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question of the day: Why can’t Gabourey Sidibe play ... - Flick Filosopher

It's going to make her not right for the new 'Romeo and Juliet,' but it's going to make her right for the role that needs her for that specificity," Telsey ... Thin white actresses can play anything -- cop, criminal, lawyer, mother, lover, victim ...

Footnote.com Lets People Create America's Family Tree ... - TMCnet

LINDON, Utah --(Business Wire)-- In order to encourage more people to find their ancestors and connect with family, Footnote.com, the web's premier interactive history site, is opening all of their U.S. census documents for free to the public for a ...

You, your wallet and Betty White - Walletpop.com

Or check out my colleague Kelly Phillip Erb's recent IRS post ... And she still has her fans, as her online Facebook campaign proves. It's an organic outgrowth of the affection people have for her. The fact that she appears to be a kindly little old ...

Dr. Robert B. Arnot Releases White Paper on the Silent ... - Earthtimes

"The H1N1 or Swine Flu pandemic is just the tip of the iceberg, and is a serious wakeup call to the world that viruses are becoming an increasingly dangerous threat to our wellbeing," Dr. Arnot said. "The time is now to understand what we're facing ...

Obama Turns To Immigration With White House Meetings ... - NASDAQ

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- President Barack Obama will turn to immigration in a pair of White House meetings Thursday, reviving debate on an issue that has been out of the spotlight as the administration focuses on health care, jobs and financial ...

Paddlers find strength and peace in a kayak - Georgia Straight

B.C. is a kayaker’s paradise, so you don’t have to go far to get a great core and upper-body workout, as Kevin Dubois and Beverly Chysyk can attest. When Debbie Bowman and her husband were looking for an outdoor activity they could do with their ...

White says Perry takes too much credit for economy - Austin American-Statesman

But White noted that unemployment in Texas is now hovering around 1 million people ... noting that he avoided such promises when he campaigned for mayor, then the city cut the property-tax rate five times. White said he supports some decisions made ...

Find a moment of 'aha' at the Baja - Tulsa World

Remember those "Where's the beef?" television commercials? I can tell you where it is. It's at the new Baja Manny's restaurant. It isn't just beef, either. Chicken and pork are major players, too. "I'm from Southern California, and I'm more used to ...

The New Detroit: Southern California’s Inland Empire - Wonkette (satire)

California is the great basket case of this country’s financial collapse, with its 37 million people now suffering under a 12.5% unemployment rate. In eight of California’s counties, the jobless rate tops 20%, with one in five workers unable to ...

Family Asks For Help In Finding Loved One's Killer 1 ... - Bakersfield Channel

The homicide case involving a southwest Bakersfield man has gone cold, and a year later his family is hitting the streets in hopes to find his killer. Norberto Gutierrez ... Witnesses reported seeing a 6-foot-tall white woman with blond hair and a ...

Resolved Question: So my family derives from the same roots as Henry VII?

Henry VII, can trace his roots to the Welsh King Roderick the Great. As can I. I live in America, yet it seems my family has quite a large amount of royal blood. I can trace my roots to Charlemagne, Constantine, Ferdinand, Mary Queen of Scots, basically most rulers since the early 4th century A.D. I am 15 and currently searching throughout my genealogical lineage. All of the info given, I found in a book written sometime in the 1920's. My surname is White. What I would like to know, is : Is it possible that I am related to these people? I really apologize for my lack of information, but this is all that I can find. Thank you for your time. more

Open Question: Why do people who work in offices tend to get paid alot for doing not alot?

I used to work in an office and I was very keen and enthusiastic to get up the ladder. I enjoyed my work untill one day my boss and my bosses boss asked me to slow down and stretch things out a little. I was told to concentrate on perception, which to me I thought was as bad as lying or faking. I could never respect my boss and his piers after this. I recently spoke to my friend who also works in an office and said he has found himself in a simalar situation. I have recently quit my white collar job and have decided to retrain as a mechanic/auto electrician which is far more rewarding in many ways but unfortunately not pay. Has anyone else found themselves in simalar situations? more

Open Question: Does anyone else find that this subtle racism occurs a lot?

