What are the odds of a man catching HIV while having unprotected sex (oral and vaginally) with a woman who is HIV positive or AIDS.    How do those odds change over time?  In other words, one sexual encounter versus multiple?

The following numbers are old, and they're all pretty much guesswork anyway, so take them with a grain of salt.  But I venture to say most people in the field would agree with my conclusions.\n\nAccording to a report by researchers Norman Hearst and Stephen Hulley in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the odds of a heterosexual becoming infected with AIDS after one episode of penile-vaginal intercourse with someone in a non-high-risk group without a condom are one in 5 million. With a condom it's even safer--one in 50 million. Just to put this in perspective, the chances of someone in your family getting injured next year in a bubble bath are 1 in 1.3 million (source: The Odds on Virtually Everything, Heron House, 1980). You're in much greater danger of being struck by lightning (1 in 600,000), having your house bombed (1 in 290,000), or being murdered (1 in 11,000).\n\nThe numbers get a lot worse if you engage in "high-risk behavior"--having sexual intercourse or sharing needles with a member of a high-risk group, e.g., a gay or bisexual male or IV drug user from a major metro area, or a hemophiliac. The chances of getting AIDS from one such encounter range as high as 1 in 10,000 using a condom to 1 in 1,000 unprotected. Even if your partner tests negative for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the chances of infection from a high-risk person are still relatively high--1 in 50,000 without a condom. That's because there's a 45 to 90 day window during which a newly infected person can infect others but test negative. (A few people go as long as 180 days.)\n\nFrom there on out, statistically speaking, things deteriorate pretty fast. If your partner is HIV-positive, your chances of getting AIDS after one night are 1 in 5,000 with a condom, 1 in 500 without. Have sex with an HIV-positive partner 500 times using condoms and your chances escalate to 1 in 11. Skip the gift wrap and they're 2 in 3.\n\nA couple points: These odds apply equally to men and women. Although there's reason to believe male-to-female AIDS transmission happens more often than female-to-male, the amount of difference is unknown. Also, I have to emphasize again, the numbers involve a lot of guesswork. The authors admit they could be off by a factor of ten in either direction. Still, one message comes through loud and clear: by far the best thing you can do to avoid AIDS is to be picky about your partners. Use of condoms reduces your risk by a factor of 10, sleeping only with people who test negative reduces it by a factor of 5 to 50, but avoiding high-risk partners reduces it by a factor of 5,000. (You'd also be well advised to avoid high-risk behavior, such as unprotected receptive anal sex.) Asking for a resume may not be romantic, but it beats Kaposi's sarcoma.


I met her a while ago...\nI asked are we gonna try the relationship thing and she said she is not ready and I live too far from her(15Min drive) 25km...And she also said  she got hurt too many times...\nBut now she wants to be friends..\nShe sms's me:Hey Cutie how's ur day did you miss me\nI missed you can't stop thinking of you,do you miss me??Hugs and kisses-ETC??\nWhat am I to do??\nConfused-totally!!!

She really likes you but she is confused, she is not sure if its going to work out or not. she is really scared of getting hurt once again. Just repect her and give her time and space to think.


Is it actually a religion?  Do they believe in God, Jesus, etc?  Or is it more a way of life?

Hehhe.  If you really knew what they believed, you'd never look at Tom Cruise the same way!\n\nYou really should just go read the Wikipedia page on it, as its simply too much lunacy for me to post without busting my gut laughing.\n\nEssentially, they believe in aliens.  But they believe some things about these aliens that make the simple belief in aliens seem rational.  :)


DePaul University is holding my transcripts and is stating I owe money - I disagree and they say the only person I can talk to is the person who is over my accout - well he hasn't returned any of my calls in quite some time and for whatever strange reason no one else can help me. What would you do?

Well that is very frustrating. It is not uncommon that a University will hold your transcripts if they believe that you owe for something.\n\nYou should call the University Ombuds Office. Their job is to help solve problems like this. The phone number is (312) 362-8707. Here is their website: http://mission.depaul.edu/ombudsperson/index.asp\n\nExplain your problem to the ombudsman and they can probably help you solve this problem. Of course, if the University thinks you owe money there might not be anything else you can do other than pay it....\n\nHope this helps.


For the trombone players out there.  What kind of trombone do you prefer?

I like the B-flat Yamaha pro tenor (serial #YLS-697Z).\nVery cool!


Most of the time people know what they want and for me it is so difficult, I like everything, I think I have to much interest or I am easy. If someone ask me to go here or there I will not choose. I will appreciate what I have in front of me.

You have difficulty to make choices because you cannot put sentences together correctly.  Maybe you should stop being so fickle and just deal with it. Shut up, you're done, end.


If possible, I'd love a percentage breakout by quarter (meaning the % of companies who are on a Q1 fiscal close vs. Q2,Q3, Q4)

I can't give you a breakdown via quarters, but my accountant had mentioned that most companies follow the calendar year - Jan 1 - Dec 31st.


like stomahache or when we trough out gas the fat comes out too.

I would read the back of the product lable.  If this does not provide the answers, try contacting the company who makes it and ask.  Or, you can ask your docter/dermatologist.


iam getting emails that should have been spamed before it gets to me.why is this happening

Your question makes little sense, that is perhaps why no one has responded to you.  There really is no need to follow up with another question several minutes later, the questions are active for quite some time. \n\nIf you are getting spam from sbcyahoo.com addresses you may wish to forward them to abuse@sbcyahoo.com.\n\nIn this day and age few of the spam messages actually originate from where they say the originate. Many spammers forge headers, including forging the 'from' address.  \n\nBelow is a basic tutorial on deciphering headers so you can complain to the right people.


It has only happened to me once, and I still don't know why but it seems someone didn't like the subject being brought up.  But I'm seeing it everywhere and it looks like certain people with certain interest are trying to suppress other peoples ideas and opinions.

i sent couple times,`coz they answers had an insult tones.one of them wrote me that i`m gay and the other one,i`don`t remember,but it was so unpretty from his side.and it had no intensions with an answer/question


I haven't seen much of asian guys going out with gals of other races.  Wonder why?\n\nHowever, I have seen more asian gals going out with guys of other origins.

My brother (Chinese) is married to a German-American woman. They have two beautiful children... REALLY beautiful ;-)\n\nBut frankly, it has to do with the way our media portray's what is sexually attractive. We're all culturally conditioned to what is attractive, and Asian males are not usually portrayed as such.


I just wanna know who won the super bowl in 1984?

Los Angeles 38, Washington 9\nTampa Stadium\nTampa, Florida\nJanuary 22, 1984\nAttendance: 72,920\nMVP: Marcus Allen, RB, Los Angeles


have a number of bi-centential coins and would like to know value

notmuch.  usually, a bicentennial quarter is worth about a quarter.  in the book its like 75 cents.  if its got an S mintmark, maybe a dollar.  the halves are worth like 3 in the book, but market values are still a half dollar.  if you have alot, you can sell it as a big lot on ebay.  but you wont get much.  i am guessing through my experience.  if you have like 100 bicentennial halves, you would probably get about 53 buxx for it.  even though, if you use it, you would get your 50 buxx value, since its still a half dollar.


My friend gets over 75 pre-approved credit card offers a month.  How do I do the same?

I think that you could just notify the bank/cc company of your interest, after all, I hear that they have even sent credit card offers to dogs, babies and dead people.  \n     Getting the credit isn't the problem, paying it off and not becoming a slave to it is!  Been there, done that, and never again! Been three years debt FREE!!!\n CASH is King, debt is dumb and the paid off home mortage is the NEW status symbol of wealth!!!!


I am a tenth grade student interested in music ,cars and science

no, because you're not adding .3 each time... you're adding .3 and then .03 and then .003, each getting progressively smaller, so each time, you're not adding enough to even make the one before it go up, let alone the whole thing... it's just getting more accurate with each 3, the 3's go on forever, but each one is progressively less significant.  It's the same concept as having lets say a piece of paper, and cutting it in half.  You take one half and I take the other. Now you want more, so I give you half of my piece, which is 1/4 of the whole thing, so you have 3/4.  Now, you want even more, so I cut my piece in half again and give it to you.  I could keep cutting my piece in half and giving it to you, but you would never ever have the whole piece of paper because each piece I'm giving you means less and less, the denominator of my fraction would keep doubling, so I would always have something.  I hope this helped you understand.  \n\nYou sound like me in 10th grade, well minus the cars.  just the general music(well, i was a band geek :p) and science in general, then I got to 11th grade and discovered physics.  If you're curious about things like your question here, you're going to love physics, it satisfies so many curiosities you never thought could be answered and so many others you never knew you had.  So then I took AP physics, loved it, and now I'm a freshman in college majoring in it.  I highly recomment a physics course, you seem to have the inquisitive mind for it.


D= Outside Diameter.\nT= Thickness in Inches

it has to do with estimating the steel weight (of a pipe)


I mean, I have a 4.0 GPA and I am only qualified for a couple of scholarships. My American friends barely have 2.5 GPA and everything is paid for them. \n\nNow, I know that their parents are paying taxes, but wouldn't you rather pay for someone who is studying harder? How happy does it make you to see that your tax money is used by some college student who doesn't even want to study? Wouldn't you rather want your tax money used on students who study hard (hell, they might cure the cancer)?

With all due respect, I support educating American Citizens with my tax dollars before educating foreign students. Obviously, your ethic values and efforts greatly exceed those of many of my own countrymen, but Americans continue to fall farther and farther behind other countries. While I salute and commend your efforts, my financial support remains in hope that more American Citizens will adopt YOUR values and work ethic.  Good Luck and may you reap the benefits of all your dedication, but don't ask me to back you financially.


....how the word 'politics' is made up of the words 'poli' meaning 'many' in Latin, and 'tics' as in 'bloodsucking creatures’?

VERY TRUE, i haven't thought of that before. in addition could tics also mean as leeches, snakes, crocodiles, crabs, and other parasites?


Soup kitchens, shelters, beach cleanups?

