What is the best (fastest) way to learn AJAX?

There is a very simple way of creating a web application with AJAX by using SAJAX--the Simple AJAX toolkit.  There is not very much information on the SAJAX website but there are a number of applications on the internet that utilize SAJAX that you can learn from.  Below is a Google search link for SAJAX.\n\nThere is also a link below for a book on Amazon.com called "Foundations of AJAX."  It is a wonderful reference book that was just published on October 17, 2005.  It is getting great reviews on Amazon.\n\nI program AJAX by using PHP but it is also important to have at least a limited knowledge of Javascript.


What foreign language do you know somewhat?

Mother tongue: English\n\nThen:\n\nGerman,\nDutch,\nAfrikaans,\nSpanish,\nItalian,\nHebrew.\n\n\nAnd I want to learn Arabic and Mandarin - if anyone has any advice on how best to learn them.\n\nEnglish by far is my favourite language ;-)  It has shades of meaning and a flexibility I've not found in any other language.\n\nThe language I found most culturally enriching was Italian - Mamma Mia!  It's an amazingly beautiful language.


What's your advice to someone facing the MIME type challenge in 2006?

Many developers are choosing to use XHTML instead of HTML as they move towards web standards. Some of these developers use XHTML without looking at all the issues. \n\nMy advice to anyone thinking about using XHTML would be to read all the information you can on the advantages and disadvantages of XHTML so that you can make an informed decision. \n\nIf you feel that XHTML is the most appropriate choice, you will then be faced with the "MIME type challenge" which is: \n\nXHTML 1.0 (transitional, frameset or strict) should be served as application/xhtml+xml. \nInternet Explorer does not support the application/xhtml+xml MIME type. \nTo solve this MIME type challenge, you then have to choose one of the following options: \n\nIgnore the issue completely and use XHTML served up as text/html. \nUse XHTML served up as text/html using backward compatibility mode. \nUse XHTML served up as application/xhtml+xml and deal with Internet Explorer using content negotiation. \nThere are many detailed articles that explain the issues associated with these three choices: \n\nSending XHTML as text/html Considered Harmful \nXHTML's Dirty Little Secret \nXHTML is dead \nContent negotiation \nPretending to use XHTML \nQuick guide to XHTML \nThe perils of using XHTML properly \nAt the risk of being burned at the stake, I think that unless you are willing to serve your pages as application/xhtml+xml with content negotiation, then you are probably better off staying with HTML 4.01 at this time. \n\nI prefer HTML 4.01 Strict over HTML 4.01 Transitional, as it forces developers to separate content and presentation more fully than Transitional. For example, presentational attributes such as align, background, bgcolor, border (for images and objects), clear, color, face, hspace and many others are allowed in Transitional, but not in Strict. Using Strict also forces developers to structure and mark up content more thoughtfully as you cannot have inline content directly inside the body, blockquote or form elements. \n\nThe bottom line is that each developer has to make their own choices.


were can i download the latest movies for free?


How many different religions are there in existence today?

There are about 21 major world religions today. About 1 billion people do not profess belief in any religion.\n\n   1. Christianity 2.1 billion\n   2. Islam 1.3 billion\n   3. Secular/Irreligious/Agnostic/Atheist 1.1 billion\n   4. Hinduism 900 million\n   5. Chinese traditional religion 394 million\n   6. Buddhism 376 million (see also buddhism by country)\n   7. Primal indigenous 300 million\n   8. African traditional and diasporic 100 million\n   9. Sikhism 23 million\n  10. Juche 19 million\n  11. Spiritism 15 million\n  12. Judaism 14 million\n  13. Bahá'í Faith 7 million\n  14. Jainism 4.2 million\n  15. Shinto 4 million\n  16. Cao Dai 4 million\n  17. Zoroastrianism 2.6 million\n  18. Tenrikyo 2 million\n  19. Neopaganism 1 million\n  20. Unitarian Universalism 800,000\n  21. Rastafari movement 600,000


has the show Prison Break changed days it come on oe what?

I've heard that it stole Arrested Development's time slot or something like that.


If I have a misdeamenor on my criminal record, what should I study in college?

You can study anything that you want, one misdeamenor is not going to slow you down in any way. Everyone makes mistakes in there lives and colleges wont hold that against you. Now if you were to have a felony that would be looked at more closely. Good luck!


they a lot of culture like african american mexician


Where can I get a Startup disk for a dell optiplexgx1 333l +?

support.dell.com that is where u can find it


Which cannot be restricted; Also the name of Krishna's Grandson\n\nPeople with this baby name are magnificent and vigorous. Luck is on their side, but what they apparently lack is diligence, concentration and assiduity. They tend to dissipate their energies, often lacking earnestness about everything. These people are lively, even-tempered, witty, often gifted, but their quick mind quite often combines with carelessness and laziness. They can be ambitious and power-loving.\nYou are truly Anirudh & if you don't believe me , see your points!


How to install win 98 after installing win XP?

See, the problem here is that Windows XP has a capable boot loader, and Windows 98 does not. You could always install a 3rd party boot loader like V-Com System Commander or LILO or GRUB which are both Free Open Source Bootloaders that would work for any operating system, not just linux. Worst case scenario, go ahead and install Win98, then re-install windows XP. You DO have the install disc yes?


WORD HISTORY: \nAlthough Saint Nick uses reins on his reindeer and reindeer are used to pull sleds in Lapland and northern Siberia, the word reindeer has nothing to do with reins. The element -deer is indeed our word deer, but the rein- part is borrowed from another language, specifically from the Scandinavian languages spoken by the chiefly Danish and Norwegian invaders and settlers of England from the 9th to the 11th century. Even though the Old Icelandic language in which much of Old Norse literature is written is not the same variety of Old Norse spoken by these settlers of England, it is close enough to give us an idea of the words that were borrowed into English. Thus we can cite the Old Icelandic word hreinn, which means "reindeer," as the source of the first part of the English word. The word reindeer is first recorded in Middle English in a work composed before 1400


Are there any advanced ancient civilizations left to discover?  Under the ocean, etc.?

We are still finding new sites every year so, yes, I think there are still ancient civilizations out there that will surprise us in the future...


What is better for New Year's Eve?  Go to bar or stay at home ?

Stay home and invite a few friends, drink champagne and eat foie gras, oysters and snails; Listen to good music.


Where can I learn all about the basics of credit cards?

I agree with VaTreasures - the best thing you can do when using a credit card is to discipline yourself to pay off your balance on time.  If you get into a habit of not paying on time you start to acrue more and more interest fees (I know all about it).  Paying back on time will also avoid any missed payment penalties.\n\nApply for a credit card with an interest free period, this will cut down on costs.  Getting an interest free period is important.\n\nIf you are unhappy with the idea of running a credit account, then I would recommend a prepaid card or direct debit card.  Prepaid cards can be loaded with funds so you cannot overspend, which keeps your finances in good shape.  Debit cards withdraw funds from your bank account instantly when you make a purchase, again these do not require managing a credit account and help discipline your spending.\n\nMore helpful tips from round the web:


His real name is Glen Jacobs.  He has previously appeared in the WWE as Isaac Yankem and The New Diesel.  These gimmicks failed of course, but WWE loved his look and size so he was repackaged in late 1997 as the Undertaker's half brother Kane.\n\nHope that answers your question!!


Depends if you want to be able to call and get in righ away everytime.  Be cheap she will never make time for you...tip big and your in like flynn.\n\nanything below 20...5$\n20 an above 8$....\n30....10$.....\nOr twenty percent!\n$100.00 at Christmas.\nscreaming kids whose mothers insist they need a haircut...under three triple...\n4-12.....double the price \n Bitchy teenage prom goers that have never had their hair up...half again.


God made grass. man made booze. What do you trust ?

Grass more than booze, you can't die from an overdose of grass, but you can od on boose


Trying to set up Instant Rails - Get this error - Apache port(80) is used by "" (inetinfo.exe)! Any ideas?

Sounds like you've got IIS (or one of its tools) running. Either kill it, change its port or change the port in Apache's config.


Who will be the Republican Candidates for President '08?

John McCain\nBill Frist\nMitt Romney\nRudolph Guliani\nAlan Keyes\n\nMy vote is for John McCain


how do i upload one of mah videos to the internet so dat i can get an URL for it?

Just open up a free hosting acount , try http://www.freewebpage.org , then upload your video\nthen point the url to the video path.\n\nExample : http://www.hosting.com/urser/video.mpg


How would you know that you have fallen out of love?

you can tell cause you would start acting in a different way.


I want to understand the development of childrens sense of humour?

Understanding how a pun works may help.  Bennet Cerf a well know editor was an infamous punster.  His friends it is said once locked him in his own closet at a party and he banged and yelled, "Oh pun this door."  A pun uses a word that because of its sound or spelling can be mistaken for two meanings (like red and read).  Freud called that an economy of use (and he loved witty puns) because you got two meanings for the price of one.  The able mind felt stress trying to figure out which meaning to use and we often smile or laugh to relieve stress.\n\nBeing tickled is a mild for of torture but being tickled by Mom or Dad or sister causes mild stress that is relieved by laughing, we know we are not being hurt.


What is the best way to compress attachments to send by e-mail?

Well the best way is to compress by Winrar. If winrar is installed, right click on the file and in the compression menu, increase the compression ratio from normal to best. In fact, it also has a compress and mail feature.\n\nIn case your file is bigger than the limit set by your email provider, you can divide the file into small parts using a feature in Winrar for dividing and mailing the files. Hope it works for you.


If you mean in terms of the human body, gastric means stomach.  So a gastric ulcer is an ulcer in the stomach, and a gastric tube is a tube inserted into the stomach, etc....


How many people have there been since the beginning of modern man?

theyve caculated it to be somewhere around 100 billion


What do you think about the US Army adopting the tan suade desert boots as the uniform footwear even with BDUs

It's kinda nice not to have to polish the combat boots, and they won't have the hot weather version only.  They will get a cold weather version soon enough.


How many elephants does it take to pull 400 tons of paper ?

about 668 elephants if each can pull 1200 pounds.


what is intuition............n things like being psychic?

