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In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
1.1(place)Golden Square, the scene of violent demonstrations — Golden Square, escenario de violentas manifestaciones
- the scene of the crime — la escena / el lugar del crimen
- the police were on the scene within minutes — la policía llegó al lugar de los hechos en pocos minutos
- Rescue workers were on the scene in the Alpine town of Bramberg working to free eight people trapped in the wreckage.
- Earlier this summer city centre nightclubs were the scene of two gangland-style drive-by shootings involving handguns.
- The emergency services were quickly on the scene including a special incident unit from the fire brigade.
- Police officers will issue the leaflet at the scene of an incident to victims of road collisions.
- A CNN reporter, she is on the scene at the site of the search for the missing girl.
- The student at the university lives in a street overlooking the scene of the shooting.
- The driver of the Sierra was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
- The air ambulance, which was already in the area, was first on the scene and landed on the road after police closed it off.
- The driver of the bus fled the scene of the accident.
- The estate, located on the main Kilkenny road out of the town, was the scene of a crash the week after Christmas.
- Police were quickly on the scene when the day centre's alarm went off at 12.30 pm on Sunday.
- We'll hear from reporters on the scene in Iraq's capital city and a lot more.
- As part of the operation a squad car will patrol Southend centre and west of the town to get to the scene of street robberies within minutes.
- Police were also on the scene to carry out their own investigations about the alleged incident.
- The equipment will therefore be used at the scene of any major incident, such as road or rail crashes involving many injured people.
- Officers also received a call from a member of the public who spotted the youths fleeing the crime scene.
- They were the first people on the scene after the incident.
- Despite the relative isolation of the area, around a dozen neighbours were quickly on the scene after the alarm was raised.
- A controversial town centre pub, which has been the scene of three shootings, wants to extend its opening hours.
- Waves of panic seized the crowds in the narrow streets around the scene of the blast, near the central mosque.
1.2(view, situation)escena feminineshe paints country scenes — pinta escenas campestres
- scenes from everyday life — escenas de la vida cotidiana
- He achieved third place for his landscapes of woodland scenes.
- The town centre is a scene of devastation, with the city theatre and other buildings burned out.
- His murals, landscapes, and scenes of village life capture what it is to be St Lucian.
- This event will consist of an exhibition of paintings of relevance to the conference, especially landscape and rural scenes, a poetry reading and music.
- His wife was seven months pregnant as she watched the horrific scenes unfold on television in London.
- But none compared with the unforgettable scenes of jubilation witnessed on Saturday evening.
- At the bottom, in what was a shopping centre, a scene of horror awaited him.
- For some time the region was the scene of struggles between Bulgarians, Romans and Byzantines.
- In 1952 he settled permanently in Santa Fe in New Mexico and spent the rest of his life painting landscapes and scenes from New Mexico.
- Set against the American Civil War, this city was the scene of another kind of slavery and subjugation.
- The village centre is once again the scene of chaos as the roads are being dug up, filled in and tarmaced over.
- Lucy demonstrated great skill in her selection and application of colour to create landscape and water scenes.
- The winter scene of the old farm is in a unique solid white frame as is the family photo.
- He described chaotic scenes at airports on the islands.
- After fully examining the scene of utter chaos, Dizante came over to us and sat down as well.
- In recent years he has had three trips to Europe, and now a greater proportion of his paintings features scenes outside New Zealand.
- Appropriate subject matter for art could include pastoral scenes, landscapes, florals or anything else that is calming and appealing.
- She returned to the family home at 2 am to be greeted by the scenes of devastation.
- The scene of carnage was described by one onlooker as " sheer hell".
- When we arrived on Wednesday afternoon we witnessed scenes of almost indescribable devastation.
- The officer said the roundabout was a scene of utter confusion.
- There were wonderful scenes of jubilation in Ballycroy on Sunday night, March 28.
- It depicts a beach scene outside The Hague with a boat setting off into a stormy sea.
- This photograph depicts the scene outside a house in Cherrygrove, Portlaoise.
- Park did not want to be a painter, though today he produces interior scenes and landscapes mostly populated with anthropomorphic animals.
- The setting is a suburban scene of single-family houses, wide lawns and lush trees.
- When Pitch scrambled through the opening, he found himself 40 feet above the worst scene of devastation imaginable.
- He specialises in watercolours - finely-observed landscapes and street scenes in soft, pastel colours.
- The collection includes landscapes and urban scenes and the paintings are mainly acrylic on stretched box canvas.
- The video begins as Hass records the night scene outside her Ramallah home.
- Locations chosen had high numbers of speeding-related accidents and were the scenes of tragedy.
- Several lorries then ploughed into the wreckage as the motorway was turned into a scene of chaos as cars and lorries collided with each other.
- In its many scenes of devastation, the script shows intransigence on both sides.
- Fame and prosperity were just around the corner, although both depended on Monet painting landscapes and scenes that would appeal to buyers in the bourgeois market.
- The posters depicted rolling stock, landscapes and other scenes including Blackpool, the Garrick Theatre in Southport and Brixham harbour in south Devon.
- She picked the notebook up and flipped through it, finding various pictures of nature scenes and mythical beings and such.
- Croke Park was the scene of great colour all over with over 82,000 people.
- Locals will recognise street scenes from Tralee and landscapes from various local beauty spots.
2(in play, book etc)escena feminineAct One, Scene Three — acto primero, escena tercera
- the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet — la escena del balcón en Romeo y Julieta
- I sat aghast as I watched the worst sex scenes ever filmed with some of the ugliest camera-work that I have ever seen.
- There was only really one fault with this production, the change from scene three to four.
- The opening scene depicts Detroit as a city of smoke and industry, car manufacture, and boarded-up buildings.
- The fight sequences and the main scenes have been filmed and only the songs are yet to be shot.
- They shoot several more scenes in the grandstands outside.
- The film begins with a scene to introduce each couple, then sticks them all together for the middle, ending with three more scenes to conclude each couple's story.
- Disc two is a collection of behind-the-scenes footage, out-takes, and deleted scenes from this controversial film.
- The novel's last scene shows this beautifully, and horribly.
- Why doesn't he film nude sex scenes?
- I signed a contract beforehand, which clearly spelt out the number and nature of scenes I'd have to do.
- A short scene of interracial romance between two characters in one of the flashbacks was surprising, too.
- How awkward is it for actors to film love scenes?
- And at the end of the opera, the death scene is a faithful recreation of the state execution.
- The film, which is a narrative of what happened during the riots, does not have any scenes of violence.
- In the final scene, the representative tried to ensure future contacts.
- There are also storyboarded sequences for several scenes that did not make it into the finished film.
- The opening scene is set in the 1950s.
- Similarly, Loach avoids the use of background music to heighten the emotion of a scene.
- Hackman meant, I believe, that no great dialogue scenes are shot outside.
- Next up are nearly 19-minutes of deleted scenes from the film.
- The cameraman would film the scene and take the shot back to the laboratory to check it and then he would re-shoot it again.
3(stage setting)decorado masculinebefore noun scene change — cambio de decorado masculine
- Students learn about the Adler technique, voice and speech, movement, scene study and Shakespeare.
- Schimmelpfennig's script offers no scene descriptions or stage directions, only dialogue.