I've noticed that in the media, and sometimes within general everyday conversations, people who don't obviously fit into a category of 'white', 'black' or 'asian' need explaining or justifying. I was reading something about the pussycat dolls, and it had a little bit of description about each band member, and for Nicole Scherzinger it said something like 'Nicole, whose ethnic background is...' and it talked about where she's from and where her family are from. I suppose it could be down to her interesting and diverse ancestry or something, but nothing was mentioned about the others' ethnicity. I've seen it happen where two people are introduced, and the perfectly categorised person (just from looking at them you'd have known they were white, British) said 'nice to meet you' etc, then moved straight onto the 'where are you from?' comments, and once this person answered that they were mixed race, and had some Mexican heritage, it was like the other person could then relax and talk to them like they were 'normal' because they had justified themselves. It's something that gets to me and I've been on the recieving end of some similar and strange comments. Anyone else find this? more

Voting Question: im pregnant and really scared i cant provide..bf no job help:(?

hi, im 8 weeks pregnant and live in a rented 2bedhouse 550 pounds a month and i work 33hours a week as a nursery nurse and earn 750pounds a month.my partner however has no qualifications and has been looking for a job for a year..i dont know what to do as when the babys born i want to still go on maternity and bond with my baby i dont want to go back to work for at least a year but if my bf still doesnt have a job what do i do??why should i go back to work whilst my partner stays at home being a full time dad it just doesnt seem right to me i want to be at home with my baby.can we recieve benefits or child support if i am just getting maternity pay for the year i am off even when my partner has no job.. we didnt plan this baby but i know he would be a good dad and i will be a good mum, what are my options ? would i get the same as a single mum if my partner doesnt work(he finds it hard to get a job i think because he is slightly deaf and is asian living in a white area)many people will say its nothing to do with his race but i think part of it is as soon as he applies and they see he is asian they dont want to take him on..sad but true, should we move to a different area?!yh he gets jsa but that pays 4 the food i pay rent more

Voting Question: pregnant 19 boyfriend has no job..please answer?

Voting Question: Are there any intellectual and deep black teenagers I could possibly have a conversation with ?

Now I am a Black African British teenage girl of 16years and I find that people my age are into materialstic things. Black teenagers my age that I am around don't talk sense even though they are intelligent and are going to be prosperous. However, I am surrounded by people who lack depth. I think that I am like a "normal" teenager I like fashion, raving and hair, make-up and romance, but I love a GOOD conversations and I wanna immerse myself with people that want to learn, I want to meet black teenagers that are of spiritual, historical, emotional intellect. I'm not side-lining white people but I cant really relate to them as our struggles are different. more

Resolved Question: King of queens - need help finding an episode?

At the end of the show, Arthur is dreaming that he featured in a black and white movie - in the movie there's people dancing. Arthur is holding a drink and suddenly gets smacked around the face - he laughs. Help me find this hilarious episode more

Resolved Question: Is it wrong to sexually please women like this?

Im 20, I have always liked all kinds of women and Im attracted to most I meet (black, white, asian, skinny, bbw, short, tall, whatever). When I catch them staring I smile at them, I always let them touch me all they want, and the ones that know me already know that I let them so they barely make excuses to touch me now. I'm different with them according to age tho The ones like 13 - 16 (ppl's sisters) I don't do anything with them because I'd get in trouble. But when I go to their houses they know what to do. When daddy is around they don't do anything. But when he's not, they wrap their arms around the whole time that im playing videogames and palm my abs when no one's looking, etc. I never show any reaction to it I pretend that I just think they're innocent girls, they probly think they're taking advantage of me, but really, im letting them The ones my age (college) touch me even more, and we cuddle and sometimes sleep in couches. But I almost never have sex with them because people know people and then everyone will know and start talking about me. The older ones (26 - 50?) tho I have sex with cuz people don't find out. They're my favorites, if I tell them not to hold back they really don't. One time one of them called me and when I arrived she didn't say anything, she just pulled me and sat down and put my head in her...(I LOVED that). Some of them sometimes call me just to do it. I just LOVE to please women. I like to give them what they want. I like it how some of them can't believe what they're getting and the ones that are so ok with me that they just aren't afraid to ask me anything. I have learned in the best of ways that women are perverted (nothing wrong with that). I always hear this kind of thing is wrong, but is it? yes, if you're in a relationship, but if you're not then what's wrong? they LOVE it and I love it too!!! more

