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November 2010 - May 2011
From here, until May, I don't remember a whole lot.
The first time we saw Dad it was sad. He hugged us and I didn't want to be hugged. I was scared.
We went to a counselor, and talked over what he did. He never admitted to drug use, that he had hit his head. I sat back in my chair, kept my eyes down, and wanted this to just. be. over.
I didn't say anything, until he started saying things I knew where lies. I glared at him with the glare a lot of people call "white lighting" and asked coldly "Why did you leave us?" He glanced at me and said, "I didn't leave you! You guys left me!" My heart burst into flames as I started cursing him in my mind. How dare he say, WE abandon him. He LEFT us when he started taking drugs. He wanted to escape. That was the end of going to counseling with him. Never again.
Several things happened over this time period.
He moved out of his sisters house because he had a gun. He was not allowed to have a gun. So he moved in with his Mom.
We started visiting him, going out to eat and stuff. But he didn't like that he wasn't allowed to drive.
One night, as we were trying to get him out of the car, he ripped the keys out of the car and got in Mom's face and started yelling. Mom got out and then he got out. I got the boys out of the car, afraid he would take the car away with us in it.
He wouldn't talk to his mom or my Mom. He sat by the curb. Scott went over and talked to him. He gave Scott the keys. 12 year old Scott had gotten him to give over the keys. I stood there silently crying.
We didn't see him for Thanksgiving, we went up to Michigan where my Grandma lived. I got weird messages from him the entire time. Afterward he said he didn't even remember sending the messages.
We started realizing that his family was treating us differently. They said we should see him more. We didn't want to, scared of more bad memories with him.
We saw him on Christmas, but he refused to leave his room. He got the boys something, but he didn't get me anything. It stung, I didn't understand. He didn't explain or anything.
I met with him on my birthday, but I just stared out the window, wishing I didn't have to. I had a Lord of the Rings party, which I didn't invite him too. The friends I had started to make still hadn't realized I didn't have a Dad around.
In March, I went to a sleepover, my first party sleepover. I had a great time, and acted like myself. The lights were out and we were talking to each other quietly. That night I told my friends quietly that my parents were separated. I didn't get much of a response, I figured they were asleep. They weren't. My bold face was crumbling.
I didn't feel much during this time, I tuned out my feelings. By March, I was trying so hard to feel again. Anything, sadness, joy, nervous, anything. Emotions had gotten to tiring, I had just turned them off.
That winter was the worst couple months ever. It was cold, and I was lonely.
One night, I spent the night at my Grandma's house, my Dads mom, because Abraham wanted to. That morning I was loading stuff up in her car when I started to snoop. Just a little bit. I was SHOCKED when I found the camera bag I had seen in our backyard, that day many months ago. I opened it, and saw the little bags of powder. I tried to sneak some into my pants, hoping to show my Mom, but I didn't get a chance to. I then found guns. A LOT of of guns. In a container, but these guns were supposed to have been turned in to a elder months ago. She had been hiding that stuff.
As we went to have breakfast, Grandma said we were going to pick up Dad for breakfast. I started wigging out, afraid that Dad would get a gun from the trunk. I told them they should have told Mom. I didn't want to do this. As we dropped him back off at his sister's, I put Abraham, who was oblivious to everything, in the middle, in case I needed to get out fast and try to tackle my Dad. Nothing happened, but needless to say, Mom was NOT happy. I wasn't either. I almost had a heart attack. I'm not kidding.
Dad broke into the house a few times, and we went to our friends house. He eventually left, but it was nerve racking. One time Mom went with a couple of policemen, and we found out later he had been in the attic, hiding. He left quickly that night, and forgot to take his stuff. We didn't find it until months later. He left his journal and a bed in there, his journal looked like writings of a mad man.
As I look back, I realize that God protected us. If we had gone back that night, Dad would have been there in the attic and who knows what would have happened. Several of these incidents happened like this. God DOES have a timeline, and he just has it perfect. Its an amazing thing.
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So I have realized my 99 TJ had the loose/dirty connection issue with the gauge cluster. I noticed while I was driving and the speedometer was flat my odometer also didn't move. I just bought this jeep and the likely hood that this started as soon as I got the jeep is slim to none. Is there anyway to find the actual mileage on this jeep? Is there info in the computer? (If it has one) is there something I can do and get the dealership to get me a rebate since actual mileage is most likely way higher than what the odometer reads....
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If it's like most, the computer stores the mileage as does the cluster. Makes it nearly impossible to defeat it. If you had a reading it was correct at the time. Fix your connection problem and the only difference will be the miles you drove between the time the odometer was working and the time you fixed the connections.
So say the odometer showed 50,000 miles when the odometer stopped reading.
The computer would still keep track of it. And we'll say you drove 50 miles until you fixed the connection problem. Soon as you hooked it back up the odometer would now show 50,050.
