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Now that the American Psychiatric Association has stated they may refine the ways autism and Asperger syndrome are diagnosed, The New York Times examines the matter on today's opinion page.
First, an op-ed by psychiatrist Paul Steinberg, "Asperger's History of Over-Diagnosis," delves into the history of the issue:
"[C]hildren and adults with significant interpersonal deficits are being lumped together with children and adults with language acquisition problems. Currently, with the loosening of the diagnosis of Asperger, children and adults who are shy and timid, who have quirky interests like train schedules and baseball statistics, and who have trouble relating to their peers -- but who have no language-acquisition problems -- are placed on the autism spectrum."
Next, "I Had Asperger Syndrome. Briefly," by writer Benjamin Nugent, details his experience being misdiagnosed with the condition.
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Few conditions seem to generate as much controversy as autism. The latest potential hornet's nest centers on the upcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which is due out in 2013. The DSM, which is put out by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), is the mental health profession's bible, setting the standard for research, treatment and insurance decisions.
It's likely that the new DSM will have a very different definition of autism. Instead of three autism subtypes - Asperger syndrome, autism spectrum disorder and pervasive developmental disorder - not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) - there will be just one, autism spectrum disorder. Some experts believe the changes are needed because current definitions of autism are too hazy, leading perhaps to an over diagnosis of the condition.
The new definition is meant to streamline and clarify what it means to have autism. But many experts are quoted in news articles about being worried that it could radically limit the number of people who are diagnosed with autism, and thus deny them access to needed health, educational and social services. One of those concerned experts, Dr. Fred R. Volkmar, director of the Child Study Center at Yale School of Medicine, expressed his concerns about the proposed changes at a recent Icelandic Medical Association meeting.
The panel downplays the numbers of people who will be affected, but no one really knows.
Read more about the proposed DSM changes at Diagnosing Autism and the APA's press release on the changes.
Well, it's been about five and a half years.
When I started on this site, my son was just a little guy.
At that time, I wanted to know all about autism spectrum disorders. And over the years, I have learned! The wealth of information I collected - all I ever wanted to know, and more! - will still be here, on these web pages, for a while to come. That's because any site guide starting out today to cover topics in autism would have to start almost from scratch in just a year and a half, when the new diagnostic manual is published. At that time, much of what I've written about - Asperger syndrome, PDD-NOS, speech issues related to autism and more - will simply be... obsolete.
Sadly, while I've certainly learned a great deal about autism over the past few years, I've also learned that there is no consensus - and likely never will be - on what autism "really" is, what causes it, what treats it, or why any individual person has the symptoms of what we presently call autism spectrum disorder. This void of information has been energetically filled by the voices of parents and others who have made a life out of anger and/or the willingness of desperate people to believe that something - anything - could make things "normal" after the birth of a child with autism.
I've also learned that it's easy to become a target for saying those fighting words: "I don't know what causes autism, but I suspect there are many causes and many autisms." I've been accused (in a negative way) of "being Switzerland," something that I certainly don't regret. This site has been a "bully pulpit" for people on all side of the many issues surrounding autism, and despite my "Switzerland-like" approach to moderation, it has become, on occasion, a battleground.
This site is medically reviewed, but I am not a doctor. I'm a mom and writer. I like to think of myself, too, as a critical thinker. As a final blog on this site (and you will be able to find me again, if you're interested, on my Authentic Inclusion site!), I'd like to just give readers some of the insights with which I leave this particular gig.
1. The goal of autism therapies and treatments, in my opinion, should be to help the individual with autism to become as fully human as they can be. Being "fully human" means so much more than being typical. It means learning, loving, creating, imagining, laughing, playing, singing, being silly, having fun. The idea of valuing a human being on the basis of whether he is "indistinguishable from his typical peers" is just plain terrifying.
2. There are many therapies out there, but none is a "cure for autism." Not even ABA. I recommend picking the therapies that work for you, your child, your family and your pocket book. We specifically stayed away from ABA because, quite frankly, when it's done poorly (and it often is) it is dehumanizing and disrespectful. Worse, it is focused entirely upon behavior, and not upon the human being that is your child. If you MUST go with ABA, choose your therapist very carefully. No matter what, PLEASE look more closely at Floortime and RDI. These therapies are all about helping your child to become the person he or she truly is, and on helping your child discover his emotional self, her creative self, his personality, her passions!
