All categories - 26 April 2007

2007-04-26 12:06:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am looking for a Latin translation of the moral from one of Aesop's fables, "The gods help them that help themselves." (Ironic, isn't it?) This is the best I could come up with on my own (after two years of Latin, no less)

Dei adjuvant illos qui ipsos adjuvant.

Any comments? I'm not exactly sure if adjuvare has the right nuance for the phrase. Would succurrere fit better?

2007-04-26 12:06:02 · 5 answers · asked by Ruby 2 in Languages

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=752

Obviously, Bush's and Cheney's approval rating is pathetic. The funny part is that Bush's and Cheney's approval rating is 28% and 25%, but they are both higher than the Democratic Senate Majority leader Reid, who lands at a whopping 22%. Queen Pelosi is really tearing it up with a approval rating of 30%. This queen the liberals are praising are within the margin or error, so theoretically she could have a lower rating than Bush. Obviously, the same could be said about Reid being within the margin of Cheney. However, best case scenario for liberals is that they are viewed in the same rank as the Bush administration, which they despise. By the way Condi's, rating is 45%, which is higher than Queen Pelosi's as well. Let the spinning begin libs.

2007-04-26 12:05:45 · 25 answers · asked by Billy 3 in Politics

i don't think he deserved to go home last week!! i want to find someone else who thinks the same. everyone at my school says it was about time he went. i disagree!

2007-04-26 12:05:31 · 11 answers · asked by bubbles rock!!! 2 in Celebrities

My kids are 8 and 5 yrs old. I really want them to enjoy there visit in Vegas What hotel besides Circus Circus is special.

2007-04-26 12:05:28 · 9 answers · asked by YVONNE M 1 in Las Vegas

A group in our apartment building is starting our first garden in a new, raised-bed plot (about 70 sq.ft.) with very sterile, sandy-loam soil. We have some donated steer manure to add, and we may get a few other amendments, but we have a very limited budget. We can get quite a lot of coffee grounds, potato peelings, apple peelings, and banana skins very quickly, but we do not have time to compost them (not this year!)

I have read that worms will eat cooked potatoes, but not raw potatoes. (Not that we have worms yet, but I'm hoping to get some.) If I cook the potato skins, shred everything up, and add some molasses to help the bacteria along, can we mix the resulting mess directly into the soil?

2007-04-26 12:05:27 · 5 answers · asked by AnitraWeb 2 in Garden & Landscape

2007-04-26 12:05:21 · 12 answers · asked by hello world 7 in Polls & Surveys

That if a gay guy wanted saved, he could. As long as he kept the thoughts to himself, and didn't look at gay prn, and stopped with the gay sinning, he could. It'd be like a gay giving the oath of abstinence for the rest of his life. Do you agree? Becuase I'm sure that God would give them a chance at Heaven.

2007-04-26 12:05:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-04-26 12:04:53 · 22 answers · asked by Dave M 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I have mixed thoughts about this. I did not approve of the pre-emptive attack on Iraq, but perhaps if the US attacked Iran it woulf create the same mess as in Iraq, and weaken the country.

I am a Democrat, but I have no use for Islam. I can not see anything good in that religion. It is a promoter of Jihad and that means killing your enemies. It also means the maltreatment of women.

2007-04-26 12:04:41 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Ok, so i have preety long hair, its about 3-4 inches below my shoulders and its also really thick, I wanna get an Emo haircut, but i dont want it really short. Any tips at all? and if u could send me some pics so i can give to my stylist that would really help.

