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I woke up groggily. Oh dear, I was beginning to make this a habit. That certainly wasn't good. My phone was beside me. I picked it up but it was dead so I plugged it in to the charger. I swung my legs out of the bed. I was still dressed in the clothes from yesterday. I undressed and pulled a pair of sweats on, not bothering with a t-shirt.
I walked downstairs, slowly so I didn't pass out. I walked into the kitchen and grabbed a glass from the cupboard and filled it from the tap. I drained it quickly and refilled it. I leant against the worktop and sighed.
I don't know how long I stood there, seconds, minutes, hours... There was a knock at the door. I frowned and glanced at the clock. It was just past seven in the morning. Who would be knocking at this time?
I hurried and opened the door. Oh shit. Carter was stood there, his arms crossed and--fuck-- he looked angry.
"I told you to stop drinking," he said, his voice menacingly soft.
"I rang you again, didn't I?" I murmured.
"Bad things happen when you get drunk, Jaimie."
"Do you want to come in?" I asked quietly.
He picked up a box and walked in. He stepped into the living room and put the box on the coffee table.
"You promised me you stopped all that," he whispered, pointing at the box and I instantly knew what was in the box. Oh, crap. I hadn't seen that box for two years.
"I did stop," I assured him.
"Then why the hell did you keep it all?" he asked, looking up into my eyes. He was upset.
"I just..." I ran my fingers through my hair exasperatedly. "I didn't know what to do with it all."
"Jaimie, I..." He took a shaky breath. "I think you are going to relapse at some point. I've been thinking it for a while, but all your drinking has made me sure of it. Eventually, you're going to get bored of drinking yourself to sleep every night and you're going to go back to your old habits."
I stared at him. How could he say that? How could he doubt me like that? He was supposed to be my best friend.
"Please stop the drinking, Jaimie," he begged. He was almost in tears. And so was I.
I nodded slowly. "I need to, don't I?"
"Otherwise this--" He pointed accusingly at the box. "-- is all going to come crashing back down on your head."
I nodded again.
"Goodbye, Jaimie," he said and I looked up at him, alarmed. Was he walking out of my life completely? I relaxed when I saw he only meant the house.
"Goodbye, Carter," I whispered.
He walked past me and closed the door softly. I heard the car drive away. I walked slowly towards the box, afraid it was going to bite me. I touched to cardboard. This was the box I'd shoved everything into when I realised what it was doing to my life.
I opened it slightly and the comforting smell of leather drifted to my nose. I slammed it shut. Must not find it comforting, I hissed at myself.
"Rody wants to see us. I had to go and see him last night and he was really pissed off that you and Robin weren't available," Kyle said as he came down the stairs, fully dressed.
I span around quickly to hide the box and he blushed when he saw my state of undress.
"Where was Robin last night?" I asked curiously.
"She ran out," he mumbled.
Oh fuck. I vaguely remembered kissing her.


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Bradford PlumerMay 18, 2006 8:25 PM
In the World Policy Journal, Carl Robichaud warns that the United Statesand, for that matter, the rest of the worldis letting Afghanistan slowly slip into chaos. Insurgents have been gaining strength in recent months, and violence is on the rise. The country needs an estimated 200,000 peacekeepers to provide security, and it's about 80,000 short. And the international community has failed to bolster the central government's legitimacy by spending the money to rebuild the country11 times as much has been spent on military operations as on reconstruction, humanitarian aid, and economic assistance.
Everyone knows the history here: After the Soviet Union left Afghanistan in the face of U.S.-backed resistance in the 1980s, the United States let the country go to hell. A decade later, among other things, it had to go invade Afghanistan. One would think this is a pretty good argument for not letting the country go to hell. Apparently not.
Bradford PlumerMay 18, 2006 5:12 PM
One of the oft-cited arguments against allowing increased immigration is that all those immigrants will take jobs away from Americans. In the abstract, that's a somewhat misguided point. Immigration growth is very similar to having rapid population growth because of higher birthratesboth increase the number of working-age people in the United Statesand we rarely hear calls for people to have fewer kids on the theory that all those youngsters will "take our jobs away." There isn't a fixed number of work in this country, and population growth meansagain, in theorymore jobs for everyone.
Anyway, Mark Thoma has more on this point, and there's a good debate in his comments section (including people that don't agree that the two are exactly the same) that's very much worth reading.
Bradford PlumerMay 18, 2006 4:02 PM
I remember when this sort of thing was denigrated as "John Kerry's foreign policy," but frankly, I'm glad to see the Bush administration acting like a bunch of grown-ups:
President Bush's top advisers have recommended a broad new approach to dealing with North Korea that would include beginning negotiations on a peace treaty, even while efforts to dismantle the country's nuclear program are still under way, senior administration officials and Asian diplomats say.
Art LevineMay 17, 2006 10:10 PM
Following Tuesday night's contentious debate between incumbent Mayor Ray Nagin and white challenger Mitch Landrieu, yesterday's Washington Post had a disturbing story about the changing face of New Orleans: whiter, richer and with far fewer blacks. African-Americans' neighborhoods are still devastated and too often they can't afford to return. It's not only a personal tragedy for those who lost their loved ones and for those who now can't return home, but a cultural and economic tragedy for our nation as well.
Just over a week ago, I returned from Jazz Fest, and all the infectious music in the clubs and at the festival couldn't hide the ongoing ruination of New Orleans. Yes, the reviews are in for the New Orleans Jazz Fest that finished on Sunday May 7th, with the media arriving at a consensus story-line: "New Orleans Jazz Fest emerges triumphant," as USA Today reported. But even as the musical outpouring from stars ranging from Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon to Irma Thomas and other local treasures provided a sense of joy and hope to enormous crowds, the memory of the lost lives and devastation of Katrina was never far from the surface. The glorious music or the crowds of young revelers packing Bourbon Street with their beers and hurricanes in hand couldn't mask the underlying desolation of a city with large swaths still in ruins, whether it was the crushed roofs planted atop cars in the Lower Ninth Ward or the block after block of abandoned and ruined homes, eerily quiet with a few white FEMA trailers scattered among them, even in the more affluent, recovering Lakeview area.
Outside of a few tourist sites, parts of the city were like a ghost town, having lost more than 60 percent of its population, mostly African-Americans from 455,000 to about 150,000 people. Even in the once-bustling Jackson Square section of the French Quarter, where brass bands, solo musicians and street-vendors once plied their trade (and where George Bush promised to "do what it takes" to restore New Orleans), the place was nearly empty. Hotels and restaurants, the backbone of the city's essential tourism industry, were severely understaffed, scrambling to find workers because potential employees and those who want to return -- can't find a place to live.
"Make Levees, Not War" was a slogan featured on T-shirts and buttons at Jazz Fest, but it was a viewpoint that hadn't had any impact on government policy or the city's fortunes. Less than half of the city's 3,000 restaurants have reopened. Convention business has plummeted, and the lost revenue won't be recouped by the new Gray Line tour, "America's Worst Catastrophe," that takes busloads of tourists through lakeside areas devastated by Katrina although they're barred by city law from touring the wrecked black slums of the Ninth Ward. And even if the Army Corps of Engineers manages to repair the levees to a pre-Katrina level in time for the hurricane season that starts in June, there's no assurance that it will be enough to protect the city from future flooding.
