Education & Reference - 11 October 2007

I'm doing a research project and I hardly use the internet so I have difficulty paraphrasing stuff that I find. If you can, please paraphrase the following 3 paragraphs for me. thanks.

Rokna or Thaka:
Acceptance of the alliance Roka is the first and smallest of the ceremonies, the parents of the bride and the groom solemnize that the son and daughter respectively have been booked for each other. This is a virtual engagement.

Sagai: Engagement The actual engagement takes place a few days before the actual wedding. Rings are exchanged between the bride and the groom, in the presence of a religious head, close friends and relatives. The day of the wedding is normally be fixed after the 'sagai'.

Chunni Chadana:
Dressing up and blessing the bride One day before the wedding the female members of the groom's household go to the bride's home with the 'suhag ki pitari' (a decorated basket containing gifts from the groom's mother for the bride). These gifts usually consists of 'mehendi' (henna), clothes, jewelery, fruits, dry fruits, dried coconut, dried dates, bangles, 'sindoor' (vermilion powder) and a red 'dupatta' or veil. During this ceremony the ladies sing wedding songs to the beat of a 'dholak' or small drum and vail the bride with the traditional red 'dupatta'.

2007-10-11 07:01:01 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

I am planning on transferring to Florida State University in Fall 2008 from a community college in NY. I will have earned an associates in business with a 3.6 or 3.7 gpa out of 4.0. I am very worried though because last year I left my community college for a private university in NY but i ended up dropping out. so i had no grades for any classes the whole year i was there. i dont even want to put this other school on my application to FSU, but the application says, "List every post-secondary institution you have attended or will attend prior to entering FSU, including dual enrollment. You must include schools even if you did not complete a term. Include FSU if you attended previously. Failure to list all institutions could result in your application being denied or your admission being rescinded." What should I do here? I really need to get accepted. Any advice will be appreciated.

2007-10-11 06:55:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

So if you are comparing and contrasting in an essay, could you use the word secondaly to state your second reason of what ever your comparing?



Thanks!

2007-10-11 06:54:23 · 3 answers · asked by 229d36 1 in Higher Education (University +)

when a person tell you "a penny for your thought", what does this person mean? Is that a comment or a boo?

2007-10-11 06:49:32 · 4 answers · asked by curious 1 in Quotations

1. You see the crazy gypsy in my soul.
2. The cold remains of what began with a passionate start
3. Like fairy gifts fading away
4. The heart that has truly loved never forgets
5. A happy daisy, in the garden path
6. Loving voices of old companions
7. With gentle words I courted her
8. The glens with their meadows of sunshine and dew
9. Each virtue most rare her soul possesses
10. And autumn leaves lie thick and still

2007-10-11 06:41:50 · 7 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6 in Words & Wordplay

Hello, everyone.

"I get to go with her to Paris for Fashoin."
Does this sound natural in American English? Someone asked me after he watched an American sitcom.

The meaning, he guesses, is that "I became to go with her~", but I think he actually heard " I gotta go with her to~." So, my quesiton is, can you say "I get to to with her to Paris for fashion?" and is it pretty natural? Thanks in advance!

2007-10-11 06:37:58 · 2 answers · asked by calpolyMIS 2 in Words & Wordplay

2007-10-11 06:35:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Words & Wordplay

2007-10-11 06:31:02 · 2 answers · asked by chuckbell 2 in Higher Education (University +)

2007-10-11 06:29:44 · 14 answers · asked by thesk8r10 1 in Trivia

2007-10-11 06:28:02 · 20 answers · asked by sicknote 1 in Words & Wordplay

Which school has the best online degree program? I'm only talking about schools associated with well known "Brick and Mortar" institutions like Harvard, Yale and so on. Please dont tell me about how great or meaningless a degree from capella, uni of phoenix, etc.. is because thats not what I'm asking.

The best and most respected graduate school I'm pretty sure is Harvard but does that mean a degree from their "Harvard extension school" is best and most respected online degree?

Some other places with extension schools that offer online degrees that come to mind are:
Northeastern University
MIT
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Denver
University of Maryland
Duke University
Drexel
Carnegie Mellon
Penn State
Ball State
U Nebraska - Lincoln
Babson
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
University of Illinois
Penn State
Colorado State U
etc...

2007-10-11 06:26:36 · 1 answers · asked by questionable 1 in Higher Education (University +)

2007-10-11 06:26:28 · 4 answers · asked by RAKESH E 1 in Words & Wordplay

2007-10-11 06:05:00 · 22 answers · asked by rp_biker4life 1 in Words & Wordplay

Heres the question, we're suppose to be using the method of addition and substitution

solve: x+y+z=4
2x-z=1
2y+z=1

I already eliminated X and Y, so I have it down to
-2y-3z=-7
-2x-z=7

Anybody know where to go from here? Thank you!