Well, some ppl claim that they can see the past and predict the future. Some of them say that they've actually done it before with accuracy. There was this one famous predictor hundreds of years ago... I think his name was Nostradamus... and his writings have been interpreted to say that he predicted 9/11 and stuff. \n\nIntuition is different from being psychic. Intuition doesn't always involve prediction- it's more of a gut feeling.


If God is eternal how can he taste death.In the defininatiion of eternal death is the opposite?

God is in all of us and he feels it when we die.


need infomatin on reading tarot cards and their history?

There are tons of websites out there, and it really depends on what deck your using.  But here are a couple:\n\nhttp://www.supertarot.co.uk/lessons/15back.htm\nhttp://www.extonbiz.com/Understanding-the-tarot-article.html\n\nHere's an interested and inexpensive book:\nhttp://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PRODUCT&PROD_ID=960073&cid=64664&fp=F\n\nGood luck!


How i can be the bigest at all the world??

The question is:  the biggest WHAT?  You can succeed at anything you want, but you should try and decide for yourself what that is.\n\nThe only secrets to success are hard work and luck.  No amount of one without the other will ever get you there.  My advice is to start now working hard toward what you want; it will serve you well as time goes by.


What are some of the different jobs I can get with a Master's Degree in Counseling?

You can work at various publicly funded institutions like senior centers, psych wards, prisons, hospitals, etc. You can hang a shingle and start a private counseling practice. You can get certified to become a school counselor. If you like and care about people, it's a rewarding job.


Are there 2 Full moons this month (december)?

Nope it has to be 2 full moons.  Not 2 new moons.  There's only been one full moon this month.  there will be, however, two new moons.  one was on the 1st and the other will be the 31st....  the full moon happened on December 15th.\n\nA "Blue Moon" is the name given to the second full moon in a calendar month. Because there are roughly 29.5 days between full moons, it is unusual for two full moons to "fit" into a 30 or 31 day month (and impossible to fit into a 28 or 29 day month, so February can never have a Blue Moon). The saying "Once in a Blue Moon" means a rare occurrence, and predates the current astronomical use of the term, which is quite recent. In fact, Blue Moons are not all that rare, on average there will be one Blue Moon every 2.5 years. After 1999, the next Blue Moons will be in November 2001; July 2004; and June 2007. The last one before 1999 was in July 1996. \nThe term Blue Moon is believed to have originated in 1883 after the eruption of Krakatoa. The volcano put so much dust in the atmosphere that the Moon actually looked blue in color. This was so unusual that the term "once in a Blue Moon" was coined. However, Blue Moon was also used in much the same way we use the term "Harvest Moon". There were twelve names for full moons, one for each month, and the name Blue Moon was used in years which had 13 full moons. It referred to the third full moon of the four occuring between an equinox and solstice in that year. A misinterpretation of this led to a Sky and Telescope Magazine "Star Quiz" in July 1943 followed by an article in March 1946 which stated that the second full moon in any calendar month was called a Blue Moon (attributed to the 1937 Maine Farmers' Almanac), and this definition has now become part of the language. \n\nIn January and March of 1999, we had a situation which only takes place about four times a century: two Blue Moons occurring in the same year. The last time this happened was in January and April of 1961 and it will not happen again until January and March of 2018. A double Blue Moon most commonly occurs in January/March but is also possible in January/April or January/May and only when there is no full moon at all in February. It is also possible to have a Blue Moon in December of one year and March of the next year, again, there is no full moon in the intervening February. \n\nThat might have been way more info than you wanted, but now you know... and knowing is half the battle.


In CMOS the SATA gives me 2 options...  IDE and RAID...  Which should I use and why?

The answer depends.  If you have two hard drives in your computer that are the exact same size (i.e. both 80 gigs) you should choose raid and configure your system in a raid 1 format.  What this does is basically give you a fail safe if one hard drive crashes.  \n\nIf you only have one hard drive in the computer I would  choose IDE, raid would serve no purpose.


Pounds abbreviates to lbs because lbs is actually an abbreviation of libres, which is latin for 'pounds'.  Latin is used for abbreviations a lot because its use in the sciences percolates into everyday English, especially for weights and measures.


How does one build/customize one's own computer?

It really depends on what you are looking for.  Are you building a basic computer just for web-surfing, email and office applications.  Or are you building something that can do all of that plus a little light gaming on the side.  Or do you want a high end gaming rig capable of breaking the speed of light (well, not really the speed of light) but something that is very fast and capable of breaking every single frame rate benchmark ever set.\n\nSince it really does depend on what you are looking for I will refer you to Extreme Techs (see source link) step by step guide to building a PC.\n\nHere are some guidelines:\n\nBasic PC - 256MB of memory, Sempron or Celeron Processor, 80GB hard drive, CD-R or DVD drive\n\nMultimedia PC - AMD 64 3200+ or Pentium 4 at 2.8GHz or better, 512MB of memory, 160GB to 250GB hard drive, DVD+/-R/RW drive, 128MB graphics card\n\nGaming PC - AMD 64 or 64x2 3800+ to 4000+ or the fastest Pentium 4 you can find, 1GB to 2GB of memory, 250GB to 300GB hard drive, consider the option of having two hard drives, dual layer DVD+/-/R/RW drive, possibly a second optical drive and a 256MB to 512MB high-end ($250+) graphics card\n\nThough, you will get varying opinions on this, it is just to serve as a guide.


Who is the CEO of Panasonic and what is his/her e-mail address?

The real name of Panasonic is Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. It is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 600 companies. \n\nThey do not have a CEO, but rather the following positions:\n\nFumio Ohtsubu - President\nMasayuki Matsushita - Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer\nKazuo Toda - Executive Vice President\nOsamu Tanaka - Executive Vice President\nKumio Nakamura - Chairman of the Board\nMasayuki Matsushita - Vice Chairman of the Board\n\nYou will not be able to find their email addresses, as that is proprietary information.


Many websites use icon sets designed for KDE:\n\nhttp://kde-look.org/index.php?xsortmode=high&page=0\n\n(Choose Icons from menu on left). \n\nMany icon sets come as SVG. If you don't have a SVG editor, grab Inkscape ( http://www.inkscape.org/ )


Should there be an age requirement to vote?

I think we should be able to vote when were 16 because if we pay taxes and deal with other goverment stuff then why can't we vote. i also think it should be determaied on how well you know whats on the ballot. We live in the USA we should have a opinon to.


How do you get to know people better in this place becuz I need somedbody to talk 2!!!!!!?

It is hard because of the format. Try the chat room and yahoo! groups to find someone to talk to.


Does Yahoo have any other programs in beta?

Yes, also in beta are, Yahoo! Maps, Yahoo! Podcasts, Site Explorer, Instant Search, Mobile Shopping Search, Yahoo! Audio Search, My Web 2.0, Yahoo! Mindset, Y!Q, My Yahoo! Ticker, & Yahoo! FareChase.


It helps me to lay down, close my eyes and focus on something else besides how sick I feel. Try not to focus on food tough that can make it worse :) Mind over Matter.


"...while the adult skeleton contains 206 bones, the skeleton of an infant contains 350 (the bones fuse together as you grow). And more than half of your 206 bones are found in your hands and feet."


Do you Ever think that the "Computer Geeks" will com up with a Computer that has a BIG Hard Drive?

In ten years we've come from 10 MB to 300 GB. I don't think 100 TB is that far ahead (well, it is a bit far, but not unthinkable).


Credit card companies protect you against fraud if someone steals your credit card information.  I've had it happen, and both Mastercard and Visa were more than happy to cancel the charges and investigate the crime. \n\nShopping online is safer than giving your credit card to the waiter at a restaurant. They dissappear behind a wall for a minute with it and who knows what they do with it.  If they are honest: nothing... if they aren't:... you get the idea.\n\nShopping online is very convenient as long as you don't mind waiting for shipping.  I never buy electronics locally if I can avoid it because I always get a better deal online than anything available in this city.\n\nSome useful websites for shopping online:\nhttp://www.pricegrabber.com\nhttp://www.pricewatch.com\nhttp://www.dealtime.com\nhttp://www.ebay.com


Irreducible complexity:   \n\nIrreducible complexity is a concept which considers that the generally accepted scientific theory that life evolved through biological evolution by natural selection alone is incomplete or flawed, and that some additional mechanism is required to explain the origins of life. \n\n\nSpecified complexity\n\nSpecified complexity is defined by certain criteria identifiable in biological systems and then used to argue that natural evolutionary processes are wildly unlikely to be able to produce these systems. \nSpecified complexity is defined as "unevolvable" and then certain biological systems are asserted to exhibit this property. \n\n\nFine-tuned universe\n\nThe Universe seems to be 'fine-tuned' (for life), because any small changes in the 20 or so physical constants would make it very different, and presumably not hospitable to life. For example, stars would not be able to fuse hydrogen and helium if the electric charge of the electron had been only slightly different, or if the strength of the strong nuclear force had been only 2% greater diprotons would be stable and hydrogen would fuse too easily.


b/c we r sexy what r u talking about y even ask, it is the truth and it aint gonna change lol


how many pennies does it take to weigh 300grams?


Fourteen million, seven hundred fifty thousand, five hundred eighty three.


what's the difference between zeitgeist and Gestalt?

