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I disappeared last week, but not because I've had a baby yet. Since going on hiatus from most social media lately, I've had a few messages trickle in here and there if she is here yet. Not yet!
I'm 10 days away from my due date, so maybe any day now, but I really have no idea. Claire was two days "early," so I at least don't have a track record of going late. But I know all babies are different and despite the old wives tale that "second babies come sooner," I'm trying not to get too excited in these last few weeks. I feel a lot more at peace with waiting this time because I know how hard taking care of a newborn can be and because I haven't basically been in labor for weeks like I was at the end with Claire. So that's a plus!
Anyway, not too much has been going on in my neck of the woods, but here's what I have been up to.
Stocked up on household items/non-perishables and made a few freezer meals. Finally. This was a big thing to get off my to do list before baby arrives. It took all my energy, but I'm glad I powered through last week and got it done.
Nursery is complete. Minus a shelf I want to hang, but that's just purely decorative.
We literally have everything else ready to go too. All baby clothes washed, diapers stocked, I put the car seat in the car last week. It feels good!
Keeping the house tidy like it's my job. Serious nesting mode, like I mentioned previously. I literally feel like my house has never been more clean and organized, which is insane considering I have a toddler and am so pregnant.
I just can't help it. Having a clean house feels so good though. I just hope I don't have to re-clean it all over again too much more before she comes.
Feeling amazing from PT/Chiro. I literally have no back pain anymore, which is just crazy to say. I am so impressed with the care I've received. It's been life-changing. I think that's why I'm partially not nearly as anxious to get this baby out of me because I'm actually comfortable for the most part. If I was in as much pain as I was a few weeks ago, I think I would be more than done right now. I want to meet her of course, but the whole being pregnant and miserable thing hasn't been nearly as bad and I credit all of it to adjustments and PT!
Loving not being on social media. Admittedly, I haven't actually stayed off Facebook as much as I wanted. I kind of majorly struggle with giving it up and I don't know why it's so addicting. I decided to give up more than just Facebook though and haven't been on Instagram or Snapchat in a while. I totally don't miss either!
Last week I really was off Facebook and all social media though. Just being unplugged as proved to be so helpful for me, especially being this pregnant. I just don't need the noise right now when I really just want to focus on my family.
Every time I do something like this is makes me wonder how I will return to social media. I really want to be mindful of it whenever I do come back and not just slip right back into old habits again. I think I'll never add the Facebook app back to my phone and just rely on messenger and checking FB on the computer a few times a week. It's so much less "cool" and addicting that way. I really wish you could use apps like Instagram on the computer though :-/ Not sure how to get around that one.
Anyway, that's what's been up with me! I'm hoping to share a few more posts before baby gets here. I will probably take my time announcing her on here, because I just don't want to rush and want to enjoy our time as a family. I will have some pre-scheduled posts for April though so I won't totally disappear once she's here 🙂
Questions for You:
- Baby birthday guesses? So far I have had way less predictions this time around.
- What have you been up to lately?


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Was a leading scientist working on Cern's Large Hadron Collider plotting with al-Qa'ida to sabotage sites in France? John Lichfield in Paris reports
Sunday, 11 October 2009
Police outside the block of flats in Vienne, France, where the parents of Adlène and Halim Hicheur live. The brothers were arrested on Thursday after their internet traffic was bugged
The scientist suspected of plotting terrorist attacks on nuclear sites in France is a brilliant, internationally known physicist who has worked on research projects in Britain and the US, it emerged yesterday.
Adlène Hicheur, 32, who currently works on the "Big Bang" Large Hadron Collider experiment on the Swiss-French border, was once a research fellow at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Chilton, Oxfordshire. His name is attached to dozens of research papers presented at universities and nuclear research centres all over the world.
Mr Hicheur, and his brother, Zitouni, or Halim, also a highly qualified scientist, were arrested at their parents' home on a suburban council estate at Vienne, south of Lyons, on Thursday. French investigators say that advanced, internet "bugging" equipment allowed them to read, in "real time", emails exchanged between the brothers and the North African branch of al-Qa'ida. The messages are alleged to have contained, in recent days, suggested targets for attacks on nuclear sites in France and other countries "allied with the United States".
The brothers, French-born with devout, hard-working Algerian parents, fit a worrying pattern seen before in the arrest of suspected Islamist extremists in France. Far from being frustrated or unemployed young men from the margins of society, both Adlène and Halim had succeeded brilliantly in the French education system and taken up senior academic or research posts.
The younger brother, Halim, has a doctorate in physiology and the biomechanics of motion from the Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris. He is now a research fellow at the Collège de France in Paris, France's most prestigious academic institution.
Neighbours of the Hicheur family in Vienne said that they were devout and hard-working people who had lived there since the 1970s. The academic success of the sons has been the pride, not just of the family, but of the whole estate.
"They were held out to young people here as an example of what you could achieve, whatever your background," said a local youth worker, who asked not to be identified. "There is a state of shock at what has happened and some anger. People think that this must be a mistake."
French counterterrorism and intelligence agencies have been tracking Adlène Hicheur for 18 months, according to French judicial sources. His name came up during another investigation into the so-called "Afghan network" of French Islamist sympathisers, trained in al-Qa'ida camps in Afghanistan in the 1990s.
Using sophisticated monitoring equipment that allows them to read emails as they are transmitted, French intelligence concluded in recent days that Adlène Hicheur had reached the "intention or desire stage" of preparing to mount an attack on a nuclear site. A French intelligence source told the news agency Agence France-Presse that he had not yet reached the "action stage" of gathering materials and detailed information. He had, however, put forward a list of several possible targets in emails sent to people in North Africa known to be linked to "al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb" or AQIM.
