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First, you should know that Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog (take thatte, Gower!), as seen on MeFi. I'll clap my hands in merriment and clep it four stars - A+++ - better than Pepys.
Second, the name-brand official diagnosis of acute tonsillitis is now just as miserable as every mystery bug I've ever suffered alone. I'd like to be well now, please.
Here's the thing: the doctor was really nice, excellent manner, and seemed very knowledgeable. However, I didn't understand a good 30% of what she was saying. What is it with all the Indian doctors? Aren't they all supposed to have crisply precise British accents that make me feel unwashed? Why must the stereotypes abandon me in this miserable hour?!
I was impressed that she could see "something was draining" just by checking in my left ear with that conical nub on a stick. I didn't know that's something you could see by looking in the ear. I always thought that little ear exam was just a traditional opening ritual, like the way in Bharatanatya (Indian classical dance - sp) when you apologize to the earth for the stomping you are about to do on it. (See, I'm hip to the Kali/Shiva set.)
Anyway, at one point she said that if the pain moved into my jaw, I needed to go to the emergency room. I got that part because I repeated it back to her a few times and she provided several pantomines that would still make me laugh if laughing weren't so painful right now. I didn't understand everything she said about strep (do I have it? don't I?) or gargling (lemonade and salt water or either/or?), but I did get this part.
Now hold that thought for a moment.
I've been reading up on tonsillitis and it seems that most of it is viral, so I'm not sure why I'm on antibiotics. (It's hard to say whether the nose-blowing I've done in the past 24 hours - a sign of viral rather than bacterial tonsillitis - is due to this or due to the lingering cold/bug from a few weeks ago, or both.) Which means I've lost some faith in the magic pills, but I figure I've got plenty of other residual crap wrong with me that will give the little amoxies something to do.
Here's what I was told to do: take the amoxicillin, gargle with salt water/lemonade, and use Chloraseptic spray for pain. And, as mentioned, go to the emergency room if my jaw hurt because that would be an indicator of an abcess.
You people - by which I mean everyone on the planet except for me, poor me - are always going on about the salt water gargle. Oh, it's sooooo amazing! Oh, it's the best! You people are liars and I hate you.
The salt gargle, be it Chloraseptic-brand or homemade, works for about four seconds before the intense pain returns. Sure, it's killing off the nasties, but I spent all last night waking up every 30 minutes to gargle and stagger around in agony, grabbing and crushing sturdy objects as I braced myself to swallow, with each swallow being accompanied by a small wail that prompted Mike to ask, "what are you doing when you make that noise?" I'm sure he thought that, in my delirium, I was using soft hamsters to pad my sore mouth, their captured shrieks escaping whenever I accidentally chomped down.
Chloraseptic? Numbing? Sure, if you have a cold. Nothing could numb the feeling of gloved killer hands around my neck, of a hot, coin-sized weight sitting on my throat. And "drink plenty of fluids" when you can't swallow is advice that I'd balefire across the room if I had any special powers, which I didn't, for everything good in this world fell to the greater strengths of "freezing with the heater up to 90" and "oh, check it out, my skull is cracking open, I'm pretty sure."
So, screw you people who are clearly in the pockets of the salt gargle lobby, probably out enjoying your weekend on your sailboat graft as it preens across the salty ocean. Bring me the PAINKILLERS.
But I was afraid they might counteract the antibiotics. The antibiotics that may be absolutely pointless if this is viral tonsillitis. (It's weird the way my copy of the medical record is all blacked out except for the end-result diagnosis, the recommended prescription, and where I signed. I don't get to know my own blood pressure?)
By five o'clock this morning, after moving from bed to sofa to bed to sofa and so on not less than ten times, as the pain roared in my unswallowing mouth like all of my teeth were trying to erupt through an inch of skin, as I thought fondly of ice skates and Tom Hanks (because I have a nasty suspicion that those wisdom teeth I've let be impacted for years have a hand behind the curtain in this dark play), I gave up. I downed a couple of drugstore-brand extra-strength Tylenols and, through clenched jaw and a lazy river of unswallowed sputum, said goodbye to Mike. Farewell. Farewell.
An hourish later, I woke up. I woke up! Which means I slept! For an hour!
I was sweaty with the broken fever. My jaw, for so many hours held extra taut to fight any urge to swallow, was relaxed. After a long night of restless misery, peace surrounded me like an extra-sparkly cloud. Sure, I had rapid heartbeat and a sense of sleepy speediness, but at least now I could relax my mouth enough to let the salt gargle get further into my throat. (Buying an extra 3-5 seconds of possible relief; the gargling is still crap.)
But now back to an important issue.
The way I was holding my mouth all night was exactly the way the doctor said I would hold it if I needed to go to the emergency room. Am I only masking my symptoms with the acetaminophen? I just took another two gelcaps but I still have an awareness of my jaw that I don't like. Should I go to the emergency room, or should I go with my instict that all of this stems from long-impacted wisdom teeth, and since I really can't do anything about them until this summer (recovery time and all that), the last thing I should do is go to an emergency room, which is probably just cautionary alarmist advice, anyway?
(It's a good thing comments are currently disabled; I doubt I'd like the replies.)
But to come back around to the main topic, why didn't anyone tell me I could have painkillers? Or did the doctor tell me, but I just didn't know what she said? In the end, I fear I broke my no-doctor streak only to find out I had the magic pills with me all along. The magic pills that don't seem to be working as well as they were this morning, and that's why I'm trying to get a sub for tomorrow, but ten hours later and no one has stepped forward. (Want to become a power-sub? Come to Las Vegas! You'll work every day!)
My head hurts and my jaw hurts and I'm rambling and, oh yes, swallowing still hurts, although not as bad as before, and I'm still rambling and sharing for the sake of documentation and I'm still tired and I'm just going to let you turn out the lights on your way out and [CLICK].
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I'm not sure when you wrote this or how I stumbled on to this page, but its actually how I am feeling right now with two huge ass tonsils blocking most of my throat. Drink plenty of fluids? I don't know how I'm suppose to do that either when the whole process is very painful. Have any tips now that its probably over for you?
Hey Christine - I wrote it in 2006, but funnily enough, I just had tonsillitis again a few weeks ago. Actually, it wasn't funny at all. It was worse than last time. Grrr.