2007-04-26 12:04:36 · 2 answers · asked by Saraaah:) 1 in Hair

I have a bruise on my lower left stomach and dont know how it got there. Also I keep getting sharp pains every now and then. Also it feels as if something is swimming or fluttering from the right side towards the left side. Could I be pregnant? Anyone ever have these symptoms? I've also been really tired lately. Thanks

2007-04-26 12:04:33 · 6 answers · asked by xheavynnx 1 in Pregnancy

husband put refrigerant in one by dashboard but there is one with a black cap on the left side of car

2007-04-26 12:04:23 · 3 answers · asked by faith t 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

when i moved into my house, there was alot of *crap* in the loft of my Garage. I stimbled upon a 25lb shell of some sort.
its about 25lbs
about 16" tall (without a fuse/cone on top)
it has a brass band thats about 4" from the bottom, and under witch i think is solid metal
its got only 1 engraving on it and that is "Y-10"
it has threads on the top (where a warhead/cone/fuse may go)
i don't know any thing about this, and the previous owner of the house has died, so i can't ask.
if you could give me as much info as possible that would be AWESOME!!!!!
heres some pictures too
http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u184/Eyes0444/?action=view¤t=P1010001.jpg
http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u184/Eyes0444/?action=view¤t=P1010002.jpg
any info, like timeperiod what it was fired out off, ect would be helpfull

2007-04-26 12:04:05 · 6 answers · asked by eyes0444 3 in History

My bestfriend wants to join the MARINES and asked me what i thought about it. I dont know i mean is it rewarding? is it a good career? Do you think it would make him happy? Are or where you happy? I just want the truth, i know that it is hard as hell. But i have always looked out for him and him for me i just want him to be happy and have one of the best careers possible.

2007-04-26 12:03:52 · 13 answers · asked by friendofthebandnerds 2 in Military

IT WILL BE EASIER IF YOU CAN SHOW ME THE DIAGRAM
OR A PICTURE.

2007-04-26 12:03:51 · 1 answers · asked by sam s 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-04-26 12:03:40 · 4 answers · asked by sanjeev - 1 in Other - Dining Out

I am very deep in love with my girlfriend Wendy. Being together for 1 year and six months and I can never get enough of her.

I have the urge to propose to her, but I have a problem.

I have a problem when people/objects shock me, I scream random words or sudden emotional outburst. I also twitch in places I've never been before..At first she found that scary, but later she learned to live with it.

I'm not sure if she still finds it creepy.

But her parents say they want "normal" grandchildren.

And adding to that, I'm asian and she's mexican. Our parents don't really beleive in "different ethnic matrimony'.

Should I propose? Or stay away for the sake of her parents? I've seen her glance at rings now and then...

2007-04-26 12:03:34 · 10 answers · asked by Keit' AlMode 1 in Singles & Dating

2007-04-26 12:03:34 · 12 answers · asked by Kyara R 1 in Mathematics

Do you agree with my theory that nothing can exist without its opposite?

2007-04-26 12:03:22 · 11 answers · asked by Zoey 4 in Philosophy

2007-04-26 12:03:15 · 7 answers · asked by Gabbylife15 2 in Horoscopes

Does anyone know where I can get a good quality CD burner and explain to me how I would use it? I really wan to make a CD from the songs I have on realplayer but I need a CD burner and have no idea where to get one or how I would use it. PLZ HELP!

2007-04-26 12:03:12 · 5 answers · asked by meximari420 2 in Other - Electronics

i am getting a tattoo of my moms name on the back of my arm and i wanted to know if anyone could tell me a site where i can find lettering. i dont want plain script, i want something like graffiti lettering or something close to that.

2007-04-26 12:03:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Tattoos

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2007-04-26 12:03:05 · 7 answers · asked by babyhonbri 2 in Mathematics

Gun-free zones fail; concealed carry laws work
F. PAUL VALONE
If your state lawmakers killed legislation to protect students from slaughter, would you celebrate by saying, "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus"?

This 2006 hubris was courtesy of Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker. The legislation killed was House Bill 1572, which could have enabled concealed handgun permit-holders to protect themselves on college campuses; and harsh reality trumped Hincker's "feeling" of safety when Cho Seung-Hui murdered 32 at Virginia Tech.

When gun control advocates peddle their oft-failed schemes as solutions, they avoid mentioning details of three other school shootings where armed intervention saved lives:

• In Pearl, Miss., assistant principal Joel Myrick stopped triple murderer Luke Woodham using a handgun from his car.

