All categories - 30 October 2006

Given that Alliens are not suppposed to exist on earth- then why does NATO give UFOs and extraterrestrial life a Cosmic Top Secret classification? Strange as they are supposed not to exist!!!

Cosmic Top Secret is the highest security clasification.

2006-10-30 00:58:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

ive been thinking about this and came to the conclusion that i dont agree with the statement. this is because i believe that we are more than our thoughts, we are our spirits and emotions aswell, and the emotions start at a lower level than our thoughts, but can become strong enough to be recognized by our thoughts.

What do you think???

2006-10-30 00:58:07 · 14 answers · asked by Glow(worm) 2 in Philosophy

2006-10-30 00:58:05 · 55 answers · asked by leonardo 2 in Singles & Dating

argument for a lesson so reasons would be helpful thanks xx

2006-10-30 00:58:02 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Primary & Secondary Education

What powers would you like to see installed so that you can control and discipline a class? Or do you think they're fine as they are?

2006-10-30 00:57:59 · 16 answers · asked by True Blue Brit 7 in Teaching

2006-10-30 00:57:53 · 2 answers · asked by green 2 in Other - Science

They all think I'm a whore. I'm 16 but I only had sex with 4 different guys. The girls call me a slut and make fun of me all the time. Sometimes they even make me cry. My own friends are starting to hate me. My best friend won't talk to me because she thinks I slept with her boyfriend, but I slept with him BEFORE they started going out! Now she's spreading rumors how I'm trying to get pregnant so that my baby is born in the US and I can apply for citizenship. Nobody eats lunch with me expect for guys. I'm so sad, I didn't even go to school today. I don't know what to do! What should I do?

2006-10-30 00:57:53 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

pi=22/7.

2006-10-30 00:57:52 · 5 answers · asked by sidda s 1 in Mathematics

A. africa
B. china and japan
C. europe
D. the middle east

2006-10-30 00:57:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Geography

2006-10-30 00:57:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Marriage & Divorce

NEW YORK - Eighty years after his death, the name Harry Houdini remains synonymous with escape under the most dire circumstances. But Houdini, the immigrants' son whose death-defying career made him one of the world's biggest stars, was more than a mere entertainer.

A new biography of the legendary performer suggests that Houdini worked as a spy for Scotland Yard, monitored Russian anarchists and chased counterfeiters for the U.S. Secret Service — all before he was possibly murdered.

"The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero" will be released on Halloween — the anniversary of Houdini's untimely death at age 52. Chasing new information on the elusive superstar eventually led authors William Kalush and Larry Sloman to create a database of more than 700,000 pages.

"There's no way in the world we could have done this book without it," said Sloman of the huge electronic index. "It would have taken 30 years — maybe."

The biography lays out a scenario where Houdini, using his career as cover, managed to travel the United States and the world while collecting information for law enforcement. The authors made the link after reviewing a journal belonging to William Melville, a British spy master who mentioned Houdini several times.

Melville, while at Scotland Yard in the early 20th century, helped launch Houdini's European career by allowing the performer to demonstrate his escape skills. Houdini, at a demonstration arranged by Melville, slipped free from a pair of Scotland Yard handcuffs as an audition for a London theater owner.

The book suggests that Melville's compliance was part of a quid pro quo in which Houdini worked as a spy. A similar situation occurred in Chicago, where Houdini's career took off after a publicity stunt aided by a local police lieutenant, the book said.

"Finding the Melville diary — we knew there was a connection, we knew there was something there," said Kalush. "But finding that diary solidified a lot of other things."

No less a Houdini enthusiast than Teller — the mute half of Penn and Teller, and one of the legendary performer's spiritual descendants — felt the link between the escape artist and the authorities was no leap.

"Law enforcement is about bureaucracy and cronyism," Teller said. "So they're going to let some entertainer walk in and escape from their jail cells? That suggests to me that (the authors) are on the right track."

Houdini was a relentless self-promoter in the style of P.T. Barnum, although he didn't play his audience for suckers. The biography recounts one 1902 escape, in Blackburn, England, where Houdini refused to surrender despite the use of plugged locks that made his freedom almost impossible.

After two hours, Houdini escaped to a standing ovation. The next day his arms were "hideously blue and swollen, with large chunks of flesh torn out," the book recounts. Because of the way the chains and rigged locks were fastened, Houdini "had no choice but to tear out the chunks of his flesh to get free."

That's entertainment.

Houdini's renown was such that he was known around the world by a single name long before Sting or Madonna.

"We know Houdini was a hero," said Sloman. "He could get out of anything — which was a myth, of course."

Kalush said the myth eventually overshadowed the man. "It's part of us: He's a human, I'm a human, he can beat anything, so maybe I can beat some things," Kalush said.

The biography's other hook is the suggestion that Houdini's relentless debunking of the Spiritualist movement, whose proponents included "Sherlock Holmes" author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, led to his death. The group believed they could contact the dead; Houdini believed they were frauds.

Houdini, at the turn of the century, joined his wife Bess — "The Celebrated Clairvoyant" — in presenting a trumped-up act in which he worked as the barker and she as the medium. But Houdini eventually crossed over to the other side, exposing phony mediums much as he'd once exposed copycat escape artists.

"I like the way that Houdini comes off as a real tough guy, which is no doubt true," said Teller. "He's not afraid to show up at somebody else's performance and scream, `This is my act you're doing. Why don't you try this trick?'

