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Gemma and Jewel
Posted by A.O. in Birth Announcements
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Luella Miette and Emmeline Maeve
Alina Dawn (Nicholas, Kiara)
Anika Josephine (Tane, Kieran)
Bonnie Lola
Camilla Elizabeth (Gus, Claudia)
Coco Zara
Doreen "Dora"
Eriana Jade
Essie Florence (Henry)
Gemma Catherine
Greta Geni
Halle Sofia (Rafael)
Isabelle Rosalie (Eva)
Ivy Meyer
Jewel Grace (Chanel)
Kora Mae
Luna Piper
Lydia Ashleigh (Kyra)
Matia Rose (Charli)
Orla McIntosh
Pia Joan (Lenny)
Ash Julian (Tori, Taj)
Axel William
Beau Francis
Billy McGuffie
Callan George (Hayden)
Chaz Isaac (Zoe, Ikaia, Levi)
Dominik Ivan (Abbey, Sammi, Luka, Hudson)
Ewan Jack (Milla)
Finnlay Karoly (Cailin, Riley)
Harry Lennox
Innes James (Leliyn, Maya)
Jack Dao (Frances)
Jase Leo (Thomas)
KC Robald
Kiah Aaron (Caitlin, Jacob, Sophia)
Kingsley Ryan
Miller Thomas (Charlotte)
Monty Carlin (Saylah, Maya, Elky)
Nash Kyle (Quinn, Archer)
Tanner Reid (Harry, Kaden, Jarran)
Note: Thank you to Abby Sandel from Appellation Mountain for contributing the twins' names via Twitter.
(Photo of little girls having a tea party from Tiger Tribe toy company, from their Facebook page)
Famous Name: Winsome
Posted by A.O. in Famous Names
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If you were in Sydney in early October, you could have attended the Royal Australian Navy International Fleet Review, celebrating one hundred years of our navy. Or, if you were of a more musical bent, you could have been there for The Renaissance Player's 35th Runnymede Pop Festival. Held at Sydney University in its Gothic-style Great Hall, this is a unique concert of music, mime and poetry from medieval Europe, performed in brightly-coloured costumes.
The Runnymede Pop Festival has been going since 1973, and from the beginning has featured early music specialist Winsome Evans. Winsome is the director of the Renaissance Players, Australia's oldest early music ensemble, and she is a professional harpsichordist, composer, and arranger. She conducted the first Renaissance Players concert while still a student.
Winsome is a recipient of the British Empire Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, The Order of Australia, and a NSW Jaycees Award for services to music.
Winsome is an English word meaning "charming in an innocent manner". A winsome person is cheerful and open-hearted, engaging, and perhaps slightly naive, in a completely delightful way. The word comes from the Old English for "joy", and is ultimately from an ancient root meaning "wish, love".
Winsome is also an English surname, coming from the village of Winchcombe in Gloucester, or from Winscomb in Somerset. In either case, the name is Old English, and means "remote valley". However, in some cases, the surname may have come directly from the Old English word winsom, meaning "attractive, lovely", used as a personal name. If so, it means that the first name Winsome could date back to medieval times.
The first name Winsome can be found in records from the middle of the 19th century in North America, and seems to have been especially associated with Ontario, Canada. The reason for this may be Winsome Lake, which is one of the many thousands of smaller lakes in the Great Lakes region of Ontario, but why it inspired baby names is something of a mystery to me. I have been unable to discover how Winsome Lake received its name, because it is relatively obscure.
There are over one hundred women named Winsome in Australian records, most of them born around the turn of the twentieth century. There is another famous Winsome in Australia – Winsome McCaughey, who was Lord Mayor of Melbourne in the late 1980s. And another Australian musical connection too – Peggy Winsome Glanville-Hicks was a Melbourne-born opera composer and music critic who flourished in the middle of the 20th century.
Other successful Winsomes include British playwright Winsome Pinnock, and US Republican politician Winsome Sears. Interestingly, Sears was born in Jamaica and Pinnock's parents were Jamaican, so there seems to be a West Indian connection. There was a grassroots playwright in Jamaica who wrote under the code name "Winsome" about 20-30 years ago. You can still find the name Winsome in use in Jamaica today, including singer Winsome Benjamin, and prize-winning cook Winsome Murphy.
Although Winsome is a secular virtue name like Felicity or Honour, the word winsome has come to have a particular meaning for evangelical Christians. The book Winsome Christianity by Henry Durbanville was published in 1952, and Winsome Evangelism by Ponder W. Gilliland came out in 1973.
I can't pretend to be an expert on the subject, but my understanding is that the general message is to be winsome in your Christianity in order to attract more converts, and that some evangelists even use the word winsome to mean "capable of winning souls to Christ". Author Neil Gaiman is apparently a big fan of the meaning of language changing over time, so I expect this example would be of great pleasure to him. It does give the name Winsome a special meaning for some Christians, so that it could become a religious virtue name in this context.
Winsome is a name I find very intriguing – the meaning of the word winsome seems very feminine to me, and Winsome is overwhelmingly used as a female name. Yet the name itself isn't frilly in the least, having a similar sound to the male name Winston (which also comes from the Old English for "joy"). It's a strong-sounding name for a girl, but with a dainty meaning.
Winsome isn't a name I've ever seen on a baby or a child, and its heyday (if it can ever be said to have had one) was over many years ago. However, Winnie is becoming hip once more, and Winsome would be a rare and unusual way to reach it.
POSTSCRIPT: Abby Sandel mentioned Winsome in her Nameberry Nine column, and I was surprised and pleased at how many Berries liked or even loved the name Winsome.
POLL RESULT: Winsome received an approval rating of 61%. 21% of people thought it was an interesting modern virtue name, while 19% loved the idea of Winnie as the short form. However, 18% were reminded too strongly of the phrase win some, lose some. Only one person thought the name Winsome was too cutesy.
Never Out of Season: Different Varieties of Classic Name
Posted by A.O. in Your Questions Answered
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Classic baby names are a perpetual subject for discussion. This week Abby Sandel wondered in her Nameberry Nine column what makes a classic name, and Laura Wattenberg at The Baby Name Wizard shared her "magic formula" for turning classic names into pure gold (unfortunately her mathematical formula doesn't work in Australia – either we don't have a big enough population, or enough data, or both).
"Classic baby names" are a popular search term too, but it didn't seem helpful to just write down a list of classic names. I sorted them into categories, so you can see what kind of classic each classic name is.
I counted as a classic any name which had charted in Australia for a century, never disappeared from the charts for more than a decade at a time, and never did so more than twice. After some experimentation, I found this was the most generous definition I could work with that didn't become meaningless.
These classics have a very modern feel to them, because they are more popular now than they were a century ago, and didn't experience a peak of popularity in the middle. Choose one of these, and you get a name that feels both traditional and up to date.
Up and Coming Classics
These classics are currently rising in popularity. It's hard for a classic name to seem surprising or original, but these mostly manage to feel quite fresh. I think these classic names would make stylish choices – they're names that we're subconsciously primed to want more of.
Lewis and Louis
Ready Steady Classics
Name nerds often talk about "timeless classics", and these classic names are truly timeless. Their position has remained relatively stable, and over the course of the last century, they haven't risen or fallen more than 250 places. I call them the Ready Steady Classics because they are maintaining a steady course, and ready to be used at any time. You can't go wrong with a Ready Steady – they're a very safe choice.
Catherine and Katherine
Underused Classics
These classic names have remained in use, yet haven't become popular during the past century (the highest any has been is the very bottom of the Top 100). Choose one of these and you get a name which seems "normal", but also slightly "unusual". It's a very attractive quality.