3. Life is for living. Even (and perhaps especially) when your child is autistic. PLEASE get out there, have fun, enjoy life, enjoy your kids, don't spend your life, love and treasure exclusively on therapies. Go fishing. Go swimming. Take a hike. Volunteer. Sing. Play. LIVE! And while you're out there, look for ways to help your child with autism to join in the fun. Use your imagination, and help your child with autism to use hers. Introduce your child to his world, and to the people in his world. Help them to get to know and care about your child. It's the community that, in the long run, will make or break your efforts to help your child succeed.
4. There are plenty of self-serving nuts out there trying their best to sell you Very Expensive Snake Oil. But that says nothing whatever about the impact one way or another of vaccines on children, or about the efficacy of diet, nutritional supplements, sensory integration or other alternative therapies on autism. We DON'T KNOW what caused your child's autism, we don't know what will cure it, and we probably will never know. It is almost certainly the case that people on both sides of "the biomed debate" are right - and wrong.
5. Gold-plated, double-blind, controlled, expensive studies may tell you far less than you think they should.
6. This so-called "autism community" includes some very scary people. Beware of these people, and try not to allow them to influence the decisions you make on behalf of your children. When sites like Age of Autism LITERALLY photoshop images of horns and tails onto people with whom they disagree, you can make a shrewd guess that they have an agenda that they are trying to push.
7. Many people on the autism spectrum are amazing human beings. Many are not. In fact, people with autism are as varied as the rest of the human race. "Neurodiversity" - the idea that it's ok to be who you are - is a wonderful idea. If you are a decent human being. If, in fact, you're not, then no amount of social skills training is going to turn you into Mother Theresa.
So... some of you may be wondering where I'm headed from here. I should say, first, that autism is not my only focus as a writer! I'm an educational writer with more than a dozen books to my credit (including just one about autism). That said, though, I will tell you that I will be contributing to a new site called Autism After 16. I'll be consulting on "authentic inclusion" with museums and other community organizations. I'll be blogging on my own site, Authentic Inclusion. And I'll be continuing to help my son, Tom (and my daughter, Sara) to become all they can be!
Note: as this is the last blog post I'm writing for this site, I have closed the post to comments. To those of you who enjoyed reading my blogs, thanks so much for the kind words!
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To field editor Hazel Fritchie of Palestine, Illinois - how creamy is this pudding? Would it hold up for slicing in a baked pie shell or graham cracker crust? If it's not thick enough, could I use unflavored gelatin to give it some body and not ruin the recipe? Thanks very much!
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An ancient custom that's only found in or around the borders of Derbyshire. Well dressing might date back to the Celts, or perhaps even earlier, but what exactly is it? At its simplest, well dressing is the art of decorating springs and wells with pictures made from natural materials. But this doesn't explain how well dressers make such intricate and detailed pictures using only flowers, berries, leaves ... Last year, Chesterfield's well dressing used dried chamomile flowers, peppercorns, rowan berries, sweet cicely seeds, eggshell and melon seeds, as well as other dried and fresh plants and flowers.
Find out how a well dressing is made by watching the well dressers at work. After claying the board, work will begin on outlining and 'colouring in' the design. Dried materials such as straw, alder cones and peppercorns will be used early in the week. Rowan berries will add some colour on Wednesday but fresh flowers won't be added until Thursday as they will be the first to fade.
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Health and nutritional status of mothers and infants are directly linked, making appropriate infant feeding a critical first step in preventing a variety of medical conditions. "Poor feeding practices can lead to malnutrition and obesity, and contribute to an overall decline in the health and welfare of the population," said Cathy Carothers, President of the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA).
Research shows that infants who are not exclusively breastfed for their first six months of life are also more likely to develop a wide range of chronic and acute diseases and conditions including ear infections, diarrheal diseases, asthma, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and respiratory illnesses. In addition, mothers who do not breastfeed are at an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
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While gathering the historical sidebars for the Free Press's "Annual Report/State of the City" insert While gathering the historical sidebars for the Free Press's "Annual Report/State of the City" insert which appears in this issue, we were impressed again with the amazing resource Raymond F. Wiebe has provided our city. His written history of our community, titled Hillsboro: City on the Prairie, is an informative and delightful compendium of enlightening facts and observations about the start and development of our fair burg. Here's one jewel we discovered while looking for something else: Did you know Hillsboro may be the largest city in Kansas to have never allowed a retail liquor to operate within its city limits? If Raymond believes the notion to be true, that's good enough for us. His research is meticulous. (By the way, you'll find that nugget of trivia gold on Page 80.) We also discovered one other, much more troubling, fact while doing our research: Raymond's book is all but out of print. And that's a shame. The book has largely been a self-funded project, so we can't blame Raymond for being hesitant to risk the considerable dollars required to produce a second printing. But maybe a generous benefactor or civic-minded organization in our community could step forward to provide or raise the funds. We agree, such an investment will likely not return huge financial dividends for the investor—the book, as good as it is, will never make the national best-seller lists. But we ought to have an ample supply of copies available for purchase by visitors, tourists and the curious and sentimental—enough to last at least a decade. Or until he writes the sequel. We haven't broached the idea of a second printing with the author. He may have other, very good, reasons for not moving ahead with such a notion. But he ought to at least know that some of us think the notion is worthwhile. Would anyone second the notion?