Gestalt is a German word meaning shape or form. The word also bears connotations to creativity (Gestaltung). In English gestalt refers to the concept where an entity's properties cannot be discovered from the total properties of its parts. The more general English equivalents are synergy, holism, emergence, and variations on the phrase "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts".\n\nLook up gestalt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.In psychology, Gestalt can refer to: \nGestalt psychology (Gestalt theory), and Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy \nGestalt therapy \nThe Gestalt effect \nGestalt was also the name of an environment-query function in Mac OS. \nGestalt is also a term used in Dungeons and Dragons to represent a warrior/arcane mage multiclass combination or character concept, although the term can be more generally used to describe when the features of two or more classes are combined to create a 'mixed' class at first level (also known as taking apprentice levels). In Dungeons and Dragons v3.5, gestalt is a variant rule from the sourcebook Unearthed Arcana which allows a character to simultaneously take two classes at once, gaining the abilities and strengths of both. \nFans of the Transformers (and to some degree Hasbro) use the term gestalt to refer to teams of robots which can combine together to form one large robot which is "stronger than the sum of its parts". \nAuthor Theodore Sturgeon (February 26, 1918 - May 8, 1985) referred to the term gestalt in his book More Than Human (Farrar & Straus, 1953. International Fantasy Award) to describe a series of characters that together created "a greater being", also implying that this was the next stage in human evolution. Nonetheless the different people that formed the gestalt could be changed for another person with similar characteristics (for example, a person that performed as a "head" could be exchanged for another person as long as he was able to be a "head" and was accepted in the gestalt). \nThis is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.\n(disambiguation). \nLook up Zeitgeist in Wiktionary, the free dictionaryZeitgeist is originally a German expression that means "the spirit (Geist) of the time (Zeit)". It denotes the intellectual and cultural climate of an era. Volksgeist has similar meaning. Zeitgeist is still used in German, while Volksgeist is not.\n\nThe concept of Zeitgeist goes back to the German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder. In 1769 he wrote a critique of the work Genius seculi by the philologist Christian Adolph Klotz (German Wikipedia article) and introduced the word Zeitgeist into German as a translation of genius seculi (Latin: genius - "guardian spirit" and saeculi - "of the century").\n\nZeitgeist has achieved a unique status among German loanwords in other tongues, having found an entrance into English, Spanish, Dutch and even Japanese.\n\nIt is a term that refers to the ethos of a cohort of people, that spans one or more subsequent generations, who despite their diverse age and socio-economic background experience a certain worldview, which is prevalent at a particular period of socio-cultural progression. Zeitgeist is the experience of a dominant cultural climate that defines, particularly in Hegelian thinking, an era in the dialectical progression of a people or the world at large.\n\n[edit]\nQuotations\nWhoever marries the zeitgeist will be a widower soon. - August Everding (German Wikipedia


how can u tell if sumone on Yahoo Answers Beta is lying to u?

well theyre lying if their name is sevensix2x51.. that's for sure.. also if their answer doesn't make sense or makes you feel depressed, or if it's really funny. also maybe you're not asking the right question, like on irobot..


CRT is a "Cathode Ray Tube" CRT displays have been used up until recently for everything from TV sets to computer displays. Now with Plasma screens and LCDs and other forms of technology, the CRT is one of many forms of technology. But when people call TV "The Tube" it refers to a Cathode Ray Tube.


an on line casual friend. she showed great impassions, but  now she is evasive. How to attract her again.?

Don't try to force anything. If it's meant to be it won't be so hard.  Go with the flow of the relationship and listen to her when she says no. Lots of us men don't realize that when a woman says no she means it. Don't be posessive, be kind to her and see how it goes.


Because love is beautiful and wonderous. It gives you hope and a reason for living. Not just boyfriends/girlfriends. But family and to a certain degree friends. life is always fuller when you have love. I'm not sure that answers your questioon but I did my best.


how long would space take you to get Neptune from Earth?wat da size of Neptune and local from da sun??

well, i'll answer your questions in reverse order.\n\nneptune's average distance from the sun is about 4.5 billion kilometers, or about 30 times as far out as the earth.  it has a diameter of around 50,000 kilometers, which means it's about 4 times the size of the earth.\n\nas for how long it would take - that entirely depends on what kind of spaceship you used to get there.  if you had a fictional spacecraft that could go nearly the speed of light, it would take around 3 hours.  if you used the same kind of spacecraft that the apollo missions used, you would be traveling around 25,000 MPH.  this is around 40,000 kilometers per hour, so:\n\n4.5 billion kilometers / 40,000 kilometers per hour = 112500 hours = 13 years or so.


You page updates on the frequency of the visit by Yahoo Web crawler robots. As such, all you can do is wait for them. But yes, you can improve upon their frequency of visit, by either exporting you blog by RSS and including it on Yahoo 360. My Yahoo 360 account is crawled at an average rate of 8-10 days. By linking to your blog, it further improves upon the chances of updation.\n\nAlso, submit your site again at http://search.yahoo.com/, it would then crawl the undiscovered blog posts.


Does any one know what the best thing for a tooth-ache is...?


i heard you can make soap out of like pig fat, or something... what is that something?

you boil fat down, and let it cool into layers.  (this will happen naturally.)  take the hard layer of fat off the top, and mix it with lye.  lye can be obtained by mixing hearth ash with water.. a sort of highly toxic and corrosive "tea", so to speak.  (by hearth ash, i mean ash from the hearth..  wood ash from a cooking fire.)  you mix the lye with the hard fat, and it should start to foam up a bit.  keep stirring until it settles (stir with a wooden spoon.. not metal, for metal with react with the soap-in-progress.)  pour the foul-smelling liquid into molds, cover them, and let them sit for at least 7 months.  it takes this long for the lye to finish reacting with all that animal fat.  once the soap has cured, it's ready for use.\n\ni'm sorry, but i do not remember the exact proportions that go with with recipe, but i'm sure you can find that somewhere online.


is shell oil the same as quarker state oil?

Yes, the Quaker State brand is located in Houston, Texas as part of Shell Oil Products, US.


would a box (or  can) of cookies and a x-mas card be a nice gesture to  neighbors?

I think that would be absolutely wonderful!  True spirit of the holiday!  More people should be like you.  If I was your neighbor, I would just be so flattered!  I was thinking about doing something like that for my neighbors too, but I was going to attempt making a jam.  I found a real easy recipe for the crock pot.


that is so awesome.  now we just need to do that in kansas!


Anyone ever seen the movie "The Pirate Movie" with Christopher Atkins?

Sorry...it's a cheesy version of the great Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates Of Penzance.  There is a movie version of it starring Kevin Kline, Angela Landsbury, and Linda Ronstadt (the start of her serious singing career) which IS pretty good, even if Rex Smith is in it.


do you think we ever really went to the moon?

I'm not sure. I believe it is real though. Wish I had some solid proof to back it up. Perhaps we wont know for sure untill civilians are able to land freely on the moon and see for themselves. Until that happens fully, we just have to rely on faith.


where are all the missing children ending up?

A lot of children who are claimmed missing move to the middle of no where. Others are seen online. If you know of a missing child, report it.


On the note of clubs... why do people try to talk while on the dance floor?

It's a way to socialize. You don't dance and pretend to ignore your partner, do you?


who is the first gay in the world?when?where?

frogs!\nnaturally a partner is compelled to change sex in order to procreate!\n\nIn man evoloution, this could have exist since stone age!


Isn't Yahoo! a bit stingy with the point system. Shouldn't we earn more points for our brilliant answers?

No.  It should be hard to get a high ranking.  That way a high ranking actually means something.\n\nIf points were easy, they wouldn't have any meaning what so ever.


Practice makes perfect...decide what kind of writing you want to do and then spend at least 15-30 mins writing a day. Also, read at least 15-30mins a day of the same kind of things you would like to write. Keep a folder of all your favorite articles to spark ideas for yourself later on.


any suggetions on how to kick your 23 year old siter out of mom and dads house???

A job and a boyfriend?  Seriously, you sound like her little brother, and none too pleased about it.  Unless you can convince the parental units that having Sis remain there is a danger to your development, you may be stuck.  You could try talking to her to see why she's there.  Maybe she wants to leave but can't figure out how.  The worst she can do is blow you off.  There's always a chance she may ask for help or advice.  Stranger things have happened.


how can i make a boy to like me ?five months ago we have a relation but he was left far away,now i'm not sure

It appears that the question period has expired. If you have received an answer that meets your needs, please choose a 'best answer.'\nRegards.


of all materials available why is mercury chosen in a thermometer?

Actually, you can use many other materials for a thermometer, not just mercury.   Mercury is nice because it has properties that make it easier to build a more practical thermometer than the others.   For one it is liquid at room temperature.    Mercury would not be a good material for a thermometer below it's freezing point (see www.webelements.com for details)    Assuming we want thermometer for measuring temperature variations around room temperature, then the other properties of mercury, that is, its temperature expansion coefficient and pressure compressibility, are just right so it will expand predictably over the approximately 1 or 2 inch range that it in your thermometer.    \n\nHope that wasn't too long winded.


First, you have my sympathy. Betrayal always hurt. I am sure that you are torn up inside. However, let me point out several thing. Isn't better to know his character now-- otuside of marriage, if that is where you were hoping the relationship would go-- rather than after marriage?  Second, recognize that people rarely change their stripes, if he comes back and wants a second chance... I would encourage you to firmly let him know that "betraying for five years does not deserve asecond chance. You have no intention to give him the chance to hurt you again."\nFinally, remember that women cheat on men too! So your questions can be better phrased, why do people cheat when they are in a love relationship?


What does it say on the statue of liberty's book?


Do grrrs like it if a guy washes their hair?

Do you mean a woman??\nWhat is with the grrrr thing?\nAs a woman I can say I would enjoy having my hair washed...it is a kind of pampering and that is always nice.


How to keep away from my computer so that I can Study?

Get a lady friend and uh... upload in a different way ;) voila


What was the actual reason for the cause of Tsunami last year?

The last years Tsunami was cause by the 2 plates breaking underneath the Phi Phi islands @ 8 15am. It caused the ground to rise up to 40 feet for 750 miles, which  cause an earthquake of 9.5 on the scale. They are predicting that the next country to be hit with a Tsunami is Samaliya.  And US is next... Oregon, Washington and all NW states, BEWARE.  AMERICA'S TSUNAMI, ARE WE NEXT? When they cannot predict, however, they say it might be in the next 1000 years or it might happen tommorow.


What is the most random thing that someone can say?

You mean like.. the y2k problem was a government cover up for sporks and super-soldiers? Well, they were placed there beforehand the y2k problem. How did they know of the y2k problem? Well they planned the y2k 'problem' and started circulating the sporks in order to keep a certain amount of control of what we use for utensils in common fast food restaurants knowing that more and more people would begin buying those popular breakfast meals. This way, they could keep tabs on how much we bought of those [because there is a correlation between who buys the breakfast meals and a vulnerability to one of their super-drugs], and effectively make a 'mistake' in a margin that they extracted and replaced with the 'breakfast meal' results therefore creating the hype of a 'y2k problem'. They needed to get this information inside of the system before the year 2000 to effectively wipe this potentially dangerous data from existance. The data only made it into a certain super secret document. What could they gain of this? Well they had much to gain. They needed the information on how popluar these breakfasts really were to be able to feed us super sedatives to breakfast meal buyers (which answers the age-old question of 'Is the government controlling fast food joints?') and abduct a few selected buyers for a project to create super-soldiers. These super-soldiers are disguised as those Roomba vacuum cleaners.