Resolved Question: Where are all these man hating feminists then?

I asked a question here about feminist history and was shocked how much anger and hate I got in response. My mother brought me up as a feminist and I believe it means women should have equal rights to men. I have just been looking at definitions of it and that is all I can find. I belong to feminist groups and know a lot of feminists but none who feel women are better than men or anyone who hates men. We protest and write to M.P's about a lot of old legislation which discriminate against women - paternity leave, flexibility for working mothers and make schools aware of some popular cultural problems which still remain which make women appear weak and indoctrinate children e.g fairy stories and Barbie dolls encouraging children to grow up believing that to be female is to be weak and superficial. I have never known any feminist to believe women are better than men - that it not feminism. It is female supremacy and as dangerous and stupid as white supremacy or Islamic extremists. I am disturbed to hear teenagers and women in their twenties say "I'm not a feminist..." when they do in fact think they should have as many choices as men and equal pay. Where does this negative man hating idea of feminism come from. How have I never met any people who believe this? Someone said "did I really think people would answer not knowing what they were talking about and someone else say that my ideas were great but feminists wouldn't like it! Someone give me details of an organisation which says all men are rapists or inferior and I will get protest against it.Good point CAustin. I think its a problem young women see feminism as a negative but if they hold the beliefs you describe without feeling the need to name them that is progress as you say.Lack of paternity leave discriminates against parents - my husband wants more time with his child, I want to work part time. If men have part time work available men and women could share children and work equally. When I am working in feminism I am talking for women, when I campaign for equal custody laws I am working for men, women and children. more

Resolved Question: do whites set the standard for looks or something?

well have you noticed that "blacks have flat noses" and "big lips" and asians have "flat faces" ect. i find it ridiculous (and sort of funny) that if black people had big noses that it would be "blacks have big noses" but Nooo.. not really a big thing but im doing some boredom killing.sorry to burst some of your assumption bubbles but im in the UK not the USA. and im happy with what i look like and who i am. more

Resolved Question: Why very high percentage of white people got strong body odour especially from under arm?

I am Japanese who studies in UK now. And I have a lot of white friends guys and girls. And I find the problem especially after the football match or other sports or even in the summer bus. In my country it is about 2% people who will have a strong under arm ordour and here I think maybe over 50%. more

Resolved Question: I need help off of people out there, and opinions off of black people as well please?

You see I was planning to start asking women out Again as I'm ready to start approaching them Again in order to find a girlfriend and "TRUE LOVE" but you see what kind of women should I ask out? As I am a black guy and always though that when I found love skin colour and race would not matter - so long as she's nice and caring but you see what if I go over to a a woman who is white and think she's nice looking but what if she has racist thoughts in her head against black people? I'm not saying that all white people are racist as I know they're not as i have white friends - male and female!!! Bit get confused at times as I know that racism is still out there - do you think I should Just stick to asking black women out only? I'm not a bad person and it is not my intention to offend anyone - I'm just conflicted and confused is all!!! more

Resolved Question: School uniform help.................?!?