- He keeps the tension high, though many of the props marking scene changes are superfluous.
- The stage set, with its numerous moving parts, will allow Master of the Sword to be performed without any breaks for scene changes.
- Indeed, innovation in scene painting is associated with Sophocles, albeit in a passage of Aristotle which may be interpolated.
- The sound effect cue for that scene change is a series of camera clicks, as if many photographers are taking photos.
- Greig says Pyrenees is an actor-friendly piece of work, with no constant scene changes, no running on and off.
4(fuss, row)escena feminineto make / create a scene — hacer una escena
- I hate scenes — odio las escenas en público
- I could feel tears welling up in my eyes and I didn't want to make a scene.
- His softly spoken admission reminded her of the scene in the hallway outside of his apartment.
- I was crying and Peter picked me up and took me out the back door of the club so I wouldn't make a scene.
- It is difficult for women to retaliate in public without creating a scene and inviting stares when something like this happens.
- Although I felt a sudden temptation to slap her pretty face, I was too tired to make a scene right now.
- I would have fallen on my knees and make a scene just to embarrass him, but it would have made me look like a complete idiot.
- She shook her head gently at Angus, warning him not to make a scene.
- She didn't do anything as she didn't want to make a scene in front of the media, shattering her public image.
- The wrong problem at just the right time could cause a public scene and possibly prevent him from getting any acting jobs.
- They were beginning to make a scene, and Kayleigh saw some uncertain security guards approaching.
- I knew he didn't like the smoke either, but he didn't want me to make a scene.
- Our guide encourages us not to make a scene, but rather to pay the money and forget about it.
- I only meant that it's awfully late to start an emotional scene - a lover's quarrel.
- The woman was practically spitting, although she was trying her best not to make a scene.
- Kayla yelped in shock and embarrassment at the scene they were displaying to innocent bystanders.
- After our little scene outside this morning, Kai made me go with him back to his house.
- She hesitated a second, wondering if Drake would yell at her or make a scene in front of the crew.
- I had learned a few things, but I really didn't want to make a scene right now.
- 'I saw you,' he added, betting that she wouldn't attempt to deny it and cause a scene in public.
- If you have to complain write to the airline and don't make a scene at the counter…
5(sphere)ámbito masculinethe political scene — el ámbito político
- the (gay) scene — el ambiente (gay)
- the Madrid scene — la movida madrileña
- the drug scene — el mundo de la droga
- The people he did business with were seriously linked to the Bay Area party scene in some way.
- She said that in the future BTU would expand its activities onto the international scene.
- He built up a career as a planning barrister and maintained an active interest in the political scene.
- The political scene in India has changed beyond recognition since my return.
- First-rate duos are a rarity of sorts in today's indie scene.
- It has elected Cuban Americans to Congress and has dominated the local political scene in the Miami area.
- He is a real advocate of citizen's political rights though, with no major changes in the political scenes.
- One way of bringing in new income is by promoting the company in the wider community outside the arts scene.
- We live a pretty low-key life - the party scene does not interest us.
- The party scene is starting to pick up here again, so let's go back a bit and hit on some of our city's happenings.
- Outside of the fishing scene there has not been much happening around us.
- If that doesn't say something about the small-fry nature of our theatre scene, I don't know what does.
- Having lived in Shanghai for four years, he has noticed changes in the drinking scene.
- A jazz musician and film extra who has moved from Southend to South Lakeland has been plugging into the area's music scene.
- Suddenly we are surrounded with reminders of just how interesting the post-punk musical scene was.
- China's economic and political scenes have been quite good after new leaders took over in Beijing.
- The political scene has changed dramatically, twice in one year.
- The package represents the folk scene in all its diversity, from cult figures to uneasy fusion-flavoured outfits.
- Drawing in audiences from far outside the folk scene, does she still consider herself a folk artist or just an artist?
- A traditional Egyptian art weaves its way onto the fashion scene, driving economic change.
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Will al-Shabaab join ISIS?
22 Oct 2015
Rumours are circulating that al-Shabaab is to join ISIS, but such a move faces formidable obstacles, writes Emily Mellgard.
Rumours are circulating on social media that al-Shabaab plans to abandon its international sponsor al-Qaeda for the dominant force in the jihadi movement, ISIS. There are claims that an al-Shabaab elder, Abd al-Qadir Mumin, who joined the group in 2013, pledged allegiance to ISIS on 22 October 2015. This is not the first time speculation spiked about an impending change of allegiance. ISIS has carried out an aggressive recruitment campaign to woo al-Shabaab into its ranks since the self-proclaimed 'caliph' Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi announced his 'caliphate' in June 2014.
When Ahmed Godane, al-Shabaab's former 'emir,' was killed by a US airstrike in September 2014, ISIS appealed to his successor, Ahmed Diriye, to swear allegiance to ISIS. Diriye rebuffed the overtures, reaffirming his bayah (oath of allegiance) to al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Since then, speculation rises every few months that al-Shabaab will join ISIS. In December 2014, ISIS published a dedicated propaganda pamphlet calling on al-Shabaab to pledge allegiance to ISIS. It ends with the question "When will we hear 'Wilayat Somalia had pledged Allegiance to the caliphate?'"
On 15 October 2015, Boko Haram, the jihadi insurgency operating in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin, which joined ISIS in March 2015, released a video message encouraging its fellow sub-Saharan African jihadi group to join ISIS. This too appears to have left al-Shabaab's leadership unmoved. ISIS' Egypt affiliate, 'Sinai Province' (previously known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis) released a video message this year making a similar call for al-Shabaab to join the 'caliphate.' Al-Shabaab is thus far the only sub-Saharan African jihadi group to be singled out by ISIS' affiliates and called on to join them, supporting the suggestion of some analysts, including Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, that ISIS is "desperate to announce a province... in East Africa."
There are several factors that complicate and influence al-Shabaab's desire and ability to swear allegiance to ISIS. These include internal divisions between domestic and international al-Shabaab fighters, divisions between old guard and younger al-Shabaab fighters, and al-Shabaab's longstanding relationship with al-Qaeda.
Internal divisions and a long-standing relationship with al-Qaeda have prevented the group from joining ISIS.
One historic check on al-Shabaab's growth and strength is the influence of clan ties, which pull fighters of different clans in opposing directions. Al-Shabaab's claims to Islamic legitimacy have gone farther than almost any other identity marker in Somalia to create a unified identity, but clans still influence leadership, priorities, and loyalties within al-Shabaab. None of al-Shabaab's leaders or elders have able to quell inter-clan influences and fighting. Zawahiri was never able to mediate clan influences either. These internal divisions make it unlikely al-Shabaab could make a unified change of allegiance to ISIS.
Since ISIS declared a caliphate there have been indications that factions within al-Shabaab want to declare loyalty to al-Baghdadi. Periodic reports indicate al-Shabaab members have been arrested or executed for supporting ISIS, but the media outlets that can get hold of insider al-Shabaab information are often connected to al-Shabaab defectors, giving them motivation to emphasise these divisions.