Teresa and Theresa
Vivian and Vivienne
Faded Classics
The Faded Classics have fallen more than 250 places since they peaked in popularity, and are currently at their lowest ebb. Is that any reason to reject these names? Definitely not! A classic never goes out of style, and as many of these names have hit the bottom of their cycle, they may be about to turn things around, and begin climbing in popularity in a decade or two. Some of these classics manage to have a funky vintage feel.
Geoffrey and Jeffrey
Philip and Phillip
Under the Radar Classics
These classic names are not peaking, or rising, or fading, or maintaining a steady course. As a result, they may have escaped your attention. You may even be surprised to find some of these are classics. Don't overlook them – these are all good names, and one of them may be perfect for you.
Alan and Allan
The most contemporary of the Contemporary Classics are Sophia and Lachlan, who have the largest gap between their current position and their position in the 1910s. Sophia is 315 places higher, while Lachlan has gained 188 places.
The most up and coming of the Up and Coming Classics are Rosalie and Frank, who have risen highest in the last few years. Rosalie has risen 638 places since the mid-2000s, while Frank has risen 170 places.
The steadiest of the Ready Steady Classics are Elizabeth and James. Elizabeth has remained within 32 places throughout the past century, while James has remained within just 15 places.
The most underused of the Underused Classics are Estelle and Wesley. The highest Estelle has ever been is #222, and the highest Wesley has ever been is #165 – both in the 1920s.
The most faded of the Faded Classics are Susan and Keith, who have fallen the most from their peak. Susan went from #1 in the 1950s to its current position of 0, while Keith went from #8 in the 1920s to its present position of 0.
NOTE: I can't guarantee I have included every classic name. If you believe one is missing, let me know.
Question: What type of classic name do you like best?
Underused classic – 31%
Up and coming classic – 18%
Under the radar classic – 13%
Contemporary classic – 5%
Ready steady classic – 5%
Faded classics – 3%
None (classics are boring) – 3%
I can't decide (I love so many) – 22%
(Painting shown is Springtime by the Australian artist Charles Conder – 1888)
The Baby Name Stealing Olympics
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As the Olympics are on, here is a light-hearted look at the competitive world of "name stealing". Being a competition, I have sorted them into teams, and awarded each entrant a prize, which hopefully will fix their naming dilemmas.
These are not real situations or real people – and they are definitely not real names of real babies. I lurked in parenting forums and also quizzed people about baby name stealing they had witnessed or experienced (or even committed), and as themes came up repeatedly, made them into stock characters and plots. If you think you recognise someone you know (or yourself), it's because these disagreements seem to repeat over and over again.
During my months of research, I noticed a few things about "name stealing":
Younger parents seemed to be more concerned about name stealing than older ones (but possibly younger people are more likely to share their stories on the Internet).
People who appeared less educated seemed more concerned about name theft (but maybe educated people were less likely to speak openly about their personal affairs)
Parents-to-be who had chosen names that are fairly popular or well-known seemed to be most susceptible to fears about name theft, and the most upset about people stealing "their" name.
It was an almost entirely female preoccupation, with the few men involved usually being dragged into it by their partners, or stuck between two women. I did not find one example of two fathers fighting over names by their own initiative.
I didn't notice any significant difference between the numbers of boys names and girls names that were believed to have been "stolen", but my impression was that women were more likely to become attached to names they had chosen for a son, and more likely to become emotionally volatile if they felt the name was under threat. Perhaps coincidentally, the few times I saw men became involved in a baby name feud, it was over a daughter's name.
The longer someone had liked a name, the more likely they were to feel ownership over it, and the more possessive they were in regards to it.
Family disagreements over baby names were more acrimonious than ones between friends – probably because it's harder to escape from a family member than a friend. However, plenty of people became upset over a perceived name theft even from a distant acquaintance.
Disagreements in small communities were more heated than ones between people in big cities – again, probably because it's harder to escape someone in a small town.
Feuds over baby names could be long-standing or even permanent, and in extreme cases, passed on to the next generation.
People who don't believe that "name stealing" exists have almost zero sympathy for its "victims". Astute Readers will be able to tell I belong to this sceptical group.
TEAM FACEBOOK FEUD
Claire and her partner Scott are expecting a baby boy, and after a lot of discussion, they eventually agree upon the name Zachariah. Claire wastes no time in announcing their decision on Facebook. To her surprise, she receives a hurt and angry message from one of her FB friends, Meagan. Meagan says that they all chose their favourite baby names back in high school, when they were 14, and Zachariah was her name! She demands that Claire change her choice of baby name, or she will de-friend her at once. Claire has no memory of any such discussion in high school, while Meagan doesn't believe that Claire can have forgotten, and thinks she is a liar as well as a name-thief. Soon she decides that Claire has been plotting to steal the name Zachariah for the past eight years.
Awarded to Claire: First rights to the name Zachariah, and the suggestion to be more circumspect in her use of social media.
Awarded to Meagan: This Facebook page. Maybe it will help somehow.
TEAM "THE DOG STOLE MY BABY NAME"
Jo has let all her friends know that her expected baby boy will be named Oscar. To her indignation, next time she visits her pal Vanessa, she finds that she has named her new bulldog puppy Oscar. Vanessa says that it can't be helped – her dog just looks like an Oscar. An enraged Jo is now looking for another baby name.
Awarded to Jo: A calculator, so she can subtract the length of a bulldog's life from the length of a man's, thus demonstrating her son would have 72 years where he wouldn't be sharing his name with the dog.
Awarded to Vanessa: A box of puppy treats for Oscar.
TEAM NAME NAZI
Katrina spends a lot of time on baby name forums, and considers herself quite the expert. She often shares her 101 "name rules" with friends, and tries to impress upon them how much more knowledgeable she is about names, and how superior her tastes are. Katrina has over 400 baby name combinations collected in a Word file, which she likes to show friends, online and in real life. Of course, she cannot possibly use all of them, and she doesn't have a partner or any plans to get pregnant as yet, but she is well and truly prepared for when it occurs. When her friend Gemma announces the name of her new baby girl, Katrina is shocked and angry to find that she has used Name Combination #219 without asking permission – Cleo Araminta Lilac. Apparently Gemma became so convinced that Katrina's tastes were better than her own that using a name she had come up with seemed the only route possible.
Awarded to Katrina: The joy of seeing one of her name creations on a real live baby, and the suggestion that she get a blog so she can boss strangers around instead of her friends.
Awarded to Gemma: My congratulations on her new baby, and the suggestion that she try to develop her own own tastes, rather than allowing herself to be brainwashed.
TEAM FAMILY INTERFERENCE
David and his wife Karin are expecting a baby girl. At a family dinner party, David finds himself seated next to Karin's formidable sister-in-law Felicia, who asks what names they have picked out. David explains they aren't sharing them before the birth, to which SIL responds, "Well don't even think about Scarlett – I'm using it if we ever have another girl, and you can't have two Scarletts in one family". David is disconcerted, because Scarlett is their first choice for their daughter. He now feels that if they go ahead and use it, they will be accused of name stealing the moment they announce the new baby's name.
Awarded to David: First rights to the name Scarlett, and the spine to stand up to his wife's relations.
Awarded to Felicia: The chance to discover whether the world really does explode if there are two girls named Scarlett in the same family.
