Labour on

Advantages: You get a baby
Disadvantages: it hurts

...on each contraction, those that had a 'bad' experience seemed to just yell and shout at people to help but not help themselves. So, with this in mine my due date approached... and went, and another day passed by, and another. Then 5 days after my due date I had a thing called a show, which in the nicest way of describing it was like a lump of jelly falling out of me... I know not nice! Then the next day (so, 6 days after my due date) I woke up at 4am with contractions. THE BIRTH So, i'm awake and feeling mild period pains in my stomach which disappear then return, I know im in labour and it's not those false labour pains called braxton hicks. I wait for about half and hour before I wake up my husband who jumps out of bed and yells 'lets go to hospital', I calm him down and ask him to make me a cup of hot chocolate- after all the info...

glitter-fairy 10.06.2007 · Read review
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Workers without jobs for jobs without workers...

Advantages: All-in-one
Disadvantages: Horrible enviroment

...1-in-5 people don't work 1-in-5 people are too old to work 1-in-5 people study 1-in-5 people are kids 1-in-5 people work in the public service. One of the great ironies of recession is the job centre has to start laying people off just as they get busy, the governments loss of income tax revue through high unemployment meaning they have to cut its public spend across the board. In fact over 250 Job centres have closed in the last three years alone. Once the public service job cuts begin in full in 2010 the unemployment rate will seriously rise, the Job Centres stretched even more. The public service under Blair and Brown had just become a job creation scheme for labour voters and now the fat must be trimmed. Nearly 100% of boroughs with high unemployment vote labour. It was less than subtle that as long as you voted Labour if...

thedevilinme 30.11.2009 · Read review
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Get a job!

Advantages: local authorities use the same forms - this can help you save time.
Disadvantages: time consuming, a lot of effort, has to be tailored to each school

...The application process for teaching jobs is a bit of a hassle but it is important to get it right. I now have successful secured my first teaching job and wanted to share what I have learnt about the application process and how to be successful. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Looking for jobs ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Whether you are looking for primary or secondary school jobs, the best place to start your search is the TES (Times Educational Supplement). Whilst the paper version gives the same jobs, it is best to use their website as you can search for jobs in specific areas, departments, age ranges etc. Decide on where in the country (or world!) you want to work. Some areas have more jobs than others so be prepared to widen your search. At the moment there are very few teaching jobs coming up in Wales, yet...

ilusvm 29.05.2009 · Read review
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the bank job

Advantages: some parts of the film are interesting to watch
Disadvantages: No jokes, no nudity, no real action.

...a loan shark criminal gangster to terrorise victims and get his job done. Its a British film, based on a true story supposedly. It's the true story of the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery. The film highlights the criminal backgrounds of the robbers, and the people behind the robbery as criminals, drug traffickers, brothel owners and prostitution participants in one form or another. The film also illustrated the civil rights movement using screenames such as Michael X and Hakeem as obvious civil rights leading figures during this movement in world history. What happens basically a woman with the screen name Martine and Terry and his friends from London get involved in a misleading attempt at a bank robbery where it is suggested that nothing will go wrong, The London based gang are led to believe that money is the only motive behind...

costas1234 11.02.2008 (29.05.2009) · Read review
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Money Job?

Advantages: Some decent beats
Disadvantages: Wack lyrics

...?Money Job? came as an early 2009 mixtape from the rapper Arab (pronounce A-Rab). Long-time friend to Soulja Boy (Tell ?Em), he appeared on his debut album and the pair worked together prior to this as Dem 30/30 Boyz before Soulja Boy blew up as a solo artist in 2007, yet Arab remained by his side at all times and remained signed to the artists S.O.D. (Stacks On Deck) Money Gang label. This mixtape features work from as early as 2006 up to 2009 with him showing what he is personally capable of. 1. ?Comin?? (Intro) 2. ?Pass To Arab? After warming up the set, you see that things lead into a track that was found on Soulja Boy?s debut when Arab was Arab finally able to show his own potential. I felt that it was a fairly strong tune (considering that it was recorded prior to Beezy?s signing to Interscope) and so although it has some...