And no I doubt the dealer is going to do anything about it for you, monetarily wise.
So I fixed the connection issue, and my odometer didn't change. It is changing now that I am driving with it fixed. The reason I bring this up, I used to drive an '02 Mazda protege and I bought an eBay gauge cluster to replace mine. My actual mileage on my original cluster was 165k and the replacement cluster had its own reading of 85k. When I traded it in, I had to sign a waiver stating the mileage was wrong.
So on the jeep, carfax says it was sold to the PO at 112k miles, it had 114.5k miles when I bought it. The previous owner had it for 7 years. I highly doubt he only put 2.5k miles on it in 7 years. So if I take it to Jeep, can they pull the actual mileage from the computer? Or am I screwed not knowing?
Also it had factory tires on it, the speedo was off by about 5mph (the few times it worked), I just put 31/1005/15 on them and the speedo is now accurate, so I am thinking its been running on 31"'s for a while and they were sold off before trading in...
...sorry just frustrated thinking I may have overpaid for the jeep because of what I thought was great mileage....
The computer is what sends the signals to the cluster. So your computer should be sending the correct mileage.
Don't know on a Mazda. Did it have an electronic readout or the old roller style odometer? Roller is easy to trick, electronic not so much.
GM vehicles store the mileage in the PCM, BCM, and odometer. If you swap out the cluster in one, and don't have the system reprogrammed, the odometer will jump to the correct vehicle mileage reading within a mile of driving, from what ever was on the odometer.
You could always contact the the DMV, normally with each years registration the mileage on the vehicle has to be listed. Also if in an inspection state, it's listed every time the inspection is done.
I wish my odometer would stop. I would love to never have to do an oil change again!
I would definitely look into the car fax difference, and would contact the dealer. They should have known it was not correct if only had 2500 miles in 7 years. Should have disclosed that to you.
I've only put 3000 miles on my TJ in 4 years. It is not my primary driver, pretty much only gets towed behind the RV. So it could be possible that the mileage is right.
Seriously doubt it though....
Same as Tripp here, I put my daily driver to rest about 4 years ago with about 99k on it and have put about 2k on it since then. 2.5k in that amount of time is possible, but unlikely.
the odometer in the protege was digital, the gauge cluster has a memory and it stores the info. I found out the older TJ's do the same. the actual mileage should still be in the ECU however, so taking it to Jeep to see if they can give me a free reading lol... doubt it tho.
I was trolling ebay last night and found some GC's for 75 to 100 bucks that have an odometer reading of 25k... lol might have to swap it out.
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Logic dictates that David Beckham will eventually win a 100th England cap despite his omission from Fabio Capello's first squad, according to the man who hired the Italian as England manager.
Speaking as his £6m-a-year appointment revealed that Beckham's international career has stalled for the moment on 99 appearances, the FA's chief executive, Brian Barwick, backed Capello's decision to leave the former captain out of the squad. He indicated, however, that he would like to see Beckham reach his century at some point in the future.
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Speaking in Zagreb, scene of the defeat by Croatia that presaged England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008, Barwick unsurprisingly focused on the opportunity presented by last autumn's nadir. The decision to hire Capello was an expensive measure intended to prevent embarrassment at the 2010 World Cup but Barwick believes it represents a turning point for the English game.
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Having observed Capello for a month at Soho Square, Barwick, who celebrated his third anniversary in the job at the Uefa Congress this week, is convinced that he is getting value for the FA's money. He is aware that for all his corporate achievements - opening Wembley, pushing through the Burns reforms and securing record TV deals - he will be judged on his managers' results.
Capello starts each day with a two-hour language lesson - he has a word and phrase of the day chalked on a board in his office - and has been equally diligent in studying England's recent failings.
"He's a really impressive character and I like him enormously," Barwick said. "He has been doing his homework, watching a lot of games on the big screen in his office. I wandered in the other week and he was watching the second half of England v Croatia at Wembley, so I sat down with him and watched it."
The chief executive, Capello and his assistant Franco Baldini will meet Richard Scudamore, the Premier League's chief executive, in the next fortnight to discuss ways of securing England a more accommodating fixture schedule for the 2010 qualifying campaign. In March England meet France three days after a "Super Sunday" double-header between the Premier League's "big four", a scheduling designed with television contracts rather than the health of the national team in mind.
"It's a conversation worth having and we will be talking to Richard [Scudamore] about it in the next couple of weeks. We want to make sure such situations do not occur again."
The issue is typical of the conflicts that have undermined many of Barwick's predecessors. Barwick insists that he wins the battles that count and that the relationship with the Premier League has improved under his tenure. "From the outside it may look like they are able to run amok with us but that is far from the truth. When I first came into the FA I thought the organisation was Premier League-phobic but we are not any more."