The monitoring equipment used by the French intelligence services is so elaborate that it "is almost like reading over someone's shoulder", the then French interior minister, Michèle Alliot-Marie, said earlier this year. Her successor, Brice Hortefeux, decided last week that it would be dangerous to extend the surveillance any longer.
French police and agents from the internal security agency, the Direction Centrale du Renseignement Intérieur (DCRI), raided the home of the brothers at Vienne on Thursday. The two suspects were taken to the brand new DCRI headquarters at Levallois-Perret, west of Paris, where they are being questioned by Christophe Teissier, the magistrate who heads France's anti-terror judicial investigation unit. They have not yet been formally accused of anything but are being held on suspicion of "associating with wrong-doers linked to a terrorist organisation".
Adlène Hicheur is an internationally respected young nuclear physicist, whose name appears in research papers and seminars all over the world. He was educated at a lycée in Vienne and at the nearby Laboratory of Particle Physics in Annecy. He was a research fellow, studying for his PhD, at the Stanford University Linear Accelerator Center in California in 1999 and 2002. He spent a year at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire in 2003, and taught and researched at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne, Switzerland.
For the past six years he has been working on contract for the Atlas project, one of the programmes connected to the Large Hadron Collider at Cern, on the Franco-Swiss border. After a series of delays and glitches, the collider is scheduled to operate fully for the first time next year. It will smash atoms against one another in a 17-mile-long circular tunnel in an attempt to recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang. French judicial sources say that the brothers do not appear to have been planning to attack the Large Hadron Collider itself. Officials at Cern say that the scientist had no access to materials or sensitive information that could be used for terrorism. "None of our research has potential for military application, and all our results are published openly in the public domain," Cern said.
Adlène Hicheur appears to have specialised in the measurement side of nuclear physics. His office at Cern was in the main complex, where the collider is located. His academic papers have included accounts of research on the "electronic width of the Upsilon particle" and "measurement of the branching ratios of colour suppressed decays". His recent work at Cern has included "studying, improving and designing new tracking tools" to measure the effects when the collider finally operates.
Halim Hicheur's research concerns the movement of the human body. A biographical note on the internet says: "My research focuses on the neural and mechanical determinants of steps' formation, as well as on the principles underlying the planning and control of goal-oriented locomotion. The aim of this work is to provide an integrative view on human locomotion, studied as an activity requiring both sensorimotor co-ordination and navigational guidance."
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Islington 'to adopt 20mph limit'
About 20 main roads in Islington, north London, are set to become 20mph zones next week, after two years of planning.
The cut from 30mph to 20mph is set to be agreed next week and will go to public consultation next year.
The council said the speed limit cut was aimed at reducing serious accidents involving pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
The Metropolitan Police said it would not increase patrols to enforce the limit, though.
It said 20mph zones were "designed to be 'self enforcing' through traffic calming measures such as speed humps".
'Considered advice'
The proposed speed cut will be presented to the council executive on 24 November, before next year's public consultation.
Councillor Paul Convery added: "We work very closely with the Metropolitan Police and have very carefully considered their advice.
"After long thought, we have decided to reject it and balanced the advice with the feelings of local residents and councillors, and the importance of safer streets for residents.
"We will work to improve awareness among motorists of the dangers of speed, to explain the reasons for keeping to 20mph in our community."
Residential streets in the borough are already 20mph zones and the new restrictions will cover main roads throughout Islington.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "The Metropolitan Police (MPS) follows Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and Department for Transport (DfT) guidelines and liaises closely with Islington borough over all 20mph zones.


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Dear Gemini,
Happy New Year! Welcome to a refreshed you in 2017! You had to prove your mettle as you waded through a challenging 2016. You chased after and gained new heights of achievement, only after investing weeks upon weeks of sweat and tears. Home and true love tested your patience, and were further stressed with new challenges at work. Tests on these fronts have been met with your dedication to succeed, and 2017 celebrates your work with many rewards. Trust in your innate wind element to take off like a baby bird and fly. The skies of 2017 are bound to encounter your inner truth and a life of boundless meaning.
Mercury presses your reset button on your energy reserves. His Retrograde in the middle of New Year celebrations – as if there were no worst time! – aroused a rebirth of spirit. You are a new person coming into 2017, with deeper attention in whom and what deserves your effort.
When Mercury retrogrades, he physically goes backward in his orbit in your Palace of Energy. He retraces his steps to discover outstanding issues with sex, money, insurance, and even an inheritance from a will. Financial and sexual forms of energy get sorted out. In body there may be physical blocks to true intimacy; in money, your wealth may have been drained, but a new source of money promises a better outlook.
The Palace of Energy looks over the energetic costs of your deepest relationships. In both romance and business, even charity, you invest little bits of your mind, body and spirit. Exchanges between you and others happen all the time, except after 2016 you are aware of the fools and fakes. You are better in tune with acts, events, pleasures and possessions that render the most fulfillment; and with whom you can better enjoy life. Only after failed relationships, businesses, job endeavors, monetary investments, bankruptcy and heartache, can you know what failure is. As well as success. Mercury's retrograde reveals the exact moments or events in the past and today, which caused the chaos to unleash. He specifically unearths the costs these failures had in your mind, body and spirit. The beauty of Mercury Retrograde is he alleviates the cost of pain as opposed to exacting vengeance against whatever must pay. Payback is you, all healed like the past cost you nothing and the pain (and person) are long forgotten. Truly allow your Gemini wind element to let the pain breeze on by. Its zephyrs will bring better future opportunities for deeper relationships.