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Couple Claims Vet Tried to Steal Their Puppy
By: Mitch Carr
Updated: August 13, 2009
Raul Hernandez and Nicole Saunders took their four-month-old rottweiler puppy Grace to the vet when she got sick. They were unable to pay for the treatment at the time.
But, they say, a friendly veterinary technician at the Animal Hospital of Lubbock stepped in and offered to help pay for the dog's treatment.
That's where the stories diverge.
Hernandez and Saunders say they were promised that they would get their dog back after her treatment.
"She said, 'Well as soon as the dog gets well, I'll give it back to you.' I said, 'Is your word good? Do i need to sign? Do we need to put this down?' She goes, 'No, I'm not like that,'" Hernandez said of his conversation with Animal Hospital employee Christy Willis.
Willis says she made no such promise
The dog was treated and released to Willis, but when Hernandez and Saunders checked, they claim Willis told them their dog was dead and that she had been disposed of at the local dump.
They later found out that Grace was alive and well, and living with Christy Willis.
The two were devastated and then angry.
"[Nicole] missed a day of work. I missed a day of work because she was distraught. What kind of people do that? What kind of veteranarians do that? And the more we thought about it it was like, 'Well what if we're not the only ones they've done that to?'"
Hernandez and Saunders now have Grace back, and Head Veteranarian Jay Jones says this is the first and last time something like this will happen at the Animal Hospital of Lubbock.
"There will not be any other arrangements like this. Obviously, employees will never do anything like this," Jones said.


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Stayed night before ND Spring game. Good location but not very clean and room was 100 degrees when we got there because housekeeping had turned heat on high. Front desk seemed to not care at all when asked about it. Breakfast in mornin was basically empty already at 8 am. Wouldn't recommend unless everything else in area is booked.Recensioni obiettive Hotels.com
Well, I had to carry the bags up & down the stairs as there is no elevator, which is strange. The man at the service desk said breakfast was from 9-12. I got down there at 9:30 & there was nothing. I called hotels.com yesterday & they said everyone knows breakfast is 6-9 am. Well, that's not what I was told ! I am not very happy about Super 8.Recensioni obiettive Hotels.com
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"Norte Dame Pre Game Party"
We all had a great time. It was a nice place to stay.Recensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"My stay"
Stay as a whole was good. The staff had absolutely no personality. Found remote underneath bed.Recensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"Good stay"
When I booked the room, I was looking for a cheap room and one that was close to where I had to be in the morning. It was great to have a room cleaner than I thought it was going to be for the price. The room was nicely set up with a chair and a light great for the reading that I needed to do, a refrigerator to keep my morning caffeine since I don't […] drink coffee, and a bathroom that DIDN"T have any mold in it. I misplace my channel lineup and when I asked for a second one, there was no problem and the clerk even checked room availability for the next night due to weather in my home town. She was very helpful. Breakfast was missing some fruit and egg protein but overall it was a great setup. Loved the stay. Continua a leggereRecensioni obiettive Hotels.com
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"Good if Traveling Cheap is Important"
I don't usually stay at any place with less than a 4 star review from other guests, but this trip was spur of the moment and I was looking to travel cheap and the rate was incredible. Overall the hotel was fine. It could be cleaner. They don't do a very good job of dusting and vacuming. There was no "do not disturb" tag for the door so house keeping […] will be knocking on the door. Breakfast is very very basic, but free. The staff was extremely friendly and courteous. I was comfortable there. Continua a leggereRecensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"Good value"
Better condition than I expected and a good value. Location is convenient. Hotel was clean, staff were friendly. Not much business the weekend I was there. Would stay again.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
"Good stay"
It was good. I'll stay again.It was good. I'll stay again.It was good. I'll stay again.It was good. I'll stay again.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
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HOTEL WAS IN A GOOD LOCATION BUT, IT COULD USE SOME UP DATING AND BREAKFAST COULD HAVE BEEN BETTERRecensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"Don't stay here"
Give this place a pass. Better to sleep in your car in the parking lot.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
shower in bath needs to be fixedRecensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"Perfect Low Budget Stay for ND game"