No advice here. I saw a proper doc (not the clinic) and got a course of antibiotics and he also gave me a codeine (Tylenol 3) prescription, just because I thought it might help and he's cool like that. Alas, it didn't really help, and I spent two more nights in agony, sometimes literally lying on my back and gurgling on the spit that had welled up in the back of my throat, psyching myself up for the pain of eventually swallowing. NICE.
So, sorry I can't help. Many years ago I had trouble swallowing with a mono-related infection and they gave me lidocaine. Tasted beyond horrible, but it did numb the area. However, that was more the sides of the mouth, and maybe they don't offer it for throat/tonsil stuff because they don't want you swallowing it? Dunno... if it happens to me again, I'm going to remember to ask! Anyway, sorry to hear you have Monster Tonsters - GET WELL!
Hi Shari, I found this in webland cause I'm searching for relief, answers, ANYTHING to help me deal with this BITCH of a tonsillitis breakout. Please tell me how long it took you to get over it? When did it finally not hurt to swallow your own spit?!?! How long will I be miserable?!?!?!?
Hey Jenn, rats, that was four years ago and I can't remember now, but it seems like I ended up missing two days of work. Maybe three. Or maybe that was when I had it again two years ago. I think the horrid pain lasted about three days (or nights) all told.
I hope you're in the home stretch - sorry I can't be of any use. Even codeine didn't help last time. :( Feel better!
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Frazier's (The Illustrated Voice) graphically expressive debut children's title innocuously begins as the story of a man and his truck on a searing, dusty day. But it soon sheds its initial pragmatism for a dreamlike flight of fancy. Reflecting the author's background in design and illustration, the full bleed, digitally colored artwork consists of simple form and silhouettes with occasional pixel like shadows suggesting three dimensionality. Stanley, a typical Frazier figure, "[sets] out on a drive with little on his mind" in his red, vintage pickup truck, sporting a vest, shirtsleeves and brimmed hat. Austere sentences underscore the normalcy: "There wasn't a cloud in the sky, just the baking hot sun....The pond was so dry that it couldn't even make a reflection." Passing a herd of black cows, however Stanley brings his truck to a halt; he approaches the lone spotted one with buckets, a stool and "an idea." After milking the animal, he tosses the buckets' contents into the air, and the milk fluidly morphs into clouds A storm brings rain and respite, transforming the parched and yellowed landscape into a verdant wonderland. The theme of finding magic in the mundane should appeal to readers of all ages who are perhaps already familiar with the enchantments that can be found in a seemingly ordinary day in the country. --Publishers Weekly
When Stanley goes for a drive in his old red pickup on a dried out, brown as dirt summer day, he's not thinking about much. Until, that is, he spies a black and white spotted cow on the side of the road. He milks the cow, and, magically, the milk from his buckets floats up and materializes as white clouds in the sky, taking the same shapes as the cow's spots. The clouds start to pour (rain, not milk) and the palette of the landscape turns from brown to green. Frazier, a renowned graphic artist, tells his story with color and shape; in a sense, the story is about the perception of color and shape. The appealing, crisp computer graphics (the art is hand drawn and colored on a computer) also evoke old fashioned silhouette art, and a variety of offbeat perspectives force readers to focus on details they might normally overlook. Reading this unusual, visually intriguing story is like examining a surrealist painting where something shifts inexplicably as one watches. Children may never view a spotted cow the same way again. --Kirkus Reviews
"Picture books aren't just about pictures. As such adepts as Margaret Wise Brown, Byron Barton and Molly Bang have shown, the words are important, too--especially since there are, or should be, so few of them (Bang's brilliant Yellow Ball gas just 28). Vocabulary, rhythm, placement on the page all are crucial. In his first childrens' book, graphic designer Craig Frazier makes the tri

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That whole extra strong twin bond? It's definitely true in the case of Tamera Mowry-Housley and her sister Tia Mowry-Hardrict! Tamera shared that her sister knew before she told her about her second pregnancy.
Tia Mowry's Son Cree Is Growing So Fast!
Wasn't it just yesterday that Tia Mowry's son Cree looked like this? Okay, it was more like three years ago, but still! Where did the time go? The actress showed off the photo above this week, captioning it, "Slow down… Time flies."
Tia Mowry Talks Balance And Still Considering Herself a New Mom
Actress Tia Mowry and her husband Cory Hardrict share a son, Cree, 3. Despite his age, Tia shares in a new interview that she still considers herself a new mom and also dishes on how Cory is the perfectly partner every day.
Tia Mowry Used 'Frozen' To Potty Train Cree!
Tia Mowry-Hardrict knows all too well how hard it can be to potty train! The celebrity mom shared that she had to get a little creative when trying to help her son Cree – using the famous "Let It Go" song from Disney's "Frozen."
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The Big Dream
by David Lynch
- Record Label: Sunday Best
- Release Date: Jul 16, 2013
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Jul 15, 2013Even if his take on the blues is far from straightforward, this might be the most accessible set of songs associated with Lynch to date. In its own hypnotic way, The Big Dream honors the blues' lust for life and its lonely heart.
Jul 24, 2013At the very least, the album should convince diehard Lynch fans that the director's self-imposed, semi-retirement from filmmaking is bearing some very interesting artistic fruit indeed.
Jul 15, 2013The main weakness is the same one found on Crazy Clown Time: the songs. As songs, they don't do much or say much.
Jul 16, 2013There's enough musical ambition, heartbreak and menace on The Big Dream to keep the Lynch nerds absorbed.
Jul 12, 2013It continues one of the most singular artistic visions of modern times and while it may not push it any further it's often so damn charming as to make you forget about all that and just drift away into Lynch's meditative world, in wrong love with the weird.
Jul 16, 2013Over the course of the record's 12 tracks, Lynch settles into an electro-blues groove as comfortable and consistent as he's likely to get as a musician.
Jul 12, 2013This whole album feels less of an art stunt and more of a well-executed idea.
Jul 16, 2013Submitting yourself to its hazy beauty may prove challenging for some, but for those willing to explore these unsteady climes, the journey will provide countless delights for the senses.
Jul 16, 2013It's a vastly superior record, drawing you in with its electronic, murky ambience and the impression that these songs are coming to you from a singer submerged in water.
Aug 16, 2013It's more of an unconscious escape hatch that Lynch has constructed with intangible aural elements--a fantasy place that he allows us to walk around in for a while until we are forced back into the realm of the painfully awake.
Jul 26, 2013The Big Dream, like so much of his output, seems gloriously unbothered by chronology or even sense of place.