Mercury in December threw hissy fits in his retrograde because he is a staunch perfectionist. He already visited your Palace of Energy two years ago in Dec 2014 – Jan 2015. At that point in your life, you felt so capable of assuming any role. However, there were indicators that the energy you invested in others was too intellectual, indifferent, cold or too logical. The individuals speaking these concerns may very well have been too sentimental to go with your flow. However, in their sentimentality (or emotional unwillingness to understand you), you saw how others experienced or took in your energy. As stated, energy is both financial and monetary, but deeply uniting them is your expression. How you express your energy in words, actions, and deeds, may have had unintended consequences. This retrograde is a revisitation of the visit two years ago, but this time you realize it takes two to tango. You are not the only individual investing energy, as someone else's energy also factors into your experience. Thus, mutual respect for yourself and the other must prevail in close ties with others. Mutual give and take happens when there is healthy energetic exchanges in mind, body and spirit between you and others.
It is a new year, and though you may start with a less than ideal situation with Mercury Retrograde in your Palace of Energy, you have a whole new year to set your path straight (or gay, just be free and happy!), and make it ideal. Jan 5th – 12th, Mercury goes back all the way into memory lane as he enters your Palace of Commitment. It is very unusual for Mercury to retrograde so far back as to recede into the previous Palace, but alas, he indicates a commitment made to a job or partner, may be the root cause of such intense energy drains. You must first reset the balance in your relationships to feel mutual fulfillment. You may, or have already, broken up this commitment, walked away, or chosen to restart from the ground-up. Icy cold Saturn is in this Palace, where he teaches you the importance being aware of your terms and conditions. Only when you know what you want and who you are can you know if the other wants the same and can deliver. Prior to agreeing on a contract or agreement, you must first be assured the commitment being formed is based on honesty and integrity. Mercury will help you see all the missing pieces, so you can confidently choose to re-make or break that commitment.
You are a power house of good judgment and choice-making. Jan 9th, Mercury end his retrograde and moves forward. His direct motion blows winds with an explosion of progressive force. Innate to your wings is mastery over the wind which uplifts your cornerstone as a Gemini: the mind. You are keen on mental computation, logic and being a conveyance of knowledge to others. Wordsmith is your trade by birth and you can gather and disburse information fast. The light of hope peaks at the end of the retrograde tunnel Jan 13th – Feb 7th. Your mental acuity is so precise that you are in tune with the tasks at hand today, the past is the past, you learned and are stronger.
You can speak to your new monetary and intimacy goals after you purge the waste. Two years ago, Mercury left you in top notch form, with great prospects. Over time, your authenticity was limited or taken for granted, and you are ready to tread new territory. By Feb 7th, Mercury leaves you certain about your sexual power and your growing wealth.
The Sun's iridescent rays shower upon your Palace of Energy, Dec 22nd – Jan 21st. He excites new life as Mercury unearths the blockages and wastes upon your energy. You appreciate a newfound sense of identity in an important rebirth. You are eager to take flight in your skies to discover your truth and purpose. On Jan 21st, his showers of light continue new growth in your inner truth connect with the greater truth of the world. This allows you to invest your energy into your true purpose in the world. By Feb 8th, a death, a will, or inheritance, can expand your view on life with acceptance of the after-life. Or you may experience an orgasm of such palpable pleasure, a new you is reborn. One that rises from deep intimacy with another so as to inspire true love's trust.
Venus, your girl, works in tandem with the Sun to beautify your grown sense of purpose. She helps you see how you fit into this world, and that ain't no one going to live your inner truth, but you. She compels you to embrace the unique person you are and see how important a role your life plays in those closet to you.
Venus will highlight this importance when she enters your Palace of Career, Jan 5th. Her touch of luxury spices up your dreams and aspirations to reach for more. She dons you with rose-tinted glasses with which to see your awesome skills, strengths, accomplishments and achievements.
Throughout much of her transit revitalizing your Palace of Career, Venus will be just a few degrees behind her lover, Mars, the god of war. She will allow you to build stronger rapport with new clients, a new boss, or subordinates, and feel respect abound. Mars helps you sour into new heights, as Venus helps you win over those who rule those heights. VIPs, exclusive clubs, and elite networking event, are all highly favored as you gain more renown and recognition. Your quantities as a logical intellect makes your mind highly desirable for business, especially if you are in sales. With Mercury revamping your energy investments in life, stay keen on winning over the right individuals. Avoid being cutthroat or indifferent, as you may lose out on shy but genius individuals. The lessons from the past empower mutual respect to prevail, as you are more mature. You have learned how to best invest yourself, and others start to note your wise choices. By Feb 3rd, your fame will precede you and others will gladly work with you. Venus ensures your good position and standing in you career field, destined to be the best.
Mars catapults you into the heights of success as he visits your Palace of Career. He launches a professional crusade into your ideal place of work, field of interest or social standing. You may even change your name as romantic thresholds in your life (if you are in a relationship), open you up to say "I do," in marriage and thus legally change your name. The change in title my be economic, as your marriage or job, augment your credit line, mutual wealth, and enrich your security. The success you see can be in your profession as you attain your ideal job with fierce winds of determination fueled by Mars. On Jan 28th, Mars delivers the title, role or status through which your hard work and dedication are acknowledged. On the following day, Jan 29th, Mars continues to revolutionize your role in life when he enters your Palace of Community. He intends to emerge your reborn self professionally and socially with a social crusade into the world. Your growing social identity from your inner truth opens up networks that empower you. As Mars fuels your desire for community involvement, he tears down social walls to render you open. Others look into the real you, but the vulnerability inspires them to trust your heart, judgment and guidance. He energizes your drive to be more authentic, strong and fierce! Saturn pressures you to be authentic about your terms and conditions in relationships and commitment. Come February, the month of love, Mars and Saturn give you a commitment to love.
