Arts & Humanities - 19 December 2006

Still photography (non digital)

2006-12-19 04:44:10 · 5 answers · asked by amitabha 2 in Photography

I don't mean, do you love your successes in life, but do you love who you are as an individual?

2006-12-19 04:43:52 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2006-12-19 04:43:12 · 3 answers · asked by firouzeh k 1 in Books & Authors

squeaky pointe shoe what can i do to stop it ? or get rid of it?

2006-12-19 04:37:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dancing

"We all create our own reality"
Quantum physics as the physics of possibility.--"In the beginningwas the void, teeming with infinite possibilities, of which you are one"
"have you ever seen yourself through the eyes of someone else that you have become and looked at yourself through the eyes of the ultimate observer?"
"How can you continue to see the world as real when the self that is determining it as real is intangible?"
If we all create our own reality do 'we' create a collective reality in which each of us can have an influence over the 'reality' of others?
In answering this maybe consider witchcraft, telekenesis and any other phenomena that can't be reasonably explained.

2006-12-19 04:34:31 · 19 answers · asked by plop 3 in Philosophy

2006-12-19 04:31:43 · 7 answers · asked by D R Graydirk 1 in Books & Authors

2006-12-19 04:26:49 · 25 answers · asked by Dirty Sanchez 3 in Books & Authors

6 months prior to pearl harbor we had cut Japan off from her stratigic oil supply because of their Manuchuria invasion. Most experts of the time thought Japan should have attacked within the first 3 months. Looks like we had time to prepare better. Then a week later they caught us in The Phillipines with another "Suprise?". Who's fault was this?

2006-12-19 04:19:37 · 12 answers · asked by dem_dogs 3 in History

Egyptans believed you had to have your heart weighed before going 2 the afterlife. Why and how?

2006-12-19 04:17:19 · 7 answers · asked by Crisp Star 2 in History

What will it cost me to have my book edited and ready for publishing. I need it proof read , paragraphed , and put in chapters.
Who can do this and what will it cost?

2006-12-19 04:14:46 · 6 answers · asked by canada 1 in Books & Authors

I tried to post this before, but it vanished into a vacuum! Here goes again...if a vacuum is a space devoid of matter how can it exist? If this is our definition of a vacuum, in Thomism it would be equal to saying that a vacuum was a non-being, that existed (since I can perceive and measure it). Outer space is supposed to be a vacuum, with things in it. But how can a non-being have beings in it? In Thomism non-being is just a negation of being, and so does not exist. If outer space was a void then it just wouldn't be there. According to Thomas, then, non-being does not exist, hence since a vacuum exists, it cannot be a non-being - it must be a being of some sort. So outer space cannot be a vacuum. Am I understanding Thomas correctly - and is this right?

2006-12-19 04:14:15 · 4 answers · asked by sharbleitis 1 in Philosophy

2006-12-19 04:13:35 · 9 answers · asked by dem_dogs 3 in History

2006-12-19 04:09:17 · 2 answers · asked by nesapooh 1 in History

Experts now discuss a two-state solution. Was that the case in 1947?

Were "Palestinians" given land when Israel was created and given their own state or were they part of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon?

I'm curious about the political boundaries of Israeli Arabs in 1947. Thanks.

2006-12-19 04:08:00 · 7 answers · asked by ABC 3 in History

i want cute books like p.s. i love u (nothing like those silly short romantic stories).. plz give me the name of the book, & the author.. thnx in advance :)

2006-12-19 04:04:43 · 7 answers · asked by jweeez_89 2 in Books & Authors

2006-12-19 04:03:48 · 12 answers · asked by simplyJESSE 2 in Philosophy

Hey, I'm just wondering how long each book (Eragon and Eldest, both by Christopher Paolini) were each on the New York Times Bestsellers list. Thanks a lot!

2006-12-19 04:03:25 · 1 answers · asked by jujola11 2 in Books & Authors

And you answer Custer. Well, how can this answer be wrong? Your teacher wasn't around then. And nobody has ever listened to someone speak 24/7, so no one knows what someone has said in the entire life. Might have been Confucius for all we know.