TEAM RENESMEE
Chantelle is very proud of her new baby boy's name, because she created it herself – it's Kyden, which is a combination of her parent's names, Kylie and Dennis. She is furious when she discovers that Becca from her gym also has a little boy about the same age named Kyden. Becca likewise created her baby name by combining two names – that of her brothers, Kye and Jayden. Chantelle and Becca are each absolutely certain that Kyden is a unique name, and therefore the other woman must have stolen it from them. They are both upset that their son's name's specialness has been tarnished.
Awarded to Chantelle and Becca: A copy of Breaking Dawn. That will explain everything. Also, different gym schedules.
TEAM CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
Alicia is terrified that her older sister Nicole will use all her favourite baby names before she gets a chance to. She throws a massive tantrum, and demands that Nicole sign a contract promising that she will never use Alicia's favourite names. There are about twenty names on the list, and for some reason, Nicole agrees to this and willingly signs the contract. In due course, Alicia has three children – none of whom are given names from the dreaded "name contract". Nicole is now rather annoyed, as there were two or three names on the list that she would have liked to use for herself.
Awarded to Alicia and Nicole: I think a time-travelling lawyer is the only thing that can fix this situation.
TEAM EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL
Alex and Sam are expecting a baby girl, and have already chosen the name Isabel for her. They have warned their family and friends that they have "reserved" the name in advance, and like a bunch of chumps, said family and friends agree. All goes merrily until a cousin announces that their new baby will be called Elizabeth. Alex and Sam immediately ask them to change it, as it is too close to Isabel. They intend to use the nickname Izzy, and this will clash with a potential Lizzie. Cousin protests they weren't going to use Lizzie as a nickname, but Alex and Sam are very persuasive. Both gentle, charming people, they have had a difficult time with fertility which evokes much sympathy, and have a way of becoming tearful and pleading that others find difficult to resist. As time goes on, it becomes apparent that Isobel, Isabelle, Izabel, Ysabel, Isabella, Sabella, Isadora, Isabeau, Isolde, Bella, Belle, Ilse, Libby, Sybella, and in fact any name even remotely similar to Isabel is also forbidden.
Awarded to Alex and Sam: Aww, I can't stay mad at you, with your big puppy dog eyes. Here, have some cake.
Awarded to Friends and Family: A really HUGE baby name book so they can all pick names that sound totally different to Isabel. Sympathies to anyone who marries (or partners) into this circle and wishes to name their daughter after great-grandmother Sybil.
TEAM "GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE"
For several years, Bree-Anne has had the perfect name combination selected for her son – Ryder Lucas. She decides never to share it with anyone so that it cannot be "stolen", and, now that she's six months pregnant, remains tight-lipped about the name she has picked out. To her absolute horror, her neighbours, Meikeyla and Dylan, welcome a baby boy named (you guessed it) Ryder. Middle name: Lucas. A distraught Bree-Anne is absolutely convinced that Meikeyla and Dylan, have stolen her baby name, even though she cannot explain how. "They just did!" she insists. To her, it is inconceivable that anyone else could have thought up the name Ryder Lucas, and she now considers her neighbours spies, thieves, and possibly mind-readers.
Awarded to Bree-Anne: A tin foil hat, to prevent anyone else picking up on her brain waves.
Awarded to Meikeyla and Dylan: A real estate guide. They may want to move house.
(In line with the theme of this article, the accompanying image was stolen from Abby Sandel's Pinterest account – I think it's originally from PostSecret).
Less Commonly Used Girls Names
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When all the name data for the most popular names was released, there were also several articles which looked at some of the names closer to the bottom of the popularity lists than the top. Dorcas at Names from the Dustbin calls these names Bottom of the Barrel – not meaning that they are necessarily of poor quality, but just low in the rankings.
Most names at the bottom of the lists are just re-spellings of common names, or short forms of names that are usually kept as nicknames rather than a full name. However, if you sift through these, there's some interesting finds at the "bottom of the barrel", and even some neglected gems.
These names are from the popularity charts of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania. Nearly all of them are taken from the very rarest names in their state.
This is a pet form of the French name Adele; the French pronunciation is a-de-LEEN, but the English is AD-uh-line. The name is well known from the American ballad Sweet Adeline, which was a standard for Australian folk band, The Seekers. There's also the piece, Ballade pour Adeline, written for the composer's baby girl, which I had to thump out tunelessly with my chubby fingers during many a childhood music lesson. However, Adeline has got considerably cooler since then; Kasey Chambers has a song called Adeline, Green Day's Adeline Records handles indie rock bands, and Elliot Smith released his own darker version of Sweet Adeline. I read at Abby's Nameberry Nine that Simon Helberg from The Big Bang Theory welcomed a daughter named Adeline last month, making it an up-to-the minute celebrity baby name. Adeline has never been on the Top 100; it was #162 for the 1900s, and then sank until it was out of regular use by the 1940s. Today it fits in well with Adelaide, Addison, Madison and Madeline; however it may be difficult for short form Addie to stand out amongst the sea of Maddies and Abbies.
Allegra means "cheerful, lively" in Italian, related to the musical term allegro, and has a long history as a celebrity baby name. Romantic poet Lord Byron re-named his illegitimate daughter Clara Allegra Byron (called by her middle name, and originally named Alba by her mother). Despite poor little Allegras's life being brief and marked by neglect, the name seems to have been an apt one, because she was described as a vivacious child. Her story didn't stop American poet Henry Longfellow from using it as his daughter's middle name; in his poem The Children's Hour, he describes her as "laughing Allegra". The American inventor and designer, Buckminster Fuller, also gave this name to his daughter. Allegra Versace is the daughter of Italian designer Donatella Versace, and Allegra Kurer is the daughter of British radio host Vanessa Feltz. In Australia, news presenter Jessica Rowe chose it for her eldest daughter in 2007, and last year it was chosen for the daughter of Emmy Kubainski. Frothy and elegant, with a positive meaning, this fashionable favourite would also make a good Italian heritage choice.
Bonnie is taken from the Scottish word bonnie, meaning "pretty, beautiful"; it's derived from the French bon, meaning "good". Bonnie has been used as a personal name since the 19th century, and was even sometimes given to boys, but received a huge boost when it was used in Margaret Mitchell's popular romance, Gone with the Wind. Bonnie Blue Butler is the daughter of Scarlett and Rhett, and receives her name because she has eyes the colour of the Bonnie Blue Flag – the banner of the Confederate States in the American Civil War. British rocker Billy Idol, who sang Rebel Yell, named his daughter Bonnie Blue, and we had a Bonnie Blue competing in the Bonds Baby Search. Another famous Bonnie is Bonnie Parker, one half of notorious crime duo Bonnie and Clyde. Bonnie has been on the charts almost continuously, albeit in rare use in the 1950s and '60s. It had a peak in the 1920s at #172, then peaked again in the 1990s at #157; it's currently climbing in the mid-100s in New South Wales, but is obviously rarer in other states. It's a sweet old-fashioned name which is also linked to rebellion, giving it a spunkier image.
This Greek name means "glory of the father", and is almost impossible for us to disassociate from the famous Queen of Egypt. From a dangerously inbred family of Macedonian Greek origin, she ruled Egypt alongside her father, and then her brothers (who were also her husbands), but then seized control and reigned alone for many years. She was able to align herself with Rome as both ally and lover to both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, but after Mark Antony's death, is said to have poisoned herself before she could be captured and humiliated. According to tradition, she killed herself with an asp. Her story captured the imagination of William Shakespeare, who based his play Antony and Cleopatra on the last part of her life, and her story has been made into several films, including the lavishly dreadful one starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Cleopatra is always depicted as a woman of great beauty, although early traditions suggest her attractiveness was based more on enormous charm and sex appeal. This ancient, glamorous name carries a lot of weight, but with short form Cleo becoming fashionable, some parents may wish for a long form of the name.