Barwick's determination to halt the decline in England-qualified players in the Premier League is genuine but he will not call on club chairmen to assist him. "We will always push for as many English players as possible but it is unrealistic to expect the clubs to be the salvation of English football just because we would like them to."
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Is there any place closer, or plans to start anything in the Charlotte area?
No announcement yet.
Charlotte, North Carolina?
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Charlotte, North Carolina?I've been training for years in Michigan, but I'm looking for a place to get my brother to start training in Charlotte, NC. I know there is a place in Gastonia, but that is at least 1 hr 15 min from him, and he can't make that drive 2 or 3 times per week.
Is there any place closer, or plans to start anything in the Charlotte area?
We have a location in Charlotte two days a week at the local JCC. You can get contact info via www.rhek.com\"Engage your minds, before you engage your weapons.\"-Lt.General Mattis
BTW, if your brother is actually in Charlotte, the only way it's an hour and 15 minutes if he is in east Charlotte, and he leaves at 5:00PM. Otherwise, it's 30-45 minutes (maybe less, depending on where in Charlotte.)
However, if he wants something in Charlotte, follow Andre's advice.
Thanks for the replies guys...
My brother is moving up from Waxhaw this month into Mooresville. Sorry, I know I said Charlotte - I should have been clearer and said Mooresville. Yahoo says it's over an hour - with no traffic - from Mooresville to Gastonia. That's why I assumed he would not want to make the drive.
It looks like you guys have a real nice facility. I'll tell him about the opportunity in Charlotte, although is there anything right in Mooresville? (That should have been my question from the beginning.)
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No problem!
I don't know of anything in Mooresville. Does he want KM specifically? If so, he's certainly out of luck, but if he's looking for something else, I can ask around.
Well, I've been pushing him toward KM. He's has experience in boxing, kick-boxing, Tae Kwan Do, and a few other arts over the years. I think he's looking for something practical, brutal, and something to keep him in shape. KM with a little MMA mixed in would be perfect for him.
And based on the traffic on Brawley School Road, you'd think a location there would do pretty damn well.....
Thanks for the input guys. I'll down for a week around July 4th - maybe I'll stop in and check the place out and train with you for a few classes. I'm always willing to make the drive a few times....
Sounds good...just e-mail me beforehand, since that week won't be a normal class week.
Where do you currently train?
I'm at Krav Maga Detroit right now.
Right now I'm getting back into the swing of things after a long break because of knee injuries. I'm now up to 6 surgeries on my left knee. Ugh... I guess it's the penalty I'm paying for playing Football - specifically offensive line - for 11 years right up through college. Oh well.
I previously studied for several years at Dragon Academy, also in Michigan.
I'll definitely drop you an E-Mail before I come down. And if you do anything in the Mooresville area, or know anyone who is, I'd really appreciate a heads-up. Thanks!
So, you're with Paul C.? He's great! Tell him I said hello, and be greatful for the training you're getting from him. He's a real asset to KM.
Yup. Paul and I started training at the same time years ago. I spent a lot of time trading punches with him. :lol: All was great until the knee acted up again. :(
Yes, he is a huge asset to KM. He joined with Zac, and outstanding instructor from the area to start KM Detroit, and they're already doing a great job (despite the city making their path pretty tough). If their business skills are half as good as their people skills and instructing skills, they'll do fantastic.
I'll tell him you said HI. I look forward to meeting you in NC next time I'm down there.
I met Zac in LA a few months ago. He seemed like a good guy, also.
Any updates on the \"north of Charlotte\" area? Looks like I might be moving to Mooresville as well very soon. Unfortunately, just as Zac and Paul get their place rocking away, I need to move away.
With all the NASCAR teams in the area, and the fitness craze in that area right now, I'd think a location there would do very well.
Anything at all in the Mooresville/Statesville area? <fingers crossed>
I'm afraid not, my friend. Just our location in Gastonia and the JCC program in Charlotte.


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Food is one of the most powerful tools we have to help prevent disease and a healthy body begins with a healthy immune system. It maintains homeostasis by defending against viruses and bacteria which can cause inflammation in the body, illness and disease. Our body also produces antibodies that can help destroy the virus and assist our body to heal. Nutritional deficiencies can impair immune function, increasing both the risk and severity of infection. Vitamin C, for... Read More
Immune-Boosting Congee
When I'm feeling a little run down and need nourishing comfort food, I head to the kitchen and make my congee. Slow Cooked Brown Rice Congee With Ginger + Shallots which is featured in my cookbook Purely Delicious is the perfect warming dish to keep you healthy this winter. Serve steaming hot in generous bowls, enjoy the goodness and instantly feel the healing benefits of this magnificent yet simple soup. What's Great About It: Ginger is a potent detoxifying and antiviral... Read More
Superfood Powders: What You Need To Know
Good nutrition is the fundamental building block for a healthy body. The foods you eat have the potential to nourish every cell in your body and is your nutritional insurance policy to live longer, feel energised and perform at your optimum best. Superfoods are the five star foods because of their special ability to support good health. They give us whopping doses of antioxidants and fibre to boost the immune system and help fight illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes,... Read More
What I Eat For Gorgeous Skin and Hair
As I age, I'm all about nourishing my body, stressing less and having more 'me' time. I also think that every meal and every drink is an opportunity to fight ageing naturally, without having to resort to extreme makeovers or expensive facials or serums. Long before I launched my own range of superfood and protein blends, I've always believed that the health of your skin and hair is a reflection of your overall diet. That's why I'm so passionate about... Read More
Does A Gluten Free Diet Make You Healthier?