Many of the fighters agitating for al-Shabaab to join ISIS are younger members, and a significant proportion are foreign fighters (which make up approximately 25 per cent of total al-Shabaab numbers). These fighters have already demonstrated their commitment to international jihad by travelling to Somalia, convincing them to join a group that claims authority over the global 'ummah' seems a logical step. Among old guard al-Shabaab fighters, the argument is harder.
ISIS will find it harder to secure al-Shabaab's allegiance than Boko Haram's.
Though al-Shabaab officially joined the al-Qaeda franchise in 2012, the two groups have a much older and deeper relationship. Osama bin Laden was reluctant to formalise the groups' relationship, worried it would draw undue attention to Somalia from the West, cautious about the internal clan dynamics that kept al-Shabaab divided, and disapproving of the group's emphasis on civilian casualties. That said, many of the oldest and most senior al-Shabaab leaders trained with al-Qaeda and have direct ties to the group, as well as the shared ideology of international jihad. The official merger of the two groups is the enduring legacy of Godane. Breaking that is proving difficult for ISIS.
Al-Shabaab also benefits from its proximity to al-Qaeda's Arabian Peninsula franchise, AQAP, currently most active in Yemen. There are indications the two groups could increase their engagement. Since it lost control of most of its territory in 2011 and 2012, al-Shabaab has shifted tactics back to guerilla-style attacks, partly in line with AQAP's own strategies.
In some ways securing bayah from Boko Haram in Nigeria was easier than drawing al-Shabaab away from al-Qaeda would be. Before joining ISIS, Boko Haram was an officially independent insurgency. Joining most prominent global jihadi group was a publicity coup for Boko Haram leader Abubakr Shekau. For Diriye to make a similar move would mean turning his back on decades of engagement between Somali and Afghani jihadis and upsetting the loyalties of al-Shabaab leadership. Enticing al-Shabaab from al-Qaeda will likely be a similar struggle for ISIS as its efforts to persuade Taliban fighters to turn away from Mullah Mansour. It is possible that factions within al-Shabaab may switch allegiance from al-Qaeda to ISIS. However internal clan and generational factionalism, and the group's longstanding relationship with al-Qaeda might make a united oath of allegiance more difficult to secure.
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everton at home
It's only a few hours left to the Everton match, and for us it is only three points that counts. And if we continue on what we showed on Wednesday we will win this game. I hope all of you will come to the game and help us to make this a memorable match. Yesterday it was the way seven years ago since I signed for Blackburn Rovers. COYB!
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Andrea wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 12:49
Lykke til med kampen i kveld!!:) jeg håper dere vinner!
Heia Blackburn Rovers!!:D
Tonje Karlsen wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 13:49
Lykke t me kampen:D trur dokker vinn kampen;D
Michelle wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 14:45
Good Luck today, you can celebrate with a win and a goal
Mat wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 15:43
Win It for Brett!
And more importantly 3 points
lee wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 18:10
sorry to hear about your injury today morten, hope you're back soon. but, can someone please tell me how steve kean is still in a job???? i know it's not his fault that we missed two pens, but, his team selection is absoluelty shocking!! jason roberts is never a footballer!! PLEASE can someone at rovers explain to venkys that steve kean has not got a clue when it comes to managing a premier league side and if he sats in charge for too much longer, we will not be a premier league side come next season.
Sonny wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 18:51
shame you where injured, please let the other players know the negativity and booing was aimed at kean, not just on todays result but keans entire record during his time as manager and the way hes portrayed himself to be(an arrogant lier), hes just jerome andersons little puppet, hes doing are club and your careers arm.
you have been here long enough to see how good and exciting are club can be with little finances but a very good manager(souness,hughes).
liesel (beez) wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 19:27
sorry 2 hear bout your injury gamst, hope your back on your feet as soon as possible!!!! steve kean's choice of team is horrendous! jason roberts isn't a preimeir league footballer more like a league 1 footballer with 2 left feet!!!!! he is basically rubbish and shouldn't have played today Rochina should have been there instead! shame to miss those penaltys in the second half! they would have made a big difference! see you soon !
Michelle wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 19:31
Sorry to hear about your injury, get well soon
Fenny wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 20:56
Gamst get in there and force kean out before it's too late and we are too far a drift.. How rochina can score two goals get man of the match and find himself dropped is beyond me.. KEAN OUT
Sellar's Family wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 21:21
We are gutted -no doubt like you are .We need a decent manager so please do your best to influence this if possible.
Let's have KEAN OUT and hopefully he can take Roberts with him.
luctkif wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 21:27
this is getting beyond the joke. You are Blackburn, all the other players are Blackburn. STEVE KEAN IS NOT BLACKBURN. the same excuses for every defeat. Im sick of it and so is everyone else. I hope he reads this or i hope you can atleast relay these messages to him. when is he gonna do the honourable thing and step down. he is not a premier league manager. sick of it. Kean out.
pj wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 21:41
Hope the injury aint too bad mate and your back asap!! Somethings got to change tho at the club, surely as players you feel this too?! Really don't want to be watching championship football at ewood next year but that where were headed right now:(!!!
Harwood Rover wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 22:23
Morten, you may not like this but il say it anyway, im glad you got injured today, you were terrible whilst on the pitch, you wimped out of every tackle apart from one, your passing was shocking and you looked as though you were not interested at all !!! shape up or ship out pal !!!
SouthernRover wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 23:39
Was at the game today, don't know what else to say as i'm lost for words.
Tony wrote:
August 27th, 2011 @ 23:46
I was disgusted with you when you 'bottled' two 50/50 challenges today. When the chips are down we need players who are going to battle for us and you don't come into that category. Ask for a tranfser and take Dunn, Salgado and Roberts with you but more than ever take Kean. Our club is dying and you people don't seem to care but you will all pick up your massive pay checks. I'm appalled.
Sarah wrote:
August 28th, 2011 @ 00:12
Bit harsh I think!!
Tony wrote:
August 28th, 2011 @ 00:20
Bit harsh? Were you at the game? We are carrying so much dead wood at our club it's frightening. I would rather see kids playing for us than some of the washed up has beens.
Chris wrote:
August 28th, 2011 @ 00:59
Well today was the ultimate in misfortune.
Benj wrote:
August 28th, 2011 @ 02:37
We were a better team after you got injured. Just saying.
luctkif wrote:
August 28th, 2011 @ 06:09
Tony, agreed with you. Finally people are standing up to the nonsense, it's taken long enough.
Stef wrote:
August 28th, 2011 @ 11:38
Hey Morten, I've beena massive fan of yours for years I know you give a lot to the club. Its not really your responsibillity to be 'sorting Kean out' or changing team selection but I have to agree that you did pull out of two challenges in the box. It looks like all the turmoil has changed players' commitment. Where are those magic freekicks, rasping corners, long throws we all know you can do?
Lo Yuk Kwong wrote:
August 28th, 2011 @ 12:23
Hi, Morten! I am from Hong Kong. I am the guy who was raising your shirt and got your autograph in the HK airport, remember it? Well, I have supported for many years. Frankly, what is your differences between now and the past, it's not technic and skills, but is your confidence. That day when you walked out from the HK airport arrival hall, you looked confident and just being the leader of Blackburn Rovers. And according to your blog, I can feel your compassion on football, country and the world.