Organize a group of people together to feed the homeless that are in the street. There is such a homeless problem in California and not enough shelters to help all of the homeless. There are a few different people/groups of people I have witnessed that have made it their business to make hundreds of sandwiches a day and pass them out to the homeless. There was a lady in Los Angeles who would cook great healthy homemade soups and drive around to the different spots where she knew the homeless people would gather and she made sure they had something good to eat as regularly as possible. But sometimes people can't do that on such a grand scale and it still makes a big difference on a smaller scale sometimes. Just giving something to a homeless person - a warmed plate of your leftovers from dinner perhaps - is a great thing.\n\nWalk up to a homeless woman who is minding her own business, not begging off of anybody, and give her 10% of your weekly income. I met a man one time who did that because he no longer attended church and it was his form of paying tithes. See how big that woman's smile gets. Depending on what you make, you might be able to divide that among 10 homeless women and still get great, surprised, thankful, almost wondrous expressions of happiness.\n\nVolunteer to mentor or assist a homeless person who is not totally beyond help. There are plenty of homeless people out there who look beyond help. Homelessness is a battle of hopelessness. The longer a time a person remains homeless, the more hopeless they feel about everything. People who have been homeless for more than a year become "The Chronic Homeless" and their chances for being able to escape the confines of homelessnes are statistically decreased. Sometimes people just need an address for employment opportunities, a contact phone number for messages, encouragement, food, a safe place to store clothing and personal belongings. When homeless people don't have at least these meager advantages, it can be intensely difficult to make it back into a more normal type of living environment.\n\nBecome a mentor or a Big Brother.\n\nVolunteer to tutor children or speak to children to motivate them to study well so they can become a graphic designer or whatever they want to achieve.\n\nDonate some of your graphic design services or discount as a donation to help non-profit charities advertise events that can help them achieve their goals.\n\nCounty hospitals often welcome volunteer administrative help.\n\n(Just a few ideas - I could go on forever with this. So many worthy causes out there need volunteeristic people.)


Should I tell her that and then dump her for her mom?

If her mom is interested in you, Do her when your g/f is not around.  If you both like it, Cool.  If it doesn't work out, move on to fresh territory.


I think this area desperately needs a Witchcraft supply store.  There are plenty of Witches here and no stores to get everything for your spells and reading.  How do I go about opening one.  I recently got an inheritance and I would like to put that money up to start the business.  I have $75k, is that enough?  I also have good credit.

When we first opened the Copper Cauldron, which we had in Jacksonville Oregon, we invested 75k total into the business.  We did quite well and moved our store to St. Paul, Minnesota.\n\nGeneral guidlines, find a good wholeseller, and do your research.  Don't just sell products, provide a service, such as readings, and such to give to your customers.  Help them with research, educate them if necessary.  Hold workshops and classes as well.\n\nTo help make your adjustment into the community acceptable, to avoid the problems we had (broken windows, broken down door, ect), aggree to educate and hold workshops on the various pagan religious types to the general community.  Hold free sessions, ect to offer people.  \n\nBest to spend on good quality store furniture.  Best to buy quality items and sell at a decent price.\n\nGet listed on WitchVox.com  Great place.\n\nAdvertise, and join the BBB in your area.  Also consider joining your local Chamber of Commerce.\n\nI reccomend setting up your hours for what is available and done within your community.  So if most stores are closed on monday, close yours on monday as well, so that you don't provide a commerce shock to the area.\n\nKeep in mind that you are not going to be considered a niche shop, indeed not.  You are a community shop, that is a shop that is available throughout the year.  One that doesn't close or dwindle after the tourist season. \n\nKeep in mind also, that you need to provide an open and safe environment for your patrons.  There should be no tolerance for harassment, ect of your patrons out in front of your shop, or in your shop.\n\nI reccomend carrying some form of New Age book shop/section for your store.  The reason for this is that people like to read, they like to learn.  And the more they read, and the more they come in to buy/return books, the more face you recieve per day.\n\nWe started a library program for our store, and did wonderfully!\n\nCheck out places such as azuregreen.com and look at their wholesell program, they are great.\n\nCheck out stores and suppliers in canada, as well, as they provide great products for cheap.\n\nConsider hosting local merchants, ect, within your shop.\n\nMain steps:  Get your state business licence from your secretary of state.  Get your city license if needed.  \n\nFind a good location, open your store.  Get some form of security.  Make sure you don't need a security permit from your local police department to operate a security system.\n\nGet some form of security camera system in y our store, this helps cut down on losses due to theft.  Trust me it will happen.\n\nFind an open minded land lord.  Don't go with one who is 'unsure' but go with one who likes the idea of a pagan store in the area.\n\nDO NOT CALL YOURSELF A WITCHCRAFT STORE.  Absoutly not, you are a Pagan Resource Center, or a Pagan Store.  The reason for this is that 'witchcraft' no matter what spin you put on it, will have a negative connotation to those around you in your community.  However if you are a Pagan store, or Pagan Resource Center, you have much more credibility.\n\nJoin local stores in intitiaves, and such to get your name out there.  Help with local planning of events for your community.\n\nLastly, advertise as best you can.\n\nIf you need more help, please email me, i'd be more than willing to help you setup :)


You don't say for how long, and if you need more than just the ride.\n\nAn alternative is Amtrak runs the Keystone train between Harrisburg and NYC. That'll certainly get you into downtown (Penn Station).


also Yahoo id: \n\ni thought we could help FBI to find him anyone has a clue ?

osama@cia.gov\n\nWe all know they've been hanging out together.


this guy is an old friend and i wanna know where he is so i can write him

Bless you! Those letters mean everything to an inmate! Just wanted to add that there is a wonderful support and information group at http://prisontalk.com\nI've got a "someone special" locked up, too, and this group has helped me a great deal.


1) A Business with a multiple satellite office\n2) A Business with single office location\n3) A Business looking to expand a existing frame relay or a ATM network.

1)A Business with a multiple satellite office


How much do I need to put away each year in order to have $2 million dollars in 2025, assuming I earn 8% interest and re-invest all dividends?

I believe it's around $11,000 monthly, based on my extremely "quick-'n-dirty" calculations. Take a look at the savings calculator link I put in the Source field.


When sitting for long times, say, in an airplane flight, wearing loose clothes, especially socks, is recommended to prevent blood clots. Yet, to prevent clots, when confined to a hospital bed, very tight fitting socks are provided. Seems inconsistent. Any ideas?

First, I find the first post to be offensive, and if you dont know the answer just dont give it!\n\nSecond your answser - blood clots are caused from the stagnant flow of blood which does not return to the heart.  Unlike your arteries which have alot of muscle in them, your veins rely on compressions of skeletal muscle to return blood back to the heart.  If you are not moving your feet or legs, blood pools and can clot while it is sitting there.\n\nThe tight socks in the hospital compress the skeletal muscle which help blood to return back to the heart.  In flight, your legs can swell, thus tight socks would contrict blood flow and possibly make swelling worse.\n\nNo matter what socks you wear, just do ankle exercises and all will be well! :)


People always say dark matter bends light but could it be equally true that a time warp would show the same effects in a time-space continuum? How would you tell the difference since gravity is just exactly that a warping in space-time which we attribute to mass.

General Relativity, which is the modern theory of gravity has some specific ways in which space can be warped: mass, of course, and also is a gravity wave goes by, and I suppose there could be some relic weirdness left over from the Big Bang.\n\nHaving warped space without mass is basically saying that there is gravity in some region of space without a known cause, at least as far as General Relativity goes. Some people have tried to get rid of dark matter with new theories of gravity - this is essentially what you're proposing - but thus far it never really works out.


We've been together for a long time and we even have a beautiful 4 year old daughter. We plan to get married within the next year and a half or so (by then we will both be finished with our degrees). I love him with all my heart and I know he loves me too. But, it seems like lately we do nothing but fuss and disagree. It's really getting frustrating and we don't know what to do. We both know that we don't want to be with anyone else. But this is really beginning to take a toll on our relationship because we hardly ever just laugh anymore. It's like we argue so much that the both of us constantly have our guard up and are ready to go off about something. Nowadays, we just stay so uptight. Please help me. I don't know what to do. I don't want to be without him, but I also know that our relationship can't go on this way.

I sincerely wish I had an effective answer for you. It seems that you've both developed a sense of competitiveness toward each other. In other words, you are both trying to upstage one another. This leads to conflict. Give yourselves more room to breathe for awhile. You will realize how much you miss each other once a few days have elapsed.  If not, seek proffesional advice.  Good luck, dear.


my weight is 90lb., how could i gain more weight?

How tall are you?  I would think that eating more would solve the problem of being underweight.  If it doesn't, go see your dr, maybe youy thyroid is over active (hyperthyroidism) and you need med's to slow it down.


i know about the fingerprints on our fingers,we learned in science, but why on the toes?

because God made us that way\nP.S. we have toeprints on or toes not fingerprints lol


I'm not a virus writer, or trying to learn how to be, I just can't imagine these people destroy dozens of computers for each virus, and software is software - it needs to be tested.

The information about recovery disks is basically correct:  Virus writers either manually or automatically restore their computer to an earlier state by reinstalling the software from scratch or by using a recovery system.\n\nHowever, the fastest recovery systems will recover a few gigs of data in couple minutes.  The local university here loads it's operating system fresh every time you reboot the computer.  It is very fast.\n\nAlso a key point to note:  Since the virus writers know what their virus infections do, they also know the best way to restore and fix the damage.  I'm sure a lot of virus writers test their viruses and only fix the parts that the virus broke. This would save them the most time.\n\nPS: If I ever meet a virus writer, I'm going to kick him/her in the nuts and call the cops.  That shit is wrong.  I work in IT and have to fix the damage that virii, spyware, and other crap does to computers.


I'm assuming you mean which martial art hurts your opponent more. This is an odd way of looking at these 2 disciplines because both can be very effective without hurting your opponent.\n\nSince a large part of ninjitsu is stealth and assasination by any means necessary, I'm not sure how much it hurts. \n\nJu-jitsu on the other hand includes a variety of joint breaking techiniques and leg locks which can be excrutiating. To give you a strict answer, I would say that Ju-jitsu can hurt more because you'd still be alive to feel the pain. At the hands of a ninja, one would hopefully suffer little and simply be dead.\n\nIt should be noted that the 2 are not mutually exclusive. The techniques of Ju-jitsu are going to be practiced by anyone studying Nin-jitsu as Ju-jitsu is the foundation for open handed grappling and throwing techniques.