When I opened my first cafe some years back, I tailored my menu for those with sensitivities to gluten. I baked gluten-free banana bread using almonds and coconut, made gluten free pancakes from buckwheat and chia, and even had a gluten free porridge made with LSA meal, grated apple, cinnamon and sun-dried raisins. Now, when I design recipes for my healthy cookbooks, I still love using wonderful gluten free ingredients so that everyone will be able to enjoy my delicious recipes. Personally,... Read More
The Secret To Anti-Ageing: Matcha Tea
If I could bottle up my own magic pill for youthful skin and an ageless body, matcha green tea would be my main ingredient. This is because matcha green tea is brimming with powerful antioxidants and anti-ageing properties – even more than pomegranates and blueberries – the Chinese have coined it "the elixir of immortality". What is matcha tea? Ceremonial Grade Matcha Tea is the finest grade of green tea available. It's a potent superfood powder obtained by... Read More
Fight The Cold Naturally
When I'm a little stressed and run down, my immune system gets a little hammered, so I make a conscious effort to avoid getting sick with immune boosting foods and nutrients. Food is one of the most powerful tools we have to help prevent disease and a healthy body begins with a healthy immune system. Over 70% of your immune system resides in your gut and what you eat forms the foundation of your health. If it's not supported with the right foods, it becomes more susceptible... Read More
A delicious diabetic-friendly dinner
Up to 2.5 million Australians are undiagnosed and at risk of developing diabetes, which is the fastest growing disease in Australia. But by making a few simple changes to how you cook, the ingredients you choose, and your portion size, you can make improvements to... Read More
This is a glorious recipe featured in my new cookbook, Purely Delicious. A simple and classic recipe that takes just a few moments to prepare. You can use any fish you like for this recipe – some good examples are Australian salmon, flathead, whiting, sea mullet or tailor. I remember when I was about 10 yrs old, my dad would take me me fishing most weekends. I had my own hand-line and my own little fishing rod and it was the best family time ever! I also loved to watch... Read More
3 Lean + Green Recipes for St Patrick's Day
Celebrate St Patrick's Day with these purely delicious green dishes to keep you healthy and feeling great! Each of these recipes are super easy to make and are loaded with antioxidants and anti-inflammatory nutrients. Great for casual entertaining or to enjoy and pack for lunch the next day! 1. Green Pea + Spinach Risotto A simple and nourishing meal that is purely delicious comfort food and makes you feel great from the inside out. Green peas are loaded with antioxidants... Read More
Beauty Boosting Strawberry Smoothie
My beauty smoothie is full of anti-ageing properties and it takes just 1 minute to prepare. What's Great About It: Hibiscus tea and strawberries are rich in antioxidants and vitamin C, which helps to keep the skin firm by aiding collagen production. Collagen gives strength and structure to your skin and is vital for elasticity and firmness. Silica is also a trace mineral found in berries that assists with collagen formation, as well as helping improve your skin's... Read More
My Top 5 Beauty Boosting Recipes
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Top 10 Ingredients For A Delicious Dairy-Free Milk
When I design my recipes, I always like to use a variety of milks and it all depends on what I'm making. I love to use grass fed organic milk or yummy dairy free alternatives made from nuts and seeds. Nut and seed milks are a delightful lactose-free alternative to traditional dairy. They can easily be incorporated into healthy diets and provide your body with essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium and zinc to nourish the immune system. A dairy-free milk is basically... Read More
What A Day Of Clean Eating Looks Like
There's a lot of confusion and conflicting information out there with the modern day "nutrition gurus" promoting all sorts of diets and latest eating plans. When it comes to fat loss, it's all about switching your body to burn more energy, revving up your metabolism and eating the right kind of nutrient-dense foods for your activity level and healthy lifestyle. For weight loss to work effectively, it's important that you look at it as a lifestyle, not a diet — a... Read More
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The key nutrient for fat loss and body shaping is protein as it's essential to regulate the appetite, support lean muscle, boost metabolism and encourage significant weight loss – but not all protein is created equal. Protein is essential because your body required adequate amino acids for the construction of enzymes that are integral to the detoxification pathways. A quality protein drink made from whole food ingredients can benefit your health in a number of... Read More
Persian Watermelon Salad