XICripZ 25.08.2009 · Read review
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Job Centre fiasco

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Too many to mention

...Very briefly as the wife of a man who was made redundant the thought of the Job Centre plus being helpful no longer exists. As a mortgage holder and family with two school age children my husband was only entitled to Job Seeks Allowance (JSA). This was paid for 26 weeks and then after still not successful in securing employment, this was stopped. Because I work more than 20 hours a week (I am still only part time) I am expected to support the family and bills. My husband has never been asked how much I earn. This assessment is merely done of the hours I work and not the take home pay coming into the home. Having never claimed any benefits at all before this (but we are in a recession as you all know) we enquired about training and extra help, but, alas, there was no entitlement apparently. As you only receive 5 minutes...

barberanna72 28.10.2009 (11.11.2009) · Read review
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labour of love

Advantages: you have a baby at the end
Disadvantages: it can be painful, there may be complications

...over to the nurse who said that perhaps it was time to consider pain relief, she had a quick look below and looked up rather surprised, telling me that I was already 7 cm dilated. I was moved to the delivery suite and given gas and air. The gas and air made me slightly drunk (rather amusing to my husband as I am not one to drink and so he has only ever seen me drunk once in four years.) After a while the effectiveness of the gas and air seemed to be fading and it just made me sick, everywhere. (be warned labour is not at all dignified.) The doctor suggested an epidural and I welcomed it with relief, relief I may add that was short lived. By now I had been dilated 7 cm for hours and I was desperate to see my little girl. The doctors gave me an epidural which only worked one side, they then had to top it up ten minutes later to try...

dizzymonkey 28.05.2007 (13.03.2008) · Read review
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My experience of labour

Advantages: My baby Mia
Disadvantages: The pain, the midwives attitude

...I decided I wanted to use the local NHS birthing centre while pregnant with my first child. The main reasons for this were that it was very close, a five min drive if that. It was relatively new, with the hospital being only a few years old. The rooms were comfortable and not clinical, more like a travelodge or something similar. Another major reason was the fact that my partner could stay with me during the labour and when our new baby was born for as long as we were in hospital. This was extremely important to me. Birthing centres are managed by a staff consisting of midwives only. There are no doctors available and this can be a worry. They are a sort of halfway house between a hospital birth and a home birth. A lot of people choose birthing centres when they have an aversion to hospital environments. In my particular...

miasmum82 11.07.2008 · Read review
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Wembley Job Centre

Advantages: By signing on every 2 weeks you get some money.
Disadvantages: The staff are not very well trained.

...My experience at Wembley Job centre I am 47 years old and have never claimed a penny in benefits in my life. I have worked since I was 17 only taking 6 months maternity leave for each of my 2 children. When I was made redundant on 6th July 2008, the last thing on my mind was signing on for job seekers allowance. However as time went on and it was clear I was not going to be able to get another job that easily I realised I would have to claim job seekers allowance in order to help us pay the bills and eat each month. I first registered my claim on or around the 9th September. I called the free phone number to register the claim and I found them very helpful and efficient. (or so I thought at the time) They made me an appointment to see an advisor at Wembley Job centre on 17th September. As I walked into the building in St...

CEAssociates 23.01.2009 · Read review
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The Italian Job

Advantages: action and entertainment
Disadvantages: far cry from the origanal

...the 21st century, as is the storyline and the hi tech gadgets that are used to pull off the bullion robbery. The new style Mini Cooper, (which aren't so mini anymore) are re-introduced, racing again through the sewers and the subway systems after bringing L.A. to a complete gridlock. There are a few similarities between the '69 movie and this remake but the main movie is totally different. I suppose if this movie was given a different title I may have enjoyed it more as I was constantly comparing it to the original, so this spoiled it slightly for me as I was totally lost as to why this was called 'the Italian Job'?? considering most of the car chases and the action was in Los Angeles?? Maybe they should have called it 'The L.A. Job? with the stuff we nicked from Italy'..?? Don't get me wrong, this is an action packed movie...

blissman70 10.06.2008 · Read review
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