Stayed here with my 10 yr old son when we came up for Notre Dame game. Awesome location across the street from big shopping mall, lots of restaurants etc and only 2.5 miles from campus. Can't beat the price and proximity to ND however as noted in all the reviews the hotel is a budget hotel. Bead and pillows are soft. Clean room but had musty smell throughout […] hotel and room however my son who usually has allergies or sneezed had no issues at all. Did not try the breakfast. Only laid our heads down to sleep and were out exploring ND and South Bend. Highly recommended if you only need a bed to sleep in. Go Irish! Continua a leggereRecensioni obiettive Hotels.com
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"Simple a great hotel"
After reading some other recommendation we were very worried about the condition, cleanliness and location of the hotel. We were very surprised. Room was very, very clean. Bathroom was excellent. Staff could not have been more pleasant and helpful. Some reviews stated other guest and the area was full of rowdy, loud, and obnoxious people. None of that […] was true of our stay. The hotel was very quite. Got a good night sleep. We had one problem with the TV, but that was no big deal. The complimentary breakfast was very good and there was a variety. Will definitely stay here again. Have recommended it to everyone we came in contact with the weekend. Great location for ND football games. Continua a leggereRecensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
"needs updated"
:People were nice and they tried - but smoking must been encouraged at one point. yellow stains everywhere- the smoke detector was yellow yet the room was just painted a nice whiteRecensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"Good value and plenty nice for Notre Dame visits."
Basic yes, but fresh carpet, bathrooms, etc. It passed the stringent standards of my wife. Not upscale but, 50% the price of the hotels closer to ND campus. It's about 12 minutes from campus in the big box area NE of campus. We will stay there again.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
"Notre Dame football weekend"
This hotel overall was satisfactory. The location was excellent and was only a short drive to Notre Dame. The room was outdated, but clean. The biggest negative was that the room smelled of cigarette smoke even though it was a non-smoking room. The breakfast items were very limited and not replenished frequently, but for a free, quick breakfast, not […] bad. A good experience for a place to sleep and shower between activities on campus. This was the second time I've stayed here and will stay here again. Continua a leggereRecensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"Good value for ND Football weekend"
Good deal for the money, especially on a Fighting Irish football weekend. Average hotel nothing great but clean and friendly.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
"Right next to the mall"
Hotel was decent, the pillows suck so bring your own. Close to everything, good price, nice staff, ok breakfast. It's a decent stay for what you pay.Recensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"Pretty good especially for the price"
The room was clean and cleaned everyday in the morning with brand new soap and shampoo every time. No problems with anybody and overall ended up being a great time and you can't beat the cost.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
"Horrible place never again!"
Place was the worst hotel ever the room smelled like mold and cigarettes! but also I will never use hotels.com too can't believe they said it was ok! Never never! Nick p.Recensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"ND football weekend"
Pillows were horrible. Note to self....bring from home.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
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"Good basic hotel for a reasonable price"
Convenient to an ND football game for not a lot of money - staff were friendly. Room was clean.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
"Desk Staff could use some sunshine"
Night clerk, a female, very congenial. Day clerk, a male, surly in general, and rude about keeping breakfast center stocked, e.g., with milk for coffee and cereal. Hotel also undergoing some upkeep, but evidence (lack of baseboards, paint cans, etc.) all around.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
"stay away"
they are renting rooms by the week to homeless people, it appearsRecensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
"Good Inexpensive room"
If you just need a place to lay your head for a night or 2, you can't beat the price. Room was clean. Bed was okay. Continental breakfast was good.Recensioni obiettive Hotels.com
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"Close proximity of shopping."
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IN THE MIDDLE OF A REMODEL HAD WORKERS HAD A PARTY MAKING A LOT OF NOISE.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
"Great value, clean room."
The staff was friendly and helpful. the room was clean, bed comfortable and the housekeeping did a great job. Great place to get a good nights rest and shower after a hard days work. I am not looking for a hotel to move into, just a clean, well kept room to stay. Great value for the price.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
"If you like inexpensive......."