Jul 16, 2013Despite it being a visionary work from an artist seldom seen nowadays, The Big Dream is more cohesive, more coherent but all the less fearless because of it.
Jul 16, 2013More tightly structured and confident than 2011's 'Crazy Clown Time in terms of narrative, there's further clarity in the unmistakable voice, which though heavily filtered feels much closer to his own.
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Jul 17, 2013The celebrated film director of visual spectacles such as Inland Empire, Eraserhead, and the TV show Twin Peaks comes out with yet anotherThe celebrated film director of visual spectacles such as Inland Empire, Eraserhead, and the TV show Twin Peaks comes out with yet another mediocre album. The sophomore album The Big Dream shares a very similar feeling as Crazy Clown Time did in 2011. With the nasally, robotic voice of David Lynch, backed by echoing guitars, you know you're in a very specific place.
Every song mimics the other, making sure there is enough echoing, rattling, and reverberation. David Lynch is no stranger to music. With many collaborations with artists over the years and the input in most of his own films, Lynch has a good idea of what he's doing. It's just a shame that he uses the same techniques over and over again for 12 songs. The hypnotic opener "The Big Dream" captivates the audience and pulls them into a Lynch-ian world. As soon as "Star Dream Girl" kicks in, the audience is quickly turned full circle in a different direction. A faster paced, yet still bluesy sounding song is the one outsider of the album. The rest of the album really flowed together as one song for me. There was no song that jumped out at me and made me absolutely love it. This is the type of music that is perfect for a movie.
It's background music. It has a very progressive and repetitive sound. Although it taps into a generally unknown side of music, it does not impress as much as it could. The album lacks a certain appeal. What could have been a very strong, diverse album has become 12 songs of repetitive film music. Don't get me wrong, I adore David Lynch. His films are fantastic. And yes, he has some phenomenal songs in the past like "Ghost of Love", "Good Day Today", and "So Glad", but this second album has nothing special.… Full Review »
Aug 8, 2013David Lynch does music? Oh, that got me pretty excited. Then I heard him singing. Sorry, couldn't really pay much attention to the musicDavid Lynch does music? Oh, that got me pretty excited. Then I heard him singing. Sorry, couldn't really pay much attention to the music itself with the sound that I can't even call a voice torturing my ears.… Full Review »


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I want to open an existing Movie-File and export every frame of this file to an image like JPEG or TIFF. I got so far until now:
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
char filename[255]; // Filename to ping.
OSErr e; // Error return.
FSSpec filespec; // QT file specification
short filemovie; // QT movie handle.
Movie movie; // QT movie "object".
// Because of QT's Mac origin, must convert C-string filename
// to Pascal counted string, then use that to make a filespec.
FSMakeFSSpec(0, 0L, (ConstStr255Param)filename, &filespec);
OpenMovieFile(&filespec, &filemovie, fsRdPerm);
NewMovieFromFile(&movie, filemovie, nil, nil, newMovieActive, nil);
Until now it works fine (I tested with
TimeValue movietime = GetMovieDuration(movie); and print it), but now I want to get every frame of the movie and export it to a file (for first, later i just want to keep the data in memory to work with it, but i have to know if it really works, so export to an image-file is better for now).
How do I do that? Do I need a GWorld or a PixMap? How do I get a GWorld/PixMap from a Movie-File, especially each frame of it?
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Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:19 am EDT
Campbell found out about McNabb trade from reporter
By Doug Farrar
Generally speaking, players would perfer to learn about trades that affect them from their actual team — that way, the team can do whatever damage control is necessary and assure the player in question that he's still a crucial part of their plans. The truth may be altogether different, but damage control isn't always about the truth.
What current (soon-to-be-former?) Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell(notes) now knows is that his team didn't think enough of him to let him know when they dropped the hammer on the Donovan McNabb(notes) trade. Campbell, who's been Washington's primary quarterback since 2007, found out about the trade when he got a phone call from John Keim of the Washington Examiner just after the deal was consummated.
Me: Did you hear about what happened?
Jason: What?
Me: The Redskins traded for Donovan.
Jason: Really? Ummm ... I didn't know that, man.
Me: I'm sorry I had to be the one who told you. I can't believe they didn't tell you.
Jason: No, that's the first I heard of it. ... I'd better go call my agent.
When I called back later, it went to voice mail. His mailbox was full.
Campbell has a first-round tender on his head that he hasn't signed, and that the Redskins will most likely rescind. According to ESPN 980, several teams are interested in Campbell's services — the Bills, Raiders, Panthers and Jaguars (plus an "unknown team") are reportedly in line to make offers.
Though his performance in Washington was far from elite, it's also fair to say that Campbell never got a fair shot. He dealt with different offensive coordinators and a declining offense as the Dan Snyder/Vinny Cerrato "brain trust" mowed the offense down with a series of questionable moves. A new start would be best for all involved, and Campbell will most likely get it.
At this point, he's probably just hoping that when he is traded, he won't have to hear about it first from a reporter.
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Most Milwaukee metro communities see rise in home prices
Home prices are up in most communities in the Milwaukee metro area so far this year, but a few suburbs that are popular with home shoppers have taken a price nick.
Data through September from the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors shows that Brookfield, Oak Creek, Shorewood and Fox Point were among suburbs seeing a dip in the average sale price compared with the first nine months of 2012.
Oak Creek's 5.9% decrease — to $188,559 from $200,351 — was the largest of the bunch. The average price fell 4.4% in Fox Point, to $333,337 from $348,841. The average sale price was down 2.4% in Shorewood, to $296,081 from $303,423. Brookfield's was off 1.9%, to $284,270 from $289,699 in the same period a year ago.
Mike Ruzicka, who as president of the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors analyzes the sales figures each month, said residential real estate prices can vary significantly depending on the inventory for sale in a community.
In the case of Brookfield, he noted, there were 35 more sales in the first nine months of 2013 than in the same span in 2012 — possibly meaning there was an inventory increase that helped hold down prices in the western suburb. Oak Creek, Shorewood and Fox Point also had more homes sold this year than in the same period last year.
"It's just the competitive nature of listing a property when there are more houses available in that given period of time," Ruzicka said. "I think that's the best explanation I can give."
Beth Jaworski of Shorewest Realtors said she recalled some houses being sold at significantly reduced prices in Brookfield this year, either as foreclosure properties or because they had water or mold issues. That undoubtedly cut into the average sale price, she said.