WELL, usually when u crack ur fingers u crack them up or down, and that is fine. BUT when u crack ur neck u r not cracking it up or down, u r cracking it in the circle style, which will make ur neck kindda loose when u get older, and it gives u lees control of ur neck when u get older.


I have been suffering from an abdomenal pain for two years now , I wa asked to go for UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY .What is it?

A doctor inserts a tube into your mouth, and runs it through your esophogus, through the stomach, and into the duodenom (upper intestines). The doctor then can detect polyps, damage, tumors, etc, and he can also biopsy troubled areas. You will be required to be on a liquid-only diet for 24 hours, and then you can eat or drink nothing after midnight before the procedure. You will also be given laxatives to clear out your digestive system completely.\n\nFor the procedure, you will be given a spray to numb your throat and gag reflex. You will also be given a medication that will make you relaxed but you will still be awake during the procedure. The doctor will need you to help get the tube down. \n\nThe whole thing takes about 30 minutes. You won't be able to eat until the numbing spray wears off. Good luck!


Please tell me about any better publisher program other than google adsense for an Indian Website, the webiste gets nearly 3000 page impression per month. Please tell me some way so that I can earn from my website.I will be greatefully thankfull to you.\n\nAlso I am expert in Web Designing and Complex Website Development using .NET + SQL Server (CMS or any other) based on Microsoft Platform. Please tell me some type of online Job or by any other means, by which I can earn some Income for my living.\n\nThanks

You can give Chitika eMiniMalls a try.\n\nChitika ads exhibit  a lower CTR when compared with Adsense Text ads but the CPC in Chitika is much higher.\n\nChitika pays by Cheque in India or you can request via Paypal


the one that sent LW Marco Sturm, D Brad Stuart and C Wayne Primeau in exchange for C Joe Thornton?

The sharks of course. Thornton is proven while the rest are wannabes.


the one in C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Temp

Yes u can..\n\ndeleting Temp(temporary) files is very safe.\nU can delete those directly or DISK CLEANUP...\nBy deleting temp files, it can even make ur system work a little faster....


Their phone number and address can't be found in the white pages.

i dont think you can you have to pay maybe like no less than 30 i think


i get bored everyday so that explains why im here. haha!

not quite as often as i used to now that yahoo answers is here.


my real goal really is once i get them into my hard drive i want to convert them into avi files i have a portable media player and i want to see if i can convert the movies into avi files to get it into my media player....i am asking for quick instructions or if i cant get them to convert what could another way to get different format of movies to convert...thanks for looking have a good day..

You can just copy the contents of dvd on your hard disk for playing them you will need any software that plays DVD's. VLC is one such type free player or Power DVD more common among people but it's not free.\n\nYou can use DivX to convert your .VOB files that actually contain movie to .avi or the format you prefer but yeah conversion takes good amount of time :-)


What do guys do to show that they like a girl

well.. i say it directly  n quite frequently!!


I am the father of three girls age 24,17,14 who will be visting me for the afternoon on Dec 23rd...I live in a very small apartment, so space is and issue...We could go out also....They are all active, fit young ladies. I do not see them often and love them dearly. How can I make the time I spend with them fun, exciting and memorable?  Food ideas, activities ? Thanx!

I know this is like two months later. I would love to know how it went. What did you end up doing? Did the girls enjoy their time with you? I have no doubt that you all could have sat under a tree just talking and they would have loved their time with you. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday!


The British have soccer (football, they call it), rugby, and cricket.  Americans have football, soccer, and baseball.  What sport is the national passion of Russia?

to watch on TV - football (i.e. soccer) and hockey \nto practice yourself - drinking vodka\n\nAmerican football is only played in US; baseball is only played in US and Japan.


Every Sunday I watch Pejvak TV. They have a show on there called 'Poshta Konkoriha' and I love it. I want to learn more about the people who play in this show but I couldnt Find anything on Yahoo, Wikipedia, and IMDB. I figured that at least Something would come up on Yahoo but I guess not, do you have any suggestions on where to look?

try to search the tv network\n\nhere is the link to that and by the way you can e-mail me at fatthumb2000@yahoo.com\n\nhttp://www.kbcbtv.com/pages/ProgramDescriptions.html


in other words, when can i stop worrying about being drafted?

You are required to be registered with the selective service between the age of 18 and 25. However if a draft were to be constituted in the US, current selective service reforms suggest that a lottery would be held with young men turning 20 up first. \n\nThe likelihood of being drafted in the US depends on many factors. First and foremost is the need for more soldiers. With the current situation the US is in, it remains unlikely that a draft would be issued. However world events could quickly change that. \n\nAll in all, you can never fully "stop worrying" about being drafted. If a crisis were to warrant it, anyone (traditionally only males) could be drafted. It would start with those turning 20 within that year, and spread out to affect those young down to 18 years old and upwards toward 25. Local draft boards would be the deciding body as to whether you were to be drafted or not if you fell within the age specifications. If the need were there, those older than 25 could also be drafted.


A) Listening to music\nB) On the internet\nC) With friends/family\nD) Watching TV\nE) Other________________________?

a---e\nwhat ever i am felling like realy


this may sound like an odd question but it was asked to me and i would like to hear other answers on the subject

Considering all that I've read on the topic from multiple sources, multiple religions, and various ideologies, I've come up with this concept.\n\nJesus, by his very nature, would appear to everyone differently, in one of two forms.\n\nEither he would appear exactly as someone would want/expect him to, or he would appear as is best to humble and teach someone.\n\nIf he were to appear the same to everyone, and he was certainly going to appear as a human man, he would likely appear as a perfect blend of every race and culture on Earth.


Does anyone know what the amount of pension that a 25-year retired Navy Captain would receive? And what other benefits would they be entitled to?

use a search engine and contact navy times (newspaper), then access the pay scales for retited military (captain = 0-6).\nthat should help.


i've heard alot of superstitions \nbut i want to know more unique ones, any superstitions will help. i don't care from where.

Find a penny pick it up all day you will have good luck\n\nThrowing salt over your left shoulder if you drop it\n\nBroken glass will give you 7 years of bad luck\n\nThis will be a fun question to get answers from.


Prove the following:\n\nIf a circle inscribed into a right triangle has a radius of integral value, then the sides of the triangle must also be of integral value.

well the radius of the inscribed circle is r=S/p, where S is the area of the triangle (b*c/2) and p is the semiperimetre ((a+b+c)/2); so r=bc/(a+b+c), where b,c are the sides of the triangle and a is the hypotenuse.\nif r is an integral, then a+b+c divides bc, so b and c are of integral type.


Fly ash is classified according to two classes. This classification is used for fly ash that is used in Portland cement concrete.\nSample values: \n(these will vary according to the coal being burnt)\nClass F\nSiO2                : 55%\nAl2O3               : 26%\nFe2O3               : 7%\nCaO                 : 9%\nMgO                 : 2%\nSO3                 : 1\n\nClass C\nSiO2   : 40%\nAl2O3  : 17% \nFe2O3  :  6%\nCaO    : 24%\nMgO    : 5%\nSO3    : 3%\nhttp://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/recycling/fach01.cfm\nStandard values:\nhttp://geoserver.cee.wisc.edu/fauga/new_page_1.htm\nUsage:\nhttp://www.tfhrc.gov/hnr20/recycle/waste/cfa51.htm


if black holes can absorb matter and light, is there an exit where all the absorbed matter and light are emitted?

The way a black hole works is that it compresses a lot of mass into a single point, giving it an infinite density.  What makes a black hole is the concentration of mass and gravity into such a small volume.  This means that as more matter gets sucked in all the matter gets compressed into a single point.\n\nWhat exactly happens at this point, we don't know, and we think that the laws of physics as we know them break down to some degree.


Vlad Tepes Dracula, the historical figure who inspired Bram Stoker for his novel, is definitely less known. The centennial of the gothic masterpiece provides us with a good pretext to dive back into the life of this machiavellian fifteenth century leader - an initiative that will enable us to better appreciate the work of Stoker.\n\nVlad became quite known for his brutal punishment techniques; he often ordered people to be skinned, boiled, decapitated, blinded, strangled, hanged, burned, roasted, hacked, nailed, buried alive, stabbed, etc. He also liked to cut off noses, ears, sexual organs and limbs. But his favorite method was impalement on stakes, hence the surname "Tepes" which means "The Impaler" in the Romanian language. Even the Turks referred to him as "Kaziglu Bey," meaning "The Impaler Prince." It is this technique he used in 1457, 1459 and 1460 against Transylvanian merchants who had ignored his trade laws. The raids he led against the German Saxons of Transylvania were also acts of proto-nationalism in order to protect and favour the Wallachian commerce activities.


I have anxiety and am on an anti-depressant and anti-anxiety. I have had anxiety/depression for 8 years now.

turn the ringer off on the phone, light some candles, run a bath, and crawl in with a good book.


when i come home ,my mother said with me : have money or not ?in poor country and special in my familly, all because money ,i don't know how to live in this world ,,,this is just a cold world , i want to set me free , i don't want to buy myself to live , buy my heart , buy my body and buy my soul ,,to live ,,,,i hope with this message ,i will find the answer .\n  i want to standing tall ,i want to smile ,,,,,,,but it's now too late

Very abstract question. I'm not sure what you're expecting from the Yahoo! community on this one. Try making it clearer what you need.


Do plants have nervous responses (of a sort) similar to those of animals?

