All categories - 25 October 2007

There's a story in my newspaper today about a man who rolled in front of a semi truck, was hit and killed. His friends say he was suffering from depression and suicide was the likely motive.

I've always wondered if the person who is driving the vehicle that a suicidal person decides to leap in front of can be sued or held liable for any crimes -- like manslaughter, for example.

2007-10-25 03:31:26 · 6 answers · asked by Jeff 3 in Law & Ethics

The letter A

2007-10-25 03:31:25 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

please give some details of your rituals to educate non pagans who fear what we do, thanks.

2007-10-25 03:31:15 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-25 03:31:14 · 19 answers · asked by Buddy Hodor 7 in Polls & Surveys

My little craft business has grown and I'm in need of a name for it.
75% of my stock is wooden items that I handcraft & then personalize them at customers request on site via woodburning. The other 25% are items that are either made from or reflect "nature" in a 'woodsy/foresty' fashion.
Based on the imagery I want the name and logo to reflect (which is a forest fairy), my friends/family & myself came up w/a list of 20 which I've cut down to 5....
I NEED YOUR VOTES on which one to use!

1-EarthFaire Gifts & Decor

2-The Woody Nook (OR The Wooded Nook)

3-Village Charm (OR Country Villa Craftworks)

4-Gifts from the Hearth (Yes, Hearth...not 'heart')

5-...my name's....Earthy Treasures

Thanks for your answers!!

2007-10-25 03:31:12 · 9 answers · asked by secret_oktober_girl 5 in Polls & Surveys

2007-10-25 03:31:11 · 5 answers · asked by thee m 1 in Other - Cars & Transportation

I heard that I need to mount the image, but when I do I don't know where to go from there. I can see that the image is in the F drive but I am still unable to open it. My friend has no problem and he does not know what I am doing wrong, please help.

2007-10-25 03:31:05 · 3 answers · asked by etherial rabbit 1 in Software

questions asked here about our religion??
I need to earn some good rewards as is promised those that stand up for Jesus in this life.
I must have the whole thing wrong.
Could you please explain it to me??
Please keep it simple.

2007-10-25 03:30:58 · 24 answers · asked by Prof Fruitcake 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I have two:
Slow walking people in a crowded mall (you know, the people walk super slow then stop to talk right in the middle)
People who drive in the passing lane.

2007-10-25 03:30:57 · 28 answers · asked by Amirra 5 in Polls & Surveys

2007-10-25 03:30:51 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

im only 15

2007-10-25 03:30:42 · 10 answers · asked by italianshrty1211 2 in Other - General Health Care

2007-10-25 03:30:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

2007-10-25 03:30:38 · 12 answers · asked by ellegee3012 4 in Cooking & Recipes

I miss Avatar Games so badly

2007-10-25 03:30:37 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

How do you tell someone he/she is not doing their job and they should find another job without hurting their feeling?

2007-10-25 03:30:30 · 13 answers · asked by Cainam 4 in Etiquette

scare you into behaving? Whenever i was naughty my dad used to sing The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot, it always made me cry (evil dad) but it worked!

2007-10-25 03:30:26 · 14 answers · asked by Big Boobs McGee 4 in Polls & Surveys

prescott bush was the biggest traitor of the 20th century and he pimped for the saud family back then and I contend george the 1st is the basturd child of a saud and that explains there oh so cozy relationship they are family!!!

2007-10-25 03:30:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

when you lose something you cannot replace, when you get what you want but not what you need,
could it be worse?

shes gone

2007-10-25 03:30:11 · 12 answers · asked by steveo 1 in Marriage & Divorce

Thanks in advance!

2007-10-25 03:30:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Music

'algorithms designed to alter the strength (weights) of the connections in the network to produce a desired signal flow'
'the sums of each node are weighted'
'the output propagates to the next layer through a weighted synapse'
'edges have no weights'

What do the words 'strength' and 'weight' mean in these contexts?

2007-10-25 03:30:03 · 2 answers · asked by 234567877543224578 3 in Words & Wordplay

I add pepper and parsley...or maybe some green onions.

2007-10-25 03:29:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Food & Drink

We frequently have another couple over for dinner, but I don't want to constantly bore them with my "signature" dishes. I also don't want to have to spend the entire evening in the kitchen cooking OR cleaning up when I should be entertaining my company! What are your favorite easy recipes when cooking for 4 or more adults?

Please Note: We do not eat seafood!

2007-10-25 03:29:38 · 19 answers · asked by sprite 6 in Cooking & Recipes

Speaking about the Quran, Goethe says, "It soon attracts, astounds, and in the end enforces our reverence... Its style, in accordance with its contents and aim is stern, grand - ever and always, truly sublime -
So, this book will go on exercising through all ages a most potent influence."