"We quote all of these average sale prices, but really that is just an indication in some ways of what's on the market," she said.
Jaworski said the fact that the foreclosure crisis has faded and there are fewer distressed properties for sale is one of the reasons average sale prices are up in most communities in metro Milwaukee. The discounted prices paid for distressed properties have weighed on average sale prices over the past few years.
She said a better way to gauge market prices is to look at how similar properties sold this year and last year compared in price. If you take the example of a 3- to 4-bedroom, 2- to 2.5-bathroom home in Brookfield over the first three quarters of 2013 compared to 2012, the average sale price in Brookfield for that type of house actually would be higher this year, she said.
"Prices are up, but not a whole lot," Jaworski said, speaking generally of metro Milwaukee. "I would say it's neither a buyer's or seller's market. It's very balanced. There are good deals, but, oh boy, you can't get real crazy either way as a buyer or seller with your demands or you're not going to accomplish your goals."
Most prices up
Overall, average sale prices are up in the four counties of metro Milwaukee: Milwaukee County, to $142,171 from $129,331, or 9.9%; Waukesha County, to $278,424 from $258,842, or 7.6%; Washington County, to $199,659 from $196,013, or 1.9%; and Ozaukee County, to $279,076 from $257,866, or 8.2%.
In Milwaukee County, only four of 19 communities didn't have an increase in average price through the third quarter: Oak Creek, Shorewood, Fox Point and Hales Corners. Although the average sale price was down a little in Shorewood, homes in the village didn't stay on the market long. Average days on the market in Shorewood was 75. That compared with 132 in the first nine months of 2012, a 43% decrease in the time it took to sell a home there.
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WR (Left) :
81-Anquan Boldin; 17-A.J. Jenkins; 84-Charly Martin; 18-Ricardo Lockette; 4-Lavelle Hawkins; 6-Austin Collie
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10-Kyle Williams; 14-Chad Hall; 19-Marlon Moore; 13-Kassim Osgood; 11-Quinton Patton; 1-Chuck Jacobs
Some surprises there. Lockette behind Jenkins and even Martin ? Hall in front of Moore ? Hmm, we shall find out whether this is the true pecking order come game time in terms of real performance.


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Elementary students at The Green Vale School in Old Brookville created over 200 Valentine's Day greetings for veterans in hospitals and nursing homes as part of the Valentines for Veterans Program sponsored by the Office of the Nassau County Excecutive.
Do you have exciting news to share? Please contact Jack A. Zolla, Marketing & Communications Manager, at extension 122, or via e-mail.


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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton isn't
making much of President Barack Obama's decision not to endorse Rhode Island's Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio.
At a rally in Providence on Sunday, Clinton joked instead that
he's surprised Caprio didn't receive the support of the tea party.
Clinton said Caprio's pro-business platform should have broad
populist appeal.
Caprio took offense last week at Obama's decision to endorse
independent Lincoln Chafee, who supported the president in 2008.
Caprio said the president could "shove it."
But Caprio said Saturday he wished he had "chosen different
language," and he said he accepts Obama's decision.
It was Clinton's second campaign visit for Caprio in three
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Although many women will experience breast pain before they reach menopause, it is a common symptom of this transitional phase and is likely to affect approximately 70% of women. Breast pain is normally caused by a change in hormone levels, which fluctuate continuously during menopause. Most women don't suffer severely with this symptom, but it does bring concern to many sufferers, many of whom relate it immediately to other more serious conditions. Understanding why you encounter menopausal breast pain and knowing how you can treat the root cause of the problem is important. Read on to find out more.
What Is Breast Pain?
Breast pain is when a woman's breasts feel tender or are causing her discomfort. Symptoms will vary for each woman but include tenderness, tightness, soreness, burning, swelling, dullness, and aching. Some women will suffer with these symptoms consistently while others will experience them sporadically. Breast pain can be extremely uncomfortable and can be made more severe if the wrong size or type bra is worn. If you are concerned about your breasts, it is always advisable that you visit your doctor for a further advice.
How Does a Hormonal Imbalance Lead to Breast Pain?
A hormonal imbalance is the main reason for breast pain during menopause or prior to menopause. The production of the two sex hormones, estrogen and progesterone, is disrupted during this transitional period, and it is the fluctuation in the levels of these hormones that causes breast pain. During a normal menstrual cycle, hormones have an impact on breast size. Normally the estrogen levels go up and the progesterone levels go down, meaning a woman's breasts may get slightly larger in size. However, during menopause, breasts are susceptible to pain because estrogen and progesterone levels are consistently up and down which alters the normal cycle. If there is a progesterone dominance, tenderness in the breasts is likely. This form of breast pain, caused by a hormonal imbalance, is called cyclical breast pain. During menopause it is the most likely form of breast pain that you will experience. Breast pain during the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy is also cyclical breast pain.
Could Breast Pain Be Caused by Anything Else?
As well as cyclical breast pain, non-cyclical breast pain may also affect a woman. This term refers to breast pain that is the result of conditions other than a hormonal imbalance. Non-cyclical breast pain is much less common during premenopause and perimenopause. If you are concerned about your breast pain, you should always visit your doctor for the appropriate advice. Below is a list of other causes of breast pain:
Breast cysts
Breast trauma
Large or heavy breasts
Oral contraceptive use
Antidepressant use
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
Cholesterol and heart drugs
More Information about Breast Pain
Breast pain can be an uncomfortable symptom of menopause, and as this article explains, the main cause of this discomfort is the imbalance of hormones. You can make small lifestyle changes to help combat this hormone imbalance, or you can choose an alternative treatment option. Click on the link below to find out more about breast pain treatments available.
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A few days ago we reported that an 8-bit retro-styled Mega Man 9 was coming to WiiWare. It's now been confirmed by Capcom that they have no plans to bring it out on other systems. Score!
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Heyweevil said:
Uhh didn't wikipedia say it'll be on Xbox live and PSN. Although those guys are getting Bionic Commando so this seems fair.
david k said:
Please tell me what difference it makes to Wii owners if it were exclusive or not? So who cares? And why?
FriedFish said:
Wikipedia is never reliable so don't believe anything; at least that's what my teacher says. Otherwise, good news.