The Moon
The Moon's emotional tide flows in your community, and ebbs in your enjoyment. As you are reborn with a growing sense of purpose, the Moon makes a very powerful visit to your Palace of Community. Jan 5th, she arrives as a Waxing Crescent to initiate a trend of great social expansion. She will give you a tease of the work Mars develop and Venus will beautify. The bountiful god of fortune, Jupiter will send great vibrations of true love and romance. Venus and Mercury are both making major moves on that day, as previously mentioned, compounding the discovery of truth. Mars will soon visit, suggesting Jan 5th is a major foreshadowing of an ideal life to come. Specifically, more fulfillment in love and work, which gains its power from literally not giving two cents about what people think. Keep a close eye on your mind on this date, and whatever triggers fear, joy, pain in the gut, sweaty palms or rapid breathing is a sign what to expect. This Waxing Crescent is just the flow of a new social identity, with less insecurity, and more self-esteem.
The crescent progresses into a Full Moon on Jan 13th, to celebrate your financial and spiritual blessings. Given the volatility of the month, I would be remiss in being blindly optimistic. I want to prepare you to feel ready to take on life, so that as opposed to a helpless victim life is under your control as a survivor. Your talent and skill set are profitable and you are a strong source of money and stability. Independence is a cornerstone of this moon, which Jupiter beautifully illuminates with care-free joy. Jupiter is in a perfect trine to the Full Moon, a link that underlines the day with a sense of romance and lightness. Jupiter shows you how to make a hobby turn a profit, or find enjoyment in a splurge to spoil yourself, or in expanding your world with more idealism. You start the year with a lot of positivity around you and you feel the spiritual worth of these blessings, which is priceless. Life will feel absolutely blissful and full for financial and spiritual promise. If ever you wondered what your terms and conditions should be, this is the day. The day when you know your worth inside and out, and someone finds you utterly irresistible. You may get a big bonus, a pay raise, a new and bigger wealth portfolio, more clients, more money money money!
Your health will desire a reset button on the Waning Crescent in your Palace of Health, Jan 19th. No one ever said going after your desired job, title, social role, and true love would be cheap on the body, mind and spirit. You may also desire a fundamental change to your routine to get more fulfillment out of your day to day. This Palace also rules over your employment prospects, so you may hear promising news about a promotion at work. The Moon here is bringing an end to the last remnants of your 2016 faded goals and promises. This is a great time to understand your daily needs in order to establish the routine perfect for your daily success.
The first month of your 2017 rebirth year ends upon a glamorous New Moon. After helping to re-calibrate in the previously mentioned Palaces of your reign, the Moon helps you in your quest for purpose. She stops by in your Palace of Purpose on Jan 29th. When the Moon gets naked and sheds herself of all her light, she goes silent into the night. You cannot see her, because she is too good to keep cooped up in the sky; just like you are too good to keep cooped up. This Moon takes you by the hand so you walk confidently in tune with your inner truth. After a year of new challenges and territory to tread, you are more comfortable in your settings and feel better able to soar. Others are awaiting to see your authentic soul shine through, and why would you hold back when they love who you are? You are an amazing soul, with a unique mind, body and spirit, and now is the time to soar!
I wish you so much luck as you forge what seems to be a whole new life! Life can feel scary because the stars are always throwing troubles and trials our way. However, you are not totally without control, as you will see this month. Only you have the power to take what is given and happens to you, and from it all make your dreams come true. If I can help in any way, please don't hesitate to contact. I would love to hear from you and help as much as I can.
May all your dreams and wishes come true for 2017!
Love till the end of time!
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How did the American flag grow into just what it is today?
Folding up the American flag.
The American flag is a solid icon of American identification and national pride. Also known as Old Glory, the U.S. flag has a colorful background as well as has actually undergone several adjustments starting from the initial main flag of 1777.
Today the flag is composed of thirteen horizontal stripes, 7 red alternating with six white stripes. The colors of the flag are symbolic as well: red symbolizes hardiness as well as valor, white signifies purity and also innocence and blue stands for vigilance, determination and justice.
In time, some have attributed slightly various meanings to the 3 colors, as an example, the color red signifying the blood spilled to maintain our liberty, however the significance of the initial significance has been relatively regular from 1782.
How did the American flag grow into exactly what it is today?
It is a lot more than the 3 colors or a "decoration". Think of the areas around the globe that the American flag has flown, think about the improvement it has undergone throughout the decades on American land. It is genuinely humbling to think of all that was given as well as sacrificed to ensure that the American flag could fly openly throughout this country.
The flag that began with only 13 stars grew to 50 with the addition of new states to the Union. The number of stars on the flag slowly increased to its present number today in which a brand-new star would certainly be added to the blue field on the 4th of July after the date of each new state's admission.
The number of rotating horizontal red and also white stripes has actually remained at thirteen except from 1795 to 1818 when fifteen stripes showed up on the flag to show the admission of Kentucky and Vermont to the Union. In 1818, it was determined that including a stripe to the flag for each and every new state would not take place as it will certainly make the flag look crowded and also it would certainly make the flag unwieldy. It was decided then that the flag would certainly go back to having just thirteen stripes to stand for the original colonies.
The American flag is an icon not just of hardiness, valiance, purity, virtue, vigilance, perseverance and justice; it is a sign of liberty. Liberty that has been fought so hard for over the decades. Liberty that has cost this nation and also the households within a lot, and yet it is still a beacon to those desiring they had the freedom that the nation has.