This Turkish name is after Alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and has connotations of "tall and slender", as if the person is shaped like the letter, which is a long vertical line. It is pronounced ay-LEEF. You probably recall that Natalie Portman had a son named Aleph last year; Aleph is the Hebrew form of the same letter. The meaning of the letter goes back to the West Semitic word for "ox", as the cuneiform originally represented the shape of an ox's head. In Arabic, the word is connected via folk etymology to the word for "coy, tamed", giving it a subtly demure feeling. It's a common girl's name in Turkey, and there are several Turkish celebrities with this name. There's also a town in Turkey called Elif. I'm not sure a non-Turkish person would ever use it, but it's certainly an attractive name that is easy enough for an English-speaker to understand and pronounce, once they've learned how it's said.
This name is inspired by Jean Harlow, a Hollywood superstar of the 1930s. With her platinum hair and vampish image, she was the forerunner to many blonde bombshells of the movies. Despite her beauty and success, Harlow's life contained much tragedy, and she died of kidney failure while only in her twenties. Harlow took her mother's maiden name as her stage name; her birth name was Harlean Carpenter. The surname Harlow is from several places in England. Harlow in Yorkshire means "hill of rocks" in Old English, while the meaning of Harlow in Essex is disputed. One theory is that it means "army hill", with the idea being that local landmark Mulberry Hill was a meeting place for the local people. Another is that it means "temple mound", as there is an Iron Age burial mound in the area which later had a Roman temple built on the site. Harlow is a unisex name, but more common for girls; the name came to public attention when Nicole Richie named her daughter Harlow in 2008. There were 20 babies named Harlow in Queensland last year, up from 12 the year before. Although numbers are still low, that's a significant jump.
This name is after the small mythological being of English folklore, tales of which come from Cornwall and Devon. They are usually depicted as small sprites who could be mischievous, but were often helpful to humans. A famous Australian with this name was the prolific illustrator and artist Pixie O'Harris (aunt of singer-artist Rolf Harris). Her real name was Rhona Olive Harris, but when she migrated to Australia from Wales she changed her name to Pixie because she was nicknamed "the Welsh pixie" on the boat over. A printer's error changed her name from Pixie O. Harris to Pixie O'Harris, and she stuck with it as her pseudonym. Last year, businesswoman Roxy Jacenko named her new baby Pixie-Rose. I think some people will find the name Pixie adorably cute, and others impossibly twee; it's bound to get some interesting reactions, and does have the fashionable X in it.
Sippie
The only person I know of named Sippie is the blues singer Sippie Wallace, who was born Beulah Thomas. Her career spanned seven decades, and although she found fame as a young woman in the 1920s, she was rediscovered in the 1960s and '70s and was a big influence on Bonnie Raitt, who went on tour with her. Her album Sippie won the Blues Album of the Year in 1983, so her comeback was a definite success. The name Sippie is one that she gained in childhood because the gap in her teeth meant that she had to "sip" all her food and drink. Coincidentally, there is a place on the Gold Coast called Sippy Downs; its name is a corruption of an Aboriginal word meaning "winged creatures", and interpreted as meaning "birds". As Sippie Wallace was billed as "The Texas Nightingale", I find this juxtaposition very charming. Sippie is an unusual name, but what a wonderful namesake. This would be very suitable for a family who loves music, especially jazz and blues.
In Australia, this name is well known as belonging to snowboarder Torah Bright, who won gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her parents named her after the Torah, which is the Jewish word for the first five books of the Old Testament. The word is from the Hebrew, meaning "teaching, instruction", however, Torah Bright's mother believed that it meant "bearer of a great message". Torah Bright is a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormon), and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. There was slight disbelief at this name on The Baby Name Wizard, with a couple of people feeling that it seemed rather offensive, or at least strange. Torah's name was reported on in Washington Jewish Week; there was no mention of it being offensive to Jews, but they did appear to find it slightly amusing. Like calling your child Bible or Gospel, many will find this name a head-scratcher. It would be given in honour of our Olympic champion, but the religious ramifications may be lost on some people. The fact that it sounds as if it could be short for Victoria is probably a help.
Zahlia
This name is pronounced ZAH-lee-uh, and as far as I'm aware, it's a modern invention. It seems to be an elaboration of the name Zali; Zali Steggall is Australia's most internationally successful alpine skier (now retired). Her name has proven a great success here, and spawned many variants, such as Zarly, Zahlee, Zalie etc. It's unclear where the Stegalls got the name Zali from, and to the best of my knowledge, it's made up. Zahlia does well in Australia, because it sounds rather exotic, while also being similar to popular names such as Zara and Tahlia (it even looks like a combination of those names). Despite being listed as a rare name, I have seen some parents dismiss Zahlia as being "too common"; perhaps it's not rare enough to seem "unique", or perhaps the many variants and sound-alike names make it appear to be one of the pack.
(Picture is from one of the posters for the 1963 movie Cleopatra)
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Tuesday , January 21, 2020
Saudi woman held in Bangkok fears she will be killed if repatriated
January 07, 2019 04:34·
Rahaf Al Qunun posted
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, says she was on a trip to Kuwait with her family when she fled on a flight two days ago.
But in an interview with Saudi-owned channel Rotana Khalijial, he denied that her passport had been seized and that embassy officials were present inside the airport. Thai police, she said, had refused to help her.
On Twitter, she wrote of being in "real danger" if forced to return to her family under pressure from Saudi authorities.
A Saudi woman used social media to draw attention to her plight trying to flee her family, claiming that authorities in Thailand confiscated her passport and were holding her Sunday at an airport hotel room in Bangkok.
Ms Mohammed al-Qunun was stopped at Suvarnabhumi Airport where she meant to catch a connecting flight to Australia.
She said that she was fleeing abuse from her family, including beatings and death threats from her male relatives, who also forced her to remain in her room for six months for cutting her hair.
"I'm sure 100 percent they will kill me as soon as I get out of the Saudi jail", she said, adding that she was "scared" and "losing hope".
Al-Qunun told Human Rights Watch that at about 5 p.m. on January 6, Thai immigration officers took her from her hotel room and informed her that she could not enter Thailand because her visa was "rejected" and that she must return to Kuwait on January 7.
"They said "you have three minutes to pack, and you will be flown back to Kuwait tomorrow at 11.15am, then returned to Saudi Arabia"," she told AAP. In some cases, Saudi authorities have been involved in forcing women to return to their families and in other cases local authorities suspect the women of seeking asylum and deport them.
"What is truly appalling is how the Saudi Arabian government has acted in sending an official to physically seize her passport from her in Bangkok airport global transit", he said.
She says she has an Australian visa but her passport was seized by a Saudi diplomat when he met her coming off the flight at Suvarnabhumi airport.
Human Rights Watch Asia division deputy director Phil Robertson said the organisation was trying to lodge an asylum claim with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
He added that there is "impunity" within the family unit in Saudi Arabia to abuse women.
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The White House and a spokesperson for the vice president did not respond to requests for comment from the Post . He suggested the president fix the problem by immediately issuing an executive order canceling the raises.
Her fate on arriving back in Saudi Arabia remains unknown.
In a tweet Ms al-Qunun said: 'I have been detained in an airport hotel.
'There is an airport person who constantly follows me.
Ms Mohammed al-Qunun wrote on Twitter that she had chose to share her name and details because she had "nothing to lose" now.
