I must admit that we were all happy with the arrangement at one time. And it seemed to work since the girlfriend didn't like to be alone when I went to work. We were determined to make it work since it would be financially easier on all of us. The girlfriend and I had jobs. The friend eventually got a job and it lasted for a while till the guy she worked for no longer needed her. The girlfriend started meeting a old male friend down the road. She started watching his children but as she said I couldn't afford her alcohol. As long as it was just the beer it seemed to still work. She was a lot of fun but then she started drinking stronger stuff. Then the next thing you know she couldn't make it to her job any more. So for longer periods of time she stayed with him as he temporarily took her with him on his electrical jobs. But then one day when I was sleeping I woke up with a fist to the face from the father of her children. They weren't married but she got her children part time on the weekends since he had kicked her out when she first came to stay with me. And then those two guys got into it. The father of her children and her other male friend were at odds. The father apologized to me and asked me did I understand why he got so mad when he came over to take his kids back and they were not here. The father was not mad at me any more since we had been friends for a long time. He just wanted to know where his kids were. He told me that the girlfriend and him were through and had been for a long time. He just lost it that day since his eldest son from an earlier marriage had hanged himself and he just wanted the girlfriend to talk with it about since she helped raise that son herself as a step mother. Her male friend for years wanted to protect her from the father since he was an abuser to her he thought. So one night after the father had trusted her and her male friend to watch his kids the male friend got extremely drunk when the father came over and shot the father twice from four rounds. But the male friend slipped on the ice and broke his neck killing himself. Later her and me went to visit the father in the hospital. He had a bullet to the stomach and one higher up. The father's brother had been watching the children. The father has been going to AA and doing well. My friend and me took the girlfriend so that her her parents could help her. She called me this last week at work and said she is working now. I told her that the cops had came to visit and was wondering where she was.

RIP Rara. He was a friendly guy I felt as he were my friend as Torgo said from the game section.

My friend who I had known for years needed a place since she couldn't work to pay rent on her own. My girlfriend invited her to stay with us since she knew that the friend and I were always close but the friend had moved away. But as my girlfriend's alcoholism progressed my friend noticed that the girlfriend was just using me to support her habit. Finally, the friend could no longer stand it because she was my friend. It was as hard on her as it was on me because she really liked the girlfriend's kids and felt sorry for them. One night when the girlfriend tried to get in the house while I was at work the friend had locked the girlfriend out because the girlfriend was coming back from her other boyfriend's house because he had kicked out since she was drinking all his liquor to the point that he didn't have any liquor to drink. Then the friend asked me why I couldn't love her like I did the girlfriend. Now I have the friend here but the girlfriend is gone. The friend told me that they had become as sisters to each other until the alcoholism had become so acute. She didn't mind that I had the girlfriend. What bothered her was that she couldn't stand the way the girlfriend treated me bad. At one time we were all the best of friends.

I don't think Obama is from Alabama.

Tired but that good tired that comes from working hard. :)

Almost two years after the Library of Congress moved to make cell phone unlocking illegal, Congress this week approved a bill that reverses that decision and will once again give consumers the right to unlock their devices.

The bill, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, must now be signed by President Obama to take effect.

The Senate approved the bill on July 15, and the House did the same on Friday, clearing the way for the president's signature. The measure specifies that consumers can unlock their cell phones without running afoul of copyright laws. It also directs the Librarian of Congress to consider whether gadgets like tablets should be eligible for unlocking.

"The bipartisan Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act puts consumers first, promotes competition in the wireless phone marketplace, and encourages continued use of existing devices," Sen. Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who penned the Senate bill, said in a statement. "Once the President signs this bill into law, consumers will be able to more easily use their existing cell phones on the wireless carrier of their choice."

"This law will protect consumer choice by allowing flexibility when it comes to choosing a wireless carrier," said Virginia Republican Bob Goodlatte, who sponsored the House version.

The debate dates back to an October 2012 decision from the Library of Congress's (LOC) Copyright Office, which gave consumers a 90-day window to unlock their phones without carrier permission before that practice became illegal in January.

The Copyright Office reviews the rules on unlocking (and jailbreaking) every three years, as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In 2012, regulators found that "there are ample alternatives to circumvention. That is, the marketplace has evolved such that there is now a wide array of unlocked phone options available to consumers."

That did not sit well with OpenSignal's Sina Khanifar, who added a petition to the White House site asking for the decision to be reversed. It passed the 100,000 e-signature threshold needed for an official White House response, and that response was posted in March 2013, with the Obama administration issuing its support for cell phone unlocking.

By December, the wireless industry committed to a voluntary set of principles that will make it easier for consumers to unlock their devices. The House and Senate bills were then introduced in February and March, respectively.