"Don't let nobody fool you," a cab driver warned me. "After Jazz Fest, everything will be dead."
But for now, the still-struggling city could put on its best musical showcase, the French Quarter tourist mecca remained largely unscathed by the flooding, and there were oases of life and music scattered throughout the city that could make you believe, at least for a few hours, that New Orleans was back. Here are some snapshots from New Orleans you may have missed:
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Bradford PlumerMay 17, 2006 6:28 PM
The Washington Post has a good article about how European countries with healthy attitudes towards sexor, let's say, the sorts of attitudes that least resemble Focus on the Family'shave fewer problems with STDs and unwanted pregnancy than, say, we do here in the United States:
A 2001 Guttmacher Institute report, drawing on data from 30 countries in Western and Eastern Europe, concluded: "Societal acceptance of sexual activity among young people, combined with comprehensive and balanced information about sexuality and clear expectations about commitment and prevention childbearing and STDs [sexually transmitted diseases] within teenage relationships, are hallmarks of countries with low levels of adolescent pregnancy, childbearing and STDs." The study cited Sweden as the "clearest of the case-study countries in viewing sexuality among young people as natural and good."
In Sweden, compulsory sex education starts when children are 10 to 12. Without parental consent, teens can get free medical care, free condoms, prescriptions for inexpensive oral contraceptives and general advice at youth clinics. Emergency contraceptives (the so-called morning-after pill) are available without a prescription.
Religion tends to insert itself less in government policy on sex education, contraception and abortion in Western Europe than in the United States, says Michaud. The Catholic Church exerted minimal influence in Switzerland's AIDS prevention campaign, he said. "All in all, the church has been very tolerant and does not really get involved in sexual matters," Michaud wrote in an e-mail.
Bradford PlumerMay 17, 2006 3:26 PM
Tyler Cowen links to a useful study looking at how well Latino immigrants are assimilating. Pretty well, it turns out. Economists tend to agree: First-generation Latino immigrants are poorer than their native counterparts (no kidding: they've just arrived, they speak little English, and they tend to work for the most exploitative companies this country has to offer), but their kids and grandkids do much better:
In a 2003 study by the RAND Corporation, economist James P. Smith finds that successive generations of Latino men have experienced significant improvements in wages and education relative to native Anglos. According to Smith, "the reason is simple: each successive generation has been able to close the schooling gap with native whites which then has been translated into generational progress in incomes. Each new Latino generation not only has had higher incomes than their forefathers, but their economic status converged toward the white men with whom they competed."
May 16, 2006 9:43 PM
The Washington Post reports (somewhat belatedly) that the CDC is asking all to women treat themselves as "pre-pregnant," regardless of whether they're currently trying to conceive.
Among other things, this means all women between first menstrual period and menopause should take folic acid supplements, refrain from smoking, maintain a healthy weight and keep chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes under control.
Set aside, for a moment, the incredibly offensive implication that all women are nothing more than incubators who should remain healthy not because it's good for them, but because it makes for healthier babies. And note that even though the report's first recommendation is that "each woman, man and couple should be encouraged to have a reproductive life plan," it never calls on the government to encourage contraceptive use. Which is, uh, pretty important for family planning.
Funding for Title X family-planning clinics, which serve more than 5 million women, hasn't kept pace with inflation. And a growing uninsured population means the demand for Title X services is likely to increase. It's not surprising that unplanned pregnancies are on the rise among low-income women. The report's authors do acknowledge that many women lack access to adequate reproductive health care, but they tell women to "manage risk factors" rather than admonish government officials who have cut funding for these programs.
Just a guess, but maybe we'd have healthier newborns if the government spent more time reducing unplanned pregnancies and less time telling women to stay away from lead paint and cat feces.
May 16, 2006 6:10 PM
On the 40th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution, censorship of the media in China continues. Today, Yang Tianshui was sentenced to 12 years in prison for speaking out against the governmentor, in official terms, the "subversion of state power." This is familiar territory for Yang, who has already served ten years in prison for the supposed crime of "counter-revolution," resulting from his public condemnation of the military's assault on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square.
The latest charges, which Yang did not appeal, stemmed from several essays that he posted on the internet in support for the "Velvet Action of China," named after the Velvet revolution that successfully defeated communism in Czechoslovakia. According to Reporters without Borders, "the arrest and trial of the cyberdissident did not respect Chinese law. Yang was picked up without an arrest warrant by Security Bureau agents in plainclothes and his trial was rushed through in three hours." Not a surprise, considering China jailed the more journalists in 2005 than any other countrythe seventh consecutive year they've been on top.
Diane E. DeesMay 16, 2006 2:54 PM
Here is some additional information on the Carol Fisher case, supplied by the Cleveland Indy Media Center. Apparently, the usual time between arrest and indictment in Fisher's county is two months, but the time for her was eight days. Also, Ohio law requires that service of an indictment must be made at least 24 hours prior to arraignment; Fisher's notice was served to her attorney the morning of her arraignment (the attorney decided to waive right to protest). Though these facts in themselves are not particularly newsworthy, the existence of such irregularities--one of them illegal--only serve to strengthen the argument that Fisher was treated unfairly because of her political beliefs and her unwillingness to be quiet about them.
Fisher was accused of attacking police officers. She agrees that she was in a physical struggle with them, and she says it is because they were hurting her with the cuffs. This type of incident happens rather frequently; the person in question is then charged with either resisting arrest or assault on a police officer--or both.
At this point, there is still no reason to question the veracity of Fisher, especially since Cleveland Heights is a known hotbed of "liberal trouble-making" in the city. A group of Cleveland Heights citizens went to the Cleveland Heights City Council to protest what happened to Fisher, to vouch for her character, and to testify that they saw her brutalized by the police.
These witnesses, referred to earlier by this blogger, were not identified because I could not find their names and their individual statements, only a general statement in the Cleveland press that there were witnesses. I have now found them, and their statements can be read here.
Bradford PlumerMay 16, 2006 2:35 PM
I didn't bother listening to Bush's speech on immigration last night, but Kevin Drum's got a handy summary:
Beef up the borders with troops and high tech wizardry but insist that it's not "militarization"; start up a guest worker program that's not called a guest worker program; introduce an amnesty program but insist that it's not an amnesty program (it's not, it's not, it's not!); and crack down on employers who employ illegal immigrants while pretending that they're actually victims of highly sophisticated fraud rather than willing coconspirators aided and abetted by the business wing of the Republican Party.
Bush is also expanding detention facilities for immigrants. If you want to see inhumane, check out this old interview I did with Mark Dow about immigrant detention facilities. "[E]xtreme forms of physical abuse are common." Seems like something the president could really get behind. And then there's this "guest worker program" business. Conservatives hate it, because the last time it was enacted, back in 1986, lots of illegal immigration ensued. Liberals should hate it because it's a way for businesses to import a captive labor force, one that won't complain about low pay or poor labor standards for fear of deportation.
