Society & Culture - 26 January 2007

The livelihood situation has improved steadily in the past few months: goods are now globally available on markets, especially on the coastal area, and their *diversity* has increased.

2007-01-26 18:32:56 · 3 answers · asked by getmyanswer 1 in Languages

Every culture in the world has stories of little people--while in the Philippines I met people who said they saw and talked with Dwindies--which are like magic elves. Tell me what you know as I am interested.

2007-01-26 18:32:54 · 9 answers · asked by greggdrew7 1 in Mythology & Folklore

I keep on spanking my monkey but he just wont listen. I keep on telling him to stay down but he doesnt, just this morning i had to take action. I couldnt take him to work all excited so i had to spank him.

2007-01-26 18:30:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

attitude.everything@yahoo.com

2007-01-26 18:29:57 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

others who are not in your group (group here means Chrtistians together, Agnostics together etc - while acknowledging that other are not organised groups but individuals) in this forum. Anything that enhances your lifestyle/beliefs etc from the other group (not from your fellow believers in Christ or Atheists etc)!

2007-01-26 18:29:47 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am a Christian and I was talking with my friend and she said she was a Christian Pagan and I don't really understand how you can be a Christian Pagan or what their beleifs are, so could someone please enlighten me :)

Thank you for your help :)

2007-01-26 18:29:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-26 18:29:00 · 6 answers · asked by sharrron 5 in Other - Society & Culture

Study says skin tone affects earnings By TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press Writer
Fri Jan 26, 11:01 PM ET



NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Light-skinned immigrants in the United States make more money on average than those with darker complexions, and the chief reason appears to be discrimination, a researcher says.

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Joni Hersch, a law and economics professor at Vanderbilt University, looked at a government survey of 2,084 legal immigrants to the United States from around the world and found that those with the lightest skin earned an average of 8 percent to 15 percent more than similar immigrants with much darker skin.

"On average, being one shade lighter has about the same effect as having an additional year of education," Hersch said.

The study also found that taller immigrants earn more than shorter ones, with an extra inch of height associated with a 1 percent increase in income.

Other researchers said the findings are consistent with other studies on color and point to a skin-tone prejudice that goes beyond race.

Hersch took into consideration other factors that could affect wages, such as English-language proficiency, education, occupation, race or country of origin, and found that skin tone still seemed to make a difference in earnings.

That means that if two similar immigrants from Bangladesh, for example, came to the United States at the same time, with the same occupation and ability to speak English, the lighter-skinned immigrant would make more money on average.

"I thought that once we controlled for race and nationality, I expected the difference to go away, but even with people from the same country, the same race — skin color really matters," she said, "and height."

Although many cultures show a bias toward lighter skin, Hersch said her analysis shows that the skin-color advantage was not due to preferential treatment for light-skinned people in their country of origin. The bias, she said, occurs in the U.S.

Economics professor Shelley White-Means of the University of Tennessee at Memphis said the study adds to the growing body of evidence that there is a "preference for whiteness" in America that goes beyond race.

Hersch drew her data from a 2003 federal survey of nearly 8,600 new immigrants. The survey used an 11-point scale for measuring skin tone, in which 0 represents an absence of color and 10 the darkest possible skin tone.

From those nearly 8,600 participants, she focused on the more than 2,000 who were working and whose skin tone had been recorded during face-to-face interviews.

William Darity Jr., an economics professor at the University of North Carolina, said Hersch's findings are similar to a study he co-authored last year on skin tone and wages among blacks.

"We estimate that dark- or medium-skinned blacks suffered a discriminatory penalty of anywhere from 10 percent to 15 percent relative to whites," he said. "This suggests people cue into appearance and draw inferences about capabilities and skills based on how they look."

Darity said it is not clear whether the bias is conscious or subconscious.

Hersch said her findings, which will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science next month in San Francisco, could support discrimination lawsuits based not on race, but on color.

"There are very few color discrimination suits, but they are on the rise," she said. "But these suits can be hard to prove."

2007-01-26 18:27:58 · 9 answers · asked by brandley_1999 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

i mean, how do you know when someone is just trying to get something from you?

2007-01-26 18:27:58 · 3 answers · asked by sharrron 5 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-01-26 18:27:46 · 5 answers · asked by thequeenofhisheart 2 in Languages

Do you think the fact that you can't ride a cat means God doesn't exist?

2007-01-26 18:27:27 · 16 answers · asked by mullah robertson 4 in Religion & Spirituality

when I was in 10th std I saw a dream.Within 3 yrs I saw some kind of continuation of that dream.After 6 yrs,ie,in 2006 most of the incidents I saw in the dream really happened.To the extreme, I met the same person whom I seen in the dream.I'm really confused and I'm not able to share with any one.what's happening?what's this?

2007-01-26 18:24:57 · 12 answers · asked by anu 1 in Religion & Spirituality

When a straight person finds out that I'm gay, 9 times out of 10 he or she will ask within 5 minutes of meeting me whether or not I'm a drag queen and when I say "NO" they ask me why I'm not a drag queen. Why is that?

2007-01-26 18:24:17 · 11 answers · asked by Just Ask Ashley 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

SO, what are you doing on this valentines’ day:
Moving with your girlfriend / boyfriend or
Trying to impress one or
Getting more closer to your love or
Finding love?????
Whatever jus tell me and why is it so special for you?????

2007-01-26 18:23:29 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Valentine's Day

Do you think he enjoys pretzels and beernuts as well?