BUT why you seems lose all confidence on the pitch ????? Honestly you are not brave enough to the ball. You always have many fears. PLEASE believe yourself, you are a worldclass footballer, you should believe you can steal the ball, you can score and you can make wonderful assist !!! Remember it, NO FEARS !!!!
Thomas wrote:
August 28th, 2011 @ 15:29
I am sorry about your injury morten. Get better for our next few games.
I am gutted that we lost we won 2 penalties and missed them both and then Everton got there penalty and it wasnt a penalty. But that shoulnt have mattered because we should have been at least 2-0 ahead at that point. Really disappointed but we cant blame kean for that match as we were all over them luck just didnt go our way
Pallavi Baruah wrote:
August 28th, 2011 @ 16:45
not good Morten, not good.. We are doomed.. Like this, sorry for saying this, but we will surely get relegated and i cannot afford to see that happen. We need a change in the manage, Kean has to go.. It's for our own good if we want to make it through..
Natasha wrote:
August 28th, 2011 @ 17:32
Sorry to hear about the injury Morten, are you likely to be out long?? HOPE NOT!! Congrats on being here for so long, 7 more year hopefully??? Hahaaaa x
Sarah wrote:
August 28th, 2011 @ 23:27
Yes Tony, I was at the game. However, I am also a supporter that realises that constant criticism helps no one. The lads know how they played and will analyse the game, the last thing they need is comments like this. Support the lads!!! COYB!!!!
Tony wrote:
August 29th, 2011 @ 09:01
I've supported the team for overs 47 years and I go to most of our away games. I don't boo players but I feel I am justified in my post match criticism. MGP pulled out of two challenges – is that acceptable to you? For me it isn't and it shouldn't happen. Players can play bad, I accept that but a lack of committment I won't accept. Clearly some of the senior players have a strong influence over Kean otherwise, on current form, they wouldn't be in the starting eleven.
Sarah wrote:
August 29th, 2011 @ 13:16
A supporter of 47 years … So ur not the manager or someone in the know then!! MGP might have been instructed to play a certain way, part of a game plan, I don't know, but as a supporter I support the team and if the same happened again then I would question it but give them a chance!! Think you need to look up the definition of supporter …. Just saying
Tony wrote:
August 29th, 2011 @ 17:53
I have never known a manager instruct a player to play poorly and back out of challenges……just saying. I know what I saw on Saturday and MGP's performance was nowhere near good enough (he admits that). I will be at Fulham, Newcastle and every other game this season to support BRFC – that's my definition of a supporter.


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Thanks so much for replying. I was getting discouraged with all these views and no replies. My fiance for the most part seems like he wants the child, it's just that his friends put negative thoughts in his head about it. Like our friend yesterday that was saying, "The baby will have a bad life because neither of you have finished college", "Ya'll won't get to enjoy your life", etc. Those are things this guy literally was saying. But like you said about the family support; neither of our parents would ever let our baby do without. Especially since this is the first grandchild in my family and the second in his. I told my fiance that the baby was coming whether he wanted it or not, and it would be a lot easier for him to accept it and look forward to it, then resent it and be negative about it. As long as he stays away from the negativity I think he's fine. He's already calling me "Mama" and preggers, so I think he's looking forward to it deep down. Thanks again for the reply.
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Going for walks is one of my favorite things that Adam and I do together. When the weather's nice we walk most nights after work. Even if it's only 10 or 15 minutes, it's our time to talk about our days, hold hands, and enjoy our neighborhood (which Forbes just named one of the prettiest neighborhoods in America!)
I don't necessarily consider our daily walks to be dates, but sometimes we take special walks, that definitely rank in the "date" category. Just this weekend we were having dinner at a restaurant in our old neighborhood. It was a beautiful night and Adam said, "I have a great idea! Let's walk our old neighborhood route!" This might not sound romantic to anyone else, but it was music to my ears. I love our new neighborhood, but whenever we drive through our old neighborhood, I talk about how I miss it. So after dinner we walked past our old condo and made our way past our favorite old houses, reminiscing about the walks we used to take.
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- Leave your cell phone at home. If you're worried about missing a call or an email, you can't enjoy the time with your hubby
- Hold hands! It sounds silly, but when Adam reaches for my hand, I feel cherished!
- It's OK to talk about your days, but try to go deeper in your conversation. Talk about the sermon at church, ask about their friends, share something you're praying for. It sounds silly, but sometimes life gets so busy you lose track of how your spouse is doing!
- Walk through a neighborhood you dream of living in. Pick your favorite house and imagine what it would be like to call it home.
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Four years ago a Congressionally-appointed bipartisan Commission offered recommendations for post-SAFETEA-LU federal transportation policy and funding. We asked a member of that Commission, Frank Busalacchi, to comment on the current Senate and House legislative proposals.
Busalacchi, former Secretary of the Wisconsin DOT, served on the bi-partisan National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. This group was established by Congress in SAFETEA-LU, and was charged with "completing a comprehensive study of the national surface transportation system and the Highway Trust Fund," identifying future needs and develop financing recommendations. The group held ten field hearings seven public sessions. The final report was presented to Congress in January 2008, a year before SAFETEA-LU was scheduled to expire.
Insiders generally regarded Busalacchi's participation as particularly important because he brought the perspective of program delivery and decision making by State DOTs to the table. He was a particularly strong advocate for safety and passenger rail, as well as labor issues.
Mr. Busalacchi currently serves as Director of the Transportation and Public Works Department for Milwaukee County, and as Chair of ACT (American Crisis in Transportation Coalition). He served as Wisconsin DOT Secretary from 2003 through 2011, and as Chair of the States for Passenger Rail Coalition for six years.
Congressional Transportation Proposals Contain Good Policies but Passed on Some Opportunities
by Frank Busalacchi
The United States is facing a crisis. The country's transportation infrastructure is deteriorating, threatening the economic vitality of our nation as well as the safety and mobility of the traveling public. To those familiar with the transportation industry, this is not news. There's near consensus among experts and stakeholder organizations that we need to invest more in our transportation system. To the public, this crisis is apparent in the frustrating congestion and service delays experienced by millions of Americans each day.
Congress recognizes the threat that further infrastructure deterioration poses to our quality of life. The House and Senate are currently taking steps to enact legislation funding our transportation systems. As our leaders work toward a solution, it's important to recognize that transportation is not a partisan issue. Transportation is a direct contributor to the United States' economic well-being, enhancing competitiveness and creating jobs. Strong transportation infrastructure also enhances our nation's security. Consequently, it's in everybody's interest—Republicans and Democrats alike – to enact comprehensive legislation that sustains our transportation system and promotes moving people and goods safely and efficiently.
A bipartisan framework already exists in the solutions proposed by the Congressionally-appointed National Surface Transportation Policy and revenue Study Commission.
During the Bush Administration, Congress convened the Commission to research the nation's transportation needs and recommend a path forwards. As Secretary of Transportation for a Democratic governor from Wisconsin, I served on the Commission with experts from both sides of the aisle and both the private and public sectors. During the study we held field hearings in ten cities, received testimony from hundreds of stakeholders, and assembled a Blue Ribbon Panel of nearly 80 transportation experts. Additionally, Commission staff and the U.S. Department of Transportation performed technical analyses to study the effects of potential policy changes.