Folding the American flag.
Typical flag etiquette suggests that before an American flag is stored or presented, its handlers ought to two times fold it in half lengthwise; after that (from the end opposite heaven area) make a triangular fold, remaining to fold it in triangles til the other end is reached. This makes a triangular "cushion" of the flag with only the blue starred field revealing on the outside, as well as it takes thirteen folds to create: 2 lengthwise folds and also eleven triangular ones.
The flag isn't folded up in this manner because each of the folds has a special symbolic significance; the flag is folded in this manner due to the fact that it gives a sensible ritualistic touch that distinguishes folding a flag from folding an ordinary thing such as a bedsheet, and also due to the fact that it results a visually pleasing, easy-to-handle shape. This thirteen-fold treatment was a typical technique long before the development of a ceremonial assignation of "meaning" per of the steps.
An elaborate flag folding event including these meanings has actually since been devised for special events such as Memorial Day and Veterans Day. These meanings are "genuine" in the sense that they indicate something to individuals that take part in the event, but they are not the reason why a flag is folded up in the typical thirteen-step fashion.
This is America as well as its icon is the American Flag. Also though several Americans in Alaska happily fly the flag outside their houses and also services every day, it is suitable that we, as a nation, have set aside one particular day each year to honor our flag and to keep in mind that it stands for the suitables and worths that we must strive to support.
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|21 Nov 2013
Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual boot
The beeping isn't a driver issue, it's a hardware fault.
Motherboards have different beep codes depending on the manufacturer. For Dell PCs, six beeps means a video BIOS test/video card failure. See the beep code list here:
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Unplug the power from the PC, and then try taking out your video card and putting it back in and see if it continues to beep.
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I switched to on board graphics and it still had the same beep code and I gave my card to a friend and he tested it and it worked on his computer so I think there is a motherboard issue
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|02 Dec 2013
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As a final check, try booting a Live Linux CD, see if you get the same problem?
See here for a good Linux to use: Emergency Kit - save your files from a dead OS
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19 mars 2014
An explosive device detonated along Israel's border fence with Syria on Tuesday afternoon, the IDF said, in the area south of the Druze village of Majdal Shams. Four IDF soldiers were wounded in the blast, one is in serious condition, the others are in light to moderate condition. The IDF has reportedly responded with artillery fire into Syrian-controlled territory, targeting Syrian military positions. According to the IDF, it fired Tamuz missiles and direct hits were confirmed. The condition remains serious of the IDF soldier wounded... [Lire la suite]
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Sweden: Cis man cleared of rape charges because his woman victim had no vagina
Helen G // 4 July 2012
Trigger warning: Discussion of rape, transphobic violence, vaw.
Via The Guerilla Angel Report by Lexie Cannes comes a news report which is disturbing on several levels:
Örebro (Sweden) District Court Judge Dan Sjöstedt acquitted the rapist because the transwoman had no vagina, the planned rape would have been impossible to carry out.
The attacker brutally beat the victim and ripped off her pants in an attempt to rape her. A witness rushed to the scene and intervened. The police came and arrested the attacker.
While the Örebro District Court is convinced the man was trying to rape the woman, they ruled that it was in fact a woman the man wanted to rape, not a 'physical man' and although the fact that the victim had undergone hormone therapy to change gender was considered, the court ruled there was no completed rape.
There are at least two problems I can see with the actions and decisions described in the report.
First, rape is still, under many jurisdictions, defined as a form of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, carried out by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. Although this definition is framed in terms which do not require either the rapist or the victim to be one or other of a binary gender construct, the fact remains that many jurisdictions interpret rape as being something which men do to women. To my mind, this is a hopelessly outdated idea which overlooks that rape is primarily about power, control and coercion. I do not believe that a penis is needed to be able to rape, any more than the rapist's victim needs a vagina to be raped. From that perspective it's entirely possible for a trans woman to be raped, regardless of her genital configuration or surgical status.
Which brings me to my second concern: the ciscentric and fundamentally transphobic subtext manifested in the Court's ruling that the victim could not be raped because she was not a "real" woman as she had, presumably, not undergone surgery. The trope that TS/TG people are not "real" women or men is a pervasive and iniquitous one; its practical outcome is that, no matter how we perceive ourselves – or indeed, how society at large perceives us in our daily lives – no matter what gender is shown on our birth certificates or passports or other legal documentation, we are always and forever the gender we were assigned following a visual inspection of our genitalia at birth by a medical professional in accordance with a reductive binary model.
Consequently, time and again, our lived experiences are denied and we are refused agency over our bodies. But just as you are a woman because you say you are, so am I, so are other trans women – as was the victim in this case. Yet the court decided that this was not so. From a comment on the original post, it seems that the rapist was eventually sentenced for battery, not sexual abuse – and this, in turn, makes me wonder if the infamous "trans panic" defence was used: the rapist was so traumatised to discover his victim was trans that his "natural" reaction was to physically attack her.
Until our cissupremacist society evolves to a point where the majority of its members accept that those variations of genital configuration, gender identity and presentation which exist outside the constructed binary "norms" are not inherently threatening to the status quo, and therefore do not deserve to be met with extreme violence in any form – then, sadly, cases like this with blatantly unjust legal outcomes will continue to happen all too often.
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Pejar // Posted 5 July 2012 at 7:59 pm
As far as I can tell from the translations in the comments, the question is whether he could be convicted of attempted rape – presuming it's the same as in England & Wales, a conviction for full rape was always going to be impossible because penetration did not take place. It seems that he was acquitted because the attempt could never have succeeded, since she did not have a vagina for him to penetrate.