2007-10-11 05:57:55 · 5 answers · asked by sleepinbeauty52 2 in Homework Help

1) Cell
2)Dark Tower
3)Gerald's Game
4) Misery
5)Carry
6) Shining (The)
7) Stand (The)
8) Green MIle (The)
9) Bag of Bones
10) Dead Zone (The)
and my all time favorite
11) Stand By Me

2007-10-11 05:57:13 · 9 answers · asked by Ink Corporate 7 in Words & Wordplay

2007-10-11 05:53:07 · 6 answers · asked by Ian M 5 in Words & Wordplay

Which career is (are):
-most demanding now?
-easiest to get a job?
-highest in salary and how much?
-Most difficult program?
-Difficult to get in the program?
-best after graduation and long term?
-toughtest (work enviroment wise).
-has long or flexible hours?
-is in demand?
-is the one you will pick.

2007-10-11 05:45:43 · 3 answers · asked by ABC123 1 in Higher Education (University +)

I am doing a project for school and am also thinking of actually doing housecleaning as a side job aside from my carreer when I graduate college. Do you think this price is fair?? I would appreciate feedback.

2007-10-11 05:41:22 · 9 answers · asked by piratesgurl04 1 in Other - Education

how is it used in the every day life?

2007-10-11 05:39:44 · 8 answers · asked by Janet B 1 in Words & Wordplay

i have no clue what to do after college i am terrified of the concept of college i am not a people person if i could earn money for taking care of animals without going to college i have struggled all my life to just get the clothes on my back we dont have much money and even if i wanted to go to collegeg we couldnt afford it so what should i do my dream would be a zookeeper but i dont have many zoos around me but i am too scared to move on my own, i would feel wrong leaving my family and starting my own life and my family struggling at home with my father in which is a drunk who has been in treatment 5 times and is still drinking i am a senior in college and i want money to spoil my mother and sister and brother, hhheeeeeeeeeeellllllllllpp me what should i do

2007-10-11 05:31:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

I'm left handed, but I do everything [but write] with my right hand. I can write backwards with my left hand... meaning i start in the middle of the paper and write to the left starting at the first letter of the word, not the last. While doing this I can write normal with my right hand! It freaks people out when I show them. Any thoughts?!

2007-10-11 05:24:10 · 6 answers · asked by Jennifer M 1 in Words & Wordplay

ok heres the question, Write an essay the compares and contrasts the ways in which China and Japan responded to the west. Describe how each nation;s decision to respon to the west affected its domestic and foreign affaires in the years that followed....(mind you this is all set way back in the 1800-1900's) and dont like write an essay, just if you know and quick facts, or anything about this time in history, plz share. thanks =)

2007-10-11 05:15:59 · 3 answers · asked by shorty 1 in Homework Help

because I'm a senior and I'm pretty sure im not going to graduate so I want to start going to an ''adult ed'' school to help me get my credits but my mom doesent understand so I'm trying to get kicked out of school so I could go to ''adult ed''...what could I do to get kicked out? I've already gotten 5 detentions,and 7 saturdays and havent served any of them...

2007-10-11 05:11:47 · 6 answers · asked by Ms.Carter 2 in Primary & Secondary Education

2007-10-11 05:11:39 · 2 answers · asked by octopuss 1 in Higher Education (University +)

I have an associate of arts and I'm not sure I want to go back to school as of this moment. I know I should, but I really want to get some work experience. Am I qualified to work government jobs, or some other I'm not thinking of? Should I go back and use my gen. ed and take a few more classes and get a more technical a.a? (I do not necessarily want to spend the time or money to get a bachelor's at this time). Thanks!

2007-10-11 05:10:07 · 5 answers · asked by kalli w 2 in Higher Education (University +)

Are D-1 colleges and D-2 colleges are different academicaly?
Because i have a nephew that wants to play football for college for LSU or Morgan state depending on the academic level like for example; is d-1 colleges are harder academically than d-2 colleges like for the claddwork you have to do in class or they both have the same difficulty level.

2007-10-11 05:07:59 · 4 answers · asked by Saint 3 in Higher Education (University +)

i`m so eager in business and decided to go abroad to finish m y mba there......is that correct decision i have made

2007-10-11 04:59:27 · 4 answers · asked by gopi A 1 in Studying Abroad

At what age did you know what career you wanted, and what you wanted to do with your life? My older sister and brother knew what they wanted to do before they entered High School. I'm fifteen (tenth grade) and have no idea what I want to do. I'm starting to get stressed out about it. Any advice? Thanks!

2007-10-11 04:55:16 · 12 answers · asked by Greetings! 3 in Higher Education (University +)

2007-10-11 04:42:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

i have to make up words to my pet and my pet is called meg so i hav to do this -

M
E
G

and then put words next to it (nice words cos ma dog is nice)
thanks x

2007-10-11 04:36:37 · 22 answers · asked by hot_vampire_pink 1 in Words & Wordplay