So those proposals are all ludicrous. Now if either the president or Congress really wanted to crack down on illegal immigration, they'd institute a national identity card and levy steep fines on employers that hired illegally. If the supply of jobs dries up, presumably fewer immigrants will come here. So that, plus a path to citizenship for current immigrants and realistic (i.e., larger) quotas for legal immigrants would help "control" the flow of people coming in. And to his partial credit, Bush did also propose something along those lines. It's not nearly as liberal as I would have liked (Bush's is a business-friendly approach rather than a liberal approach, hence the guest-worker programs), but I guess it's a start. But seeing as how conservatives are now on suicide watch over Bush's speech, it seems quite unlikely that any sort of immigration reform will pass this year.
UPDATE: The Christian Science Monitor has a good critical take on border enforcement here. I'd also note that border enforcement is often better at deterring immigrants from returning home rather than preventing them from coming in the first place. Keeping people in rather than out. So it can actually lead to a greater immigrant population than would otherwise be the case.
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Media bias can take many forms and, in the case of Sylville Smiths' sister, it was through CNN reporting ONLY that the sister of the Milwaukee shooting victim was 'calling for peace'!
This was accomplished by editing the tape so that the end of her statement where she was also calling for violence was left on the cutting room floor.
Just another example of the mainstream media altering the truth so that a story will fit the narrative of their liberal elite puppet masters!
The American People, Unless They Actually Look For The Truth, Can Be Told And Will Believe Any Version Of Any Story In What Now Passes For News Reporting!
What CNN reported (courtesy of Newsbusters): 'Both on their website and televised on CNN Newsroom Monday, CNN described Sherelle Smith as "calling for peace." They conveniently left out the rest of her message, calling for protesters to burn down the suburbs.
On CNN.com, under the subhead, "Residents try to heal," the article read:
Smith's sister Sherelle Smith condemned the violence, saying the community needs the businesses affected. "Don't bring that violence here," Neal, his other sister, said while sobbing.
That was all CNN reported. Again on CNN Newsroom this morning, correspondent Ana Cabrera reported that Sherelle Smith* was "calling for peace," before playing just a few seconds of Smith's words that left out the most damning part.'
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Tainted GirlMature
Everything ached; my legs, my lungs, my head, and most importantly, my heart. I saw her car disappeared around the curve and I knew I'd never catch up to her. I dropped to my knees on the sidewalk and cried out her name. My fingers were still clutching the envelope that contained the photos that had driven her away, hurt. I wished I had run faster after her, begged her louder to stop her car and let me explain, but she wouldn't have any of it. I was hurt, naturally, and some part of me blamed her for not being understanding and for not hearing me out. If she had loved me enough she wouldn't have exploded in rage and run out of the cafe, she should have trusted me. Now nothing mattered, she was gone and I was crying, because there was a void where my heart once was.
I turned around, half-hoping to find Sasha, but it was only Sam standing behind me with a concerned face. His car was parked meters away from us. I snarled at him, "Go away! I hate you!" I hurled the envelope at his face, not caring to tear him apart anymore. He dodged it and then bent down to pick up the envelope, examining its contents. He was appalled.
"Cerice, I swear it wasn't me who took these pictures," Sam started, kneeling down beside me.
"I don't care!" I shouted, allowing the waves of misery to crash on me. "I don't care anymore!" I wailed, as if letting those angry cries out would help heal my heart. I was hurt badly, and for the first time in my life I didn't care about concealing it.
"Come on Cerice, let me take you to your car and drive you to the dorm hall," Sam slipped an arm across his shoulder and pulled me to my feet. Half dragging me to his car. He sat me on the passenger's seat while he took the driver's seat. He ignited the car and let it slowly roar to life.
"She didn't even let me explain her," I mumbled, looking straight ahead and beyond. Tears were unavoidable from now on, "she said I was like Amber, and walked out on me." I turned my head and stared blankly at Sam, "why do you do this Sam?"
"Please Cerice, you have to believe me, I didn't do it," his eyes begged for me to believe him, "after you left my dorm I went straight to the party. Nothing else. I didn't know you'd come into my room when I was half-naked."
I just stared at Sam, feeling numb.
"Listen, this might just be someone's twisted idea of a sick joke. Let's just talk to her, both of us," he suggested, "we're witnesses of what happened last night in my dorm. We only talked, I didn't lay a finger on you, much less have sex."
I laughed at his suggestion, "Sam, she wouldn't believe either of us. She'll think we're plotting this together, just to cover ourselves up. I never realized this before, Sam, but we're part of the same group of bad people. Tainted with shadows of suffering. I've only met two people in my life that are pure, Sasha and Oscar, and I just lost one of them." I giggled and sobbed at the same time.
Sam drove us away.
"Take me to the library," I said, "I just want to be alone with the dust."
Sam did as told, when we arrived, before I climbed out of his car, he said, "I will talk to her."
I shrugged, "do whatever you want." For once, I didn't want to think about anything other than myself and the broken pieces of my heart still lying around. I didn't even bother leave her another message after the tenth. She wasn't the only one suffering, I was too. I entered the library and dropped on a chair, I nestled my head in my arms and slept my agony away.
I stirred as somebody was murmuring my name in my ear. It was a soft and tender voice.
"Sasha?" I opened an eye and saw the moon rising into the sky through the window.
"No, I'm not Sasha, sorry. It's Terry."
"Oh," I didn't conceal my disappointment or rudeness, I was still groggy and annoyed. "What are you doing here?" How long had I slept?
"I came to the library to finish an assignment when I stumbled into you," said Terry, she was sitting dangerously close to me. "You look so unhappy that I thought I might stay with you until you woke up. Wanna talk about it?"
"I'm fine," I muttered. "I don't want anyone's pity or concern. I'm fed up of the world wondering about my problems and I hate having to explain my tears."
"It's okay if you don't want to," Terry said soothingly. She placed a hand on my shoulder and squeezed it. "Everybody has bad days."
"I don't care about anybody else," I retorted darkly. "From now on it's just me and the voices in my head, like it used to be. At least, I get less hurt that way."
Terry looked at me kindly, "oh honey, you'll go through it. I promise. I was also hurt by one of my ex-girlfriends. She heard a rumor of me and decided to break our relationship."
"I don't want to relate my experience with anyone's else's," I responded, "I just need an escape."
We were in silence for some time, and with each passing minute I could feel her closer to me. I didn't welcome her warmth as much as I welcome Sasha's. "I have the perfect escape. Come on!"
I let her drag me out of the library and into the open air, we walked through the gardens and in an empty pergola. She reached in her bag and took out a packet of cigarettes. "Want one?"
"I don't want to die, either," I said, regaining some control.
"Come on Cerice," Terry sounded inviting, "just one?"