It's not clear from the context whether other types of penetration would have counted as rape; the critical thing here appears to be that he attempted to penetrate a vagina, and this was impossible because she did not have one. If I'm right about this interpretation, it's less the Court ignoring her gender identity and more about them applying the otherwise neutral rules on impossible attempts. I may have got the wrong end of the stick, however.
As a side note, the law against rape in England and Wales does not require a vagina (the anus or mouth also count), but it does require a penis. If it's not a penis doing the penetrating, the offence is Assault by Penetration. It carries the same maximum penalty, life imprisonment, but it was thought that the label rape should be restricted to penetration by a penis. This may have been due to phallocentrism, but there is also an argument that penetration by a penis creates a risk of STDs (and in some cases pregnancy) on top of the other traumas, and so should be dealt with separately.
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Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will retain his police detail, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday, despite statements to the contrary by top-ranking department officials a month ago.
Kelly justified Giuliani's continued police presence by saying the former mayor had "a national and international profile."
"As a result of his service to the city, we believe that a threat potential was created," Kelly said. "He does have a security detail protecting him."
He did not outline specific threats, saying, "I think we have to look at it in the context of Sept. 11."
Kelly spoke in response to a reporter's question during a news conference at One Police Plaza. He said he would not discuss the details of Giuliani's protection but said the decision was made for "security" and not for political reasons.
Earlier in the day Giuliani had testified in court about his role in the firing of a police officer and two firefighters in 1998 after they appeared on a racist float in Broad Channel. After his court appearance, Giuliani spoke to reporters surrounded by at least four police officers in plainclothes. They left in what appeared to be an unmarked patrol car.
Newsday reported last year that Giuliani retained at least a dozen full-time police officers who protected him, his former wife, Donna Hanover, his two children, his fiance, Judith Nathan, and his late mother at an annual cost to the city of close to $1 million.
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Held annually in conjunction with the American Academy of Dermatology, Saint Anne's Hospital's 23rd annual free screenings by a board-certified dermatologist will be held on Tuesday, May 22, and Wednesday, May 23, 5-6:30 p.m., at the hospital's Hudner Oncology Center, corner of Osborn and Forest streets, Fall River.
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According to the American College of Dermatology (ACD)*, skin cancer, including melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers, is the most common of all cancers. In fact, skin cancer accounts for nearly half of all cancers in the United States. Current estimates from the ACD are that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime and that nearly 9,500 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with skin cancer every day.
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Let there be lights!
Holiday lights always manage to illuminate our Christmas spirit. Thanks to our sister publication, Little Rock Family, we know where to go to put even the biggest Grinch in a merry and bright mood.
Here's a look at holiday light displays in the metro:
Arkansas State Capitol in Downtown Little Rock
Following the Big Jingle Jubilee Holiday Parade in downtown Little Rock, the State Capitol was illuminated in its annual holiday display (led by Santa Claus, of course), which included fireworks. But don't forget to take in the magnificent Rockefeller pine tree and elegant decorations in the Capitol building's rotunda.
Holiday lights will shine each night through Jan. 1. For details, call (501) 682-1010 or visit SOS.Arkansas.gov.
Merry & Bright Holiday Celebration at The Promenade at Chenal
The shopping center's holdiay celebration includes free photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus; the Snow Queen, Ice Man and Olaf as well as Beauty and The Beast. There will be a Make-A-Wish gift wrap station, music and a lights show. Other exciting events include free photos with Santa & Mrs. Claus (1-5 p.m. on Dec. 2, 9, 16).
Holiday lights shine on throughout the holiday season. For info: (501) 821-5552, ChenalShopping.com.
A Trail of Holiday Lights at Sherwood's Enchanted Forest
Drive through this mile-long trail of lights in Sherwood Forest to spot over 90 brightly-lit displays. Don't forget to pick up a complimentary candy cane at the end of the trail. Admission is free but nonperishable items, donated to local food pantries, are welcome.
Open from 6-9:30 p.m. through Dec. 30. For info call (501) 833-3790 or visit CityofSherwood.net.
Jacksonville Fantasy in Lights Decorating Contest
Jacksonville residents will channel their inner Clark Griswold to compete in the city-wide contest! Homes, churches and businesses in the Jacksonville city limits are eligible to compete. If you're driving through town to ogle the displays, be sure to call and nominate your favorite for a prize! Judging takes place after 6 p.m. on Dec. 19.
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Pitching a Book Proposal and Becoming a Published Artist
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There are so many reasons to come and experience The Body Camp. We are going to help you make lasting changes that will enable you to be the best you can be and boost your confidence, self esteem, health, fitness and happiness in an extremely fun environment. You will leave feeling leaner, looking healthier, with an overall sense of well-being.
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The Body Camp experience is focused on maximum results without over training and having the feeling of a fun holiday. Our team of first class fitness, food and health professionals has devised a wonderful ALL IN programme to benefit your mind, body and soul, which will help you to reconnect with nature, your emotions, health and happiness but also push you beyond all you thought possible, physically and mentally.
Relax and play on the beautiful island of ibiza
Set in a stunning villa on the beautiful island of Ibiza, the luxurious accommodation and stunning setting will get your holiday off to an exciting start. At The Body Camp we play hard and rest well, so our daily activities run from 7am – 5pm (depending on sun rise and weather) with the evenings devoted to deep relaxation and healing time, with an optional quiz. We also have a good stock of games for our guests to enjoy.
