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Open Question: visual basic problem?

hows it going? i am supposed to create a program in visual basic that asks the user to enter a number in the windows form and after i hit the button, its supposed to print a number of $$$$$$ signs that equals the asked number earlier. and more, only 5 dollar signs should exist in a row. i have created a form that has the textbox to enter the number, a button to start the program and a label where the dollar signs should be displayed. how do i do this using for loop? could anybody please write the program for this? more

Open Question: Give your thoughts on this situation (A MANS right to choose)?

A man and woman have been together for 6 years, they both work, are entitled to paid maternity leave and are 'ready' for a child. The woman gets pregnant and decides that she doesn't want a baby, after telling the man for years that she did. They split up. Road 1) The man says he will adopt the child when it's born and will bring it up himself (and pay any medical bills throughout her pregnancy). The woman flatly refuses and books and abortion. Is this a fair and equal decision? Road 2) The man says he will adopt the child when it's born and will bring it up himself (and pay any medical bills throughout her pregnancy). The woman flatly refuses and cuts contact with him and signs the adoption papers, telling them she doesn't know who the father is. is this fair? I'm asking this because of a friend of mine in a similar situation. At what point does a man get the right to choose about the life (or lack of) of his future child? Yes, it is a womans body, but that unborn child, foetus, collection of cells whatever you want to call it, was created by him as well as her, so why doesn't he get a choice? Why is it that, even when the father WANTS to be a Father he has no say in the matter? What if he doesn't want the child? Is it fair that he is forced to pay for a child he didn't want? If a woman refuses any other options stating something like 'i'll do it alone' why should he be forced to pay?So you think it was right for this woman, to not only LIE about what she wants for 6 years but also to allow him NO CHANCE to care for the child he wanted but she didn't. The only person playing is the woman, she's playing games with the poor lads head and heart, it's sick!She chose the second option. I'm currently trying to help, both emotionally and with the adoption side, but she wont budge, he's having to wait 3 months until childs born for a DNA. She's even refused to give scans to him.They split up because she doesn't want the baby. this is the argument they had infront of me (which is why i'm so involved in it) her: ' I don't want this baby, you want one go find someone else. now either sit down and shut up or leave' him: ' i just want to understand, for 6 years you've said you wanted one and we're ready' her: 'well i don't now and haven't for years'Thats what i'm trying to say know it all, why should women be the only ones with rights when it comes to the 'potential' life of an unborn child? Both of them are what she threatened to do, when i read the first (she txted him that btw) i wanted to slap her, when her friend came with the second message i had to remind myself she was pregnant, and that my friend needed me. He's a big man, 29, and since it started he's been either crying like a child watching lion king or pulling his hair out, he's lost a lot of weight as well. more

Resolved Question: Would these methods help reduce poverty in the US?

Please read them all. I know it's a lot. Would these methods help reduce poverty in the US? Why or why not? 1. Start teaching economics in 5th grade in high poverty/working class schools. 2. Make sure schools spend the $ on students not superfluous things such as giant pools, extended parking lots, new administration buildings (while school itself is in horrible condition), private jets for superintendents, and staff meetings in Orlando in luxurious hotels. 3. Make sure all high poverty schools have at least 2 counselors. 4. Crack down on drug addicts in the middle-upper class suburbs. Majority of meth, crack, and heroin users are middle-upper class Whites, but instead of prisons focus on counseling. 5. Spend more money on education for the poor than on prisons. More $ means less dropouts, and less drug dealers. It really isn't about more $ actually, but re-designing the school system, using the $ already there in a better way. 6. Copy Finland's policy. Any student who does not go to college or military is mandated to do 2 years of trade school. They can do 2 years of electrical work or 1 yr. of beauty school, 1 yr. of electrical work, etc. In Finland this has created an extremely low unemployment rate, an almost non-existent crime rate, and plenty of plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc. who can support a family. 7. Crack down on unequal housing. Real estate companies who charge Black and Hispanic families more for a house than Whites. 8. Give cities grants to knock down abandoned buildings/homes and place in green areas, gardens, playgrounds, etc. Up to community to upkeep the grounds. 9. Teach in all schools about environmentalism and how to save energy (saves $). 10. Crack down on loan sharks. 11. Start paying back African-Americans reparations. Let the Black community decide how to use the money. 12. Start paying back women reparations, more going to Black women as they are paid the least in unequal pay. Since 1984-2005 due to unequal pay women are owed $300 billion dollars. 13. Sign the 1923 Equal Employment act and crack down on businesses who give unequal pay to women. 14. Start paying more attention to rural poverty.Not everyone is college material. I think trade schools should open again : )Sam: a White high school graduate male makes more money than a Black male with a bachelor's degree. Yes, people need to stop living above their means. We brought this poor economy upon ourselves.I forgot to mention any reparations would not be payed by tax payers. Also, the US govt has given reparations to Asian Americans and Native Americans. Why not African Americans and Women?Witchy. Absolutely loved reading your answers. As a teacher, I know exactly what you mean. I believe in holding students back if they have not learned the basics. I believe we also need to not put highly disruptive/violent children in the classroom (such as chair throwers) in the room with other children. They literally scare the other kids. We also need to fire teachers who sit in rubber rooms, the ones who have committed a crime. I feel the teachers' union is far too strong and no longer about the kids. Anyway, your reply was very informative.Reparations to Black people would be not just about slavery. However, you brought up a good pt. What about Black people who just came here from Africa? There are a lot of Africans in my neighborhood. and more. more

Resolved Question: I have some discoloration and purple blotches down there near my girl parts. What is it?

Resolved Question: Isn't it time that we voted to make "feminism" an illegal HATE CRIME, since that is what it is...hate ?!!?

Isn't it time that we voted to make "feminism" an illegal HATE CRIME, since that is what it is...hate ?!! There are proposals currently in over 30 US States for 2010, to make "feminism" a classification of a HATE CRIME, along with "racism" , "bigotry" and all other forms of pure HATE toward any gender, race, social class... and rightfully so. Its long been known that FEMINISM is a very disgusting and ugly cancer on society and any female who takes part in it, is not a normal female, and many are criminally insane, fueling hatred and spewing disgusting lies and their own sick and silly sputtering. Finally lobbying has accomplished some significant PROGRESS toward denouncing and retarding the proliferation of this HATE phenomenon called FEMINISM. FEMINISM IS A HATE CRIME. It is likely that it will undoubtedly be a referendum vote in many States, but in most, as with the 'gay marriage' issue, it will be a closed vote in the House & Senate and a bill signed into law by the governors of each State. Also attached to those bills are provisions that will restrict or limit, or completely ban any outside funding of special interest "Women's Studies" by the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations, without also funding "Men's Studies" programs equally, on the basis and rationale of sex/gender discrimination and promoting HATE. Thank God. People are finally starting to wake up!! Thankfully in recent polls, nearly 90% of women do NOT consider themselves (or will not openly admit to ) being of feminist value system, and agree that it was "stupid stuff women in the 70's and 80's did" . It is likely that FEMINISM IS ALREADY A TOTALLY DEAD HORSE. However, its still important to classify it as a HATE CRIME and make it illegal. Being found guilty of a hate crime like 'feminism' will carry stiff punishments, according to proponents of the new bills. One year mandatory jail time in "must prosecute" States. Its about time.... finally some fresh air to breathe again !!!! It has long been known that Feminism was created by Elite Men like Rockefeller/Rothschild and the banking cartels to destroy humanity by splitting apart the family. Why did women fall for this stunt ? Is it because they are not as adept at scientific rationale ? Research has already shown women have smaller brains and lower IQ's than men, a result of thousands of years of evolutionary natural selection, as different as the sex differences (females preferred mates more intelligent toward carrying on genetic lineage), as well as males choosing physically more attractive mates. It would seem not a lot has changed. In fact feminism has rotted women out so badly that today's young woman gets a job and buys a new pair of boobs, men get sex for free and don't have to compete for women anymore, just their own jobs. Why do most people think women are so foolish to believe in feminism and equality ? Equality is a joke. The elite who want to control the world and exterminate 5.5 billion people, kill women and children every single day, dropping bombs on them and calling it "heroic" and "patriotic". Why do women CONTINUE to watch feminism on TV, act like men, try to behave like men, and poison their own gender, and men against them ? Is it due simply to their LACK of INTELLIGENCE ? Men seem to get it. Few men ever fell for 'feminism'. Most seem to know that it is OTHER powerful wealthy elite MEN who create and finance it !!!! I wish women were equal to men..then if equally intelligent, they would have rejected feminism and we would not be in the mess we are in now... What do you think ? Notice the answers from women...will be poisoned with emotional outbursts and childish rants, instead of intelligent discourse. No I do not think men and women are equal. They have different skills and roles and should work toward having the harmonious relationships that existed for centuries, prior to the INVENTION and FUNDING of communism disguised as 'equality' by the economic elite. Rockefeller and Rothschild and the Masons/Illuminati control, fund and promote it all. That means they believe they OWN YOU ladies. There are NO FEMALES in their secret cults. Only men... so why are you not as smart as they are ? Why don't you mind-program the masons/illuminate with your TV shows, instead of the other way around. You do as you're told ? You watch what they tell you to watch, and you behave like they tell you to. This is your idea of 'independance' ? Oh silly girls... listen to a non-elite banker male next time. It was all a lie... you fell for it. Not too bright....%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% PLEASE NOTE, THE FIRST ANSWER BY A MALE IS RATIONAL AND BASED ON FACT AND OBSERVATION. THE SECOND ANSWER BY A FEMALE IS NEITHER, A RANT, A RETORT, EMOTIONAL OUTBURST AND TYPICAL HATE SPEWING BY A FEMINIST. SOON THIS PERSON WILL BE LOCKED UP FOR CRIMINAL AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR.NOTE : THIRD ANSWER, ALSO FROM FEMALE. MORE HATRED, MORE SPEWING OF EMOTIONAL DISGUST (PROJECTION OF HER OWN INNER HATRED AND LACK OF LOVE FROM HER OWN MOTHER), WHICH APPARENTLY IS VERY COMMON AMONG 'FEMINIST' ARCHETYPES WHO ARE IN NEED OF THERAPY, AS THIS PERSON IS. SOON, SHE WILL BE LOCKED UP FOR 'HATE CRIME' SPEECH AS WELL.NOTE : TRACEY 'S REACTION IS NOT TO HAVE AN INTELLECTUAL DISCOURSE BUT TO 'LAUGH' AND ACT AS IF LAUGHTER CAN BE USED TO ASSUALT THE CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY OF OTHER PEOPLE, INSTEAD OF REALIZING THAT WHEN SHE IS LAUGHING AT OTHERS, SHE IS REALLY EXPOSING HER OWN INNER CHILD... DEFINITELY IN NEED OF THERAPY THIS YOUNG GIRL. AGAIN, ONCE ITS MADE ILLEGAL, LAUGHING WILL BE ANOTHER 'HATE CRIME' IF YOU ARE LAUGHING AT SOMEONE ELSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUR OWN SICKNESS. THIS IS ALSO INCLUDED AS A PROVISION IN THE NEW LAWS. WOMEN HAVE HELPED TO CONSTRUCT THESE NEW LAWS. THEY ADDED THEIR MAKE-UP SMUDGE TO THE DOCUMENTS AFTER SOME MEN HAD AN INTELLECTUAL DISCUSSION TO CREATE THEM. THE WOMEN WERE ALLOWED TO SIGN THEIR NAMES OR JUST PUT A MAKEUP SMUDGE ON IT TO ENDORSE IT, WHICH MOST CHOSE THAT OPTION.note : KrisW ... is very feminine looking and responds more like a female. He is more than likely gender-disadvantaged, meaning his gender-identity has been so malformed or damaged, that he/she/it cannot decide for he/she/it self how to respond to facts and empirical data. His/hers/its dissociated identity crisis causes it to see-saw back and forth... almost a bipolar delusion. Its first statement is largely an attempt to make a construct based on potential logic (male), but fails because it is false, and its second statement is wholly emotional retort (female). I would say that he/she/it is a feminist, and actually hates his former self for his own self-betrayal. His disdain for himself is clearly demonstrated here.BEST ANSWER GOES TO BOODLE. AS SOON AS THIS FOOLISH SITE LETS ME SELECT IT BEFORE THE FEMITWATZI TRY TO DELETE THE POST. more

Open Question: What is the historical and present day relationship between China and Japan?

1.What is the historical background of the two countries. 2.How did a relationship begin between the two countries? Was the first contact friendly or hostile? 3.Has one country exerted dominance over the other or has the relationship remained equal in nature. 4.What natural resources have been available in each country? Have resources or land been the basis for the relationship? 5.What is the relationship of the two countries today? What is the Present Day... * Population * Land Size * Major types of economy * Educational system * System of government * Leadership * Friendships with three other countries * Continent where it is located Create a slogan and display it in graphic form as a sign or picture, showing a representation of the relationship between the two countries. If you could answer any of the above that would be amazing and whoever answers the most naturally will be my top selection. Thank you :D more

Resolved Question: Isn't it very good news that the defense contract with India is in limbo since parties do not want to sign on?

