All categories - 18 February 2007

I'm just asking because I am "talking" to this guy...he never has said anything about this before to me, but he plays a bunch of sports and all his past girlfriends have been cheerleaders or really good basketball players and such...and I dont play a sport. I do love to watch sports and can hold a good conversation with him about college/pro football or basketball and i also work out at the gym regularly, but I'm afraid that in the back of his mind he will start to not like me because im not very athletic and he is. I just dont want to lose what ive found in him.

2007-02-18 08:33:26 · 5 answers · asked by ---- 2 in Singles & Dating

My friend is about 4 8' and she weighs 66 pounds, i think she is too skinny, is she?
2nd question
How much should you weigh if ur 12 and 4 9'?
3rd question
How much should you weigh in the 7th grade?

2007-02-18 08:33:25 · 5 answers · asked by Kristen 1 in Friends

The Governments of the World are supposed to protect the children. What makes you think that your children or your children's children won't be the next victim of child sex slavery?

*Perilous Times Latin America's secret slave trade* Oliver Balch reports from the triple frontier of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, where humans have become the most sought-after contraband. Wednesday December 20, 2006

Guardian Unlimited Sit by the swimming pool of the exclusive Iguazú Jungle hotel and you can watch the "contrabandistas" emerging from the undergrowth. All day, an army of smugglers can be seen passing along the mountainous path that separates Argentina from Brazil. Locals know it as the "pique". It is just one of a dozen or more unofficial crossing points on the so-called triple frontier, the name given to the porous border area where Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil meet. Article continues Everything from fake branded clothing to Class A drugs are ferried back and forth along these clandestine routes. The list of contraband goods now also extends to human beings. The human-trafficking business is estimated to be worth over £10bn a year, making it the world's third most profitable criminal activity after drug-smuggling and gun-running. Many of those trafficked through the triple frontier are destined for the illegal labour market in Brazil or Argentina. The trade in babies for adoption is also widely reported. But a large proportion end up as sex workers. Many end up in brothels across the region, although a high number are destined for the triple frontier's own thriving sex industry. Children are particularly vulnerable to human traffickers. Charities working with at-risk children in the border region estimate that as many as 3,500 young people could be involved. "Many girls are trafficked via the pique. It's all highly organised", explains Marcelina Antunez, director of Luz de Infancia, a children's care centre in the Argentine town of Puerto Iguazú. Driving the trade is the flood of foreign tourists who come to visit the world famous Iguazú waterfalls. Much of the demand for prostitution is casual. Yet the region also attracts a hardened group of sex tourists. The region's reputation for prostitution is not new. In the late 1970s, around 40,000 workers flooded into the triple frontier to help build the colossal Itaipú hydroelectric dam. Around 97% of the new workforce were men. As the dam went up, so too did the demand for paid-for sex. "The triple frontera is the Bangkok of Latin America...after the tsunami, many sex tourists started coming here instead of Asia," notes Cynthia Bendlin, director of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) for the triple frontier area. IOM runs a number of awareness programmes to highlight the dangers of the trafficking trade. But it is an uphill struggle. Many of the children most at risk either live on the street or come from very impoverished families, Ms Bendlin explains. In some cases of extreme destitution, children are even contracted out by their parents. There is a blind beggar in Puerto Igazú, for example, who walks the streets hand-in-hand with a seven year-old girl. He makes his living by renting her out for sex. She is his neighbour's daughter. The situation is complicated further by the "recruiters". Often known to the victims, they promise the opportunity of work across the border. When the fictitious jobs never materialise, the victims finds themselves trapped and unable to return home. IOM also works with local government agencies and the police in an attempt to develop coordinated strategies to stop the traffickers. Again, prgress is slow. In Argentina alone, there are at least five separate security agencies operating in the border zone. Between the three countries, the problem of coordination becomes triply complicated, Ms Bendlin admits. At a national level, there are some signs of encouragement. This week, Argentina's lower house is scheduled to discuss a bill that would officially recognise underage human trafficking in the criminal code. Victim organisations welcome such measures, but remain sceptical about how much difference they will make on the ground. Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay all have separate laws and legal processes. Add to that the variety of municipal, provincial and national legislation and you have a complex legal web to navigate. It is a journey that many victims would rather not undertake. In addition to the psychological and financial implications of pursuing a court case, many fear the threat of reprisals. "Although we know about more than 700 cases of child trafficking, we have only reported 40 in the last three years", confesses Benigno Cáceres, a lawyer with CEAPRA, a children's charity in the Paraguayan border town of Ciudad del Este. Only one of these complaints resulted in a guilty verdict. The relative impunity for sex-related crimes is in keeping with cultural attitudes in the triple frontier. The region's strong culture of machismo holds that sex with underage girls is safer and a sign of male virility, says Norma Pereira, a child psychologist in Ciudad del Este. In addition, the mothers of trafficked children are frequently themselves the victims of abuse or involved in prostitution, she explains: "Families often refuse to recognise the problem. It's as if this new form of slavery has become natural." · Oliver Balch is a freelance journalist based in Argentina.