2006-12-19 04:01:00 · 9 answers · asked by timbo44b 3 in History

2006-12-19 03:55:02 · 15 answers · asked by The Mad Shillelagh 6 in Philosophy

I have the content completely finished, but I'm having trouble with the title. It is a real estate company and I want to title the newsletter something fun and catchy. My current best ideas are "The Low Down" or "The Skinny", but I'm not sold on either. Any ideas anyone?

2006-12-19 03:54:02 · 10 answers · asked by RCF1977 4 in Other - Arts & Humanities

2006-12-19 03:53:21 · 7 answers · asked by sammy 2 in History

There is no doubt that Henry James was one of the most talented lAmerican iterary icons. I really enjoyed reading his msterpieces. Dr Prance of Bostonians and Daisy are quite memorable. But I've been wondering how and why he chose such plain titles for such great books: The Bostonians, The Ambassadors, What Maisie Knew, The Portrait of a Lady, Daisy Miller, The Americans, and his autobiography is entitled simply, A Small Boy and Others. Couldn't he be a little more inventive or was he deliberately masking the gems of inside these oyster tresures? My favorite Bostonians offers brilliantly a feminist vision long before the fact. The title does not suggest any of the universal themes tackled inside the pages. Same: Daisy Miller and The Ambassadors. Any iexplanations from literary historians and/or ardent disciples of James?

2006-12-19 03:45:58 · 2 answers · asked by ari-pup 7 in Books & Authors

To my understanding, the definition of insane is that you do the same thing over and over and you expect a different result every time. But that is how the world works. For example, with weather you could start out every day for a month with the same temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, sunlight and cloud cover and so on; and you could get 70 degree beautiful or a hurricane or anything in between. And that's the way it is with everything in the world. So one could in fact expect that you would do the same thing over and over and get a different result everytime. That is simply reality.

Since I'm in touch with reality (because I realize the nature of reality) and therefore expect different things even if I do the same thing over and over, I'm in fact insane because I'm in touch with reality. And those who don't believe this are considered sane precisely because they live in a fantasy world where it happens the same way every time (at least in their heads).

2006-12-19 03:43:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2006-12-19 03:42:40 · 12 answers · asked by enki 4 in Philosophy

I wanna know what you think of it and what you understand from it.

A flurry of colours
careened my senses
A lily among the roses
seized my eyes
Pleasantly awoken
Into an alluring fantasy of
cerulean clear and deep
tranquil and serene,
By morning rays
in elusive enamor
of submissive beauty
clearing skies of
clouding thoughts
penetrating staring eyes
Immersed in pristine
radiance so pure
as a crystal
Its peaceful presence
with elating elegance
bears gentle charm
A mind melting spring
of calm sincerity
lured my exquisite gaze
deeper into this
transcient heaven
as the portrait
delicately glides
gracefully away
beyond its frame
a feather among swans
the colour fades
but an image lingers
as an eternal memory
remnant in my ebb
to subtle sleep.

2006-12-19 03:40:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

Ever done something to save something? My dad was a gold miner in Zimbabwe Years ago, unfortunately some of the wild animals would drink the cyanide and die. I decided to build a massive pond (i was about 11) out of concrete in the bush close by to the cyanide tanks. When i had finished building it animals soon came to drink from it, infact so many came that i decided to build a watching hut out of tree logs. Loads and loads of wild animals soon came to drink from my pond in the dry season and I used to love sitting in my tree hut watching them close by. I went back after many years away, the mine is now in ruins with only a few remainants left, but i managed to find my decrepid hide out and dried up pond, now cracked and broken... did i ever know that pond with bring such good memories.

2006-12-19 03:38:29 · 2 answers · asked by snipesnab 2 in History

Could they see in to the future or something and what year did they stamp on coins??

2006-12-19 03:34:03 · 19 answers · asked by Lord of the Sovereign Ring 1 in History

2006-12-19 03:32:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2006-12-19 03:32:16 · 1 answers · asked by StDupont 1 in Books & Authors

are the peoples of Britain who made the post holes some 8000 or more years ago a civilization and if not, why?

2006-12-19 03:30:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in History