Okayy, well, In our school our school uniform is black trousers, white shirt, green jumper and tie, only the boys have to wear blazers but lately girl have been getting really nice fitted school blazers, Iwant to wear one but i know i would look stupid in one seing as we dont HAVE to wear one, but where could i get one? (just to try it on etc) Also Nice school trousers, afew people in myyear have these GEOURGOUS school trousers they are black with two diagonal gold zips. I really want a pair but dont know where to find them and nw all the trousers that are really nicely fitted are gone from the shops and i dont know where to find them. And one last thing, the blazers have this quite bright pink material inside and it is girls and have to be FITTED Also shops in the Isle Of man or Chester/Ellesmere Port (just somwhere close to them) Thanks in advance :Dxxx :Dxxxx :Dxxx :Dxx :Dx :D more

Voting Question: what does my dream mean?

in my dream i was walking with long flowing hair and wearing a white dress. i felt a shadow/prescence behind me that i felt was familar and could have been my ex-boyfriend, my first love. i went to my best friends house. i found it weird that this other friend (someone who we don't get along with now) was there. people who represented my friends who also there. but i was scarred/disgusted by them because they were all on drugs. in real life these people don't exist but in the dream they were meant to be my friends. then this boy i had a small thing with (who liked me mroe than i liked him) stormed the house with blue paint with a lot of roudy boys. then the boy i'm in love with now (but we're not together) came to take me away. what does my dream mean? more

Resolved Question: What does this dream mean?

I have posted this question before but i didn't get any good answers and I had it again the other night... I had a dream the other night and I had it again last night but i never got to see the end and I don't really understand it. My dream started off with me (i didn't look like me) trying to kill these people i don't know and then it went dark and i tried to kill myself but that failed so I walked outside and all the people I tried to kill was on their hands and knees walking around and I thought they was coming after me so I was running and I kept running until I found this door. I walked through the door and I then became myself unlike at the start, the room was all white it looked like a lab and there was my 2 sisters there and we was trying to work something out and I saw this little girl who looked like my sister at a young age and had the same name but she had a bullet wound on her shoulder. The dream kinda creeped me out but I have had it twice and I woke up at the same time (when I saw the little girl). I don't know what it means and I can't find anything about it so can someone please tell me if you know what it means. more

Resolved Question: Is racial Humor ever really that funny?

Now listen people I am not a racist I love people of all shapes color and religions how ever I must ask your for opinions on subject!!! Now I watched the Chappelle show almost religiously wile it was on TV and I laughed my ass off when he made fun of white people, and guess what? I am a white guy from central united states. I laugh at all kinds of stuff. However my question is do other people really find racial comedy to be all that amusing? I do know a lot of african American veiwers who become extremly upset at the thought of a causcasion comedian using racial slurs in there acts. So my question is this Racial Humor appropriet or not ? more

Resolved Question: I can't find these quotes, can anyone help?

After reading a few answers from 'Wolfie' and others I went to the BNP website to collect a few quotes to use on one of my own websites but I couldn't find them. Can anyone help me find the following details from the BNP site? 1. I cant find the bit where they say white people are a superior race 2. I cant find the bit where they say BNP councillors or MPs will refuse to represent non-white constituents. 3. As the BNP are supposed to be Nazis, I can't find anything that suggests they support hitler or hate jews 4. I have looked everywhere but cant find the bit about turning the UK into a fascist dictatorship. The only bits I can find seem to contradict all of the above. So can you help me find those bits you keep quoting? It would really be a big help for the article I am writing in support of my local Conservative candidate. Or did you just make it all up or take the word of some other communist? Thanks in advance.Added: Wolfie - "your grasp of mainstream politics is scant, to say the least!" - and this coming from a communist and self confessed member of Red Fascist group UAF? On overall analysis I would confidently state that my grasp of mainstream politics, and of real life in general, is quite a bit better than yours.Added: Wolfie - "your grasp of mainstream politics is scant, to say the least!" - and this coming from a communist and self confessed member of Red Fascist group UAF? On overall analysis I would confidently state that my grasp of mainstream politics, and of real life in general, is quite a bit better than yours.Thanks Hairyman. But what socialists say about them is not quite the same is it? Anyone can make stuff up as we see on here regularly. I was trying to find the source of the accusations, not just more accusations. Still no evidence yet unfortunately. more