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Our delicious food is central to everything that we do at The Body Camp. Our head chef and nutritionist has designed a mouth watering, plant based menu with no sugar, wheat, gluten, additives or chemicals designed for a body detox that will also aid weight loss (or gain if you are on our building plan), and is so nutritionally dense that you won't feel hungry. There will be cookery workshops, smoothies of the day, soothing herbal teas and lots of ideas on eating and portion control.
Diverse fat burning training
We have an extremely diverse fun programme, with brilliant trainers, coaches, chefs, dancers, guides, performers, yoga teachers, meditation guides, masseurs, healers, beauticians and hosts to give you an unforgettable experience. No day will be the same nor training session repeated and you have the opportunity to design your own ideal day including your own music play list. Our focus is on intense fat burning activities in the morning and toning recovery in the afternoon. Your muscle tone will improve and lean muscle weight gained. Other benefits may be decreased cholesterol and triglycerides (fats in blood), lower blood pressure and resting heart rate.
Exercise, relax and discover the island of Ibiza
Our fitness activities are based around the whole island so you will discover the hidden beaches and coves of Ibiza, as well as enjoying the boho vibe of the gorgeous towns and villages. Hiking and daily meditation feature in our weekly plan, as do early morning runs around the old town and history walks.
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This is a holiday that is all about you and we guarantee that as well as taking a giant step towards achieving your personal fitness goals, you will make lasting friendships and have an unforgettable fun experience. Losing weight is a given at The Body Camp but it's what you will gain from your time here that is difficult to put into words and very individual to each person. Our aim is that you return home with a better understanding of yourself, a new zest for life and the tools to continue on your health and fitness journey.


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Introduction to Meditation ~ Shambhala Weekend 1 ~ THE ART OF BEING HUMAN
with Sarah Addison
"The Art of Being Human: Feeling Human Again ~ Shambhala Weekend 1" is an introduction to meditation practice and the view of Shambhala Buddhism. This intimate urban retreat provides instruction for sitting and walking meditation as a means to develop openness, courage, and mindfulness in daily life.
This first Shambhala Training Weekend (or "Level I") presents the view that human beings are--at the core--fundamentally awake. By training in meditation, we learn to remember our natural confidence and relax to the freshness of the present moment, no matter what that moment may bring.
We'll discover that awakening is not about escaping from the world we live in, but instead is about bringing our practice to every aspect of our lives: work, play, relationships, and more. It all begins with giving ourselves the opportunity to reconnect with our true human existence -- the experience of our five senses, the feeling of emotions in our body, and yes, even the awareness of thoughts across our minds.
About Introduction to Meditation, Shambhala Weekend I:
"Feeling Human Again" (aka The Art of Being Human, Level I, and Ordinary Magic) is designed for new meditators or those looking to reconnect with meditation practice, and introduces the basic foundations of the Shambhala teachings on universal human wisdom.
Sarah Addison will incorporate these teachings into the weekend's talks and provide instructions for basic mindfulness-awareness meditation practice including posture, relating to thoughts, and breathing techniques.
The teacher and meditation instructors will be on hand to personally assist participants with one-on-one interviews and guided group meditation.
Weekend includes:
- Guided meditation practice
- Mindfulness meditation talks
- Optional one-on-one meditation instruction
- Concluding reception
Recommended reading: Shambhala: the Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chögyam Trungpa
Prerequisites: No pre-requisites! - Everyone is welcome.
Note: Although this weekend retreat is a standalone workshop, it is also a "gateway" class to the Shambhala path and a pre-requisite to further Way of Shambhala teachings. It would be required before being able to participate in Level II weekend retreat.
Testimonials from previous Shambhala Training Weekends:
"What a profound weekend; perspective shifting." - Andy, 37
"It feels like everything has changed, even though my life is exactly the same as it was on Friday." - Sarah, 32
"I had been meaning to take this for a long time. It was a much deeper experience than just coming to the weekly talks. I have a new appreciation for retreats." - Robert, 51
About the Way of Shambhala Training Series
This weekend is a standalone workshop, sufficient unto itself, and requires no further commitment. Should you wish to continue, further Shambhala training is a series of contemplative workshops, suited for both beginning and experienced meditators. The simple and profound technique of mindfulness and awareness is the basis of a secular path of meditation, which can benefit people of any spiritual tradition and way of life. Shambhala Training is the study and practice of Shambhala warriorship, the tradition of human bravery and leadership. This path shows how to take the challenges of daily life into our modern society as opportunities for both contemplative practice and social action.
Over the course of approximately a year, the Way of Shambhala introduces the entire Shambhala path. This series offers a glimpse of the Shambhala vision of how we can create a better society by emphasizing the ways in which meditation can impact our daily lives, and from there, how the sanity of meditation can expand to impact our community and our whole society. Please click_here for a full description and chart of the Way of Shambhala.
Location: Bellingham Shambhala Center, 2825 Meridian Street, Bellingham, WA 98225.
Our Generosity Policy: We have a generosity policy to make our offerings available to all who wish to participate. If the program price is an obstacle for you, please consider what works for you, and offer as much of the program fee as you can. For those who can offer more than the program price, we have a "patron price". Your generosity in offering the patron price helps cover the costs for others who are not able to pay the full price.
Registration: When registering, you'll have the opportunity to pay online through PayPal (or by credit card), which greatly simplifies the process for us. If you have food allergies be sure to note that in "COMMENTS" on the registration form. Billeting may is possible, if you register early (more than three weeks in advance of the program)--please also note billeting needs in the "COMMENT" box.
Questions? Email [email protected] with "Shambhala Feeling Human" in the subject line.