Icy cold, juicy, ruby-fleshed watermelon is so hot right now and I just love being on the watermelon bandwagon, creating refreshing salads, gelato and icy smoothies to keep my body cool in the summer heat. I love salads made from watermelon and often marry thick cut wedges with rocket leaves, fresh chopped parsley and Persian feta. This is a delicious watermelon salad that's loaded with electrolytes and the perfect dish for a hot summer day ! Enjoy on it's own or... Read More


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Most Rogue decks require the player to put on pressure in the early game. Try to destroy your opponent's minions without too much effort by using your weapon and Backstab. Save Sap and Assassinate for emergencies, since your opponent will surely counter your deck with a strong minion. You must plan out your weapon usage carefully and take durability into account. The regular dagger lasts for 2 turns, but…Seguir leyendo
Shaman decks play somehow like Paladin decks. They produce weak minions that they can buff to mess with the opponent's priorities. Thrall's ability lets him summon a random totem which has a certain ability. This totem can be buffed using Raid Leader, Stormwind Champion and Shattered Sun Cleric to have free inexpensive minions. Shaman decks tend to play around the Overload ability, but basic Shaman cards do not have this…Seguir leyendo
Warlock decks often damage their hero to get benefits; this is the basis of Gul'dan's ability Life Tap. Knowing when to play a card or when to Life Tap will probably mean the difference between winning and losing a Hearthstone game. One of the funner cards to play in a Warlock deck is the Gurubashi Berserker. You can play Hellfire as the Berserker is on the field and he will…Seguir leyendo
Warrior decks are the most straight-forward in Hearthstone. You play strong cards and aim to destroy your opponent's minions without spending too many cards or mana. Warriors have several weapons at their disposal, which grants them ways to eliminate troublesome minions with little repercussion. One of the important things you must have in mind while using a Warrior deck is that you should always try to hit as many minions…Seguir leyendo
Hearthstone is a game where luck is always involved, since you are to draw 5 random cards from your 30 card deck. By building a balanced deck you are more likely to draw cards that will help you regardless of the situation. Most players aim to create their decks by the mana cost spread. You must try to always have some low and medium cost cards that can keep you…Seguir leyendo
After knowing how you will deploy your units, you must know what you may encounter when attacking an enemy base in Rival Kingdoms. Every base is different, but they employ the same structures for each one. The key for a successful attack is to be able to recognize a good defense from a mediocre defense. If you manage to hit the weak spots of the enemy base, you'll get more…Seguir leyendo
Rival Kingdoms is one of the easier strategy games you can play on mobile devices. Its approach is quite simple and players will often find themselves liking the game's intuitive mechanics. It is very similar to Clash of Clans, so players will find that some of the strategies for Clash of Clans will also work on Rival Kingdoms. When you want to attack an opponent you can think the same…Seguir leyendo
Priest is one of the funner classes to play in Hearthstone, and all because of one card: Northshire Cleric. This minion allows you to draw a card each time a character is healed. That means whenever ANY character gets healed, you get to draw a card. By using Anduin's ability, you can heal 2HP to any character, which means that your Northshire Cleric's card text will activate. So you…Seguir leyendo
Paladin decks must control the board to survive. This is achieved by summoning the right amount and type of minions, while buffing them with Blessings to force your opponent into attacking what you want him to attack. Use your buffs to trade minions with your opponent, but always having in mind that as a Paladin, you do not have much draw-power. Be always sure of what you are going to…Seguir leyendo
Heroes are the most important units you have in Clash of Lords 2. To use heroes, you must deal with cooldown timers that disable your available characters for short periods of time; but how long you have to wait to use a hero again depends on its level. Cooldown tends to not go over the 5 minute mark. This cooldown is mandatory since it is pretty much impossible for your…Seguir leyendo


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Ebony BlackMature
It was dark, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. I could hear my footsteps on the ground, pounding and throbbing as they connected to the earth. I could hear my breath raspy, jagged and uneven, and then I felt it. The hard cold hand on my shoulder, digging its razor sharp nails into my skin. It was still dark, so, so dark and cold, as the winter air moved in and focused my attention on the sudden agonising pain in my shoulder, the touch of death.
Ebony Black is a 17 year
Chapter 1
I woke up in a daze; my eyes were blurry and unfocused. I sat up slowly; my head was pounding and spinning. I lay back down and waited for my eyes to clear so I could see where I was. My mind was dark and blank I couldn't remember anything of the night before. I glanced at my surroundings.
"Not again" I murmured croakily.
