They say it is good but it seems like it hurts.

Circumcision is barbaric. When you are circumcised, you lose up to 70 thousand nerve endings. You also lose a natural protecting cover to the glands of your penis. Over time, proteins build up and de-sensitize your penis to protect it resulting in a leathery feel and appearance. You are left with a scar and tightened skin which can make erections painful.\nMany men who were circumcised at birth - ( they are strapped to a board, the doctor cuts the skin - there is no pain management - and the skin is sold to bio tech companies- It is a BILLION dollar a year industry. The hospitals charge the parents for the "service" - then profit from the spoils) - are now restoring their foreskins. For the better sex and the feeling of intantness. You can go to www.NORM.org for more reason why NOT to do it. \nFact: There is NO valid proven reason why men should be routinely circumcised. Just myth and ignorance.\nWhy would we change something that was designed to be there? Are we really that arrogant/stupid


A little Background Information:\n\nI have a guy friend that at the age of 19 had a one night stand with a 14 year old female.  She lied and told him that she was 18.  I live in NC so the girls here grow fast. Long story short, her parents found out and pressed charges, he did not deny that he has sex with her but he did not know her age. He is now 30 with a wonderful wife and 4 children.  He wants to get this cleared off of his record.  \n\nSo my questions is, would you help him?  Do you feel that he should have to carry this with him for the rest of his life because of a stupid choice he made as a teen. Please give real advice!

I don't even have an inkling as to how he can get the record expunged or how you could help with that. \n\nIf the details of the situation are really what you described, then I would support him. He was lied to, did something stupid and he's suffered the consequences. If she was a willing participant and admitted to having lied about her age to him, I'm not even sure how they managed to hold up the charges. If he's remorseful and has paid his dues, then let the past be the past. \n\nI certainly remember lying about my age when I was 14-15 to get into clubs, buy drinks etc. I wasn't sexually active at the time, but I definitely remember flirting and telling people I was older.\n\nEdited to add: When I was 14 I managed to fool government employees into selling me alcohol without any proof of ID whatsoever. Some kids at 14 really do look 18.


Am i wrong for thinking my BF daughter is ugly and not wanting to have his child because of it

maybe she is ugly\n\nwhat does the real mother look like..is she so hideous you scream when you look at her..if so..then it is her genes..\nbut if she is a fairly good looking  or real good looking female..then you may just have hit the nail on the head..do not have a kid with him if she is good looking..I assume you are good looking right..so if she is good looking and you are good looking..then if you have a kid with him..his genes will make your kid ugly..\nyou need to do a  little research first.\nlook at his family on both side..do they have ugly kids..look at the daughters moms family are they pretty..see where I am going with this..\nGood Luck


Please add where did blue and green eyes originate and how?\nhow as not in $ex thing but how in nature

see its in ones genes.when fertilization takes place the mom's and dad's genes combine to give the baby its charecteristics like eye color,haircolor,etc.it dosent mean that if the mom is YELLOW eyed and the dad is blue eyed, the baby will be green eyed.the eye colors of parents dont mix instead their genetic codes mix up to form a new one.somtimes the baby has the same eye color as either of its parents.its based on mendels laws of genetics .mail me if u want to know more.im good at genetics


normally I am really nice to my boyfriend, but I was really Biatchy to him yesterday.  I tried apologizing later, but he was still SO mad that I treated him that way, he told me to get away from him!  How do I let him know that I am sorry?

Truth is give it some time...i know how that feels you may feel like "this is it" "my relationship is over" but he'll come around....give him some time to vent....and when he's cooled down you'll know and then you two should sit down and have a civil conversation and explain to him what you meant and what upset him and talk about it...look at it as a learning experience.....how else would you know what your boyfriend likes and dislikes if arguments don't happen...good luck


Considering the "Talk and the Walk" of both Republicans and Democrats, in your opinion, which party would you consider most ethical, most honest, and most likely to take the US towards a better future?\n\nNote: I realize we have more than two parties, but I am only concerned with the "big ones."


I read in this article, http://www.soccertimes.com/worldcup... that ESPN, ABC, and ESPN2 will show all 64 games of the World Cup. Since a lot of the matches will be in the morning for the viewers in the pacific side of the country, I was wondering if they will show repeats during the afternoons.

i doubt it.. if you live in the pacific time zone, thats unfortunate because theyre only going to show live games, that will probably range from 9:30am(earliest game) to 2:30 pm (latest game) all times eastern standard time.. but you know what, this is still better than 2002 (in korea/japan), when all the games were 2:30, 4:30 and 7:30 all AM!!! that was crazyyy


I just watch a TV article about a hispanic version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and would like to hear it. if you know where I can get a download from it, please send it to me...

if you have limewire you should be able to download it, if you don't try to look it up on either WinMX or Kazza


For most of 2005, I lived in Pennsylvania, and earned income. Later, I moved to NJ that same year, but didn't earn any income.  My W-2 is from PA. I've already filed federal taxes, but for what state should I file my state taxes? I've applied for an extension, but I'm confused as to whether I should file NJ or PA taxes. Any advice?

You actually should file in both states.  In PA, you should file a part-year return, and the same in NJ.  All of your income should be reported as PA income, but you may have deductions in NJ that could create a loss to use later.


I like Parick because he is so dumb and fat...

sponge bob is awesome one minute he is smarter than everyone else and the next he's dumber than arock


We went to Lane College, in Jackson,Tennessee.She graduated  in 1976. Carbindale,Ill.

Reunion.com  its free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GOOD LUCK


I am 17 and I was wondering what I should write to my friend who is also 17. We both like to flirt with each other but we both know that nothing will happen between us.

write money enclosed on the outside.  and then glue it shut


I've known her for a while, and we're pretty good friends. I have always liked her, but she never gave much sign that she like me more than in a little more than friendly way. Then last week, we ate dinner and I waited for her to get into her house, I kinda just grinned and walked home. She called me later and said she almost kissed me, but she held back. I was slightly taken by surprise, but I played it off. Now i want to make the move, but i dont wanna screw up. I mean, i make her laugh all the time, and it seems like im the only one she ever wants to eat with for dinner, and shes gorgeous, seems like all the other guys are gunning for her. Yet shes always touching me and stuff, and dont get me wrong i love it, but she talks about other guys when im at her house Theres just something about her, differnent from other girls that i've dated that just totally throws me off. Im confused lol

due im a girl and she totally loves you, ask her out before she gets away.call her or email hher right now!!!


I'm looking for a screensaver where the sound and pic in it


Elemental boron is produced in one indsutrial process by heating diboron trioxide with magnesium metal, also producing magnesium oxide as a by-product. Write the unbalanced chemcial equation for this process.

B2O3(s)+Mg(s) yields MgO(s)+B(s)\nNotes: yields should be substituted with an arrow that is read as yields and in diboron trioxide the numbers are subscripts not superscripts.


I am!!! Try this cool games at www.dressupgames.com www.heavygames.com www.playfirst.com www.sandlotgames.com www.gamehouse.com IM me for more


I thought when he was married to Mimi and Nicole that he couldn't have children naturally because he was sterile???  Did I just hear wrong?

L. Ron Hubbard did it while Tom watched in the name of scientology.


What can I study for the Columbia SHP entrance exam? What will be on it? Where can I find material? How difficult is it?\n\nAnswers are greatly appreciated!

There is an entrance exam for the SHP which covers earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, a broad range of pre-calc math topics. It is the single most important part of the entire application.


It is running, and I have checked it for viruses (none).  It just starts squealing and shuts off.

it is overheating. chack the fan on the motherboard. Best test is to switch it off for an hour and then start it if it runs fine aofr  awhile then it is a fan problem. Even if the fans are working they may not be running fast enough\n\nterry\nhttp://www.beanwebs.co.uk


Like i said before, everyone has diffrent opinions and i agree with that, i have no problem with what other people think, i am a kool person, Okay the big march was here, i was happy because i saw people of all races not just Mexicans, i saw how we were united and together, i could not believe my eyes how many people i saw i wanted to cry, but because i was happy, I agree once again that we are "Illegaly" here but i once again tell you that we are here to work, our government is so poor, i have lived here all my fourteen years, i wrote a letter to the Dallas Morning News the other day, some one that new me replied me back to my email and said awful things to me, i felt bad and i cried, i could not see why people are so cruel, i am just standing up for my rights! i agree that we all have diffrent opinions i know that, and just because she is Anglo,White,African American etc, does not mean i will start to disrespect them, why are some people not proud of their race?

Im a caucasian male, should i be proud, my country is dominent, although tyrannical...im not sure if i should be honorored for being an american citizen and not suffering through all the hardships of other people, it doesnt seem fair. i feel bad when i realize that i have more freedoms then most people in other countries and i take advantage of them. I feel bad when i realize that while im struggling about which job i should get or which girl i should try to go out with, people from other countries are worrying about there next meal, or if there going to be able to raise there children, or if there even going to make it through the next day...there is so much pain in the world and i feel bad for neglecting it and living my own little life of seclusion and happiness, and i feel worse because like everyone i have my problems and they seem so pathetic and miniscule in comparison the others, it seems wrong to live like this in the U.S. and not help other people, we are all the same and yet we act as though we are all different. \n\nIdk why i went all out and said all this but congrats!! you got me to think and express some emotion, it doesnt happen very often so you should feel proud\n\nbanshee_370@yahoo.com


Sure you can put the cigs down .I did after 25 yrs. of smoking . Cold Turkey , never in a million years would i have thought i could do this .I said a prayer & smoked my last cig . & put my mind to it.Smoking is not an addiction , it is a habit . A nasty stinky , smelly ,unhealthy habit . i talk on the phone , i lite up , drive to store i lite up , dry my hair , i lite up , drink my coffee , i lite up , its all a habit forming... You can break the habit .... you can ... What drew me to quit ,, the nasty stinky smell !!! I hated smelling like that & having otheres smell me like that

Aren't you special, lucky you. I quit cold turkey 15 years ago. It was very difficult. Smoking is a proven addiction AND a disgusting, unhealthy, stinky (I could go on) habit. Everyone that smokes should try to quit and never stop trying to quit. A habit is checking your oil everytime you fill your tank. An addiction is smoking after every meal.


just something reliable and easy to work on...any suggestions?

