All categories - 19 July 2007

I've just heard on Sky News that the new Harry Potter Book is to be released tonight at midnight. I have absolutely nothing against Harry Potter or J K Rowling, in fact I enjoy the books/films.

It just occurred to me that with all the talk of global warming, turn your thermostat down, walk instead of car etc etc, is it not pretty silly to launch a book at midnight when all the shops are going to have to stay open longer using more energy, burning lights etc not to mention travel for people to go to the shop to buy the book after already gone home for the day.Would it not be better to release the book at 9am the next day?

This question also brings to mind 24hour stores. Is it really necessary to have them open all night using energy? Could they not close from midnight until 5am for example? Surely that would help our carbon imprint.

Maybe its just me. Oh well . . . i'll go now and turn my thermostat down by 2 degrees and make sure none of my appliances are on standby!

2007-07-19 21:40:30 · 15 answers · asked by Charm 3 in Global Warming

i konw theremany things going around the world about global warming but i can't see the effect of greenhouse and global warming affect on australians. help someone!

2007-07-19 21:40:10 · 4 answers · asked by kuai g 1 in Global Warming

2007-07-19 21:40:08 · 18 answers · asked by wolflady 6 in Polls & Surveys

Why? Do you relate to the lyrics? How does their music make you feel?

2007-07-19 21:39:52 · 22 answers · asked by The 8th Deadly Sin 5 in Polls & Surveys

Can I provide for 50% of Debtors as " Provision for Bad Debts " by debiting the profit and loss account in a particular year.
Will such a Bad-Debt expense be allowed for purpose of Computation of Income for Income Tax Returns.
What are the I-Tax rules in respect of the above ?
A detailed explanation is desirable.

Thanks in advance..............

2007-07-19 21:39:40 · 2 answers · asked by happy 2 in India

i feel like someone should just take the end of umbrella and beat me up till i pass out or die

2007-07-19 21:39:31 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

where can i meet rich guys in cali? im serious.
i know money is not everyhting.
thanks

2007-07-19 21:39:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

if i buy and then sell a stock in the time frame between the declaration date and the record date, do i get pay for the dividends? even if i make the transactions within hours?

2007-07-19 21:39:21 · 3 answers · asked by KevinLT 1 in Investing

2007-07-19 21:38:28 · 2 answers · asked by candy 1 in Dancing

The BMW would be paid for in a year or so and I wanted to go out and finance an 07 Escalade

2007-07-19 21:38:25 · 4 answers · asked by Katie Q 1 in Credit

2007-07-19 21:37:56 · 21 answers · asked by The 8th Deadly Sin 5 in Polls & Surveys

i posted something in here yesterday saying that i was really pleased to now be on level 4..... and i got a VIOLATION for it and got it removed.........not only do we all work hard to get the points that we have got then someone goes and ruines it all!!!!!!..... who elae agrees with me??.......xxx

2007-07-19 21:37:55 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-19 21:37:47 · 18 answers · asked by wolflady 6 in Polls & Surveys

I worked full-time at a manufacturing plant. My manager and I always got along... we didn't see eye-to-eye on everything... but we did concur most of the time. She is beautiful, smart, very professional; family oriented (3 wonderful kids); OH, and has a boyfriend; of 3 years, one kid is his, but hasn't aked her to marry him. She says its not time.

Now, I can read her, as a woman, like a book... her moods, if she had problems at home with the kids, or if something was on her mind. But I had difficulty reading her as a manager; she kept everything professional.

Since I have left employment, we haven't spoken much. I operate my own business, and I would love to contact her. She is one of the most loyal and faithful people I know, and would not do anything, (working too late, spending too much time with friends, etc) to jeapordize her family life.

She is exactly what I've always wanted; a loving mom and wife that is hard working and has family values.

What should I do?

2007-07-19 21:36:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Marriage & Divorce

2007-07-19 21:36:46 · 16 answers · asked by sigmund 2 in Mythology & Folklore

2007-07-19 21:36:46 · 11 answers · asked by Honey Girl 3 in Politics

We are all heading in the same direction. Why does it matter what path we take to get there? Also, why does one think that because one's religion is different than another they are somehow the right religion and the other is against you and your beliefs? Can't we all just get along. In multi-religious harmony?

Blessed Be

2007-07-19 21:36:33 · 26 answers · asked by Anthony 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-19 21:35:43 · 3 answers · asked by Christopher J 2 in Home Theater

2007-07-19 21:35:01 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Valentine's Day

say you have got a semi circle, and have calulated where the center of gravity is. i now want to find 3 points where it can be lifted, keeping the semi cirlce flat. how do i find these?