Which building is currently the highest in the world, where is it, and what is it used for?

The CN Tower is the tallest free standing structure and it is used as a resteraunt. It stands 1,815 feet and is in Toronto, Ontario Canada.The tallest building is the Taipei 101 and it is a Financial Center in Taipei Taiwan. It stands 1,666 feet.


yes.  His undying love and forgiveness continues to wash away my sins and it is His divine mercy that raises me towards Christian purity.


On Mac OS X, when I enter System Preferences -> Sound it crashes. Any clue?

I think you best bet will be to go insider your user Library folder>Preferences and delete the Finder .plist and restarting. If this does not do it, it may be another plist, but I am not sure which. Try creating a new user account. If all works will, it is definately a plist problem. The folks below are a real help for these types of questions.


How do we put back JESUS CHRIST in today's Christmas celebration?

WE must have JESUS CHRIST in our heart's not on a calendar, celebrate christmas with joy and don't let no one put a damper on christmas.\n        * MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE *


WHAT IS THE BODY COUNT OF BLACKS NOW FROM THE WAR IN IRAQ?

Question for you is have you ever been to Arlington National Cemetary EVER, also it doesn't or shouldn't matter what someone's name is when they have given their life for this country... maybe you should think about that then your borderline racist comment ... Jamal isn't a street name Pookie or Ray Ray or Slim is  know the difference and bother to go to Arlington not to look at the names of people but to HONOR the service members that are buried there... My husband has done more than his share of funerals at Arlington and handed many a US Flag to a widow or mother and I'm sorry but that is someone's child that is gone that you are just gafing off with your ignorance and lack of any respect whatsoever which says more negative things about you than a person Named Jamal or Kobe...


Why do single women sleep with married men?

Probably for the same reasons that married women sleep with married (or single) men.  Because they do not respect the marital vows.


do you think there is any end to piracy?

If you mean Piracy in terms of information theft (like stealing MP3's, movies, or software off the internet) then likely not. Corporations will continue to spend a lot of time and money both in and out of court to keep their properties from being freely distributed in this way, but smarter, faster, and newer methods of countering them will always arise. The internet is here to stay, and along with it, a revolution in the way that information is distributed.


What are syptoms of high blood pressure?

Usually, there are no noticeable symptoms of high blood pressure. It slowly causes damage to your heart, kidney, and other organs. It can lead to kidney failure if untreated. Normally, you have to have your blood pressure measured to know that it is high. If VERY high, it can cause headaches and other problems.


What is a Doctor of Osteopathic medicin?

An M.D. is a physician, a medical doctor educated in medical school. A D.O. is a doctor of osteopathy, educated in an osteopathic school. Historically, the osteopaths learned skills in manipulation of the body as a treatment for musculoskeletal conditions in addition to more traditional medical and scientific coursework. They had separate licensing requirements and separate hospitals. \n\nDOs and MDs are alike in many ways:\n\n* Applicants to both DO and MD colleges typically have a four-year undergraduate degree with an emphasis on science courses.\n\n* Both DOs and MDs complete four years of basic medical education.\n\n* After medical school, both DOs and MDs can choose to practice in a specialty area of medicine—such as psychiatry, surgery, obstetrics, or sports medicine—after completing a residency program (typically two to six years of additional training).\n\n* Both DOs and MDs must pass comparable state licensing examinations.\n\n* DOs and MDs both practice in fully accredited and licensed hospitals and medical centers.\n\n* Both are medical doctors; MD is specifically Doctor of Medicine and DO is Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.\n\nWhat Makes DOs Different?\n\n* DOs can perform surgery, child delivery, treat patients, and prescribe medications in hospitals and clinic settings.\n\n* DOs look at the "total person." Osteopathic physicians focus on preventive care. Instead of just treating specific symptoms or illnesses, they look at the whole body.\n\n* DOs receive extra training in the musculoskeletal system, which is comprised of the nerves, muscles, and bones. This training gives DOs a better understanding of how an injury or illness in one part of the body can affect another part of the body; therefore, DOs have a therapeutic and diagnostic advantage.\n\n* DOs use what is called osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT). OMT is a technique in which the DOs use their hands to diagnose injury and illness, giving special attention to the joints, bones, muscles, and nerves. Manipulations improve circulation, which in turn, creates a normal nerve and blood supply, enabling the body to heal itself.


What would make conservitive republicans very mad?

Imagining President Hillary Rodham Clinton's SECOND term :-)


I had a small bump on my chest that inches and i scratched it and it turned dark and spreaded larger.  what co

You definately need to go see a dermatologist.  Get going!


Free will, my friend. Free will was his gift to us. A relationship with Him in Jesus is our choice, and His desire.\n\nLove is the answer. And God is love. \n\nWhenever humans are involved, we will surely mess it up. We all fall short of the glory of God. \n\nHang in there. They call the good fight of faith for a good reason.


How can u earn money at home if u have a computer, internet connection, average skills, no experience?

Try to search in search engines. There are millions of way to earn money online.


Lightning creates thunder, by rapidly heating the surrounding air. The heated air expands explosively and compresses the air immediately around the heated area.


theres a red yahoo button (Y!) that when you click it it gives you an option to sign in? How do i get it?


Does filibustering a president's nominee violate the spirit of the Senate's "advise and consent" role?

I'm no constitutional expert, but technically you may be right.  In the political arena, it's a different matter.  I think that using the filibuster has been the only way the Democrats have had to achieve any kind of bipartisan process.  I realize the majority party rules, but the days of at least some give and take between the aisles are long gone.  I think the threat of filibuster has given the minority party more of a place at the table then they had.


what can i do on computer to make money,i am retired and have time to spare?

Hi Cerda,\n\nI´ve tried alot of different ways to make money online over the past "painful" 2 years and theres alot of crap out there that just doesn´t work, it´s amazing how they can keep getting awy with it! Now after soooo many disappointments I´m using Data Entry Pro and it´s now making me money (finally!) online. \n\nAnyway, basically you sign up with them and then once your logged in you just fill in as many forms as you like in their members section and you get paid for each one. I get checks from them every 2 weeks each averaging around $250-$350. You could make more but I just use the site as an extra income stream aswell as my full time job so I only work on it for around an hour each night. \n\nYou do have to be prepared to spend a little money though if you want to do anything online like this but it´s already been worth it for me.\n\nHere`s the link you can get them at anyway -> www.protry.com \n\nHope this helps!\nGoodluck,\nDave


No they will not be in honor of New Year's Day. The stock market will be closed as well. You can double check by calling your bank.


If Howard's last day with krock is on friday does that mean Howard and the crew can call into Howard100 on mon


If your crush likes you they \nshould respond to you in \npositive ways.\n\nThey should give you some \nsign that they like you.\n\nI found out that someone liked \nme--I kept finding an \nopportunity to do helpful \nthings for them every once\nin a while, so as not to be\ntoo annoying or obvious \nabout liking them.\n\nBy my efforts, I was rewarded\nby learning that they are \ninterested in me.\n\nBe aware though that sometimes \nyou could find out the \nopposite.  People do not always\nrespond the way you wish that\nthey would, but you will never\nknow until you make a reasonable\neffort.\n\nThink of courteous ways to \napproach them with the fact\nthat you find them great\ncompany.


What temperature did you have for Christmas? Ours was 80+?

It was so hot I had to remove the coverings on my windows, imagine in the dead of winter having the temperature in the 50's, and you know the shame of it was last week for the MTA strike in NY the temperature was in the 20's and 30's most days I had to walk for 1hour to get home.


ever wonder if the colors you see look the same thru other people's eyes? is there any way to figure that out?

Actually I have thought that often, who's to say your green isn't my red and vice versa. I don't think that there is a way to figure it out.


Muscle symptoms—muscle weakness, leg dragging, stiffness, a tendency to drop things, a feeling of heaviness, clumsiness, or a lack of coordination. \nVisual symptoms—blurred, foggy, or hazy vision, eyeball pain (especially with movement), blindness, or double vision. Optic neuritis (a sudden loss of vision and eye pain) is a fairly common initial symptom, occurring in up to 23% of those who develop MS. 2 \nLess common early symptoms include:\n\nSensory symptoms—tingling, a pins-and-needles sensation, numbness, a bandlike tightness around the trunk or limbs, or electrical sensations moving down the back and limbs. \nBalance symptoms—lightheadedness or dizziness, and a spinning feeling (vertigo). \nAs MS progresses, symptoms may include stiff movement (spasticity), tremors, pain, difficulty controlling urination, depression, and difficulty thinking clearly (cognitive impairment).


What is the best kind of small business to start nowadays in U.S.A.?

Consulting.\nAbout what you know best.\nCatering to a clientele that has limited knowledge regarding your expertise.


Curb Your Enthusiasm fans: Why is Larry David such an a--?

He's not an *** he's idiosyncratic.. lol ... It's just his take on the world and his views on how things are "supposed to be" that are so funny. I love all the situations he ends up in. I love the "fish-out-of-water" scenarios. He's constantly "in trouble" with his wife. He always has to apologize to someone for something. It's hilarious. He constantly takes things to the Nth degree. He can never just let things go. It makes for hilarious television. I can't wait until the sixth season !!


I THINK THAT NOT ONLY SOME PEOPLE EAT BUGGERS,BUT THEY SWALLOW THEM LIKE SOME PEOPLE  SWALLOW RAW  OYSTERS.


I lack self control, any ideas for working on this problem?

So I'm not the only one!  Here what I do.  I set a goal, any goal.  For example, orgainize time by scheduling certain things at particular times.  Do not shcedule your whole life, just important stuff.  Then work on it not more than 20 mins each day.  (Give yourself a day off with nothing scheduled.)  This way you are training yourself to have goals and work on self-discipline in following a routine.  Remember, the key is not to devote too much time, then it becomes a chore.  You'll notice a difference after the first month and after three months you'll be hooked.


what is the current when voltage equals 10V and resistance equals 5 Ohms?

Using Ohm's Law, V=IR, we have 10=I(5).  Solving for I, the current is 2 Amps.


are the girls like to see the boys as murga punished especially in colleges while ragging?