Bose was a leading physicist of his age and pioneered the investigation of microwave optics in the late 1800s. He made the first public demonstration of radio communication and is also credited with proving plants have nervous responses similar to those of animals.\n\n\n--Indo-Asian News Service\n\nFor clarifications/queries, please contact IANS NEWS DESK at \n2616-5778/8546, 2617-3369 or mail us at\nsupport@eians.com\nDr.J.C.BOSE\n \n \n \nChallenges\n\nWhen anything new is discovered, there will always be people who question it. The results of Bose's work, too, were not accepted by all. There were people who challenged them and even said that there was not much truth in them. Bose gave a lecture at the Linnean Society next year to a gathering of scientists. He explained with suitable experiments how plants respond to stimuli. Even those who had challenged him could not find fault with his experiments or conclusions.\n\nThere is an interesting story about a demonstration that Bose gave in England. On that day he wanted to show some new things that he had found out. He had come to the conclusion that plants can feel pain like animals; that when we pinch them they suffer; and that they die in a few minutes after they are poisoned. Bose wanted to show experiments to prove these conclusions. A number of scientists and other leading men and women had gathered to hear him. Bose started the experiments by injecting poison into a plant. The plant should have shown signs of death in a few minutes. On the contrary, nothing happened. The learned audience started laughing. Even at this adverse moment Bose showed admirable calmness. He thought quickly. The poison that he injected into the plant did not kill it. So, he supposed that it would not hurt him also. With full confidence he got ready to inject the poison into himself. At that instant a man got up and confessed that instead of poison he had put similar colored water. Now, Bose conducted the experiment again with real poison, whereupon the plant withered and died as expected.\n\nJagadishchandra Bose continued his work and made new discoveries. He found that plants shrink a little during the night. He found out why plants always grow towards light even if they have to bend. He also found out the reason why some plants grow straight and some do not. He explained that this was due to the 'pulsation' in plants. This pulsation quickens by heat and slows down by cold in plants.\n\nJagadishchandra Bose did remarkable work, - and scientists outside India had honoured him. Yet there were people who opposed him. As a result even the Royal Society delayed publishing his valuable work in its publications, But nothing could make him give up his work. He was sure that years of research had led him to the truth. So he did not feel that it was very necessary to depend on scientific journals only. He wrote books and published them on his own.\n\nBy this time Bose had made a name for himself as a great scientist. The instruments he had developed were being used in some Western countries too. He visited Europe and America in 1907 and 1914; scientific institutions invited him to explain his discoveries. He visited Japan also.\n\nMost of us have seen a peculiar kind of plant called the mimosa (touch-me-not') which spreads on the ground. It has very small leaves. It is extremely sensitive. If we just touch one leaf, that leaf and the leaves nearby all fold up. The greater the force we use, the larger the number of leaves which fold up. The whole row of leaves of the branch can be made to fold like this by touching it with a little greater force. Why does only this plant react like this? We have often wondered, haven't we? Bose wondered, too. And he went on to find out. He found that other plants also react to a man's touch in the same way. The only difference is this: We cannot see the reaction of other plants but we can see the reaction of the mimosa. But Bose wanted to study th


I recommend PHPBB. There are many styles, mods available for PHPBB, in addition to the support of open source community.


Here's a game we used to play in high school. Weirdest stuff wins.


For example:\nis this--\nif(strcmp( $username,'jaisen' ) ==0 )\n\nfaster than--\nif( $username == 'jaisen' )

No, they both function the exact same speed, because the processor will see it as the same operation.


If gas prices are based on world markets, why is gas $0.25/gal in Ho Chi Mihn City? I mean, would the government bother to subsidize gas prices?

I'm not sure where you've received your information, but Ho Chi Minh City is in Vietnam, a country currently reaching a record high in their gas prices.  \n\nhttp://english.people.com.cn/200601/04/eng20060104_232771.html\n\nSide note...I'm not sure how a 12-kilogram gas cylinder transfers into gallons.


Yes, I brush after I eat.\n\nI floss daily.\n\nI brush the back of my tounge.\n\nI avoid "alchohal" in my mouthwash.\n\nI eat my daily fruit and veg's protein ect.  I'm in great shape, but still, I can't get rid of stinky breath.  \n\nSo, I'll never get any kisses.\n\nHelp

You poor thing!  :-)  It's also possible there could be a medical problem affecting your breath.  Here's a link to some basic info about halitosis.  Good luck to future smooching!


It's a contraction of 'Association Football.' The term originated in England in 1863, because there were already other forms of football at the time. Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa also call it 'soccer' or 'association football.' Italy calls it 'calcio.'


Looking for a very smart and engaging website which will hook kids and teach them algebra, trig, calculus, geometry in a very interactive fun way...progressively difficult like Kumon, thanks

Try www.artofproblemsolving.com\nIt's the world's largest online math community and kids can learn here in lots of different ways. Its math forum is used by everyone, from beginners to the world's smartest math students.


My live in boyfriend is Jehova Witness and doesn't celebrate christmas, is it still okay for me to celebrate it with my family back home and leave him for the holidays?

Yes, it is okay to leave your 'Jehovah's Witness' boyfriend alone for the holidays. If he is really a 'good' (though struggling) Jehovah's Witness, there are many many reasons he might feel uncomfortable to accompany you during holidays with your family.\n\n1. He may still feel bad a little bad about 'fornicating' with you, and certainly doesn't want to look your family in the eye while they 'know'.\n\n2. Participation in Christmas celebrations by a Jehovah's Witness is considered 'apostasy', a sin much worse than fornicating.\n\n3. Loving you is a heart thing; it may be easy for him and others (like his mom) to understand that "sin". On the other hand, decking the halls (etc) is NOT an emotional urge, and maybe neither he nor his mom (he guesses) could excuse that decision even in their own minds\n\n4. His background may cause him to feel genuinely offended at the commercialism, inaccuracies in Christendom's version of Christ's birth, the pagan origins, the unscriptural traditions and the hypocrisy too often associated with Christmas.\n\nLet your boyfriend know that he is welcome to come (if he really is), but that you understand and accept his decision to stay home.


I need responce for the question above now.

i would recommend www.123greetings.com or www.thegreetings.com


I am just looking for general information on resumes, cover letters, and that kind of stuff. All of the sites I have found so far are either too basic or try to sell me something.\n\nI am specifically NOT looking for a site to browse posted jobs or post my resume.

You owe me big time.\n\nTry these links.


could there be an eighth wonder of the world, who decides this stuff anyway?

i decide it.   it is donald trump's hair.


Any secret singers?  Nose pickers? Toe jam sniffers? Prank callers?  C'mon.. fess up.. what do you do when you have the house or car to yourself?

run around naked screaming get the mother f****** voices out of my head, make them stop!!


You will get an empty ResultSet. Note that empty does not mean that the ResultSet is null. You can find out whether the ResultSet is empty by calling either first() or next() on the ResultSet and checking the return value. If it is true, i.e. there is a first (or next) tuple, the ResultSet is not empty. If the return value is false, the ResultSet is empty.\n\nif (res.next()) == false) ... // res is empty


I was in a motorcycle accident in July wherein my friend and I were tackled off his motorcycle by Bambi. I took a couple months off and eventually got comfortable-ish on the bike again. Unfortunately, the last time I saw a deer on the side of the road, while sheltered in a nice safe truck, I freaked out before I even knew it would upset me. Normal?

Actually that is quite a normal reaction.  I wouldn't worry about it, unless it starts to interfere with your ability to do what you want to do.


it is a School Based Assessment i'm doing. i need ur views so i can write up the Interpretation, findings and Recomendation. please.

As a teen, I'd say that I'm not turning away from religion, in fact, I'm clinging to it at the moment. I also have many friends who are actively involved in their religion.


Howdy! I need to know the answer to 5x+7y=40 and 8x-y=3 using Cramer's Rule.\n\nThanks!

A step by step method to understand cramer's rule:\n\nhttp://www.purplemath.com/modules/cramers.htm\n(basically its the first result found by google; you can do more googling)


I have lost my original diploma that I received in 1974-1975. My job is now requiring proof of high school graduation. The deadline for me to get proof is Jan.30,2006. Thank You for your help.

Are you saying if you don't obtain a GED document that you earned over 30 years ago, you will lose your job? Your boss must be bored.\n\ntry http://dese.mo.gov/divcareered/ged_official_transcript.htm


I just need to know becuz I see my friends all the time and sometimes they really get on my nerves. It is good to take a break right?

Maybe what you need are some new friends, not necessarily leaving the ones you have. Just broaden your circle of friends. A circle of friends should include at least one who keeps you on track...one who will always be straight with you and tell you when you're being stupid. You should be able to know that you can tell your friends anything, and it won't get broadcasted all over the city...trust. You should be able to have fun with your friends and have shared interests. That doesn't mean you always agree with everything they say. It means that you like some of the same things they like and you can do them together. Your friends should never be threatened by you bringing another friend into your circle, because your friends are like your extended family and are an extention of you. If your friends want you to be exclusive to them only, it may be time to find all new friends. No one should own your friendship. If your friends call and want to go somewhere and you don't, it should be ok to let them know you just don't feel like going out with them right now. They should be secure in your relationship that you don't have to spend all your time with them in order to remain close friends. You don't have to see your grandparents every day in order for them to continue to love you. It's the same with friends. Friendship should never be conditional, based on how much time you put into it. But, a certain amount of maintenance IS required to keep your relationship close. If you're wanting a break, it sounds like they're requiring more of you than you want to give. So, maybe just take up a new hobby for a while and see if it makes things go a little better for you. <*)))><


Is HEAVEN Eden??? I need tips on how to become a better follower in CHRIST.

The most important thing is to hold Jesus higher than the church


besides cough drops, what can i take for a sore throat?

It sounds kind of bad, and isn't the hottest thing to taste, but I find gargling with warm salt water for as long as I can stand it will help.\n\nAlso, they have sprays that help, but they don't last very long.  \n\nWorst case scenario, go for the good stuff - ice cream to numb it.  :o)\n\nHope you or the person with the sore throat gets better soon!


Shall i park my car at the allotted parking lot or neighbor’s parking lot?

at he allotted parking lot becaus you wont get towed away.


This is an honest question. I want to know what you really think about this. Anyone who has a religion or some kind of god, has a basis for their morals, the laws that their god gives them. \n\n(I'm saying "god" with a little "g" because I'm including all religions in this)\n\nWhat is the origin of morals for an atheist? If you say, "your conscience" then what if in someone's conscience, they believed that it was ok to hurt other people? what gives you the authority to say they are wrong? there would be no basis for the law in a completely atheist society. \n\nI'm not criticizing anoyone for not having a religion, I just want an honest answer. What is the origin of your morals? If you say it was your parents, then where did they get them from? obviously somewhere along the line, they came from some form of religion. Honestly, what is your opinion?