Honda, they are the most reliable thing you can buy. My family has a 48 year old Honda dirt bike that my grandfather gave to us. The engine just recently seized, but my brother says he will probably be able to fix it, he's good with engines. My brother's neighbor has a Honda CRF250 2-Stroke and he said that it was one of the best (and fastest) bikes he has ever ridden.\n\nSo I would go with Honda no matter what you buy, especially dirt bikes!


what should i do for my 5th grade science fair??\nplease answer this question as quickly as possible.

All of these seem to have good starts for ideas.  You should be able to find plenty of good projects that you'll be able to work on prior to your science fair,\n\nhttp://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Science_and_Nature/Experiments_and_Activities/Science_Fairs/\nhttp://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/\nhttp://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/\nhttp://www.scifair.org/\nhttp://www.cdli.ca/sciencefairs/\nhttp://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ideas.html\nhttp://staff.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html\n\nGood Luck


Anyone? Anyone? lol i dont know why i just didnt take spanish. \n\nRewrite all the following sentences in the 'passé composé'. Watch agreement.\n1. Marc, Elise et moi,nous allons au lycée.\n2. Je suis première. J'arrive avant mes amis.\n3. Est-ce François rentre chez lui?\n4. Madame, allez-vous en autocar?\n5. Viennent-elles à ta fête?\n6. Tu restes chez toi.

1. nous sommes allés au lycees\n2.j'ai été première. je suis arrivée avant mes amis\n3.a été-ce francois qui est rentré chez lui\n4.madame, étes-vous allée en autocar\n5.sont elles venues à la fete?\n6.tu es resté chez toi\n\ni also speak spanish, german, luxembourgish and dutch.....\nwrite me back...


she had her baby sean placed in front of her like an air bag whilst driving, she has now went to hospital with her son as he fractered his head etc etc whats your thoughts

I haven't heard about his head getting fractured....\n\nEveryone needs to take a step back and realize that even good mothers sometimes make bad choices and mistakes. So, an isolated incedent should not be held against someone. \nDo I think anyone should drive with a baby on their lap absolutly NOT....the child should have been in a car seat in the back. \nAs for the head fracture, I don't know anything about that or how it happened so I can't say whether it was due to her neglect or abuse.  Accidents do happen....even when the child has great parents. \nNone of us are in a postion to sit back and place judgement on anyone. As parents we are responsible for taking care of, providing for and loving our children. Some parents just don't have a good balance between them. A parent can love their child with all of their heart and not be equiped to take care of them or support them properly, a parent can provide for and take care of their child and yet still not show enough or adequate love for their child. \nParenting is not an easy job....and no matter what you do as a parent there is always someone that will find fault in something you do or in choices you make. \nAll we can do is be the best parent we can be....even if it means taking parenting classes to help us obtain the skills needed. \nMore often than not, the families that have child protective services involved are good people trying to do the best they can....flat out abuse just for the sake of abuse is not the norm.\nPassing judgement and talking bad about it is not going to solve the problem....\nIf a child is being abused or neglected in any way, someone needs to step in and be sure that the child gets into a home where it will be properly cared for on all levels. The natural parent needs to do things to become a better parent ... prosecution and ridicule by the public is not going to teach the person how to be a better parent.  She needs to work on that and others need to stand up and offer some help and support.... that will help far more than us putting them down.


I have never dated any guy before my present fiance...He says I do not show PDA..he really does not trust the fact that I am 20 and have never had any relations with any guy before..he thinks because I am not very experienced in a relationship... I might not be able to really love any guy..I know it sounds a little silly, but wat do you think??Do you think I have the chance to love any guy..I mean LOVE...I am not les..nor Bi...I just did not like getting involed with guys...It is kinda different now...  but my Fiance thinks that is going to cause a little prob in our relationship.. Please help.. is there anything I can do??He really love me tho..I want us to be happy wen we get married soon..

I'm mainly joking when I say this, but put it to him this way: if experience equals quality, then maybe you should go and sleep with a bunch of guys, then give him a call and see how you still feel about him.  *tut, tut*  Perhaps he may be able to recommend a few of his buddies *gasp!*\n\nSeriously though, when you love someone, you know.  You can't imagine life with anyone else.  If you genuinely don't feel this way about him, he deserves to know.  Everyone deserves to feel loved.


I have to find the best person to do a job.The key for searching the best matching person is based on the continent,country and city in which the resource lives For.e.g. Person X is living in New York and Person Y is living in Las Vegas.If I give the search key like this-NorthAmerica_USA_NewYork, the algorith/datastructure should be returning "X" as my resource.If I just enter search key-NorthAmerica_USA_NewJersey, the algorithm can either give me "X" or "Y" as there is no one in New Jersey and so it has to get the best possible match Using the first two keys.That is it has to first index by Continent,then country and then city.Is this sort of a tree where I first go depth wise and get best matching and keep coming up the levels if I dont find best matches?I want the searching algorithm/datastructure to be very fast.\nCan you please help me?

var\nLoacation, State ,dir, String;\ni : integer;\nbegin \ndir := ExtractFilePath(Applicatrion.ExeName)+'Data'+'\';\n\ni := Continent.ItemIndex;\nif Not(i > -1) then begin\nShowMessage('Please select a location first');\nexit;\nend;\n\nLoacation := Continent.Items.Strings[i];\n\ni := States.ItemIndex;\nif Not(i > -1) then begin\nShowMessage('Please select a State first');\nexit;\nend;\n\nState := States.Items.Strings[i];\n\nList.Items.LoadFromFile(Dir+Loacation+'\'+State+'List.txt');\n\nend;\n\nuse in Delphi add two comboboxes and a listbox fill them with a list of locations and states have the onChange of the location listbox to load the correct states for the location drop a button on the form and your away\n\nother then that your on your own as you didnt say weather you wanted it in a program or on a webpage  or other  info on how you need or want it. what i posted will work for a program with a few more tweekings here and there you could even have it retrive all the list from the net  hope this has helped in some way good luck with it


6 towns are all connected by straight roads. the longest distance between any two towns is a and the shortest distance between any two towns is b. show that a / b >= 3^(1/2) (a divided by b is greater or equal to root 3)

The find the lower bound on a/b, you want to find the smallest possible distance a for any fixed short distance b. The closest possible way to fit 2 towns together is just b apart. The closest way to fit a 3rd town is to make an equilateral triangle. The closest way to fit the next 3 towns is to make 3 more equilateral triangles on each side of the first one, resulting a larger equilateral triangle of each side length 2b. The longest road between 2 towns (without another in between) is from one vertex of the triangle to the town in the middle of the opposite side. This makes a right angled triangle with hypotenuse length 2b and a side of length 1b. Use pythagoras' theorem to prove the other side, a, is equal to root 3 times b, and hence a/b is equal to root 3.


people tease me for how i look they mostly ask if im a boyy ur gurl most people accept me not all and some people won't be my friend because of the way i look

Hey!!! Kewl, we have a lot in common!I'm a tomboy 2! But when i was younger i was a tomboy and not a lot of people like me, but i still found some good friends that is kewl the way I am. But i was also shy..and i didn't talk much..man those years were hard but as i'm going through middle school it's getting better...u know every now and then i dress up like a girl and all my friends were like: OH MY GOD!!! ASHLEY IS WEARING PINK AND JEANS!! and all that crap...but hey i'm kewl with it..i'm still a tomboy, but people know me better now and know how nice and funny i am. So just be who u r and don't give up hope! I never gave up hope and now it's so much better! I hope u will do the same! And if a boy teases u just say ur jealous becuz if u dress like a gurl..people will think ur gay..and if a girly girl teases u just say that: Ur tougher and if u break a nail ur not gonna die. Be strong...stand up 4 urself..just like i did...I'm rooting 4 u!!!


My boyfriend of 2 years porposed to me a few days ago and im just not ready for that kind of commitment, how do i let him know without hurting him?

Honestly and softly.  If you love him, let him know that.  Either way, be honest and just tell him the truth... you are not ready.  \n\nDo NOT take his ring and promise him anything that you can't or don't want.


Paintball is a real sport there are pro teams now days Dynasty, XSV, Joy, Evil Factory, ect. What do you think, should it be concidered a real sport?

I think is should be considered a sport.  reason: it is more of a challenge than people think.  Trying to avoid getting hit ( and believe me i have been hit too close to a place too many times) and trying to hit another person is very hard.  also it provides an adrenaline rush.  sure it is expensive but not where most people think it is.  most people think it is the gun when it is actually the paint.  in fact i think it should be added to the Olympics because there are teams all over the world that play the sport.  also a little history to show how fast it has grown.  it started in New Hampshire with just twelve people in 1980  a few years later there were companies investing in the sport now theres millions of players nd hundreds of companies.  its another great american sport.  thats why i consider it a sport


Roman, Greek, Norse, Egyption, or anything else you can think of.  Please describe him/her and why you they are your favorite.