Your question makes absolutely no sense at all.


Would you go barefoot more if you knew you could?

I'm not in the freaking third world anymore I wear shoes.  I'm American, not some non shoe wearing God haters.  Where did I put those meds?


Is my team, the Bulls, going to make it to the playoffs?

It's going to be tough with milwaukee and cleveland this year.  If they do you better hope they don't face Detroit in the first round. They have gotten blown out in both games so far.


Only death is compulsory.  Everything else seems to be up to choice.


It is a courteous way of saying "hello" when you meet someone. Usually it is said to someone elder or close to you as a mark of respect when you meet them. More formally it is said with your hands folded and near your chin. You will find this custom in most parts of India.


How can I found out arrested people tonight in ATL- Ga, missing my friend?

all you have to do is call the police department and ask them if your friend has been arrested and you can also call the local hospitals to look for your friend.


what is effect of bipolar disorder on impotance?


Groupthink - when normally reasonable people begin to make irrational decisions as a group, characterised by uncritical acceptance of some extreme point of view.\n\nThink Heaven's Gate or Jonestown.


how do I cancel an unwanted email account?

If you are on Yahoo, it takes about 90 days of inactivity for them to send you a reminder on the alternate e-mail address that you provided [ if you did provide one ] and another 30 days the account is deleted and the username freed.\n\nIf you're on GMail it's the same thing.\nIf you're on Hotmail, it takes 30 days of non-use for them to send you a reminder and is you don't re-use the account within 10 days then the account is deleted and username freed.\n\nIf you are hosting your own website and need to delete the e-mail address - there must be a dashboard, which allows you to make changes to your website setting - there you can delete the e-mail account.\n\nOf course, where you cannot access the setting - a call/e-mail to the service provider will help you delete your e-mail account.


Is Brad Pitt's first name Brad, Bradley, or what?


Am I too lazy to search the internet myself?  Should I post some more questions?

Yes, you are too lazy to search yourself. Go ahead and post some more questions!


hey whats the best way to relax and relieve stress from work?

Hobbies are wonderful.  Meditation, pets, music, hitting a pillow, a glass of wine, reading, games, getting massage regularly, giving massage to a significant other, sex, laughing (preferaably not at the same time), entertainment like movies or TV, etc.  Pick something you like and do it.  The biggest thing I have seen that helps...just staying active mentally and physically.  FI you feel good you will look good and be your body and mind will not get as stressed and not hold as much stress.  Hope it helps.


Can anyone tell me how to get more than one Email address on Yahoo if it's possible?

you could try using different sign on names


Click Start>Programs> Accessories> Entertainment> VolumeControl then make sure that none of the volume faders are muted and bring their faders up.


The mother is 21 years older than the child.?

Well, the only time a mother will be five times as old as a child about 21 years younger is when the mother is about 25, and the child is about 5. Subtract 6 from that, and.. hey, the child is -1 year old! Or, approximately.\n\nWhich leads me to figure that, while we can't quite be sure where the father is, we do know that the mother's there too. And that they've got about nine months to pick baby names.


when deciduous trees lose their leaves, how do they conserve water?

The leaves on any tree/plant work mainly as the energy center to enhance the food supply of the plant.  Photosynthesis is the primary action within the leaves, not the storage of water.  The roots, and the trunk of the tree maintain the water.\n\nSo when a tree looses it's leaves it simply maintains it's primary surface, ie trunk and branches, by storing the water within the lower roots, and within the innermost section of the trunk.


There is currently no cure for eczema though research continues to shed new light on the condition. However, there are many ways to minimize the discomfort and distress which eczema can bring, the foundation of which is an effective skin care routine. A wide range of treatments is available, either over the counter at the pharmacy, or on prescription from a doctor. Many complementary therapies are available, which some people find helpful. In addition, there are ways of minimising environmental allergens commonly found in the home.


Why should I choose your answer as the best answer?

Because I a a self proclaimed expert in compiling previously useless informaion (then came along Yahoo answers)


how did this world start, from where god born?

God or Allah (which one u prefer) had always been here, He's never been born and He never procreated, He's the Almighty and Creator of all things. read more


what happened to paquette habana case? in texaco vs libya case?

Hi !!!\n\nYou can find the complete document here >> http://www.feudaltimes.com/International.doc\n\n(Just cancel the authentication window)\n\n\nIs this you are looking for?\n\n\n>>> Naveen Kumar


How do you get your friend with benefits to become your official girlfriend?

One of my friends did it, and she says she didn't make it happen, it just did.  If you show intrest towards a relation ship, above friends with benefits, and she responds, it could turn out to your advantage.  Your not going to make it happen, it's just going to or not, all you can do is show her it's something you want!


i am on yahoo,mozilla firefox browser and want to clear my cache history,please help for a pc dummy.?

try pressing ctrl+shift+del and then clear whatever you want  from the menu appearing..


Most artists' work tries to comfort people, says Oregon artist Mike Randles. But Randles doesn't want to make comfortable art. His paintings and sculptures explore contradictions, and that upsets some people. And while he doesn't intend to disturb, Randles can't ignore the ambiguities of life in his work. "If it's not happy art, I'm sorry," he says. \nRandles's pieces have caused a furor more than once. In 1989, Artquake, a Portland exhibition, accepted his work and then refused to show it. He was expelled from the University of Oregon's Masters of Fine Arts program for, he claims, "political incorrectitude." He admits that the work he had been doing at the time was "testy," but he says another factor in the expulsion was that he was creating too much art--12 exhibitions in five months. Laura Alpert, head of the fine arts department, would not comment on Randles's expulsion. \n\nSix years later, Randles is still actively creating and showing art. For the third time, one of his sculptures has been selected to travel in the Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, a prestigious two-year international exhibition of small sculptures organized by the University of Hawaii. He also has a show on display at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon. \n\nRandles is a former National Endowment for the Arts Artist in Residence in Eugene. He’s been creating art for 34 years, and he's held a variety of jobs: army officer, sailor, ski instructor, farm owner, cattle rancher, sailing teacher. "You live long enough, and all sorts of things happen," he says. His life hasn't been like most, but in his work he tries to express parts of his personal experience that are universal. "In my art, I try to find a common bond between my life and others'," he says. He is more concerned with substance than any particular style, though much of his work depicts human and animal forms. A multimedia artist whose artistic ideas are driven by the materials he finds and uses, Randles describes himself as "a person who makes work out of junk." For example, his current series of paintings, called "Unspecified Figures From the Burden of Physics," is built from layer upon layer of discarded dressmaker's patterns papier-mâchéd to canvas. \n\nThe paintings address issues of oppression, stereotyping and control. The unified, androgynous forms in the pieces resemble DNA double helixes and are captured in the geometry of the dress patterns. Randles says the figures and their placement in the paintings speak about the human condition and humanity's tendency for putting people in a box. \n\n"Once we invented the rectangle, we managed to box and cube everything and everybody," he says. "The rectangle is not found in nature, but it's man's single worst invention. It has him trapped." \n\nRandles avoids cultural traps by relying on his independent vision. He says that when people today search for something to believe in, they should look inside themselves for a reason to exist. "Don't look for it from society," he says. "With six billion people on the planet, no one individual is needed."


what is the best way to go abaut dating a leady in canada,and do you it is possible ?

By impressing her by your spell checking abilities, for example. \n\nLadies love truly original persons. After all, too much guys are too good to consider dating with them serious and/or exciting.


The limit of stupidity is closer to what you think.


when will this become beta be ready for others. I LOVE it!?

Anyone can come here now, just ask your friends to come on over and injoy it. It seems to have really increased in the last day or so! :)


iam tossing around the idea of going vegitarian this new year....any helpful thoughts or insight?

You'll want to ensure yourself of amino acid intake that will result in "complete protein" production.  Also, you'll want to ensure yourself of adequate vitamin B intake (these are energy vitamins).\n\nFor complete protein production, mix grains with dried beans -- rice n beans, rice n bread (tortillas, pita bread, etc).  Also, mix pasta with cheese.\n\nYou may want to consider purchasing tablets with vitamins B1,2,3, 6, 12.\n\nIf you will include dairy and egg products in your diet, your protein and vitamin B intake should be okay.


What three items would you bring on you to a deserted island?

a good blanket, a boat, and my girlfriend


Why do my eyes get dry every night at 10 pm?

Well, if you use your vision for precision necessary excercises like reading or looking carefully at computer screens, pictures, etc etc, they will get dry.  If you do nothing and they still do, then you need to use drops.  Just the ones that are similar to natural tear drops.  Even the ones for people who wear contacts work well.  It doesnt matter if you wear contacts or not.  But, on the flip side, you might need to see a doctor beacause the tear ducts might be a bit small on your eyes so its a bit difficult to get moisture.  What they do is shoot a laser right at the tear duct to open it up a bit.  This is done almost painlessly.  Its a slight burn for about an hour or two.  At most it would be there till the next morning.  But, without this procedure, you might go blind early because there was not enough lubrication to protect your eyes and eyesight till your ripe age.  So ask your doctor.  In the mean time, those eye drops will work well.  Do not forgo this because its really important to your eyes.  you can lose a finger and still live a happy life, but if you lose your eyesights, you will regret it for the rest of your life.  I wish you the best of luck.


Consider parental control software. e.g. CyberPatrol, Net Nanny. I use McAfee's Internet Security Suite.


What is the second largest land carnivore?

Second only to polar bears, brown bears are the largest land carnivores. A subspecies called the Kodiak bear is particularly impressive, and can reach similar sizes to its polar cousin. \n\nStatistics\nBody length: 180-210cm, Weight: males: 135-390kg, females: 95-205kg.\n\n\nThey typically have brown fur, but this can vary from cream to almost black. Grizzly bears (U.a.horribilis) have long white-tipped hairs along the shoulders and back, which give the bear a grizzled appearance. They have a hump on their shoulders, a concave face and long, curved claws.


how is it that now in days girls perfer girls more than guys?