Being athiest doesn't mean you don't value life, I think if you value life that's enough to base morals off of your conscience.  How much you value life and living is what most laws are based on anyway so in a completely athiest society as long as the majority value life(which most would since the majority of people do) you could base the law off of that value since law isn't based on religious morals it's just based on preserving and respecting life.\n\nI'm athiest and my morals probably do come a bit from my parents, but mostly I just try to do what I feel is right.  The majority of athiests I know wouldn't deny that the morals in most religions are good things to adopt, they just don't want all the other crap that comes with the religion.  I have no problem following the golden rule, but I don't believe that I should have to scare myself into following it because I don't want to go to hell or dissapoint Jesus or whatever.  I believe that morals came before religion and that religion is just one way invented to get people to adopt the morals and to follow laws. If people are made to believe that there are eternal consequences for their actions they'll be more thoughtful before acting.  In the human society there are certain things you have to do to keep alive and to live well and they just happen to be more complicated than in the societies of other animals. The morals most of us have today are a survival instinct, we learned early on in our society that working together would help us thrive and in order to get people on your side you have to treat them a certain way and act a certain way yourself.  I think morals are more of a basis for religion than religion a basis for morals...religion needs morals but morals don't need religion.


he is my age, we talk about anything, I told him I love him but he wants to be my friend and he says I'm wrong, I don"t love him

Truely speaking some one loving you or not is very personal to them. We cannot change ones decision of loving or not unless it happens from the opposite side.\n\nYou can still try to be dignified and stay in touch as a friend and try to impress. But if you know for sure the opposite person is not at all interested then its cheating on friendship. You can put certain tests. As a girl you can try to keep away from him and if he tries to come in touch, believe me, chances are that he loves you.\n\nIts would be the same for girls, don't you believe?


I am Life Insurance Agent. I am  just trying to find out more clients to develop my insurance business.

If you are in the US go with insuremylife.org\nIts a informational website about life insurance that also provides a look up tool to find a local agent.\nThey allow for one agent per zip code in their directory.  Register a bunch of zip codes near you.


Clarence  Mulford invented the charecter of hoppalong cassidy and wrote many westerns in the early and mid 1900's now I see Louie Lamore is writing them, how can that be?

It looks as thought the questioner found the answer to his own question, so let's bring this to a close.


I'm trying to find court dates, booking numbers.


History of Football \n From Mary Bellis,\nYour Guide to Inventors.\nFREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! \n\nAmerican football was started in 1879 with rules instituted by Walter Camp.\nDerived from the English game of rugby, American football was started in 1879 with rules instituted by Walter Camp, player and coach at Yale University.\n\nWalter Camp\nWalter Camp was born April 17, 1859, in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended Yale from 1876 to 1882, where he studied medicine and business. Walter Camp was an author, athletic director, chairman of the board of the New Haven Clock Company, and director of the Peck Brothers Company. He was general athletic director and head advisory football coach at Yale University from 1888-1914, and chairman of the Yale football committee from 1888-1912. Camp played football at Yale and helped evolve the rules of the game away from Rugby and Soccer rules into the rules of American Football as we know them today.\nOne precursor to Walter Camp's influence was William Ebb Ellis, a student at the Rugby School in England. In 1823, Ellis was the first person noted for picking up the ball during the soccer game and running with it, thereby breaking and changing the rules. In 1876, at the Massosoit convention, the the first attempts at writing down the rules of American football were made. Walter Camp edited every American Football rulebook until his death in 1925.\n\nWalter Camp contibuted the following changes from Rugby and Soccer to American football: \n\none side retained undisputed possession of the ball, until that side gives up the ball as a result of its own violations \nthe line of scrimmage \n11 on a team instead of 15 \ncreated the quarter-back and center positions \nforward pass \nstandardized the scoring system, numerical scoring \ncreated the safety, interference, penalties, and the neutral zone \ntackling as low as the knee was permitted - 1888 \na touchdown increased in value to six points and field goals went down to three points - 1912\nThe NFL or the National Football League, was formed in 1920.


i'm getting divorced and need to sell quickly before the mortgage company starts to foreclose.

I really need more info, but a good Realtor will do a comparative market analysis (average price per square foot of similar homes sold in the same area over the last few months and shave a few thousand dollars off and may ask for an "as is" addendum to accompany any offers. Has the foreclosure been published yet? You will have at least 90 days (and probably 120) to close the house from the start of foreclosure. Unfortunately, you haven't much time to negotiate. How "hot" is your market? You migh want to see if your Realtor will take a 5% listing, keeping 2% and offering 3% on the MLS. Hope this helps


-molecules of potassium iodide contain 1 atom of potassium and 1 atom of Iodine \n-there is 1 to 1 ratio of potassium ions to iodide ions\n- potassium iodide is a molecular compound\n- potassium iodide is a polyatomic ion

There is a 1:1 ration of potassium cations to iodide anions.


I have writers Block and i have to write a story thats due tomorrow. What do I do?!?!

writers block is IMPOSSIBLE to stop.. trust me i know... just make your enviorment around you less distracting.. thats what i try and do... so that all you have to focus on is that ONE thing... lol you can try it i donno if it will work for you but it sure does work for me!!! lol


He does this alot and I'm just wondering.  He also tends to be deep in thought most of the time.  Other than that, he's pretty normal. What do you think?

I don't think he does. The deep thinking and constant brooding can be a sign of an anxiety disorder.\n\nAnxiety, anger and depression are feelings that intertwine. Try yoga, deep breathing or meditation.\n\nWe live in a consumer culture that is always go-go-go! So once in a while, just relax and take a deep breath.


This is in regards to an IP Telephony system and system lifecycle

Data network, video network and voice network all in one.\nUsually, this refers to phone system which runs on ethernet network (type of VOIP).\nThe idea is that there is reduced cost in maintaining only one network.


This is BETA website and is underconstruction.


I believe "better than I" is correct because the word "am" is implied at the end of the sentence.  \n\nThank you.

The key is apparently the word "than". The following is a quote from American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language at education.yahoo.com. \n\n Since the 18th century grammarians have insisted that than should be regarded as a conjunction in all its uses, so that a sentence such as  Bill is taller than Tom  should be construed as an elliptical version of the sentence  Bill is taller than Tom is.  According to this view, the case of a pronoun following than is determined by whether the pronoun serves as the subject or object of the verb that is "understood." Thus, the standard rule requires  Pat is taller than I  (not me) on the assumption that this sentence is elliptical for  Pat is taller than I am  but allows  The news surprised Pat more than me,  since this sentence is taken as elliptical for  The news surprised Pat more than it surprised me.  However, than is quite commonly treated as a preposition when followed by an isolated noun phrase, and as such occurs with a pronoun in the objective case:  John is taller than me.  Though this usage is still widely regarded as incorrect, it is predominant in speech and has reputable literary precedent, appearing in the writing of such respected authors as Shakespeare, Johnson, Swift, Scott, and Faulkner. It is also consistent with the fact that than is clearly treated as a preposition in the than whom construction, as in  a poet than whom (not than who) no one has a dearer place in the hearts of his countrymen.  Still, the writer who risks a sentence like  Mary is taller than him  in formal writing must be prepared to defend the usage against objections of critics who are unlikely to be dissuaded from the conviction that the usage is incorrect.·Comparatives using as . . . as can be analyzed as parallel to those using than. Traditional grammarians insist that  I am not as tall as he  is the only correct form; in formal writing, one should adhere to this rule. However, one can cite both literary precedent and syntactic arguments in favor of analyzing the second as as a preposition (which would allow constructions such as  I am not as tall as him).


You actually CAN have your cake and eat it too.  For example, I have the cake in my hands and I am going to eat it.  Shouldn't they saying be "you can't EAT your cake and HAVE it too"?  For example, I can't eat and swallow my cake and then have it for later.

If you think of the "and" operator in grammar as a "plus" in math, then no--both can't exist simultaneously (well, after you poop it out I guess).\n\nAnd since people want to emphasize you not being able to have something more than the action maybe that's why they say the HAVE first.


I am looking to practice and learn  skills and play in games.

In Southgate (about 10 miles south of Detroit), there is the Zodiac Club, they have wolleyball there.


i got this error after upgrading from win98 to winme\nand trying to run thumbsPlus 7.0  it's a  OBDC error it wount let me run the program even after reinstalling the program

Error 31. A device attached to the system is not functioning. Input cmd: "C:\Windows\System\... intdial.cmp\nProblem Description:\n\nYour cmmgr32.exe file is corrupt.\nSuggested Action:\n\nReinstall the LexisNexis® Internet Dialer Software\nNOTE: \n\nIf you use the Internet Dialer for Law Schools or the Internet Dialer for the Judiciary, we recommend that you upgrade to the lexis.com® Connection Software (Internet Dialer). You can download the Internet Dialer Software on the LexisNexis® Software Download web site. The lexis.com Connection Software is not Windows XP compatible. If you use Windows® XP, please contact LexisNexis Customer Support for installation assistance. \n\nSource(s):\n\nhttp://support.lexis-nexis.com/lexiscom/...


what is the best equipment for the least money?

Well along with your SBC Yahoo! DSL subscription you should have received a Router with built in wireless connections.\n\nYou will need either an ethernet cable if you are connecting wired [1 comes with package] or you should get a USB or Laptop Wireless card preferably D-Link, Airlink, Linksys etc. Look around local stores and internet for deals on these. Anything around $20 is a good deal.


Im doing a report for my accounting class and was wondering if anybody new major competitors for the broadly based health care company Johnson and Johnson.

I drink whisky\nu drink whine\nguess what ya'll its Gangsta Time!!!!!\n\nOakland in the House!!!!!! *RZ*\nSnoop doggy dogg and Randy Z are at the Door\nReady to make an enterance so back on up\ncause we're about to rip Sh*t up!!\n\ncome'on 3 months and no selection??


If you are in a school where Literature and Grammar are two subjects... couldn't they be considered as one?