to static agreements in light of fluid situations. India may or may not be in a position to provide certain defense and Sri Lanka may decide that it is in her best interest to prohibit certain aspects of "defense" such as RAW from operating on her shores either overtly or covertly http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/05/stories/2009060553811300.htm There is also a certain fluidity of situations in Pakistan and Afghanistan that may limit India's long term participation. We of course wish India the best of luck with those matters but may find that less conflict driven partners are equally able to provide an extraordinary level of partnership on the topic of defense within our neighbouring structure of sovereign nations. http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/06/do-ten-year-olds-in-idp-camp-need.html Even in the most developed, "democratic" nations children as young as five years old are daily being documented through different "child protection" programs that cause them to have identification badges to be able to set foot in school or other public institutions. In a situation where many 10 year olds have been exposed to arms training and indoctrination from a terrorist organization and also the fact that there are children that need to be reunified or placed these procedures are not only neccesarry but mandated. http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/06/do-ten-year-olds-in-idp-camp-need.html http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=4562c9b1-635f-47cb-89c1-410dd4ee4be0&Headline=US+Senator+asks+Lankan+Prez+to+address+needs+of+Tamils What are the needs of Tamil people that are over and above any other citizen's needs? The Tamil peope unlike politicians are not asking for devolution as freedoms they are asking for review and implementation of protections from the local and regional bodies such as the LTTE that have violated rights of every citizen in Sri Lanka. The structure of how full benefits reach the ordinary citizen needs to be changed because the level of entrenched corruption from 30+ years of such rule needs to be sucessfully overcome. This takes investigation and review prior to implementing devolutionary measures for the staid sake of saying that something was done. We have already learned that devolution to the PC is not adequate. We are doing the neceassary functions such as bringing people energy that benefits each an every one of our minorities from the Tamil, to the Burgher, the Moor, the Arabs, the majority Aryans, the Mongols, the Chinese. We are bringing in a 100,000 housing units for ALL our communities, We are building addtional water supply, we are reviewing every single archane law that allows for racism and eliminating it, we are mandating that peoples can live where thay choose and we are implementing a very easy rule of order to remove non-complying politicos from their vested seats, we are dealing with corruption and waste, we are reigning in impunity by raising accountability, we are not implementing amendments without fully reviewing the ramifications, we are poromoting equal rights by ensuring that each citizen and neither a majority or minority supercede, we are allowing persons to convene in a district and implement government along a standard as long as it does not racially, ethnically, religiously or otherwise profile and restrict others from living in or traveling through the same. Persons also cannot be prohibited from leaving. As the President so aptly states there is no more racial or ethnic profiling as we are all Sri Lankans. http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090605_03 http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10008&Itemid=44 Isn't this programme coming from the wrong office? This deal must we watched by the SEC for one pending sale cannot leverage another purchase. For if we find that entities at CB are creating a sale of assets that are to benefit repayment but are not based on funds that would be a further matter for COPE and I am sure assumption of asset will be blocked. For we are negating corruption and waste. http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=826521545 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=1272419888Here is an article that states pretty much what the political reality is in Sri Lanka but doesn't fully fathom foreign interest in her. http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/18223 I certainly do not hold Israel as regional powerhouse just because they posess the bomb and we certainly will not consider the continuation of World Bank hijinks ala Chandrika/Ranil with assets to India and beyond or support the same paradigm in the Palestine/Israel and beyond scenario. Sri Lanka values all her friendships but there are certain that have mythical proportions that transcend every culture of which one is the tale of Helen, Paris, Harald, and that envious sister of hers who could neither manage her household or her children. If her lover is Britain please tell her to tarry there for just as the first in the present her advances will be unrequited and that lover too will come to Helen. The relationship with the brother-in-law has been written several ways one a beheading, two a poisonous murderby that philandering sister and three a sworn alliance of Helen and Harald through her nephew. The opportune thing to remember is that differences in ancient and modern borders places the battle at Turkey which is where it ius currently being waged on paper and nowhere near modern day Iran. There are certain commonalities of interest shared by the UK, Palestine, Russia and Sri Lanka that disinvolve certain others in your paradigm and the lack of even an honorable mention to King Abdullah will nary be forgotten. All of the peoples of Sri Lanka are one and there is an utter lack of appreciation for those who tried to break our unity for the most active were very close to home. We share very similiar DNA structures but certainly not exact with the Tamil or greater Indian population and as the outmoded thinking of Bandaranaiyake-Kumaratunga has been replaced with a new philosophy of being we keep to the oaths of this President and none other and it is evedent that his word is truefor the solution is being formulated daily and it is utter nonsense for any body, entity or nation to expect a just solution to a 30+ year conflict in three weeks time and as political violence first arose from the JVP in response to greater social injustice there will never be a plan implemented that targets one community or language to the exclusion of another. Sri Lanka is a nation that has spoken Sinhala, Tamil and English and Sri Lanka is a nation that continues to have 4 major religions in practice, we are also a country that has made certain assurances to other parties than those identified as Sinhala or Tamil via language and as developments occur we find that we are in good stead not only to our chosen affiliates in New Delhi but also to all the others we have developed along the way. Certainly choosing 4 parties where more than half the members have naught to do with current political leadership is tantamount to conversing with an empty chair.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090605/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama What Barack Obama should know and is easily verifiable by his own friend that invited Mahmoud Amedinejad to speak in America is that atleast during that speech what Mr. Ahmedinejad stated was the holocaust did not happen the way it was portrayed to have happened. What I will tell Israel is that you have been on those land for ages under different administrations but as I told Erhud Olmert and his lovely wife on 8/27 was that the infant Israel was more important as in the continuation of little Moshe of Mumbai than the peripheral Israel that never wants to live there but direct the funding of there. This friend of Barack Obama's was also present at 8/27. more

Resolved Question: Basic English 11 plz help me out?

1. From what you know of United States history, which document was Lincoln quoting when he said in "The Gettysburg Address" that the nation was dedicated to the proposition "that all men are created equal"? The Emancipation Proclamation The Declaration of Independence The Equal Rights Amendment The Missouri Compromise 2. What might be assumed about a letter that is not assumed about a journal? that the intended reader knows background information about the writer that no one except the writer will read the work that the writer intends the work to be published eventually that the work contains only opinions 3. Mark Twain uses exaggeration in "The Boys' Ambition" primarily to make the townspeople look ridiculous. emphasize the boys' feelings about steamboating. contrast Hannibal with St. Louis. make the story entertaining. 4. In "To Build a Fire," which of the following character flaws brings about the man's tragic end? cowardice carelessness overconfidence greed 5. The tone of "Wagner Matinee" by Willa Cather can best be described as sympathetic. distant. accusatory. apologetic. 6. What musical device does T.S. Eliot use in the following excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"? Before the taking of a toast and tea. alliteration internal rhyme simile narrative 7. Which of the following senses is NOT appealed to by the following line from Ezra Pound's "The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter"? I played about the front gate, pulling flowers. sight smell taste touch 8. In a literary work, what is a theme? a mood or atmosphere a description of a character a repeated musical idea a statement about life 9. Which quotation from "The Unknown Citizen" is the clearest example of satirical writing? "Except for the War till the day he retired/ He worked in a factory and never got fired..." "And his Health-card shows he was once in hospital but left it cured." "He was married and added five children to the population." "Our researchers into Pubic Opinion are content/ That he help the proper opinions for the time of year..." 10. In his "Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech," Faulkner wants writers to act responsibily by writing about "the heart." What does he want them to do? write about light romance write about subjects that really matter write about medical topics write fiction instead of nonfiction 11. Which line from "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is written in the present perfect tense? "My soul has grown deep like the rivers." "I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young." "I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep." "I heard the singing of the Mississippi..." 12. A grotesque character is a physically unattractive character. an unpleasant character. one who acts immorally or unlawfully. one who is dominated by some kind of obsession. 13. In "Suspended," Joy Harjo recalls the smell of aftershave that _____________________ her father's car. concocted permeated replicated congregated 14. The selection from The Woman Warrior focuses mainly on the personal impressions of which character? Brave Orchid's niece Brave Orchid's daughter Brave Orchid Moon Orchid 15. What are antojos? friends fruits cravings good deeds 16. "For the Love of Books" is an appropriate title for Rita Dove's essay because it explains why people love to read. describes how reading gave Dove encouragement and inspired her to pursue writing. describes the first moment that Dove discovered the power of books. lists Dove's best-loved books. 17. In James Baldwin's story, what does the rockpile symbolize? carefree youth evil and danger forbidden joys blind obedience 18. Considering Tituba's state of mind when she began naming names in Act I of The Crucible, what can you infer about her motivation? She was afraid of Reverend Hale and thought naming names would save her from punishment. She actually saw Goody Good and Goody Osburn in the forest and wanted to tell the truth. She was confused and was talking about a dream she once had. She didn't like the women she named, and she hoped they'd be punished. 19. In Act II of The Crucible, when Mary says that the crowd parted for Abigail like the sea for Israel, she makes a comparison to politics. eventual trouble for Abigail. an allusion to the Bible. a bigoted joke. 20. Which character from Act III of The Crucible does NOT fit into one of these categories: accuser, accused, or court official? John Proctor Mary Warren Reverend Hale Giles Corey 21. The climax of Act IV of The Crucible occurs when Parris reveals that Abigail Williams has disappeared. Elizabeth Proctor is brought into the cell. Proctor decides to confess to witchcraft. Proctor refuses to sign the confession. 22. What are the two main parts that make up the structure of a written drama? dialogue and stage dir more

Voting Question: Antrichrist end of the world WW3 all that stuff tell me do you agree with me here?

the way i see the end is not through all this religion stuff. i have a feeling there will be a ww3. With all that is going on you cant really say it wont happen sometime but i dont think there is all this proof and things in the bible and that it was all destined to happen i think its our own damn fault. God or Satan diddnt plan this to happen its the people. so say im only spreading satans lies or whatever but i know its the people, we cant just think its going to happen because we think there are signs in the bible and there is nothing we can do because it's destined to happen we can fix it if people can get past things like racism hate religion and greed we can live in peace but the people of the world prove time and time again there too stubborn to accept that someone elses religious views might be correct and that some people cant exept we are all created equal. so to sum this all up i think there will be a WW3 if we stay as stubborn as we are but i dont think it is destined to happen i think we can save ourselves from the end we are creating if we can see past the differences and just try to live peacfully.( i know easier said than done) but does anyone agree with me on this? more

Resolved Question: Is this what we have look forward too?

Uncle Sam hasn't quite become the world's deadbeat borrower but the latest economic forecast is raising some alarms. Some financial experts think ballooning deficits and a surge in spending are putting the U.S. at risk of losing its triple-A credit rating. Credit ratings determine how much it costs for governments or corporations to borrow money. A triple-A rating is the highest rating available; conversely, junk status is the lowest. A downgrade on U.S. credit would make it more costly for the government to borrow money, leading to bigger returns for investors and higher interest rates in the private sector for businesses and individuals. That could also lead to a decline in investment spending and drag the economy's growth down, leading to fewer profits and incomes for the government to tax. On Friday, the dollar dropped to its lowest level this year and was on track for its biggest weekly fall in two months on concerns about the country's rating status, despite an assurance from Moody's on Thursday that it was comfortable with the current rating on the U.S., which has held a triple-A rating since 1917. To ease concerns, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said he doesn't believe the U.S. credit rating will be cut. President Obama likes to say he inherited a financial mess, an argument that is supported by the $1.3 trillion deficit left on his lap by the previous administration. But under his watch, Obama has pushed the estimate for this year's deficit to a record $1.8 trillion, partly as a result of his $787 billion stimulus package. The deficit is equal to about 13 percent of the nation's gross domestic product. Gibbs says that Obama is working to push that initiative full speed to create jobs and fix the economy. "Short-term, the way to bring down the deficit is to get this economy moving again," Gibbs said. "Medium-to long-term, we have to get our fiscal house back in order, and that's why the president was pleased that Congress passed a budget that cuts the deficit in half in four years." But others aren't as certain that the U.S. credit rating is safe. David Walker, former director of the Government Accountability Office, cited a warning from Moody's Investor's Service more than a year ago about rising health care and social security costs. "The facts show we're in even worse shape now, and there are signs that confidence in America's ability to control its finances is eroding," the former comptroller general and current CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, wrote in the Financial Times this month. Walker noted that prices have risen on credit default insurance on U.S. government bonds, "meaning it costs investors more to protect their investment in Treasury bonds against default than before the crisis hit." Walker called on the Obama administration and Congress to create a "fiscal future commission" to help put the country's financial house in order, a move that he says Americans want by a 2-1 margin, according to research by his foundation. But he expressed skepticism that it would happen. "Yet Washington still sleeps, and it is clear that we cannot count on politicians to make tough transformational changes on multiple fronts using the regular legislative process," he wrote. "We have to act before we face a much larger economic crisis. Let's not wait until a credit rating downgrade. The time for Washington to wake up is now." The Moody's report said the U.S. could lose its top credit rating within a decade unless it takes bold action to control soaring health care and social security spending. more

Resolved Question: HISTORY HELP!!!!! PLEASE HELP?

8. What proposal did President Woodrow Wilson make for the nations of the world? They should practice isolationism. They should sign treaties to help one another. There should be an association of nations. There should be no borders. 9. Of the following presidents, who strongly promoted business as part of his foreign policy? William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson 10. Which U.S. president was responsible for building the Panama Canal? William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson 11. What is the best description for Woodrow Wilson's approach to foreign policy? Build the army and navy in order to equal the imperialism of other nations. Speak softly and carry a big stick. Promote U.S. investments and increase trade. Use American influence to promote world freedom, democracy, and peace. 12. What was the effect of Germany's decision to use unrestricted submarine warfare? (Points: 3) The American Navy began systematically destroying German submarines. Great Britain stepped up its naval actions and stopped Germany. The British and French prepared to surrender. It was the final straw leading to the U.S. declaration of war. 13. Which policies kept the United States from entering World War I in its first three years? isolationism and neutrality imperialism and democracy imperialism and neutrality the Monroe Doctrine and anti-imperialism 14. What was the ultimate impact of U.S. participation in World War I on Germany and its allies? (Points: 3) Germany became more determined than ever, causing an increase in the death rate. U.S. participation caused a rift between Britain and France that extended the war. Germany's allies abandoned it once the United States committed to war. American forces ended the stalemate on the western front leading to Germany's defeat. 15. After the United States entered World War I, how was the civilian population able to meet labor demands? (Points: 3) Labor shortages plagued the United States throughout the war. The military had to assign some civilian tasks to soldiers. Women and minorities filled the jobs that opened up to them for the first time. High school students were given credits for work-study assignments. 16. What did the federal government do to generate support for America's role in World War I? (Points: 3) formed the Committee on Public Information that eventually created propaganda about the war sold savings bonds to remind Americans to be patriotic about the war effort provided tax rebates in exchange for military enlistments established a special agency within the Department of Defense to respond to questions 17. What was one way that the government reduced dissent over U.S. participation in World War I? (Points: 3) formed the National Civil Liberties Bureau passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts promoted the Red Scare prevented the post office from censorship 19. Key points of the Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany of its overseas and colonies required Germany to pay for the war. What else did the treaty require? (Points: 3) Austria would give territory to France. Germany would accept blame for the war. Italy would gain territory from Serbia. Germany would keep seized Russian territory. 20. What was the major reason the U.S. Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles? (Points: 3) They believed that Wilson should have gained some territory for the United States. They objected to the League of Nations, fearing that it would supersede U.S. authority. They decided that German reparations would not meet the costs of war. They disapproved of the way the treaty was negotiated. 21. Which was not an effect of World War I on the U.S. civilian population? (Points: 3) resentment over government controls increased personal income new rights for women and blacks reduction in the power of labor unions 22. What did the Selective Service Act authorize the government to do? (Points: 3) choose government workers according to scores they received on an entrance test recruit volunteers to assist with labor shortages draft men to serve in the military require new federal employees to obtain security clearances 23. What brought an increase in income and growth in the GNP for the United States during the twenties? (Points: 3) low unemp more

Resolved Question: HISTORY HELP CHECK THIS OUT PLEASE!!!!!?

