Arts & Humanities - 5 October 2007

I love acting... and my parents are freaks.
At my school, there is a free after school drama class that I snuck into. My parents told me I couldn't go, because I only had a 93 percent in math, and I had to raise it to a 95 before I could do it. I went, and they're gonna come home in an hour. help? This sounds bad, but, I need a lie! They know I wasn't home until 5, because I didn't pick up any phone calls! They're all there on the answering machine!

2007-10-05 16:25:23 · 6 answers · asked by Jewls A 2 in Theater & Acting

to end the suffering of animal, what of a human?

Annually, we end the end the suffering of millions of animals through euthanasia. Yet we expect our fellow citizens to suffer endlessly and needlessly.

2007-10-05 16:21:09 · 10 answers · asked by guru 7 in Philosophy

HTML code for picture enlargement?
Hi, I no very little and am trying to build my own web site. I have come a long way and just need to figure one small thing out. I know what I need is done by HTML code, but not sure how. I am looking to put a button or something for a person to be able to enlarge a photo of an item I am selling. I have seen this on a lot of web sites where it says click here to enlarge picture. I sell cookware and need to have the person be able to see a larger image of the item I am selling. I have also seen where if they simply drag their mouse of the thumbnail pic it will enlarge. Would you happen to know how either of these are done. I have don a ton of research with no luck. I would greatly appreciate it.

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2007-10-05 16:12:00 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous in Photography

2007-10-05 16:09:27 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

I'm in photoscience & I'm having big problems rolling undeveloped film on those reels. Can anyone tell me how to actually do it so it won't mess up?

2007-10-05 16:07:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Photography

I grew up with the impression that Jesus Christ is somewhat a mixed up of middle easten race, good height and the facial features were blue eyes,fine boned nose with beards.He looks handsome enough in all HIS statues in churches as well as in pictures or in documentary or movies.

2007-10-05 16:06:28 · 19 answers · asked by brainwhacker 4 in Philosophy

2007-10-05 16:05:53 · 5 answers · asked by Lissette G 1 in Philosophy

can someone please explain the bolshevik revolution in simple terms for me? thanks.

2007-10-05 15:59:37 · 7 answers · asked by secret 2 in History

I assume writing sinks me in the seas of desperation
It shows the gloomiest feelings I lock inside
It makes all excesses come to life
It makes my heart jump on a higher happiness when Joy lights up
It makes my soul get blackened by the dark sad desolation

It produces exaggeration
It makes me stick to a temporary situation

It glows it shines,
It hurts it kills
It kills all thoughts, For words they turn
Spontaneous not, clear slate does not.

2007-10-05 15:54:39 · 4 answers · asked by Calíope!* 3 in Poetry

Recently we saw the 1945 film of "The Weekend Lost" with Ray Malland. I viewed his accent as a possibly modified received pronunciation. Someone else equated it to a New Englander of Catherine Hepburn of the 30s and 40s and I can see his point.

The Lost Weekend was one of Billly Wilder's films who created some of the finest films ever created..

I know he was born in Wales and had a career in the Royal Household Guards in London, and that he did movies prior to this one, but did this movie make him famous and a star or did this movie make him famous and the parody by Jack Benny which immediately follow make him a star?

2007-10-05 15:38:06 · 4 answers · asked by rann_georgia 7 in Theater & Acting

What would be the outcome?
Most likely no WW2.
The soviet union still would have tried to take Finland and Poland.
Would Germany and Austria-Hungary have attacked the soviet union to protect poland.
Would finland and Great Britain help germany by attacking with them?

2007-10-05 15:36:11 · 8 answers · asked by Philip Augustus 3 in History

For our play auditions, they gave us monologues. We have to memorize it. Mine calls for playing a girl who's on an energy drink, which wouldn't be that hard for me. Except for the fact that we have to do them in British accents. Now, I can barely do a British accent slowly. What can I do to make my accent better and sound like a hyper British girl?

2007-10-05 15:33:38 · 4 answers · asked by ☺☆Dεε☆☺ 3 in Theater & Acting

i love acting so much. i work hards towards it. but the only problem is tht i wanna go to an acting school but my parents dont have enough money help me please how can i gain acting potential or whatever thts called lol && wer e i liove theres like np acting oppurtunties

2007-10-05 15:33:27 · 4 answers · asked by Pambbyx3 1 in Theater & Acting

The Arabs knew of Aristotle's works long before St. Thomas Aquinas rediscovered them for the Western world. Did the Arabs incorporate any of Aristotle into their culture, and if so, what effect did it have on them?

2007-10-05 15:30:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

2007-10-05 15:08:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

are people who go to expensive colleges getting ripped off? i think they are! help!

2007-10-05 15:06:18 · 3 answers · asked by Giggle Bear 3 in Philosophy

2007-10-05 15:03:00 · 32 answers · asked by answer101 2 in Philosophy

http://islambyquestions.net/crossroads/crossroads.htm

It is a striking fact of history that within three centuries, after Prophet Muhammad started preaching Islam in Mecca, Islam spread over the area of three continents; Asia, Africa and Europe. There are many reasons why people have been, from past to the present embracing Islam. Muhammad Asad, a Jewish convert to Islam, says:

“Islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture. All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other, nothing lacking, with the result of an absolute balance and solid composure. Everything in the teaching and postulates of Islam is in its proper place.” (Islam at the Crossroads, p.5)

In the race for the propagation of religion, Islam has always won over Christianity, in spite of the latter’s sophisticated and well-organized missionary activities. This has been the case in the course of fourteen centuries. As a result, most of the Christian missionaries started depicting Islam as a regressive, vulgar religion of savage people which was spread by the sword.