We published the Commission's report, "Transportation for Tomorrow," in December 2007 and held hearings to brief members of Congress. The report called for a substantial increase in funding levels to bring our surface transportation system into a state of good repair and construct new infrastructure to sustain and promote economic development. Our recommendations stressed the importance of all modes of transportation, recognizing that a multimodal transportation system enhances access and mobility for all users. Additionally, the report called for reforms to existing processes and programs, including consolidating federal surface transportation programs and streamlining project delivery.
To pay the bill, the Commission recommended that all options be on the table –fuel taxes, public-private partnerships, tolls, congestion pricing and so on. In the short-term, the Commission found that the best way to fund a new surface transportation bill was to increase the fuel tax. Supported by both Commission Republicans and Democrats, a fuel tax surcharge was not meant to be a long-term fix, but the most sensible, user-based option to fund our near-term transportation needs. This would give us time to explore and further develop other funding mechanisms, such as a vehicle-miles traveled user fee. There is no silver bullet for our funding shortfalls, but only by keeping all options on the table can we achieve a mix of revenue streams that properly addresses our transportation needs.
Subsequent commissions, as well as countless transportation experts and stakeholder organizations, have come to strikingly similar conclusions.
Unfortunately, the Commission's recommendations fell on deaf ears. In the time that's passed, the transportation debate has been highly politicized, fueled by partisan divisiveness and ideology. This is a grave disservice to the American people, and compromises economic development at a time when it's most needed. The proposed House transportation bill eliminates dedicated transit funding, undermining the multimodal system that so many Americans have come to rely on to get to and from work. Both the proposed Senate and House bills provide for woefully inadequate funding levels – less than three times the levels recommended by the Commission. At proposed federal fund levels, we'll be unable to maintain our existing transportation system, much less construct the infrastructure needed to accommodate our growing population.
The good news, though, is that the proposed House and Senate bills support policies promoted by the Commission's report and transportation experts, including reforms that streamline project delivery, reduce bureaucracy, encourage innovation, and get Americans working more quickly.
As Congress debates the details of reauthorization legislation, we must urge our leaders to set differences aside to adopt sensible, bipartisan transportation policies.
It's not just Congress that needs to take action, though.
The public – not just industry stakeholders – must demand that their representatives promote a comprehensive transportation bill that supports all modes of transportation. But most importantly, we must insist that any legislation fully funds our transportation needs and keeps all options on the table. Anything less is a compromise on our nation's ability to move people and goods safely and efficiently, maintain our economic preeminence, and create good jobs.
Read full article (TransportationIssuesDaily.com): Member of SAFETEA-LU Blue Ribbon Commission Weighs in on Senate, House Bills
Larry Ehl is the founder and publisher of Transportation Issues Daily. In the public sector, Larry was Federal Relations Manager for Washington State DOT; Chief of Staff to US Senator Slade Gorton; and was twice elected to the Edmonds School Board.
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Message Failure Remember all the Democrat Party whining about how much money is being spent in support of Republican candidates?
Would it surprise you to know that the Democrats have raised and spent considerably more Republicans?
Would it surprise you to know that the Democrats have raised and spent considerably more Republicans?
Lost in all of the attention paid to the heavy spending by Republican-oriented independent groups in this year's midterm elections is that Democratic candidates have generally wielded a significant head-to-head financial advantage over their Republican opponents in individual competitive races.Even with a recent surge in fund-raising for Republican candidates, Democratic candidates have outraised their opponents over all by more than 30 percent in the 109 House races The New York Times has identified as in play. And Democratic candidates have significantly outspent their Republican counterparts over the last few months in those contests, $119 million to $79 million.Republican-leaning third-party groups, however, many of them financed by large, unrestricted donations that are not publicly disclosed, have swarmed into the breach, pouring more than $60 million into competitive races since July, about 80 percent more than the Democratic-leaning groups have reported spending.
I guess they just can't face the fact that the reason they are going to lose so badly in the mid-term election is that really large numbers of people don't like their policies. They are not losing because they are not getting their message out. They are not losing because people don't understand what they are trying to do.
They are losing because they are getting the message out and people do understand.
They are losing because they are getting the message out and people do understand.
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The One Comes To Town Great, I wonder how bad this news is going to screw up traffic for the day?
That's right friends and neighbors the President is going to make a local stop on his Desperation Tour in the run-up to the mid-term elections.
The campaign for the Fourth District's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives appears to be extremely close, so close that President Barack Obama has scheduled a visit to Bridgeport to build support for the incumbent Democrat, Jim Himes, three days before Election Day.
The squishy purple district in which live and which sent moderate Republican Chris Shays to DC for 10 terms, is threatening to go red again this election.
Real Clear Politics has recently moved the race from leans Democrat to toss up.
CT has been trending so blue lately I was beginning to think I might have to watch the trouncing of the Democrats from the sidelines. Now it seams I may be able to get a piece of the action after all.
RCP has Dick "The Liar" Blumenthal up by 7.6. If scum like Blumenthal can win here just by adding a D after his name, the possibility of getting one House seat out of Democratic party control is thrilling.
Let's hope The One's campaign stop in Bridgeport is every bit a successful as the campaigning he did for John Corzine in New Jersey and Martha Coakley in Massachusetts.
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My friend Jack, you must remember Jack by now, sent me another fun email from MoveOn.org.
I sat down this morning and wrote a very lengthy post about that email, full of insightful and often mocking analysis.
I finished writing and got up to refill my coffee before beginning the reading and editing process. When I got back to my desk the post was gone, replaced by a message that my browser had "unexpectedly quit."
Son of a &!#(#.
Before you ask if I had bothered to save a draft, think for moment that if I had you would be reading that mocking insightful analysis instead of this tripe. Maybe if I had that fourth cup sooner I would have thought to do that.
No. I'm not going to try to recreate it. I don't have the time.
I'll just give you the best quotes from the email and you can fill in your own analysis and mockery.
Dear MoveOn member,There's no point in sugarcoating this: If the election were held today, Republicans and their corporate benefactors would gain control of the House—and quite possibly the Senate.That's the nightmare scenario. It would spell an end to any hope of progress in the next two years—and quite possibly to Obama's presidency.
This is a true emergency: We must stop the Republicans from taking over the Senate.
I'll offer the paraphrase with which I concluded the original post, and the rest is up to you to imagine: "I love the smell of fear in the morning. It smells like victory."
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October 05, 2010
Socialized Medicine … For The Children As we start down the tortured twisting soul-crushing path toward socialized medicine, AKA ObamaCare, we have myriad examples of nations who have tried it before and all of the things that inevitably go wrong when the government is in charge.
Child benefit cuts 'tough but necessary' say ministersMinisters have defended plans to cut child benefits to higher earners amid criticism they represent an "attack" on already hard-pressed families.From 2013, benefits will be removed from any family where one parent earns more than about £44,000 a year.Labour said the move - aimed at saving £1bn a year - undermined the coalition's claim to be a family-friendly government.But Chancellor George Osborne described the plans as tough but fair.
So you don't confuse the British definition of "higher earners" with The One's $250K cut off for higher earners, £44,000 is about $70,000.
This is what happens when you let government take over health care. They are no longer doing it for the children. They are doing to them.
