teeth in.
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In announcing the sponsorship, Matt Hill, Globe's CEO, said, "The Hobgoods have spent almost their entire careers sponsored by Globe and we see this relationship continuing in perpetuity. They are family. They will continue to be featured riders in our advertising and surf films and will continue to be involved with the brand in many ways. And later on, we still see a place for them to be involved with our brand in new and interesting ways outside of surfing and competition."
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