Yet, an unbiased Western Christian writer has written:

“…We may feel certain that if Western Christians, instead of the Saracens and the Turks, had won the dominion over Asia, there would be today not a trace left of the Greek Church, and that they would never have tolerated Muhammadanism as the 'infidels' have tolerated Christianity there. We (Christians) enjoy the fine advantage of being far better versed than others in the art of killing, bombarding and exterminating the Human Race." (Bayle P., Dictionary, 'the article Mahomed', 1850)

Among the reasons for the rapid and peaceful spread of Islam was the simplicity of its doctrine. Islam calls for believing in only One God, worthy of worship. It also repeatedly instructs man to use his powers of intelligence and observation. Within a few years after the dawn of Islam, great civilizations and universities were flourishing under its influence, for according to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), “seeking knowledge is an obligation for every Muslim man and woman”.

The zeal for understanding God’s creative power, as realized in the universe, led the followers of this religion to new ideas, new realms of knowledge and great advances in medicine, mathematics, physics, astronomy, geography, architecture, art, literature, and history.

We find that the spread of Islam was not limited to its miraculous early expansion outside of Arabia. During later centuries, the Turks embraced Islam peacefully, as did a large number of the people of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the people of Malaysia and Indonesia.

In Africa too, Islam spread during the past two centuries, while under the mighty power of European colonial rulers. Today Islam continues to grow, not only in Africa, but also in Europe and the Americas as well. Islam is the fastest growing religion now, with a following of about one and a half billion people.

Mr. Lamaan Ball, editor of Ask About Islam, adds:

Although in the early years of the expansion of the Islamic state much land came under the rule of the Muslims, conversion to Islam of its inhabitants took several generations. This is because conversion by force is explicitly forbidden in the Qur'an:

Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in God hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And God heareth and knoweth all things.

Surah 2 Verse 256

In more recent times such as in the case of Indonesia, conversions to Islam happened in the absence of an Islamic state and where the rulers were Dutch Christians. Commentators and historians have to acknowledge the fact of Islam's peaceful spead even if they dislike it. A classic example of such a grudging acknowledgment is in the book "The Legacy of Islam" edited by Joseph Schacht with C.E. Bosworth (1974) p145:

"... the general picture of the spread of Islam so far as we know it. This is often said to resemble an oil stain: gradual yet effective. Many, too, have praised its peaceful nature. Again so far as we know, the acceptance of Islamic doctrine has been a gradual process, partly thanks to the practice of conversion prior to indoctrination"

The false allegations that Islam was spread by the sword is just part of unfounded propaganda. To which the best reply is perhaps the Qur'an itself. In particular this verse comes to mind:
Their intention is to extinguish God's Light (by blowing) with their mouths: But God will complete (the revelation of) His Light, even though the Unbelievers may detest (it).

Surah 61 Verse 8

2007-10-05 15:02:54 · 6 answers · asked by muslim-doctor 3 in History

I don't know if this counts as philosophy, but what the hell... :-)

2007-10-05 14:48:54 · 16 answers · asked by Too Cold to Shiver 3 in Philosophy

What if you happiness begins to decline? For example, you are struck by a car tomorrow and lose the use of half your body and are faced with decades of pain, the inability to do anything that you enjoy?

2007-10-05 14:48:01 · 7 answers · asked by guru 7 in Philosophy

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2007-10-05 14:46:13 · 1 answers · asked by hekinsieden 3 in Painting

I am a 14 year old girl and I am very interested in theatre. So far, I have done 12 community theatre shows and one at a college that my friends got me into. I really want to get big roles. My only principle role was Maggie in A Chorus Line at Long Lake Camp (best camp EVER). Any ideas on how to get leads? It's hard for me because of my age...and height (I'm short-ish, 5'1"). Maybe I can't get some leads because I'm asian?

2007-10-05 14:44:48 · 4 answers · asked by akrm726 1 in Theater & Acting

Mary Malady married Benjamin Siner in 1797 in Bedford County, Virginia. Her last name was also spelled Meridy and Mallady.

2007-10-05 14:40:17 · 2 answers · asked by Counselor 3 in Genealogy

Do you know where the last names
Gonzales Valdovino
or
Espinoza Barranga
are from¿?

2007-10-05 14:39:34 · 5 answers · asked by Eunice Margarita 1 in Genealogy

On the issue of life, which is the more important of the two? Is it a long life that you seek, or is it a quality of life that you seek even if the duration is less?

2007-10-05 14:37:20 · 29 answers · asked by guru 7 in Philosophy

2007-10-05 14:36:56 · 5 answers · asked by N B 1 in Books & Authors

2007-10-05 14:28:53 · 6 answers · asked by Tanisha O 1 in Genealogy

2007-10-05 14:27:01 · 28 answers · asked by Rita 6 in Philosophy

Ok I was reading the Christian version of "The Secret" and after reading a few pages I got deeply disturbed about something. This author was saying that nothing is destined to happen and it is what we do that attracts good or bad stuff. That if you judge you'll be judge, if you are sweet people will be sweet to you, if you're mean and so on.

Well what about people who get murdered and raped? What about that woman who got raped and killed at red lobster?! How is that her fault?! How did she attract that predator? I highly doubt she was wearing revealing clothes! What about an infant who's victim to some perverted crime? What about a girl who's extremely modest(both physically and personality wise) goes on this date and gets raped because she doesn't know anything about sex and noone told her about what guys say and act when they want it?

That it's their fault?! Is this what this so called Christian is saying? more to come......

2007-10-05 14:25:44 · 9 answers · asked by Butterfly 1 in Philosophy

2007-10-05 14:21:05 · 10 answers · asked by ET 1 in Philosophy