But as Khanifar noted, the unlocking exemption will only last until the Librarian of Congress's next rulemaking, scheduled to happen in 2015.

"With such a strong signal from Congress, it's very unlikely that the Librarian will remove the unlocking exemption," Khanifar said in a statement. "But the fact that public advocacy organizations have to make a fresh case for an unlocking exemption every three years is a perfect example of why the underlying copyright law, Section 1201 of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, is in dire need of an update."

Khanifar has long argued that the cell phone unlocking debate highlights a larger issue with the DMCA. His site, FixTheDMCA.org, takes aim at Section 1201 of the law, which requires reviews every few years.

By Chloe Albanesius
July 28, 2014 10:10am EST

The bill comes nearly two years after the Library of Congress moved to make cell phone unlocking illegal.
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I got confirmation on passing my TB test, today. So I get to work at the place I love to be for another year.

I am glad to hear that. I love my little Android phone. Was having trouble with Firefox and Chrome because I was on the fringes with my reception.

Trust. When you live off the grid you can learn how to make it without money.

After the second divorce to the same person I just wanted out. The lack of freedom by trying to be someone I wasn't was just too much to bear. The wonderful lust we both shared in the beginning lacked true friendship. I was of the opinion that it was just us two but awoke to the reality it was better just to be the silent partner. Seeing that what I said only made matters worse with her relationship with her mother. I just had to admit that even though she was not legally married to my wife that in spirit I was the odd man out. I know the third time is charm but I guess I am not that charming. The only way I could have made that a stable, lifetime commitment was if I just signed myself over to a sanitarium. As they say freedom comes with a price. Fortunately, I was willing to pay the price.

I wasn't sure if this was about retaliation or relation. I am sure there is a difference.

It makes me wonder if women are just naturally more romantic then men. I got a friend who bought her a red Mustang. Yeah. She went into debt big time. But she is a fellow workaholic like myself so she should be okay. Since she has figured out that I am not romantic in the least. I.E. When you going to buy me flowers? You promised me that we could go fishing. I will let you drive the new Mustang. Bribery. She isn't kidding me. She wants a driver. But on the bright side I am beginning to think she is less materialistic then I first suspected.

It is a conundrum for a Aquarius like myself. I mean isn't that romantic stuff really just fake?

Barbados call on Billy Ocean's son when the going gets tough for rugby seven side thrashed 68-5 by Canada at Glasgow Games

Canada did not hold back as they defeated minnows Barbados 68-5
Barbados face tough games against Scotland and New Zealand
Billy Ocean's son Anthony Bayne-Charles came on as substitute


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The going got so tough for Barbados’ rugby sevens side yesterday that they were prompted to call on the son of soul star Billy Ocean.

But when Anthony Bayne-Charles ran on to the field as a second-half substitute, the tannoy announcer at Ibrox was not quick enough to put together a melody of Ocean’s greatest hits, which included, ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going’ in 1990 and ‘Red Light Spells Danger’ in 1977.

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Unfortunately for the son of Leslie Sebastian Charles, Ocean’s real name, it was more a case of ‘There’ll be Sad Songs’ which was a hit for his dad in 1986 as his team never won a match, losing 56-0 to Scotland and 68-5 to Canada.

Despite the defeats, he still enjoyed the experience of playing in front of the biggest crowd of his rugby career.

‘My dad is on tour at the moment so he couldn’t come to Ibrox but it was great for me to run out in front of more than 40,000 rugby fans at the Commonwealth Games,’ said Bayne-Charles, who is eligible to play for Barbados because his mother, Judy, was born there.

‘At times like this you have to just take your chance and do your best.

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I find it comfortable being in the friendship zone.

Nah. I would just tell her, "Me, Tarzan. You, Jane." I mean if Tarzan can do it it shouldn't be a problem.

I think so and it might even become addictive.

I liked what Tessa said. A good reflection time is needed. One can be caught up in the emotional side of it and not realize it to the extent that one might even find that the significant other might had some good points. So the reflection time might even take a little while because you might have to get them out of your head before it can take effect. In treatment we learned about how another can project their guilt and other similar like behaviour onto us. This can be caused cause one became to a certain extent one with another. You might just to figure out who you are again and how you really view things. You might even find out that you might have been right about some things which can be a real confidence builder. Separation anxiety, The Institutionalization process and Lonesomeness can be some things with which you might have to contend with but you are worth it.

Loved him in the Rockford Files and Maverick. RIP

I never understood how this was pleasurable either until I was with a biter. Now I know the pleasure was all hers.

You should be at least able to be honest with yourself. Because then there is still hope albeit how slim that might be.