I tentatively took one and Terry lighted it for me. It was the first time I ever had a cigarette and I had enjoyed the smoke getting at me, forcing me to forget Sasha for a moment.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/activemq/browse/AMQ-2286?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=52234#action_52234 ] Gary Tully commented on AMQ-2286: --------------------------------- ok, I think you need to reduce the memory available to the queues on all brokers and disable producerFlowControl. The prefetch value is applied to network subscriptions but if the remote broker can accept a message it will take it. Even with straight through processing, not having a consumer available to consume is not a problem unless the queue is memory constrained to block a send if there is no space. So to ensure that 5000 messages don't build up in a slow broker, constrain the memory allocated to a queue such that it will only accept 10 or twenty messages and disableFlowControll so that a send will block. When that queue is full, because the consumers are slow, this will eventually push back to the network consumer with its small prefetch. > NetworkConnector PrefetchSize > ----------------------------- > > Key: AMQ-2286 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/activemq/browse/AMQ-2286 > Project: ActiveMQ > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Broker > Affects Versions: 5.2.0 > Environment: Sun solaris 10 > Reporter: ying > Priority: Blocker > > I have an issue which greatly reduces the quality of service of a network of activemq brokers. > Here is what I have: > 1. 4 brokers( broker1, broker2, broker3, broker4) in a network by multicast discovery > 2. i have 2 consumers of QueueA on broker1, 2 consumers of QueueA on broker2, and consumer queuePrefetch=1, networkConnector prefetchSize=1. Queue is using RoundRobinDispatchPolicy > 3. I publish to QueueA on broker3 with 100 msgs, 2 consumers on broker1 are fast and they process fine but 2 consumers on broker2 are stuck. However, with this config, msgs are still 50 goes to broker1, 50 goes to broker2, and when consumers on broker2 get stuck, those 50 msgs are stuck on broker2. It seems the prefetchSize=1 on networkConnector have no effect at all. > what I expect in this case will be that 98 msgs shall go to broker1, and only 2 msgs stuck on broker2's consumers. I cannot lose a single msg so ConstantPendingMessageLimit will not help. > Please help. Thanks -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Alexandru Radita Death: Closing Arguments For Parents Accused Of Killing Son
CALGARY — The defence is to deliver its closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of Calgary parents of a teenage boy who died of starvation and complications from untreated diabetes.
Emil Radita, 59, and his wife, Rodica, 54, are charged with first-degree-murder in the 2013 death of 15-year-old Alexandru. They have pleaded not guilty.
The teen, who was one of eight children, weighed just 37 pounds when he died.
Sister broke down in tears
Defence lawyer Andrea Serink called one witness Tuesday — Alexandru's sister — who broke down in tears as a video of his last birthday was shown in court.
"He was a little down, probably because he was not feeling the best," said the sister, who is underage and cannot be identified under a publication ban.
The trial has heard from medical officials and social workers who were involved with the Raditas from the time Alexandru was first diagnosed with diabetes in 2000 up until the family left British Columbia and moved to Alberta while under the eye of child-welfare services.
Witnesses have testified the parents refused to accept that their son had diabetes and failed to treat his disease until he was hospitalized near death in 2003. One witness described the teen as nothing more than "skin and bones."
Emil Radita and his wife Rodica are charged with first-degree murder in the death of their son. (Photo: Facebook)
Alexandru's sister, whose view of her parents was blocked by a screen during her testimony, described her brother as a "vibrant person" and "very artistic, smart."
Serink asked if Alexandru was happy.
"Most of the time, yeah," she replied.
She said the last time she spoke to her brother was the week that he died. He was staying in their parent's bedroom because "he was kind of sick ... just the daily sickness, I guess."
Parents did not believe in doctors
The young woman also acknowledged her parents did not believe in taking their children to doctors because of their religion.
Social workers apprehended Alexandru after his October 2003 hospital admission and placed him in foster care — where he thrived — for nearly a year before he was returned to his family.
After the family moved to Alberta, testimony has indicated he was enrolled in an online school program for one year but never finished. The boy never saw a doctor, although he did have an Alberta health insurance number.
The Crown's closing argument is expected Thursday.
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Commonly referred to as Juvenile Diabetes, because it's often diagnosed in childhood. However, it can also be diagnosed in adults. Type 1 diabetics have a pancreas that produces little or no insulin, which requires insulin management through medication that is usually injected.
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition that almost always develops in adulthood — which is why it's sometimes referred to as adult-onset diabetes. "About 90 per cent of diabetics are Type 2, meaning that their ability to produce adequate levels of insulin is highly compromised and they have significant levels of insulin resistance," says Dr. Barry Sears, president of the Inflammation Research Foundation. "The combination leads to significant increases in a variety of additional disorders — in particular heart disease and Alzheimer's — in addition to the standard problems of loss of vision, increased amputation, and kidney failure."
Insulin is a hormone. It's produced by the islet cells of the pancreas, and its role is to regulate glucose levels in the blood. The pancreas secretes insulin into the bloodstream, where it works to allow sugar to enter the cells and lowers the level of sugar in your bloodstream. As blood sugar drops, the secretion of insulin from the pancreas does too. While both types of diabetes involve insulin and the functioning of the pancreas, there are key differences in their causes and treatments.
Symptoms of type 1 diabetes include the emergence of bedwetting in children, frequent thirst, frequent urination, unintended weight loss, extreme hunger, blurred vision, and fatigue.
With type 2 diabetes, the condition can exist for years before diagnosis. But many of the symptoms are the same as with type 1: blurred vision, unexplained weight loss, excess thirst and urination, fatigue. Also watch for sores or infections that are slow to heal, as type 2 diabetes can affect your ability to heal and fight infection. As well, areas of darkened skin (acanthosis nigrican) in creased areas like the armpits and neck are a sign of insulin resistance.
A variety of factors may contribute to the development of type 1 diabetes, according to the Mayo Clinic, including possible genetics and exposure to certain viruses. Risk factors for the disease include family history and young age, with peaks in outset occurring between ages 4 and 7 and ages 10 and 14.
With type 2 diabetes, the risk factors include having excess fatty tissue, carrying fat around the abdomen, having a family history of diabetes, being inactive, having polycystic ovary syndrome, and getting older. As well, people of black, Asian, Hispanic, and Aboriginal backgrounds are at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, though it's not known why.
Interestingly, the incidence of type 1 diabetes increases as you travel away from the equator, according to the Mayo Clinic, leading some researchers to think it could develop more readily in winter than summer. The highest incidences of type 1 diabetes are found in Finland and Sardinia, for example, where rates are about double or triple those in the U.S. and 400 times those in Venezuela.
It's unknown exactly what causes type 1 diabetes, but in those with the condition, the immune system attacks the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. In type 2 diabetes, the islet cells are still functioning as they should, to release insulin — the problem instead is that the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin, the body becomes resistant to the insulin, or both. But while we know about some contributing factors, it's also not known exactly what causes type 2 diabetes.
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes can both have serious effects on your health if not managed. Diabetes can affect your eyes, heart, blood vessels, nerves, and kidneys, though keeping your blood sugar levels well managed does a lot to mitigate these effects. Nerve damage can manifest in loss of feeling or pain, usually beginning in the feet or hands. It could cause gastrointestinal problems or erectile dysfunction. Damage to the blood vessels in the kidneys can lead to kidney failure or kidney disease. Eye problems are also seen in some diabetics, and problems in pregnancy are also a risk.