Roman God of war!  Mars, unlike his Greek counterpart, Ares, was more widely worshipped than any of the other Roman gods, probably in part because his sons by the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia, Romulus and Remus, were said to have founded Rome; the Romans called themselves the sons of Mars. Venus, who was Mars' consort in legends borrowed from the Greek mythos, held similar importance for them because of her relationship to Aeneas. Mars was also one of the three supreme Roman deities of the Archaic Triad, along with Jupiter and Quirinus.\n\nIn his agricultural aspect, Mars presided over springtime and crops in major festivals. In his warlike aspect, Mars was offered sacrifices before combat and was said to appear on the battlefield accompanied by Bellona, a warrior goddess variously identified as his wife, sister, daughter or cousin. Mars' wife was also said to be Nerio.Mars had a succession of festivals in February, March and October, as well as one on June 1. On March 1, the Feriae Marti (loosely "Festivals of Mars") was celebrated. On February 27 and March 14, the horserace of the Equirria were held. On March 23, the Tubilustrium was celebrated by purifying weapons and war-trumpets. On October 19, the Armilustrium was celebrated in Mars' honors, and the weapons of the soldiers were purified and stored. Every five years, the Suovetaurilia was celebrated, consisting of the sacrifice of a pig, sheep and bull—Mars was one of the only three Roman deities, along with Neptune and Apollo, to whom bulls could be sacrificed.\n\nThe Campus Martius ("Field of Mars") was dedicated to Mars, and was where soldiers and athletes trained. Mars also had an altar there, the Ara Martis. In the Regia on the Roman Forum, the hastae Martiae ("lances of Mars") were kept in a small chamber. Any movement of the hastae Martiae was seen as an omen of war. If Rome was attacking, the generals moved their lances and repeated Mars vigila ("Awaken, Mars!").\n\nPriests of Mars and Quirinus were called Salii ("jumpers"). They were referred to as jumpers because they jumped down streets and sang the Carmen Saliare. A lone priest of Mars was called a flamen Martialis.\n\nMars was sometimes associated with Quirinus, a Sabine deity said to be the Spirit of Romulus, the founder of Rome. He was also identified with Celtic gods of war, particularly in Roman Britain, and was commonly considered not only a war-bringer, but also a peaceful protector, healer and tribal god, to the Celts. [1]


it can be any old famous artist exept pablo picasso mary cassat vincent van gogh or paul klee

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn-- he's my favorite.\nTitian, Claude Monet, Pieter Aertsen, Alessandro Algardi, Sir Anthony van Dyck, etc. \n\nFor a large list:


I am afraid that my English is not good Enough to miss the important rules that you are going to say.

Not quite... It's generally understandable though. \n\nIf you're meaning... \n\n"I'm afraid my English is not good enough to understand the important rules that you are going to say."\n\nI'm is I am, which, in some circles is more common, and readable, but of little importance grammatically.\n\nThe important point is with the word "miss". In this incident having miss instead of understand makes the meaning of the sentence change dramatically. \n\nWritten as you did, it basically means that if you understand English well, you won't be able to understand... \n\nThis is non-sensible, and self contradictory, so it leaves the reader with the option of understanding it despite its poor grammar. \n\nAmericans often make similar mistakes themselves and, perhaps unconsciously, compensate, as many of those who have answered before me have done.\n\nI seperated the above into extra paragraphs to make it more readable, and hopefully easier to understand. Normal English obviously does not use such segmented paragraphing.


i'v heard about it a lot but dont really understand it....if u could explain it or give the link to a website that does that would be great thanks!

The power grid is a very generic term used to describe the system which distributes electrical power in the United States.  The gri`d is composed of electrical producers (namely power plants burning things or using nuclear material, or water/wind/geothermal conversion), conversion stations to link the producer to the distribution network, and substations for more local distribution, through wires and transformers to your house.\n\nThe one thing constant on the grid is the 60 Hz (60 cycles per second) voltage--which is the same everwhere.  All producers are synchronized to the 60 Hz across the country.  If this were not true, there would be no way to make sure power flowed from the producers to the customers.  \n\n60 Hz power is generated by turning a generator--either by steam power, water turbine, wind mill, etc.  The electrical machinery generating power has a limited voltage output.  This is converted by transformers at the power station to very high voltages.  Power is the product of volts and amps.  Amperes is a measure of the actual number of electrons passing through a conductor for a time period.  The more electrons per second means more amps and more power.  One volt multiplied by one amp equals one watt.  \n\nIf you have two D batteries in a flashlight making 3 volts, and place an ammeter in series with the bulb reading 2 amps, then the bulb is burning 6 watts. \n\nIn a transmission line, a major source of loss is heat because the conductor is not perfect, and energy is lost.  This loss known as "i squared R" is the square of the current flowing in a conductor times the resistance.  Resistance goes up with length, all other things being equal.  A 2' length of copper wire at room temp is double the resistance of a 1' length of the same exact wire at the same room temp.  \n\nSo when a power plant is 100 miles outside a city, they must REDUCE the CURRENT flowing through the wires to the city.  The wires, part of the POWER GRID, carry very HIGH voltages.  The producers have transformers which convert amps and volts to lower amps and higher voltages to carry the power to the consumer.\n\nOn the consumer end, thousands of volts at lower currents are converted to 120V AC at higher currents using transformers.  There are several levels of amps/volts depending on which part of the distribution system you are.  At the telephone pole at a house, for instance, you may have 3000 V AC stepped down to 240/110 at a 200 amp service per household.  \n\nThere are long stretches of power distribution, say through the Nevada desert, that may run for hundreds of miles at 120,000V AC.\n\nSo to summarize, when people refer to the power grid, they refer to the equipment and wiring used to produce and distribute electrical power in this country.  I know the discussion of volts and amps was very brief, but I hope it helps.  The more important thing is to think of the grid as a giant spider web, where everthing is interconnected.  It is a strength as "economy of scale," but a weakness when something goes wrong.  When one part of the web is damaged, it can be very difficult to keep the damage from spreading out throughout the network.  There is a lot of swtiching and protection along the distribution network, but it can still fail.


Out of all the popular votes only the first 270 electorial votes puts a president in office, which I might add, work for the government. The electors usually side with the majority vote, however, they don't have too. So my point is, would it not be better termed a government by the government for the government. Also, why not just the popular vote to elect a president?

The US was designed as a representative democracy, not an ideal democracy.  Thus we have representatives to vote for us in national elections.\n\nThat being said, the electoral college does have flaws and should be modified or eliminated.  But then so should the 2-per-state Senate, don't you think? Kind of bizarre when someone in Rhode Island is 100 times better represented in Congress than someone in California.


I was thinking of a new religion.\nOne that teaches how to be excellent to each other,\nbased on the teachings of the Twilight Zone.\nI was going to type: Sure no one walks on water...But you know I'm sure someone did in that show. A lot of cool stuff happened in that show.

be excellent to each other...and PARTY ON DUDES!!!


I think my hormone balance has been not so stable after being diagnosed that my right overy has stopped functioning.  I am 29 years old, and get terrible mood swing and sometimes feel really insecure and restless for no reason, or over such a petty thing.  What can I do?

Birth control pills can help keep your estrogen levels in check.


This was one of Sly Stallone's best performances, depicting the emotional roller-coaster of a man's struggle to win the national arm-wrestling championship...and more importantly, win back his son's love...and a truck.

"I don't want the money, I just want that truck." Classic!


Would they go to hell? cuz I thought God is the only one who is supposed to judge our lives.

You must first get the answer to the question, is there a hell? Luckily that is answered here:\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AmJd2LPA9anhkbKUGFDEeugjzKIX?qid=1006032005766


ii want to know what japans famous shinto shrine's at ilse look like.

Maybe you mean the shrine at Ise?  You can check out this article:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Shrine_of_Ise\nThe official site for the shrine:\nhttp://www.isejingu.or.jp/english/\nOr some pictures from a google image search:\nhttp://images.google.com/images?q=ise+jingu&hl=en\n\nHope this helps!


I keep having this dream were I hear ppl ploting to kill other ppl but I don't see them the only thing there is darkness and then out of the darkness are some really big bright red eyes then I open my eyes and a shadow comes out of nowere and trys to kill me by holding my noes and mouth and for some reason I can't move I open my eyes more and its gone and as my eyes cloes again the sadow is back and trying to kill me again.WHY AM I HAVING THIS DREAM?


I was wondering because there have been many incidents with rumors of such flying hippopotamus'.

Right stop smoking that and you won't hear rumors like that anymore


I have been trying to figure out if there is a place where the Bible "obviously" states this.  Thanks for any help.

If marrying outside your race was wrong, then Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, Esther, Samson to name the majors would all be found guilty. God so loved the "world" that He gave His only Son. It didn't say God so loved the whites only, the chinese only, or what have you. God created blacks and other nationalities in His image and likeness and God said it was good. It's not the color of your skin you should be concerned with, it's the contents and issues in your heart coming out of your mouth. So we might as well get over any inner racist feelings that are rooted down in there because you will have a big problem in God's kingdom where there are multicultures and mixed babies and people all in Christ, made in His image.


The CEO of You Win With Us claims that the average salary of his employees has increased 7% in the last year, while total payroll has not increased. How is this possible, or is she in error?

Median is a measure of central tendency not an average.  The average is affected by extreme values.  Without firing anyone, the raises to pay cuts were disproportionate in favor of higer salaries.  Could be other reasons as well.  Hope this helps.


I've tried in the past to slowly decrease the dose so I can be zoloft free, but my face starts to feel numb and I get sensations of electric shocks in my head.  It's so weird!  I've talked to a few doctors about it and it seems that the drug is so new they basically don't understand it either.  The drug has done wonders for me in the last 6 years. Although I agree the drug is not for everyone, it saved me from a very dark place, and now that I've been in the light for a few years, I am ready to try life without the meds.  Anyone with this problem too?  What did you do?  Also, anyone with questions about the drug, please ask because I find that I am informative with experiences while on it, but not when trying to eliminate it from your life.

I know the sensation you're talking about. I was on Paxil for a while and when I was comming off it I got rushes through my head (felt like electricity), plus I'd get dizziness along with it that felt a little bit like vertigo. I cut my dose down gradually over about a month or so. Have you tried 75mg for a week then 50mg for a week, then 25mg for a week, then one every other day for a week?


I heard it can last days.....is that true.....what's the normal duration?

ODI..IOO OVERS..[50 EACH]\nTEST..90 OVERS.\nTHATS ALL.


Or date a guy that had any cosmetic surgery. My girlfriends and i were discussing how men have no problem dating women with breast implants but we would never date a guy that had a penis implant.


I'm a 23 year old virgin, yes that is still possible nowadays, and i'm feeling a little insecure of my size.  I was wondering if 5 inches is normal for someone in my position.  Please answer honestly

yes that's normal.  and kudos for keeping your virginity this long.  once you give it away you can never get it back.  if the person you give it to truly loves you, and hopefully she will, size won't matter anyway.


Look at his website.\n\nhttp://www.louissachar.com/


I have try to use the chatting tool(such like skype, im and qq) and email, but the net speed is not allowed, my video is more than 500M.

try yousendit.com - free site where you can upload stuff for 1 gb.  Basically it's a secure  ftp site that you can upload and download from


If not, what do we have to do to get back on the right track?