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Richard Blumenthal is a Liar
Have I ever mentioned that I have a degree in journalism?
I have? OK.
Have I ever mentioned that I have taken that degree had a long and successful career in the graphic arts?
Repeatedly? Sorry about that.
I'm not sure I've ever told you all the reasons why. This kind of crap is one of the reasons why.
Connecticut GOP Senate nominee Linda McMahon is hammering Democratic Attorney General Richard Blumenthal for misstatements about his military service record amid polls that show the race between them tightening.
Let's take a look at what some journalist by the name of Jordan Fabian considers a "misstatment."
In the ad, Blumenthal is shown saying, "We have learned something very important since the days that I served in Vietnam."
The truth is that "Blumenthal did serve in the Marine Reserves during Vietnam, but he carried out his duties domestically."
I suppose if you stand way back, tilt you head to the left, cover one eye and squint a little Blumenthal saying "I served in Vietnam" could be seen as a misstatement. It certainly flows a lot better than "We have learned something very important since the days that I served in the Marine Reserves stationed in the U.S. during the time of the Vietnam War."
I suppose it all depends on the meaning of the word "in."
However there is this:
On several occasions, Blumenthal said he served "in" Vietnam and recounted vivid tales of returning from combat.
I don't know any way that you can construe recounting vivid tales of returning from combat as a misstatement. A misstatement means you misused words in a way that may have conveyed a meaning other than was intended. Telling stories about something that never happened is not making a misstatement. It's lying. Plain, simple, venal, lying.
Democratic Senate candidate and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is a liar.
We don't need another one of those in the Senate.
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October 02, 2010
Defining Moments My friend Jack seems to be on every left-wing email list (I promise I had nothing to do with it) and he frequently forwards me their communications and they frequently spur me to spout off on this site. He did it again!
The latest treat was an email from the AFSCME. The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. The government workers union.
Ronald Reagan once quipped that the most frightening phrase in the English language is "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." I think today he would have to revise that to "I'm from a government union, and I'm here to protest for more government."
The AFSCME, a large well funded organization, is urging it's memenbrs to participate in the astroturf protest being held in Washington DC today.
In dozens of states thousands more will knock on doors of union members in a massive daylong get-out-the-vote mobilization. If you can't make it to Washington, DC on Saturday, find a One Nation walk in your local area.
I wonder if there is one in my area. I think it would be fun to heckle a bunch of progressive union protesters.
One of the things they are protesting for is "economic justice." Whenever I hear progressives use the term "economic justice" I am reminded of this.
So I thought I would take it upon myself to explain it to them.
Justice in broad sense means you get what you deserve. You break the law you go to jail, pay a fine etc. We call this justice being done.
Translated into the sphere of economics getting what you deserve essentially means you get what you earn. What you earn is determined by what value is placed on what it is you do.
If you have a tremendous sense of business savvy and you can use that talent to make a company more successful and you can convince the stockholders (the Board of Directors) to pay you $5 million a year, that is economic justice. If the result of hiring you and paying that salary means the company makes an addition $15 - $20 million the board will no doubt continue to be happy to pay you $5 million. If the company starts losing $10 million a year, the board will be more than willing to cut you loose and reduce your salary to $0. That too is economic justice.
If you work hard and develop a skill that other people are willing to pay for and you manage to earn $50k a year that too is economic justice.
If you spend four years and tens of thousands of dollars earning a degree in Womyn's Studies and the best job you can get is flipping burgers for $13k a year. That too is economic justice.
The flip-side of course is economic injustice.
If someone comes along, say the government, and takes a large portion of the $5 million salary of the person in the first example and hands it out to the person making $13k in the last example, that is economic injustice.
Somehow though when the AFSCME starts to chant about "economic justice" I don't think what they mean will be the right of the guy making $5 million to keep what he earns.
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I ran across this statement somewhere in my Twitter wanderings. I don't know who to credit, but I have to pass it on:
Churches don't make disciples. Disciples make churches.
This hit me. I have often toyed with the idea of planting a church, and Kay has always insisted that this was a bad idea. My attempt at starting a Jesus Dojo came off all wrong, because I tried to gather people and say, "We're going on this mission." It was awkward because I was setting a direction before anybody knew who the other people were or what was going on.
I think I finally get it. Kay liked this quote. We love making disciples! But we hate discipleship programs.
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Nearly half a dozen transgender women have now been killed in the U.S. in 2017.
Chyna Doll Dupree, a transgender woman who is famous for touring the country performing in drag shows, was shot dead in New Orleans after visiting her family for Mardis Gras this past Saturday. Her death makes her the fifth transgender woman to be killed in the U.S. in 2017.
Dupree, who goes by Chyna Gibson online, was originally from New Orleans, but was recently living in California. She was a popular performer that was adored by many, and those that knew her are asking why she was targeted, though they claim that it was likely because she was transgender.
She was shot in the parking lot of a shopping center, where she ultimately died after 8 to 10 gunshots rang out, according to neighbors. Dupree died at the scene at about 8:30 PM and witnesses saw her body lying between two cars in front of a clothing store after the police had blocked off the area.
An anonymous friend of Chyna's told the Times-Picayune, "She was just a really good person. Everyone loved her. This is unnecessary."
Dupree is the fifth transgender woman to be murdered in the U.S. this year, with the first being a woman who was killed on the side of the road in the first week of January. At this time, no motives or suspects have been identified.
Friends took to social media to lament their loss of a great performer and wonderful friend, while others joined together in calling for equal rights, love, and acceptance.
And this is why we MUST speak up for EQUAL RIGHTS & PROTECT transpeople! Rest In Resplendent Power & Peace #ChynaGibson https://t.co/nc6yGiN9N6
— bevysmith (@bevysmith) February 26, 2017
Rip #chynagibson as black gay men we must see trans women beyond utility, beyond convenience, and beyond the stage. We must see humanity.
— RustinBrother (@HarrisonGuy) February 26, 2017
RIP #ChynaGibson. She's the fifth trans woman of color killed in the US in 2017 and the second this week. #NOLA #SayHerName pic.twitter.com/X27j1TL9i0
— Mara Jacqueline (@MaraWillow) February 26, 2017
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee from Texas spoke out about the murder in a statement she made on Facebook: "The senseless murder of our trans sisters and brothers is something we simply cannot continue to ignore! I offer my deepest condolences to her friends and family. We say your name #ChynaGibson. — To my LGBT brothers and sisters as the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations – I will not stop fighting on your behalf. Your lives matter."
In times of gross injustice, the people of one nation must come together to say that they will not stand for violence, even if they disagree with the life choices of the current victim.
What are your thoughts on these five murders in 2017? Please share, like, and comment on this article!
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Fremont O. Phillips
Fremont Phillips is a fellow Medina native who was born on the day of March 16, 1856 and died on February 21st, 1936. He served on the 56th United States Congress and he played a pretty big role during the time he served for the United States Congress. During this time there was a big thing going on. Panama wanted a canal to go through them so it would be easier for them to travel, so you could travel through panama and not have to sail around it and around a bunch of other countries on the way to your destination on where you are going, but originally the United States and Britain signed a treaty to build the canal through Nicaragua instead of Panama, but Panama did not want that to happen. Panama wanted to be their very own independent country and completely on their own. This is where Fremont comes into play because since he was apart of the Congress at the time he had to help out with the decision to build the canal in Panama. So his vote on sending supplies over to Panama and deciding if we should build a canal there was pretty important. The votes passed and there was another treaty signed which stated that the canal was to be built and put in Panama to help them gain their own independence. In the end Fremont Phillips played a big roll in the vote to build the Panama Canal.