JRAPOCALYPSE said:
I have all 3 of the new systems so it does not matter to me, but mega man started on Nintendo only consoles so why not honor that. I have the whole original series and x series complete in box and the both mega man collections on gc so 9 will be a treat! One would wish for a disc release but with the size of a nes game on a disc I guess I can settle for wiiware.
Mr Friend said:
While I agree with your sentiment david k, I will suggest a reason that people might be glad to hear MM9 is a Wii exclusive. A game that is exclusive to a console is good for owners of that console if it causes more people to buy that console (as opposed to being able to play it on any console). More console sales means that more games will be developed for that console. That paragraph is hard to follow, but basically it's why Nintendo doesn't release Mario Galaxy for the Xbox.
Master Foot said:
I'm a bit apprehensive about true 8 bit graphics keeping it classic is still cool. In my opinion, they would have to make it up with some serious 8-bit compositions that will rival that of the first three MM games.
Diddy Kong Lover said:
The more console exclusives the better, especially good ones. People complain about Wii's lack of good exclusives (Sony fanboys the most), if Wii gets more hardcore exclusives, Wii will look as balanced as it is intended instead of a crap/casual system like GayStation's Poo, I mean PS2.
Ian C said:
Woo-hoo take that BS network and xbroken live, go Mega Man.
LegatoSkyheart said:
So does this make "Megaman X" "Megaman 10" now?
BlackMan said:
Why not make it at least 16-bit? It looks so dated. Typical Capcom laziness.
blab355 said:
Sweet! I've been waiting for this for a while, but never though they'd actually do it 8-bit. I hope it was as good as 2, that was always my favorite.
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Skip to comments.Will White House be forced to respond to Texas secession petition?
Posted on 11/13/2012 11:37:37 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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I don't want to be mean, but how dense can you be? What percentage of the population was on the dole then? What percentage is on the dole today? Not to mention that Johnson has more in common with Romney and Bush than Obama.
What did Nixon do with those wins? He permanently ensconced Johnson's welfare state, and he was willing to end the space program to do it.
What you fail to understand is that winning elections is only good for us in relative terms. You have to go back nearly a hundred years to even find a pause in our leftward tack. After every republican president the budget is larger, the number of people on the dole is greater and the culture is coarser.
George W. Bush oversaw a bigger expansion of the government than Bill Clinton.
Even when we win, we lose.
"the north did everything it could to provoke the southerners into war"
That may be true, and certainly they negotiated in bad taste. But the whole "I've been had!" defense of the South is misguided. Whether manipulated or not, they did fire. FDR backed Japan into a corner and goaded into war, if not held the Pacific fleet as bait and withheld advanced notice of attack from commanders at Pearl Harbir. Nevertheless, Japan is responsible, as is the South.
The better argument is the one that doesn't sophistically entangle the "first shot" with the war that followed. Firing on Sumter was not grounds for total war and forcible repatriation. If the North was justified in conquering the South, it was not because of Sumter. Whatever a war based solely on Sumter would've looked like, it is not the war we got.
Think of it like WWI. Convention had it that it started with the assassination of the heir to the Austrian empire's throne. Not so. That started an Austro-Serbian war. The bigger war came through a chain of events emanatining from the little war, but it was nit sufficient cause. Without Germany invading Belgium there is no bigger war. Or maybe a bigger war would've broken out anyway, but the war we got was started by Germany, not Gavrilo Principe.
Take WWII (please). Historians either date it to 1936 because that's the beginning of Japanese expansionism or more commonly the Nazi invasion of Poland. However, that only covers the Sino-Japanese and Anglo-French-German wars. The bigger Pacific and European wars start only when Japan attacks the British and US empires and Germany declares war on Russia and the US. For simplicity's sake we pretend they follow of course from the "first shots," but no. Subsequent steps are not inevitable. They have to br chosen.
They did not attack the North to keep slavery. They stole federal property to keep the feds from doing fed things to them—for instance taxing—after secession. The theoretical war sparked by that incident, like I said, would have been different from the one we remember. The real war started because the feds decided to treat secession as an insurrection, and it was fought to force Southern states back into the union.
It was most emphatically NOT an invasion of North by the South to preserve slavery.
"You have to go back nearly a hundred years to even find a pause in our leftward tack."
Coolidge, yes. Reagan represented mostly a symbolic victory. He barely managed to slow growth, let alone pause it, let utterly alone reverse it. The last time we actually reversed ourselves in any meaningful way was Harding's (or Mellon's) normalcy after Wilson's War Socialism, and even that was hamstrung by the annus horibillis of 1913. The last principled stand for laissez-faire was Cleveland. But who am I kidding? It was only a matter of time after 1865.
Whoops, I meant bad faith, not bad taste.
"You cant argue out of fear."
Agreed. I'll say more like discretion.
Leftists are so intellectually dishonest it is almost moot to even try to argue a point with them.
I have also read the threads arguing the Civil War causes here on FR, and freepers do not always play nice with each other.
I was just not in the mood to rile up my fellow freepers who happen to view that war as a single-issue conflict.
No. What is the gist of it??
Right now,I think the Atlas Shrugged scenario seems to be playing out. Notice all of the companies since the election last week that served notice that are not hiring or will be laying off?
But then again, the Civil War scenario could be playing out as well. Check out the headlines in today's Drudge Report. The Secession movement is building steam.
I don't believe this will actually happen, nor do I want to see it happen. I want to correct the problems, not run away from them.
I will say that Texas has enough strengths to talk about this, even if it is not a "real" proposal to most people. I think it adds to the incentive to fix the problems, as this is a possible if not probable outcome otherwise.
The South still wanted to keep its institution of slavery. The South can name its war with the US anything they want but The War Of Northern Aggression. The South did attack first. The feds replied in kind and fought to preserve the Union.
Check your atlas. Manassas is in Virginia. If the south legally had the right to secede, then moving an army to a town within its own borders could hardly be called an invasion. Further, the fact that Ft Sumter was not evacuated by the Federal troops was a breach of Confederate sovereignity which could legitimately be construed as an act of aggression. Think about the response that the US would have had if the British had failed to evacuate New York, for instance. Would the US have been an aggressor if the British had maintained garrisons in US territory and the US attacked those garrisons?
Obviously, the north had the moral high ground, but it's quite possible to make a legalistic argument that the north in fact was the aggressor in the civil war.
Until the South declared war everything still belonged to the Union. The South couldn't declare sovereignty until a formal deceleration. Other than that, they were just a rebel bunch committing sedition.