Resolved Question: a question for those with diabetes?

how many people actually understand how diabetes works and how many people realise that type 2 diabetes is reversible. i have just come across this site which i find fantastic. I didn't really understand diabetes until now and i have to say it all makes sense. i have to admit i do little exercises. with all good intention i purchased the nintendo wii fit. but got bored of it. and didn't really feel i was benefiting from it anyway. yesterday though i went for a gentle run, only for 20 minutes and my blood sugar dropped by 2 points. i realised that its actually easy to get sugar levels down to this is now my goal to run for 20 mins a day and eat less white bread rice and potatoes and eat more vegetables and whole grain food. http://www.reversingdiabetes.org/HowitWorks/TypeIIDiabetes.aspx check out this site, i found it the most helpful site so far. more

Resolved Question: Why do people find it weird that I (of African and Irish heritage) am learning the Irish Language?

I have African "black" and Irish "white" heritage. First off not everyone finds it weird that I am obsessed with Ireland or the language (i.e.Gaeilge, Irish, Irish Gaelic...or whatever you want to call it.) especially my close friends and I guess some people who just like me. There are some people who look at me as though I am weird. All of my Irish friends of course, fully support my passion and love me more for it. I have grown up without having a culture of my own because I have been expected to act a certain way because of my skin colour. I don't like the words "black" or "white." They are just negative symbols we attached to skin colour through interaction. Now they are labels that bring about certain stereotypes in some minds. I like learning Irish just for the sake of being Irish. It's just culture isn't it? Just nationality. Is there something wrong with me for wanting to move to Ireland because I like Irish culture and the fact that my ancestors played a part in creating it? I'm not racist for saying something like: "I am not black or white or mixed or a minority, I am just me."Some people seem to have an issue with the idea. Your thoughts?I shouldn't have said "I did not grow up with a culture of my own." What I meant was that I felt that I grew up subject to a stereotype of how I ought to be. And yes I love the language and how it sounds when sung or spoken. Labhair í agus mairfidh sí! Gaeilge abú! more

Resolved Question: Custom windows icons?

I recently upgraded my pc and monitor and wanted to keep a tidy desktop this time, the only icons I'm keeping on the desktop are My computer, documents and recycling bin. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get some very plain, minimal looking icons for these? White would be ideal. I have seen screenshots of peoples desktops where the icons are just white line drawings on a black background, this would be amazing if someone could help me find these. I know how to use the icons when I get them, I just need some help finding them. I am running windows 7 (not sure if this makes a difference!) I would really appreciate it, Thanks for your time =D more

Resolved Question: what treats can i give to my chinchilla?

i have a beautiful wilson chinchilla she is snow white and i would really love to give her treats every now and again that she will love. she is always happiest when i change her sand tray or when she is running around the house but whenever i give her vegetables she never eats them she wont even eat carrot or lettuce so what can i give her as a treat?? her food is mostly grains and nuts like sunflower, pumpkin seeds peanuts and some dry grass and dry bananas its hard to get proper chinchilla food where i live mst people dont even know what a chinchilla is. also when i got her 3 years ago she was pregnant at the time and had a very hard labour she lost one pup and i had to rush her to the vets so they could speed up the labour for the second pup but when that pup was delivered it was deformed. i found out after that the pet shop that sold her to me was keeping it in the same cage as her brother hence the deformed pup i complained but the damage was already done. she is fine now but sometimes i think that she gets lonely should i get a male or female chinchilla to keep her company if i get a male i would be worried she would have another bad experience with the pregnancy what do you think and info on chinchilla's would be great their likes and dislikesi would never intentionally feed my chinchilla anything that would make her sick i feel horrible now i feed her on the seed and dry grass because the few times i have been able to get chinchilla food it has all these things in it. can you be more specific about what to feed her oher than what i am she wont eat fresh veg for me. im going to worry now if i cant find suitable food for her more

Voting Question: Very Confused...used to know he loved me but now im unsure if my bf of 4 years is gay?