I believe our ability to lead has been very much damaged.  Especially with the secret prisons that have come to light recently in the Washington Post.  I also believe those pictures of Abu Ghraib and then letting privates & sergeants etc (lower level) take the blame have damaged our reputation.  I also believe that allowing a great American city like New Orleans wallow in destruction with an all-too-slow initial response & an anemic plan for re-building is also damaging to our reputation.


I was searching around Allposters.com and they have what is called an Italian movie poster. I was wondering how that differs from a normal movie poster, or if there is any difference.

It could be a poster for an Italian film.\nIt could be a poster from Italy for a film that may or may not be Italian but the poster text is in Italian.\n\nI am troubled by the nature of this question...\n\nare you very young?


I have to calculate a counting sequence for a circuit using j - k flip flops. I am using 4 flip flops and have drawn the Karnaugh maps but dont understand how to take the formular from them to calculate the logic shortened logic solution.

Karnaugh map:\n\nCheck out the following link which will help.


I have an account with ebay and I have people who have asked me to put something up for sale on ebay. What percentage commission should I ask for?

It will depend on how much effort you will need to do. Clarify with them who will handle the following functions and how will these be decided:\n\n- Take good photos of the item\n- Write item description\n- Accept payment (if by Paypal and it's through your account, remember you get charged for Paypal processing fees). How much payment fees will you charge them?\n- Packaging the item\n- Going to the post office or arranging UPS man to pick up item for delivery\n- Who will pay for selling fees (listing + gallery fees and other add-on features + final value fees if the item sells)\n- How many relists would they want? And if so, who will absorb the listing fees for all the relists? You may have an item that simply won't sell even if you relists it 5 times - and that means 5 listing fees charged to you by ebay\n\nIf you will be doing all of the above, you can charge as anywhere from 5-30% of the amount of item's selling price.\n\nI suggest you study the fee structure of services such as ebay drop off stores. One example is iSoldIt.com, and their commission is basically 30% of the amount the item's selling price http://www.i-soldit.com/fees.asp . Plus, they will deduct the selling fees incurred as well as payment processing fees. \n\nOne thing to stress to them is that selling on ebay is not as cheap as they might think it to be -- and that NOT EVERYTHING sells. \n\nMake sure you have a contract and that they understand the process involved in selling on ebay and why are you charging these much fees.


Health workers who handle the body fluids of AIDS victims are at risk. Also, prior to blood screening for the virus, many people contracted the disease through transfusions. Drinking infected mother’s breast milk can infect a baby. \n\nAlong with health workers, infants, and those contracting HIV through transfusions, are many women and children caught up in many kinds of sexual abuse and slavery.


I'm 5'7'' and this girl I like is a little taller than me, and I'm guessing she weighs a little more than me.  I'd like to think that I have good facial features it's just that i'm kina short.

Tall Sue sure did, broke my heart but, what the hey, now I have Yahoo Answers!   ;>)


Can anyone tell me if inhaling helium from a baloon can damage the voice box

No, it doesn't damage the voice box...it has a different density, thus sound travels faster in helium


I personally think they are strong this year but so are some of the other countries!

I've been saying this for a long time: this is the best Italian team in the WC since they won it in 82, even better than their finalist 94 team. This team can really play! I do think they could go all the way. Italians concentrate on defense defense defense, they have a killer one coupled with amazing attacking players. Watch out for these guys.


I dont mean to cause offence, seriously.\n\nBut whenever they open up a franchise, they usually only hire other asians.  No whites, no blacks.  The Sainsburys in Oxford Street, London has 100 per cent asian staff, except for the security guard, who is black (but this is probably because security guards are hired from a seperate firm).\n\nWhy do some asians do this? Isnt this racism?

I have met nice girls, bad girls.\nI have met nice blacks, bad blacks.\nI have met nice whites, bad whites.\nI have met nice old people, bad old people.\nI have met nice Christians, bad Christians\nI have met nice Muslims, bad Muslims.\nI have met nice gays, bad gays.\nI could go on, but I think you get the idea.\n\nEach person must be credited or blamed for only the things he or she has done, not for others actions who may be in the same group as them.\nIn fact I think the grouping of people, is not a very good thing, and everyone should be treated as an individual, in their own group, which consists of them, and them alone. \n\nSo if everyone thought this way there wouldn`t even be any groups, and the world would be a much nicer place.


I would like to know what Modern Egypt is like. For example: Is it safe to visit? What is it's culture like? What do the cities and country look like?

cities are dirty and polluted. it's definetly not safe to visit unless you stay in your hotelroom. the sinai is closed for foreign residents right now cause more bombs to expect.\nthe culture is mainly influenced by the muslim religion. the 3000 mosques shouting 5 times daily don't let you forget that. \nthe country is entire sand and desert. the white desert is beautiful and safe to visit.


Casablanca because great plot and the humor is very understated but very quotable


Where can I get freeware software that will let me record my computer screen as a video file?  I want to record a game while I am playing it, so I can play it back later, and possibly make a small movie from it.

well I dont think you can find a free one but i have \nsomething i send it for you but see it is  unregister\nbut it works\njust check your mail they are just 3 files\nand dont worry about virus.\nno virus no spywere no...


There is one four-digit whole number n, such that the last four digits of n² are in fact the original number n.\nWhat is it?

9376, The square of which is 87909376, again having 9376 as its last four digits.


he doesnt work,his just being kept so am i, i have no support financilly from either him or his family, i foot all the bills,i love him but am very frustrated feel am being taken advantage off.if we ever get married how will he take care of us,

What kind of man is he?  Doesn't work, doesn't support his baby.  Why would you want to be with a man that really isn't a man at all.  A REAL man would want to take care of his responsibilities!


I have tried using my notron antivirus scanner and ad-aware to remove any threats to the system, but to no avail. The pop-ups keep coming and occasionally hijack my browser pages as well in order to redirect me to a download page. How do I get rid of it?? Its slowing down my system, in addition to being hella annoying!

try with spybot Search and destroy at:\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\n\nThis program is adware free and really good.


Robbie Earnshaw.The Welsh striker has scored hat-tricks against Charlton in the Premiership (2004-5), Gillingham in the First Division (2003-4), QPR in the Second Division (2002-3) and Torquay in the Third Division (2000-1).He's scored three against Leyton Orient in the League Cup (2003-4) and Bristol City in the FA Cup (2000-01), and for good measure also hit a hat-trick against Scotland in 2004


37 m/w/f have had lots of fun, just want to hear from others about there experiences good or bad.

My wife and I have an exceptionally happy marriage. We've been together for 15 years, and still love every moment we spend together.\n\nMy wife is bi-sexual, and I am straight, and for years she had fantasies about inviting other women, and other men and other couples into our bed, as did I.\n\nAt some point it became a part of our pillow talk, we talked to each other about our fantasies, and engaged in sharing fantasies as part of our lovemaking.\n\nAfter a few years of that we decided to invite a friend into our bed.\n\nIt was a disaster! We hadn't done any research at all on how to be successful, and foolishly thought all we had to do was enjoy ourselves.\n\nA few more years went by and we continued to share fantasies, and again the subject came up - needless to say we were more cautious this time, we actually found some swingers discussion boards, and became participants - asking questions, and learning how successful swingers did it.\n\nWe joined a couple of swingers match making sites and started to understand what we were looking for and how it matched with what others were looking for.\n\nWe found a great magazine about swinging (I'll put a link in the sources section), and read it cover to cover.\n\nWe looked online and found a swingers club in our area and decided to visit the club.\n\nWe went to the club and get so excited that we couldn't wait and ended up having semi-public sex with each other (which was one of her fantasies - she is very exhibitionistic).\n\nThen we went home and again had fantastic sex.\n\nWe went again the next weekend, and found a couple that looked fairly unthreatening and asked if we could sit down - they were very helpful in explaining all of the etiquette of the swingers lifestyle, and what the expectations were, so we sat with them all night and basically had them do a brain dump of everything they had learned in 25 years of being swingers.\n\nOne of the things we kept hearing was that we needed to set rules - which explained the disaster we experienced in our first attempt - no rules! We didn't know what was expected, there were guilt feelings and jealousy, and recriminations.\n\nWe sat down and developed a set of rules designed so that we would both know whet was okay, what made each of us uncomfortable, what was strictly off-limits, etc.\n\nWe discovered that getting ready to go to the club was so exciting that we almost didn't even need to go, the anticipation, the time we spent naked while bathing, grooming and getting ready, the conversations we had with each other while getting ready, watching her get her sexiest outfits on, and try things on for me, excited both of us so much we almost always had to make love before we even went to the club!\n\nAs we got more comfortable and confident (because of all the open conversation) our sex lives again improved, we couldn;t keep our hands off of each other, riding in the car became really hot, getting ready for work in the morning became really hot, getting ready for bed, going out to dinner, all of our daily activities became huge turn-ons because we were so hot for each other.\n\nWe would spend time talking about things we wanted to try, and watching attractive women walk past would cause secret smiles to cross our faces because we would both be wondering if that sexy soccer mom was really a closet, back scratching, climb-the-headboard s lut!\n\nOne night at the club, after months of playing with just one another, we met a married woman who followed us back to a room and joined us.\n\nIt was incredible! We both felt completely confident in our marriage and in our rules, and fulfilled a couple of our fantasies right then!\n\nWe met her and her husband for dinner a couple of nights later and immediately hit it off - the hardest part of swinging is finding a group of people that all like and respect each other, and find each other attractive!\n\nWe started having foursomes - extremely erotic and enjoyable, and became


Nearly two billion people call themselves Christians—followers of Jesus Christ’s teachings. Yet they are divided into more than 450 different sects and denominations, with contradictory doctrines and styles of worship. Just what is a true Christian? Well some people claim they a christian go to hell because it's not the true christanity are what? Someone feel free to answer!

Jesus saves and no other. It is not what we think or say but His work\nLuke 19:10\nfor the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”


It's not flowers-flowers, but it's an arrangement of 3 orange flowers, and some greens in a flat, wooden, rectangular base. Very modern-artish. Should I send it at his workplace? It's his birthday. \n\nI would think a guy would look GOOD in front of his officemates if he received flowers from someone?\n\nI really need to make a quick decision. Help me with ur opinions please!