No.  Literature is the study of written art, in the form of novels, stories, or poetry.  Grammar is the study of language, in the form of sentence structure, word selection, and written composition.  Grammar is an aspect of literature study, since proper grammar and grammatical choices can offer insight to literature.  Grammar, however, is applicable to more than just literature, and is funamental to a proper understanding of language even in everyday discussions or quick e-mails.  Grammar should be taught and mastered before literature is carefully examined.  Grammar applies to a broader array of fields; literature os a more narrow and advanced topic.


I don't know how to program. Where can I go to suggest a functionality to be added as Firefox extension? Basically, I want to be able to right-click on a tab to show the bookmarks and load a selected bookmark on that tab. This way, a bookmark can also be loaded to other tabs besides the current one.

You could go here (http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=8) to request an extension.


zara, hannes and mauritz, mango, max, benetton, promode, womans secret, c and a, pretty much the same as in every big cities in europe, and many other high class brands are represented\ngreat pleace by the way, and loads of pretty girls


A person sd he got some stuff out of an old house that was being destroyed in San Antonio, TX .  I ended up with a Bible, photos, and records from 1885.  I would like to find any family member to return it to because if it was part of my family history I would want it. I have people and business names, birth and death records, and a few cities to work with.  A few of these include: J.U.Dodd, Jennitte Bryner, Wade Bedell, & The Bedell Trailer Co. in SA, TX. Some cities include St. Louis (1919), Carthage,TX, & Connellsville, PA.  I do not have money to invest in this project and I do not want any money from a legitimate family member. I need to know how and where to even start my serch.  Any help or ideas at all, PLEASE.

You could try a Google search, such as:\n\n"Wade Bedell" "san antonio"


One tuning fork has a frequency of 20 Hz while the seconf tuning fork has a frequency of 226 Hz. How many beats will result?

The two original 20 and 226. Plus the sum of the two 246, and the difference 206.


As soon as the asker selects best answer then at least one person (I'm betting another answerer) gives it the thumbs down. How about not letting them give something a thumbs up or down.

Hadn't noticed nor do I care, people are people and I have not seen any arguements over the best answer picked. Some people may simply think it was not the best answer and give it a thumbs down due to that. All that matters here is the asker was satisfied.


Any recommendation on places on the resorts and/or places that are around 15-20 miles...\nWhat is the best place for a family (10 peoples)?\nWhat is the best place for a couple?

For any ski area in Lake Tahoe, I recommend the Embassy Suites in South Lake Tahoe. It is on the California side (no casino = no smoke and noise), has an excellent free breakfast every morning, and has free beer and wine each night. The buses for Kirkwood, Sierra, Squaw, etc. stop at the front door, so you are about a half hour from Kirkwood without needing a car. You can walk to the Heavenly Gondola next door. If you like gambling, the casinos are across the street.


the menu has all the old shearches i did befor and i want to clear them

In order to completely clear searches in your web browser, you have to do two steps.\n\nFirst (for Internet Explorer), click on Tools tab, internet options, and Clear History button. After you do that, set 'Days to keep pages in history' to *0*.\n\nSecond (and this is just as important as the first step), click on Tools tab, internet options, 'Content' tab, and click on the *AutoComplete* button (in the Personal information area). Click on 'ClearForms' button.\n\nDoing both of those steps should completely clear your web searches.


in Yahoo Mail or Games or just opening a padge and mikrosoft tells me it is the Yahoo browser any anser????

I had this same problem! It annoyed me for the longest time, but I found that it was spyware. It was also spyware that made my computer run louder and harder than normal. All you do is download a trusted adware/spyware remover, I used Microsoft BETA http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx) and its free too. Try it.


there was a rumor that Jose Rizal had an affair with a young lady in Germany, and that it was suspected to be the mom of hilter.. is this true?

no.\n\nTruth: Jose Rizal was in London in July - September 1888. Hitler’s mother lived and remained in Austria which is 1,135 km., away. Considering the distance, it is completely impossible for Rizal, to have fathered Hitler.


i mean thr both hurtin ur boby and if anything pot dont make u throw up if u smoke to much of it...it juss slowly wears off.

Wow, your message is not a good advertisement for legalizing pot!\n\nBut to answer your question, because they don't get it. They believe that pot is to blame for all drug use and that it leads to harder drugs.\n\nBooze and pot do different things, either one is real bad for you if not used in moderation. Some people are not capable of moderation with the use of their drug of choice.


how big is the internet? in terms of memory size? is there any other parameter to measure the internet?

That answer changes every second. The internet is not just one computer hidden in some basement somewhere. You personally contribute to the internet size everytime that you log onto your service provider. The Internet is basically every connected computer and server in the world communicating amongst each other.


how people started communicating each other?\nin the beginning was there only sign language?\nwhich language was the first to be spoken by human?

Language is always changing, therefore the language that was first spoken by humans no longer exists.  It is the mother that gave birth to all of the languages that exist today.  The mother's spirit is in all the children, but none of the children are the mother. \n \nA sort of Holy Grail of linguistics would be to discover what the mother of all languages was like.  It's possible that with enough study we can figure out something about it-- we have after all learned quite a bit about Indo-European, a prehistorical language which has been discovered by careful examinations of the commonalities between modern languages stretching all the way across Europe and Asia. \n \nThe first language probably developed along with the first speakers, people who lived long enough ago that not just their cultures but even their bodies were substantially different from how things are now. \n \nIt's pure speculation, but I think that sign language and spoken language probably emerged at the same time, in that strange noble race.  Sign and spoken languages seem to me to share a spiritual core, to be the same in their essence.  The great singular power of our facility of language is to make any thing mean any other thing.  A pile of rocks may mean a burning fire.  Some strangely shaped lines can mean the very "meaning" itself.  What a glorious world. \n \n<3


I was wondering if anyone knows where the ship is? Is she still over their or what?

Ship movements are classified for security purposes and discussion of ship movements coud endanger her safety and the safety of your son. If you have an emergency or need a health & welfare report, contact the Red Cross.


FYI Bollywood in India produces the most no. of films than any other country in a year Approx 800-900.

You ask for 5, I give you 10. Here are some of my favourites :\n\n1) Saara shehar mujhe Lion ke naam se jaanta hai - Ajit\n\n2)Yeh haath humko Dede Thakur - Gabbar\n\n3)Rishte me to hum tumhare baap hote hain, naam hai Shahenshah - Amitabh Bachan\n\n4) I talk english, walk english speak eanglish and eat english beacuse u see english is a very funny langauge - Namak Halaal\n\n5) Ek machar saala aadmi ko hijda bana deta hain - Nana Patekar.\n\n6) Yahan say puchaas koos door jab bucha raat koo roota hay too maan kehtee hay k soo jaa nahin to gabbar aa jay gaa - Gabbar\n\n7) Tumhara naam kya hai, Basanti - Sholey\n\n8) Aisa to Aadmi Life mein Doich time bhaagta hai. Olympic ka race ho, yaa Police ka case ho. Tum kisliye bhaagta hai bhai? – Amar Akbar Anthony\n\n9) "Daaru peene se liver kharaab ho jaata hai." - Satte pe Satta\n\n10) Aab Tera Kya Hoga Kaaliya - Gabbar


I know what W5C is, we carry that. But I have never heard of W5S and would like to know what the difference is or what the "S" represents.

The c indicates corrugated.  The s indicates solid.\nExcerpt...\nType CF (corrugated fiberboard) can be obtained in grades 3, 5, 6, 11, 13, and 15, with compliance symbols of V3c, W5c, W6c, V11c, V13c, and V15c. The small "c" indicates corrugated fiberboard.\n\nType SF (solid fiberboard) can be obtained in grades 125, 175, 200, 275, 350, 500 and 600 with compliance symbols of V2s, V3s, V4s, W5s, and W6s, as shown in figure 2-1, tables 2-3 and 2-4, which are taken from ASTM D 4727. The small "s" indicates solid fiberboard.


Try to get yourself into English language environment, i.e.  listen to radio/tv program in English (may start with english subtitle,it'll help in catching the vocabulary), practise often (speak, write, read). And find chances to hang out with English native speakers. :)


This question may as well be written in French.....what??????


I would like to know how the christians worship less the paganism added over the centuries. In essence, how did the founding saints worship the Father, what Holy Days did they pratice, and did they believe the Messiah to be God in the flesh.

Study Modalism, not to be confused with Patripassianism.\n\nThe Trinity was a product of philosophy, and politics.  Theological Evolution.  You can see that early "trinitarians" rarely agreed with each other, and all held the 'heresy of sub-ordination'\n\nIt was not until the Council of Nicea that the trinity was given a 'solid' form that could be built upon by later councils.\n\nEusubius, from which we know most of what we know about Nicea, went to the council for the express purpose that modalists would not have a voice in the council, and they didn't.  He origianlly went to help arius, but had been misinformed about his beliefs, and then supported athanasius, since Esubius liked Origen's teachings.\n\nWhen studying modalism, remember that trinitarians oversimplify the doctrine and label it as patripassianism.  This comes soley from claims from thier ancient enemies such as Tertullian and Hippolytus.  \n\nModalism beleives that Jesus was the messiah, God manifested in the flesh, but that he WAS NOT God in three persons, but rather God in A person, who was the image of the invisible God.  The Logos, the plan God had in His mind since the Beginning.\n\nPatripassianism is the view that the Father died on the cross. I am not a modalist. God did not die on the cross, the human flesh died on the cross, not the divine Spirit that dwelt fully within Him.\n\nWere Praxeas and Sabellius patripassianists?  Really, NO ONE can say yes or no.  All we have are biased writings from thier enemies.  Historically, no one knows.\n\nThere is but ONE God.  Jesus is the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.


Windows media player semes to control my computer anyone have the same proplem. took off some of my mp3 files

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "seems to control my computer" but when I did use WMP in the past (I now moved to iTunes) it served me fairly well for a basic music player. It's music library isn't particularly great in organizing properly, but if you arn't too big on music it's fine... Sorry if this doesn't answer your question.


A co-worker has been complaining about beiong hot all the time lately, and she is usually the type that is cold even in the summer.  She is 35, and wondering if she could be having menopause.

35 is way too early for menopause, but it could be perimenopause (aka pre-menopause). There is helpful info in the link below.