God did such an awsome job making women and now everyone wants one


Basically, it's a microeconomic concept that explains what kinds of products can be produced using the current technology and production resources of the time. It's usually shown as a concave (bowed out) curve on a graph. On the two axis of the graph, two products are represented. The curve shows how much of each product is produced in the market (or by a particular firm). The curve changes based on the invention of new technologies and resources. Sometimes the advent of new technology and resources favors the production of only one type of product, and therefore a disproportionate amount of that product will be produced (causing the curve to favor that product). Other times, the two products are produced in equal amounts. Here is a textbook definition:\n"A curve showing all combinations of two goods that can be produced with the resources and technology currently available."


Hi!  I'm an Audiologist and work in an Ear, Nose and Throat Doctors' office.  There are different kinds of ear infections. Swimmers ear is in the external ear canal and is typically treated with ear drops and keeping the ear dry.  \n\n     A middle ear infection is a build-up of fluid behind the eardrum and often accompanies a head cold, or in young children can occur during teething, or in infancy can even happen if the baby is bottle fed while laying flat.  To relieve the discomfort, OTC pain relievers are usually recommended, and it often helps to apply heat, such as a hot water bottle, against the ear.  If accompanied by fever, antibiotics are often prescribed and it is VERY important to administer them properly for the full dosage to ensure that ALL the bacteria have been killed.  Otherwise, the bacteria can regrow and may become resistant to the milder antibiotics.  \n\n     If the infections keep coming back, or if the fluid doesn't drain even after the antibiotics have killed the bacteria, surgical options may be considered.  This is especially true in the case of young children, if the decrease in hearing is not resolving because it can effect the child's speech development.  The surgeon makes an incision in the eardrum, draws out the fluid, cleans the middle ear space, and usually places a tube through the incision.  The tube simply maintains an opening through the ear drum to maintain equal air pressure in the middle ear.  Most tubes are designed to fall out of the eardrum as the healing process occurs -- usually about six months after surgery.   The surgery is very common and is done as a same-day procedure in most cases, only because the space is so small that the patient must be very still.  With adults, many specialists will perform the surgery in their office using only a local anestetic.   If the child snores a lot or has other trouble breathing or frequent sore throats then inflammed or enlarged adenoids or tonsils may be blocking the Eustacian tube and preventing the fluid from draining.\n\n     My son had chronic ear infections as an infant, even though he was breastfed and I was diligent about administering his medications properly.  His father had ear infections his whole life, so I guess he just inherited the tendancy for ear infections from his dad.  His first set of tubes was around his first birthday.  The hardest part was not feeding him before and after -- he was so mad and he didn't understand.  Another set of tubes and an adenoisectomy were done when he was five.  Then he started getting frequent throat ifections so we had to remove the tonsils a couple years later.  He's now 14 and only gets earaches occasionally.\n\n     An inner ear infection often causes dizziness and sometimes ringing in the ear and/or sudden hearing loss.  If there is a sudden onset of such symptoms it is important to see a specialist ASAP, because the sooner one starts treatment, the better the cance of recovery.


What place will the Red Sox finish in the American League East?

Second to last, right above the yankees if all goes well!


what are your thoughts about God and why?

God is the best because he created everything and he sent his only son down to earth to save the sins of everybody! He is the light of the world!!!


what can you say about americans  marrying a filipina?

same with any westerners marrying Thais. Its okay, its win win situation, they want you, you want her. Life goes on.


Do you believe in God? (if you don't, that's fine.)?

I believe in God, and I'm definitely Christian, but I can't identify any more than that. I would say that I'm nondenominational, but nowadays that's a denomination in and of itself (which doesn't make sense, so go figure). I do think my beliefs tend to be more Baptist, although I'm not active in any sense of the word. A believer without works would describe me well.


Lola Albright (born July 20, 1925 in Akron, Ohio) is an American singer and actress.\n\nThe beautiful and blonde Albright worked as a model before heading to Hollywood where she made her motion picture debut with a bit part in 1948's The Pirate following which she had a secondary but important role in the acclaimed 1949 hit film, Champion. However, this was the era of many blondes, notably Marilyn Monroe, and for the next ten years Lola Albright continued to work primarily in secondary roles in more than twenty films including several 'B' Westerns. As well, she acted in guest roles on a number of television series.\n\nIn 1958 Lola Albright earned the part of 'Edie Hart' in the trend-setting Peter Gunn television series produced by Blake Edwards and directed by Robert Altman with theme music that made Henry Mancini famous. In it, she played a nightclub singer who was the romantic interest of the "super-cool" private detective 'Peter Gunn' played by Craig Stevens. In 1959, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series. Her role called for singing, something she had been doing since childhood, and her celebrity led to the releasing of her 1959 music album "Dreamsville" in which her songs were backed by Mancini and his orchestra.\n\nLola Albright's popularity as a result of the "Peter Gunn" series led to a number of major film roles including Elvis Presley's 1962 film, Kid Galahad, with Alain Delon and Jane Fonda in the 1964 French film Les Felins by renowned director René Clément, and the epic western The Way West. She continued to perform both in film and as a guest actor on a number of television series until her retirement in the early 1980s.


what can cause brown colored nose bleeds ?

Causes of brown colored nose bleed\n\nChronic sinusitis\n\nNasal polyposis\n\nRhinorrhea\n\nCellulitis\n\nBut very little chance that it could be due to diabetes


where can i purchase white Texas Longhorn Basketball shorts?


yes, marijuana should be legalized, if not for the wonderful textile possiblities of hemp (which is legal, for it contains no THC, but y'have to jump through a bunch of hoops to be allowed to grow it), marijuana gives you the munchies!  on a humorous scale, that would increase your local grocer's business a hundred-fold.  on a more serious level, it stimulates the appetite of chemotherapy patients, so sick from all those anti-cancer poisons that they have trouble eating.\n\nthe only problem with any substance or act that makes people feel "good" is that someone will invariably abuse it.  alcohol, tobacco, acts sexual in nature, just to name a few, are abused constantly by humans.\n\nthe u.s. government could also tax the crap out of it, thus generating funds instead of wasting them incarcerating people who, otherwise, have done no wrong.  plus, it'd put the drug dealers out of business, whom often are involved in the selling of more harmful substances, as well.  i also suggest the legalized use should be restricted from those in the fields of public transportation, child care, anything requiring the use of guns, and medicine.  i'm sorry, but i want my pharmacist sober when mixing up migraine medicine.  i don't wanna get estrogen pills by mistake!\n\nthe real gateway drug?  tobacco.  think about it.


IS Chocolate a remake of 'The Usual Suspects' ?

It is according to IMDB - but they're not the End All and Be All of movies so take it for what it's worth.


Can there be a set which is the member of itself?

That is a very tricky concept.\nLet S be the set of all sets that are not members of themselves.\nIs S a member of S? If it is, it implies that S is not a member of itself.\nIf it's not, it implies that it's not a set that is not a member of itself, so S must be a member of itself.\nContradiction!\n\nBy the way, this paradox was discovered by Russell and Zermelo, and basically MURDERED all the classic (naive) set theory.\nIt was like a major earthquake in the Math world, and the scientists tried to pick up the pieces and construct some non-contradictory axiomatic systems.\n\nI believe the problem of self-membership is approached in different ways by different systems, but I don't really know the details.\nFor further info, you can start reading from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_paradox\n\nP.S. About the first answer: membership is NOT inclusion


What is the area between your nose and upper lip called?

Searching the Web for a word that you don't know or can't recall -- although you're pretty sure it exists -- is always a tactical challenge. Be prepared to search, scan, and experiment with search terms, as we did, to discover the nifty bit of facial anatomy called the philtrum. \nWe began our search with the language of your question and then tried variations: \n\n"area between your nose and mouth with the two vertical lines" \n"indentation between your nose and mouth" \n"vertical indentation above the mouth below the nose" \nThese search results were frustrating and mostly unproductive. We found advice for portrait painters and recommendations for those considering facial plastic surgery or body piercing. So we were relieved when one particular search query -- "indentation above the lip below the nose" -- came up with a link to Metafilter, a lively and popular "community blog" where a collection of civilized people gather to discuss diverse interests. \n\nIn the midst of a conversation about beards, mustaches, and facial hair, somebody asked your question: "...does anyone know what you call the area between the upper lip and the nose where, er, the moustache grows?" Another participant offered the answer: philtrum (and quoted their source). \n\nOnce we'd discovered the correct term, we searched again on the word itself, to double-check and verify the definition. \n\nHere's a detailed definition from the MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia, provided by the U.S. National Library of Health: \n\nThe philtrum is the midline groove in the upper lip that runs from the top of the lip to the nose. The way the philtrum appears is determined genetically. \nWe were especially glad to find this authoritative medical definition because neither of our usual online dictionaries -- the American Heritage Dictionary from Yahoo! Reference and the Merriam Webster Online -- had it listed. We also found a definitive Lip-Philtrum Guide, designed for use by medical professionals, that illustrates a variety of philtrums from the highly dimpled to the almost smooth.


I have Benign Non-Essential Tremors & I can't find any information on it. Can anyone help me? Thank you!?

I too have this condition, along with my older brother, a son, a nephew , and my now deceased father .   All you may want to know about your condition can be found in the current issue of Consumer Reports issue of "onHealth" Volume18 Number 1 - page11. Learn to live with it as all of us have done except for my father.  Physicians did horrible things to him in search of a cure and he shook till he died at 80.


To appreciate the importance of money in an economic system,it is instructive to speculate on what the economy would looklike without it (before Sir John Money created it in 3016 BC).\n\nWithout money individuals would have to devote more time to buying what they want and selling what they don't want;  peole would have less time to work and play. ( Bartering )\n\nWithout the bartering system, we're left with the socialist / communist economies.  You can research the Soviet Union/Cuba/ and see where this goes.\n\nOur problem is a portion of us are too capitalist (busy bee's) and a greater portion of us are comunists (lasy grashoppers).  Until a society can come to a BALANCE between work ethics, money will be necessary to identify the different types.


what progam can i use to watch " .avi " videos?

VLC media player is a nice program with many of the popular video codecs built-in. Otherwise, you have to download all the right codecs for things like windows media player to work.


how many solar systems are there in milkyway?

It is estimated that there are approximately 200 million stars in the Milky Way and each one has the potential to have a "solar system" of some type.  Depends on many factors and the type of planets that can exist around a particular star also have many factors.  A number of "solar systems" have been found around other stars.  A current list of them can be found at exoplanets.org


what do you really think about berlusconi?