2. Why did the United States traditionally oppose imperialism? (Points: 3) because the U.S. military lacked the power of other nations because the Monroe Doctrine was against it because there were plenty of raw materials within U.S. borders, so there was no need to go outside 4. Which place did not play a role in the Spanish-American War? Mexico City Manila Bay San Juan Hill Havana 8. What proposal did President Woodrow Wilson make for the nations of the world? They should practice isolationism. They should sign treaties to help one another. There should be an association of nations. There should be no borders. 10. Which U.S. president was responsible for building the Panama Canal? William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson 11. What is the best description for Woodrow Wilson's approach to foreign policy? Build the army and navy in order to equal the imperialism of other nations. Speak softly and carry a big stick. Promote U.S. investments and increase trade. Use American influence to promote world freedom, democracy, and peace. 12. What was the effect of Germany's decision to use unrestricted submarine warfare? (Points: 3) The American Navy began systematically destroying German submarines. Great Britain stepped up its naval actions and stopped Germany. The British and French prepared to surrender. It was the final straw leading to the U.S. declaration of war. 13. Which policies kept the United States from entering World War I in its first three years? isolationism and neutrality imperialism and democracy imperialism and neutrality the Monroe Doctrine and anti-imperialism 14. What was the ultimate impact of U.S. participation in World War I on Germany and its allies? (Points: 3) Germany became more determined than ever, causing an increase in the death rate. U.S. participation caused a rift between Britain and France that extended the war. Germany's allies abandoned it once the United States committed to war. American forces ended the stalemate on the western front leading to Germany's defeat. 15. After the United States entered World War I, how was the civilian population able to meet labor demands? (Points: 3) Labor shortages plagued the United States throughout the war. The military had to assign some civilian tasks to soldiers. Women and minorities filled the jobs that opened up to them for the first time. High school students were given credits for work-study assignments. 16. What did the federal government do to generate support for America's role in World War I? (Points: 3) formed the Committee on Public Information that eventually created propaganda about the war sold savings bonds to remind Americans to be patriotic about the war effort provided tax rebates in exchange for military enlistments established a special agency within the Department of Defense to respond to questions 17. What was one way that the government reduced dissent over U.S. participation in World War I? (Points: 3) formed the National Civil Liberties Bureau passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts promoted the Red Scare prevented the post office from censorship 19. Key points of the Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany of its overseas and colonies required Germany to pay for the war. What else did the treaty require? (Points: 3) Austria would give territory to France. Germany would accept blame for the war. Italy would gain territory from Serbia. Germany would keep seized Russian territory. 20. What was the major reason the U.S. Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles? (Points: 3) They believed that Wilson should have gained some territory for the United States. They objected to the League of Nations, fearing that it would supersede U.S. authority. They decided that German reparations would not meet the costs of war. They disapproved of the way the treaty was negotiated. 21. Which was not an effect of World War I on the U.S. civilian population? (Points: 3) resentment over government controls increased personal income new rights for women and blacks reduction in the power of labor unions 22. What did the Selective Service Act authorize the government to do? (Points: 3) choose government workers according to scores they received on an entrance test recruit volunteers to assist with labor shortages draf more

Resolved Question: Out of these choices, what do you think would be the easiest to do a project on?

Okay first let me say, I'm NOT asking for answers to my homework. I just have to do a project and want to know what people think would be the easiest. I have to write about a pair of countries and these are my choices: • United States/Iran • Russia/Cuba • England/France • Israel/Egypt • Turkey/Greece • North Korea/South Korea • India/Pakistan • Germany/Poland • Britain/South Africa • China/Japan • Ireland/England • United States/Mexico The information I need to find out is: 1. What is the historical background of the two countries. 2. How did a relationship begin between the two countries? Was the first contact friendly or hostile? 3. Has one country exerted dominance over the other or has the relationship remained equal in nature. 4. What natural resources have been available in each country? Have resources or land been the basis for the relationship? 5. What is the relationship of the two countries today? Part II: Create a list or chart which includes the following information using statistics for the countries today. Provide the information for both countries. The information must include, but is not limited to, the following: • Population • Land Size • Major types of economy • Educational system • System of government • Leadership • Friendships with three other countries • Continent where it is located Part III: Create a slogan and display it in graphic form as a sign or picture, showing a representation of the relationship between the two countries. So please give me feedback, which pairing do you think I could find the most information on? more

Resolved Question: Help with JAVA comparative method...?

How do I create a equals() method for the Fraction class that returns true if the Fraction object being compared represent equivalent fractions, meaning they have the same magnitude and sign? ////////My Code///////// class Fraction { int num; int den; public double size() { return Math.abs((double)num/den); } public Fraction larger(Fraction other) { if (this.size() >= other.size()) { return this; } else { return other; } } } class testFraction { public static void main(String[] args) { Fraction f = new Fraction(); Fraction g = new Fraction(); Fraction h = new Fraction(); f.num = 2; f.den = 5; g.num = 1; g.den = 4; h = f.larger(g); System.out.println("The magnitude of " + f.num + "/" + f.den + " is " + f.size()); System.out.println("The largest fraction is " + h.num + "/" + h.den); } } more

Resolved Question: Is the fact that more and more states allowing gay marriage a true sign of equality and freedom in America?

Are all men are created equal, or just the straight ones? more

Voting Question: What do you guys think about this poem i wrote?

I hade to make a verse 4 to this poem i am only 13 here is lord byrons: Titan! to whose immortal eyes The sufferings of mortality, Seen in their sad reality, Were not as things that gods despise; What was thy pity's recompense? A silent suffering, and intense; The rock, the vulture, and the chain, All that the proud can feel of pain, The agony they do not show, The suffocating sense of woe, Which speaks but in its loneliness, And then is jealous lest the sky Should have a listener, nor will sigh Until its voice is echoless. Titan! to thee the strife was given Between the suffering and the will, Which torture where they cannot kill; And the inexorable Heaven, And the deaf tyranny of Fate, The ruling principle of Hate, Which for its pleasure doth create The things it may annihilate, Refus'd thee even the boon to die: The wretched gift Eternity Was thine--and thou hast borne it well. All that the Thunderer wrung from thee Was but the menace which flung back On him the torments of thy rack; The fate thou didst so well foresee, But would not to appease him tell; And in thy Silence was his Sentence, And in his Soul a vain repentance, And evil dread so ill dissembled, That in his hand the lightnings trembled. Thy Godlike crime was to be kind, To render with thy precepts less The sum of human wretchedness, And strengthen Man with his own mind; But baffled as thou wert from high, Still in thy patient energy, In the endurance, and repulse Of thine impenetrable Spirit, Which Earth and Heaven could not convulse, A mighty lesson we inherit: Thou art a symbol and a sign To Mortals of their fate and force; Like thee, Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source; And Man in portions can foresee His own funereal destiny; His wretchedness, and his resistance, And his sad unallied existence: To which his Spirit may oppose Itself--and equal to all woes, And a firm will, and a deep sense, Which even in torture can descry Its own concenter'd recompense, Triumphant where it dares defy, And making Death a Victory. Promeththeus (a greek god) Verse for a innovation to Lord Byrons poem titled "Prometheus" Verse IV here is mine: TItan! What zeus did is wrong but his punishment you do belong betraying the ultimate god Maybe you should cry , just to let yourself be free you will still have eternal glory: for you created us So you deserve more than a chain more than eternal pain more

Voting Question: how do you feel about The Pendulum Effect?

1.Step 1: A civil rights need is born For complex historical reasons beyond the scope of this article, a civil rights need is identified on behalf of a group. The pendulum effect is viewed as bipolarity between two groups. With the group on the left deemed as being the oppressed group and the group in the right as being the oppressors. The relationship may be between women and men, blacks and whites or homosexuals and heterosexuals. 2.Step 2: The legitimate phase of the movement The oppressed group does indeed suffer from legitimate grievances. They become aware of the need to change their standing and push the pendulum of equal rights with their actions, to correct these grievances and to improve their image in the zeitgeist. They face some resistance from either side, but they also face a lot of support from the oppressor side, who truly emphasises with their plight. This is the legitimate stage of the movement as the oppressed side gains the rights that they clearly should have. Luminaries of the men’s right movement such as Glenn Sacks and Warren Farrell freely admit that there are genuine gains that feminism has achieved, things such as legislation that codifies the right to equal pay such as the equal pay act of 1963 in the U.S. and 1970 in the U.K., the right to own property and to object to genuinely misogynistic attitudes as can be seen in the old style advertisements and public service announcements. I agree with this attitude personally. There is no such thing as a civil rights movement that has done no good. This is the legitimate and honourable stage of the movement. The pendulum is even. 3.Step 3: The illegitimate phase of the movement The transition between this step and the last is hard to identify as the oppressed group transitions from generally doing good to doing bad. The oppressed group now has a respected and powerful lobby acting on its behalf that can affect the law, at this point no reasonable person could describe the group as being “oppressed” anymore, but the movement has turned into an industry of grievance mining, looking under every rock for signs of oppression and slights. It is important to emphasise the members of the group are not lying to keep up the appearance if being oppressed, they truly believe it, but they are in too deep and lack the ability to holistically view the progress that their group has made, to take “yes” for an answer. The “oppressions” that their group supposedly suffers become more and more academic and created out of whole cloth. The goals of the group come more from the radical activist members, who mostly reside in academia. Issues that they choose to fight for include things such as redefining language, redefining history, redefining their definition of oppression and re-characterising the successes of the movement into further examples of oppression. A prime example of manufacturing problems is to me, one of the most reprehensible aspects of modern feminism. This is where feminism has achieved a world where women have no less opportunity than men, can take any degree they want to and choose their own career. And then when women do not flock to careers that feminists want them to, they cites this as proof of work that still needs to be done for women’s rights. I think that women who feel empowered to enter the fields they want to enter means that the work of women’s rights is mostly done. To spin the liberation of women into an attempt to further victimise them is a disgusting act that is to spit in the eye of the good achievements that feminism has made. The worst effect of this illegitimate phase of the movement is to brainwash the younger members of the group into hating men. The feminists have already refined history and distorted the facts to where, as a feminist said in an email to me, half of women are raped and the fraction of feminist haters dwindles in comparison to the number of men who hate women. Yeah, we sure are terrible. None of this has any relation to the truth but what is to be the expected outcome if a young woman is told that men as such beasts? I’ll tell you the outcome because I saw it firsthand when I graduated in 2005. The young women I went to university with were angry, they were petulant and a hostile and felt the need to partake in constant belittling comments and man bashing. With an angry youth, the road is paved to the next step. 4.Step 4: The oppression of the oppressors The discourse has become one sided. The feminists are seen as the authorities in the problem of equality as the status quo is viewed as being sexist and thus un-needing of representation. The feminists are now running a dictatorship of opinion and with a background noise of resentment and manufactured oppressions they start to act in a very hypocritical way. The true idea of equality has been lost, they have a new definition of the word. Equality of outcome. Sameness. Departments of women’s health spring up, ministers more

Resolved Question: Algerbra help Write inequalities for the numbers 1 - 4 above.?

Write inequalities for the numbers 1 - 4 above. Do not solve them! Just write an inequality to represent the situation. Write a system of inequalities for numbers 5 and 6. There are several options for submitting your graphs. Please choose one of the options below: Draw the graphs by hand and submit them by fax or mail to your instructor. Create the graphs in a draw program or using the whiteboard feature and attach them. 1. Eighteen is greater than or equal to four less than twice a number. 2. Your quiz grades are 19, 17, 20, and 15. What is the lowest grade you can receive on the next quiz and maintain at least an 18 average? Help: Think about how to average grades. Use a variable to represent your score on the last quiz. Since you want your average to be at least an 18, you will use a > sign in your inequality. You want an average that is at least 18 but it could be more than 18. 3. Stacey and Luis volunteer at the local hospital. Stacey worked 4 more hours than Luis, and together they worked more than 28 hours. What is the least number of hours each worked? Help: Use L to represent the number of hours worked by Luis. Write an expression in terms of L to represent the number of hours worked by Stacey. Write the inequality that represents the situation. 4. Mrs. Culpepper has promised her two sons that they may go to a concert if together they save more than $45. The older son agrees to save twice as much as the younger one. How much must each save? Help: Use the same strategy as in number 3. Remember to write an inequality that has only one variable. 5. You must work for at least 80 hours in this course to complete the requirements. Some of that will be testing time, and some will be for assignments. You have 18 tests that take from 1/2 hour to 2 hours each to complete. You have 110 assignments that take between 1/2 hr and 1 hour to complete. 1.Write the five inequalities involved. 2.Graph the system of inequalities. 3.Choose a point that satisfies the constraints, and write a short paragraph about why you will devote these times to testing and assignments. Help: 1.One of the constraints is testing. Use x for the testing variable and y for the assignment variable. There are a total of 5 inequalities to write. 18 tests for 1/2 hour is 9 hours minimum. 18 tests for 2 hours each is 36 hours maximum. This gives you x > 9 and x < 36. Now write the inequalities that describe the time spent on assignments. The last inequality is the one for the total number of hours spent in the course (x + y). 2.Once you have the inequalities, you will need to graph them on the same coordinate plane in order to find the area of intersection. If you are going to attempt to graph this system by hand, be sure to use appropriate tick marks on your coordinate plane. You may want to count by 5's so your graph will not be too big. 3.The solutions to the system of inequalities are all the points in the overlapping shading areas. For example, you may work 20 hours on tests and quizzes and 100 hours on assignments. It is possible that due to your work on the assignments, you do not have to spend as much time on your quizzes and tests. Since 100 plus 20 is greater than 80 hours, you are meeting the total hour constraint as well. 6.The school system is trying to help their students be more successful. They are going to hire tutors to help. They must have 20 teachers to have the correct student/teacher ratio. There must be no more tutors than teachers. The maximum number of people to be hired is 50. How many tutors and how many teachers should they hire? 1.Write the inequalities for the above constraints. 2.Graph the system of inequalities. 3.Choose a point that satisfies the constraints, and write a short paragraph about why you chose that number of tutors and teachers. Help: Use x for teachers and y for tutors. There will be a total of three inequalities in this system. more

Resolved Question: why do i keep getting this message when compiling? 90: variable answer might not have been initialized?

this is my method: cant seem to find a solution.. //first, we'll allow for input getting import javax.swing.*; //now we create a class name S1P4 public class S1P4 { //main method after the class including (throws Exception) for Thread.sleep() public static void main (String[] args) throws Exception { //this will be how many 1/2 seconds the user gets int difficulty; difficulty = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Quanto sei bravo?\n"+"1 = evil genius...\n"+"10 = evil, ma non un genio")); //this will tell the loop whether to continue or not: boolean cont = false; //the contents of the main method are about to be enclosed in a do while loop.. do { //resent cont to false cont = false; //random numbers for the equation double num1= (int) (Math.round(Math.random()*10)); //this do..while loop prevents exceptions //num 2 must be declared outside of the do while so the //the "while" part can see it. it will still be initialized //inside of the do part though. double num2; do { //initialize num2 num2 = (int) (Math.round(Math.random()*10)); } while(num2==0.0); //if it is 0, do it again! //random number for the sign int sign = (int) (Math.round(Math.random()*3)); //this will store answer double answer; //show it System.out.println("\n\n*****"); if(sign==0) { //tell user and calculate answer System.out.println(num1+" times "+num2); answer = num1*num2; } else if(sign==1) { //tell user and calculate answer System.out.println(num1+" divided by "+num2); answer = num1/num2; } else if(sign==1) { //tell user and calculate answer System.out.println(num1+" plus "+num2); answer = num1+num2; } else if(sign==1) { //tell user and calculate answer System.out.println(num1+" minus "+num2); } else { //tell user and calculate answer System.out.println(num1+" % "+num2); answer = num1%num2; } //make it easier to read.. System.out.println ("*****\n"); //count down from difficulty.. user a for loop! for(int i = difficulty; i >= 0; i--) { //count down at double speed! System.out.println(i+"..."); //instead of waiting a second this time only wait 1/2 a second per difficulty level Thread.sleep(500); } //print answer System.out.println("ANSWER: " +answer); //ask the user if he/she wants to play again String again; again = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Rivincita?"); //if user says yes, set cont to true. if(again.equals("si")) cont = true; } while(cont); //keep going until continue is false } }i need a detailed response cuz im very new to this. thx more

Resolved Question: Please help create some equations.?