Prevention of type 2 diabetes can be done in part through dietary choices, and making sure you get enough magnesium may be one of them. "Magnesium plays a pivotal role in the secretion and function of insulin," Dean says. "Without it, Type 2 diabetes is inevitable." Measurable magnesium deficiencies is common with the condition, she says, and related to many of the related complications.
Managing stress and anxiety can also help to keep your overall health steady, including possibly staving off type 2 diabetes. "The connection between stress, obesity and diabetes cannot be overlooked," Dean says. "The stress chemical cortisol signals a metabolic shutdown that makes losing weight almost impossible. Magnesium can neutralize the effects of stress and is known as the anti-stress mineral." And of course, if you do have diabetes, it's easier to manage your condition if you aren't overwhelmed.
There is no cure for type 1 diabetes, though the disease is manageable and treatment has advanced considerably in recent decades. Those with type 1 diabetes must take insulin for the duration of their lives; the physician works with the patient to find the best insulin and dose for blood sugar maintenance. Other medications may be required for related conditions. Not all type 2 diabetics require insulin therapy, but some do. For both types, regular exercise and a healthy diet, along with weight control, can also help keep glucose levels consistent.
For some type 2 diabetics, bariatric surgery may be an option to lose weight and control the disease. However, the surgery does involve serious risks that should be discussed with your physician.
If you suspect you or a family member has type 1 or type 2 diabetes, it's important to seek medical help as soon as possible. It may be helpful to keep track of your symptoms leading up to the appointment, and go in with a list of your medications and general information about your diet and exercise routines.


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Smart, Color-Changing LED Bulb Can Be Controlled with Your Smart Phone
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Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility is a High Tech Robotic Green Dinosaur
Why would you build the house of the future in a shell from the past?
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U.S. Economy's Carbon Intensity Declined 4.2% in 2011
The amount of energy-related CO2 released into the atmosphere by per unit of U.S. GDP produced fell 2.4% in 2001, or 136 million metric tons, while GDP went up by 1.8%.
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Everything he uses or consumes, from computers to shoes to beer, will be non-proprietary and replicable by others. He's got a lot of DIY ahead of him.
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What I can tell you about it?Mature
"I am Nataly Gastov!", The woman said as she looked as if she should have been on cover of vogue not here, having got to her feet to shake my hand. "Your father was responsible for releasing the monster in region of Kablize."
I looked at her terrified. that was were nothing now lived. There was a mention in the paper from there about something the news crew did not dare to describe. I knew one of the reporters looked as though he was unsure of what he was to say about the problem that was before them. The community was no more, there government sealed it up. They did not issue any statement. They made the reporters suspect that there was that a reactor had blew up. That was what the government told them, they were assuredly upset at their writing this.
"and I am Paulus, Trvainco!" the man whose voice I recognized from phoning him and shook my hand. he looked Grime and determined in telling me this. Was a business man in appearance. He had a suitcase, that was open. They had a dossier. With the name Whately and my mother's first name.
" Peter Whitely, Trere must be some mistake, in this matter/" I suggested as I looked at them both.
"I am afraid not?" Nataly told me.
"is this a picture of your father?" Paulus asked me as he handed me a picture of father emerging from a museum.
"I looked at it and did see my father there. "How did you get a picture of him?"
"I knew him to be a master theif. He stole something from an arabian figure, also he acquired a statue from a church.The statue should not have been there." nalaty addressed me, she looked like she was caged tiger desiring to get out of it,
"That is proposterous."I suggested, my father was no theif.
"I am afraid not?"
"my father wealthy beyond my wildest dreams. " I said.
"That might explain why he was so rich?"
"Mind you, there was an earth quake here, this afternoon> I suspect, someoneopened a a portal to the other realm, where He exists>"
"Where who exists?"
"A grreen being with an squid like head, arms of a human, wings and a reptiles tail. Is what it is?"
I looked them as though they had seen a ghost, that I had seen? They were describing what I had seen in the room, where the vortex now was. Hoped beyond hope. that they could give me away to seal the vortex. I was frightened, more so, now. What had my father gotten involved in. stole in TUrkey, he felt he may have needed it t I looked them as though they had seen a ghost, that I had seen? They were
"The medilion is what he he stole in Turkey, he stole it to protect himself from it and its minions. The being is very powerful, we felt an earthquake afew hours ago, that had come from where your house is located. Do you know anything about it. There is no point in lieing to us?" Nataly suggested as she lit a smoke and inhaled the smoke of it.


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Nothing is so unedifying as a scandal over a triviality. But in the depressing saga of Andrew Mitchell's bicycle, maybe the most depressing element of all was how unsurprising it was. Plebgate, as we learnt to call it, seems to be very far from the most serious example of that institution's apparent tendency to self-interest. We should have seen it coming.
The former chief whip, at least, had the wherewithal to dispute the official narrative. As others have pointed out last week, it is quite chilling to think of the invisible cases of those who were unable to mount the same sort of defence. And it's a shame that, just as the privations of prison suddenly became interesting when Vicky Pryce and Chris Huhne were the ones locked up, the possibility that the police might not always be paragons of virtue only draws serious attention when it's a cabinet minister on the receiving end.
Even if we confine ourselves to those scandals we know all about, after all, there is no shortage of examples. Hillsborough, Tomlinson, De Menezes, or the undercover officers who duped political activists into forming relationships with them: none of these examples is in itself a reason to be suspicious of the average bobby on the beat. But, taken together, you would think they would make us at least a little sceptical.
And yet most of us believed the police account. I know I did. I'm quite ashamed of it. In fact, I might have been more sceptical of the same allegation had it been made against an ordinary person. But a minister being stupid enough to use the word "pleb"? Besides, we are trained to think badly of politicians now, dwelling as they do in their ivory towers, with duck houses in their moats. The police, on the other hand, are the good guys. Well, Andrew Mitchell didn't deserve that sort of cynicism. The question is did the police deserve that much credit?
Why did we give it to them in the first place? Why is it that the police always somehow regain our trust? Just now, this feels like a watershed moment in our relationship with them: there have been calls for a royal commission, and the critics have come from well outside the range of what we might call the usual suspects. But there have been such moments in the past. If history is any guide, we will soon revert to granting them the benefit of the doubt.
This may simply be because we're comfortable seeing things this way. According to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, the conversation between Mitchell and the three Police Federation representatives that was supposed to clear the air was instead misrepresented. And, unbelievably, despite all that evidence, despite a transcript of Mitchell's talks with police officers and the apparently contradictory briefing to the press just minutes later, a drawn-out investigation by West Mercia Police found that the officers in question didn't have a case to answer. Thank goodness, this time, for the IPCC, which is now calling for a misconduct panel to investigate whether a false account of the meeting was given deliberately, as an attempt to discredit Mitchell.
