All categories - 14 August 2007

2007-08-14 16:55:31 · 8 answers · asked by ambrosia2600 1 in Earth Sciences & Geology

2007-08-14 16:55:24 · 6 answers · asked by ambrosia2600 1 in Earth Sciences & Geology

The Boy Who Cried Wolf, also known as The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf, is a fable attributed to Aesop. The protagonist of the fable is a bored shepherd boy who entertained himself by calling out "wolf". Nearby villagers who came to his rescue found that the alarms were false and that they'd wasted their time. When the boy was actually confronted by a wolf, the villagers did not believe his cries for help and his flock perished. In some versions when the villagers ignore him the wolf either kills him, and in other versions the wolf simply mocks the boy saying now no one will help him and that it serves him right for playing tricks. The moral is stated at the end of the fable as:

"Even when liars tell the truth, they are never believed. The liar will lie once, twice, and then perish when he tells the truth."

2007-08-14 16:55:18 · 14 answers · asked by johnfarber2000 6 in Other - Politics & Government

without thinking, you tip the glass too much when you're taking a drink and the contients dribbles out on you?

It just happened to me. : (

: )

2007-08-14 16:55:18 · 38 answers · asked by Erato 6 in Polls & Surveys

Did you have to do something the next morning?

2007-08-14 16:55:16 · 23 answers · asked by I am T-bag's b itch 6 in Polls & Surveys

This is a difficult situation. We own a piece of undeveloped land in FL and are considering selling to put a down payment on a house in CA. We have owned it for about 14 years. My husband is military and a FL resident. We currently are stationed in CA and I am a CA resident. The land is a joint tenancy. FL doesn't have a capital gains tax, but CA does. So I am guessing that we have to split the gain 50/50 and have 50% taxed by the state of CA. We are trying to use an online capital gains tax calculator to figure how much we will have to pay.

We had an assesment to pave the street. Would that be an improvement cost?

Also, the state bought a small portion to widen a highway. Would the money they paid us be deducted from the basis?

How do you come up with the depreciation? My property value has went up (according to the county assessment).

How do you figure out what the tax rate is on the gain?

I know this is tough one, but I appreciate all the help.

2007-08-14 16:55:16 · 3 answers · asked by Sus 1 in United States

i recently removed the tilling from my basement floor and now my basement is just plain cement flooring. What are the steps i need to take to tile over it?

2007-08-14 16:55:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

As philosophy concerns itself with 'truth', consider the following experiment. If we were to arrange an experiment where the respondent was hooked up to a mild or moderate electrical shock and shocked each time they told the truth, would the test subject avoid or fear telling the truth over time?

How many people, due to some external reaction or response, fear telling the truth in your estimation?

2007-08-14 16:55:12 · 15 answers · asked by guru 7 in Philosophy

Im looking for a roomy tent for six or eight that will keep me warm at night around mid to late Oct. And in terms of water proofing what mm polyurethane coating is a all-around best?

2007-08-14 16:55:04 · 6 answers · asked by tackelberry88 3 in Camping

The same amount is charged for a pair of jeans in size 6 as a pair of jeans in size 20. Do smaller people feel as thought their clothes should be cheaper because they are made from less material and less stitches and therefore less labour?

2007-08-14 16:54:58 · 11 answers · asked by SmEllY! 6 in Other - Society & Culture

Cr: [Ar]4s^2 3d^4 = [Ar]4s^1 3d^5 ?????????

2007-08-14 16:54:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Chemistry

2007-08-14 16:54:38 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-08-14 16:54:37 · 11 answers · asked by teeki 2 in Weddings

I need to change my 3rd baseman i have Blake, i don't now if it's a good idea to get either Nomar Garciaparra, Mora or Iwamura. Let me know if it's better stay with him for now.

2007-08-14 16:54:33 · 2 answers · asked by gustavo b 2 in Fantasy Sports

He was always seen with a cigarette and liquor/beer. I know this was to promote the image of an outlaw journalist, but how many cigarettes and liquor did he actually take in?

2007-08-14 16:54:15 · 7 answers · asked by Dman 1 in Books & Authors

2007-08-14 16:53:56 · 10 answers · asked by freak 3 in Comics & Animation

I put an octane booster addative in my car and my check engine light came on about 20 minutes later. I added the instructed amount. I have a scanner to check it but cannot find the connection

I Greatly apreciate any help!
Thanks

2007-08-14 16:53:41 · 4 answers · asked by ryanpadilla05 1 in Honda

God



God Please!

bring home 'forth to me!

a bandage for my suffering......

I plead!

I beg!

I pray aloud!?!?!?!?

but,


what's
it
for?

My faith







denounced.............

2007-08-14 16:53:41 · 13 answers · asked by ? 3 in Poetry

2007-08-14 16:53:37 · 9 answers · asked by melp1010 4 in Houston

There was this one guy who said, "So HIV and AIDS were nature’s way of trying to eliminate the homosexuals, it however raged out of control and is now affecting millions of heterosexual couples every month."