2007-02-18 08:33:13 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Consider homosexuality as an example.

2007-02-18 08:33:11 · 30 answers · asked by God 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I worked for Farmers Insurance in 2005 for about 3 months

2007-02-18 08:33:11 · 2 answers · asked by teach_moore_99 1 in Insurance

I'm trying to make a craft but I want something to put the flowers in besides a vases, have any ideas?

2007-02-18 08:33:08 · 15 answers · asked by Pinkster 1 in Hobbies & Crafts

I'm trying to reach the fullest potential in finding a job. -Finished university and surely should be doing something at that level?
Or not- Do I want to sit behind the computer all day and go to conferences where they discuss how to optimalise the coffee machine? - Don't get me wrong there are " uni-" jobs important for health care or environment- but this may not me for me.
Let me be happy. Where can I find happiness? Is it really important to find a jobs that constantly triggers my mind and brings stress?

Can wanting to much make you unhappy?

2007-02-18 08:33:07 · 5 answers · asked by ? 1 in Mental Health

I need it mostly for the internet & for storing photos & music. Any recommendations? Are Dell, Acer or Advent any good?

Cheers

2007-02-18 08:33:05 · 7 answers · asked by Plantgirl 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Going to St Catherine de Fierbois on holiday then up to Nozay. How many miles for each of the trips?

2007-02-18 08:33:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Paris

2007-02-18 08:33:00 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

(I mean NYC.)

2007-02-18 08:32:55 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Say you had been seeing this really great guy, who is sensitive, understanding, easy to get along with and the total gentleman. He gives you butterflies when he phones or when you see him and you think he might be 'the one'. Then things move on a stage and you discover that he is extremely poorly endowed (we're talking button mushroom) and to make matters worse he has problems in getting it up. Would it make a girl shallow if she were to dump him because of this? I know it sounds really, really insensitive, but is it possible to have a long term relationship with all this in mind??

It would be funny if it weren't true! So sensitive answers only please!!!

2007-02-18 08:32:51 · 35 answers · asked by L D 5 in Singles & Dating

what is the best way or which method do you women prefer to get rid of hair down there? I am 16 and this is gonna be weird to say but when i look in the mirror, i have so much hair that you can see it on the sides of my underwear. I HATE it. it makes me feel so self-conscious. i cant wear a normal bathing suit without seeing it so i always wear shorts with my bathing suit, its a pain!!! so i was wondering which method some of you prefer?

2007-02-18 08:32:39 · 7 answers · asked by SMasewicz 3 in Singles & Dating

my friend has starburst and her sayin is so juicy that i got u droolin so i will give best answer to the person that has the tightest one?

2007-02-18 08:32:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Non-Alcoholic Drinks

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2007-02-18 08:32:33 · 12 answers · asked by >>Rican[Mamii♥]<< 3 in Celebrities

homeless woman living in a car? yes? or no and why

2007-02-18 08:32:31 · 5 answers · asked by alexander s 1 in Economics

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2007-02-18 08:32:29 · 2 answers · asked by Yvonne 4 in Community Service

2007-02-18 08:32:28 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-18 08:32:26 · 7 answers · asked by DARIA. - JOINED MAY 2006 7 in Psychology

what part of the pig is in it?

2007-02-18 08:32:15 · 5 answers · asked by L K 5 in Other - Food & Drink

Just move in with my boyfriend to a VA town in the Shenandoa valley, since then I know at least of 20 relatives, friends or neighbors who have died of or diagnosed with differen types of cancer. Its the water or the air?

2007-02-18 08:32:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer

I don't want it to be to crowded, but not dead either. We will be staying at the Gran Caribe Real. We stayed there last year, but it was end of Sept early Oct. Thanks for the help.

2007-02-18 08:32:12 · 6 answers · asked by shutterbug 2 in Cancun

2007-02-18 08:32:11 · 2 answers · asked by buckole5 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-02-18 08:32:09 · 4 answers · asked by beverly j 1 in Diet & Fitness

homeless woman living in a car? yes? or no and why

2007-02-18 08:32:06 · 7 answers · asked by alexander s 1 in Other - Social Science

like the most disfigured deformed person on eath how do i ave up for reconstructive surgery when i am too scared to go out because of peoples reactions when they see my ugly face

2007-02-18 08:32:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

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2007-02-18 08:32:00 · 5 answers · asked by jj 2 in Mental Health