The hotel was...well what I paid for...cheap! The cost was cheap and so was everything else. The first room we were put in smelled like cigarette smoke so bad it was unreal, when I went to the clerk he informed me it was a smoke free hotel.....guess the last guest in that room didn't know that! In our next room two bibles acted as one of the bed frame […] legs. The head-board was loose so it bagged none stop. The a/c kinda worked as long as I turned it off and back on every few cycles. The breakfast was not what you normally get at a Super 8....big disappointment. The entire hotel was HOT, HOT, HOT! Wifi was spotty at best. With all that being said it was what I paid for.....Last thing the morning clerk that took his cigarette break on the front steps of the entrance was super nice....guess he didn't know that place was smoke free either :) Continua a leggereRecensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"Worst Super 8 ever"
room smelled like cigarette smoke.The entire premises needed renovated.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
"Okay for a one night stay..."
We booked this room based on two things: (1) Other reviews that said it was fine for a one-night stay only, and (2) the fact that we were arriving very late on a Saturday night and didn't want to pay a higher weekend rate at a nicer hotel. Here are the pros at this Super 8: (1) the beds were comfortable, (2) the shower had good water pressure, (3) great […] location, and (4) our car wasn't broken into overnight. Here are the cons: (1) The clerk was less than friendly and pretty suspicious, (2) the second lock on the door was broken (we shoved two chairs in front of the door just in case), (3) the room was supposed to be non-smoking, but was obviously a former smoking room and it reeked, (4) there were not enough towels in the room, (5) the whole hotel lacked AC until we turned on the room air conditioner and it cooled after 30-40 minutes, and (6) it was bare basics - the alarm clock didn't work and there wasn't a coffee pot. I'd only stay there again if I arrived really late for a one-night stay, and as a woman, I sure wouldn't stay there alone. Continua a leggereRecensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"Good value for the price"
Good nights sleep at a great price. Had a basic breakfast of cereal, toast, juice available. Our room contained some screws in the wall where it appeared that old mirrors or lighting fixtures were located. They may have been doing some remodeling, not sure. Overall good value for the money.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
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"Good bargain price"
The price is good. Convenient location. The room condition is OK.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
"Hotel needs 911 Help"
Clerks unfriendly and indifferent at front desk. Room not clean. Cigarette holes in sheets. Many reviews we read after we arrived on line talked about bed bugs - we did not see any but were paranoid about them. Outside hallways were dirty and smelled.Recensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"Hotel Needs Help!"
Both people at front desk were not customer service oriented..the man in the morning I thought was gonna bite us....outside the room lots of dirt and nasty looking...looks like they are renovating..but it is bad news...hardly any cars in parking lot should have been a key...many reviews we read after we got there talked about Bed Begs - so we were also […] worried about this...Hotels.com needs to check these properties out before they let people go there...rooms were creepy and that was the overall impression of the hotel and the breakfast was YUK! Continua a leggereRecensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"Very good value for the money"
Contrary to some of the reviews I read prior to booking at this hotel, my room was very clean, smelled clean, and was more than adequate for my needs. I had never before stayed at a Super 8, normally preferring to spend a little more for a moderately higher end hotel. I was pleasantly surprised at the amenities, which included hair dryer, iron & ironing […] board, refrigerator, desk, and easy chair in the room itself and complimentary continental breakfast. The breakfast was similar to what I had experienced at hotels such as La Quinta, Hampton Inn, and Country Inn & Suites. The furniture in the room was not brand new, had been scuffed up a bit, but the cleanliness is really all that mattered to me. I would certainly book here again. Continua a leggereRecensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"NIce hotel to stay 1-2 nights, affordable price"
I and wife have visited South Bend area with friend and his wife. We stayed in Super 8 for 1 night. When travelling over weekend or long weekend we prefer to stay in Super 8. Th hotel in Mishawaka was convinient for us during recent travel to South Bend. The hotel has all what we were lokking for and affordable price.Recensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"Serviceable for overnight stay"
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"This location has taken a step backward"
I have stayed at this location previously on trips to Notre Dame. While the overall conditions were satisfactory, it seemed to me that this location had taken som subtle steps backward from previous stays. The room had recently had whatever pictures previously on the walls, leaving the hardware on the wall. The bed's headboard was not attacted to the […] bed or the wall. One of the lamps was missing a bulb. Neither the room mnor the bathroom had cups. HBO service has recently been discontinued. Continental breakfast was very limited. However, the property was clean and the beds comfortable. My impression was that the management had recently changed and was cutting costs. Continua a leggereRecensioni obiettive Hotels.com
"Very comfortable stay."