2007-01-26 18:22:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In my dream, I am a messenger for the United States. A man in command gives me a letter that has to be delivered to the president. As I am rushing to deliver the letter, I look up to see at least 5 tornadoes surrounding me. At the same time, I see planes flying by and dropping bombs. Once I reach the president, I hear him yell because we cannot figure out who is bombing us. In retaliation, we are bombing every country we can think of. But, because the country is so small, it is being overlooked. As a result of the endless bombing and fighting, we eventually destroy the world. My dad (who is a biblical man), believes that I have dreamed the end of the world. He has shown me in Revelations where the world is ruled by a small country. Does anyone have any other suggestions of what this dream may mean?

And for everyone that thinks this came from a movie....it didn't. I dreamed this before the movie "Day After Tomorrow" came out. Before it was even advertised for the movie theaters.

2007-01-26 18:22:29 · 6 answers · asked by suecat182003 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I noticed on e-bay under "well worn" there was an old filthy pair of slippers and there were 10 bids on them, and there were pages and pages of the same thing. I just can't fathom why they would want these..help me understand

2007-01-26 18:20:46 · 4 answers · asked by ASHDEL19 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Majority of the people are now returnees (≈ 350 HH according to UNORC, Oct 2006) living either in temporary shelters or in permanent houses. Even if some problems occurred concerning shelter building (ownership of land, type of house expected by the beneficiaries not always fitting with NGOs initial proposition), which made the construction process slow, *the situation is going ahead*.

2007-01-26 18:20:24 · 4 answers · asked by getmyanswer 1 in Languages

Her mother doesn't like this situation. Her friends in family make black jokes all the time. Now days this kid will be excepted right? I mean these days we have so many mixed races everywhere.

2007-01-26 18:20:01 · 12 answers · asked by Daniell 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Its for a project at school.Do you know any sites where i can translate ten pages??

2007-01-26 18:19:48 · 1 answers · asked by Cathy 4 in Languages

hi, please help ive looked for 3 hours ... im looking for a good pic of greek goddess persephone to edit n use as an avatar to the new game im trying out lineage 2 please post links in answers if u think any are good..( shes goddess of the underworld so id like the pic to show something of that nature

2007-01-26 18:18:52 · 6 answers · asked by pj_pillow 2 in Mythology & Folklore

I prayed hard, went to church, had faith, and trusted in God. Now over 15 years of mental problems are gone! I used to be bipolar and had panic attacks, anxiety, anorexia, OCD, insomnia, and borderline personality disorder. Jesus set me free! I have peace, love, hope, strength, happiness, wisdom, and freedom. What do you think?******* He also set my brother free from drugs, saved his life, healed my friend's disease, healed another friend's cancer, set my relatives free from alcoholism, saved my uncle's life, saved my Mother and Father's marriage, sent me lots of money for no reason, gave me everything I wanted in life, gave my brother everything he wanted, and saved my life when all the doctors said I should have died. He's done all of that and much, much more.

2007-01-26 18:18:03 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

expression, I find it offensive that someone uses a porno picture on this forum as their identity. There are children participating here. I am an Atheist, so my objection has nothing to do with religion but decency and care for the growing minds!

2007-01-26 18:17:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

how is religion different from what it is sometimes claimed to be a way of life.

2007-01-26 18:16:39 · 12 answers · asked by vbeng85 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I've been using Yahoo answers for a while now, and I don't see how anyone gets uplifted on here. Mostly I see people arguing. Splitting hairs and sparsing quotes, and ignoring those who disagree. On every side, not just "the other side."
As one bright participant noted on here, religious debate is very much like tic-tac-toe. Once you learn the basic steps, it ends in a stalemate every time.
So why do we still come on here and argue?

2007-01-26 18:16:05 · 12 answers · asked by cirque de lune 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Is there anybody else of the Christian Community sick and tired of Churches that put on a show for an audience and pretend to be holy and pious? They make a mockery of the whole thing.

2007-01-26 18:15:12 · 21 answers · asked by Sassy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-26 18:14:56 · 7 answers · asked by mullah robertson 4 in Religion & Spirituality

NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH

2Pet.3:13 New heavens and a new earth.

In the one at Eden, Adam lived 930 years even after sin, Jared 962, and Methusaleh 969 and died in the flood year, Noah was age 600 before the flood and had 350 after, Shem had 502 years after the flood and life spans dropped fast.

Rev.20:1-6,12,13 [ No Satan for 1000 years ];

The promise was a New heavens and a new earth, or back as it was before Eden.
Isa.45:18; Made to be inhabited. Isa.65:17; 66:1,22; Rev.21:1-5 [ ALL MADE NEW ];

AFTER 1000 YEARS HAS ENDED

2Cor.12:2,4; The paradise of God for him always is. Luke 23:43 Jesus promised paradise.
Rev.2:7; The paradise of God and back to the tree of life. Rev.22:14;

2007-01-26 18:13:59 · 7 answers · asked by jeni 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Since 1987 I have been getting a weird feeling and then will look at the clock: 11:11 or 1:11. Or I will walking into a building (store, cave, hospital, etc.) look at the clock and it is 11:11, when I return to my car it is 1:11. My wife has caught me waking up from a hard sleep on many occassions at 11:11 or 1:11. I could go on and on. But would like to know what this means. THis is my 20th year of doing this. It comes in clusters and goes away for a while and comes back stronger later.

2007-01-26 18:13:27 · 3 answers · asked by ??? 1 in Religion & Spirituality

A Satanic view would be most helpful others are welcome to. You must have a reason why or why not in your answer

2007-01-26 18:12:17 · 20 answers · asked by -_- A Demonic Sagittarius o_0 1 in Religion & Spirituality