Please help me come up with some good equations for this math problem. § Select any two integers between -12 and +12 which will become solutions to a system of two equations. § Write TWO EQUATIONS that have your two integers as solutions. Your solution and equations should NOT be the same as those of other students or the textbook. There are infinite possibilities. § Solve your system of equations by the Addition/Subtraction method. that is posted below. Addition/Subtraction Method for Solving Systems of Two Equations 1)Algebraically manipulate both equations so that all the variables are on one side of the equal sign and in the same order. (Line the equations up, one on top of the other.) 2) If needed, multiply one of the equations by a constant so that there is one variable in each equation that has the same coefficient. 3)Subtract one equation from the other. 4)Solve the resulting equation for the one variable. (Use the technique described in previous units.) 5)Using the value found in the step 4, substitute it into either equation and solve for the remaining variable. 6)Substitute the values for both variables into the equation not used in step 5 to be sure our solution is correct. more

Resolved Question: Have you seen this Facebook group Gay Marriage Killed the Dinosaurs?

It's pretty great. Top 17 Reasons Why Gay Marriage is Wrong 17. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans. 16. Gay culture is a new fad created by the liberal media to undermine long-standing traditions. We know this is true because gay sex did not exist in ancient Greece and Rome. 15. There are plenty of straight families looking to adopt, and every unwanted child already has a loving family. This is why foster care does not exist. 14. Conservatives know best how to create strong families. That is why it is not true that Texas and Mississippi have the highest teen birthrates, and Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire have the lowest. This is a myth spread by the liberal media. 13. Marriage is a religious institution, defined by churches. This is why atheists do not marry. Christians also never get a divorce. 12. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why our society has no single parents. 11. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America. 10. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children. 9. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children. 8. Gay marriage should be decided by the people and their elected representatives, not the courts. The framers checked the courts, which represent mainstream public opinion, with legislatures created to protect the rights of minorities from the tyranny of the majority. Interference by courts in this matter is inappropriate, just as it has been every time the courts have tried to hold back legislatures pushing for civil rights. 7. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed. 6. Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because "separate but equal" institutions are a good way to satisfy the demands of uppity minority groups. 5. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal. 4. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract. 3. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall. 2. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning. 1. METEORS and VOLCANOES. more

Voting Question: Is there a Creator ?!?

We will answer by quoting a number of aayaat (verses) from the Book of Allaah (the Qur’aan – the scripture of Islam), then you can think to yourself about the matter and if the truth becomes clear to you, you will have no choice but to follow it. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “We created you, then why do you believe not? Then tell Me (about) the human semen that you emit. Is it you who create it (i.e., make this semen into a perfect human being), or are We the Creator? We have decreed death unto you all, and We are not unable, To transfigure you and create you in (forms) that you know not. And indeed, you have already known the first form of creation (i.e., the creation of Adam). Why then do you not remember or take heed? Tell Me! The seed that you sow in the ground. Is it you that make it grow, or are We the Grower? Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry pieces, and you would be regretful (or left in wonderment), (Saying), ‘We are indeed Mughramoon (i.e., ruined, or lost the money without any profit, or punished by the loss of all that we spent for cultivation, etc.)! ‘Nay, but we are deprived!’ Tell Me! The water that you drink, Is it you who cause it from the rainclouds to come down, or are We the Causer of it to come down? If We willed, We verily could make it salt (and undrinkable). Why then do you not give thanks (to Allaah)? Tell Me! The fire which you kindle, Is it you who made the tree thereof to grow, or are We the Grower? We have made it a Reminder (for the Hell-fire, in the Hereafter); and an article of use for the travellers (and all others, in this world). The glorify with praises the Name of your Lord, the Most Great. So I swear by mawaaqi’ (setting to the mansions, etc.) of the stars (they traverse), And verily, that is indeed a great oath, if you but knew, That (this) is indeed an honourable recital (the Noble Qur’aan).” [Quran 56:57-77] Were they created by nothing, or were they themselves the creators? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief. Or are with them the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to do as they like?” [Quran 52:35-37] “Verily, the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, and the ships which sail through the sea with that which is of use to mankind, and the water (rain) which Allaah sends down from the sky and makes the earth alive therewith after its death, and the moving (living) creatures of all kinds that He has scattered therein, and in the veering of winds and clouds which are held between the sky and the earth, are indeed aayaat (proofs, evidences, signs) for people of understanding.” [Quran 2:164] “It is He Who sends down water (rain) from the sky, and with it We bring forth vegetation of all kinds, and out of it We bring forth green stalks, from which We bring forth thick clustered grain. And out of the date-palm and its spathe come forth clusters of dates hanging low and near, and gardens of grapes, olives and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety and taste). Look at their fruits when they begin to bear, and the ripeness thereof. Verily! In these things there are signs for people who believe.” [Quran 6:99] “And it is He Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His Mercy (rain), till when they have carried a heavy-laden cloud, We drive it to a land that is dead, then We cause water (rain) to descend thereon. Then We produce every kind of fruit therewith. Similarly, We shall raise up the dead, so that you may remember or take heed.” [Quran 7:57] “Is not He (better than your gods) Who created the heavens and the earth, and sends down for you water (rain) from the sky, whereby We cause to grow wonderful gardens full of beauty and delight? It is not in your ability to cause the growth of their trees. Is there any god with Allaah? Nay, but they are a people who ascribe equals (to Him)!” [Quran 27:60] “He has created the heavens and the earth without any pillars that you see, and has set on the earth firm mountains, lest it should shake with you. And He has scattered therein moving (living) creatures of all kinds. And We send down water (rain) from the sky, and We cause (plants) of every goodly kind to grow therein.” [Quran 31:10] And the two seas (kinds of water) are not alike, this fresh, sweet and pleasant to drink, and that saltish and bitter. And from them both you eat fresh tender meat (fish), and derive the ornaments that you wear. And you see the ships cleaving (the sea-water as they sail through it), that you may seek of His Bounty, and that you may give thanks.” [Quran 35:12] And it is He Who has let free the two seas (kinds of water), one palatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter, and He has set a barrier and a complete partition between them.” [Quran 25:53] This is a selection of clear aayaat that include th more

Resolved Question: Gays, Lesbians, and their rights about marriage and adoption. Why are Christians against this?

I have seen these type of question posted here on Yahoo Answers over and over again the past few months. My answers to these type of questions have not been very popular, one YA user who goes by the ID Don even blocked me from writing to him after we wrote opposing views on this very issue. He and I wrote to each once and he said I and most other Roman Catholics don't know what we are talking about when it comes the Roman Catholics stand on Gays and Lesbians, that in fact the church is changing its view of Gays and Lesbians and will very soon be open and accepting of Gays and Lesbians in the Roman Catholic faith as equals! Well Here is an article I just found the Vatican's official web site. I say to "Don" and all the other people who think that Christians and the Christian faiths are Changing their views on this issue, read articles like this before you make claims You can't back up! To all Christians, what to you think of this article? Oh and anyone is of course welcome to post a comment as always allowed by YA, but I think I know what Gays, Lesbians, and atheists are going to say! CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PROPOSALS TO GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION TO UNIONS BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS INTRODUCTION 1. In recent years, various questions relating to homosexuality have been addressed with some frequency by Pope John Paul II and by the relevant Dicasteries of the Holy See.(1) Homosexuality is a troubling moral and social phenomenon, even in those countries where it does not present significant legal issues. It gives rise to greater concern in those countries that have granted or intend to grant – legal recognition to homosexual unions, which may include the possibility of adopting children. The present Considerations do not contain new doctrinal elements; they seek rather to reiterate the essential points on this question and provide arguments drawn from reason which could be used by Bishops in preparing more specific interventions, appropriate to the different situations throughout the world, aimed at protecting and promoting the dignity of marriage, the foundation of the family, and the stability of society, of which this institution is a constitutive element. The present Considerations are also intended to give direction to Catholic politicians by indicating the approaches to proposed legislation in this area which would be consistent with Christian conscience.(2) Since this question relates to the natural moral law, the arguments that follow are addressed not only to those who believe in Christ, but to all persons committed to promoting and defending the common good of society. I. THE NATURE OF MARRIAGE AND ITS INALIENABLE CHARACTERISTICS 2. The Church's teaching on marriage and on the complementarity of the sexes reiterates a truth that is evident to right reason and recognized as such by all the major cultures of the world. Marriage is not just any relationship between human beings. It was established by the Creator with its own nature, essential properties and purpose.(3) No ideology can erase from the human spirit the certainty that marriage exists solely between a man and a woman, who by mutual personal gift, proper and exclusive to themselves, tend toward the communion of their persons. In this way, they mutually perfect each other, in order to cooperate with God in the procreation and upbringing of new human lives. 3. The natural truth about marriage was confirmed by the Revelation contained in the biblical accounts of creation, an expression also of the original human wisdom, in which the voice of nature itself is heard. There are three fundamental elements of the Creator's plan for marriage, as narrated in the Book of Genesis. In the first place, man, the image of God, was created “male and female” (Gen 1:27). Men and women are equal as persons and complementary as male and female. Sexuality is something that pertains to the physical-biological realm and has also been raised to a new level – the personal level – where nature and spirit are united. Marriage is instituted by the Creator as a form of life in which a communion of persons is realized involving the use of the sexual faculty. “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife and they become one flesh” (Gen 2:24). Third, God has willed to give the union of man and woman a special participation in his work of creation. Thus, he blessed the man and the woman with the words “Be fruitful and multiply” (Gen 1:28). Therefore, in the Creator's plan, sexual complementarity and fruitfulness belong to the very nature of marriage. Furthermore, the marital union of man and woman has been elevated by Christ to the dignity of a sacrament. The Church teaches that Christian marriage is an efficacious sign of the covenant between Christ and the Church (cf. Eph 5:32). This Christian meaning of marriage, far from diminishing the profoundly humanvalue of the marital union between man and woman, confirms and strengthens it (cf. Mt 19:3-12; Mk 10:6-9). 4. There are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God's plan for marriage and family. Marriage is holy, while homosexual acts go against the natural moral law. Homosexual acts “close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved”.(4) Sacred Scripture condemns homosexual acts “as a serious depravity... (cf. Rom 1:24-27; 1 Cor 6:10; 1 Tim 1:10). This judgment of Scripture does not of course permit us to conclude that all those who suffer from this anomaly are personally responsible for it, but it does attest to the fact that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered”.(5) This same moral judgment is found in many Christian writers of the first centuries(6) and is unanimously accepted by CatholicTradition. Nonetheless, according to the teaching of the Church, men and women with homosexual tendencies “must be accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided”.(7) They are called, like other Christians, to live the virtue of chastity.(8) The homosexual inclination is however “objectively disordered”(9) and homosexual practices are “sins gravely contrary to chastity”.(10) II. POSITIONS ON THE PROBLEM OF HOMOSEXUAL UNIONS 5. Faced with the fact of homosexual unions, civil authorities adopt different positions. At times they simply tolerate the phenomenon; at other times they advocate legal recognition of such unions, under the pretext of avoiding, with regard to certain rights, discrimination against persons who live with someone of the same sex. In other cases, they favour giving homosexual unions legal equivalence to marriage properly so-called, along with the legal possibility of adoptingchildren. Where the government's policy is de facto tolerance and there is no explicit legal recognition of homosexual unions, it is necessary to distinguish carefully the various aspects of the problem. Moral conscience requires that, in every occasion, Christians give witness to the whole moral truth, which is contradicted both by approval of homosexual acts and unjust discrimination against homosexual persons. Therefore, discreet and prudent actions can be effective; these might involve: unmasking the way in which such tolerance might be exploited or used in the service of ideology; stating clearly the immoral nature of these unions; reminding the government of the need to contain the phenomenon within certain limits so as to safeguard public morality and, above all, to avoid exposing young people to erroneous ideas about sexuality and marriage that would deprive them of their necessary defences and contribute to the spread of the phenomenon. Those who would move from tolerance tto the legitimization of specific rights for cohabiting homosexual persons need to be reminded that the approval or legalization of evil is something far different from the toleration of evil. In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been given the legal status and rights belonging to marriage, clear and emphatic opposition is a duty. One must refrain from any kind of formal cooperation in the enactment or application of such gravely unjust laws and, as far as possible, from material cooperation on the level of their application. In this area, everyone can exercise the right to conscientious objection.III. ARGUMENTS FROM REASON AGAINST LEGAL RECOGNITION OF HOMOSEXUAL UNIONS 6. To understand why it is necessary to oppose legal recognition of homosexual unions, ethical considerations of different orders need to be taken into consideration. From the order of right reason The scope of the civil law is certainly more limited than that of the moral law,(11) but civil law cannot contradict right reason without losing its binding force on conscience.(12) Every humanly-created law is legitimate insofar as it is consistent with the natural moral law, recognized by right reason, and insofar as it respects the inalienable rights of every person.(13) Laws in favour of homosexual unions are contrary to right reason because they confer legal guarantees, analogous to those granted to marriage, to unions between persons of the same sex. Given the values at stake in this question, the State could not grant legal standing to such unions without failing in its duty to promote and defendmarriage as an institution essential to the common good. It might be asked how a law can be contrary to the common good if it does not impose any particular kind of behaviour, but simply gives legal recognition to a de facto reality which does not seem to cause injustice to anyone. In this area, one needs first to reflect on the difference between homosexual behaviour as a private phenomenon and the same behaviour as a relationship in society, foreseen and approved by the law, to the point where it becomes one of the institutions in the legal structure. This second phenomenon is not only more serious, but also assumes a more wide-reaching and profound influence, and would result in changes to the entire organization of society, contrary to the common good. Civil laws are structuring principles of man's life in society, for good or for ill. They “play a very important and sometimes decisive role in influencing patterns of thought and behaviour”.(14) Lifestyles and the underlyingpresuppositions these express not only externally shape the life of society, but also tend to modify the younger generation's perception and evaluation of forms of behaviour. Legal recognition of homosexual unions would obscure certain basic moral values and cause a devaluation of the institution of marriage.From the biological and anthropological order 7. Homosexual unions are totally lacking in the biological and anthropological elements of marriage and family which would be the basis, on the level of reason, for granting them legal recognition. Such unions are not able to contribute in a proper way to the procreation and survival of the human race. The possibility of using recently discovered methods of artificial reproduction, beyond involv- ing a grave lack of respect for human dignity,(15) does nothing to alter this inadequacy.Homosexual unions are also totally lacking in the conjugal dimension, which represents the human and ordered form of sexuality. Sexual relations are human when and insofar as they express and promote the mutual assistance of the sexes in marriage and are open to the transmission of new life.As experience has shown, the absence of sexual complementarity in these unions creates obstacles in the normal development of children who would be placed in the care of such persons. They would be deprived of the experience of either fatherhood or motherhood. Allowing children to be adopted by persons living in such unions would actually mean doing violence to these children, in the sense that their condition of dependency would be used to place them in an environment that is not conducive to their full human development. This is gravely immoral and in open contradiction to the principle, recognized also in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, that the best interests of the child, as the weaker and more vulnerable party, are to be the paramount consideration in every case.There is of course a lot more information left in this article, but as I already have read people are not reading what I have posted before responding, as i figured most would. If anyone would like to read the whole article here is the link to it: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20030731_homosexual-unions_en.html more