Staff was very friendly, competent, and helpful. The entire hotel was clean and well-prepared for my stay. Location was convenient. The computer in the hallway for the patrons' use is not very modern.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
"Sore back from carrying luggage upstairs"
Hotel, was ok, but they have 2 floors and no elevator,so luggage cart is useless if you can find the only one they supposetly have. Peaple should know there is no elevator before they book room.Recensioni obiettive degli ospiti Expedia
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Introducing Vagrant
Have you ever heard the following? "Welcome to the team! Here's a list of 15 applications to install, the instructions are in the team room, somewhere. See you in a week!" Or: "What do you mean it broke production, it runs fine on my machine?" Or: "Why is this working on her machine and his machine, but not my machine?"
Development environments are becoming more complex, with more moving parts and tricky dependencies. Virtualization has been a huge boon for the IT industry in saving costs, increasing flexibility and maintaining control over complex environments. Rather than focusing on virtualization on the delivery side, let's look at how you can provide that flexibility and control to developers to manage multiple development environments easily using Vagrant.
What Is Vagrant?
Vagrant is an open-source (MIT) tool for building and managing virtualized development environments developed by Mitchell Hashimoto and John Bender. Vagrant manages virtual machines hosted in Oracle VirtualBox, a full x86 virtualizer that is also open source (GPLv2).
A virtual machine is a software implementation of a computer, running a complete operating system stack on a virtualizer. It is a full implementation of a computer with a virtual disk, memory and CPU. The machine running the virtualizer is the Host system. The virtual machine running on the virtualizer is the Guest system. As far as the Guest operating system is concerned, it is running on real hardware. From the perspective of the Host, all of the Guest's resources are used by the virtualizer program. A Box, or base image, is the prepackaged virtual machine that Vagrant will manage.
Installing Vagrant
Starting in version 1.0, Vagrant provides two installation methods: packaged installers for supported platforms or a universal install with Ruby Gems. This article covers installation using Gems. This method has three parts: 1) install VirtualBox, 2) install Ruby and 3) install Vagrant itself.
VirtualBox is available from the VirtualBox home page with builds for Windows, OS X, Linux and Solaris. Note that Oracle provides the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack on the Download site that provides additional features to the virtualizer. The Extension Pack has a separate license (Personal Use and Evaluation License) and is not needed to use Vagrant, but if the Box you are using was created using the Extension Pack, you will need to install the Extension Pack as well.
Ruby is a popular dynamically typed object-oriented scripting language. Ruby is available out of the box in OS X, and most Linux distributions also have a Ruby package available. For Windows users, the RubyInstaller Project provides an easy way to install the Ruby runtime.
Ruby libraries and applications are available in packages called RubyGems or Gems. Ruby comes with a package management tool called gem. To install Vagrant, run the gem command:
> gem install vagrant
Vagrant is a command-line tool. Calling vagrant
without additional
arguments will provide the list of available arguments. I'll visit most of
these commands within this article, but here's a quick overview:
— create the base configuration file. -
— start a new instance of the virtual machine. -
— suspend the running guest. -
— stop the running guest, similar to hitting the power button on a real machine. -
— restart the suspended guest. -
— reboot the guest. -
— determine the status of vagrant for the current Vagrantfile. -
— run the provisioning commands. -
— remove the current instance of the guest, delete the virtual disk and associated files. -
— the set of commands used to add, list, remove or repackage box files. -
— used for the creation of new box files. -
to a running guest.
The last thing you need to do in your installation is set up a base image. A
Box, or base image, is the prepackaged virtual machine that Vagrant will
manage. Use the box
command to add the Box to your environment.
The vagrant box add
command takes two arguments, the
name you use to refer to the Box and
the location of the Box:
> vagrant box add lucid32 http://files.vagrantup.com/lucid32.box
This command adds a new Box to the system called "lucid32" from a remotely hosted site over HTTP. Vagrant also will allow you to install a Box from the local filesystem:
> vagrant box add rhel5.7 rhel5.7-20120120-1223.box
[vagrant] Downloading with Vagrant::Downloaders::File...
[vagrant] Copying box to temporary location...