Some will see this as the swift closing of ranks to avoid trouble. There have been plenty of occasions in the past, after all, when officers facing grave allegations have taken a conveniently early retirement. But more worrying still is the possibility that those investigating and those being investigated alike really do take the view that they didn't do anything wrong. There is a toxic scenario that combines the left's fear of the state with the right's disgust at militant unions; it's Arthur Scargill with a baton. If it reflects a view that has any sort of traction within the police force as a whole, it is hard to see how it can effectively be combated from within. Only natural, then, that we should prefer to discount this authoritarian possibility. It is simply too awful to contemplate.
More than anything, though, the attitude that allowed this to happen can be summarised by one word: deference. The received wisdom on deference is that it is in decline – that the automatic respect which we once showed to politicians and the aristocracy has waned, and a good thing, too. Actually, though, as cases such as this reveal, it has simply been transferred to a new group of beneficiaries. Today, politicians and business people and the very rich are looked down upon; now it's nurses and members of the armed services and, yes, the police who receive our uncritical adulation. (Social workers are, for some unknown reason, exempt.) This is presumably supposed to make up for how poorly many of them are paid.
I guess this is progress of a sort. At least those whom we dare not criticise now have done something selfless to earn it. But the biggest problem with deference as a guiding principle to social interaction was never that those to whom we genuflected didn't merit it, even if they didn't; it was that obsequiousness dulled our critical faculties, made us unable to think properly about the rights and wrongs of their behaviour.
So it is with Plebgate. After all, there are special rules about swearing at the police, as if it is somehow ruder than swearing at anyone else. Imagine, for a moment, that it had been a footballer to whom Andrew Mitchell had used the word "f******", and who had then claimed that he had been called a "pleb". Mitchell would have been in trouble, certainly, but he would also have felt able to defend himself vigorously, and the media would have trodden much more carefully in its treatment of the story: one of the biggest impediments the minister faced was the unstated assumption in the press that he was bang to rights, which made everything he said seem shifty.
To see this played out, consult the transcript of Mitchell's meeting with the Police Federation. His obsequiousness is embarrassing even to read. His starting assumption is: the police cannot do wrong. He builds it upon his experience of another of the unimpeachable professions. "I was a soldier, I know what the guys get up to and I am full of the profoundest respect," he says. "I've given away awards … I know about the police, I have a huge respect for the police … if you talk to any of the police in Sutton Coldfield, they will tell you that I am a tremendous supporter … so the only point I am making is for me to be caught on the wrong side [the wrong side, Andrew?] of an issue like this is really atypical.
"This is absolutely not me," he goes on, as if denying the police version of events was a moment of madness he only wished he could take back. "If you ask the police here in Birmingham and... in Sutton Coldfield … they will tell you that I am not like that, Andrew Mitchell is the strongest defender of the police you could find anywhere." And why, he is asked, did he not contradict the police account right away? Simple. "I will not, as a supporter of the police for 26 years, be put in a position of suggesting an officer is not telling the truth."
There is the essential point: he will not criticise the police because to suggest that the police might be wrong, even after all the evidence that sometimes they are, even if you know that you did not do what they are saying that you did, is beyond the pale. You would have to say that this is pretty feeble on the minister's part, and perhaps one can understand others' credulity when even the man himself is reluctant to dispute it.
The irony, of course, is that in the end this approach does these "sacred cow" institutions as much harm as it does the rest of us. If we were able to engage critically a little earlier, such nuclear calamities would be significantly less likely to unfold; they are the product of an overweening confidence built upon an assumption of total untouchability. That breeds a sense that the requirements of the institutions are more important than the requirements of the citizens they are supposed to serve – and that leads to moments of crashing revelation if we discover that, sometimes, they may not be on our side.
Andrew Mitchell's foul-mouthed rebuke to the officer on duty that sparked this whole sorry business may well turn out to be exactly right. "I thought," he said bitterly, "that you guys were supposed to f****** help us."Reuse content


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Chapter Four - Messing With The ManMature
Tommy Vercetti ran with purpose as he was pursued by Jack Blake. He cleared the car park and ran out onto the lone path opposite the ocean. Many people parted as the two men thundered past.
"Stop, police!" Yelled Jack. Tommy ignored him; launching himself past a group of surfers who fell aside from the sheer force. However, Jack darted to the side through the large bushes and, as Tommy almost made it to the bridge, lunged at him knocking him onto his back. Without a moment's hesitation, Jack cuffed him and allowed himself a laugh. It's about time he had a win.
"I don't have anything fancy to say. But, fuck it, I don't need to say anything at all".
"I didn't do it, officer" said Tommy lazily. Evidently, the man had a good lawyer if he was that nonplussed.
"I'm bringing you in" Jack said, as he hauled Tommy back to his Cheetah. Upon arriving to his car, he threw Tommy in the one side and pulled himself into the other.
They drove for ten minutes before Jack broke the silence. He was deciding on how to approach the subject of the drug deal. Tommy appeared to be a complete hardass.
"So, you were at the Vance and Forelli meet. Care to elaborate?" He began, slowing the Cheetah slightly.
"I'm not saying anything without my lawyer" Tommy replied simply.
"Whatever you say, big man. How about I knock your teeth out? Then your lawyer can talk for you"
"I'm not saying anything without my lawyer" Tommy repeated, tonelessly.
Jack sighed and pulled up by the Washington Mall. At this rate, Tommy would be getting a slap on the wrist and then he'd probably disappear with nothing but a minor mark on his Vice City record. Even being the Harwood Butcher wouldn't warrant him any special attention here. Jack decided to take a different route with Tommy.
"You did a deal with The Vance Crime Family. Admittedly, I may have scuppered that..." He looked at Tommy but there was no reaction on that stern face. "If you can give me some information on them then I may be able to let you go"
Tommy shifted in his seat uncomfortably. He turned to Jack, his face devoid of emotion.
"I'm not ratting anyone out. I'll wait for my lawyer"
"Bear in mind, with me and my team appearing and ruining the deal, I'm pretty sure all parties involved are going to look for a scapegoat"
Tommy shifted again. Not out of nervousness, rather there was an anger bubbling under his calm exterior.
"I'm guessing your pay masters aren't too pleased you left your cut. And I sure as Hell know Victor Vance is going to blame the one guy who managed to escape unscathed. Although, I'm sure his kindness in the past will shine on that"
Tommy finally looked at Jack. Something stirred in his mind.
"You're not just any cop, are you?"
Jack continued. "If you can help me out anyway you can, I can take down the Vance Family finally. They rule Little Havana with an iron fist and I reckon they're going to spread their influence Downtown. With all the corrupt politicians and yuppie types, they'd be crazy not to"
"What's in it for me?" Asked Tommy. He seemed interested now.
"What do you want?" Jack said with a bitter taste in his mouth. Making deals with criminals was not something he was fond of. But, with the impotence of the police force, he had no choice. Plus, his own captain encouraged it after the arrest of Gonzalez.