Voting Question: PLEASEE HELPP QUICK ANSWER!!?

I have to write an essay is this a good title and introduction paragraph please feedback and correction. :) Nazism: The Superior Race "Men are not created equal" a quote so absurd it could have only came from the extremist Adolph Hitler himself. A brilliant speaker and a good politican, Adolph Hitler was driven by the ambition that he had a purpose on Earth, to become the dictator of Germany and the ruler of the world. After Germany was humilated and deafted in World War I and forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler came to power with the promise of a better future rising the German people from their depression.With the Nazi party, Hiltler and his dictatorship was unstoppable. By the useof exreme propaganda, censorship and fear, the Nazi Party was able to maintian control over the German people causing them to be brainwashed and forced to follow the ways of Hitler. more

Resolved Question: Excel help: How to make "<" equal to zero in SUM?

Example: I have a row of data that been inputed. A1=5; A2=<2; A3=4; A4=<7 I want to SUM the data, easy enough. But SUM doesn't read the less than sign. It adds the 2 and 7 as if there were no sign. How can I create a forumla so that all "<" are read as zero? So in the above example, SUM should results in 9. I have a large spreadsheet with many "<" symbols with different values, so making each one a conditional value isn't practical. Simply making excel see the symbol itself as zero would be great.Thanks for the help everyone. Chalk this up to user error. This is a massive spreadsheet and seems as though another person has updated some values unbeknownst to me until just now. It's working just fine and is not reading the less than symbols. more

Voting Question: In Microsoft Access 2007 whenever I try to use an equal sign (=) it always comes up as a plus sign (+)?

Whenever I am trying to create a formula in ms access 2007 and try to start off with the equals sign (=) it comes up as an addition sign (+). I dont know what the problem is, when I put an addition sign it comes up as an addition sign as well. I have no idea what is wrong here can anyone help me more

Resolved Question: A question for my friends on the "left" & for those who call themselves "feminists"?

I have a question which I am asking with respect and seriousness to anyone out there who agrees with the political "left", including those who are "feminists". I do NOT ask this question with the intention of insulting or offending any person, so please, if you are not able to accept an intelligent question, feel free not to participate. I thank you in advance. Question: Why do those on the left, and essecially feminists, want to cater and coddle Islam in America? For example, leftist organizations like the ACLU will remain absolutely silent when an Islamic group dresses up public school children and forces them to kneel on a mat and recite Islamic prayers, but you let some Christian preacher come into the same school and even say the name "Jesus", and the crap would hit the proverbial fan for sure. In fact, the ACLU is currently fighting public schools to assure that students are not even allowed to speak of God or Jesus AFTER SCHOOL OR ON THE RECESS YARD, with the penalty of expulsion. The "left" feels that they have a "mutual enemy" with Islam, meaning the laws, policies and freedoms of the United States of America. So, by joining forces, they both seem to feel they will be able to move forward with a more "fair" system of Government. Islam's Shar'ia Law follows the Qur'an verbatim: Which one of these statutes do those of you on the left and esspecially feminists, feel will make your life and that of your family BETTER ? 1.( 2:282) Qur'an: "Your women are a tilth for you to cultivate, so go to your tilth as you will". (note: a "tilth" is a field, ya know, where you grow crops). 2. (2:282) Qur'an: "Get two witnesses, out of your own men, and if there are not two men, then a man and two women, such as ye chooose, for witnesses, so that if one of them errs (one of the women) then the other can remind her". (2 women are equal to 1 man; a woman witness is only worth 1/2 of the witness of a man) 3. (4.3) Qur'an: "If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, marry women of your choice, 2, 3, or 4, but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with them, then only one, or a captive that your right hand possesses, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice". Note: In present-day modern Islam, you can have multiple wives and also you can buy women slaves to use as you desire. This will help the men keep themselves from raping at-will. How nice. 4. (4:34) Qur'an: "Men are in charge of women, because Alla hath made the one of them to excel the other, and, because they spend of their property for the support of women. So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which allah hath guarded. As for those from whom you fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them". Note: Scourge means "to beat". HOW I WOULD LOVE TO SEE FEMINISTS LIVING UNDER THIS RULE. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT: THE LEFT ACTUALLY CATERS TO ISLAM. Is it because they have no idea what the heck they are getting themselves into? Swat Valley, Peshawar, Pakistan: This town has enjoyed equal rights and freedom of religion and speech, just like here in America, until last month when they were turned over to the RELIGION OF PEACE, SHARIA LAW. This week, they are "celebrating" the 100th anniversary of the "International womens day", which was created to mark the struggle for equal rights of women. So isn't Sharia Law even making life more wonderful for these women? FEMINISTS, WHAT DO YOU THINK of these changes in Swat? 1. These "equal" women are now terrified, locked up at home and courting death if they exit the house without a male relative. 2. No freedom of speeh - not meaning they have to be "politically correct", it means COMPLETE AND ABSOLUTE SILENCE. All you'll get is a sad and blank stare from any and all of them. 3. Not allowed to say their OWN NAMES. 4. Women who previously were working on degrees to become doctors, pharmacists, etc, now have no right to go to school and no books are allowed in any kind of home study or book study. (you are "good" for one thing: being the field your man cultivates, remember?) 5. Even in their own homes, the taliban can enter and have their way with all the females, regardless of the most tender of age. If you report a rape, you will be stoned to death. (any of you want to hold up signs and complain?) 6. If a woman has an accident at home, or heart attack or cannot breath, she must die instead of being taken out of the house without a male relative accompanying her. No male relative? Then unfortunately you have to die, sorry. THIS GOES FOR THE CHILDREN AS WELL. THEY MUST DIE RATHER THAN BE TAKEN FOR EMERGENCY CARE. 7. No television, no more laughter, jokes or leisure time; no more celebrations, music, art, films, shopping for accessories or purses, no more makeup, no barettes or hair ties. The entireSandra: I'm not overdoing anything, but I wrote too much and got cut off. Feel free to document all I say with these websites, or you can google this town in Pakistan where they first reported these atrocities: http://www.jihadwatch.com http://www.actforamerica.com http://www.familysecuritymatters.comChristina: Oh, I have done lots of research, and NONE OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON FOX NEWS. What other Countries do we find these horror stories: here is a short list of only a few of them: Afganistan Morroco Yemen Pakistan Saudi Arabia Syria Somalia Bangladesh Tajikistan Egypt Gaza Albania Qatar Sudan Malaysia Lebanon Chad Bosnia Ethiopia Kenya Enough or do you need more? Turkey IranReallyM: Just remain in your little cutsie world of denial; obviously you would be of no use to anyone, anyway. more

Resolved Question: Why do you claim Jesus to not be God?

Bible: Defending the Deity of Christ Attack:Bible claims God to be not a man •Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man…” •Hosea 11:9 “...For I am God, and not a man…” Jesus is called a man many times in the Bible •John 8:40 “…a man who has told you the truth…” •Acts 2:22 “Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know.” •Acts 17:31 “He will judge the world in righteousness through a man whom He has appointed.” •Tim. 2:5 “…the man Christ Jesus…” God is not a man, but Jesus, may the blessing and mercy of God be upon Him J, was a man, therefore, Jesus was not God. •Defense:In Philippians 2:1-11 we learn God set aside His glory to become like man. These verses also claim that Jesus is “in the very nature of God.” With the Bible telling us that Jesus is equal to God, this completely refutes all other arguments, but just for the ignorant few… Numbers 23:19 is referring to God’s nature saying he does not act in the nature of man and Hosea He is talking about His nature compared to man’s nature. He as God is showing His mercy to Ephraim and showing how He is not quick to anger. Attack: The Bible says that God is Greater than Jesus •John 14:28 “My father is greater than I.” •John 10:29 “My father is greater than all.” Jesus cannot be God if God is greater than Him. The Christian belief that the Father and the son are equal is in direct contrast to the clear words from Jesus. •Defense:In John 10:29, Jesus, at first glance, seems to be making the statement that the Father is superior to Him, but in verse 30 we learn how Jesus claims equality with God. By claiming equality, He takes on the being of God. He is saying that He is indeed the Father making the Father’s will in equality to His will. Jesus and God being one have the same nature and the same set will. In John 14:28, when Jesus claims the Father to be greater than Him, we can go back to Philippians 2:1-11 where God sets His glory aside to become like man and man does not have the same attributes as God. Therefore, Jesus, being God’s physical being on earth, willfully set aside his glory as God but still, if He had wanted to, was able to express His Godly attributes. Attack: Jesus never instructed the disciples to worship Himself or the Holy Ghost, but God and God only •John 16:23 “In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.” •John 4:23 “Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.” •Defense:In John 16:23, Jesus is saying that after He dies that the disciples must pray to the Father and go to the Father because they will no longer have that physical access to the Son. In John 4:23, Jesus is telling the Samaritan woman that it will no longer matter where you pray, the Father just wants faithful followers that are true to Him. Again, with some questioning the equality of Jesus with God, refer back to Philippians 2:1-11. Also, (sorry for the same Philippians reference, but the Bible being God’s infallible Word is always true even if only one chapter or verse proves your point) in Philippians 2:9-11, God says “9Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” These verses claim that God EXALTED Jesus and that people would bow to Him. Attack: Jesus was God’s first CREATION that’s why he was called the “firstborn” Son of God. (Colossians 1:15 “15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.”; Revelations 3:14 “14’To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation.’”) Jehovah used the prehuman Jesus as His “master worker” in creating things in heaven and on earth (Proverbs 8:22-31; Colossians 1:16, 17). God also used [Jesus] as chief spokesman. That’s why Jesus is called “the Word.”- John 1:1-3; Revelation 19:13. Defense:The Greek translation for “firstborn” is tikto. Tikto does not mean first created, as this article is claiming Jesus was. “Firstborn” in the Bible can mean first to be born in a family but it can also show preeminence (Jer. 31:9 (God speaking) says “9 “With weeping they will come, and by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams of waters, on a straight path in which they will not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.” (This is derived from the wise words of a guy…http://www.carm.org/religious-movements/jehovahs-witnesses/col-115-firstborn-all-creation). In Proverbs 8:22-31, after lIn Proverbs 8:22-31, after long, strenuous studying, we can’t even prove that it was Jesus speaking; the writer, after all, is Solomon. In Colossians 1:16,17 we learn that by Christ all things were created, but on verse 19 we learn the fullness of God was pleased to dwell in Him. In John 1:1-3, it says “1(A) In the beginning was(B) the Word, and(C) the Word was with God, and(D) the Word WAS God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3(E) All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.” This passage here is claiming Christ to be God. Revelation 19:11-16 says “11Then I saw(W) heaven opened, and behold,(X) a white horse! The one sitting on it is called(Y) Faithful and True, and(Z) in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12(AA) His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are(AB) many diadems, and he has(AC) a name written that no one knows but himself. 13He is clothed in(AD) a robe dipped in[d] blood, and the name by which he is called is(Ais(AE) The Word of God.* 14And the armies of heaven,(AF) arrayed in fine linen, white and pure,(AG) were following him on white horses. 15(AH) From his mouth comes a sharp sword(AI) with which to strike down the nations, and(AJ) he will rule them with a rod of iron.(AK) He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16On his robe and on his thigh(AL) he has a name written,(AM) King of kings and Lord of lords.” When you read this in context, it states that the Word is the “King of kings and Lord of lords.” This is saying that Jesus is the “Lord of hosts” and “He is the King of glory.” (last two quotations from Handel’s Messiah “Lift Up Your Heads, Oh Ye Gates”) *verse used in Jehovah’s Witness articleAttack: Adam, being perfect, disobeyed God in an act called “sin”. He no longer measure up to God’s standards. Adam’s sin has passed on to every generation since. How can we, with our sin nature, be saved?- Romans 3:23, 5:12 Defense: These verses in Romans are saying that man in inherently evil. There are other verses in the Bible that do offer a way to eternal salvation through Jesus Christ (1 Thes. 5:9; 2 Tim. 3:15). 1 Corinthians 15:22 says, “For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.” This is saying that man is dead in Adam, but through the redemption and sanctification through Jesus Christ we might be made alive and be accepted by God for eternal life with Him forever.Attack: Jesus lives “because of the Father” (John 6:57) Defense: In verse 57 we learn that Jesus says “Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.” When Christ says “because of me” here, He is saying that He is equal with God. He doesn’t credit the Father there because He is, indeed, the Father.Attack: Jesus says that no one has seen the Father (John 5:37) Defense: John 5:37 says “37And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,” but if you read in context, you will see He is talking to a non-believer who is blind to God Himself. (36"I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work that the Father has given me to finish, and which I am doing, testifies that the Father has sent me. 37And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, 38nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent. 39You diligently study[c] the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, 40yet you refuse to come to me to have life.) So, this just goes to show that there’s no twisting God’s word and manipulating them to prove your religion…The Bible is the Word of God as well as a proven historical documentIf Jesus is not God than Christianity is pointless. Christianity is based on the death and ressuerction of Jesus Christ for man's sins. God set aside His glory for us. more

Resolved Question: How does this myth conribute to the advent of mankind?