Fremont also played major parts in the Medina community. He was the mayor of Medina from 1886-1890. He was also elected Probate Judge of Medina County in 1924, he was also reelected in 1928 and served until 1932. Fremont remained a symbol in Medina until February 21st, 1936 when he passed away. He is buried in Medina at the Spring grove Cemetery . Fremont will always be remembered in Medina as one of our best historical leaders.


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Live Webcasts: Kalachakra from Bodhgaya
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will grant the Kalachakra Empowerment from January 2-14, 2016 from Bodhgaya, Bihar, India. His Holiness will speak in Tibetan with English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Hindi, Russian and Mongolian translations available.
The English, Chinese and Tibetan channels will carry all of the consecration prayers, ritual dances and sand mandala construction along with the preliminary teachings and Kalachakra Empowerment. The other language channels will only cover the teachings, ritual dances, Kalachakra Empowerment and Long Life Empowerment and Offerings.
English language live webcasts can be viewed here.
All times Indian Standard Time (IST=GMT+5.30)
January 2nd
7:00am - 10:00am Prayers
10:00am - 11:00am Teachings for Disciples
12:30pm - 2:00pm Prayers
January 3rd
7:00am - 11:30am Prayers
12:30pm - 2:00pm Earth Ritual Dance
2:00pm - 4:00pm Prayers
January 4th
7:00am - 11:00am Prayers
12:30pm - 3:00pm Prayers
January 5th-8th: Teachings - His Holiness will give teachings on Shantideva's "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life" and Kamalashila's "Middling Stages of Meditation"
January 5th
8:45am - 10:45am Prayers
12:30pm - 3:00pm Teaching
January 6th
8:45am - 10:45am Prayers
12:30pm - 3:00pm Teaching
January 7th
8:45am - 10:45am Prayers
12:30pm - 3:00pm Teaching
January 8th
8:45am - 10:45am Prayers
12:30pm - 3:00pm Teaching
January 9th
7:00am - 11:30am Prayers
1:00pm - 2:00pm Ritual Offering Dance
2:00pm - 3:00pm Prayers
January 10th
7:00am - 11:00am Self Generation
12:00pm - 3:45pm Preliminary Empowerment for Students
January 11th
7:00am - 11:30am Self Generation
12:30pm - 4:00pm Kalachakra Empowerment
January 12th
7:00am - 11:00am Self Generation
12:00pm - 4:00pm Kalachakra Empowerment
January 13th
7:00am - 11:30am Self Generation
12:30pm - 4:30pm Kalachakra Empowerment
January 14th
7:30am - 8:30am Self Generation
8:30am - 11:30am Avalokiteshvara Permission and Long Life Offering
For times in your area 10:00am IST on January 2nd in Bodhgaya, India is the same as 8:30pm PST on January 1st in Los Angeles, California, USA and 5:30am GMT on January 2nd in London, United Kingdom. Other times can be found using Time Zone Converter (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html).
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How Did You Feel The Day Night Before You Went Into Labor
One of my cousin's told me she felt like she had the flu...I've never had the flu, but today I woke up feeling really tired and sluggish and just not good...I am 37 weeks 5 days and am about 50% effaced but have barely dialated at all.
Thanks in advance!
I felt very agitated and anxious...not really flu like symptoms just antsy and a little cranky - I rested alot and when my contractions started i was calm and ready to go into labor.
i also felt agitated and really restless, like i didnt know what to do with myself :=)xx
I was shocked the day my water broke and i went into labor b/c just a few days before my doctor had told me i had no dilation or effacement and i was 3 weeks early but looking back on that day i think there were quite a few signs. For one, like the other ladies said, i was anxious and felt like i really needed to get things ready for the hospital and get all kinds of other things around the house done. I was doing a bunch of laundry that day too and that is when my water broke. Also i was with my mom that day and she had told me after the baby was born that i looked like the baby had dropped and that i looked really uncomfortable, more that usual. The few days before i had felt so tired and sluggish so i had thought it was a little strange that i had a sudden burst of energy the day my dd was born. I remember feeling a lot of extra pressure that day, probably b/c she had dropped. But no flu like symptoms, except for being tired. It's hard to say though b/c you can feel really c___ppy a lot towards the end but you can also have good days too, it's one of those things when you look back you will probaly see the signs were there.
I felt like i KNEW I was going to go into labor. Me and my husband went out to dinner and I had the feeling to just something light and nothing greasy or heavy...and when I went to sleep, I just had that feeling. and sure enough.... at 2:30 am I went into labor and on the way to the hospital my water broke.. LOL
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It's time to give your children another big slice of Pi ...
The next generation of Raspberry Pi, the hugely popular single-board computer, has just gone on sale, boasting a reformulated recipe and new ingredients, says Katie Wright.
Haven't tasted the Raspberry Pi before? The diminutive device (it's as big as a credit card) was designed in the UK with the aim of making programming cheap and easy for kids to learn.
Three million units have been sold since February, 2012, when kids – and big kids – started using Model A to learn programming languages like C++ and Java, to experiment with electronics, build robots, make music and much more.
Third party companies have jumped on the berry bandwagon too, creating add-ons like cameras and touchscreens, and a host of books, blogs and meet-ups allow Pi makers to trade tips and show off their wares.
What will the millions of makers think of the latest batch? So far they're lapping it up.
Based on the same Broadcom BCM2835 chipset and with the same 512MB of RAM, Model B+ is a real chip off the old block, but with plenty of improvements.
There are now four USB ports instead of two, so you can attach a mouse, keyboard and Wi-Fi dongle without needing an extra USB hub. The number of pins, used to connect things like LEDS and sensors, has also jumped, from 26 to 40, making room for more complex projects. The SD memory card slot has been slimmed down to micro-SD format and sound quality has been boosted.
The layout has been rejigged and the corners rounded, making this a sleek, pimped up Pi, but for the same price – £28 for the board, plus installation software, from raspberrypi.org.
So why the redesign now? According to founder Eben Upton, the changes are designed to "incorporate the numerous small improvements that people have asked for".
There's also speculation the new launch has been timed to coincide with a change that's coming to UK schools; starting next term, all primary pupils will learn coding as part of the rebranded computing (ICT) curriculum, a task the B+ is perfectly positioned to help with.
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Unit 36: Starting a Small Business
Aim of this unit
Start thinking about what business you are going to set up!
Unit Learning Outcomes
To get you to understand the skills needed to set up and run a business and the regulations that need to be complied with.
You will have the opportunity to create a detailed business plan
Be able to present your initial business idea using relevant criteria
Understand the skills and personal development you will need to run your business successfully
Know the legal and financial aspects that will affect the start up of your business
Be able to produce an outline business start-up proposal
List the three different types of business
Give an example of each
What is a small business?