Police Lieutenant General Surachet Hakparn said Ms Alqunun was in the process of being repatriated through Kuwait Airlines, the same airline she had arrived on.
Saudi citizens visiting Thailand are also eligible to apply for a visa on arrival when entering the country.
Gen Surachate said he was unaware of any passport seizure and it is unclear why Ms Mohammed al-Qunun would need a Thai visa if she was in transit to Australia and had an Australian visa.
Ms Mohammed al-Qunun told BBC Newshour she was now in a hotel in the transit area.
She took to Twitter to plead her case, creating a profile with an Arabic bio that reads "I just want to survive".
In 2017, Dina Lasloom triggered a firestorm online when she was stopped en-route to Australia where she planned to seek asylum.
Saudi Arabia requires that a woman have the consent of a male relative - usually a father or husband - to obtain a passport, travel overseas or marry.
The Saudi embassy in Thailand and officials in Riyadh could not be reached for immediate comment.
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How many words are in the original Bible?
How many words are in the Hebrew Bible?
Which language was the original Bible?
How many verses are in the original Bible?
How old is the original Bible?
What language did Adam & Eve speak?
Who Wrote the Bible?
Who wrote the very first Bible?
Who named Bible?
What is shortest Bible book?
How big is the original Bible?
How many Bible do we have?
How is Bible divided?
What are the 75 books removed from the Bible?
Is the Bible complete?
Who created God?
The King James Authorized Bible has 783,137 words.
In Biblical Hebrew, there were approximately 7,000 words. Modern Hebrew has approximately 33,000 words.
Scholars generally recognize three languages as original biblical languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.
There are 23,145 verses in the Old Testament and 7,957 verses in the New Testament. This gives a total of 31,102 verses, which is an average of a little more than 26 verses per chapter.
The first Biblical stories were passed down orally and only written down later by various authors. Most Biblical scholars believe the Book of Genesis was the first book to be written down. This would have happened around 1450 BC to 1400 BC. So perhaps about 3400 years or so ago.
The Adamic language, according to Jewish tradition (as recorded in the midrashim) and some Christians, is the language spoken by Adam (and possibly Eve) in the Garden of Eden.
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According to both Jewish and Christian Dogma, the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (the first five books of the Bible and the entirety of the Torah) were all written by Moses in about 1,300 B.C. There are a few issues with this, however, such as the lack of evidence that Moses ever existed …
For thousands of years, the prophet Moses was regarded as the sole author of the first five books of the Bible, known as the Pentateuch.
The English word Bible is derived from Koinē Greek: τὰ βιβλία, romanized: ta biblia, meaning "the books" (singular βιβλίον, biblion).
The text consists of a single chapter, divided into 21 verses, making it the shortest book in the Hebrew Bible.
Book of Obadiah.
Yehoshua
Kings Melakhim
These are made up of 31,173 verses and using a rough word count, this amounts to 807,370 words, although the King James Authorized Bible has 783,137 words. Using a standard font, the average bible has around 1,200 pages. As a book, the bible is as thick as "The Lord of the Rings" and similar fantasy novel epics.
There is only one Bible has been translated into over 2000 languages. Currently, there are more than 40 different versions in English, from the King James Version, which was published in 1611 and is still going strong, to modern versions, some of them in very simplified English.
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The Christian Bible has two sections, the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament is the original Hebrew Bible, the sacred scriptures of the Jewish faith, written at different times between about 1200 and 165 BC. The New Testament books were written by Christians in the first century AD.
This book contains: 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, The Book of Tobit, The Book of Susanna, Additions to Esther, The Book of Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, The Epistle of Jeremiah, The Prayer of Azariah, Bel and the Dragon, Prayer of Manasses, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Book of Enoch, Book of Jubilees, Gospel of …
So the answer to your first question is no, the scriptures may not be complete. It is quite possible that we will modify the Bible further as new manuscripts and evidence becomes available. And the answer to your second question is yes, some verses have been added and edited since the original manuscripts.
We ask, "If all things have a creator, then who created God?" Actually, only created things have a creator, so it's improper to lump God with his creation. God has revealed himself to us in the Bible as having always existed. Atheists counter that there is no reason to assume the universe was created.


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Padres Down on the Farm: September 9 (Stammen two scorless on rehab/Mears 2 RBIs for SA/Rain for LE)
5 months ago Dominic Stearn
Credit: Missions
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Only the El Paso Chihuahuas were victorious down on the farm of the San Diego Padres on Friday.
With the tropical storm rolling through Southern California, the Lake Elsinore Storm was unable to get their game in. Craig Stammen continued his rehab assignment with two scoreless innings while striking out three.
El Paso Chihuahuas (Won 9-7 F/10) (74-59)
Brett Sullivan– 3-for-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB
Kyle Martin– 2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Craig Stammen- 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Ryan Weathers– 2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
After blowing a 7-0 lead, the El Paso Chihuahuas were able to win in extra innings, 9-7. Brett Sullivan got the scoring started with an RBI single in the first and third inning. Still in the third, C.J. Hinojosa doubled home Sullivan before Kyle Martin hit a two-run home run. In the seventh inning, Sullivan tripled home a run before scoring on a sacrifice fly to make it 7-0. In the eighth inning, Ray Kerr allowed a grand slam to end the shutout, making it 7-4. Ryan Weathers entered in the ninth inning with a three-run lead but couldn't keep it. Weathers did send the game to extra innings, where Reinaldo Ilarraza hit the game-winning two-run home run. Weathers returned for the bottom of the 10th and got the win.
Reinaldo Ilarraza = Clutch#FearTheEars pic.twitter.com/znRum9nTNo
— El Paso Chihuahuas (@epchihuahuas) September 10, 2022
Matt Waldron is the scheduled starter for the Chihuahuas on Saturday.
San Antonio Missions (Lost 6-5) (66-62)
Tirso Ornelas– 0-for-4, 1 R, 1 BB
Ethan Skender– 2-for-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 K
Thomas Eshelman– 4.1 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Edwuin Bencomo– 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Trailing 5-0, the San Antonio Missions couldn't quite come back in a 6-5 loss. Starter Thomas Eshelman struggled, allowing five runs, and got chased in the fifth inning. In the seventh inning, the Missions got on the board after an RBI single from Ethan Skender and a two-RBI single by Joshua Mears. Edwin Bencomo allowed what would be the game-winning run in the bottom half of the seventh. Ethan Skender singled home two more runs in the eighth inning, but that was the last from San Antonio.
Jackson Wolf will be making his double-A debut on Saturday as the starting pitcher for San Antonio.
Fort Wayne TinCaps (Lost 6-5) (50-79)
Anthony Vilar– 1-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 K
Albert Fabian– 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Jose Espada– 4.2 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 7 K, 2 BB
Ethan Routzahn– 0.1 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, 0 K
Three runs in the ninth sunk the Fort Wayne TinCaps in a 6-5 loss. Fort Wayne fell behind in the bottom of the fifth inning when Jose Espada allowed a bases-clearing double. The TinCaps responded with three runs in the next half inning when Albert Fabian hit a solo home run, and Anthony Villar hit a two-run home run. In the eighth inning, Justin Farmer gave the TinCaps its first lead with a solo home run that got extended in the ninth inning on a throwing error. Leading 5-3, Ethan Routzahn entered looking for the save. He allowed three runs and left with the loss.
Garrett Hawkins will start for Fort Wayne on Saturday.
Lake Elsinore Storm (Game Suspended) (74-55)
In the bottom of the third inning, the Lake Elsinore Storm game got suspended due to rain, with the Storm trailing 6-2. The game will be completed Saturday in a doubleheader.