Your man will definitely be impressed and be happy if u sent him flowers to his workplace. First its a surprise which they will love. The second, feeling special and cared by someone. And the best part, getting it in front of his workmates. He will be so proud of u. Go ahead do it. All the best. Have a blast.


Fast!!!!Answer my question!!!!\nThis is emergency!!!!

We are all one as a human race yet we are all diverse in our thoughts, emotions, and actions.  This delicate balance is what keeps the human race going.


The company, AST is out of business. A computer repair person told me I should be able to find a replacement power supply on ebay. He said center positive. I only have the info on the back of the monitor DC 12v, a diagram of three identicle circles connected by a line:\n(-)-(o)-(+) \n\nand the plug recepticle, a hollow cylinder with a pin inside.

If its a 12v power supply you need then i think Radio shack should have a suiteable replacement  and they have power supplies with changeable polarity. Ebay has them but a lot of looking to find one .


i'm 20year female who is looking for a nice and understanding man but everytime i try to date one they all just want to use me, i'm a christian and i believe in sex after marriage. is it because of this that they are rub away?\nplease help me.

Yes, they are "rub away."\n\nAnd Christians don't believe in sex after marriage.  YOU do.  Lighten up and maybe you'll get a boyfriend who doesn't live in his parents' basement.


There seems to be some bad intentions and racial feelings for those that are in favor of illegal immigration. I would like to understand these thoughts, but let's keep it constructive shall we.\n\nAnd yes there are radicals on the part of against illegal immigration.  But that is a different question, and for the most part they are only talking about the illegal part  of illegal immigration...

It has nothing too do with race, SOME people want it too be so that they can blame race.\n\nMexicans are not the only people comming over the border, but it you make it about that then you look like a bad person.\n\n1+1=2 it's that easy.


ONE FRIEND WANTS ME TO CHOOSE BETWEEN LONG TIME HIGHSCHOOL FRIEND AND HIM. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

you shouldn't have to choose, you can have more than one friend. Tell him to grow up


ok. well. the um first one is 15c^4 - 26c^2 - 21. if you let x = c^2, then you can rewrite this equation as \n15x^2 - 26x - 21. and to factor this, you find 2 numbers that multiply to 15*-21   and add to -26. so it is -35 and 9.\nwhich means you can rewrite 15x^2 - 35x + 9x - 21\n= 5x (3x-7) + 3(3x-7)\n= (5x+3)(3x-7)\n\nand since x = c^2, you can rewrite this as \n(5c^2 + 3)(3c^2 - 7) and if you multiply that out, youll see you get your first equation.\n\n2. so same thing here. put x= h^2.\n12x^2 - 29x - 8\nthe numbers in this case, 12*(-8) = -96. so 3*(-32) = -96. so the 2 numbers are -32 and 3.\n\n12x^2 - 32x + 3x - 8\n4x (3x-8) + 1(3x-8)\n(4x-1)(3x-8)\n(4h^2 -1) (3h^2-8)\nso there.\n\n3. in this case, the highest is squared, which you know how to do.\n2x^2 + 7x + 6\n2*6 = 12. and um 4*3=12, 4+3=7. so the numbers are 4 and 3\n\n2x^2 + 4x + 3x + 6\n2x (x+2) + 3(x+2)\n(2x+3)(x+2)\n\nso there. hpe that helps. laterz


These words used in a orthopedic report.

Somatizing means that the patient is "making themselves" sick - for example, somatization disorder is a chronic condition in which there are numerous physical complaints, sometimes lasting for years and which result in substantial impairment, yet they are caused by psychological problems and for which no underlying physical problem can be found.\n\nSimilarly, Waddell's Signs are part of a screening process (particularly in back pain patients) to see if there are psychological factors in the patient's condition.  The Signs are indicators of a non-organic or psychological component to the person's pain.  Three or more of Waddell's Signs found upon screening are correlated with high scores for depression, hysteria and hypochondriasis on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.\n\nWaddell's Signs are:\n\nSuperficial tenderness\nNonanatomic tenderness\nAxial loading (eliciting pain when pressing down on the top of the patient’s head)\nPain on simulated rotation (based on the belief that rotating the shoulders and pelvis together should not be painful, as it does not stretch the structures of the back)\nDistracted Straight Leg Raise (when a patient complains of pain on straight leg raise, but the doctor can extend the knee with the patient seated)\nRegional sensory change\nRegional weakness\nOverreaction (exaggerated response to painful stimulus that is not reproduced when the same stimulus is given again later)\n\nThat said, Waddell's DO NOT exclude an organic cause.\n\nHope that helps.


Ian millward has been sack from wigan warriors because we have lost 7 out of 8 of our games this season...

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YES from a BULLS fan he should be send packing coz he cheats and is smarmy come on Wigan climb up the table!!!!!! GO BRIAN.


I am having a hard time doing research on this subject. I am trying to write a book with a character who is in a wheelchair. I have so many questions. Any help would be appreciated.

lets see yes they can drive ..yes they can have sex but not like you think..some people can swim that are in a wheel chair and some cant.. they can be in any profession they wont and have the determenation to do .. being in a wheel chair dont make some one less of a person it justs slows them down a little thats all.and i wont to say all people in wheel chairs or people with disabalites are not bitter ..


I keep getting an email every so often that yahoo is shutting down I just want to kn ow why

Don't panic!!! \n\nYou must not have read the MEMO... \n\nYou are getting this message because the Internet is about to close down for maintenance and upgrades. \n\nThe Commander and Chief of Cyberboogie is installing several new devices across the Internet that will include the latest and greatest viruses we've ever seen. \n\nThe Internet will be up and running normally sometime Wednesday.


I support gay marriage. I was just wondering what the census is for supporting or not.

Sure. Then let's let every other person who wants to enter into some freak union have at it too. We'll have people marrying monkeys, watermelons, like eight people at a time in some state-sactioned marital gang bang. Sure, what the hell. It'll destroy the fabric of what America was ... but at least we'll be tolerant.\n\nThis is such a stupid question. The whole concept is just off. Just because you WANT to do something and most people think it's okay doesn't mean it automatically allowed. I'm sure the majority of people would condone cheating on their taxes ... let's start shaking our fists in anger and see if we can get that allowed too.\n\nYou see what the ACLU has done to this country? Like Dennis Miller said ... the ACLU will sue to keep you from putting up a nativity display at Christmas and then sue to defend the right of the local stoner who stumbles into the display and wants to screw one of the sheep.\n\nFreaking liberals are RUINING this country!\n\nP.S.\n\nIt's HILARIOUS that you posted a question asking about the consensus on gay marriage in the "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered" section. What in the world did you think the consensus would be?


the allegation, i deny the alligator' once.

Shepard Smith <FOX news> was reporting on a celebration for J-Lo, in the Bronx, and accidentially said 'bl0w-job' instead of block party. You should've seen him tap-dance around that one!!  I've never laughed so hard in my life!


Im a web designer and im working in a magazine company, im working in the e-commerce department, encharge of all the publicity of the web pages of this company. I would like to know where i can find information about this topic, and how can increase the incomes so i can fulfill my goals.

Internet Retailer Magazine http://www.internetretailer.com\nWebmasterWorld http://www.webmasterworld.com\nBusiness 2.0 Magazine http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/


Well to me they seem very similar,children(adults)have social phobia,anxiety,willfully refusing to speak....

Check this review out: it seems that they are all on a spectrum (but then, everything in life is!)... So, while the majority of  people with selective mutism will not show autistic tendencies, some will. \n\nPsychiatr Clin North Am. 2002 Dec;25(4):757-74. \n\n    The social anxiety spectrum.\n\n    Schneier FR, Blanco C, Antia SX, Liebowitz MR.\n\n    Anxiety Disorders Clinic, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 69, New York, NY 10032, USA. frs1@columbia.edu\n\n    Social anxiety disorder is well suited to the spectrum concept because it has trait-like qualities of early onset, chronicity, and no empirically derived threshold that demarcates normal from clinically significant trait social anxiety. Social anxiety disorder has been shown to respond to relatively specific pharmacologic and cognitive-behavioral therapies, which makes identification of other conditions that may lie on the social anxiety disorder spectrum important because of possible treatment implications. Biologic markers associated with social anxiety disorder also may be shared by similar but nonidentical traits, such as behavioral inhibition and detachment. Clarification of the trait spectrums associated with specific biologic systems offers an opportunity for improving the understanding of the origin of these conditions. Strong evidence exists that at least some forms of shyness, avoidant personality disorder, and selective mutism lie on a social anxiety disorder spectrum. For several other disorders that share a prominent focus on social comparison, significant subgroups of patients seem to have features of social anxiety disorder. These disorders include major depression (especially the atypical subtype), body dysmorphic disorder, and eating disorders. Several other disorders marked by social dysfunction or inhibition, including substance use disorders (especially alcoholism), paranoid disorder, bipolar disorder, autism, and Asperger's disorder, also may show some overlap with social anxiety disorder features (e.g., social anxiety as a cause or complication of substance abuse, social avoidance in paranoid disorder, social disinhibiton in bipolar disorder, and social communication deficits in autism and Asperger's disorder). Social anxiety disorder also is associated with other anxiety disorders in general and other phobias in particular. In respect to traits, a growing body of evidence links behavioral inhibition to the unfamiliar to a social anxiety disorder spectrum with some specificity. Biologic measures of dopamine system hypoactivity have been linked to social anxiety disorder, trait detachment, and general deficits in reward and incentive function. It remains to be clarified, however, whether this brain system function is best characterized by a social anxiety disorder spectrum or some variant that incorporates social reward deficits or social avoidance behavior. Social anxiety disorder, shyness, and behavioral inhibition all seem to have a genetic component, but more research is needed to attempt to identify a more specifically heritable temperament associated with these conditions. Finally, the emergent concept of a social anxiety spectrum needs maturation. Although the notion of a single social anxiety disorder spectrum currently has some clinical use, the authors believe that exclusive focus on the notion of a single continuum with two extremes--from social disinhibition in mania to the most severe form of social anxiety, avoidant personality disorder--is premature and limiting in respect to etiologic research. An alternative approach is to conceptualize multiple, probably overlapping spectra in this area of social psychopathology. Individual dimensions might be based on various core phenomenologic, cognitive, or biologic characteristics. A bottom-up biologic approach holds promise for identifying spectra with a common etiology that might respond to specific treatments. Taking a pluralistic view of the concept


Or are they just going to send back a few to make themselves look good...    Lots of job available at the pallet plant for law-bidding folks.    Good bye senors, go clean up your homeland first.