For post WWII Italy, he is effective.  There has been numerous governments in Italy since WWII.  He has lasted.  Since he is also a successful business owner, he doesn't have to cater to special interest as much.


Who should I start this weekend: Cadillac Williams or LaMont Jordan?

VERY GOOD QUESTION.  LAMONT BECAUSE CADILLAC WILL PROBABLY BE DEALING WITH SOME PRETTY NASTY WEATHER IN FOXBORO.


Definitely the Simpsons... although B+B is pretty damn funny, too.


What is the hightes bowling score you can get to with no strikes?

The correct answer is 190. It would involve any spare (all pins down on two balls) in the first frame, then single-pin spare conversions in frames 2-9 and a 9-count, spare and another 9-count in the tenth and final frame.


Is there any posibilities to get a bird flu from budgies??? P.S. I am from toronto, Canada?

Is a budgie like a shopping cart?  If so, then I wouldn't worry about it.


Well yes and no. According the the principal of conservation of energy there is a set amount of energy and it can only be converted, not created or destroyed. But as we look into more complicated realms of physics, we understand that matter can be converted  into energy, and vice-versa.


Why do new prescription glasses sometimes make square objects, like computer monitors, look like trapezoids?

The reason is directly due to the "slant" of your glasses. When they are made, the specialist slightly slants the lens downward, in order to help magnify objects' clearness by the way you see it. That produces the "trapezoid" look on the computer screen. Your best bet is to slightly bend the lens upward. Don't break it. If you do this, however, you will notice that things will not look as clear as normal (slight to moderate difference)


What is an ultrasound for when I am not pregnant?

To see if there are any growths (cancerous or benign) or problems with your ovaries, uterus or other parts of your reproductive system that a regular gyno exam can't reveal.


Can I omit a job on a resume I only wkd at for 3 weeks?I wkd 09/99-09/04 then 10/04-pres.I put 09/99-present.?

Absolutely leave it off. An employer is only interested in you being able to account for the time off between jobs. You should not even show the three week gap with your current job. Just list the entire time from when you started part time through the time you went fulltime and beyond as one continuous employment. Three weeks is nothing to worry over. Three years without employment, 4 months or more actually, is time you need to account for. Were you in prison, DUI time, are you a fellon? These are the questions that long gaps of employment raise. Three weeks does not cause concern.


I would like to know the name of the parrot that walt disney had on his show?

If you're referring to the Audio Animatronic parrot that was featured on The Wonderful World of Disney with Uncle Walt, that'd be "Jose".  He's also one of the host parrots at Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland.


I am looking for a list of names of those nazi soldiers excuted for war crimes.?


Where can I locate Social Security number of my father?

Ancestery.com has a Social Security Index.


President Bush was born on July 6, 1946. That would make him 59 this year of 2005.\n\nP.S. Don't mess with Texas.


what walks on four legs, two legs and three legs?

Humans - 4 when a baby (crawling around) 2 when all grown up 3 both legs and a cane!


In 2004 he was living in Idaho and going back to school at Washington State. Looks like he is trying to hide.


Hi DC, the song you have mentioned is called Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld. The video was innovative and the video director had applied an original concept. just in case I get it, I will send its link in the comments of my answer


How do I address a card to a couple who are both doctors?

You can do it in one of two ways\n\nDoctors Sam and Mary Smith\n\nor\n\nThe Doctors Smith\n\neither is appropriate


What sugar blood levels are normal for a person with diabetes?

Since your life is shortened when you have diabetes, you should not aim for being a normal diabetic, you should aim to cure your disease, in other words, be normal in blood sugar.  Type 2 can be cured.  My dad did it with the Pritikin diet.  It is drastic, but the disease's consequences are severe.  Allowing it to continue is keeping drug companies and your doctor in pools of money.  Get angry and get cured.  If you're going to drop oranges because they're carbs, make sure you consume a variety of other fruits including tomatoes.  Until your blood sugar drops to normal levels, cut out those starches that are made without fiber like white rice, potatoes, white bread and batter-fried foods.  Who wants to be addicted to drugs for 40 years, and then die (or get crippled) early anyway?


Do illegal aliens inflict short-term or long-term damage on the US economy?

Well.. really it all boils down to control... and money.\n\nPeople don't like not having control of who is in their country, and the government doesn't like losing tax revenues on undocumented workers and their taking advantage of public services that the don't help pay for. This can make some social services unavailable for citizens because of the strain it puts on the system.\n\nSome people argue that they steal valuable american jobs, but most of them are day laborers or farmworkers because they don't have the paperwork to get a decent job. SOME americans do need these jobs... but a lot of unemployed people are not looking for that kind of work.\n\nIt is also hard to control a bunch of people that don't know our language well (some speak great), have different cultural values, and are not familiar with our laws.\n\nIf they are caught and deported, it would seem like a short term problem, but there are always more coming, with no end in sight, so the problem itself is long term, even if the people aren't.


where can I download a free "DVD decoder" so I can play DVDs on my laptop?

Down load DVD Shrink, it is free and will remove the copy protection from the DVD's. They will be a 4.7 Gig file on you computer. You can watch them from the HD with something like Power DVD. Or you can burn them to DVD using your DVD writer to DVD's! :)


Where can i get a free copy of the e-book - 'Deception point' by dan browne?


Weight is defined as the force of attration b/w the earth and the object.\nAs we know that the force is defined as:\nF=m*a    (Force = mass * acceleration)\n\nIn our case, this force is the wieght of the body and the acceleration is the acceleration due to gracity i.e g. So the formula becomes:\n\nw = m*g


do I have to supply food for parents at my son's birthday party at a restaurant?

If you're the one that offered the invitation, then you're the one that foots the bill.  Sometimes parents will end up paying for their own portion or sometimes the entire thing.  Just be willing and ready to pay for it yourself.


I did a quick Yahoo search and it was the California Residential Purchase agreement with escrow instructions.


Sitting in a jail cell. Unless he is in court.


Although its not between the hedges, its still a home game for UGA.  When in doubt, take the home team.


Is it possible to breathe out of your mouth and nose at the same time?

I tried to but like everyone else who tried it after seeing your question, it's not happening.


I have an ars technica microphone, which does not work plugged into my mac G4.  How do I get it to work?

Im going to assume that your microphone (Im unfamiliar with that model and wasn't going to assume that is was an Audio Technica mike) has a 1/8" mini plug.\n\nGriffin Technology has a product called an Imic which can provide a mic input for you.


who is the greatest track & field star there has ever been?

Carl Lewis dominated the both the sprint and long jumping competitons back in the 80s and 90s. He didn't lose in the long jump for a decade, winning 65 consecutive competitions and set many records in the 100 meter dash. Yet Lewis never came to be embraced by the country. He never became his sport's ambassador, his sport's Magic Johnson. He came across as haughty and arrogant, cold and calculating, aloof and abrasive. But IMO he was still the "greatest" track & field star there has ever been.


What can I do to help my marriege without counciling?

I too say put the marriage before your kids.\n\nYou need the following:\n\n1.  The right priorities, such as spouse first, then kids...\n2.  Respect for your marriage vows.  Take your vows seriously and live them everyday.\n3.  Listen.  Listen to what your partner says.\n4.  Don't assume you know, ask questions.  Never assume you know the motives of another person.\n5.  Speak clearly, directly and respectfully.\n6.  Set clear boundaries of what you will and will not do.  Boundaries are about what YOU will do and/or tolerate.  Enforce your boundaries, because if you don't, they turn into resentments.


Is nanotech going to happen ever? I mean in a way changing our lives?

I'm not sure about cars in our pockets, but nanotech is already happening, and yes it is changing our lives. In its simplest form, materials tailored at the nanolevel (a primitive nanotech) are already in stores. Nanomedicine, especially lab-on-a-chip technology is partially available and promises to revolutionize the way we do medicine. I don't know about some of the crazier promises (smart fog and such), but research at the nanoscale is changing our lives and will continue to do so.


What is the best way for getting a lot of TV channels (premium + recording box). for the least amount of $?

If you get Dish Network you can get the dual tuner DVR's.  You are only charged one DVR fee of $5 and you do not have to pay the additional outlet fee if you keep it connected to a phone line.  If you get the bigger package (AEP) then the $5 DVR fee is waived.  A 522/625 receiver will give you DVR functionality in two rooms with one receiver.


how long does aperson have after an operation to sew a doctor?

It would depend on the medical procedure on how long you can "sue" them


can any of you help me with my homework please?

what is your homework that you need help on?


Is it ok to let your girlfriend be friends with her ex's?

What the hell?  LET her?  Unless you and her are looking for a one on one only relationship, it is okay for girls to talk to their ex-boyfriends.  In fact if you get right down to it, it's safer.  We break up with people for a reason, and we probably wouldn't date them again.  So no worries there.  If she is hanging with them alot, she might be trying to make you jealous.  She might want your attention.  Heck, give it to her!


Do you think we are safer now then in 2001 before 9/11?

Oh my gosh! We are less safe. We have created more hatred against us then ever before! With over 3 million illeagles crossing our borders last year, how can we be safer? Can we really trust our country in the hands of the most corrupt administration in History? With what we have spent toward the war of lies(iraq), just think of the improvments we could have made to homeland security! Remember the responce to Katrina, that was run under homeland security! That was a real good examle of how protected we are! I could ramble on forever about the sorry state our country is in, but I know most wont listen(thats why Bush was elected the 2nd time, we all know the first was a sham!).


Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations


Should I ask this guy I like to do something with me on New Years Eve?

You should never be shy to let someone know that you are interested in them or getting to know them better through spending time with them.  You have nothing to lose and if you find out now that he has plans already, you can still have time to plan what you want to do.\n\nHope that helps.\n\nMark


WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE GROUP WHO PLAYED THE SONG INAGODDADAVIDA AND WHAT IS THE CORRECT SPELLING?

Iron Butterfly is the group.\n\nIN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA\n\nI read the Garden of Eden story too.\n\nI was in High School then.


Is ringing in the ears related to a bad heart valve?  I heard the ringing stopped after heart valve surgery.?

If you have heart problems then I assume you are on aspirin. One of the hallmarks of aspirin is tinnitis (ringing in the ear). You may be wise to lower your dose slightly, after consulting your physician.


what part of the world do chickens come from?


these should help...you know, you can type your question into google...that's how I got these links.


please help me...can i delete an ad put on some search engine by someone claims it is me?