[Goethe - quoted in T. P. Huges "Dictionary of Islam", p. 526]



"The Koran (Quran) admittedly occupies an important position among the great religious books of the world. Though it is the youngest of the epoch making works belonging to this class of literature, it yields to hardly any in the wonderful effect which it has produced on large masses of men. It has created an all but new phase of human thought and a fresh type of character. It first transformed a number of heterogeneous desert tribes of the Arabian Peninsula into a nation of heroes, and then proceeded to create the vast politico-religious organizations of Muslims world wide which are one of the great forces with which Europe and the East have to reckon with today."

[G. Maragliouth in his Introduction to J. M. Rodwells - 'The Koran", New York - 'Everyman's Library, 1977, p VI]



"A work, then, which calls forth so powerful and seemingly incompatible emotions even in the distant reader - distant as to time, and still more so as mental development - a work which not only conquers the repugnance which he may begin its perusal, but changes this adverse feeling into astonishment and admiration, such a work must be a wonderful production...
indeed and a problem of the highest interest to every thoughtful observer of the destinies of mankind."

[Dr Steingass quoted in T. P. Hughes - "Dictionary of Islam", pp 256-257]



"It is impossible that Muhammad, peace be upon him, authored the Qur'an. How could a man, from being illiterate, become the most important author, in terms of literary merits, in the whole of Arabic literature?

How could he then pronounce truths of a scientific nature that no other human-being could possibly have developed at that time, an all this without once making the slightest error in his pronouncement on the subject?"

[Dr. Maurice Bucaille - author of "The Bible, the Qur'an and Science" 1978, p. 125]



"Here, therefore, its merits as a literary production should perhaps not be measured by some preconceived maxims of subjective and aesthetic taste, but by the effects which it produced in Muhammad's contemporaries and fellow countrymen.

If it spoke so powerfully and convincingly to the hearts of his hearers as to weld hitherto centrifugal and antagonistic elements into one compact and well organized body, animated by ideas far beyond those which had until now ruled the Arabian mind, then its eloquence was perfect, simply because it created a civilized nation out of savage tribes, and shot a fresh woof into the old warp of history"

[Dr. Steingass, quoted in Hughes' Dictionary of Islam p. 528]



"In making the present attempt to improve on the performance of my predecessors, and to produce something which might be accepted as echoing however faintly the sublime rhetoric of the Arabic Koran, I have been at pain to study the intricate and richly varied rhythms which - apart from the message itself - constitute the Koran's undeniable claim to rank amongst the greatest literary masterpieces of mankind..
This very characteristic feature - 'that inimitable symphony', as the believing Pickthall described his Holy Book, 'the very sounds of which move men to tears and ecstasy' has been almost totally ignored by previous translators; it is therefore not surprising that what they have wrought sounds dull and flat indeed in comparison with the splendidly decorated original.."

[Arthur J. Arberry - "The Koran Interpreted", London: Oxford University Press . 1964, p. x.]



"A totally objective examination of it [the Qur'an] in the light of modern knowledge leads us to recognize the agreement between the two, as has been already noted on repeated occasions. It makes us deem it quite unthinkable for a man of Muhammad's time to have been the author of such statements, on account of the state of knowledge in his day.
Such considerations are part of what gives the Qur'anic Revelation its unique place, and forces the impartial scientist to admit his inability to provide and explanation which calls solely upon materialistic reasoning."

[Dr. Maurice Bucaille in his book: "The Bible, The Qur'an and Science" 1981, p. 18]

2007-10-25 03:29:38 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

im buying a house cheap that needs alot off work doing to it iv just found out that next doors building work ie extension is causing alot off damp in my house its gon unchallenged for a few years as they were old people living here ,im not going to get the house any cheaper ,wats the proceeder in regards of next doors and there building works

i still want to buy as its a business venture and i got cheap i will sell once modernised

2007-10-25 03:29:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Renting & Real Estate

2007-10-25 03:29:28 · 15 answers · asked by brainlady 6 in Words & Wordplay

2007-10-25 03:29:21 · 25 answers · asked by Mike 1 in Polls & Surveys

We really don't need no edgeamacation?

2007-10-25 03:29:18 · 7 answers · asked by DAMN SILLY BILLY 4 in Polls & Surveys

2007-10-25 03:29:12 · 2 answers · asked by A T 2 in Drawing & Illustration

am gonna get 5 baby red bellied piranhas in a 100 gallon tank a know everything about them and a know ya feed them meaty foods but what else do they eat?

2007-10-25 03:29:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

I am always there for them, I listen to their crap, put up with them, laugh with them, listen to them gossip about others and eachother, kept secrets for them, everything, but it seems like, after they are through with me helping them, they are through with me! I tell them secrets and they go and tell other people! I try to have a serious conversation with them, and they talk to other people about it, and make jokes about it! I know that they talk to eachother about me behind my back! I told them a secret, and they told someone else, then tried to convince me that I told that person! I hate that person's guts, why would I tell them?!?!?!? Its just so stupid! And I don't know what to do! They are my only friends at this school, and they know A LOT on me! I want to stop being their friend, but when someone does that, they tell their business! I really don't want that to happen! What do I do?!

2007-10-25 03:29:10 · 5 answers · asked by §~You can't judge me!~§ 3 in Friends