There is no scheduled starter for the Storm on Saturday.
Dominic Stearn
Dominic is currently a Senior at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, studying Sports Journalism. He also hosts the "Devils Talking Padres" podcast and is the producer and co-host of the "Padres EVT Podcast.
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Man feared dead after falling into Yellowstone hot spring
The geysers can reach 93 degrees celsius.
Jun 8th 2016, 12:50 PM
RANGERS HAVE BEEN searching for a man who reportedly fell into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park.
Someone reported seeing a man in his early 20s walk off the boardwalk in the Norris Geyser Basin area and fall into the thermal spring about 200m away. Rangers said the man probably died because he has not been located, and searchers are being extra cautious because of the spring's dangerous thermal features.
No other information was released.
The Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest and most dynamic thermal area in Yellowstone, which features springs that can reach temperatures close to 93 degrees celsius.
Yesterday's search comes on the heels of several other high-profile incidents at the park.
On Saturday, a 13-year-old boy was burned around his ankle and foot after his father, who had been carrying him, slipped in the park's Upper Geyser Basin hot spring.
In May, a Canadian film crew was accused of leaving an established boardwalk and stepping onto a geothermal feature where they snapped photos and took video of themselves.
Also last month, another Canadian man loaded a bison calf into his SUV because he thought it was cold. The calf later had to be euthanised because it could not be reunited with its herd.
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Tom Cruise filming in downtown Baton Rouge
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By: Joe Hagan, Russell Jones
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BATON ROUGE- Filming for the movie "Jack Reacher 2" starring Tom Cruise will close downtown streets today.
Police said North Street will close between the River and the state parking garage from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. Police officers will be around to direct people through the area.
No parking is allowed on the 300 and 400 blocks of North Street, the 500 and 600 blocks of North 3rd Street, the 500 and 600 blocks of North 4th Street and the 300 and 400 blocks of Spanish Town Road until 8 p.m. tonight.
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LIE TO ME "Delinquent" Review
Lie to Me, Reviews
In this week's episode of LIE TO ME, titled "Delinquent", Torres has some family drama when her sister calls and leaves her a frantic message. Torres, who is normally tough as nails and always knows what to do, is suddenly at a loss and goes running straight for the one person she knows can help – Cal.
Once Cal gets involved, things get even more complicated as Eva's best friend turns up murdered. As everyone works on trying to figure out who did it, they find out that the murder is part of a bigger picture. The deputy warden has been running a breaking and entering operation from the center and using the kids as her personal crew of thieves.
Emily catching her dad actually praying while giving her a driving lesson…right before she hit a fire hydrant. Oops, poor girl.
I loved how Cal felt the need to clarify that when he said "grow a pair" , he meant testicles.
Pretty brilliant of Torres to turn on the fake tears and threaten to take them to the press so she could see her sister.
I laughed so hard at "what's with the old white guy?" – then I laughed about ten times harder at the "you're super sexy, wanna make out?" and "absolutely, climb on board darling". Seriously, can this man get any cooler??
Eli being completed insulted that everyone left him alone and didn't fill him in on the case all day.
This bit between Cal and the doctor – such classic Cal.
"You're kind of a jerk."
"Yeah, I have been told that."
The entire scene where Torres showed up at Cal's place (as he put it) drunk off her face.
The way Cal took one look at Foster after the attack, immediately went and gave her a hug and then later let her cry on his shoulder a little bit and called her "darling". He tries to play the big bully but it's little moments like that which show me that he's really a big softie.
After being freaked out by the attack, the way Foster was able to crank up the toughness when she was questioning one of her attackers. Way to go, Foster.
When Cal flipped the switch on the interrogation room and turned the glass clear so that the deputy warden could see the faces of all the kids she had betrayed, and then the way they all got to cheer as she was taken away. That was awesome.
A nice little montage at the end – Torres seeing her sister off to her new school, Foster getting flowers from the cute doctor and Emily passing her driving test. That was super sweet.
Overall I really liked this episode of Lie To Me for giving us a nice bit of backstory on Torres. I only wish we'd seen a little bit more of Eli. It seems like he's been in the background a lot recently so I hope that means we're going to see more of him soon.
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Pregnancy Week Calculator: Calculating the week of pregnancy with a descriptive calendar
Week of pregnancy ﹣ Calculator
Updated on November 29, 2022 by Stefan Banse
Calculate your current week of pregnancy. You will receive important information about how many weeks and days you have already completed and how many weeks of gestation you are in.
Sample calculation and topic overview of the Pregnancy Week Calculator
Help tips of the Pregnancy Week Calculator
Calculation of the week of pregnancy
Calculation of fertilization
Earliest date for pregnancy test
Sex determination
First noticeable movements
The date of birth
Child Development in the weeks of pregnancy
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A pregnancy calendar with numerous important dates starting with the fertilization date, dates for preventive medical check-ups, key stages of the baby's development up to the calculated date of birth round-off of the Pregnancy Week Calculator in terms of content. The Pregnancy Week Calculator requires the following entries to calculate the current week of pregnancy:
The first day of the last period
The weeks of pregnancy are counted from this point on. This is because the duration of pregnancy in medicine is measured from the first day of the last menstruation, although the actual pregnancy (depending on the duration of the cycle only occurs about 2 weeks later with fertilization following the ovulation. From fertilization, a pregnancy lasts an average of 38 weeks. Together with the 14 days that usually elapse between the first day of the period and fertilization, the average pregnancy lasts for 40 weeks.
Additional entry: average duration of the cycle
This information can be used to calculate the expected date of birth in addition to the current week of pregnancy, which you will find in the result under "Important Dates". This is a 28 day cycle of 40 weeks or 280 days after the first day of the last period and shifts forward or backward by the corresponding days in the case of a deviating cycle.
Examples showing the calculation of the week of pregnancy with the Pregnancy Week Calculator
Mrs Klein's wish to have a child finally comes true; Her Pregnancy test is positive. Today on November 3, 2022, she wants to calculate in which week is her pregnancy. She would like to know the expected date of birth and important information about the development of her child and the dates of the check-ups.
Mrs Klein's first day of her last period was on September 20, 2022.
Mrs Klein's cycle length is regularly 28 days.
Mrs Klein's first day of her last period was 44 days ago.
As described above, the duration of a pregnancy is already determined from the first day of the last menstruation. This reference date forms week 0 with day 0, hence this marks the beginning of the first week of her pregnancy.
For Mrs Klein, 6 weeks and 2 days are already complete. Therefore, she is 7 weeks pregnant.
Note: Since Week 6 of her pregnancy has been completed, she is currently in her 7th week. Therefore, Mrs Klein is in the 7th week of pregnancy. Sometimes, this confusing fact should be taken into account in practice. There are two common variants for naming the week of pregnancy. One is by completed weeks and the other is by unfinished weeks. In this example, Mrs Klein is 6 weeks and a few days pregnant. Therefore, she has already completed Pregnancy Week 6. This is referred to as an unfinished week (Week 7), which is the week she is currently in. All of these are always broken down individually as the concrete case in the result of the Pregnancy Week Calculator in the info text for the pregnancy week.
Calculation of the pregnancy calendar - fertilization
In addition to calculating the week of pregnancy, the Pregnancy Week Calculator also provides a pregnancy calendar on the following important dates of pregnancy.
Calculating the date of fertilization
Fertilization or conception (i.e., the time when the sperm and egg fuse) takes place around 14 days before the next menstrual period begins.