Report it to 'abuse@zeezo.com' or contact the webmaster of that site. If they are a reputable company then they though remove the ad.\nIf she is now getting unwanted (and probably nasty) phone calls, I would suggest she changes her cellphone number..\nZeezo.com has a contact page, so you could try that:


What do you use to whiten your teeth and does it work?

I use the Crest Premium Whitestrips and my mom noticed my teeth were whiter after only 4 days use (I don't live with her, I just visited after 4 days use.)  My dental hygenist noticed after I used the week's worth and it was about 3 months later.  I also use Aquafresh Extreme Whitening toothpaste, I don't think it helps much, but piece of mind.  Just as an FYI - I drink about 5 cups of coffee every week also and that doesn't help them stay white.


Has anyone experienced chronic nausea after gallbladder removal?

Sort of. I got sick again a few months after mine, and apparently it was becuz there were still a few gallstones  in my stomach somewhere. It took a long time to feel better, but still have the pain and "funny" sensation once in a great while. Depending on how long you had the problem before it was removed, it could cause scarring.


Isn't there another site just like this somewhere?

If you are refering to google answers, then yes, but with Yahoo! Answers you don't have to pay and anyone can answer your queries.


why can't i see my house from google earth.com?

the satellite images on google earth are not images but stored images taken from previous passes of satellites over the earth. depending on where you live, some images may be updated and others not so up to date.


what insurance company has the best term insurance rates?

Rates vary by health class.  Term in general is very cheap, upfront.  The best thing is to meet with a professional life insurance agent to determine how much coverage you need and how long you need the coverage to last.  Try here for a good agent: http://www.insuremylife.org


how do i remove  Norton Protection Center?

Click Start>Control Panel>Add or Remove Programs then choose the program you want uninstalled. If it's not there then you should be able to turn off that feature in your Norton Antivirus preferences. Otherwise, sorry but I'm not that familiar with Norton Antivirus or Protection Center. Happy New Year.


Hispanic Americans and the Noel Hypothesis?

2 months, 3 hours and no answers. Apparently, it was.


protest? like the many to "stop the war" ? protests dont work, dont bother with it. i never could see the point. i guess if it make a person feel good to get something off their chest fine, but dont stop traffic, make alot of noise or involve other ppl who dont give a rats ass about ur cause. as for ur question...go to a city official, police dept or something so they know about it and get set an area for u and ur fellow protesters and dont break the law. dont throw crap, dont vandalize, someone usually will go to far anyway and then think did they are a martyr if they get arrested.


What is the shortest way to invest money? Like making double of capital $100,000 within shortest period?

If by short you mean 2 to 4 years try investing in life settlements or viatical settlements.  These investments can get very high returns from typically about 16% to 22% and sometimes higher,and with little to NO risk to your priciple if you find the right companies.  Be weary though, there are a bunch of crap companies out there that will just rip you off, but I have had personal experiance with a couple of top notch companies and have seen it happen.  I guarantee that a majority of the folks on here have never even heard of these investments, but there is an alternative to the stock market and mutual funds.  You just have to know where to look.\n\ngood luck


are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes?

Zebras are generally thought to have white coats with black (sometimes brown) stripes. That's because if you look at most zebras, the stripes end on their bellies and toward the insides of the legs, and the rest is all white. However (there had to be a catch, right?), some zebras are born with genetic variations that make them all black with white stripes, or mostly dark with the striped pattern only on part of their coats. And as it turns out, zebras have black skin underneath their hair. So it kind of depends on how you look at it!


WHEN DO WE START GAINING A MINUTE OF DAYLIGHT AFTER THE WINTER SOLSTICE BEGINS?

Not every latitude gets a minute every day. Some get more, some get less. But daylight starts increasing immediately, as the previous answer said.


best deal on a mortgage with 500 fico score?

I would shop multiple lenders and explain to them upfront your FICO score. Many lenders such as Countrywide have hundreds of loan programs.\n\nIn the long run it teaches us how important it is to have a good FICO score, by watching our debt and paying as agreed.\n\nFICO score can improve over time.\n\nI once had an experience where my insurance was to pay a hospital bill, the hospital turned the claim into a collection company and the collection that I personally paid, stayed on my credit report for years.\n\nMy expereince tell me the more active one is in the real estate investment business by purchasing the lower the FICO score.\n\nIn conclusion paying on time is important.\n\nAnother alternative is the consideration for Owner Financing.\n\nBest to You.


Stop using your credit cards.\n\n \n\n“People change their lives only when they say, ‘I’ve had it!’” – Les Brown\n\n \n\nThink you can’t exist in the 21st century without credit?  Do you have at least one credit card?  Did you sign up just for the bonus miles or cash back?  Sounds like it’s time for you to perform a plasectomy.  (That’s what Dave calls cutting up your credit card.)  You’ve heard all the lies, now here are a few facts about credit.\n\n \n\nMyth: No on can live without credit cards.\n\nFact: Actually, 24% of American households are getting by just fine without any type of credit according to a Federal Reserve survey of consumer finances.  Try using your debit card or cash instead.  If millions of Americans can live without credit, so can you!\n\n \n\nMyth: Credit cards help me get airline miles, cash back and other discounts.\n\nFact: Yeah, credit cards also help you get into debt.  Consumer Reports say that only 25% of airline miles are ever redeemed – and credit card companies know it.  Earning a few airline miles is not worth thousands of dollars in debt.  \n\n \n\nMyth: I can just pay off the balance at the end of every month.\n\nFact: You’ll be in the minority.  According to CardWeb.com, only 40% of credit card users pay off their balance when they receive the bill.  Plus, overspending is inevitable when you use a credit card.  It’s just easier to swipe a piece of plastic than it is to flash the cash.\n\n \n\nMyth: “Ninety days same as cash” is the smart way to buy.\n\nFact: “Ninety days same as cash” is a scam.  Retailers know that most consumers won’t pay their balance in 90 days, which means you get stuck with outrageous interest rates and back charges to boot.\n\n \n\nMyth: I’m required to have a credit card to buy a house.\n\nFact: Several quality mortgage companies provide underwriting which allows you to purchase a home without a credit card.  If your mortgage lender requires a credit card for your home loan, run – don’t walk – to a lender who will actually help you achieve freedom from credit.


would PAYING OFF NATION DEBt INCREASE OR DECREASE INCOME ?INEQUALITY?

National Debt and Income Inequality are not really related.\n\nIn theory lower national debt should increase economic growth.  This would help increase the income of the nation as a whole, but the actual distribution of that income would depend on other policies. \n\nAlso how the nation decided to go about paying off its national debt would have a impact on after tax income inequality, but could be used to ether increase of decrees this inequality.  It would just depend on the policy itself.\n\nSo I would say no, paying off national debt in and of itself would have no real impact on income inequality.


How long does it usually take to sell a home?

The most important factor is how the property is priced. Even the worst property will sell if it is priced right. At the right price you may have buyers competing against each other to buy your home.\n\nMake sure your home is clean,neat, and free of any odors. You only get one chance to make a good impression on a buyer.\n\nMost homes that meet the above criteria will go under contract within 45-90 days and then close (if there are no other issues)about 2 weeks after getting a loan commitment from the buyers lender.


do people really hate overweight people?

Whoa! Slow down. \n\nDon't you think Hate is such a big word?\n\nWe are only disgusted by them.\n\nIt's only natural to be disgusted with overweight people, but we can' really spend our time and energy for hating them. \n\nBesides that's *exactly* wht the terrorists want us to do. They want us to hate each other. When we start to hate each other, they will win. \n\nWe should be more civilized. \n\nWe should be quietly disgusted. It is the right thing, it is the ***American*** thing to do.


Here is the exact answer you need:\n\nOn the basis of their macroscopic properties, it seems impropable that diamonds and graphite are made of exactly the same atoms. This begs the question, how do we know that diamonds are indeed carbon? Surprisingly, this has been known for over 200 years. In 1772 (before the signing of the Declaration of Independence) a talented French chemist, Antoine Lavoisier, burned diamond (ca. 150 milligrams) in a sealed container. Diamonds do not burn readily, so Lavoisier used the high heat provided by a large lens placed in the sunlight. By a simple analysis of the gases produced by burning, Lavoisier determined that the gas we now know as CO2 was produced. Furthermore, the same amount of this gas was produced when 150 milligrams of amorphous carbon in the form of charcoal was burned. Thus, Lavoisier concluded that charcoal and diamond are the same. However Lavoisier was reluctant to publicize such a radical and counterintuitive result. It took more than 20 years before Lavoisier's conclusions were confirmed by Tenant, an English chemist. Let us examine Lavoisier's conclusion in the context of the times. Lavoisier's discovery predated Dalton's formulation that all matter is made of elements by 29 years and Mendeleev's formulation of the periodic table by almost 100 years. Our modern understanding of chemistry allows us to formulate Lavoisier's experiments in a compact way, the chemical equation.\n\n\n\n\n\nThese equations indicate that burning either diamond or graphite causes the bonds of the reactants (the carbon material and dioxygen) to be rearranged to form the product (CO2) and energy in the form of heat. In general, a chemical reaction involves changes in the bonding between atoms in going from reactants to products. Let's contrast these combustion equations with the analogous equation for burning buckyballs.\n\n\n\nNote how the buckyball equation has a subscript of 60 on the carbon, indicating that this form of carbon is molecular. As a result, 60 dioxygen molecules are required to convert the sixty atoms of carbon in each buckyball into 60 molecules of CO2. In a proper, balanced chemical equation the number and types of atoms on the reactant (left) side of the equation equal those on the product (right) side. Because heat is released in this chemical reaction, heat is written as a product. Reactions that generate heat are called exothermic.\n\n\nHope this is enough.


i am looking for a free program to make gif files which is easy to use, please help :)?

Try GIMP at http://www.gimp.org/\nThis is a complete image editing software that is nearly as good as Photoshop, but free.


I applied for the America Visa Lottery. How can I win? or what makes people eligible to win? Thank You.?

I have had a few friends who have applied for this lottery, a few of them got their visas more easily because of it. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you & your family to win!\n\nGood luck!