The main thrust was that various groups such as conservatives, blacks, liberals, took over sections of the Country.
There are real questions surrounding the original admittance of the Republic of Texas to the United States in 1845. The annexation of Texas was by a simple majority vote in Congress instead of by Treaty. This was done because both the United States and the Republic of Texas could not come to a Treaty agreement, so it was accomplished by a vote in Congress and a vote by the citizens of the Republic. As Sam Houston said, "Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations," and Texas has continued to keep its independent spirit for 163 years.
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Interesting that you brought that to my attention. My great grandparents carried my infant grandfather to America from Austria Hungary
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Here's a thought. How about we just start a petition to change the country's name to "The Chicago States of America"?
I agree with your comments there, and as long as Texas can take a pass on attracting more illegal aliens to the state, there will be time later.
If it does attract them, it may be difficult to extract later.
I got an interesting email a couple years ago that was the testimony of an Austrian who was there during the time Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany.
The citizens welcomed it with open arms (at first) because of the great promises of "hope and change" so desparately desired by them during tough times. They were blissfully ignorant of the real trouble they were getting themselves into.
Sound familiar?
"I dont think succession gets us back on the right track. It further divides us as a nation."
The nation is already at or close to that point where it has become irreconcilably divided.
For months now, I have been predicting in my posts here on FR that this election would not serve to "unite" the nation, but instead illustrate how divided it has become, and actually exacerbate those divisions. Can you point out any recent events that indicate otherwise?
Conservatives look from their side of the divide at the left, and wonder why they think as they do and believe what they believe. The left, on the other hand, has no interest in even considering what we think they're doing wrong. The elements of division have grown so stark that neither side can begin to understand the other, and in most cases hates the other side's guts.
The United States, as a people, is NEVER going to be "united" again, at least in the sense that it was in, say, 1952. Those times are past and gone (and I was alive in 1952). They ain't comin' back.
Having said that, as a conservative, I could live in such a divided nation, so long as where I lived was a "conservative-dominant" (red) area, and within such places conservative and old-time traditional American principles and mores prevailed. I wouldn't care what the heathens of New York or San Francisco did, so long as they would leave me (and us) alone. I sense that you are of a like mind.
However, the left can NEVER permit this. From their viewpoint, they cannot be satisfied until everyone has come under their diktats, under their boot. They will use the full force of governmental power, including the military (if they can coax them into firing on Americans) and the increasingly-militarized police (which already does).
I see but two possible courses for the future, particularly considering the "demographic directions" in which we're going:
1. The people "of the red" (conservatives) will eventually be forced to live under the will of the people "of the blue" (the left). They will no longer have "the national numbers" by which to resist, at least by way of peaceful, "conventional channels".
2. The people of the red will reach the point where they realize that some kind of "separation" from the blues has become the only pathway by which to re-gain their own freedoms.
I'm a realist. That's what I see.
Final thoughts:
Who could have predicted, ten years ago, that there would be so much open talk of "secession" today? Who could have dreamed?
Back around 1985, if someone had told you that by 1992 the Soviet Union would have voluntarily dissolved itself, you would have told them they were out of their minds. Where's the once-mightly U.S.S.R. today?
Perhaps what we're not ultimately headed for is "secession" per se (an event where one side proclaims independence against the other side's will), but rather a peaceful "dissolution" (voluntarily agreed to by both sides).
One thing is for certain:
We can't go the way we're going now, and last too many decades longer.
"I have also read the threads arguing the Civil War causes here on FR, and creepers do not always play nice with eachother."
That's true, but it's true of pretty much every thread.
"The feds replied in kind"
"In kind" is precisely not how they replied. Preserving the union, or more accurately conquering the South and forcing it back into the union, has nothing to do with an in kind response to Sumter. I have no idea how history was ever so fooled. Except that everyone now thinks slavery is bad, and therefore the South must be to blame.
"The South did attack first"
Your mind operates in a manner foreign to me. This is true, so far as it goes. But you say it as if it means the South invaded the North and tried to turn it into a client state perpetually under the thumb of Richmond. Certainly this is what Lincoln, too, implies, otherwise the Gettysburg Address makes no sense.
However, the attack was a casualty free shelling of a fort, which amounts to theft. The war that followed seemed to use it as a pretext, but of course repatriation of rebels has nothing to do with stealing federal property. The war the North was justified in continuing after Sumter, like I said, was a war to retake lost property, be recompensed for its trouble, and to some extent punishing the other side. They weren't justified in conquest. Or if they were, not by Sumter.
"the fact that Ft Sumter was not evacuated by the Federal troops was a breach of Confederate sovereignty which could legitimately be construed as an act of aggression"
I don't agree, and figure all federal property to be grandfathered in, so to speak, even if territory around it becomes Confederate, in the same manner as Guantanamo Bay. Of course, the only reason we're still in Guantanamo is that we could crush Cuba whenever we so chose, so it's more like a de factor occupation. The North had reason to fear the South, unlike Cuba, and also thinking you could maintain a fort in the middle of one of the South's largest harbors was provocative, and no sovereign nation would idly accept it.
It wasn't so much aggressive as passive aggressive, but the North was at fault by negotiating in bad faith for compensated surrender of federal property. They obviously didn't take the Confederacy at face value, were looking for a way to force them back in the union, and goaded them into firing the first shot.
Not that I relieve the South of committing an act of war. They did shoot first. It's just that, as I've been saying, justified war on the part of the North resulting from Sumter in no way resembles the war that actually happened.
The war ended over a 150 years ago. The Union was preserved. So do your "what if's" should the South had prevailed.
Best thing to do is get over it.
They just ignore the rules when they want to avoid dealing with something:
White House removes petition seeking honors for cat
An official White House website that asks for petitions from voters has apparently killed a move to get an honorary seat for a cat who came in third in a U.S. Senate race.
If the Obama White House can side-step important issues like that and get away with it, they can easily ignore secession petitions.
There are a lot more liberaltarian lost causers on this site than I previously imagined.
I understand the term "liberaltarian," though it's wrongheaded. Foreign adventurism and drug criminalization have been argued against by libs long enough for us to mistake them as conservative. But to set the term alongside Lost Causers, as you call them, boy oh boy. If there's one thing contemporary liberals believe in, it's not the Confederacy.