During the 1950s, several communications researchers realized that there was a need to allow general communication between users of various computers and communications networks. This led to research into decentralized networks, queuing theory, and packet switching. The subsequent creation of ARPANET in the United States in turn catalyzed a wave of technical developments that made it the basis for the development of the Internet. Contrary to popular myth, the DoD did not create the ARPANET so that they could communicate to the US Government after a nuclear war.\n\nThe first TCP/IP wide area network was operational in 1984 when the United States' National Science Foundation (NSF) constructed a university network backbone that would later become the NSFNet. It was then followed by the opening of the network to commercial interests in 1995. Important separate networks that offered gateways into, then later merged into the Internet include Usenet, Bitnet and the various commercial and educational X.25 networks such as Compuserve and JANET. The ability of TCP/IP to work over these pre-existing communication networks allowed for a great ease of growth. Use of Internet as a phrase to describe a single global TCP/IP network originated around this time.\n\nThe collective network gained a public face in the 1990s. In August 1991 CERN in Switzerland publicized the new World Wide Web project, two years after Tim Berners-Lee had begun creating HTML, HTTP and the first few web pages at CERN in Switzerland. In 1993 the Mosaic web browser version 1.0 was released, and by late 1994 there was growing public interest in the previously academic/technical Internet. By 1996 the word "Internet" was common public currency, but it referred almost entirely to the World Wide Web.\n\nMeanwhile, over the course of the decade, the Internet successfully accommodated the majority of previously existing public computer networks (although some networks such as FidoNet have remained separate). This growth is often attributed to the lack of central administration, which allows organic growth of the network, as well as the non-proprietary open nature of the Internet protocols, which encourages vendor interoperability and prevents any one company from exerting too much control over the network.


It started in the corner of the eye and has now moved to the pupil.

Is it actual blood dripping out of your eye or just redness?  Redness can be caused by a number of things (bacteria, viruses, allergies, irritation, etc).  See an optometrist or ophthalmologist so that it can be treated appropriately.


I did a brief search and found this\nhttp://www.bstpierre.org/Articles/CircumventingWebsense.html\nand this as well\nhttp://www.peacefire.org/\nOtherwise I have no knowledge about websense


im atracted 2 boys with blue eye,nice smile,and a nice butt in jeans.

Sorry, I'm not attracted to "mean". \nAssertive, yes ( nice arms & chest helps also.)\nBut nope, not "mean"


Pleas send evry thing about USP with pictures

Okay here's how it goes!\n\nIts been three months and your question is just sitting here for someone to come along and say pick the first answer or why havn't you picked it yet. \n\nI spent all morning voting for answers that were 3 months old and all of them had something like that. \n\nIf you pick the answer yourself you'll get 3 pts back instead of 2. But if you vote you only get 2 pts back and the best possible answer probably won't get credit because they've long forgotten about it.\n\nO yeah' Go Raiders!!! *RZ*\n\nP.s "I don't agree with going around not seriously answering these questions but if I don't someone else will." \n\nO yeah if the above answers suck, delete your question or pick me! :) J/k I'd ask it again and don't let it get this old.~


please say why. id say sis. but, im not tellin' you why...

James Howlett,Wolverines real name, did have a younger brother and he had claws like Wolvie, but he died according to the mini series 'Origin.'  Then in the mini series about the end of Wolverines life he had an older brother.  Don't quote me, but I am at work and check my comics right now.


I see a lot of people from Africa with "chukwu" in part of their names. Is there a meaning behind that name or is it just a popular name there?

Sometimes the translation from another language looses much in translation, especially with Westerners, who have preconceived ideas.  The paragraph below was written by a Nigerian and perhaps is a pretty good translation:\n\n“A substantial number of Igbo females bear names associated with Chi, `the Igbo personal life force', while equally a substantial number of males bear names associated with Chi's compound form, Chukwu (Chi ukwu) translated as `big Chi'. We refer to all these as Chi names. (However, where essential distinctions are drawn between the two, we refer to them as Chi names or Chukwu names respectively).”


either he is a hacker or he is a yahoo systems engineer. the nguyen guy seems to be more genuine at 2000 something points.. nguyen has answered like 329 qns. but yahooza. can anyone explain?\n\ndear reporter. this is a perfect qns. think twice b4 reporting absurdly u ass.

Hey everyone, I'm the yahooza guy and I work on the Y! Answers team, so please do not count my score as I need 'em to see all the advanced tools for higher level users. I don't mean to pollute the high scores.


There are a lot of webcomics I enjoy despite the artwork, which can be flawed at best and tragic at worst.  Are there any comics out there with stunning artwork, technically or aesthetically?

Try "A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible."\n\nIf you like stylized, anime-style art, try "Sam and Fuzzy" or "Girly."\n\nYou might also consult the list of Best Webcomics of 2005.


I love to see NHRA dragracing!  I want to know what goes on in the accual car.  What does the driver do!  What does it mean when there "appling the clutch".  When the light turns green do they just stand on the gas peddle? When burnning out the butterfly on the blowere don't open but when they race the blower opens wide...what do they do?  Can somebody answer my questions?

Go to NHRA website, all of your questions should be answered there.


how will i change answer of my secret qs in yahoo mail box

click on my account, that where you can change all the necessary account settings.


What is ur thoughts about Japanesse manga and anime...\nWhich one do u like best.\n"Pokémon is a Anime."

Well I happen to enjoy both Anime and Manga, though I've only recently gotten into manga. Personally, my favorite is Ruroni Kenshin, I like the story, the serioussness mixed with comedy, and the overall sadness of the story. My second favorite would have to be Scryed, a fairly new anime. Personally, though, there are very few animes that I don't like. Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain, Samurai Champloo, Full Metal Alchemist, Full Metal Panic, Inuyasha, Big O, Soul Hunter, Dragon Ball Z, Gundam....all of these are great anime's and I enjoy each of them. I mainly get my anime from Cartoon Network but I do own a few that are not on Adult Swim. I've always liked the range of emotions that run throughout most anime, and the over the top action is great as well. There is alot that I enjoy about anime, most of which can't be summed up into words :D. The only ones I hate are: Pokemon, Digimon, Yugi-oh, and Reign. I'm sure there are more but those are the only ones I can remember. Anyway, anime is great, those are my thoughts.


Also, when was the last time an Ivy League Team played in a bowl game?

Check out this site.  It is an in-depth look into Ivy League Schools.  Why no Bowl Games?  Probably because they don't win enough games/have a tough enough schedule.  I think the last Ivy League Bowl Game was the Rose Bowl when Brown played.  I can't recall the year, though.\n\nivyleaguesports.com


I plan on attending the University of Missouri Columbia for college for the fall of 2006 and I wanted to know any facts from someone who knows about the school and facts that are not listed on the site and that the recruiters don't discuss.

Visit the website. You can get a sense what the school in general believes in what events they put on and if the school has a newspaper read it. This is all in order to get a general sense. I would also plan a trip there, find some students talk to them.\n\nhttp://www.missouri.edu/


Looking to get in a few more dives and a roadtrip before the Holidays, but I have nowhere to start!

I would suggest visiting a local dive store (LDS) and checking: a) on any buddy lists they may have; b) any shop dives they do (typically these are free shore dives); c) any dive clubs in the area they are aware of; and d) any local charters they do. Heck, visit more than one LDS!\n\nAlso, taking an advanced class might allow you to also meet new people.


During Howards speech he had metioned that he saved a mans life that wanted to committ suicide by jumpin off the washington bridge(i think). whats the story how did it happen and how did howard help save him?

That incident took place over ten years ago.A guy called in from the top of the G W bridge contemplating suicide.The police soon arrived on the seen,but Howard talked him through it and eventualy got him to come down and call off the suicide attempt


what causes hiccups??? anyone know.. i was always told its your heart skipping a beat is this true??????

A hiccup or hiccough (generally pronounced "hiccup" independent of the spelling) is an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm; typically this repeats several times a minute. The sudden rush of air into the lungs causes the glottis to close, creating the "hic" noise. A bout of hiccups generally resolves by itself, although many home remedies are in circulation to shorten the duration, and medication is occasionally necessary. By extension, the term "hiccup" is also used to describe a small and unrepeated aberration in an otherwise consistent pattern. The medical term is singultus.\n\nWhile many cases develop spontaneously, hiccups are known to develop often in specific situations, such as eating too quickly, taking a cold drink while eating a hot meal, eating very hot or spicy food, laughing vigorously or coughing, or drinking an excess of an alcoholic beverage. Hiccups may be caused by pressure to the phrenic nerve by other anatomical structures, or rarely by tumors.


The GMAT is essentially a glorified SAT - all the stuff in there you definitely learned pre-college. I've never been a big proponent of the GMAT classes because I feel you can get everything out of the book. The class isn't going to teach you some random formula you don't already know. Both the books and classes essentially spell out what format of questions will be asked in each section. Then they drill you on that format repeatedly until solving for that type of equation or that grammatical structure is second nature no matter what weird way they ask it on the test. I would recommend getting one of the books, Kaplan is pretty much the industry standard. Read it all the way through. Then take every practice test in the book, then save a few bucks and go hang out in the bookstore and take a half a dozen practice tests in other GMAT prep books. Review every question on your test you got wrong and go back into the book to see what “format” of question it is and review that again. Then use the free CDROM that should come with your prep book to focus in on any sections you are bombing on the practice tests. This worked for me and one of my buddies. We studied for about two weeks for an average of 3 hours a day and topped out over 750. The MCAT would be another story…thank god I don’t want to be a doctor…


i'd love to be an eagle, ruling the sky flying iup above whenever/wherever i wanted, no boundaries, the sky is the limit and i'd feel sooo free with the wind passing all around me....

any big feline.\nfear nothing, live in groups but not depending as canines do, fearce, elegant...\nthey are just great.


My computer seems to crash when I burn or read CD's & DVD.  I figure that it is due to the excess heat that is produced, becuase my fan usually kicks into high gear before my system freezes.  Anyone have any suggestions?  SHould i just replace my computer fan?

