All categories - 8 August 2007

I was sincerely disgusted today when i heard my 14 year old cousin call a girl Muslim as in insult. I don't understand how people can be so misunderstanding. I'm quite certain that she didn't understand what exactly she was saying but probably heard other people using it to insult and decided she would use it too.
is there something wrong with our society today where people don't understand where the line is and can't see when they have crossed it?
in school i was strictly taught how wrong it was to use someones race as an insult. and i come from a school where only a hand full of students were of a different race. we all knew that it was wrong to make fun of them for this difference and most people actually saw these people as superior because they were quite smarter then most.
there is something wrong with the way we view anyone who isn't white. and this NEEDS to change.
I guess its quite obvious how things came to be this way. so my question is why did we let it happen?

2007-08-08 16:28:04 · 21 answers · asked by Angel 2 in Immigration

I am looking for the title to a song that begins...
Precious Love, I give to you....
Then the chorus later has..
You can count on me-
Count on my love-

It sounds to be a male vocalist...at first I thought is was an old Jefferson Airplane song, but just dont know.

Help!

=)

It is not the late 80's love song from ice castles

2007-08-08 16:28:02 · 2 answers · asked by chris w 1 in Other - Music

Ok so here I go. I am in the market for a new monitor. Now I would like my monitor to support the highest level of HD so I can sometimes play with my 360. How can I tell if an LCD Monitor supports 1080p. I have seen some monitors say HD Ready but when you look at the specs nothing is different from the monitors that don't say that. I am in the market for a 20" - 22" monitor. I already have some monitors singled out but I want to know how to tell if the have HD support, especially 1080p. Does it have anything to do with HDCP or DVI-D. I would also like to know if for a monitor to support 1080p it must have a HDMI thing.

2007-08-08 16:27:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

"It is not decided by votes what is true; otherwise we could never come to any truth, ever. People will vote for what is comfortable — and lies are very comfortable because you don't have to do anything about them, you just have to believe. Truth needs great effort, discovery, risk, and it needs you to walk alone on a path that nobody has traveled before"
- Osho -

2007-08-08 16:27:54 · 8 answers · asked by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Why was the media so quick to pin it on Muslims instead of looking at facts right away? When it was found that it had been an American white man, not even an apology was issued to those who had been attacked. What do you make of this?

"On April 19, 1995, the deadliest terrorist attack ever in the United States transformed Oklahoma City into the center of the media universe. Reporters from all over the world swarmed to cover the bombing of the city's federal building, where 167 people died.

But unknown to most people at the time was the tragedy that happened next. At least 220 attacks were committed against Muslims and Arab-Americans after the FBI said that three Middle Eastern men were the prime suspects in the bombing.

There was a rush to point the finger in the four days before authorities charged former U.S. Army serviceman Timothy McVeigh in the bombing, and many Americans were blaming Muslims."

http://www.islamfortoday.com/stereotypes.htm

2007-08-08 16:27:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My dear Christians,

Take a look around.
This is a beautiful world with many fascinating things.
But have you ever seen Santa?
Any unicorns running in the wilds?
Dragons breathing fire?
Do you see any flying monkeys?
The thing is, those stuff only exist in fairy tails and in your
own imagination.
As a rational humanbeing, how can you seriously believe in oceans splitting apart, sticks turning into snakes, God, and many more.....
Open your eyes folks, this is the reality you are living in!
Not a fairytale where you will end up happily ever after in some fairyland with some cheesy God!
I just don't get it how the most intelligent animal on earth could be so delusional!
Seriously, open your mind and realize what you are!
There are no miracles or magic going on...
There is no way I could convince you...you will have to convince yourself.
Be wise and realize how funny and pathetic you people are.
Come on! Jesus will ascend from heaven with a shiny robe!
Wake up ding dong

2007-08-08 16:27:27 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

ya i know ppl always say LDR..dnt work.. && neither do i beleive it does. but me and this boy have been talking but he lives in NC & i live in MIA...we haven't seen eachother, but yet im in love..or in better terms have very vey deep feelings for him,more than i ever had for many of my exs.!!has any1..ever been in this situation?? or am i actaulli in LOVE or its just a phase & i'll get over it??

2007-08-08 16:27:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

Suppose such sequence is in a compact set of R^n. Show the set of its subsequential limits is connected.

Thank you.

2007-08-08 16:26:31 · 3 answers · asked by Melissa 1 in Mathematics

my neck and back hurts really bad what can i do to make the pain go away?

2007-08-08 16:26:22 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-08-08 16:26:17 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Do you think brad richardson will get baseballs all-time hit record?

2007-08-08 16:26:15 · 8 answers · asked by Elpolloloco 2 in Baseball

Jazzmine is about a year old now, and bringing her into our home as a young kitten resulted in the death of our male cat. (worms, he wouldnt take the treatment, and he was old) She seems to be in heat every single day since she was 6 months old, and "marks her territory" often, including people. How can I stop her from doing this. We have added her baby brother and sister, who's now about 3 months old, and are going to get all of them fixed before the end of this month. Will she continue doing this forever????

2007-08-08 16:26:12 · 7 answers · asked by mooaflack 2 in Cats

2007-08-08 16:26:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

lobster meat in it?.............it tasted fishy , then someone said it was chicken....lol

2007-08-08 16:25:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

I met this guy and he asked me like 3 times to go dinner with him. I didnt have feelings for him but he asked so much that I finally went. At the end of the meal i got some money, cos I didnt want him think that i dont want to contribute with the dinner (even though he asked me in the first place), he let me pay what i ate. After that we went to a club and he invited me one drink ,but I invited him as well one. After that he just didnt ask me and bought drinks for himself. Im not the goldigger type , and this guy was nice so i decided to consider im a friend, so we went out again supposily as friends, and once again of course he didnt pay. And after that he told me that he like me more than a friend and blah blah..I mean..would you even do that if you like someone more than like a friend? I think its kind of rude to invite someone and then expect them to pay!...am i crazy? what do u think?