Tommy cleared his throat. "Protection. I have no faith in my lawyer or the damn company he keeps. I was dropped into this town and now I'm going to be hunted because you and those other assholes messed up that deal." Despite knowing the inherent risks of working with a cop, Tommy felt he had no choice. It was either this or an Italian American death.
"Who do you believe is going to whack you? Just the Vance family?"
"Just some pricks from up north" Tommy looked out the window onto the street. It was going to be a long, long two months, he thought as Jack restarted his Cheetah and sped off into the sunshine.
Author's Note: As with the butterflies at Cortez's party, Tommy being caught by Jack Blake certainly is new territory for him. Tommy feels he has no choice; considering the Forelli mob (a big and powerful family in '86) can easily have him whacked. Unlike in the original timeline where he develops important contacts, Tommy is essentially powerless at this point. No empire, no connections, nothing. The Cubans are in the Vance Family's corner and Cortez is yet to be introduced to Tommy.
Although it seems out of character as Tommy appears to be an amoral psychopath, he does understand loyalty and doesn't possess a huge ego. After spending those years in the dock, can you blame him for wanting to stay out of jail?
The fact that Tommy pretty much works for Jack Blake now butterflies his involvement with Cortez. That includes the missions he undertakes for him.
At the moment, to recap, Victor Vance wishes to begin a takeover of Downtown, Cortez is hoping to distance himself from the drugs bust and his suspicious of Jack Blake and Tommy is now under the protection of Jack Blake.
Diaz has yet to play his card but he'll be covered very shortly.


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My first week of vacation starts April 6th.
It will be a relaxing orgy of mini dresses, Game of Thrones, and new ink.
That's right, I made my first appointment for my long-desired chest piece.
The amaze-balls Chris May is designing something rad featuring lace, water, and a skull.
Bathing suit weather is on its way.
It was a damn near tropical 45 degrees out today. I'm, no joke, wearing shorts.
Anyway, so glad this hellish winter is waning *fingers crossed*.
I need this retro swimwear in my life:
Golden X-box controller matches my fab shiny Britney tee. Like, oh muh gawwwwwd!
New Manager = Happy Happy, Joy Joy.
Work life has changed drastically...for the insanely better.
So in January my awful cunt-bully of a boss got fired for doctoring $30,000 worth of corporate inventory.
Oh, karma. I love you so. hehehe
I ran the shop in her place for over a month (which is why it's been so long since I've updated here...super busy, lots of overtime).
The atmosphere was night and day from when she used to be in charge.
The girls and I, gasp, had fun, got shit done, and my store director was wowed at how smoothly things went. *pats self on back*
It was stressful but kind of exhilarating. I trusted my own instincts and really gained some serious confidence in my abilities.
As someone who struggles with anxiety, learning to take things "one day at a time" was a revelation for me. I feel like I can take on anything now.
Our new manager who started last week is sassy, hardworking, and treats me like a human being and confidant. I couldn't be happier.
Holy Hell, Cosmos.
Its debut left me engrossed, speechless, and needing more. (Incredible to watch after a couple hits off the bubbler too).
It is so important this is on a major network. It will bring the magic of science to a new audience.
I fucking love you, Mister Degrasse-Tyson.
*bows down*
I miss having a bathtub. My apartment bathroom only has a shower. So...nakey pics? Yes.
I will end with this video in hopes it gets stuck as much in your head as in mine. The circle of life you see. hehe
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Counting Calories For Fat and also Fat burning
Do calories actually count First off calorie checking does matter. Every "expert" or system that declares that you could consume whatever you desire as well as still shed fat is existing to you or the individual does not understand anything concerning weight loss. Currently to be straightforward the majority of those so called experts do recognize that you need to count calories nonetheless they do not inform you that since you should invest some added time on it. And also something that calls for job and also time afraids of possible consumers. That is the reason that you see many advertisements on ways to shed a great deal extra pounds in an extremely brief time. There typically aren't numerous writtens that are sharing you the reality. Weight loss is not difficult however you should do something about it as well as recognizing exactly what you are doing foodmenuguru.com.
Do you truly have to count calories? Is maintaining a food journal truly that required to gauge your weight loss (un)success. In this write-up you will certainly find the reality regarding counting calories. This might appear like an information yet allow's be truthful boosting a bunch of information could have a terrific effect on the more than outcome.
The regulation of calorie equilibrium Comprehending weight loss is not truly that tough. If you consume a lot more calories after that you melt you will certainly put on weight. If you shed much more calories after that you eat you will certainly slim down and also if you eat the exact same variety of calories that you melt you will certainly preserve your weight. This is a legislation and also it's solid duration. Do you have to count every single calorie Counting each calorie will certainly drive you insane and also is practically difficult to adhere to as a way of life. On the various other hand simply presuming just what you could as well as cannot consume is merely unsatisfactory. Nevertheless there is a simple system you could make as well as comply with to obtain point right. Usage succeed or nourishment software application to develop a food selection. Grind all the numbers consisting of fats, healthy proteins, carbs as well as calories. Publish it out as well as put it in a noticeable location. That food selection is your consuming objective for that day and also a calorie target also


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I used his firm 15 years ago and was completely satisfied with the outcome and handling of my case, He is a true American citizen that supports us veterans . He is the best criminal attorney in the fresno clovis area.
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Popular property highlights
Super 8 - Amsterdam places you 9.8 mi (15.7 km) from Adirondack Animal Land and 12.2 mi (19.7 km) from Johnstown Historical Society. This motel has 67 rooms and welcomes guests with conveniences like free breakfast, free in-room WiFi, and free self parking. Saratoga Spa State Park is also 25 mi (40.3 km) away.
Start your day off right with a free continental breakfast offered each morning.
Super 8 - Amsterdam's 67 air-conditioned rooms provide free local calls, ironing boards, and desks. TVs come with cable channels, and free WiFi keeps guests connected. Hair dryers are also standard.
Property features
Guests of Super 8 - Amsterdam enjoy access to free WiFi in public areas, a business center, and coffee in a common area. If you drive, take advantage of free parking. Front-desk staff are standing by 24/7 to assist with any requests.
- Free continental breakfast
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Free parking
- Business center
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Hotel Amenities
Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. A business center is on site. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. This Amsterdam motel also offers coffee/tea in a common area and RV/bus/truck parking. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Super 8 - Amsterdam is a smoke-free property.
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Free WiFi
- Total number of rooms - 67
- Number of floors - 2
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- Business center
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free breakfast
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
Super 8 - Amsterdam offers 67 air-conditioned accommodations with hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. Televisions come with cable channels.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply).
- Hair dryer
- Free WiFi
- Air conditioning
- Television
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Iron/ironing board
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast each morning.
Nearby Things to Do
- Golfing nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10 per night.
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No cribs (infant beds) available
Only service animals are allowed
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Barnes Stymies Reading Bats 2-1
Ten strikeouts for Barnes; Wilkerson hits second home run
By Portland Sea Dogs | May 1, 2013 10:44 AM ET
(Reading, PA) - The Portland Sea Dogs (15-9) continued their excellent play on the road with a 2-1 victory over the Reading Fightin Phils on Tuesday afternoon at First Energy Stadium.