Therefore, based on Mrs Klein's 28-day cycle, fertilization has occurred 14 days after the start of the last period (i.e., on October 4, 2022).
Calculating the earliest date for a pregnancy test
With modern tests today, pregnancy can be detected before the possible next menstrual period.
As early as 13 days after fertilization (i.e., from October 17, 2022), Mrs Klein can perform a reliable pregnancy test.
Calculation of the date of the initial examination
If the pregnancy test is positive or if the menstrual period does not occur within that month, Mrs Klein needs to go for her first preventive medical check-up as soon as possible. Here, the pregnancy is determined and a comprehensive examination of the expectant mother is carried out.
Mrs Klein should have her first preventive medical check-up immediately.
Calculation of the date of the child's heartbeat
Starting from the 5th week of pregnancy, the baby's heart already begins to beat.
Mrs Klein's baby's heart could have been beating since October 19, 2022.
Calculation of date of organ plant
From the 8th week of pregnancy, all the child's internal organs are already laid out.
Mrs Klein's child's internal organs are fully laid out from November 9, 2022.
Date calculation of sex determination
From the 16th week of pregnancy, the sex of the child can be determined by ultrasound.
Mrs Klein will be able to find out whether it is a boy or a girl from January 4, 2023.
Date calculation of noticeable movements
Between the 18th week of pregnancy and the 20th week of pregnancy, the time begins when Mrs Klein may already be able to feel the first movements of her child in her belly.
Mrs Klein will probably be able to feel the first movements of her child from January 18, 2023.
Date Calculation of Development Hearing
Between the 23rd and 25th week of pregnancy, the inner ear is fully formed or developed. Your child can now hear you and sometimes reacts to sounds from outside.
From February 22, 2023, Mrs Klein's baby can start hearing.
Calculation of deadline for finished development
Between the 30th and 34th week of pregnancy, the child is fully developed. It continues to grow and gain weight until birth.
As of April 11, 2023, Mrs Klein's pregnancy has progressed to the point where her baby-to-be is fully developed.
Calculation of the date of birth
The expected date of birth is exactly 40 weeks after the first day of the last period in a 28-day cycle. As the individual time periods slightly vary from woman to woman, the gynaecologist may still correct the expected date of birth in the course of the pregnancy. If you have any question or doubts, please contact your gynaecologist. In advance, you are welcome to use our Birth Date Calculator.
Mrs Klein's calculated due date is June 26, 2023.
Due Date Calendar
How is the child developing during the respective weeks of pregnancy?
Pregnancy is one of the most beautiful experiences in a woman's life. One's own body changes and offers the growing baby a sense of security and protection until it is born. For us humans, it takes 40 weeks until birth. During this time, the foetus registers all the movements of the mother, feels moods and stress and perceives sounds. Every single day in the womb is important for the development of the unborn child's organs.
What happens in the first 3 weeks of pregnancy?
Pregnancy begins at the time of conception; this often cannot be determined exactly. Therefore, the calculation of the weeks of pregnancy usually starts on the day of the last female cycle (i.e., the beginning of the last menstrual period). In the second or third week of the cycle, ovulation takes place (now the woman is ready to conceive). The egg remains capable of fertilization for 24 hours, male sperm have a life span of 72 hours. If a sperm reaches an egg and penetrates its membrane, fertilization is successful. The egg then travels through the fallopian tube into the uterus.
What happens in the 4th week of pregnancy?
At the beginning of the fourth week of pregnancy, the embryo is just one millimetre in size. The pregnant mother now secretes more of the hormone progesterone, and the first symptoms may occur. A pregnancy test at this time provides a reliable result.
What changes in the 5th week of pregnancy?
The embryo is now in the third week of life when the heart begins to beat, and is about the size of a seed. From this moment on, it transfer blood and thus oxygen and nutrients from the mother into its own body. Then the foetus also reacts sensitively to external influences (e.g., the consumption of alcohol or nicotine). The first organs are now also laid out. The so-called neural tube, which later forms the spinal column, head and spinal cord, is closed.
What changes take place in the 6th and 7th week of pregnancy?
Now the embryo is growing rapidly by about a millimetre a day. The shape of the head and upper body is forming, the brain is developing, and the digestive tract is emerging. By the end of the seventh week, the lungs, liver, kidney and internal sex organs are formed. Legs, arms and almost paddle-like hands can already be seen in the ultrasound. The face with nose and eye sockets is also formed. The first muscle strands develop and the embryo begins to move.
How is the child developing in the 8th week of pregnancy?
The mother's pregnancy now becomes visible towards the end of the second month, mainly through changes in the breast. The embryo is now about two centimetres in size. In its body, the individual organs have found their place, and the brain has formed different parts. The heart now has all four ventricles and performs about 160 beats per minute.
How does the embryo change in the 9th week of pregnancy?
All the internal organs have now been formed and are starting to work. The first nerve cells are also already functioning. In the foetus (also known as the embryo), the fingers, toes, ears and eyelids have been laid out as well as arms and legs. The brain is protected by solid skull bones, but they are still only loosely joined together by fontanelles.
What developments take place in the 10th and 11th week of pregnancy?
The unborn baby now weighs about 4 grams and is the size of a plum. The eyes have been laid out. The embryo can also bend its arms and legs and clench its fists. There are webbed toes and fingers, but these will disappear. Finger, toenails and tooth buds are formed. The thorax closes, new layers of skin cover the tiny body, and the lanugo hair is also formed. It warms the embryo and protects it in the amniotic fluid.
What happens in the 12th week of pregnancy?
The development of the mother's placenta is now complete and the embryo is completely supplied by it. In the following period, the foetus continues to grow and move more often. Afterward, its reflexes develop. It can swallow amniotic fluid and already suck its thumb. In addition, he is already passing urine, so the mother has to change the amniotic fluid frequently.
What changes take place in the 13th and 14th week of pregnancy?
The unborn baby now weighs about 20 grams and is about 7 centimetres tall. Its organs continue to mature and the intestines are fully formed. The embryo has its first bowel movement. The skeletal cartilage changes into bones, and now it also receives sounds in the womb. The unborn baby even reacts to touches on the abdomen and turns its head in the corresponding direction. Its metabolism is now becoming more and more active. The embryo perceives very bright light as red in the mother's womb. In an ultrasound examination, the sex of the child can now also be determined.
What happens in Week 15 and 16 of pregnancy?
The weight of the embryo has now increased to up to 60 grams, and now measures a good 10 centimetres from head to rump. At this stage, the embryo is moving very actively, raising its head, turning it and even nodding. By the end of the fourth month of pregnancy, the grasping reflexes are pronounced, and some babies hold the umbilical cord in their hands. It exercises its lungs and breathing by breathing in and releasing amniotic fluids.
What happens in the 5th month?
The child continues to grow in the womb and its organs mature. With active movements, the embryo trains its muscles. Its sebaceous glands release the so-called cheese gunk, which protects the skin from softening. In addition, the subcutaneous tissue is now building up.
What changes in the child take place in week 22 to 24 of pregnancy?
From this second point onwards, the growth in length decreases and the baby gains more weight. Its weight has now increased to about 450 grams, and the unborn baby is about 20 centimetres tall. The fetal hearing has improved so much that he can distinguish the voices around him. In the 24th week, the windpipe forms, and the alveoli and blood vessels also develop.
From this point onward, newborns today have a chance of surviving, even if the lungs have not yet matured. The foetus now weighs about 800 grams and measures 30 centimetres from head to toes. In the coming week, the child opens its eyes for the first time. In addition, his brain continues to structure itself. It reacts to loud voices and to stroking of the belly. In this way, the bond between mother and child is already strengthened in the womb. Towards the end of the sixth month, the baby perceives the differences between light and dark and begins to dream.