In your groups, list as many small businesses as you can
You should be able to think of at least 10
Types of small business
A new business
A franchise
Buy an existing business
Less restrictive than a franchise or existing business
You control all aspects of the business - products, services, marketing, location, staff...
Money! Financial rewards are higher than working for someone else
Personal satisfaction
Advantages and Disadvantages
What are the advantages and disadvantages of setting up your own business?
Write down at least two advantages and two disadvantages on Post It notes
Need financial resources to start and grow a business - can be extensive
Could lose a lot of money
No guarantee of income
Stress - caused by problems, responsibilities and decisions
Time commitment higher than when working for someone else
Might not be what you expect
What existing business would you buy?
Find a business for sale that you would like to buy
Think about why you would buy it
You will feed back to the group about your choice
Pre-existing business - Advantages
Groundwork to get business up and running is already done
Problems already discovered and solved
Easier to get finance as business already has proven track record
A demonstrated market for product or service
Established customers and reputation
Reliable income
An existing useful network of contacts
Business plan and marketing method should already be in place
Existing employees with experience that can be drawn on
Pre-existing business - Disadvantages
Often need to invest a large amount up front
Business may have been neglected and may need large investment for success
May need several months of working capital to assist with cash flow
May need to honour existing contracts
May need to renegotiate existing contracts
Current staff may not be happy with a new boss
Business may have been run badly and staff morale may be low
Needs to be done to minimise risk
Past standing of business
Current standing of business
Potential for the future
Internal operations
All financial aspects
Lesson Aim & Objectives
List three different types of business
Give an example of each different type
Identification of types of business
How franchises work
How franchises work
Sells the licence of the original business
Sets out details of how business to be run
Gives advice on running the operation
Takes a share of the proceeds
Check that nothing is being done to damage the brand
Buys the right to use the company name and logo
Sells company products / offers company services
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When something bothers you, it brings your energy down. As someone who has decided to work hard to stay "up and to the right" in the energy quadrant. (Up is high energy vs. low energy and right is positive energy vs. negative energy), anything that is on your mind pulling you down needs to be dealt with.
The way I handle these things is my leaning on my core value of being Open and Direct. I just address it. Deal with it so you can move on.
You may need to accept that because of this, people think you have no filter and you say anything that comes to your mind even if it's not the softest thing to say. This is true. But you have chosen to address things, rather than let them bother you.
This should be included in the "Memo about working with Me," if I were to write one. It would include this line:
"Johnson is open and direct. If he notices something that he doesn't care for, that bothers him, or causes him to have anxiety, he will say something about it. He won't hold back. Don't be offended. This is how he is wired."


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The ProGauntlet protective glove combines two elements that may seem mutually exclusive: it allows you to move your hands naturally, without restriction – yet is also provides extreme levels of protection. Focus fully on your activity, be it sports or off-shore heavy labour, knowing your hands are protected to the fullest. The secret? It puts the right materials in precisely the right shapes.
The ProGauntlet literally fits your hand like a glove. Natural motions – gripping, pointing – are enabled without putting strain on the material, and without exposing vulnerable joints. Plus, it's lightweight, and well-ventilated too. We achieved this level of comfort and control by carefully analysing the hand's range of motion, and designing the glove so that every joint is covered without hindering it.
The tight fit, combined with the right choices for materials and outer shape, are the reasons why the ProGauntlet provides such remarkable protection against repeated impacts. Even a direct strike with a blunt steel sword will not be able to harm you: its force and energy get distributed over a large area, rendering it harmless.
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One of the most elusive pieces of protective gear for HEMA, the Holy Grail if you will, is good protective gloves.


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I have just discovered a very unusual thing. Trying to change any password on my gentoo laptop is now not possible using the standard passwd utility. It seems that every time I try to type this on the command line even as root it quits with an error that doesn't tell what the problem is.
The permissions on the passwd and shadow files is as followsCode:
# passwd
passwd: Critical error - immediate abort
An strace seems to indicate that the last thing that the passwd utility does is to open /etc/shadow and then do some seeking and then close it and write the error message.Code:
# ll /etc/passwd /etc/shadow
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2219 Feb 11 21:53 /etc/passwd
-rw------- 1 root root 1000 Feb 11 21:56 /etc/shadow
I have found references to this all over the internet, mainly old redhat. The only solution I could see was to make sure the source was compiled with the right dict reference or something but I can't see how this could suddenly be a problem.
The shadow file seems to be in order having checked it out, as does the passwd file. Both have what look like fully functional lines for the root user and my regular user.
The last thing I did before trying to change the passwd of a new test user was to run unshadow from jtr. I guess this could have corrupted the original files but they look perfectly intact so my guess is there may be some file lock on /etc/shadow so I did an lsof /etc/shadow but this revealed nothing. I can still add and delete users using useradd and userdel but I can't set their passwords.
Any ideas how to check out if there is a file lock or how to fix this problem?


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Objective: Create an advertising and promotional campaign for a non-profit of your choosing including a brochure, poster, and 1/2 page magazine advertisement.
Concept: Using the tagline, "Hope Runs Deep," I wanted to communicate the idea that medical treatment does more than simply skim the surface of physical healing. It can also give opportunity, dignity, and hope.
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text: Tis the season for fireworks and with firework season comes the reality that dogs and fireworks frequently do not play well together. An anxious dog during firework season is a health and safety concern for pet owners. Healthy living of course includes our entire household and that includes our furry family members. It is heartbreaking to watch your dog tremble in fear of fireworks or the anxiety produced by dogs afraid of thunder which can produce destructive or anxiety induced behavior. Of … [Read more...] about How To Calm Your Anxious Dog During Fireworks


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(LAS VEGAS, NV) -- An Internet babe on a family television show? That's right! America's sexiest magician the SnakeBabe (SnakeBabe.com) once again crosses the line from Adult to mainstream when Animal Planet's Pet Psychic interviews her on January 6th 2003. (Check local listing or go to their website at http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/petpsychic/episode/season_2.html for details )
The wall between adult entertainment and mainstream television is breaking down and Maria's erotic website is at the forefront offering more than just hot pictures of her wearing nothing but snakes. Maria has used her website to impress upon the media that just because a woman enjoys her sexuality she is not void of character.
Maria uses much of the money raised in her member's area to save many animals from death. One of these animals, a large Boa Constrictor (named "Fellatio") takes time to "Chat" with Sonia the Pet Psychic. The Boa tells how grateful she is for Maria saving her and how she enjoys slithering across Maria's nude body. Who wouldn't!
Can Animal Planet's Pet Psychic really communicate with animals?
Follow that thought and ask can America's sexiest magician the SnakeBabe really cut a woman in half!
The secret stays safe as the focus of their meeting is on the salvation story of Maria's pet Argentine Boa Constrictor.
Maria and Sonia (the Pet Psychic) discus the care and responsibility of snake ownership that all SnakeBabe fans can appreciate.
Although this segment barely touches on her adult appeal it is still one step closer to public acceptance. If you would like to show your support stop by the SnakeBabe's Free fan club at
And let her know how much you like (or dislike) the segment and how to thank Animal Planet for looking beyond the physical and into the heart of this adult entertainer.
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