So apparently, God gave us AIDS to get rid of gay people. He must not like Asian people very much since he gave them SARS and the bird flu. He must not like the people that lived near the Indian Ocean in 2004 either. Oh, and can't forget England and the Mad Cow Disease. And Katrina, oh yeah, and the Holocaust.

Gosh, I didn't know God was so full of hate!

2007-08-14 16:53:29 · 59 answers · asked by powicml 1 in Religion & Spirituality

ever went to space and just fell where the hell would they fall to!?

2007-08-14 16:53:29 · 11 answers · asked by VIIXIV 3 in Astronomy & Space

What was the last movie you saw in theaters?

How was it?
(rate: 1 - 10)





Mine was RUSH HOUR 3, and I'll give it a 7 our of 10..

2007-08-14 16:53:28 · 58 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

I am 15 and I know my father does drugs for a fact. Every night he has work he goes into the garage and takes some drugs. As fare as I can tell he has been doing it for about 4 years maybe longer. What i want to know it should I tell my Mom? They fight alot sometimes and i am afraid if i tell her this there marrige will fall apart or my dad will hate me (we dont get along as much as he would like). Please Help someone.

2007-08-14 16:53:28 · 15 answers · asked by Ron K 1 in Family

chocolate bar.

2007-08-14 16:53:19 · 25 answers · asked by Hunny b 4 in Polls & Surveys

what would Jesus think of that silly Burger King commercial
it is terrible and disgusting and in bad taste

2007-08-14 16:53:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

With so many of the Irish people standing up and denouncing Dick Roche (one of the Irish ministers) for demolishing 4000 year old mounds to make way for a freeway (which could be built along several alternate routes with almost no inconvenience or little extra cost), do you think that the government has the right to proceed with the destruction? Are there people who think this is a good thing, destroying the old to make room for the new? Anyone who thinks that the destruction of some of the oldest man made structures in the world is comparable to destroying Stonehenge and should be prevented?

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2007-08-14 16:53:15 · 3 answers · asked by Pip 5 in Civic Participation

Mine lasts 1 hour.

2007-08-14 16:53:06 · 15 answers · asked by LEMON the good life 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

Was not Polls very lonely without my pointless Q&A?

2007-08-14 16:53:05 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

DID YOU, OR DID YOU NOT TAKE THE LAST COOKIE >=[

2007-08-14 16:52:58 · 63 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Other indications of their presence were remnants they left behind from the items they brought to the Americas with them from Africa. From civilizations like Mali, Song hay, and Egypt, came the principal American food plants, the Mayan Calendar, linguistic evidence, and the art of pyramid building. The first indications were the plants that were transplanted from Africa to the Americas. The cotton seeds, banana plants, bottle gourd, jack bean and the West African yam all have African origin, and they suddenly appeared in the Americas without and explanation. They do not appear to have followed any natural course of migration. It is believed that these plants were transferred, which would require effective contact between the two civilizations. The next indication was the calendar the Mayan people used based on the lunar and solar calendar. This calendar was quite accurate and very similar to the egyptian calendar. Professor Wiener believe Mayan mathematics corresponded with the number system of the Bambaras of Guinea. Another indication was a writing system used in the Americas called Micmac Hieroglyphs. When comparing this style of writing to the simpler cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphic, called heiratic, over half were found to be similar. Closer examination revealed the meanings assigned to these signs matched. It is evident that the West African languages and South American languages are similar. These similarities can be traced to common root words. These differences are too close and occur too frequently to be a coincidence.

A very important indication is the knowledge of pyramid building. Pyramid building is a specialized form of construction. In Egypt they progressed from the stepped pyramid of Djosser, to the finished product at Giza. At La Venta, which was the location of the first pyramid in the Americas, was a fully finished pyramid. There was no sign of progressive learning. The base of these pyramids are the same measurement as in Egypt and they are placed on a north-south axis. These pyramids also served the same dual purpose, tomb and temple. The four indications of outside influence, American food plants, Mayan calendar, linguistic evidence, and pyramid building are just a few. There are more, such as religion, tobacco, astronomy, and African animals that appeared in the Americas.

These outside influences controlled the development of civilizations in the New World. The Olmec civilization was the first of these civilizations flourishing between 1200 and 400 BC. The first great Olmec Civil-Ceremonial Center was developed at San Lorenzo by 1200 BC. About 900 BC, Olmec and the Mayan civilization set the foundation for other civilizations, to include the Aztecs and the Incas. These civilizations received sufficient transmission to enable them to rise to greatness. The African people have been great travelers, culture carriers, and culture collectors among the people of the world. During all this traveling the African explores never launched a destructive war on the people they met. The two people joined and created a separate culture with its own distinctness, the Olmec civilization. Some of these supporting facts were recent discoveries. All of them are accurate, although some are hard to prove, because of the destruction of documents by European explores. I have presented you with the facts. Now it is up to you to decide. Was there African presence in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus? If you answered yes then it is obvious to you that Africans played an intricate part in the development of the Olmec Empire, the first civilization in the Americas.


Thoughts yes this article is long but its worth reading

2007-08-14 16:52:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in History