Prometheus George Gordon, Lord Byron Titan! to whose immortal eyes The sufferings of mortality, Seen in their sad reality, Were not as things that gods despise; What was thy pity's recompense? A silent suffering, and intense; The rock, the vulture, and the chain, All that the proud can feel of pain, The agony they do not show, The suffocating sense of woe, Which speaks but in its loneliness, And then is jealous lest the sky Should have a listener, nor will sigh Until its voice is echoless. Titan! to thee the strife was given Between the suffering and the will, Which torture where they cannot kill; And the inexorable Heaven, And the deaf tyranny of Fate, The ruling principle of Hate, Which for its pleasure doth create The things it may annihilate, Refus'd thee even the boon to die: The wretched gift Eternity Was thine--and thou hast borne it well. All that the Thunderer wrung from thee Was but the menace which flung back On him the torments of thy rack; The fate thou didst so well foresee, But would not to appease him tell; And in thy Silence was his Sentence, And in his Soul a vain repentance, And evil dread so ill dissembled, That in his hand the lightnings trembled. Thy Godlike crime was to be kind, To render with thy precepts less The sum of human wretchedness, And strengthen Man with his own mind; But baffled as thou wert from high, Still in thy patient energy, In the endurance, and repulse Of thine impenetrable Spirit, Which Earth and Heaven could not convulse, A mighty lesson we inherit: Thou art a symbol and a sign To Mortals of their fate and force; Like thee, Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source; And Man in portions can foresee His own funereal destiny; His wretchedness, and his resistance, And his sad unallied existence: To which his Spirit may oppose Itself--and equal to all woes, And a firm will, and a deep sense, Which even in torture can descry Its own concenter'd recompense, Triumphant where it dares defy, And making Death a Victory How does this myth contribute to the advent of mankind? What does receiving the benefit of fire contribute to man and his 'place' more

Resolved Question: How can I open my own Branch?

I really would like to open up my own U.S branch. I'm damn sure not giving away any bonuses. I need a status such as the USMC, intelligence like the Air Force. LOL.. this equals the Army... : )Honestly I think I could become extremely rich. Americans are gullible and will sign their life away for an expression. I would create a facade like the USMC to get recruits to accept any job requirement i choose to give them and their discipline to follow orders. I would recruit Army for there leadership and strength, Air Force for their Intelligence and professionalism. Does this have billionaire written all over it?Thanks for everyones response : ) I would love for you to work for me. more

Resolved Question: How do I turn off the predictive text on my LG Dare?

I've had my LG Dare for a while now, but I've noticed that periodically my phone picks up really bad predictive text, like when I try to use quotations, it predicts "oh" or when I use the equal sign it creates a smiley. How do I turn of predictive text or clear it out? It's killing me! more

Resolved Question: SCIENCE LOVERS !!! HELP?

OMG PLEASE HELP IF I DONT PASS THIS I WILL FAIL AND YEA I KNOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO STUDY BUT IVE BEEN TRYING TO HELP MY MOM OUT WITH HER WORK SO SHE WOULDNT LOSE HER JOB! NOW I NEED SOME! TO SAVE MY A$$!! Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) What is the phase of matter that has no fixed volume and no fixed shape? Solid Gas Liquid Plasma -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 2 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) A phase change is an example of a nuclear change. physical change. chemical change. covalent change. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 3 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Color change, fizzing, heat production, and odor production can all be signs of a(n) phase change. chemical change. nuclear change. physical change. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 4 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) You are able to observe the release of energy in reactions in the form of what? Heat, light or sound Heat only Light only Sound only -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 5 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which of the following is a change from a more condensed to a less condensed state of matter? Freezing Solidifying Evaporating Condensing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 6 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which of the following phase changes would release energy as it occurs? Melting Boiling Evaporating Freezing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 7 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which phase of matter is the LEAST condensed? Gas Solid Frozen Liquid -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 8 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) When a substance evaporates, what happens to the mass? The mass increases as it changes from a liquid to a gas. The mass decreases as it changes from a liquid to a gas. The mass stays constant as it changes from a liquid to a gas. There is no mass once the substance becomes a gas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 9 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) The mass of the reactants of a chemical reaction will be _____ the mass of the products. Less than Greater than Equal to Disproportionate to -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 10 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which of the following is not a true statement? Matter increases during a reaction. The mass of the products equals the mass of the reactants. Matter cannot be created in a reaction. Matter cannot be destroyed in a reaction. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 11 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which of the following is NOT a physical change? Burning wood Cutting your hair Ripping a shirt Cutting down a tree -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 12 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) As a chemical reaction occurs, the thermometer in the container records a drop in temperature. What is true of the reaction? The reaction is endothermic because heat was taken in by the reaction. The reaction is exothermic because heat was released by the reaction. The reaction is endothermic because heat was released by the reaction. The reaction is exothermic because heat was taken in by the reaction. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 13 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) During reactions, energy can be either _______ or ________. absorbed; destroyed released; transfered released; absorbed destroyed; transferred -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 14 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) The mass of the products in a reaction is always _______ when compared to the mass of the reactants in a reaction. Greater Less Equal Inversely proportionate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 15 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which of the phases below are able to be compressed? Solid only Liquid only Gas only Liquid and gas ------------------------------------------------- more

Resolved Question: I can't find the inequality symbols in WebAssign...?

I'm doing some math homework that is to be submitted via WebAssign. I need to enter some inequalities in the math palette you use to enter your answers. I can create > and < with my keyboard, but what about "less than or equal to" and "greater than or equal to"? I can't figure out how to make the line underneath the inequality signs with my keyboard, and I can't find them anywhere in the math palette. Help!!!It's not the same as a Mac. For starters, there is no "option" key on Windows-based keyboards; secondly, I have already tried various combinations of Shift, Control and Alt with no success. more

Resolved Question: Calling all Christians...?

If God is real and is watching over us, why does he do such a horrible job? War, disease, crime, either he's slacking or just doesn't care. I know, Adam and Eve stole an apple so God shoved it down their throat and said "too bad", but shouldn't all humans have a chance to choose for themselves? It doesn't seem fair to make all humanity suffer for one(or two) person's(or people's) mistake(s). Christians say their god is the true god, completely disregarding all other religions, calling them "sinners", though there is no more proof of their religion over any other. Most christians say homosexuality is a sin, yet does it not say, in the bible, that all humans were created equal? Why do christians see fit to persecute others for something they were born with? There's no proof of god or any other supernatural being. There are supposed "signs from heaven" like jesus on a sandwich or his outline on a sheet, but I don't see it. But still people are devout and determined to believe. Abortion. Yes, I know, it's not just the christians against it, and I'm more in the middle on this topic, but I just can't let it go. Some people just have bad luck. They get drunk, the condom breaks, forgot to take the pill, etc etc. There are many ways, but really. Isn't it just a fetus? It's not really life until it leaves the body, and even then, we kill intelligent animals to eat. I know how people are all over that "humans are intelligent beings" thing. Go to a NASCAR convention. You may change your mind about that "intelligent beings" statement. I suppose what I'm asking is: life is life, why do people insist on picking favorites? Lastly, evolution. Christians shy away from the topic every time I mention it, saying God created all life and the world is only a few thousand years old. But can't scientists predict the age of the planet through carbon dating(I think it's called)? And what about fossils? Well, that's all. Answer one, all, or none. I'd just like to get some answers from the christian community. I'm completely unbiased, but I have a bad habit of thinking so I don't exactly have much faith in organized religion.When I say I have little faith in organized religion I mean it makes very little sense. A superntural being living in another dimension? When you truly think about it, it's hard to believe.God wants us to worship him, repent for our sins and live by the guidelines HE set for us? As if he knew what was good for us? That's extremely narcissistic.I suppose it's only the church at which my great uncle works that's full of self-righteous, over-zealous, uneducated, creationist members? They all claim evolution was made by the devil. >.>I will not, ever, get into the matter of what came before the infinite universe. I do not deny that a supernatural being exists, I said it's unrealistic in a logical sense. If a person knew what created the universe, they would, in theory, be crushed by the weight of the knowledge they bear. So I suppose I'll answer my own question. If god created humans, then humans created god, and we're stuck in an infinite circle going back and forth. What created the circle? Damned if I know. All we can do is ponder what the meaning of life is.*sigh* Homosexuality is a sin because they "learn" it? Isn't it personal preference? Every person has an opinion on what they find attractive. Isn't it the same thing? I like chocolate, you like vanilla. I like chicks, you like dudes. It's not like they can change the way they are. Or can gays really be all "Oh, I like guys, but being gay is a sin so I'm not gay anymore." It just doesn't happen. more

Voting Question: Can someone please edit my essay?

Social workers must have integrity. This ethical core value is endlessly important. It is the standard of deciding what is right and wrong and what each of us ought to do usually in terms of rights and obligations, benefits, common good, least harm, and social justice for all individuals. These are all central to what social workers want to create en equal Social workers must adhere to the ethical principles of integrity on maintaining a high code of behavior, honesty, trust, being respected, and having a sense of justice and fairness. Being honest and having integrity can be a guide for everything that one does. What to do when no one is watching, knowing the difference between doing the right thing and wrong thing, and keeping your word are all examples of integrity. These are attributes that social workers should practice as professionals and in their everyday lives. Having integrity is respected both in personal and professional relationships .One needs to display a certain amount of sincerity and morals when working with clients. A social worker, specifically, must uphold the highest level of morality and maintain that level when other people try to challenge their views and test their wills. When social workers are challenged with ethical situations, they have to maintain a sense of integrity to their profession, ethics, and principles. We need to understand that clients have different values and beliefs from our own and as social workers we have to be open to learning about these differences and behave in an ethical manner. Diversity means a myriad of things to people and for me; diversity never was and never will be a bad thing. It is the differences in the decisions that we make, the way we think, act, behave, and choose to live our lives. People tend to be uncomfortable when they mention diversity. Diversity is more than gender and race. People are diverse with their age, personality, experiences. lifestyles and sexual orientations. When we look at diversity, we must look beyond our own race and gender and take a broader view of things that make up the whole person and makes us all unique. We are all unique individuals that want to be treated with respect and dignity and treat others the same way in return. Overall, diversity is what enriches individuals’ lives. For myself, I know that I was able to learn from other cultures and have an open mind when our views differed from one another. For example, I am an individual of mixed heritage: African American and Mexican American. I lived in a small community in Southern Texas in which mostly the population was all Spanish. From the aspect of having lived with individuals from diverse cultures, eventually I learned to speak Spanish. When I moved to California, my views were broadened by other cultures; therefore, I was more open to learning from people of other cultures. I started working at a group home when I noticed that there were diverse individuals from many cultures. For instance, one of my friends I met while working there was from the Philippines. To me, learning about her culture was interesting to me because I connected with her on the level of our shared language, Spanish. I later learned that people have different ways to look at things and often will solve problems in different ways. Sometimes, people need to take a step back from their own selves and look at how we view people who are unlike ourselves. Embracing diversity means committing to looking beyond those unlike us. It is important to be opening minded and non-judgmental when interacting and communicating with people of diverse backgrounds. My cultural background has provided me with the capacity to work effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures. I am culturally competent with the ability to speak Spanish and able to relate to those clients that are non-English speaking. I feel that I can assist them in however they need help, whether it is physically or emotionally. Homelessness is a matter of concern anywhere in the world, but is a particular cause for concern and shame when it occurs in the richest nation in the world. The definition of homelessness can vary. It includes not only those who are living on the streets or in shelters and hotels but also those who are living in temporary accommodation or in housing that is unfit for human conditions. There are at least 600,000 homeless men, women, and children in the United States. But one-third of this population is composed of families with children. I’m sure everyone has seen this- people driving by and watching people sleeping on the sidewalks. Or you see someone with a sign saying “I’m hungry, have no money, and need food.” This is really sad because most people assume that people that are homeless are bumbs, drug addicts, or mentally-ill. But that is not true. More and more people that are homeless are women and children. On the one hand, the government should get involved with this is more

Resolved Question: Is Obama Europe-izing America?

As a European citizen, I, along with many others, felt concerned with Obama entering office, that he was nothing but a social democrat; a socialist, trying to turn America into another Europe. These concerns are materializing, it seems, now that Obama has signed the Equal pay bill and with the upcoming ministry of culture. I'm really disgusted by this social democratism - what created a hideous welfare state where I live is now sitting as the president of the last free nation on earth - that is, if not Obama takes freedom away in favor of a welfare state like that of Scandinavia. I don't think what he is doing is constitutional. I've never in my life felt that a president should be impeached - yet Obama is already calling for such opinions in me. It's a sad time to live... America loosing it's freedom to a socialist. I've felt like crying multiple times since I was told. God bless America! God bless freedom from government! BTW. Social democratism has nothing to do with what Democrats usually practises. Real democrats at least prefers small government.Thomasina Paine; Yes you are. You can drive whatever car you choose. You can work any hours you choose. You can go shopping, without no government telling you how much to spend, or what to spend your money on. You get to keep your paycheck. You're not forced to use public transport, for the sake of common good (that's what the Nazis said). You guys are free to do what you want. I'm trapped in a prison of socialism, and when I finally get to escape, the only place worth going has been turned into the same crap I came from. How could the greatest country on earth elect such a socialist?? I hope the next president will undo his horrible mistakes. What a sad day.Tom R; President Bush? Well, at least he didn't turn America into some welfare state. He, at least, knows the constitution, and what freedom stands for. Bush started two wars to protect America; you want to impeach him for that? What's worst? Protecting America and spending money, or destroying money while spending little? I sure prefer the former. "I'm not looking for a welfare state I'm looking for a smarter more aware country." Right. How are you going to achieve that through taking away liberty in favor of "social fairness" or "social equality". You won't. Danes are stupid as hell, partly because they expect government to tell them what to think. Why do you think so many Danes are so happy to live in a sh*thole like Denmark? Everything sucks in Denmark. We're the ultimate populists, only caring about making it sound right, like, for instance, banning gasoline cars in favor of electric cars. I hate this sh*thole. Why do you think every smart person in Europe moved to America?"equal pay for equal work isnt socialism its just fairness" So what should government rule over next? Equal income for equal age? Equal food for equal weight? America has NEVER EVER been about government deciding what to it's citizens should be paid. I none of their f-ing business. What the hell happened to the free market? Are we just going to let the government take care of us, never ever thinking on our own? I hope someone stops this asshole Obama from ruining America. If he likes socialism so much, move the god damn to Europe. No one is stopping that idiot.Angela Q, How clueless are you? Are you actually calling your own constitution anti-humanist and anti-human rights? It must be sad to be so ignorant of what your own country is based on. You obviously knows nothing about Europe, either. Since when did we become humanists or human rights activists? Our finest craft is for government to steal from us. Bring your delusions about Europe somewhere else - even better, go to Europe, and stay there, if it's that nice. I know no one who thinks Europe is a place they want to live, were they presented with another choice. more

Resolved Question: Are you being paid equal pay for equal work?