• In Edinboro, Pa., the 14-year-old who killed a teacher at an off-campus dance was captured by shotgun-wielding James Strand.

• At Virginia's Appalachian School of Law, student Tracy Bridges used his pistol to detain murderer Peter Odighizuwa.

Beyond anecdotes, researchers John Lott and William Landes, then at Yale and the University of Chicago, respectively, studied multiple victim public shootings. Data from 1976 to 1995 showed the number of shootings in states with concealed handgun laws declined by 84 percent, deaths plummeted by 90 percent and injuries by 82.5 percent.

The two called their findings "dramatic," concluding: "[T]he only policy factor to have a consistently significant influence on multiple victim public shootings is the passage of concealed handgun laws."

Criminals don't obey laws

Like North Carolina, Virginia prohibits guns on campuses. But policies purporting to create "gun-free" zones actually increase victimization, found the researchers: "States with the fewest gun free zones have the greatest reductions [in] killings, injuries, and attacks."Indeed, of eight major school rampages tracked by The New York Times, six occurred after enactment of the federal "Gun Free School Zones Act" in 1996.

Said Lott, "Gun prohibitionists concede that banning guns around schools has not quite worked as intended -- but their response has been to call for more regulation of guns. Yet what might appear to be the most obvious policy may actually cost lives. When gun-control laws are passed, it is law-abiding citizens, not would-be criminals, who adhere to them."

Concealed carry in schools, while novel, is not untested: Utah has permitted it since 1995. If you Google "Utah school shootings," you will find exactly none. Last week, the Tennessee state house voted to join them.

Lest you picture drunken freshman shooting into the air at football games, understand that FBI background checks ensure permit-holders are age 21 and free of felonies, violent misdemeanors and demonstrated substance abuse. After 12 years under North Carolina's concealed handgun law, permit-holders have proven themselves sane, sober and law-abiding. Revocations run less than one tenth of one percent, most for reasons unrelated to guns.

Protect yourself

Moreover, the concept has support among academics: After the recent murders, Virginia Tech graduate research assistant Brad Wiles quoted his unsuccessful appeal to the school's president last August: "The policy that forbids students who are legally licensed to carry in Virginia needs to be changed. I am qualified and capable of carrying a concealed handgun and urge you to work with me to allow my most basic right of self-defense, and eliminate entrusting my safety and the safety of my classmates to the government."

Policy-makers will debate Virginia Tech's delayed emergency response and its failure to address Cho's clearly disturbed behavior; they will debate campus security. But if 32 murders say anything, it's that police have neither the ability nor -- as the Supreme Court has twice ruled -- the responsibility to protect you.

Seventy-six-year-old Professor Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor, used his body to shield escaping Virginia students. Doubtless, the politicians who killed HB 1572 console themselves that their malfeasance didn't quite cause his murder.

But maybe N.C. lawmakers will display uncharacteristic courage by passing legislation allowing concealed handgun permit-holders to deter or stop campus rampages. Heroes such as Liviu Librescu deserve something better than their bodies to stop bullets.

F. Paul

Valone

2007-04-26 12:02:58 · 6 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics

I have been doing osme researhc and have read up on the programme of action produced the U.N. The multinational narboi protocal, etc. They all suggest differnt measures. What do you think the best way to solve this growing crisis is?

2007-04-26 12:02:46 · 2 answers · asked by christopher m 1 in Military

Elvis was superimposed on stage and sang a duet with Celine Dion. It was quite an emotional moment for me as I still have my Elvis Presley Fan Club Membership Card from 1956. I was just eleven years old when I joined...

2007-04-26 12:02:22 · 14 answers · asked by Incognito 6 in Television

Wow,"it's about time,'you mean to tell us all, you finally figured it out,They new that our people could'nt pass up the opportunity,to play with their creations our own weapons of mass destruction!Just to think ,a verbal conversation,was the beginning,.How will it end?

2007-04-26 12:02:22 · 6 answers · asked by JGreen 2 in Military