How does the embryo develop during Pregnancy Week 29 to 33?
The baby is moving vigorously, and bumps on the womb show the position of the arms, legs or bottom. At this stage, some babies are already starting to turn. With the head down, they take the birth position. At 40 centimetres tall and weighing around 1,400 grams, the unborn baby fills the womb well. Therefore, it assumes the typical curved foetal position. In addition, it now takes control of its own body temperature. The sensation of pain also develops. The unborn baby now orients its waking phases to the mother's day and night rhythm.
From the 38th week the waiting for the birth begins
At this week, the child is now fully developed. With the rupture of the membranes, birth is initiated. In the 40th week of pregnancy, the baby weighs about 3,500 grams and is 50 centimetres tall. Some are in a hurry and come as early as the 39th week, while others take their time. However, only when the calculated date of birth is more than 10 days is there a cause for concern.
Support during pregnancy
The optimal development of the child and the health of the mother is monitored by various medical examinations during pregnancy. Not only ultrasound plays a role, but it also performs special checks such as a nuchal foldmeasurement or amniotic fluidexamination. A trusting relationship between the pregnant woman and her chosen gynaecologist is particularly important at this time. Birthpreparation courses and timely contact with a midwife are also on the programme of expectant parents.
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INDUSTRIES/COMPANIES/GOVERNMENT OFFICES ENGAGE WE PEOPLE ON DUTY ON DEBT AND NOT ON ADVANCED PAYMENT!!! Modiji Advocates Cashless Transactions - "THE PAIN OF SURVIVAL AND ONE TIME MEAL"- M.P.'s Act as "Rowdies Act" - DIGITAL INDIA - BRIBE FREE INDIA.
Modiji Advocates Cashless Transactions - "THE PAIN OF SURVIVAL AND ONE TIME MEAL"- M.P.'s Act as "Rowdies Act" - DIGITAL INDIA - BRIBE FREE INDIA.
INDUSTRIES/COMPANIES/GOVERNMENT OFFICES ENGAGE WE PEOPLE ON DUTY ON DEBT AND NOT ON ADVANCED PAYMENT!!!WE LEND PROFIT ORIENTED RESULTING WORK AS OUR RESPONSIBILITY!!
Virendra Singh Rawat | Lucknow November 27, 2016 Last Updated at 16:37 IST.
In My view: j.k.sundararajan. 28.11.2016 10:25:26.
Dear Sir, Please do this cashless transactions practice in people of India gradually because OF the valuable reasons LISTED BELOW is my humble view.
In India, all states this includes all villages must be brought in a self-sufficient status in Electricity/Internet facility.
For this please engage and use all Private Industrialists in India and from across the World to promote Solar Energy production consistently in all Tharisu /declared useless lands in India. After this bringing all electronic devices which all works on Electricity in all markets and in to all people use would be very good in result orientation.
2. Your Government aim is very good. Please now to think on Daily wage receiving people. They may be having jan dhan account but with out Cash Balance in that account their hands are locked from using Rupay or credit/debit card or Mobile payment transactions.
Above to this people need to train to use all electronic transactions methods, which our government brings in to practice.
Sorry to say this, you and I are from scrap to the present level. Yes, we are from poor .so we kno"THE PAIN OF SURVIVAL AND ONE TIME MEAL", INDUSTRIES/COMPANIES/GOVERNMENTOFFICES ENGAGE WE PEOPLE ON DUTY ON DEBT AND NOT ON ADVANCED PAYMENT.
KEEPING ALL RICH AND GOVERNMENT ON DEBT, THIS IS AT LEAST FOR A WEEK OR 30 DAYS. SO WE KEEP EMPLOYER IN POOR STATUS IS THE TRUTH).
And we get food materials to vegetables on monthly account/credit and making Monthly payments after salary/income received. So here Electronic methods will face lullin Daily activity of a person, and will come in to normal activity after a decade is a possibility.
For this people /Each Family must beemployed or Government to provide employment/self employment from GovernmentFinance is a need. for this arrive a Plan is a must is my belief.
We people bound to death. But even to that ritual on Death for cremation we are forced to pay BRIBE is in practice. (May please arrange to issue an order to FREE CREAMATION in India at Burial grounds. Not to derive money even on dead body) Even educated Officers (right from and M.L.C./M.L.A. maintaining their people and collect "BRIBE" is in practice.
So Right from Birth Certificate to Death certificate and to all work with in Government Norms submitted will get done only when we paid bribe is the situation. Soto Eradicate this bribe /corruptions from the mindset of people to Politician's and officers is a major Task to be attended is my Humble view.
Painful message from our honorable Parliament I would like to recall from our memories, which is when Mr.Somnath Chatterjee was the Speaker of the Parliament in Lok sabha, he stated M.P.'s Act as "Rowdies Act" in thee Center hall of our Parliament is in History!!. Why he said so?
We Indian people might have selected illiterate with rowdies act built in person unknowingly.
Again one more question,, why such person enter /select politics as their profession?
Because, BRIBE attracts those persons and this is still continuing, this is the reason we have Black Money Holder's in India, which cannot be denied by any one in us.
"BRIBE" offers them a pleasure life and treasure with out strain to their Physical body and mentally.
To Put an end to this "BRIBE", Now, mygov.in by you (Mr.Narendra Modi) is looking forward to make Digital India, so Electronic and Cashless Transactions. This is to be Rigid in formulations' Planning, Organizing and Executions.
Than with all these details please issue a Citizenship Card to all Indian Citizen.
Thanks. Best wishes. J.k.sundararajan. http://getpaidatlink.blogspot.in, http://getpaidout.blogsspot.in, http://paybizz.blogspot.in/….


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Tannoy celebrates 90 years with limited edition Gold Reference speaker
By Max Langridge published 31 August 16
Tannoy's 90th birthday may have been overshadowed by news of the company's Scottish manufacturing plant being under threat of closure, but that hasn't stopped the firm producing a limited edition Gold Reference GRF 90 loudspeaker, with just 90 pairs being made.
The GRF 90 is part of Tannoy's Prestige GR range of loudspeakers, first unveiled at the Munich High End Show in 2013. The range marries the handbuilt wooden cabinets of the Prestige range and updated versions of Tannoy's Dual Concentric Drivers.
The GRF 90 is named in honour of Tannoy's founder, Guy R Fountain, who started the world famous company in London in 1926.
The 12in Dual Concentric Driver with Tannoy's signature PepperPot WaveGuide, Alnico motor system and HF compression driver makes an appearance once again. Tannoy says it's able to produce a "superbly dynamic presentation with fast, accurate bass and a fluid open midrange".
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It's all housed within a bespoke birch plywood cabinet which has been heavily braced, and features a twin rear port designed to "reduce low frequency turbulence".
The Tannoy Gold Reference GRF 90 will be limited to just 90 pairs, pricing is on application, but don't expect them to be cheap.
This latest product announcement comes at a troubled time for the company, which is planning to close its factory in Coatbridge, Scotland with the loss of 70 jobs after owner Music Group decided to move most of its production to a new facility in Zhongshan, China.
Peter Sommer, who was appointed as senior vice-president Lifestyle & Home at Tannoy earlier this year, is due to leave the company in October.
Music Group, based in the Philippines, but with offices around the world, acquired Tannoy, a name synonymous with loudspeakers, in April 2015 from its former owner TC Group.
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