Yes, you'd like to think of them as criminals rather than just people looking for any kind of work.  I'm sure it makes your racism that much more comfortable.


Are laptops allowed to use in every college course and are you allowed to plug them into a power outlet when the battery runs out? Because I'm a senior in high school and I'm purchasing a laptop in a few weeks. The battery life is a little over two hours. Please help.

we can at our university.  You wouldn't use a laptop during a test anyways since it's done on paper, but in class lectures or presentations and around campus it's fine.\n\nReally the best thing to do is contact the university you intend to go to and see what their policy on it is, Im sure it varies by university.


someone has proposed to me a trade i would get hideki matsui and they will get jorge cantu im going to state my whole team to make it easy for u ok here it is c. benjie molina 1b paul konerko 2b JORGE CANTU ss miguel tejada 3b garrett atkins OF garrett anderson OF jermaine dye OF shanon stewart bench jim edmonds bench torii hunter dl aubrey huff util MARK LORETTA sp pedro martinez sp josh beckett sp ervin santana sp tom glavine sp mike maroth sp chien mang wang sp rodrigo lopez dl c.c. sabathia i think im going to accept it because of mark loretta in boldface he could start for me i could also drop rodrigo and get josh barfield or todd walker plz help

I think it's a good trade for you.  You don't need two 2B though.  Loretta should keep batting 2nd for Red Sox for a while, and with Poppy and Manny his behind him, he would be fine.\n\nBTW, Matsui would be the best OF of your team.  Why not get him?


i was hurt at work  they r saying that its a spianed mussle of the upper back now im haveing swelling in the left leg after 4 months they are saying the same thing ! workmans comp of course . just wondering if anyone else has had this problem.

Edema means swelling. That's all. there are other factors involved if u have swelling 4 months after an incident. Talk to a different doctor to find out the reason why your leg is swelling. it could be any number of things. Also, when you have swelling, apply a cold pack(not HOT Please) to the area for 15 minutes and then remove. wait half an hour and then repeat. your swelling should go down, but u still need to talk to a doctor so they can test u to see where the problem lies.


trying to set up acct. to pay. this is what the paper says.but does'nt work?

I think you are looking for Publisher's Clearing House site.\nTry the link below it is their main info.\nIf you have an account with them you should be able to log in.


This question is coming from the movie GATTACA.

I'm not sure of the other two but I do know what in vitro is, it is when the egg of the woman is fertilized outside of the woman's body and then reinserted into her body for development...I'm not sure if that answers your question.


After I use the bathroom (#2), There is a smell that makes me want to throw up.  Is this normal? should I be concerned?  I am embarrased to tell anyone about it, and I especially don't want anyone going in there for a while when I'm done.

who gives a crap! its yur bathroom! so let it smell the way u want! jus prop open a window...thats what i do lol


...If the whole universe suddenly imploded, would anything 'MATTER?' Are planets soul generators? Are stars exhaulted spirits? Is GOD the invisible fabric of space?


I have a population of 20,000 and a mean of 515 but no standard deviation.  I need to figure out what the average is 1 standard deviation down on the curve.  I'm sure it can be done but can't figure it out!

The problem is incompletely or improperly described.\n\nEach member of the population has some characteristic value.  The mean is the average of this value taken over the entire population, which, assuming each member is an equal contributor, is M = sum(values)/N, where N is the population.  If each member has the same value, say 515, then mean would be 515 and the standard deviation would be zero.  If each even-numbered member has value 1030, and each odd-number member has value 0, the mean is 515 and the standard deviation is (approximately) 515.\n\nSo, you have provided enough information to solve the problem satisfactorily.


I understand owing money on a house or even a car, but why are people so in debt? We (our family) only spend money on things we can buy outright, no credit. Sometimes we have to save for several months, even years, to buy an expensive item, even though we could have put it on a credit card. Are we the only ones that do this? Many of my family members have even gone through bankruptcy and now they are back in debt! Why won't people put stop their compulsive buying and credit addiction?

greed, thats it pure and simple once we get to a certain level we want more and more x


does paying somebody money to do a witchcraft spell for me, mean that i sell my soul or anything? if i were to cast a witchcraft spell myself, - would it mean that i would have sold my soul in any way?

No it does not mean you have sold your soul to anyone. Really how do you sell your soul? That is such Hollywood mumbo jumbo.\n\nIf your paying someone to do a spell for you, I hope you have checked to see if this Witch is in good standing. You dont want to get ripped off. And I wouldn't suggest doing any spells by yourself unless you understand the work and meaning behind what your doing, and understand the consequences. It's not a game, and its not as simple as television and whatnot make it seem. Its serious work left to Witches that know what they are doing.


My ex and i were together for a year i still love him and we have have a kind of cyber relation cause he is studying out ( for that reason we talk a lot of getting married), He broke up to me ad now sometime he tell me nice things and somethings doesnt talk to me and is rude, Do u think he still love me ? or is having fun?

He still likes you but he is afraid to get involved (or in this case re-involved) in a realationship beacause he cant see where it will lead.


Okay, so i've been best friends with him since like 6th grade and we used to date in highschool but now, we're just friends. He asked me to move in with him and i dont know what to say. I need a place to live. Everything is either too high priced or just really really disgusting. And his appartment is wonderful. But its not just that. He's my best friend and how could i possibly say no? And the worst part is, there's this thing that's been going on between us for the past months or so. I dont know what it is. Is it love? So what do i do? I dont want to risk our friendship...


I live on the Gulf Coast and the paper mentions the tides.  Sometimes there are TWO tides per day!  Why and how!

Sometimes a High Tide will occur and last long enough to cause the next Low Tide to occur on the next calander day.\n\nFor example: 1 Jan., Hide Tide: 6:01pm\n             2 Jan., Low Tide: 12:01am\n\nAlthough both happened within a 24 hour period (1 day). It will look a if there was a day without a Low Tide because they happened on 2 seperate calander days.\n\nBut, the moon could care less about our calander. It functions on 24 hour periods of its own. Within a 24 hour period you will have at least 1 high and 1 low tide.\n\nIf I've confused you, I'm Sorry. It made sense to me as I typed it.


I don't want the domain being www."whatever".*******.com for instance.Don't give me freeservers.com though I don't like that place even though you can have a short sub-domain like www."whatever.5u.com

try tripod.com\n\nsample:   http://yoursite.tripod.com


...every time somebody uses this forum as a free soapbox by obviously twisting an opinionated statement into the form of a question, thereby abusing the purpose of this service on a technicality, God kills a kitten?\n\nI hope not, I like kittens.

haha,  Today you are my first laugh.  Thank you and congrats.


We are doing a project and wondered. Thanks for any help!

Mostly because of a lot of hard work by a lot \nof people.  As MP machines became available, both\nthe "regular" developers of Linux as well as the\ngood folks at IBM and HP put a lot of effort into\ntuning Linux to run on server hardware.\n\nFor what it's worth, the same can be said for Solaris\n(in that Sun has been tuning it for servers with\nup to 100 CPUs for the last 15 years).\n\nMore recently, Microsoft has moved into the server space,\nbut for a long time, their sweet spot was on uniprocessor\nmachines.  Historically, client software hasn't been\nheavily threaded, so it didn't have to be a priority\nfor M$.


I am getting mine put on in about a mounth and i am sorta curius about which i am going to pick. all i know is that the hott pink, lime green, purple, orange, and lite blue appealed to me on my friends' braces. AND i also want to no what colors fade or look dirty on braces. Thanx so much!!! \n:)

wait to go to your orthodontist and see what colors s/he shows you there are many colors to pick from, you will see.\n\nPick whichever one you like the best, and they don't fade becuase you change them the next appointment. It's not like the color is permanenet. I personally got silver because it was the color of the braces and matched with eveyrthing.


I'd like to find a white flag with the blue W on it similar to the one the cubs always display when they win, as a gift for my boyfriend, anyone know where you can get one, does anyone have one?

Check out this website they have a 3 x 5 flag for $39 and a 5 x 8 flag for $59.


If you think about it, Muslim are Muslims because their parents are. Christians are Christians because they parents are. Yet they have different teaching and both believe them to be the word of God. Which is the right religion? If your a believe in Jesus and a Christian now. Would you worship him if you were raised as a Mulsim? No. Is it possible someone is decieved and not know it?

My Religion isn't a religion at all it is a way of life,the way YAH.YAH is the name of what you would call god but he isn't god.YAH's name is featured in the old testament many times go to Sums 68:4. Some may say JAH Or Some other thing but His name is YAH and he is the father of the hebrews.


I am going to start my final thesis but i am not sure abt the methodology which can be used, lets say celebrity endorsement, i can do research and also i can do case study. but which one should i go?

single case study is more focused on one type of thesis study


okay my boyfriend went to Florida friday and i didnt see him thrusday either but yea he is not going to be back til next friday and we arent hanging out with eachother til that saturday what can i do to pass by time faster b.c i really miss him....?and i hate getting on the computer knowing that he is not going to be on=( and i cant call him whenever i want b.c i dont have long distance so i have to wait for him to call me which usally isnt til later at night..but what can i do in the mean time to make time seem to go by fast? besides hang out with friends cause i do but yea

I would make a list of things that I like to do and just do them or I would hang out with my family.  You can send an ecard to him and express how much you miss him. You can't be together all the time and this should be good practice for you. Also, I would start planning for the night he gets back home. Dinner? Movie? Lingerie? Use your imagination!


I have a radio program to talk about Nolan Ryan, and I'm not familiarized with some baseball things, and this is one of these things, although I understand the game.