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If you are in London, consider visiting 'The Ark' - a ten-day urban and contemporary art installation aiming to raise awareness of threatened species. Presented by Bear Cub Gallery, the exhibition features a wide variety of art based on species included on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Inspired by the well-known bible story of Noah's Ark, artists from around the world were asked to produce two pieces based on a red-listed animal of their choosing. The pieces are displayed as a pair in the gallery space which has been transformed to look like the interior of the famous ark.
Among the featured works are a model of Summer's Poison Frog, carefully constructed out of 20,000 Lego pieces, a digital collage of a Hawksbill Turtle, a colourful depiction of Rothschild's Giraffe in ink on layered paper, and a stunningly realistic handcut stencil and spraypaint rendition of a Western Gorilla's face.
"In building the ark we had to consider our passengers and we very organically came to the idea of having endangered animals on board, to help save the species in the greatest need," says Charlotte Pyatt, Bear Cub Gallery Co-founder. "Louis Masai was instrumental in this decision and actually made us aware of IUCN and its work."
Louis Masai, one of the artists featured in the exhibition and advocate for threatened species utilizes the Red List for much of his work. "As humans we should be looking to make use of our understanding of global existence instead of making life so much harder for the rest of the environment," says Masai.
Masai's contribution to The Ark is entitled 'Shem and Ham (a Shrinking World Around us)' and consists of two paintings of Amur Tiger cubs on miniature 'habitat' patches.
"Shem and Ham are the names of Noah's two sons. The shrinking land densities pose an imminent threat to the tiger, which is shown by the small patch of grass I've painted them on", says Masai. "The Lego trees reference the nostalgia of toys in childhood, symbols and relics of our past. I've painted them in quite a playful way; one bounding and the other curled up like domestic cats- it is a very human attribute to want to domesticate an animal, to tame the wild thing."
Featured artist Laura Ball is kindly donating part of the proceeds from the print sale of her beautiful piece 'Cycle' to The IUCN Red List. You can purchase the print here, and the original watercolour is also for sale at the exhibition.
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Today's Free Pick:
#7 Iowa Hawkeyes vs. #2 Villanova Wildcats – 12:10 PM START!!
It feels a little mean to pile on the Wildcats March struggles, but it is fair to point out they haven't made it out of the first weekend since 2008, despite having been a top seed and a second seed twice. So to give Iowa a puncher's chance tonight seems more than fair. When you take another step back and say, "Iowa had some late season issues, but were the #2 team in the nation seven weeks ago" you have to give them even MORE of a chance. When you start looking at rosters and talent, you give them MORE of a chance.
And all of a sudden, you've talked yourself into an Iowa upset. I know I did in my Bracket and I'm not backing it off it quite yet. Iowa has good talent and two guys who can affect the game in Jarrod Uthoff and Peter Jok. They have a senior point guard in Gessell, who both makes me nervous and calm at the same time (he takes some ill-advised shots late and over penetrates at odd times) and they have a seven-foot senior in Adam Woodbury who could make some trouble for the Wildcats interior defenders.
Villanova is a good ballclub and a deserving #2 seed (and would have been a reasonable fourth #1 even). But laying seven points on a neutral floor with all their past struggles and displayed tendency to struggle against their best opponents feels too rich. Oklahoma, Virginia, and Xavier have all smacked them in the mouth this season and their best wins are Seton Hall (who also beat them), Providence and Butler. I put Iowa somewhere in between.
This should be a real good game, but I don't see Iowa getting punked by anyone. They lost six of their last eight but only one by more than seven points (eight point loss at that). Before that, they won 13 of 15 including sweeps of Michigan State and Purdue, and tight losses at Maryland and Indiana. Meanwhile, in Villanova's games against ranked non-con opponents they have by an average of 19 points.
I'll take the Hawkeyes with the points.
Just in case you got here too late for the Iowa Pick, here are my other favorite play of the day (later games):
#15 Middle Tennessee State vs. #10 Syracuse Orange -6.5 – This happens ALL the time; plucky upstart pulls legendary upset and then gets a team not as good as the one they just beat! So the line shrinks and all the non-hoops regulars get excited, etc.
And then the good team beats their ass with vengeance.
That's what coming today. Syracuse may not have deserved to be here, but they deserve to lay more than six against MTSU. Look for Boeheim to finally stop whining long enough to pack for the Sweet 16.
Free Pick: Syracuse Orange -6.5


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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Talk to the Hand
7 comments:
- amberly said...
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I seriously didn't know people still used 'talk to the hand,' if it was some kid born after 1990, then they are just ignorant to begin with :) I hate when something happens and it sticks with me all day like that... Shake it off girl, and next time, give the bird back <3
- December 14, 2011 at 5:38 PM
- Quinn B said...
I think I said "talk to the hand" to my friend a few weeks ago, but it was completely a joke because it's such a dinosaur of a saying...
Yay! Another redhead. Your hair is gorgeous. Those shoes and that skirt are so lovely. You look very glamorous.
- December 16, 2011 at 10:23 PM
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....next time, grab the individual's hand and squeeezzzeee, then twist it right off.
I love your outfit.
- December 18, 2011 at 5:33 PM
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I do not remember the last time I was "talk to the hand"ed. I'm going to guess it was delivered by my hubby.
That skirt is so unique and fun!
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Shin Megami Tensei IV is coming to North America this July, as was revealed in last week's Nintendo Direct. This is the first numbered Shin Megami Tensei game since Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, and that came out way back in 2004 (2003 in Japan). So, the Operation Rainfall Retro Commercial Research Team (in other words, me), will take a look at some older commercials from the Megami Tensei games, including its spin-offs, in this week's Foreign Wrap-Up.
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Bethesda announces a Legendary Edition for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
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Bloom where you're planted!
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Thank You!!
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