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1 - I discovered I have sleep abnia which has been the cause of my memory problems and permenant fatique since 1994



2 - Broke up with my girlfriend, the longest relationship I ever had (almost 2 years)



3 - Turns out my ex is 9 months pregnant. I become torn, a shattered man (kids mean the world to me, my cousin Claire is the first in the family to have a baby, she's 1 year older than me)



4 - My firstborn, a son



5 - My very first Fathers Day



6 - 5 months later, I heal from the extreme anger and depression. I thank the man who worked behind the scenes and the adoptive parents with all my heart for letting me in. My son is such a happy baby, protected by an older brother (2 years old)



He is content. I am so happy.

Almost all concentration camps in the 20th century had one thing in common: people were put into camps not for what they did, but for who they are. Invariably the inmates were people who were members of the 'enemy' group or at any rate a category of people who, for reasons of their race or their presumed politics were judged to be dangerous or extraneous to society.



Second Boer war, 1899 - 1902



These had originally been set up for refugees whose farms had been destroyed by the British "Scorched Earth" policy (burning down all Boer homesteads and farms). However, following Kitchener's new policy, many women and children were forcibly moved to prevent the Boers from resupplying at their homes and more camps were built and converted to prisons.



This was not the first appearance of concentration camps. The Spanish used them in the Ten Years' War that later led to the Spanish-American War, and the United States used them to devastate guerrilla forces during the Philippine-American War and used on Indians. But the concentration camp system of the British was on a much larger scale.



There were a total of 45 tented camps built for Boer internees and 64 for black African ones. Of the 28,000 Boer men captured as prisoners of war, 25,630 were sent overseas. So, most Boers remaining in the local camps were women and children, but the native African ones held large numbers of men as well. Even when forcibly removed from Boer areas, the black Africans were not considered to be hostile to the British, and provided a paid labour force.



The conditions in the camps were very unhealthy and the food rations were meager. The wives and children of men who were still fighting were given smaller rations than others. The poor diet and inadequate hygiene led to endemic contagious diseases such as measles, typhoid and dysentery. Coupled with a shortage of medical facilities, this led to large numbers of deaths



The plan for concentration camps in South Africa had all the hallmarks of Lord Kitchener's famous shortcuts. It was big, ambitious and simple - and extraordinarily cheap.



They were located to cause maximum discomfort: not shielded from cold winds, mud was everywhere, babies who's mothers' died drank coffee.



The situation in the camps was becoming catastrophe. By Oct 1900, the death rate soared to 344 per 1000 inmates, children under 6 had virtually no change of survival. In the end 4177 women an 22074 children died in the camps.

I have not had descent sleep since Saterday :(



My eyes are glassy pink all day long, people are looking at me in a funny way



I am tired, I cant think straight and I am easily confused until I get good sleep again.