2007-08-08 16:25:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

i want to know if u can feed red blood worms to salwater fish

2007-08-08 16:25:47 · 3 answers · asked by bigkiller_228 1 in Fish

My question is "verify that v defined by

v = 49/40 - 1/5(x^4 - 6x^2y^2 + y^4) is harmonic and that, when |x|<1 and |y|=1, -0.025 <= v - 1 - x^2 <= 0.025".

How do I show the function is harmonic? I think I have to transform it into a sine/cosine function but I don't know how.

2007-08-08 16:25:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

would you lend me a hand ?

2007-08-08 16:25:37 · 13 answers · asked by tired of getting suspended 4 in Polls & Surveys

I'm 16 fairly new to the sport (6 months experience) but not bad. So around June i really started to turn up the heat and i started getting drastically better going to camps and stuff and now when i play my "A" game i can give lots of the Varsity players a fight. about a month ago i was really at my peak and i had developed a pretty big a** flat serve but late July i entered this tourny and lost terribly because my service broke down i never held serve.
And i felt like i forgot how to serve... i know this sounds wierd but it was like i was serving for the very first time. So i'm wondering how to get it back because i like flat driving serves better than spin serves. now i have a good enough spin serve but i feel like i'm not using my whole body on my serve like when i served flat b4. now bending my knees and finishing with a hard downward motion feels awkward and like i cant do it. i need some advice because tennis starts back up in Feb. and i wanna make varsity.

2007-08-08 16:25:30 · 7 answers · asked by musicalchef 1 in Tennis

i just want to know how many people have fish as their favorite animal? because my friend and i are arguing right at this very second about this! she claims that there are probably not any more people whos favorite animal is a fish! she thinks i'm crazy! I LOVE FISH! thats my favorite animal!

2007-08-08 16:25:29 · 3 answers · asked by ? 1 in Geography

Don't call me emo. Just because I write sad stuff doesn't mean I am. And this isn't just me complaining, it not even about me. It's about a girl, I'm a guy.

She Rests In Peace (dumb name i'm thinking of a new one)

------------------

Tortured child

Leave her alone

She's never good enough for you

She never can be

Don't expect perfection

You've crippled her

She doesn't see any way out

Her vision is clouded

Feeling hopeless

She picks up her knife

And on this final try

She ends her life

2007-08-08 16:25:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Poetry

I have this huge date tomorrow... basically I met a girl through college a while back. We spoke briefly and just got back in touch. We have been talking on the phone and instant messenger a lot.. and we finally set a date up. However, we are always complementing each other, and talking how we hope it works out, and all there is left is physical attraction. It's like we constantly tell each other how we hope it works out and if it becomes serious... it's got a lot of hype.

Anyway my date is on Friday night... and I am nervous. I've been on many dates before but this one is getting me anxious.. I am 21, and deep down want things to work out with this girl.. but what if it doesn't? How do I calm down? It's like I am having thoughts of it not working out, awkward silence, and stuff

2007-08-08 16:24:55 · 9 answers · asked by aa 1 in Marriage & Divorce

"I dont go out on Fridays"

2007-08-08 16:24:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

okay so i had this reallyy strange dream. i was with my family, and we were driving on this really small thin road on a really high up mountains and cliffs, and im like terrified of falling off a cliff. and then all of a sudden we were on a dirt road kind of thing on a mountain, and there were snakes. and they were going to hurt us, and the only way to kill them off was if the snake let go of all 3 of their eggs. i dont know, sometimes i get some weird dreams that have absolutle no relation to my life, and i think they mean something, or theyre some type of sign. can anyone interpret anything from this dream?

2007-08-08 16:24:47 · 6 answers · asked by Risa 2 in Dream Interpretation

2007-08-08 16:24:46 · 8 answers · asked by Best S 1 in Polls & Surveys

my motorcycle riding friends wants to know if you can control fuel consumption by means of not pulling throttle level too much? I mean, if you pull less throttle on bikes,does it help in lessening fuel consumption. and that, a full throttle means a fully open carburator valve which means higher fuel consumption.is it right?

2007-08-08 16:24:39 · 7 answers · asked by Ernell 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I was dating my ex for about a year and a half, and I had always had the suspision that he might have been cheating, but I never had proof. So, as anyone would have done, I just tryed to think positive and let it go. Until one day I got a really painful sore in my genital area. The next day, I went to the doctor and he said that more than likely I had genital herpes, but he would send my results off anyways to make sure. Well about what seemed like a lifetime later, I got the results the next week. And it was not good. I cryed so much for about 3 months straight. So many things were running through my head, but all's I could think about was how could he have done this to me! I was so faithful to him, and I should have just went with my gut feeling about it. The doc said that you can start getting visable signs of genital herpes from 1 to 10 days of contact with it. So now I'm faced with the situation of telling everyone I date about it. Trust me its not easy. Can anyone relate??

2007-08-08 16:24:35 · 12 answers · asked by stubbs22 1 in STDs

a friend of mine is in a really bad relationship. she dosent want him arrested, but i told her that she needs to make a report so when it happens again, they know it isnt the first time. can she do that wtihout puting him in jail?

2007-08-08 16:24:30 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-08-08 16:24:26 · 17 answers · asked by shorty Jay 1 in Mathematics

2007-08-08 16:24:14 · 8 answers · asked by shane w 3 in Astronomy & Space