2007-07-19 21:34:58 · 3 answers · asked by mr_o_uk 2 in Engineering

I'm listening to a japanese song and I got two translations and i'm not sure which one is correct...the line goes Tatake tatake tatake yowaii tamashii... (shiro no jumon by doa) but the other one says hatake hatake hatake yowai tamashii... i can't figure out or find out what tatake means. help please.

2007-07-19 21:34:31 · 2 answers · asked by koori_tsuki7 1 in Words & Wordplay

Two clients are visiting the same website at the same time.
We have both IP addresses in server DB.
Once client sends a message (a form) to the server (trigger event)
Server stores form data to DB, then MUST refresh page of the other client.
How to do this? (PhP, MySQL...)

2007-07-19 21:34:25 · 2 answers · asked by just "JR" 7 in Programming & Design

.. here in south east asia, our morning tempreture is about 27-32 degree celsius & afternoon is 30-39 degree celsius.

2007-07-19 21:34:12 · 8 answers · asked by ☼ Shm ☼ 4 in Weather

First of all, I will be moving to France in 2 years- after College. So I will return to live permanently.

Man one is closer to my age and is very fun but we dont talk about the important things due to language barrier. He is very patient with me and I with him. The main problem is the lack of time as I cannot see him until after 10 pm each day. I think he would live in the US with me until I finish college- as he has discussed it with me.

Man two is more experienced and a few years older- he is fun but we talk about important subjects. The only downfall is the most important thing in his life- religion- is something we dont share. Also, being older, he is ready to settle down and talks about it even though I have only known him a very short period of time. I would like to settle down but I still have 2 more years of college. I do not think he would come to the US to be with me for 2 years

I want to pick someone who I think there could be a future with. Please advise.

2007-07-19 21:33:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

2007-07-19 21:32:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2007-07-19 21:32:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-19 21:32:39 · 25 answers · asked by djp6314 4 in Polls & Surveys

WOW, amazing how guilt can change the course of an entire religion.........

Martin Luther was a Great Protestant leader who was filled with the Holy Spirit and look what he used to teach in the early days :


Did I not tell you earlier that a Jew is such a noble, precious jewel that God and all the angels dance when he farts?---Martin Luther

“What then shall we Christians do with this damned, rejected race of Jews?
First, their synagogues should be set on fire, and whatever does not burn up should be covered or spread over with dirt so that no one may ever be able to see a cinder or stone of it. And this ought to be done for the honour of God and of Christianity, in order that God may see that we are true Christians.
Secondly, their homes should be likewise broken down and destroyed.
Thirdly, they should be deprived of their prayerbooks and talmuds in which such idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught.
Fourthly, their rabbis must be forbidden under threats of death to teach anymore.” – Martin Luther

“If I find a Jew to baptize, I shall lead him to the Elbe bridge, hang a stone around his neck, and push him into the water, baptizing him with the name of Avraham!.. I cannot convert the Jews. Our lord Christ did not succeed in doing so; but I can close their mouths so that there will be nothing for them to do but to lie upon the ground.” – Martin Luther

“I hope I shall never be so stupid as to be circumcised; I would rather cut off the left breast of my Catherine and of all women.” --- Martin Luther

“If we are to remain unsullied by the blasphemy of the Jews and not wish to take part in it, we must be separated from them and they must be driven out of the country.” – Martin Luther

Jesus did not call them Abraham's children, but a "brood of vipers" [Matt. 3:7]. Oh, that was too insulting for the noble blood and race of Israel, and they declared, "He has a demon' [Matt 11:18]. Our Lord also calls them a "brood of vipers"; furthermore in John 8 [:39,44] he states: "If you were Abraham's children ye would do what Abraham did.... You are of your father the devil. It was intolerable to them to hear that they were not Abraham's but the devil's children, nor can they bear to hear this today.------Martin Luther

Learn from this, dear Christian, what you are doing if you permit the blind Jews to mislead you. Then the saying will truly apply, "When a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into the pit" [cf. Luke 6:39]. You cannot learn anything from them except how to misunderstand the divine commandments...------Martin Luther

St. John Chrysostom: “I know that many people hold a high regard for the Jews and consider their way of life worthy of respect at the present time... This is why I am hurrying to pull up this fatal notion by the roots ... A place where a whore stands on display is a whorehouse. What is more, the synagogue is not only a whorehouse and a theater; it is also a den of thieves and a haunt of wild animals ... not the cave of a wild animal merely, but of an unclean wild animal ... When animals are unfit for work, they are marked for slaughter, and this is the very thing which the Jews have experienced. By making themselves unfit for work, they have become ready for slaughter. This is why Christ said: “as for my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them and slay them before me’ (Luke 19.27).”



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