Try cleaning it with a bottle of pressurized air before you go and buy one.  Also scan your computer for spyware, adware, viruses, and trojans, to make sure that your CPU is not being overloaded by malicious software.


from my perspective, people are product of there enviroment... divorce rate is higher then ever... and you know why? is because people keep hurting each other... maybe the guy tht cheated has had problems with his relationchips in the past, and has been cheated on... gurls draw the misconception that all guys are cheaters.. but the fact is society makes woman do things guys dont like.. and vise versa... its the mainstream... stereo type shit... he either did it outta presure, not loving you, or having internal problems with his past relationchips.... theres ur answer hun.. hope you feel better...


You really should stop smoking that stuff. I told you it'd cause problems.


I am currently seeking individuals to help support this idea and help me further develop it.

Be more precise about what you are trying to accomplish.  Are you trying to help get rid of illiteracy,  are you trying to educate people about something in particular, or are you trying to help improve the general publics learning skills etc etc?  Then post it somewhere, like yahoo, where people will see it.  I am sure there are people somewhere that will help you, when they know what you want or need.


Go to avatars.yahoo.com\nLog in using this id. \nYou will be presneted a lot of options. Just get creative. :-)


Please answer this question briefly. Thanks!

well, i am not positive, but i suspect that it's because of alpha decays.  most heavy radioactive elements like uranium and thorium decay into other more stable elements like lead, by the emission of an alpha particle.  an alpha particle is basically a helium nucleus - two protons and two neutrons.  the alpha nucleus picks up a few electrons from the environment when it's released and voila, you get elemental helium.


(4/3)*pi*r^3\n\n[four thirds pi r cubed]\n\ngood luck!


I entered one of the online contests and have enjoyed the site. When I try to play one of the games, the page freezes and the only way to continue is to turn off the computer; if I keep pressing buttons the mouse makes clicking noises and each time I press any button after that makes the same clicking noises. I have the Windows Me program. Thanks.

Windows Millenium edition is horrible.  Save yourself a lot of headache and buy Windows XP Upgrade (Pro or Home edition).  It will run a lot better than Millenium edition.\n\nAlso clean up your computer:  Go to download.com and search for Spybot Search and Destroy  and  Lavasoft Adaware.  Download those, install them, and scan your computer for infections.  Let it remove anything it finds that is spyware.\n\nIf you are familiar with msconfig, you can go into that program and turn off some programs that are running in the background.  If a program in the background is for a device, leave it alone...if it is for a multimedia program or something you know that you don't need to care about then turn it off.  You can find a huge list of startup programs at http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk and read about what each one does.  You can take entries that you find in msconfig (on the startup tab) and compare them to the things pacs-porta.co.uk has to say.\n\nYou can also make sure that your version of Windows and Internet Explorer is completely up to date: go to http://update.microsoft.com and download all the critical and recommended updates.\n\nAlso, you can try using a different webbrowser. Firefox is really great, free, and easy to use:  http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=152021&t=86


I had a strange dream last night, I was always falling on my face and breaking all my teeth, what does that mean? This may sound funny but the pain was real.

Well the people I know says that it means death.. honestly. If you wanna talk more about it my sn is lovely_smiley_face


i'm too fat for me and i'm only fifteen can you believe that?

ive tried im 14 and i think im fat. losing weight takes maybe a month. just take 30 minutes a day to excercise and dnt eat bad foods ull lose em poinds so fast u wnt believe it


If I point my spacecraft at a distant start and hit the acceleration full throttle, shouldn't the speed of the ship never slow down since there is an absolute vaccuum and no resistence or friction? Or do the interstellar particles and varies debris cause enough drag that a spaceship needs continuos thrust once out of the gravity of near by objects?

These answers "seem" correct. But Im not sure thats really the case. Within our solar system there is still gravity. What do you think is holding all the planets in place? Perhaps between systems that might be more true.\n\nThe problem is getting a large mass moving fast enough to really be productive. You still need loads of energy to get a real spaceship moving. We just dont have that tech yet. \n\nRight now scientists are working on a plasma engine. Check it out.


I like FirstL's answer.  I found some tips:\nhttp://www.insuremylife.org/quitsmoking.html


does Vice come from the latin for Victory?

No, for the Latin for change.  Vice as a prefix means deputy.  Check out below:


I heard that it was derived from the worst hand in oicho-kabu, but I'm not sure.

Wikipedia:\nThe term "Yakuza" comes from a Japanese card game, Oicho-Kabu (played with hanafuda or kabufuda cards). The worst hand in the game is a set of eight, nine and three. In traditional Japanese forms of counting, these numbers are called Ya, Ku and Sa, thus the origin of the word "yakuza." The yakuza took this name because the Ya-Ku-Za hand requires the most skill (at judging opponents, etc.) and, obviously, the best luck in order to win. The name was also used because it signified bad fortune, presumably for anyone who went up against the group.\n\nIn Japanese legal terminology, yakuza organizations are referred to as Bōryokudan, literally "violence groups". Yakuza members consider this an insult, as Bōryokudan is a term which can be applied to any violent criminal.


I often face this.  Sometimes people will ask for help which I cant do right at that moment.  But i cant directly say No to them thinking that they will be hurt emotionally!

Just say no.  It hurts more if you tell them yes and stiff them.  The thing is in life there are hurts and you can't shield people from them.  The only person your responsible to is yourself.


Google Registered the gbrower.com,.net,.org etc\nThey hired a Firefox Browser Developer\nThey are showing huge interest in Firefox (They kind of interagated the toolbar with firefox, been supporting every one of their product since firefox 0.8, launched a firefox with google toolbar referral campaign, made 4 firefox extensions)\nAnd the list goes on and on\n\nSo Is there currently a GBrowser or will there be one.\n\nNote:Please don't say it's Firefox

I would say for the time being, it is Firefox (sorry, i know you didn't want to hear that).\n\nI would imagine people in google have made some type of gbrowser that integrates all the google services into the browers better then the google toolbar does.    Since everyone who works at google can spend 20% of there time on personal projects and they have a number of XUL hackers, someone has done this by now.\n\nThe reason we havn't seen it i would imagine is becuase there is no reason to put it out.  I think Google is keeping something inhouse just incase MS decides to try to do something with IE that hurts google.  But untill then i doubt we would see anything from google as far as a Gbrowser goes.


As a child, after 2 minutes of turning on and off a light, I distinctly remember having been told by my mother, that it takes more energy to turn on a light bulb, that it does to run it for 30 minutes.  Terrified of the environmental ramifications I never did that again.  However I'm wondering if it is true for a standard old light bulb.  I seriously doubt it.  However what about a halogen, florescent, or even LED?  Any thoughts?

Not true...  generally. Standard bulbs may have a reduced life span as result of constant on-and-off because of the constant temperature fluctuation of the filament. As for energy consumption, the initial warm-up is almost instant such that it "essentially" does not use any more energy to turn on. Halogen bulbs are similar to standard bulbs except the bulb is pressurized with halogen gas for more light output. LEDs are not affected either way. As for florescent bulbs, they do require a ballast to initially heat the gas up which DOES take a little more energy to start up than run - but definitely not 30 minutes worth of running.\n\nYour air conditioner is a different story. It requires a surge of amperage to start up and uses far less energy to simply run. I still wouldn’t say it compares to 30 minutes worth of constant running though - maybe 10 or so. Your AC turning on an off constantly will not only produce a higher energy bill but will wear out the electrical components faster.


30 years of contributing the max to a Roth IRA each year should create a million.  If you have a 401k at work that offers matching, contribute enough to get the max of the match.


in the business of IC design and manufacturing

All computers have a source of power.  Some get it from the wall via an electric socket.  Some get it from batteries.\n\nThose with batteries must be more careful how much power they use so they don't drain the batteries so fast which will make the computer useful for longer periods of time.\n\nManaging the amount of power a computer uses is called power management.


I did, but it didn't follow the book all that well in many different places and Dumbledore wasn't supposed to think that Harry put his name in the goblet!

i LOVED it!! I felt it was better than the other ones, but that's because the fourth book is my favorite. I was disappointed that they didn't include the parts about Hermione and SPEW and the actual Quidditch World Cup game, but I know that the movie would have been almost 10 hours long if the writers included every single part of the book.


I'm 25 with no kids, I have been very sexually active in the pass but I have been celibate for the pass year. My friends keep telling me that no one would marry me without having sex with me first. Is this true?

you should wait until you are married if that is what you want. chances are if a guy has sex with you now he probably might only want sex. If a guy really loves you and repects you he will also wait until you are married.


I'd love to play this game again, but I've been told that it won't work. My game is long gone but they sell thrm on fleabay... I want to make sure I can do it before I buy.

I am fairly certain you can, if nothing else by using dosbox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/).


Mostly because of poor management from top to bottom. When they've been able to assemble good talent (like recently) they have a poor team manager (dusty baker) and when they have a good manager they've had a bad front office. And on top of it Wrigley Field is more of a tourist point and/or the worlds largest beer garden, so the fans really don't push the teams management to have higher expectations.


My girlfriend is upset because in my past I had sex with a FEW prostitutes ( 3 at most). Now!!, I "NEVER" cheated on ANYBODY and I took care of myself and did NOT get any STD, but the fact that I did it seems to bother her and I wanna know how and what's going thru her mind as a "woman". Me, personally, I think she did  something WORSE and LOWER than me.... She cheated on her ex-husband to take revenge because he cheated on her. YOU DON'T ROB THE THIEF WHO ROBBED YOU!!! YOU CALL THE POLICE!!!\nSHE "DID NOT" HAVE TO GET BACK AT HER EX!!! SHE JUST HAD TO LEAVE HIM!!! \nI f*cked prostitutes because I was LONELY!!!...nothing more!!! BUT SHE GOT SO SO LOW!!!\n***Tell me what you think....PLS***

I dont really have the expertise to answer this question, but from listening to many many wonderful chastity speeches, I know that the way that it will affect your relationship the most is the same way it will if you watch porn. Men who take part in these things are proned to a dissatisfication that develops in their relationship because there are these women or photographs of women who will pleasure you whenever you want, no strings attached. It may create restlessness in you where even though you promise to be loyal to her, your old habits will die hard.


i was gonna get my entire left ear done and my belly button...............wut do u think?

It's been way over done by too many girls.  At least you can remove them when you don't want them anymore, unlike that ridiculous back tatoo that's gonna look awful later in life.