President Barack Obama signed a new pay-equity measure into law Thursday, effectively overturning a 2007 Supreme Court decision that made it harder to sue for pay discrimination. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act is the first bill President Obama signed. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, named for a former Goodyear Tire employee who sued the company for gender discrimination in 1998, is the first bill signed by Obama. "It is fitting that with the very first bill I sign ... we are upholding one of this nation's first principles: that we are all created equal and each deserve a chance to pursue our own version of happiness," Obama said at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. "If we stay focused, as Lilly did, and keep standing for what's right, as Lilly did, we will close that pay gap and ensure that our daughters have the same rights, the same chances, and the same freedom to pursue their dreams as our sons." The new law removes a provision requiring employees seeking equal pay to file a complaint within 180 days of receiving their first unfair paycheck. more

Resolved Question: Obama set to sign equal-pay bill?

In a time when this country needs to be rebuilding infrastructure and creating jobs, is this not a tool to close businesses down. This new bill is being pushed through to put cash in the trial lawyer's pocket at a bad time. The administration claims it will help some families out. All it will do is help some law firms make money while either closing some businesses down or increasing the cost of their products to the public, because we all know who pays for law suits. more

Resolved Question: WHY WERE AMERICANS RACISTS AGAINST THE ITALIANS WHEN THEY KNEW FILIPPO MAZZEI ?

FILIPPO MAZZEI INSPIRED THOMAS JEFFERSON IN THE BILL RIGHT...EVERY MAN WAS CREATED EQUAL IS A MAZZEI'S PHRASE! WHY WERE AMERICANS RACIST AGAINST AS IF THEY KNOW THAT U.S TOOK THE NAME BY AN ITALIAN EXPLORER , AMERIGO VESPUCCI, AND AN ITALIAN ,MAZZEI, INSPIRED THE BILL RIGHT... AND ANOTHER SIGNED THE INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION?????? more

Resolved Question: Should adults rich and poor receive Ten's of billions of dollars of bailout money of $50,000?

It's ok this is just a example, Been living with a woman that I don't really love; not married and unemployed. She has been working 2 jobs making good money that she spends the hell outa of once she does get paid and comming to me asking for more money I don't have. I havn't been able to find a good job or career. Did manage to save the house without bankruptcy by using up credit cards and giving her son a car to go to college plus, still making the house payments and paying for food. Now that the housing market has made a huge crack with falling prices, my house is worthless. Won't sell the house for nothing cause I know you can't go build a house for less. Been trying to get her to sell the house now going on over 2 years. She finally agrees that we should sell the house now that I'm $55,000 in debt. Phones at my house rings off the hook from crediters morning, day and night. Spoke to several lawyers that can handle my case for credit bankrupty chapter 7 for erasing my debt but, they say it will take 10 years to restore my dept and cost me $3000 in legal fees. Not to mention if I'm found guity during the case for perjury as all people face during bankruptcies. It's a huge mess and it just keeps getting worse since credit card companies keep charging for higher interest rates and finance charges cost of living keeps going up too. Before, I can get the money needed for the lawyers the amount will grow to over 100 thanusand dollars by the end of the year from not having a job. Had the creditors left me alone and stop calling, my woman would have stop spending and would've got the job. Would have made $6000 on AOG since I had 50000 shares at .05 and went to .20 last year with a local invested brokage company. I've made lots of money in my time even doing 4 for 1 stock splits making $200000 off of $5000 investments and keeping a job. If I had it to do all over again, would have never sign my name on a contract to buy a house for investment with my lady friend. The plan totally failed when the woman fail in love with the house...The same thing is going on all across this nation of ours as the government continues to help the banks, car companies and finanial companies. They should be giving billions of dollars to the people to spend on paying back debt. Shame on America! If the people had the money to put back into the system this would create jobs, stop forclosures, payoff credit cards and end the worse crises in history. Tax payers could pay back money they owe to the IRS or Federal Government and it is very important to pay back those taxes that build our bridges, roads and highways. Thou we continue in the wrong path with hardship and with new leaders "God Bless Thy" to lead this country. So, look for more of the same and worsier times. Anybody that can lead me in the right path is welcome, I'm here to help you anwser these questions. 1. Does it make since to give money to a failing president or CEO of a company? 2. How can giving money to Corporate America solve the problems using bailout money if noone, buys cars, houses and theirs no jobs in the job market to drive our economy? 3. Should the adults or people rich and poor recieve Ten's of billions of dollars each with equal 50 to 100 thausand dollars in bailout money which could pay off some mortages and save thousands of people from being homeless? Note: This money should be required to pay back only bills or debts that are outstanding if owed. If no money is owed the adult can use the money for anything such as food, cars, to buy houses, business and ect to recycle throughout our economy. Remember, everthing that is purchase, ever 1 cent that is spent and saved goes back into the system to create jobs, pay bills and pay taxes that build america and the United States of America... Sincerely, The Invincible Charlie more

Resolved Question: help in essay (Barack Obama and Lincoln)?

please help me do my essay, i have been in US now for 4 years, and I'm not pretty good at writing. This is what i have. Intro: When Barack Obama became our nation's 44th president on January 20, 2009 it was fitting that he used the same bible that Lincoln used for his inauguration in 1861. In signing the "Emancipation Proclamation" in 1863, Lincoln gave to African Americans the ability to hope. that hope was realized in the election of Barack Obama. Living a century and a half apart, Lincoln and Obama and their words were alike in some ways and different in others. Body paragraph: in 3 paragraph i have to explain how were they different and alike, and I also need a conclusion. I started the first paragraph, i have: Lincoln Believed that all men were created equal, and therefore, they deserve the same opportunities and rights, Barack Obama have prove that what Lincoln said have been accomplished i need to finish :'( please help me out with something, conclusion, paragraph 1,2,3 thnx u guys ^_^ more

Voting Question: Why can't I find peace with the ones I love?

I'm in a broken family of four. My brother lives with my mom in a town that's 30 minutes away from where my dad and I live. They're divorced, and my dad had been re-married for four years to a woman that would love nothing more than for me to be erased from my father's memory (and will). My dad is by no means wealthy, but he's very well off. He owns his own construction business and has created his business from the ground up. He's the type of person that you will never be able to please, because obviously, nothing is ever, ever good enough. I'm 21, have a full-time job working for the state of Oregon, am a full-time student at a four year university with a cumulative 3.8 GPA, and I pay for my car payment, but my dad does help me with my insurance, gas and cell phone bill. I do appreciate him dearly and tell him this all the time, but he doesn't so much as sniff at my gratitude for his help during these rough times. While my step-mother spends most of her time shopping for her children, shopping for herself and buying pretty much anything her little heart desires. I don't envy her for this, but I don't appreciate her spending habits, just as much as I don't appreciate my dad giving her any and all credit cards she so pleases. I have tried to talk to my dad about this but he always says I'm dramatic and that I need to grow up. I have been saving every dime to buy a house (I've bought my own car so far), and have almost 3,000 saved. I thought I was doing very well, and I like to here praise for how hard I work, but I never have and probably never will receive the attention that I so greatly desire. It has turned me into a monster. I have anger problems, have relationship problems, and I don't want to seek out male attention because I can't get any positive reinforcement from my dad. I cry all the time and I can't afford to move into a home and I don't want to waste all of my money getting into an apartment. I feel lost. With my mother and brother, the problems are even worse. My mother puts my brother on this pedestal to where it is impossible for him to do wrong and he hates it when I come around. Every time I call him he tells me to "f*** off" and other colorful terms. When I tell my mother about this she acts as if she is powerless and there is nothing she can or will do. The reason why I moved away from her house (the house my dad built) is because I wanted to spend more time with my father. Now I have been living with him for the last ten years and every single time he gets into a relationship (his most recent is his fourth marriage, my mom was his third, his other relationships were just girlfriend status), he tries to push his "old" family away and bring in the "new" one. He moves women in with him like it's going out of style. His wife now, my step-mom, only knew my dad for a solid month and they married. Unbelievably, they're still together. But I know it's because my dad's lonely and wants a companion, and my step-mom is greedy and wants to be taken care of (She was married to an ex felon, has three kids from two different dads, 5'3'', 100 lbs, pretty, and doesn't mind the trophy position, while my dad is 5'8'', 350 lbs, and wanted someone who will cook, clean, have sex, no questions asked). I hate this about him, he treats women as if they are no more than tools like his construction work. My mom has stolen 3/4 of my college fund, bought a new car (06 Pontiac GTO) and my brother has spent all of his on booze, pain killers, and strippers. God, it doesn't end... I am 8 classes away from graduating but I can't graduate because of my work hours and the classes that I need are not offered during the evening hours, no work - can't pay bills or move out. So you see my multiple dilemmas upon problems. My mom backed up into my car too, and won't pay for the damage, so now I am stuck with a 1,600 dollar bill that I can pay... with my savings for my house. I have a family that just doesn't want me, and my dad thinks that paying for things equals love when it truly doesn't. I try to ignore the way my step-mom treats me but I am strong-minded and truly understand when I am being purposefully left out of family functions as well as being alienated from my father. The worse part is that my father treats this issue that I have as nothing more than immaturity, a phase, and jealousy. But it is obvious and apparent, with verbal and non-verbal cues, that my dad not only treats his wife, but everyone in her family, that he loves them and they are more important to him, than I am to him. My brother used to live with us. But when my dad married this woman, she convinced him to kick my brother out of the house, which was good and bad for many reasons. My brother forced my dad to sign over the title to the truck that my brother regularly drove (1997 F250 powerstroke diesel), I have one exactly like my brother's except for mine is two years older and I never asked dad to do that. So my dad did and told my brother to get th more

Voting Question: Is there really _any_ point in the UK engaging with Barack Obama's new American administration at all?

Well, is there? I contend not, for three reasons: (1) Mr Obama has his own mandate to govern, his own handpicked administration and his own - enormous - in-tray. Within this third inheritance comes two huge challenges: first, to rehabilitate America's broken economy, which nevertheless still manages to pulverise the UK's growth and productivity rates every single year; and second, to rehabilitate the USA's broken reputation abroad. Obama already has his own ideas as to what he needs to do to successfully address these challenges, right or wrong. He doesn't need, and certainly won't be taking, anybody's advice in how to meet these challenges; (2) Mr Obama has deliberately made no declaration that he is willing to work as a full and committed partner with America's allies on any of the world's biggest issues. The face has changed, but the game's the same: it's their way or the highway. Sure, he's creating some lovely mood music about building alliances in sorting out all those intractable problems within the Middle East and Asia - "I would be willing to talk to Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, North Korea and maybe even OBL in his cave, assuming I could be arsed trying to find him. I also believe I can save Gaza from the brink. Erm, no, sorry, I meant Gazza; he really needs to stop his drinking this time" - but has he actually made any specific promises? Think about it. Has he said he'll remove trade barriers on agricultural produce in the next WTO round? No, he hasn't. Has he said he'll tell Israel to back off or else the next time they start bombing their Arab neighbours into submission? No, he hasn't. Has he said that America will be signing up to the International Criminal Court, the Kyoto Treaty on Climate Change (or its successor) and the Chemical Weapons Convention that would, at last, bring America fully engaged as an equal international partner, ready to be held accountable for her own actions? No, he hasn't. Has he even committed America not to undertake any more foreign military misadventures whilst he's President? No, of course he bloody hasn't. And don't expect him to, either. And would you expect Prime Minister Gordon Brown (or David Cameron, should he succeed him) to get Obama to pay any attention to what the British perspective on any of the above might be and what benefits America could draw from this? Well, I should think that the answer's quite clear on that one. Americans don't think in terms of Britain, France and Germany. They just think of 'Europe', as if it's one homogenous mass of something culturally rich in, er, you know, stuff that might be nice to visit on their holidays when the exchange rate with the euro swings in their favour. But Mr Obama did say something to 'Europe' during his Old Grey Whistle Stop there last year. He said that he near-as-damnit expected every European NATO member who hasn't already committed troops in Afghanistan to do so. He was right to say that, but that's all he said; he never said America would be any more likely to listen to what 'Europe' has to say to Obama than it did to George W Bush. He doesn't have to, because he knows that America is still the world's number-one superpower, and as such, is under no obligation to yield to any other state or being; (3) And it's in Europe where the UK should be concentrating its international energies from now on. Forget about America and forget about Obama: we need to concentrate on building strong, and stronger, alliances with the various member states of the European Union. Nobody says we have to join the eurozone (there's no chance of that), but we have a key role to play in building a more dynamic, reflexive, modern and democratic EU than the one we have at present. Take it from me: Britain carries a lot more political weight inside Brussels and Strasbourg than you might think. Moreover, quite apart from our existing military commitments across the world, our own economy and society surely needs more of our attention than the world does, and both need it now more than ever. I often wonder what would happen if the UK, in a fit of collective pique, simply broke off all diplomatic relations with America and stopped talking to them. What would happen? Would anything happen? Let me tell you exactly what would happen: absolutely bugger all. I suspect their reponse would be little more than, "Hey, no problem. Come back to us when you're done crying." And we would, of course; you _know_ we would. Britain, sadly, is now but a mere pinprick somewhere in northwestern Europe, its international power and influence emasculated long ago; Dubya put paid to any doubts we may have had about that in all of his dealings with Tony Blair. With Mr Obama taking his investiture on Tuesday, the time is now right for Mr Brown to finally, and in public, kill off our soi-disant "special relationship" with America. Her _real_ special relationships are with countries that are virtually her equal, namely China and Russia. Britain nevertruly had such a relationship with America anyway, we certainly do not now and we will never have it in the future. The world is not our problem and not our responsibility: everything that goes on inside Britain is. So for the next two or three years at the very least, let's just stick to addressing our own responsibilities. If Mr Obama wants us for anything important, like fighting another pointless 'war on touror' somewhere in, say, Lumbago, we should tell him in no uncertain terms to sod off. We've done our bit, and learned some very harsh lessons in the process; I rather think it's somebody else's turn next time. Don't you? Now, as Sir Alan Sugar would say, "Right, all clear? Off you go." Rant over; flame away... more

Resolved Question: I need help developing the logic for my BASIC/DarkBasic encryption/encoding computer program.?