I want to be clear that I believe slavery was an evil that should not have been allowed, however, that was not the primary reason for the war. As always, follow the money. There were disputes between the north and south about trade and tariffs, and that was the main reason for the war. Did you know that Lincoln did not free all slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation?
Right. It was just a proclamation. Had no validity anywhere. It was primarily aimed at the border states. James Buchanan's actions precipitated the war. It was his actions towards the Southern states that pushed it over the edge.
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PEC, Kosovo Serbian Orthodox Church and political leaders gather on Sunday to enthrone a new patriarch to guide a religion embodying the spirit of Serbia, but the once a generation ceremony will take place on foreign soil in Kosovo.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but many Serbs still see Kosovo and the monasteries there as the cradle of their Orthodox religion. Old churches and monasteries dot the landscape of the smallest country in the Balkans.
"As you can imagine the political situation is very heated now in the period of the patriarch's enthronement," said one Serbian Orthodox Church official who did not want to be named.
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Or just a tip on how to search. I don't know what term to search for, beyond "nav menu"
Does anyone know of a WP site with a menu like the one in the URL?
All advice I can give is, research the coding of the nav menu, Upload his template or find the source oooor search generate menu's.
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That's a very pretty blog, in a parchmenty way: as a University blog they probably won't mind telling you their secrets, if they bother to reply.
The only trouble is I can't see any menu navigation at all on any part of the page, not even next/previous; although the standard Archives List ( maybe that's what you mean ) indicates posts several years back: the page finishes for me at July 4.
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All 100 rooms feature thoughtful touches like pillow menus and bathrobes, plus free WiFi, free wired Internet, and LCD TVs with satellite channels. Guests will also find balconies, 24-hour room service, and minibars.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Mövenpick Hotel KuwaitFree Trade Zone Safat Kuwait City 13008
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an outdoor pool and a children's pool, Mövenpick Hotel Kuwait provides a health club and a sauna. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 4 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 5-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. This luxury hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. A roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) and a shopping center shuttle are complimentary for guests. Onsite valet parking is complimentary.
Mövenpick Hotel Kuwait has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Free airport transportation
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Children's pool
- Coffee shop or café
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Computer station
- Concierge services
- Designated smoking areas
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fireplace in lobby
- Free valet parking
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Garden
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Luggage storage
- Meeting rooms 2
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 2
- Number of restaurants - 4
- Outdoor pool
- Poolside bar
- Rooftop terrace
- Sauna
- Free shopping center shuttle
- Shopping on site
- Steam room
- Total number of rooms - 100
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Wedding services
- Year Built 2002
Family Friendly Amenities
- Children's pool
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Outdoor pool
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Balcony
- Bathrobes
- Bidet
- Ceiling fan
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Free newspaper
- Free toiletries
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Free local calls
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Minibar
- Phone
- Pillow menu
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Room service (24 hours)
- Satellite TV service
- Shower/tub combination
- Slippers
- Turndown service
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Bays International - Overlooking the pool and garden, this buffet restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Al Dente - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
Cuts - This theme restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
The Garden - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
Tea Lounge - Onsite café.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club and a sauna.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 12:30 PM
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: KWD 9 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee per child: KWD 0.00
Hotel Name
- Hotel Moevenpick Kuwait
- Kuwait Moevenpick
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- Moevenpick Kuwait Hotel
- Moevenpick Hotel & Resort Al Bida'a Kuwait
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We should mention
Under Kuwaiti law, if you are a Kuwaiti citizen or a foreigner residing in Kuwait, you must provide a Kuwait Civil ID card at time of check-in. Couples wishing to share a room must provide their original marriage certificate. Local laws may restrict unmarried guests from sharing rooms. Guests are responsible for providing proof of marriage, if requested by the hotel.


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I am deeply suspicious of economically determinist or conspiratorial explanations for political and historical events. The world is just too complicated, and chance and history play too large a role in the choices we face and the decisions we make. The mantra on the left that President George W. Bush's rush to war with Iraq is about oil, oil, oil, sounds simplistic to me. Still, I must also confess that the case Bush and his advisers have made for war is so convoluted and contradictory that I have been made equally suspicious about their real motives and goals. In the absence of any convincing evidence that Iraq poses an immediate and grave danger to the United States, why has Saddam Hussein become the prime target of the "war on terrorism"? I want to put forth one theory—and it is only a theory—in the hope that it may help illuminate at least a part of this mystery.
The only chronology that I am aware of which reconstructs the Bush administration's adoption of a policy of "regime change" in Iraq appeared in a June 14, 2002 Wall Street Journal article by Carla Anne Robbins and Jeanne Cummings. According to Robbins and Cummings, the focus on Iraq "was far from preordained." Indeed, before September 11, 2001, "an interagency review on the country was languishing." Even after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, they write, "Iraq didn't figure prominently in Bush's thinking, particularly after...
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Speaking exams
Speaking exams
This section is going to help you to prepare for speaking exams, which for many learners are the exam that is most feared! This section will give you lots of tips and advice so you can do as well as possible in any speaking test. Remember that everyone gets nervous in exams, especially oral exams. So, don't worry, our tips will help you feel more confident in a speaking exam.
- Listening to as much English as possible will help to improve your speaking. Listening to songs, podcasts, films, TV series or video clips will help you to feel more confident about speaking.
- Speak as much English in class as possible. If you speak English regularly in class, you will find it easier to speak in an exam.
- Slow down! It's not a race. Before you speak, think carefully about what to say and speak a little slower than normal.
- Use language you know is correct. Use words and expressions you have used before.
- If you don't know a word, think of another way to say it. For example, if you know the word 'expensive', but can't remember the word 'cheap', you could say:
It's not expensive.
It's a good price.
It's not a lot of money.
- Listen to yourself while you speak and if you hear a mistake, correct it. Native speakers make mistakes and correct them all the time.
- Look at the examiner's or other student's face and eyes when you speak. Do they understand you? If not, say it again with different words.
- If you don't understand the question or the activity, ask the examiner. Say: 'Could you repeat that, please?'
- Always say something. Don't just say 'yes' or 'no'. Explain your answer with a reason. Say 'Yes, I agree because....'
- If you can choose the question or topic, choose one you know something about. It's easier to talk about something you know.
- Speak clearly so that the examiner can hear you. If you find this difficult, practise with a friend at home. Stand at opposite ends of a room and speak to each other in English. Or speak to each other in English on your computers.