Three strikes for a strikeout.  Three outs per half an inning.  The pitcher threw 9 balls, all for strikes.  Striking out all the batters in a half inning is called striking out the side.  Normally, a pitcher throws more than 9 balls per half inning - fouls and called balls.  So to strikeout the side with the minimum needed is a feat.


1. ...favorite late night food place?\n2. ...first toy you remember having?\n3. ...favorite song you are to embarrassed to admit in public?\n4. ...only regret from high school?\n5. ...worst movie experience(worst movie)?\n6. ...

1. Checker's\n2. An Atari game system\n3. Ice Ice Baby\n4. ditching my prom date at the last minute after he bought me corsage, and got a tux. Sorry Phil\n5. Texas chain saw, I can't believe that sh*t really happened.\n6. Best experience: Falling in love again, when I swore I never would do it again.


Please give me some link or somethink where a could read(and learn) them.

The term "ring" comes from the original practice of having a circle of spectators form a ring around the two contestants. Often a rope would be held by the crowd to designate the area the fighters would have to move around. There weren't even stools, since the fights were usually outdoors and in isolated areas, so one of the fighter's supporters, called a "second", would kneel with one knee on the ground and the other up to form a seat for the resting fighter between rounds. Also, since boxing was illegal almost everywhere in its early days, if the "proper authorities" dropped in uninvited, the spectators simply dropped the rope and ran in every direction. The police might round up a few of the slow footed, but all the promoters would be out would be the cost of a rope.\nMost scoring systems today is on a 10 point must system. \n\n10-point must system, where the winner of the round must be awarded 10 points. 10-9 is a typical score for a round. A 10-8 or 10-7 round usually indicates there's been at least one knockdown or the action was severely lopsided. The referee can deduct points for fouls.\n\nThe judges judge a round on clean punching, effective aggression, ring generalship, and defense.\n\nThe Marquess of Queensberry rules are a code of popularly accepted rules in the sport of boxing. They were named so because John Sholto Douglas, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry publicly endorsed the code.\n\nThe boxing code was written by John Graham Chambers in 1865 and published in 1867 as "the Queensberry rules for the sport of boxing". This code of rules superseded the Revised London Prize Ring rules (1853), which had themselves replaced the original London Prize Ring rules (1743) of Jack Broughton. This version persuaded boxers that "you must not fight simply to win; no holds barred is not the way; you must win by the rules" (17, sect. 5, pt. 1).\n\nThe first prize fight under Marquess of Queensberry rules took place in Cincinnati, Ohio August 29th 1885. John L. Sullivan defeated his opponent, Dominick McCaffery in the sixth round.\n\nThe Marquess of Queensbury Rules:\n\n1. To be a fair stand-up boxing match in a 24-foot ring, or as near that size as practicable.\n2. No wrestling or hugging allowed.\n3. The rounds to be of three minutes' duration, and one minute's time between rounds.\n4. If either man falls through weakness or otherwise, he must get up unassisted, 10 seconds to be allowed him to do so, the other man meanwhile to return to his corner, and when the fallen man is on his legs the round is to be resumed and continued until the three minutes have expired. If one man fails to come to the scratch in the 10 seconds allowed, it shall be in the power of the referee to give his award in favour of the other man.\n5. A man hanging on the ropes in a helpless state, with his toes off the ground, shall be considered down.\n6. No seconds or any other person to be allowed in the ring during the rounds.\n7. Should the contest be stopped by any unavoidable interference, the referee to name the time and place as soon as possible for finishing the contest; so that the match must be won and lost, unless the backers of both men agree to draw the stakes.\n8. The gloves to be fair-sized boxing gloves of the best quality and new.\n9. Should a glove burst, or come off, it must be replaced to the referee's satisfaction.\n10. A man on one knee is considered down and if struck is entitled to the stakes.\n11. No shoes or boots with springs allowed.\n12. The contest in all other respects to be governed by revised rules of the London Prize Ring.


Last week was like the worst week of my life... almost lost my best friend due to something stupid I did, and I wasn't thinking straight so I took another girl's paper and made a copy of it.. I was going to rip her name of, (she gave it to me but she thought I was going to copy it by hand, but I'd lost my other paper)So I copied it on a copier at school but I didn't know it but I copied the same side twice so that's how my teacher found out. She gave us both zero's out of 100 points. I did have an A average in that class but now I just don't know...I feel retarded because I could have turned that paper in like a month later and she still would have given me full credit. Whats worse is the girl that I copied off of probably hates me, I've ruined my relationship with my teacher because now she thinks I'm a cheater, and I've ruined my 4.0 GPA! Great!!! Anyone have any advice... maybe on how I can let my teach make up that grade... or just get my life back????  Thanks

Well  you just got a valuable education that you can't get from a text book. This lesson that you just learned will prove to be of great value to you in your life if you chose to learn from it. First of all it is not that you teacher THINKS you are a cheater, you were a cheater. You behaved like one, you acted dishonestly and you paid the price. Reflect on that. Was it worth it? Did it solve any problems or just create new ones? You life is intact and you don't have to get it back. This was part of your life, it is called live and learn. Just move forward from this point and don't make the same mistakes again. Feel the pain of the consequences, the lesson is in that. I know you probably don't like what I am saying and I don't blame you. However, just move on. Every time you want to try and take an easy way out think of the grade point average and the loss of trust. This will be of great use to you as you move on into the future. It is not the end of the world, we all must go through some painful situations in order to learn.


and if possible, where does that name originate from?

Shen-con .      Ancestry.com has no place of origin.


There is this guy that never calls when he says he will and when I try to call him on my cell he doesnt answer but when I call on my friends cell he does. what does this mean and how what should I do?

have self respect and stop.\n\nfind someone that will take your call.\n\nseriously respect yourself.....


I have 1 question about fishing lures, and I would like to put it in several catagories to make sure it will get responses.  Anyone know?  Without going to e-bay, I just want to get a rough idea how much my Heddon Lucky 13  lure is worth, and can it be posted in various catagories?  thanx, Lauren

You can...but, each time will cost you points to ask. \n\nI would try recreation/sports first...see if you get an answer.\n\nGood luck.


I've tried to get shifted back gradually a bit everyday but I tend to want to sleep the first half of the day and then function normally until around 3 or 4 in the a.m.  I don't know if I should see a sleep disorder physician or not.

You sound exactly like me.  It is now 4:07 a.m. my local time, and I will probably be up another hour or so.  I just cannot get to sleep any earlier.  It stinks because I want to sleep past noon.  I have always been a night owl and not a morning person, but this is getting to be ridiculous.  I am also thinking of seeing a specialist.  I don't do well on 8 hours of sleep.  I also need about 10.  Good luck!


The law firm of Weiss & Yourman announced today that it has filed a lawsuit seeking class action status in the\nUnited States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of purchasers of Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (Nasdaq: COCO) securities from August 27, 2003, through June 23, 2004, inclusive.\n\n    Corinthian operates approximately 150 for-profit colleges and training centers in North America, including Bryman College, Florida Metropolitan University, Rhodes College and the National Institute of Technology.\n\n    The complaint alleges that Corinthian and certain of its officers violated federal securities laws by failing to disclose the Company's lack of internal controls and that the Department of Education had uncovered violations in the\napplication process for federal student loans at one of its campuses in December of 2003.  The complaint further alleges that as a result, the school had lost its ability to receive advance payments on its student loans.  Only\nafter these events were ultimately revealed by certain publications did the Company acknowledge them to the investing community.  In fact, during the Class Period, defendants specifically denied knowledge of any "events or\nactivities that would warrant any concern in the Company's performance," and continued to announce record results and optimistic forecasts to the market. All the while, certain Company insiders sold more than $18 million worth of\ntheir personal shares of Corinthian stock during the Class Period.\n\n    Plaintiff seeks to recover damages on behalf of the Class and is represented by Weiss & Yourman.  The firm, with offices in New York and Los Angeles, has extensive experience in complex litigation, particularly securities class actions, and has been appointed lead class counsel in\nnumerous consolidated and multi-district cases.  You may visit the firm's website at http://www.wyca.com.\n\n    If you are a member of the Class as described above, you may move the Court no later than September 7, 2004, to serve as a Lead Plaintiff for the Class.  However, in order to do so, you must meet certain legal requirements pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.\n\n    If you wish to discuss this action, participate in this suit, or have anyquestions or concerns regarding this notice, or preservation of your rights, please contact:\n\n     Weiss & Yourman -- Los Angeles\n     Telephone: (800) 437-7918\n     email: info@wyca.com


My boyfriend tells me I need to lose about 50 pounds please help me find the engery to do...

Hi there.. I'm a Licenced Dietetic Technician. The answer to your question....Anemia is a concern that can be fixed. Anemia is a condition in which the iron count in your blood is low meaning you have a hard time transmitting oxygen in the blood to other body parts. An easy solution is to take a simle daily supplement of 18mg/daily for 2 weeks. Then have your HGB and HCT checked again to see if the Anemia has improved. Make sure you also take a Vit C supplement with the Iron to help absorb the iron. Hope this helped. Your should have more energy because you'll have more oxygen flowing through your blood! Good luck and if you have anymore health questions feel free to ask. -Elizabeth Segler DTR/LDT


When I was 16, I was in a car accident directly resulting from firestone tires. At age 17 I received a settlement of $78,000 from both Firestone and Ford Motors. I am now 21 and have been suffering terrible pain from the injuries that were a result of the accident including my hip, knee, back and neck since then, but they have worsened extremely over time. I can barely exercise and have had to resign from all of my sports activities. I also have unbearable migranes (for about 5 years which nothing has worked to cure dispite dozens of doctor's advise and prescriptions) and suffer from memory loss and nightmares (about 5 years as well). Can I get the case re-opened to compensate me for medical and suffering? I was in Japan during the whole deliberation of the case and understood nothing of what was going on at the time I signed for the settlement. Please let me know if you have any legal insight to the situation. I would really like to have the case re-opened. Thanks in advance!

Unfortunately, no you cannot re-open such a case, not without new evidence. The best you can do is go after your lawyer, but it probably won't help a whole lot.  Very valuable lesson is to be learned here- you were so young when it happened- you body had many changes to go through yet and with Firestone's record, you should have had a clause put in the settlement (or not settled at all) that future consequences of the accident could be claimed.