"That's a rough and tumble thing you'll never see a modern magician do."

The authors recount a pair of October 1926 incidents in which Houdini was viciously punched in the stomach, once by a college student in his dressing room and later by a stranger in a hotel lobby.

Houdini — the book suggests the Spiritualists may have arranged the attacks — died days later in Room 401 at Grace Hospital in Detroit. His aura of invincibility seemed over. But as the authors discovered, it still lives on today.

"He's compelling because of that myth, that he could not be restrained by anything," said Sloman. "The more successful he was, the more he became a symbol of the lone man resisting authority."

2006-10-30 00:57:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

as some of you know me and my fiance have been hveing problems hes not giving me enough attention we never do anything anymore...some of you said tlk to him about it...well I just called him at wrk and told him before he goes to sleep tonght we hve to tlk he said were not tlking about anything and hung the phone up on me........im un haooy but I love him still...our wedding is in march 2008 but Im worried this is how my life will always be....what do I do......

2006-10-30 00:57:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Marriage & Divorce

An associate of mine claims to not be racist but is upset because his daughter is dating a black man. When I ask him why, he doesn't give a legit answer. i.e. "we should all stay with our race but that doesn't make me a racist."
Maybe so, maybe not...
What do you think?

2006-10-30 00:57:22 · 14 answers · asked by SUPERMAN 1 in Singles & Dating

my website is all about manutd and all i want to do is add a ticker or something that will show the latest premiership football scores

2006-10-30 00:57:06 · 4 answers · asked by Big Bad Azza 2 in English Football

2006-10-30 00:57:03 · 5 answers · asked by Ruth F 1 in Games & Gear

I was checking-out of a motel. Turned on the news and saw, what I thought to be a rehearsal or practice emergency response. The first plane had hit minutes earlier. It didn't take long to figure out that this was REAL. . ...........then.....the second plane hit. .. silence. . . . .. . . I was in shock !!!

Where were you ?

2006-10-30 00:56:53 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I would just want to know how a lady wants a gentleman to treat her. Specifically?

2006-10-30 00:56:50 · 12 answers · asked by JaZz 2 in Singles & Dating

I am a software developer and I have created an installation setup program in Visual Studio for the software I wrote in Visual Basic. Another person downloaded my program and installed it to their computer. But when they tried to run my software they got the error message:

Run-time error '339':
Component 'MSMAPI32.OCX' not correctly registered: file is missing or invalid.

My program uses MAPI to send out email messages. I thought all Windows systems would have MAPI installed on them. Should I add the MAPI OCX file to my installation program and do I have the legal right to do so? Does Microsoft authorize developers to distribute that component with their applications? Do I need to distribute some other Microsoft components that my program uses, like ADO and Excel? How do I know which components I legally can and should include in my installation program?

Any help is appreciated.

2006-10-30 00:56:39 · 2 answers · asked by blue_prince_of_dallas 2 in Programming & Design

2006-10-30 00:56:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Europe

Uhmmm... Makes you think does in't because you can't translate every single word from one language to the other sucessfully unless the languages where the same i.e you can not 100% translate a text from english to Russian without loosing some meaning. Since teh followers of Jesus spoke Aramaic as well.... The Question really is WHO WROTE THE BIBLE? ANother question is WHo put the bible together? ANother one is How come it has so many many many many many errors?


Uhmmmm Makes you think no?

2006-10-30 00:56:35 · 16 answers · asked by Ling 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Can anyone teach me how to use a comma in an essay by showing the samples together with it detailed function after them?
With sincere thanks.

2006-10-30 00:56:26 · 3 answers · asked by Gone Car 1 in Teaching

I see how people like people, for the correct treatment of animals, but why are some people against that? why are you against a group that wants to help animals?

2006-10-30 00:56:22 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I just installed Sims 2 University. When I double-click the Sims 2 University icon, the white Sims 2 University logo appers. The logo should stay for about 10 seconds,disappears and then the game starts, but for me it doesn't go away even after 5 minutes. In the end, I get an error. What should I do.

2006-10-30 00:56:10 · 3 answers · asked by Dexter 2 in Video & Online Games

I am a 27 year old male, I am on the verge of ending things. I am a female trapped in side a male body, I need help but dont know how to get it, I cant cope any more and just want out, what should I do? I dont know how to tell people what my problem is I hide it away and just cant deal with this anymore

2006-10-30 00:56:03 · 24 answers · asked by Demon 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-10-30 00:56:01 · 9 answers · asked by Juventina 6 in FIFA World Cup (TM)

my grandson spilt some juice all over keyboard. is there any wwwwway to fix this other than buying a new keyboard. many of the letters repeats or if i wwwwant to backspace i lose my wwwhole sentence. can i pry the keys up and wwwipe them off with a cleaner and then replace them. has anyone else had this problem? any ideas welcome, as long as its a home remedy. really don't want to purchase a neeeew keyboard.

2006-10-30 00:55:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Can any one recommend a non greasy, nice smelling all over body lotion available in the uk thats not to expensive? But is good? Thanks

2006-10-30 00:55:55 · 27 answers · asked by I~Love~Baileys 3 in Other - Beauty & Style

please let me know feedback

2006-10-30 00:55:44 · 2 answers · asked by KAY L 2 in Other - Computers