to start off with i would like to say if i portray him as a bad bf i dont mean to. he is not perfect and has done wrong to me in the past but has also brought joy into my life. im asking ppls opinion on this as i dont know what to think..im caught in between the 2, most of me believes he loves me very much but then i get doubts as i do have trust issues. i have been with him for around 4yrs and i took his virginity. he is quite feminine at times and becos of this frm the start of our relationship ppl at college would call him gay and lots of ppl were shocked when they initially found out i was with him. i ignored it thinkin ppl were being nasty and "hating" on my bf,lol.. as he has strikingly good looks,i constantly tell him shud model.anyways a year into our relationship he mentioned being married and having kids with me.which i was chuffed with..thats where i wud love to see our future go.. but he has got obbsessed with the idea of having kids. within the 4yrs we hav been together 3 of them he has told me his desire to hav children.. we are a biracial couple and hav lots of culture differences. im white/british and hes black/jamaican backround. i realise that and hav been told that in jamaican culture ppl hav children young and that women hav children by men they love to show their love to their man. i hav explained i wud love nothing more than to have kids with him but once i hav finnished uni and can support my family. we sat and spoke about it before i went to uni and agreed on it but now he keeps mentioning he wants a family soon.. anyways im gettin off the subject but basically 2 yrs in to the relationship i caught him on a social networkin site flirting and planning to meet up with men which ripped my heart in 2.. the msgs i read sounded like he was unsure as he wud plan to meet up and then get doubts and say we are only meeting up as friends.. i didnt knw how to approach this as i love him dearly and thought if he was bi/gay he must be going through alot and be very confused, exspecially cos in his culture they are VERY homophobic. so i said i wanted to giv him space but he didnt know y i wanted to giv him space..i ended up telling him i knew and he explained he was confused and has been fighting it and is unsure what he is and that he jus craves male company as well as feeling that if all these people think im gay/bi maybe i am?? 2months later we got back together and he said he jus wanted male company and was very confused as he doesnt hav male friends or any male influences. about and year and a bit on frm that incident is where i am at now feeling confused.. il explain...ppl round where he lives hav never got on with him and he doesnt get on with alot of his neighbours who are around the same age as him. the man off the internet site has apparently gone to his area and given them ammunition against him tellin everyone of their affair way back when.. when my bf told me this.. i asked lots of questions cos i didnt get it? why all of a sudden wud he decide to do that? my bf was tryin 2 explain but getin frustrated with me.he was also pissed cos i didnt seem sympathetic as i told him that he "should shit where he lives" and should have never let this man know where he lives... he then told me how wud i feel if someone i used to "deal" with and hav sex with started talking my business to ppl. this makes me think he had sex with him, therefore actually cheated on me way back then...i just thought he met up with him and was unsure.. he told me he is doing this as he is upset he decided he wasnt bi and wanted to marry him...but my question is y now??? but whenever i try and ask my bf this he gets offended like i dnt trust him it makes me feel sometimes that is he with me just for children but other times i feel he loves me deeply, we have so much fun together, share so much love and our sex life is fab. i am so confused..he said he wud never live a lie and that he loves me..it was jus a time in his life that he was unsure...but im so scared cos i confided in a friend and she said he cud be using me as a cover up and also cos his mum heard this rumor and the only way to prove he is straight is by havin a kid,which i argued wasnt the case as he has always wanted kids... any constructed thoughts wud be much appreciated. no bull**** answers please more

Voting Question: I had a dream and I need to know what it means?

I had a dream the other night and I had it again last night but i never got to see the end and I don't really understand it. My dream started off with me (i didn't look like me) trying to kill these people i don't know and then it went dark and i tried to kill myself but that failed so I walked outside and all the people I tried to kill was on their hands and knees walking around and I thought they was coming after me so I was running and I kept running until I found this door. I walked through the door and I then became myself unlike at the start, the room was all white it looked like a lab and there was my 2 sisters there and we was trying to work something out and I saw this little girl who looked like my sister at a young age and had the same name but she had a bullet wound on her shoulder. The dream kinda creeped me out but I have had it twice and I woke up at the same time (when I saw the little girl). I don't know what it means and I can't find anything about it so can someone please tell me if you know what it means. more

Resolved Question: Please identify this song for me!?