Alot of people are saying they are seeing the signs of the time with current events and linking the Bible espically Jack Van Impe, and I want to know what's the Bible take on Isreal? It doen't mention Islam but did the Bible say something like this would happen, a force come up agaisnt Isreal? Also does it ever mention how this conflict will end? Also did the Bible say this was bound to happen?

dont listen to ALOT of people.\nusually they dont know all the facts ( about the war and the bible) and are really going on hunches and few passages.\nWhile I'm not saying i dont believe either, its best for you to talk to people who know what they are saying, can give you facts and actually hold a conversation with information rather than " i feel this way, look at whats happening!?"\nwhat about all the world wars and famous infidels.\nNO MAN KNOW THE TIME NOR THE HOUR OF GOD'S COMMING, so people that feel its "soon or near"  really have no idea.\nDoes this mean your are not to prepare your heart for his comming OF COURSE NOT. It just means dont buy the hype.\nyes the bible does say this is bound to happen, but when is not up to us to determine.


here are mine 1.Denver Broncos  2.Cinncinati Bengals


Yes.  I'll sneak 'round into the kitchen and leave the latch off the back door.


Vlad the Impaler learned Impalement from the Muslims who had conquered his ancestoral lands. Theres something freudian about a muslims desire to impale people who like sex (infidels).

well obviously I'd like to avoid all of them, but beheading is by far the quickest...impalement guarantees 15-20  minutes to live in pain while your stomach acids seep into your chest cavity, and stoning would take forever with a lot of broken bones first, unless someone has really good aim....ya beheading....


1. Secure American borders. See the Constitutional charter of the Guard, including Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution. \n \n\n2. Enforce American laws. See the Presidential Oath of Office. \n \n\n3. No more amnesties for illegal aliens - or the criminals who employ them. See the article The McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill, by Rich Lowry, TownHall.com, May 27, 2005. \n \n\n4. Vote only for candidates, at every level of government, who will make the above their first priority. See the article Immigration could be the hot election issue in 2008.

You are right and anyone can go to this website to sign a petition to encourage our senators and congressmen to vote against the amnesty, guest worker bill.\n\nwww.stoptheftaa.org/petition\n\nAnd to find out more about D.A. the man on the phone in the above answer by just*a*girl  you can go to this website: \n\nwww.THEAMERICANRESISTANCE.com\n\nbabyxfire -(BELOW) When people enter the USA without going through the proper procedures they are committing a FELONY. It is a FEDERAL LAW. People from other countries are not coming into the USA in such record numbers and DEMANDING rights. They don't HAVE rights, they are not CITIZENS. To give those illegal immigrants amnesty would be WRONG! WE as CITIZENS don't get away with breaking FEDERAL LAWS why should a NON citizen? They should be DEPORTED. Plain and simple.


I don't really understand your question either.  I think you are asking why these names are pronounced the same way as Spanish.  I think they aren't pronounced the same way, but you may not be able to hear the difference.  This is quite frequent for learners of English.  An example is that many of my students can't tell the difference between "live" and "leave".  These words sound very different to native speakers of English but don't sound different to many learners of English.


Anyone love rain, I seem to love watching it more than anyone in my family. Not downpours, typhoons, storms, hail, or anything like that. Just a typical rain fall.

I love the rain. I guess most people think of it as dreary and depressing, but I don't. I love being out in the rain, and I also love the sound of rain drops gently hitting the roof when I'm sleeping.


I am a big fan of Elektra Emerald and Carmen Electra. Anything you can tell me about these ladies would be absolutely fantastic. Thanks!

Actress Carmen Electra is almost thirty years older than singer/dancer Elektra Emerald. I doubt they know each other because of the substantial age difference. Carmen is a sex symbol & Elekta is a little girl on the Disney channel. Perhaps one day they will be in a movie together. Elektra will most likely play her daughter and Carmen will most definitely play her mother. (bizarre but intriguing question!)


The world thinks all of us are brainwashed. The war on Iraq is unpopular but other countries seem to think that we are all THRILLED that it's happening. Here's your place to fight back, people.

i think i speak for all irish people when i say ireland doesnt think american people are brainwashed. we think americans are good people with big hearts. i am actually engaged to an american. i have to be honest though, i do not like your president. i do not know what he does for the american people, but from what i can see, he is sending young men to war for a reason i dont understand. it was good that saddam was taken down from power, but why are your men still there and being killed. bring them home!!!


I have been told that it "to protect freedom of religion and right to worship". This is in-consistant. Right to worship Christ (i assume). The very Christ that commanded His followers to "Not resist evil, to Love your enemies, do good to those that hate you, bless those that curse you, and pray for those that despitefully use you and persecute you?

That is a good question, ESPECIALLY when God said that he will do away with Wars once and for all (Isa. 2:4, Dan. 2:44) Why would a God fearing person want to go to war if God himself said he was going to do away with wars.  There is no issue about freedom here, because if we belong to Christ, as Christians state, they already ARE free.\n\nAdd on top of that the fact that war is murder and murderers will not inherit God's kingdom  (Rev. 21:8)  True Christians would not go to, or support, war.


is summer going to her boyfriend ?\nrayan is he going to college?\nTHE O.C. GO ON CHANNEL 4 AND E4 SUMDAYS 1 TO 2 AND MONDAY.

nope.Because she probably going to college so as ryan.


A popular boy at school pretended to like my daughter and then told her it was a bet between him and a friend. i know kids this age can be crule and my daughter begged me to let her handle it. but- i know her self-esteem took a hit. whats the best way to help her besides love and reassurance? most  young boys these days are not taught about respection others let alone a young lady.

you may want to respect her wishes and let her handle it. i know it has to be hard for a parent to do-- but consider your daughter's perspective. ( i was the kid who got eggs tossed at her, so i know how cruel kids can be...) 14 year olds....think they sprouted from the ground. any parental involvement is generally discouraged by them, and it really may cause her more embarassment. this is an age where kids want to show that they can hold their own.\n\nthe best thing you can do is let her handle it, but be reassuring that it's not her "fault"-- a lot of girls feel that if there were something that they could change about themselves, thigns would be better. let her know that some boys are jerks. chances are, she is not the only one he did something like that to, and he probably has a reputation for being a jerk. \n\nif your daughter is willing to let it go, let it be. however, if this is a part of a pattern of how she's been treated at school... you may want to consider options to intervene.


I think I saw something about this on the Today Show once. City youth use the existing trees, walls, picnic tables, etc. to run on, and jump from to make a flowing sort of sport, kind of like a martial art or skateboarding. What is it called?


I broke up with him because I thought we were better as friends, and I did tell him I still like him. And I think he still likes me. What should I do?

you should just tell him that you real like him and at the time you called it off because you didn't know if he felt the some way you did and you didn't want to mess up your friendship


Hi people,\n\nI have made many ICT learning documents, and every time I do them, they change.  So rather than just using my brain to rehash my materials, I thought I would use other people's as well.\n\nCan you describe MS Excel in a paragraph, maximum about 100 words please for complete novices.\n\nThank you for any help!

I got this from http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Pages/Excel/excel.html\n\nMicrosoft Excel is a member of the spreadsheet family of software. Spreadsheet software is used to store information in columns and rows which can then be organized and/or processed. Spreadsheets are designed to work well with numbers but often include text. Sometimes text in a spreadsheet is called a label, because it is labeling columns and rows of numbers. Numbers are called values sometimes, and can include numbers for counts or measurements, dates, times, and calculations from numbers. Spreadsheets can help organize information, like alphabetizing a list of names or other text or reordering records according to a numeric field. However, spreadsheets are more often used for calculating, such as totaling a column of numbers or generating a more sophisticated formula to calculate some statistical measure on a list of numbers. \nSpreadsheets and databases are in competition and have similar features. Yet the way they work in the background is different. When you work in a spreadsheet, you view the data you are entering as a section. In a database, you only see the data you are entering--you have to request a report or different display to see more of the information. Other differences are: (1) databases are more often used for applications with long textual entries, (2) very large applications (thousands of entries) are more often handled in databases; and (3) spreadsheets are easier to learn to use and get calculations from than a database program. This latter reason is why many researchers and students prefer spreadsheets for keeping track of their data over databases.\n\nIt is impossible to give a complete listing of applications that can be done in spreadsheets, but they include budgeting displays, checkbook registers, enrollment records, inventories, coded surveys, field and laboratory research data, and financial and accounting applications.\n\nThe capacities of Excel are as follows. You can have 256 columns of information. You can have up to 16,384 rows. That comes out to over 4,194,000,000 cells of information and that's only on the first sheet!!! You can have 16 sheets of information in one workbook, and the number of sheets can be increased, if needed. Excel refers to each file as a workbook, because there can be multiple sheets (pages) in one file.


i love the band, but will their music start rubbing off on me if i learn how to play too many of their songs??

Nirvana is pretty good, and it's cool that you like them enough to learn alot of their songs. My recomendation, learn the more popular Nirvana songs, and your favorite songs, and then branch out to some other artists. If you ever play guitar for your friends, I am almost positive they would rather hear a variety of music rather than just nirvana over and over again.


I have heard that there are many people (who are in favor of making undocumented people criminals) have burned a Mexican flag. This is unacceptable. Is this how this people want to be heard?  I know that a Mexican flag was flying above an american flag on government land. And I think that this should not have been done. But this was only 1 time, and the burning of mexican flags has been done many times by different people. \n\nWhat do you think about this?

look i am mexican/ american and i think that is pretty mean to do that and not nice either :(


i need to finance rims but no websites except ONE does that. Does anyone know of any?

Oh man.\nRims? As in car rims that spin and shit?\n\nDude, if you can't afford it don't bother. Most of the world has plain jane rims that came with the car or the store $29.99 special.\n\nSpending money on cars is about as bad as playing the lottery.\n\nWhy don't you think about the rainy days ahead when you will need money for something much more important.\n\nRims never have and never will impress me. I spent $1.29 at the gas station for some stuff called black jack and it is a cloth that makes rims and tires shiny. That did the trick for the price of coffeee.