[vagrant] Extracting box...
[vagrant] Verifying box...
[vagrant] Cleaning up downloaded box...
China may still be a
China may still be a developing country, but the Chinese people have kept up with the fashion and culture of the modern world. While you may still find people in China who regularly wear Mao jackets, tunics and loose traditional-style trousers, the vast majority of people in China dress similarly to people in Western countries in jeans, t-shirts and business suits. Qipao (Mandarin) or cheongsam (Cantonese), the ancient style of long women's formal gowns, are still worn but only during formal occasions or by hostesses in upscale restaurants and hotels. Chinese Dress
Buggy so far...
My experience with Vagrant has been pretty awkward, to say the least.
At first it was working great, but then after a few days using I started to get timeouts and was unable to do the provision without timing out.
Ruby's not a scripting
Ruby's not a scripting language, it's a dynamic language.
I hate it when multiple persons work on the same piece of code, it always takes a lot of guesswork to see who made which error and when...
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WD Caviar Black 2TB
Two terabytes of performance HDD
Review The 2TB Caviar Black is the second hard drive we have seen with a capacity of two terabytes. Glance back to our 2008 round-up of 1TB drives, which used three or four platters, and you can see that this is pretty much a doubling of areal density.
Western Digital's Caviar Black 2TB: covered up...
The first 2TB drive we saw was a member of WD's Caviar Green line-up with an emphasis on environmentally friendly performance. The key here is power draw so the Green drive uses a lowly spin speed of 5400rpm despite the inevitable performance hit.
It's a different story with the 2TB Caviar Black which has a spin speed of 7200rpm along with a host of other features.
The guts of the Black are similar to the 2TB Green as both models use four 500GB platters with eight read/write heads. However, the extra spin speed has made some changes necessary. For starters, the cache has doubled in size to 64MB. Every drive in the Caviar Black family is described as having "up to 64MB", but to date the only drive we have seen with that much memory is the 2TB - smaller drives have 32MB.
The most dramatic new technology is the twin actuator, and it's currently unique to the 2TB Black. Actually, that's not quite true as the 2TB Black shares all of its features with the WD RE4, which is an enterprise drive.
...and nekkid
The specification of the RE4 is very similar to the Caviar Black in every respect except that it has an MTBF rating of 1.2 million hours while there is no mention made about the expected life of the Black. Both drives have a five-year warranty. The other difference is that the RE4 is intended for use in Raid and as a result the TLER (Time Limited Error Recovery) is much lower. A desktop drive will typically attempt to recover bad sectors for 15 seconds while we understand that the RE4 will quit after seven seconds.
@Lennart Sorensen
> CRC checks in the filesystem are a nice feature but they are only checks, they are not error correcting at all just error detection
You are wrong. ZFS detects *and corrects* errors. The 256 bit block checksums are compared with the data read back during a file read or scrub operation, and if an error is detected it is corrected using parity data in redundant vdevs.
If you don't believe this, try reading the ZFS tech info available -- look under 'self-healing'.
@ Dale
"The real annoyance is that Windows and Mac OS X both insist on measuring in GiB, but use the "GB" suffix like they're just trying to confuse you. Hence the icon."
Yeah, both major operating systems are trying to confuse you, not the HDD manufacturers. *sigh*.
Windows and Mac OS X have been *correctly* reporting in "MB" and "GB" since before MiB and GiB were even invented.
For reference:
MB = megabyte (2^20 bytes)
GB = gigabyte (2^30 bytes)
MiB = Men in Black, a movie starring the Fresh Prince
GiB = Girls in Black, a little known blaxploitation sequel
"You can buy 1TB 2.5" drive ---- where???
I think the statement "You can buy 1TB 2.5" WD drive" is incorrect. 1TB 2.5" drive is still only a WD marketing dream and exists only as HTML page on Western Digital site. I cannot buy it neither from WD site nor from any other channel. Only 500GB drives on stock, same as half a year ago.
I think Western Digital managers developed and excellent way to get bonuses. If the product is not ready on time - just place nice description on web page, and you can put a plus sign that it is "released". When, in reality, half a year will pass until customers are able to buy the product.
I suggest to clearly mark all the pages where product is not yet on sale. I.e.: "Future product. Estimated availability date - December 2009."
You can have it all with OpenSolaris and ZFS...
Leo Waldock writes, "This is thoroughly good news but of course it's the combination of performance allied to the colossal 2TB capacity that catches the eye. That said, the formatted capacity is a 'mere' 1863GB."