Matt Barnes (2-1) earned the win and was outstanding in six innings of work. He gave up two hits and one earned run. He set a season high with ten strikeouts. Barnes' career high is twelve, set last May 5th while pitching for the Salem Red Sox. Barnes' lone blemish on the day was a sole home run given up to Jim Murphy.
The Sea Dogs bullpen was stellar once again. Pete Ruiz worked one and two thirds of an inning before giving way to Chris Martin with a runner on third and two out in the eighth. Martin got out of the jam as Heiker Meneses made a diving stop on a hard hit ball from Murphy to save a run and end the inning. Martin worked a scoreless ninth and earned his second save of the season. Martin has not allowed a run this season.
Portland got on the board in the first inning. J.C. Linares' RBI double brought home Xander Bogaerts to put the Sea Dogs in the lead 1-0. Murphy's sole home run in the bottom of the fourth tied the ballgame.
Shannon Wilkerson's solo home run in the seventh inning broke a 1-1 tie. It was Wilkerson's second home run of the season
The Sea Dogs and Reading Fightin Phils (Phillies affiliate) conclude their three-game series on Thursday morning beginning at 11:35 AM at First Energy Stadium. Right-hander Anthony Ranaudo (3-0, 0.83) makes his 5th start of the season for Portland. Radio coverage begins at 11:15 AM on the U.S. Cellular Sea Dogs Radio Network and via the Tune-In Radio app for smartphones and tablets. Tickets are available for the upcoming homestand on May 3-8 at Hadlock Field by calling 207-879-9500 or at seadogs.com.
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While at NDC Oslo, K Scott and Jon talked to Rachel about accessibility (web and otherwise) and testing.
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Our research demonstrates just how crucial our couple relationships are. While good quality partnerships are hugely positive forces in our lives, they are equally not immune from pressure. Policy makers must do more to offset the impact of such stressors, and ensure we all have the tools and confidence to reach out for support when we need it.
1.) If you know about my anxiety, it means I trust you - so please treasure that. It's not something I give away easily. Anxiety is invisible so I can keep if from people if I choose - other excuses can step in if needed. But if I tell you the truth instead of an excuse then you are special. Thank you for making me feel safe enough to tell you.
Bravery comes in many forms. We need to be brave enough to admit that some battle wounds are the invisible ones we carry every day, brave enough to seek help and no longer suffer in silence, brave enough to admit that more needs to be done in terms of NHS mental health funding, or brave enough to lead the way in research and technology for future therapies.
Depression can be frightening. Often we can doubt whether it will ever get better. Being told that it can, is what we want to hear - even if we may find it hard to believe. Being told that we are the one, who has to take responsibility and do something about it, is not something we may want to hear.
I don't use the term breakdown lightly. In fact there is still some doubt in my mind as to what I actually went through, (breakdown was used by my counsellor), but I know that it was big. I suppose I use a variety of terms to do with my mental health rather interchangeably; emotional instability, unhappiness, depression; for me they are all aspects of the same thing.
It took a long time for me to realise, with the help of counsellors at the Rainbow Project and Lifeline (two fantastic resources that I was able to use to save my own life) that I am loved, I am valued and I am as deserving of happiness as anyone else. But it has to start with accepting yourself first.
My sessions of talk therapy back at university helped my story telling. Every week, I'd walk through one of the colleges, past the restaurant where students were sitting and laughing with each other, past the duck pond where the college cat was watching hungrily from behind the bushes, to a door tucked away behind a wall -- Counselling.
I can't remember a time in which I wasn't obsessed with my appearance. There is a harsh, vindictive little critic who sits on my shoulder and breathes his bile into my ear incessantly... He tells me I'm grossly overweight, unattractive, and undesirable. He turns my head towards every reflective surface and excoriates every lump, bump, crease and curve, imagined or otherwise... I no longer feel I have any concept of what I actually look like.
The experience of not feeling understood, or feeling misunderstood in therapy is not uncommon. It may be felt in the first or early sessions or later on. Sometimes we may find that we are not well matched with our therapist or counsellor and that the chemistry is not working. But before settling for that explanation it might be worth considering some other possibilities.


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Shands Hospital for Children in Gainesville Sneak Peak
Published June 11th, 2011
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Saturday families were at sea during a sneak peak of latest addition to the Shands Hospital for Children in Gainesville.
The new ocean-themed pediatric emergency room will be opening on July first. The nautical design includes fish tanks, porthole windows and walls and furniture designed to simulate waves. State-of-the-art equipment has been scaled down for use on younger patients.
Development and construction of the new emergency room was made possible thanks to a $500,000 donation from the Sebastian Ferrero Foundation. The new facility is equipped to treat up to 24 thousand patients a year.
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Hi, we're a friendly mature couple, one aussie and one english, keen to move out to Manly. Both like to be active, sports lovers and good cooks. Very easy going and have lived in shared accommodation for many years.
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Orange, a Major French Telecom Company, Partners With e-Ligue 1
E-Ligue 1—the official FIFA tournament for France's Professional Football League—landed a partnership last week with Orange, a major French telecom company. The league will be renamed, to "Orange e-Ligue 1." Orange will also promote the event through its social networks RushEsport and Le12emehomme.Orange isn't new to esports. It has beenRead More


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DevDugal brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 264 Designs von 80 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Anil Insurance
Insurance company focused on selling life insurance.
ideas to focus around....
owners name is Anil Patel. but the business community knows him as Anil Insurance. his website domain is anilinsurance.com
"celebrate life" - celebrating life while you are alive, carpe diem'ish
looking for all creative, out of the box ideas.
use of A.I. initials would be interesting.
use of tree,lotus petals would be interesting. [but not necessary. don't get stuck on this idea of a tree!]
magnify ANIL more, less the insurance. ANIL should stand out for the focal point of the brand.


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Blatter wants players to cut down on feigned injuries
ZURICH (AP) - FIFA President Sepp Blatter wants to clamp down on players who feign injury during soccer games.
In his column in FIFA weekly, which will be published on Friday, Blatter says it is ''deeply irritating'' when ''the (supposedly) half-dead player comes back to life as soon as they have left the pitch.''
Blatter is urging referees to make these players wait on the touchline until the ''numerical disadvantage has had an effect on the game.''
The head of soccer's governing body says ''in practical terms this amounts to a time penalty - and it could cause play-actors to rethink.''
There have been 13 yellow cards for diving in the English Premier League so far this season.
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Un nid d'amour : parfait pour des amoureux!
Our beautiful newly renovated Barcelona apartment is located in the Gotic part of Barcelona, just behind the main post office and a 5min walk to the Marina and 15min walk to the beach. The apartment balcony faces a medieval wall and tower. Because we are not in the center of the Gotic, it is less crowded with tourists and late night revelers. The apartment is flooded with sunlight until early evening. There are bike rentals around the corner and an endless number of amazing restaurants, tapas, wine and craft beer bars all seconds from our front door. Barcelona at your doorstep is exactly what our apartment is.
Ethan Winogrand and Montse Moro
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