- What can you prepare before the exam? Ask your teacher. For example, questions about personal information. Prepare what to say at home and practise with a friend, in front of a mirror or record yourself on your phone or computer.
- In some exams, there are two examiners. One who talks to you and one who listens. Say hello and goodbye to both examiners, but during the exam, focus on the examiner who talks to you.
- This is your opportunity to show the examiner what you know. Use your best language and pronunciation.
- Remember that everyone feels nervous in exams. So, take some deep breaths before the exam and try to relax.
- Finally, remember that the examiners are normal human beings, not aliens!
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Hey yesterday was my speaking exam.it was too bad i forget all the things which was i'm going to speak i don't know what happens with me i get confused and lose my temperament please suggest me what i do ?
Hi Ashfaq. Oh no! Sorry to hear that. What did you have to talk about in the exam? Were you nervous?
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I'm going to a speaking test in which I will be asked to record my speech. But I have problem with my intonation. I don't know where should my voice go up or down :(. When I speak ( discuss a topic), I don't know what I will speak next, so I always " um....ah...ah....". Can you give me some advice?
Hi ann_gemini, you have two good questions here.
1. It is very difficult to teach intonation because there is no correct answer! I'm sure you use intonation when speaking your first language. English intonation will be almost the same as the intonation in your own language, so relax and the intonation will come naturally. To relax, look at the examiner. Use your hands and gestures to show the meaning, move or nod your head and remember to smile. You can also say the key words (important words) a bit louder than other words, then I'm sure the intonation will come naturally.
2. Don't worry about saying um... ah... er... when you're thinking. British people do this all the time. It is much better than silence! You could use other phrases too (such as let me see... / let me think... / that's a good question).
Come back after your exam and tell us how well you did! GOOD LUCK.
Simon (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Hi Simon,
It's been almost a year since I posted my comment on this topic :) ( Time flies!) I took IELTS exam and got 6.5 for speaking section. On that day (speaking test), I always tried to smile and kept my feelings positive. Thank you so much for your advice! Now I want to get a higher score and still try to enhance my speaking English every day.^^
Hi ann_gemini,
Congratulations! That's brilliant news about your IELTS exam result. Well done! Simon doesn't work with us on LearnEnglish Teens any more, but he still works in the British Council so I have just sent him an email to show him your message. Thanks for coming back to the site to tell us your great news!
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team.)
Hi Jo, thank you for sending my message:) ah, I have a question. I realize that there are quite a lot of differences between American English and British English pronunciation/ accent. I think my speaking now is mixed both of them. I dont know whether I should speak American or British English. Which one is better??
Hi ann-gemini,
That's a good question! There are loads of different accents that native speakers of English have. Apart from American and British English - people from Australia, Wales, Scotland, Ireland etc. all have different accents and that's not to mention the regions within the UK that all have very different accents. I love accents! All of them have their own characteristics and there isn't one accent that is better than the others in my view. I also love the fact that learners of English all have their unique accents. I don't believe that learners should ever aim to sound British or American when they speak English. They should sound like themselves! As long as you can speak clearly, and people can understand you - that's great! :)
So, enjoy the accent that you have; a mix of British and American must be interesting and nice to listen to. If you want to find out more about the differences between American and British English, check out this video: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/how/how-understand-differences-between-british-and-american-english
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Thank you so much:). I was confused but now I dont need to worry about my accent any more.
Have a nice day!
I like speaking exams very much))))I don`t know why))))
I have very much LEnglish podcasts in my phone))))I have `History`,`big city small world`,elementary podcasts)It`s real helpful)))Podcasts make my speaking better))))
It's most hard in FCE test :'(
I speak english so good but when I speak with my teacher, he is from the United States and I'm from Spain, he is speaks so fast but this is not the problem, I don't know how to say many words and I feel so nervous and so scared. I'm trying to learn more words but I don't know how. In the English Class we are doing a work of the States of the United States and he ask to me some questions and I don't know how to answer it.
Hi Katniss Mockingjay,
It sounds to me like you're doing really well with your English. You'll learn lots of new words by spending time on LearnEnglish Teens. Reading and listening to English will help you learn words in context and if you need to learn simple words connected to a topic have a look at our Vocabulary exercises. I'm pretty sure they'll be very easy for you though. Have you watched any of the videos in Video Zone? Find a video you're interested in and use the transcript if you need to.
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
I want to speal English fast and interesting,but i have the troubles with listening and speaking.
My pronunciation is not that good . . .
I'm so nervous, I say a lot of stupid thing :( But when I'm calm I can speak highly enough
i dont like speaking too as i am not good at it ..... when i start to talk i forget the whole words i used to know !
I don't dike exam speaking. I more like when I'm writing on list...
when i pass a peaking test i look like someone who is going to die loool , i always think about the grammar roles and say emmmmmmmm
Quite simple. I liked it !
My problem with speaking english is that, with the teacher, i can't talk english that well. But when talking with my friends or people that i know, i can express myself very well.
Hi 1Dgirl,
That's interesting. Do you feel more nervous talking to your teacher than to your friends? Maybe you should do some deep breathing and relaxing before an exam, or try to imagine that the teacher is a member of your family or a family friend! Do you think that might help?
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Yep, Maybe because i'm nervous. I'll try that, thanks for your help.
My problem with speakings is that I feel I don't know many words and because of that I get stuck...
Hi Georgia8,
Have a look at our Communications strategies section. It explains what to do when you don't know the exact word you need in a speaking exam. I hope it helps.
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
I am beginner in learning English. I would like to help me in learning English.
Hello student007. Welcome! I hope you enjoy practising English with us. Try our vocabulary games, and have you seen the level 1 Easy Reading? Write comments and tell us what you like doing!
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Thank you Jonathan
Hi Jo
I really like this website,but I'd like to know something...
Is that possible to get notifications when someone replies my coment???
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The two new next-gen consoles are going head-to-head this Christmas but which one boasts the best racing games?
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Neither Sony or Microsoft have made their new consoles 'backwards compatible' meaning you can't transfer Gran Turismo 6 onto the newer version or dig out that old dog-eared version of Crash Bandicoot either.
While Gran Turismo 7 is due for release on PS4 sometime in 2014, the smart money for racing game fans keen to play at Christmas is the Xbox One.
Having said that, the best option might be to stick with your older console this Christmas and enjoy the refined abilities of existing titles such as Gran Turismo 6, Grand Theft Auto V and Forza Motorsport 4.


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