Under OpenSolaris with ZFS - you will have more of the 2TB potential, if you are running with redundancy, since ZFS can perform the error correction for you, instead of being done on the disk drive... no sense in doing the error correction twice and losing the space twice when the loss of space in CRC's is redundant...
Generally wikipedia is not a place to go quoting. At the same time if you read what it did say, the filesystem overhead is less than 1% of the space. The difference between 2000GB and 1863GiB is a lot more than 1% (6.8% in this case). So it has nothing to do with the filesystem overhead or formatting or anything else, it is simply a matter of the HD makers and Microsoft using different units. Back when harddisks were measured in MB the difference was smaller and many people just claimed it was the overhead of the filesystem, even though it wasn't true then either. Now that we are starting to see rather large differences people actually start to really notice it. If you were to convince windows to show you the size in bytes instead of GiB then you would still have a capacity of the filesystem even with the filesystem overhead of very close to 2000000000000 bytes.


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A feature on the local 6:00 news featuring me and the troupe I'm performing with in Virginia beach!
I started performing in Youth Circus in 2000 where I found a calling and a huge passion for performance. At Sailor Circus we learned how to rig our own equipment and were responsible for rigging our equipment for each practice. I've recently started a production company that specializes in circus talent, aerial yoga and aerial equipment. Hear about my journey as a rigger, performer, and producer. Our new company is called Circusoul Productions.


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What's great about these babies is that even if you already own a watch (I own three!) you'll still find the time (another pun) to wear a La Mer. You can bring a pop of color to your workweek wear with a Royal Blue one. Feel like an undercover sass in the Leopard wrap or, glam it up in a watch with chains attached: bracelet+watch=fashion&function. Something my Mama always said was worth the money.


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The St. Augustine Police Department issued a warning today about suspicious calls to local businesses from someone claiming to be a Florida Power & Light Company representative.
The calls came to three different local businesses from a man who identified himself as Steven Martinez, according to a St. Augustine Police Department release. The number he called from is 904-677-2019.
The following was compiled from police reports from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office (SJCSO) and St. Augustine Police Department (SAPD):
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Jax suspect held: A St. Augustine man who was charged with homicide in Jacksonville in October was transferred to the St. Johns County jail Monday to separate him from his co-defendants.
Investigators have said Marvin Vincent Jenkins, 19, and two other men robbed and killed Timothy John Pemberton, 20, on Oct. 5 when Pemberton tried to sell them marijuana at an apartment complex near the University of North Florida campus.
The following was compiled from police reports collected from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office (SJCS0), Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) and St. Augustine Police Department (SAPD).
* Who: Beasley, Kwamaine Stephen, 19, St. Augustine. Charge: Failure to appear. (SJCSO)
* Who: Borman, Karen Louise, 48, St. Augustine. Charge: DUI. (FHP)
* Who: Brazeau, Michelle Suzanne, 49, Elkton. Charge: Driving while license suspended, displaying suspended or revoked license. (SJCSO)
Drug deal gone bad: A 19-year-old St. Augustine man was arrested Tuesday and is facing a drug possession charge after police allegedly found 130 grams of marijuana in his car.
A passer-by called police Tuesday night to report they saw two men in a tan Toyota hold a man at gunpoint and push him from the car.
Officers stopped the car on State Road 16 and observed a "substance they knew to be marijuana on the rear floor board," according to a St. Augustine Police Department news release.
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* Who: Allred, William Ricky, 53, St. Augustine. Charge: Retail theft. (SJCSO)
* Who: Kennerly, Howard Claville, 29, Hastings. Charge: Contempt of court. (SJCSO)
* Who: Kramer, Jared Scott, 33, St. Augustine. Charge: Driving with suspended/cancelled/revoked license. (SJCSO)
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lilly: I've been going back & forth between a couple of different modes of computing lately. For a few weeks, I'll use the combination of my laptop, tablet & phone. Then for a few weeks I'll try to live without my laptop at all. It's been illuminating for lots of reasons, some of which I've been writing… John you just gave me a lightbulb moment for dual screen interface.


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thanks very much Lorelei, Anna & Kelly
Lovely work, I would love to embroider a table runner too :)
I like it too!!!!!!
I really like it.
thanks linda & judy
Very Pretty. Hugs judy
Zeeniya, I really like what you've done here. The colours are lovely, and each element in the flowers is interesting.
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