I have the encoder already. I have added notes to my program, they are denoted by a ` in front of them. Basically, what the program does is it changes each character (located in string s$) into a number depending on what position the character is located in in another string (a$). It separates each number by an equals sign. What I cannot do is create a program which will undo the encryption. Whenever I encode the word "hi" it comes out as "=81=71", but my decoder translates that to some completely different letters. Here is the encoder: `defining string a$="~!@@#$%^&*()_+QWERTYUIOP{}|ASDFGJHJKL:ZXCVBNM<>?`1234567890-=qwertyuiop[]\asdfghjkl;'zxcvbnm,./" `length of string a$ a=len(a$) `input string to encrypt input "ENTER STRING: ";s$ `length of string to encrypt s=len(s$) `starts loop 1 for d=1 to s `starts loop 2 for f=1 to a `if characters in string a$ and s$ match, prints a number `based on the positions of the characters if mid$(s$,D)=mid$(a$,F) then print "=";f+d; `ends loop 2 next f `ends loop 1 next d and here's the decoder that didn't work: `defining string a$="~!@@#$%^&*()_+QWERTYUIOP{}|ASDFGJHJKL:ZXCVBNM<>?`1234567890-=qwertyuiop[]\asdfghjkl;'zxcvbnm,./" `length of string a$ a=len(a$) `input string to decrypt input "ENTER STRING: ";s$ `length of string to decrypt s=len(s$) `starts loop 1 asas=-1 for d=1 to s `if characters in string a$ and s$ match, prints a number `based on the positions of the characters p$=mid$(s$,d)+mid$(s$,d+1) if left$(p$,1) <>"=" if right$(p$,1)<>"=" inc asas p=val(p$) p=p-d+asas print mid$(a$,p) endif endif `ends loop 1 next d more

Resolved Question: What do you think about the US's refusal to sign the UN petition to decriminalize homosexuality worldwide?

To me, I'm really disappointed and disillusioned. I mean, here we are spilling American and Iraqi blood in a war to force democracy upon a nation that apparently doesn't understand what it is, and we can't even back up what we stand for (supposedly) by declaring once and for all that yes indeed, all men truly are created equal. There is something fundementally wrong here and I don't know what to do about it or where to even start to do something. Over 70 nations worldwide have laws stating that homosexuality is a crime, and some of them execute citizens simply for being who they are. WTF? more

Resolved Question: Please edit my essay about Martin Luther King Jr.?

I have to hand in this essay by tomorrow... and all my friends are busy doing that too. PLEASE HELP Thanks A Ton!! :D Martin Luther King Jr. He had a dream. A dream that one day, the black’s will live in a nation with peace, and freedom. “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” –Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King. Jr. was born with a name of Michael Luther King. Jr, but later changed to Martin Luther King Jr. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929; a time when black people were separated from the whites. Negroes what they called black people because they had the same rights as the white people did. To most white people, “Negroes” didn’t have a name. They called them boy or girl, and even worse, “Nigger.” Then, Martin discovered that his house on Auburn Avenue was referred to as “Nigger Town,” to the whites. He thought that how poor he and the other black people were treated by the whites, weren’t fair at all. Martin Luther King Jr. is a hero because e wanted to stop racism. He got killed for speaking his mind about how the black people were being treated so poorly, but few days after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot, whites treated black people as more equal. Martin Luther King Jr. faces many obstacles of prejudice against African Americans. His white friends stopped playing with his because he was black, and was different to the white people. He was arrested, got subjected to personal abuse, and his own house got hit by a bomb when he stopped the seating spots between black, and white people. Martin Luther King Jr. gets assassinated while standing on his balcony with the garbage workers in his motel room by a man because of his hate to black people. Although Martin Luther King Jr. was faced by many obstacles, he passed it through and changed many races that the black people faced. He had many goals to change the rights black people faced from the whites. With his selfless wishes to change whatever made the blacks suffer, he needed to change it no matter what happens. When his mother said the world’s going to change one day, Martin promised her, “I’m going to turn this world upside down.” He also promised that there will be changes for racial justice, better housing, better schooling, and better jobs in the ghetto neighbourhoods of Chicago. He wanted the signs for “white only” or “colored only” signs to change, and just use everything in equal. Although Martin Luther King wasn’t treated as poorly as the other blacks were treated, he still had a care to do whatever he needed to change, and believed that soon they will stop getting treated poorly and live with peace. Finally, Martin as a leader of America’s civil rights movement, his hopes and dreams came true. After the union victory, several constitutional amendments were adopted and the Fifteenth Amendment gave black men the right to vote, desegregation, labour rights, and other basic civil rights and changed the world. He made black and whites reunite with eachother; both black and whites rode the buses in equal. For his outstanding work and success for what he achieved, and for making the lives for black people happy, he won the nobel peace prize for his leadership of America’s struggle for racism in 1964. In conclusion, Martin Luther King Jr. was able to achieve great amounts of success. His work was successful during the civil rights movement, and he helped gain many rights for African Americans which not only helped the African Americans, but helped all minorities. He organized and led marches for blacks’ right to vote, and was not afraid to stand up and spoke his heart to create diversity. Without Martin Luther King, the civil rights fight could have been much more violent, and also the laws for the white, and black people would stay the same. His fight was effective, and for the most part, he was successful and peaceful. Martin Luther King’s success created an everlasting memory to not only the black people, but to all of us.ugh, the thing with the stars says : Ni gg . erand as i read over them, i got a lot of typos LOL.. i think it's cuz i was just typing with me looking at the paper and writing it down haha. more

Resolved Question: How to integrate many joomla installations in one site?

I want to make a website which has 5 different joomla installations on the same server. Each need to have all users in common but with different fields in table. For example: If I call the installations as joom1, joom2, joom3, joom4, and joom5, then users who register from any of these installations have say 10 fields in common like username, password, first name, last name etc. and a hidden numeric fiels whose value will be equal to either of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 to signify from which installation they signed up. This numeric field will be used to assign them in groups say joom1 for 1, joom2 for 2 etc. Also there will be content restriction on the site, i.e, joom1 users will have full access to contents at joom1 but can access only limited content on other installations. Now members of joom1 need to have some other fields in the database like joom1_field1, joom1_field2 etc. members of joom2 need to have some other fields in the database like joom2_field1, joom2_field2 etc. and so on....... But the main problem is I want to use only single database for this or maximum of two to maintain simplicity in cases when a query needs to be executed from joom5 installation based on users in joom1 installation etc. The directory structure for joomla installations is as follows: joom5 is installed at site's root. Then each of joom1 to joom4 are installed within joom5 directory, i.e, root/joom5 for joom5 root/joom5/joom1 for joom1 root/joom5/joom2 for joom2 etc. What I am using is 1 database 'users' with separate table prefixes for each installation like joom1_, joom2_ etc Then a separate table for each group to have 'additional fields' like user_joom1 for joom1 users to hold joom1field1 etc, user_joom2 for joom2 users to hold joom2field1 etc along with the username field. Now my problem is I'm good in SQL etc but I'm new to joomla. So I don't know how to create custom user fields in joomla and how to link all installations in one database. So, please tell me how to do it.... Can you post some sample php scripts to do this and also some tutorials where I can understand the way joomla make its database and query it using php and how it classifies the fields in the database so that I can modify joomla for my personal use. Please help me, This is very important for me. Are there any free components/plugins using which I can achieve my target?Main problem with having same joomla installation and creating multiple user groups is that, I want to have separate forums for each user group etc. So, If I use same installation, This could not be achieved. Also please tell how to add custom fields to basic joomla user-fields like address, d.o.b etc into basic tables used by joomla...... more

Resolved Question: Will Obama's newly created 2.5 million jobs, be in other countries ?

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_49/b4111000652752.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_news+%2B+analysis "President-elect Barack Obama has made a promise: to save or create 2.5 million jobs over the next two years.... Even more astonishing, the value of imported goods now is equal to almost 40% of the output of U.S. manufacturing.... The original Buy American Act, still in effect, was signed by President Herbert Hoover on his last day in office in 1933, requiring the federal government to prefer U.S.-made goods. Over the years the law has been riddled with additional exemptions and waivers and partially superseded by other laws governing trade. " Should the obama jobs be US jobs or outsourced? more

Voting Question: need help with code for a 4label calculator in vb.net?

Execute the code only if both lblFirstNumber and lblSecondNumber contain text. Create variables of type double to hold the first number, the second number, and the result of the calculation. Instantiate a new calculator object. Perform the appropriate calculation by calling a function of the calculator class based on the value in lblOperator.Text. Concatenate the values in lblFirstNumber.Text, lblOperator.Text, and lblSecondNumber.Text with the equal sign and the value returned from the calculator function. Remember to convert the result of the calculation to a string value. Store the string in lblResult.Text. Clear lblFirstNumber.Text, lblOperator.Text, and lblSecondNumber.Text by setting their values to “”. Operator Button Click Events The click events for the + - * and / keys are similar. Set lblOperator.Text equal to symbol for the operation. For example, the click event for the + key would have code that looks like lblOperator.Text = “+” Note that this is the value that will be checked when deciding which function of the calculator class to call in the = button click event. Clear Button Click Event Set the Text property of lblFirstNumber, lblSecondNumber, lblOperator, and lblResult to “”. how would i write this? more

Resolved Question: This question is geared toward the opponents of gay marriage. Why do you think gay marriage is wrong?

This issue has been going on for the longest time. But frankly, it has really hit a high note ever since the vote to pass Proposition 8 in California passed. I've browsed Answers and time and again, I see gays saying over and over, "We're not hurting anyone!" or "Stop the hate!". So many words get lobbed back and forth and it doesn't seem to end. So I'm going to give you a list of just why gay marriage is wrong and why it should be kept illegal and/or unrecognized by the US government. This pretty much sums it up for why gay marriage is wrong. If this doesn't open some eyes, I don't know what will: 1. Homosexuals are seeking a SPECIAL right. They already have the same right to marry as the rest of us have---->the right to marry a person of the OPPOSITE sex. Limiting marriage to one man and one woman doesn't discriminate on the basis of sex or sexual orientation. 2. It denies the self-evident truth of nature that male and female bodies are designed for and complement each other. Opposite-sex marriage is the natural God-designed means by which the human race reproduces. 3. Granting same-sex couples a license to marry will not create a true marriage. Neither two men nor two women can become one flesh in the eyes of God. Licensing the unnatural does not make it natural. It would be a state-sanctioned counterfeit, a sham, and a fraud. A licensed electrician cannot produce power by taping two same-sex plugs together. Homosexual sex is dangerous and destructive to the human body and powerless for human reproduction. 4. Homosexual marriage will always, you hear me, ALWAYS be an abomination to God regardless of whether a clergyman performs the ceremony or not. When God calls something unholy, man cannot make it holy or bless it. 5. Homosexual marriage is as wrong as giving a man a license to marry his mother or daughter or sister or a group. 6. Homosexual marriage will harm children by denying them the love and nurture of a mom AND a dad. The only "procreation" homosexuals can engage in requires that a third party must be brought into the relationship. Gays insist that it doesn't hurt anyone. But who it hurts the most is the children! By raising children up in such an environment, it offsets the balance that a mother and a father provide. This in turn leads them to believe that it is normal for a guy to like another guy. This in turn will lead to ridicule as they progress in life. 7. Granting a marriage license to homosexuals because they engage in sex is as illogical as granting a medical license to a barber because he wears a white coat, or a law license to a salesman because he carries a briefcase. Real doctors, lawyers and the public would suffer as a result of licensing the unqualified and granting them rights, benefits and responsibilities as if they were qualified. 8. Homosexual marriage will DEVALUE your marriage. A license to marry is a legal document by which government will treat same-sex marriage as if it were equal to the real thing. A license speaks for the government and will tell society that government says the marriages are equal. Any time a lesser thing is made equal to a greater, the greater is devalued. For example: A. If the Smithsonian Museum displays a hunk of polished blue glass next to the Hope Diamond with a sign that says, "These are of equal value," and treats them as if they were, the Hope Diamond is devalued in the public's eye. The government says it's just expensive blue glass. The history and mystery are lost too. Get it? B. If an employer uses a robot as an employee and treats the robot the same way it treats human employees, human employees are devalued. By doing so, the employer says, "A robot can do your job, you're no better." What will you and the public think of your job and you? C. If the government issues a license to babysitters that grants them the same rights, protections and responsibilities as a child's parents, parenthood is devalued. The government is basically saying that parents are just babysitters. D. If government grants professional licenses to just anybody, every profession and qualified professional is devalued. The government would be saying that an uneducated panhandler can do brain surgery. 9. The assumption by many is that marriage is just two people with a license who have sex and wear rings. Homosexuals do that, why not give them the license? Because engaging in sex doesn't equal marriage. Adults involved in incest have sex too; should government call it marriage and license them? Certainly NOT! The biggest problem we have in getting people, especially younger ones, to understand why marriage is devalued by the existence of a counterfeit is that much of the public does not value marriage at all these days. Adultery is no big deal (sarcasm). Divorce is tolerated because so many married couples can't hold true to their vows. Absentee fathers and mothers devalue marriage. Unmarried pregnancies are common. F(I ran out of space apparently so here is the rest of it) Fornication is "normal." When we make the case against homosexual marriage, we need to speak against these other problems that devalue marriage as well. As we acknowledge these problems we can emphasize that legalizing homosexual marriage will compound the problems, not solve or lessen them. So yeah, it IS my right and every other opponent of gay marriage's right to fight for the sanctity of what marriage truly is. Most homosexuals feign ignorance that God loves all. But it is clearly stated in the bible that God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. more