I was once again laid on the rough uncomfortable bed of a very small jail cell. There was a loud tinny knock on the thick metal door to my cell. The small hatch opened and a tray of disgusting looking food was posted through. The tray was smothered with grey lumpy mash, one wrinkly dry piece of fatty chicken and a small plastic yellow cup filled with murky water. I stared at it in disgust and knocked it to the floor, the food seeped into a filthy puddle in the middle of my small rank cell. A tiny streak of bright sunlight shone through the small slit of a window at the top of the cell, it hurt my eyes. My head kept banging and raging, this was a really bad hangover. I staggered my way over to the small sink on the wall and looked up slowly at the scratched plastic mirror glued to the wall. My long black hair was in knots around my shoulders and sticking up all over my head. My make-up was smudged around my emerald green eyes and I had lipstick smeared up my cheek. I looked in closer to the mirror and saw that I had a bleeding gash in my for-head and a deep purple bruise around my eye.
"Well I had a fun night" I muttered
I heard the door to my cell swing open with a loud creek to the left of me.
"Miss. Black" said one of the prison guards "Your father has sent your bail, you're free to go"
I swung round to face the door and dragged my feet out of the cell. I made my way down the long grey corridor, past the never-ending line of metal cell doors. I felt the guards hand on my shoulder leading me down the corridor.
"Could you tell me why I was here?" I asked slowly holding my sore head in my hand
"You got into a fight with the bouncer of a club" the guard said with a smirk
"Which club?" I asked, I wanted to know where I was banned from now.
"The Crypt" he said in a monotone voice.
"Great" I thought "That was my favourite club"
I went to the main desk of the prison and collected my belonging, which consisted of my mobile phone with its cracked screen and missing 5 key, my silver locket with a picture of my mum and dad inside and finally my black biker boots. I stepped out into the blinding sunlight outside. Everyone was bustling by me going about their everyday business, it was so busy today. I rang for a taxi and sat down on the kerb waiting for it, quickly dodging my feet out the way every time a car or bicycle came past. The light was too bright, it hurt. The taxi pulled up next to me and I heaved myself up from the ground and dragged my feet into the back seat of the car.
"The Crypt nightclub please" I asked
"Isn't it a little early to be clubbing?" the driver asked
"I'm collecting my bike" I replied
"Spent a night in the cells have you?" he asked with a chuckle
"Just drive" I said snappily
I slid down in my seat and closed my eyes; my head was drumming, banging and throbbing in my head. Eventually I drifted off to sleep in the back of the taxi. I saw so many images and faces in my dream, I saw my Mum saying goodbye to me the day she disappeared, and I was only 12 years old, it was Valentine's Day. She was stood in the hallway in her awful fluorescent pink jogging suit with her white Alice band holding her chocolate brown hair out of her blue eyes. She was desperately trying to squeeze her size 8 feet into a pair of size 6 trainers whilst plugging her headphones into her ears. I pattered into the hallway with a drawing I'd made of my Mum in her wedding dress. I loved the photo of her and my Dad on their wedding day; she looked just like a princess. My Mum smiled at me and took the drawing; she folded it carefully and put it into her jacket pocket. My Dad gave my Mum a gentle kiss on her lips and a huge hug and said he would see her later for her presents, my Mum bent down to kiss my forehead and give me a hug before leaving jogging down the driveway. What should have been a romantic meal for two and enough roses for an army turned into a mess of smashed plates, screwed up rose petals, food on the walls and a 12 year old girl cutting her wrists in her bedroom…
"Were here" a voice cut through my dreams
"Thanks" I mumbled as I paid the driver and made my way groggily out of the car. I looked down at my wrists and saw the white scars still there; I traced my fingers along them before making my way to the club. The Crypt nightclub is a huge shiny black building with a red awning and red door. My black Yamaha R6 Sport was still parked outside the club surprisingly un-smashed and un-keyed, result. I grabbed my helmet from the compartment and shoved it on my head, it hurt like hell, and it felt like my brain was rattling around my skull. I winced and grabbed my keys and started the engine, listening to its roaring purr. I got onto it and floored it down the road all the way to my house, swerving cars and pissing off a lot of drivers, just how I liked to ride. I skidded down my drive and left a long, thick black skid line down the drive.
"Well that's gonna piss Dad off" I thought
I parked my bike and fished around in my pocket for the house key. As usual it wasn't there anymore. I rummaged around in the plant pot next to the doorstep and pulled out the filthy spare key.
"Dad I'm home!" I shouted, there was no response. "Dad!"
I run upstairs and knocked on his bedroom door. Still there was no response.
"Ok Dad you better be decent cos' I'm coming in!" I shouted
I burst through the door to find my Dad no where to be seen. I heard running water in his small en-suite bathroom and opened the door gingerly. There was water leaking all over the floor from the overflowing sink, little trickles of red flowed with the water. I winced and opened the door all the way open. My Dad was slumped over the sink with a razor hanging from his limp hand and blood flowing down his arms onto the floor.
"Shit Dad!" I screamed and pulled him up to check his pulse. There wasn't one.
"Not you to" I cried cradling him in my arms
I don't know how long I sat there in the silence and the wet. I didn't remember ringing the ambulance but they turned up and took him away. Before I knew it I was at my Dad's funeral, he killed himself on the 14th February 2010. That's when it hit me, I was an orphan, and I was all alone. After the funeral I ran home and grabbed a rucksack. I began to shove all my clothes and most prized possessions into it, I had to be quick before the social came round to take me away. I was just about to run out the door when I saw the picture on the small table in the hallway. It was Me, Mum and Dad in Turkey one year. It was the first time we had been abroad, Dad had got a Christmas bonus from work and took us away for a week in Turkey. I loved that holiday. I grabbed the photo and shoved it into the top of my bag. I hoisted it onto my back, shoved my keys into the bikes ignition and sped off down the road to who knows where, leaving my life behind me.


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Canada's Spectral hoping to win US approval for sepsis treatment
By Natalie Grover
July 13 (Reuters) - A small Canadian drugmaker is in the final stages of testing technology designed to treat sepsis, the surprisingly common condition that killed boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
If data from late-stage trial is positive, Spectral Medical Inc thinks it can win approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as early as next year.
The technology has been in use in Japan and parts of Europe for years but has never been approved for wide use in the United States because, in the view of the FDA, it has never been tested in trial large enough to prove its effectiveness and safety.
Sepsis, derived from the Greek word for putrefaction, occurs when the immune system goes into overdrive to fight infection or bacterial toxins, triggering a cascade of physiological changes that can lead to multiple organ failure.
The leading cause of hospitalizations in the United States, it can result from a simple cut, routine surgery or infections associated with chronic disease - Parkinson's, in Ali's case.
Sepsis costs the U.S. healthcare system about $20 billion a year, according to the Sepsis Alliance, a San Diego-based patient advocacy organization.
Infants, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems are most at risk.
In extreme cases, a dramatic drop in blood pressure can lead to life-threatening septic shock. Continued...


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Editorial calls for more research on link between football and brain damage
Is brain damage an inevitable consequence of American football, an avoidable risk of it, or neither? An editorial published yesterday in the medical journal BMJ poses those provocative questions. Chad Asplund, director of sports medicine at Georgia Regents University, and Thomas Best, professor and chair of sports medicine at Ohio State University, offer an overview of the unresolved connection between playing football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a type of gradually worsening brain damage caused by repeated mild brain injuries or concussions. The big question is whether playing football causes chronic traumatic encephalopathy or whether some people who play football already at higher risk for developing it. The Football Players Health Study at Harvard University hopes to provide a solid answer to that and other health issues that affect professional football players.
Cocoa: a sweet treat for the brain?
There are many reasons why you might want to give someone chocolate on Valentine's Day. There's the tradition of it, and the idea of sweets for your sweetheart. Here's another tempting reason: certain compounds in chocolate, called cocoa flavanols, have recently been linked with improved thinking skills. Italian researchers found people who drank a daily cocoa brew with a lot of flavanols (more than 500 milligrams) significantly improved their scores on tests that measured attention, executive function, and memory. How might cocoa flavanols boost thinking skills? They may help brain cells connect with each other. Dark chocolate is a good source of flavonols. It's also a good source of calories. Adding it to your diet without taking out other foods can lead to weight gain, which may wipe out any health gain.
Memory slips in your 70s may be an early hint of future dementia
Of all the health issues that loom large with age, memory loss is among those that provoke the most worry. A big reason is the uncertainty: people often wonder if their occasional memory slips are just a normal part of growing old or a sign of impending Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. A new study of older adults, published in today's issue of the journal Neurology, sheds some light—and perhaps offers a bit of reassurance—about the connection between self-reported memory loss and a diagnosis of dementia. Over a 10-year period as 70-somethings turned into 80-somethings, about 1 in 6 developed dementia. About 80% had reported memory changes. But it took about nine years from the first self-report of a memory change to a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment, an intermediate stage between normal memory loss and dementia. The transition to dementia usually took about 12 years.
Caffeine and a healthy diet may boost memory, thinking skills; alcohol's effect uncertain
A study published in this month's Journal of Nutrition suggests that drinking caffeinated beverages, having the occasional alcoholic drink, and eating a healthy diet may help preserve memory and thinking skills long into old age. In particular, foods that are part of the Mediterranean diet—fruits, vegetables, nuts, fish, olive oil, and whole grains—show promise for preserving memory and preventing Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.
Too little sleep, and too much, affect memory
When it comes to memory, sleep is a Goldilocks issue: both too much and too little aren't good. Aim for "just right," says a new report from the Harvard-based Nurses' Health Study. Study participants who slept five hours or fewer per night or nine hours or more did worse on tests of memory and thinking skills that those getting seven to eight hours of sleep a night. The researchers estimated that undersleepers and oversleepers were mentally two years older than the women who got seven to eight hours of shut-eye a night. Although this study couldn't prove that getting too little or too much sleep causes memory and thinking problems, it's in line with other work showing the potentially harmful effects of poor sleep. Previous research has linked poor sleep with higher risks of heart disease and stroke, type 2 diabetes, and depression.
Regular exercise changes the brain to improve memory, thinking skills
There are plenty of good reasons to be physically active. Big ones include reducing the odds of developing heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Maybe you want to lose weight, lower your blood pressure, prevent depression, or just look better. Here's another one, which especially applies to anyone experiencing the brain fog that comes with age: exercise changes the brain in ways that protect memory and thinking skills. In a study done at the University of British Columbia, researchers found that regular aerobic exercise, the kind that gets your heart and your sweat glands pumping, appears to boost the size of the hippocampus, the brain area involved in verbal memory and learning.
Heavy drinking in middle age linked to memory loss in men
For some people, like those with an addiction, any amount of alcohol is too much. For others, drinking alcohol is something of a balancing act — a little may be healthful, while more than a little may be harmful. A new report in the journal Neurology highlights the dual effects of alcohol in men. As part of the Whitehall II study in Britain, researchers assessed the drinking habits of middle-aged men and women three times over a 10-year period. The study participants also took a mental skills test three times over the next 10 years. Compared with men who didn't drink or who drank moderately, mental decline began to appear one to six years earlier in men who averaged more than 2.5 drinks a day. (There weren't enough heavy drinkers among women to show any clear differences.) How does a person know if he or she is drinking too much? The CAGE and AUDIT tests can help.
PET scans peer into the heart of dementia
What's bad for the heart is often bad for the brain. High cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, and unhealthy "hardening" of the arteries increase the risk of mental decline or dementia later in life. A study published online today in Neurology shows that older people with the stiffest arteries are more likely to show the kinds of damage to brain tissue often seen in people with dementia. The study adds support to the "two hit" theory of dementia. It suggests that the accumulation of Alzheimer's-linked amyloid protein in the brain may not pose problems until damage to small blood vessels that nourish the brain nudges them over into dementia. There may be a silver lining to this line of research: Efforts to improve cardiovascular health can also protect the brain.
Which is better for keeping your mind fit: physical or mental activity?
Physical and mental activities are both important for protecting your thinking skills and warding off dementia. But does one trump the other? A study published yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine tried to tease out if one was better than the other for brain health. Researchers recruited 126 older adults who felt that their memory or thinking skills had recently gotten worse, and divided them into four groups. All were asked to do an hour of mental activity three times a week and an hour of physical activity three times a week. What differed were the intensities of these activities. After 12 weeks, scores on thinking tests improved across the board. The big surprise was that there weren't any real differences in improvement between the groups. The researchers concluded that the amount of activity is more important for stimulating the brain than the type of activity, because all of the participants both exercised and engaged in mental activities each week.
7 common causes of forgetfulness
Memory slips are aggravating, frustrating, and sometimes worrisome. When they happen more than they should, they can trigger fears of looming dementia or Alzheimer's disease. But there are many mundane—and treatable—causes of forgetfulness. Here are seven common ones: lack of sleep, some medications, an underactive thyroid, drinking too much alcohol, stress, anxiety, and depression. If memory lapses are bugging you, it's worth a conversation with your doctor to see if any reversible causes are at the root of the problem. Something like getting more sleep, switching a medication, or a stress reduction program could get your memory back on track.


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Jessica Alba and Kat Dennings' Nude Pictures Hit the Web
A series of newly-leaked naked pictures purportedly of Jessica Alba and Kat Dennings have hit the web. Separate sets of multiple shots, which were presumably snapped via cell phones, show the two stars appearing topless and the source of the internet leaks is still unclear.
[Warning for adult readers only] The pictures have been disseminated via Fleshbot whose editor Lux Alptraum told E! News that the images are a real deal although reps for both Alba and Dennings haven't released any statement. In one shot, Alba is seen getting a kiss in her eye by husband Cash Warren while another shot shows a pregnant belly.
Meanwhile, Denning's leaked photos are more provocative than Alba's. One image sees the "Defendor" actress with her knee pressed to her chest and a view of her left breast's side. She is also seen kneeling on a bed as she lifts her bra and exposes the bottom half of her bossoms while another shot has the actress completely topless with black underwear covering her lady part.
"I grabbed them before they became a really big story. We see a lot of fakes, and this one, especially Alba's, look real, because they are so personal looking," Alptraum told the site. "The fake ones are usually incredibly sexual. These look a lot more real. And the fakes usually get debunked pretty quickly."
"I think Jessica's are just pregnancy pictures, not inherently sexual. We sexualize anything with the slightest hint of breast. These pictures are sweet," Apltraum went on. "Kat's look like they were taken for her own pleasure or to send to someone else, obviously we don't know who. We just care in this case because they're celebrities who haven't done nude scenes."
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