Some music buff out there must be able to answer this! I've been after this song for ages but hadn't heard it for a while until it was used as a "gapfill" on the Brits the other night while an award winner walked on stage (not sure which one, sorry) The song has a Kasabian sort of sound - the chorus is a man's voice singing something like "It xxx like xxxx" Very vague I know but the video might swing it! I first saw it at the hairdressers - It's in black and white (I think) and starts with one man running through the streets very fast, eventually joined at various junctions by more and more people till eventually there is a whole pack of people running through the streets.... Please help me find this! It's driving me mad...... more

Resolved Question: What's the name of those flip roll name and number books that sit on your desk?

What's the name of those flip roll, name and number books that sit on your desk? They're about 5 inches wide and you can flip through different peoples numbers if you need them. Its a series of white cards that are attached to a spinning core and they sit on your desk or telephone stand. I am trying to find one to buy on the net, but can't find the right search term. Any help would be great. Thanks! more

Resolved Question: Is Britain turning into a nation of paranoid xenophobes?

Judging by many of the comments on YA, people in the uk have nothing good to say about immigrants. Of course, I am aware that many of their fears are stoked by fascist organisations such as the BNP and the right wing gutter press. If they stopped to looka round and think for themselves, they might find a different story. I live on an estate which comprises about 40% asian and black people, and about 60% white British. The asian and black people will always smile, or pass the time of day, they are quiet, well mannered, and cleanly dressed. The white Brits, on the other hand are, apart from pensioners, mainly fat chavs, given to drunken rowdiness, fly tipping, damaging the property of others, and noisy domestic disputes. Afew work, but the others go to collect their benefits in their fake designer clothes, or shapeless, dirty jogging bottoms. As a white Brit, I am often ashamed of the behaviour and appearance of my own people. Who would you rather have as neighbours? more

Resolved Question: Why do white women CARE SO MUCH about my preference to white women only and NOT black women?

Like I am attracted to white women and not to black (although I like alot of black girls as friends they are some of the nicest people ive met) Im not closed minded I just dont like black or middle eastern women I just dont find them attractive physically which is very important to guys! I cant help what im sexually attracted to! Its just white european women, swedish, italian and asian/japanese women that I go for! I really do not find black women attractive at all I really really don't never not one! So why does my white female friend care so much that I don't find them attractive we were having a discussion and she kept trying to give examples of black women that are attractive to tried to prove me wrong!? When you obviously cant prove a persons preference wrong! But why if she is white is she trying so hard to convince me to like black girls I mean WTF WHY WHY WHY? more

Resolved Question: I have a crack in a white ceramic sink. It's about 2mm deep and I wanted a good way to fill it?

The crack is small and will be easily filled but I went to Homebase and couldn't seem to find anything suitable and the people weren't any help. has anyone done this before? Thanks in advance. more

Resolved Question: RE-POST - Why do in life, the single ones can really be subjected to getting a raw deal ?

Well, there are positive slants to place on being single; for instance, having a good job, being young, perhaps, your own place, car, secure in your own mind, healthy, and a catch for the girls. That said, this isn't as black and white as it could be for some people. Where my own situation is concerned, I live with my parents and although I could afford a deposit, I certainly couldn't afford a mortgage as I have no job, as I've currently taken a year out to study at uni to improve my employment prospects. The point I want to raise, is that I don't have any friends as such to socialise with - but I don't know whether that would really make a great deal of differencet to my life - I mean, the point I want to raise is that the friends/relatives I did have in regards to closeness has somewhat drifted away. Once they find themselves a partner - you're basically non-existent in their lives - when you do go and see them infront of their partner, everything for some reason seems manufactured as well as a process, rather than a natural get together to what you experienced say when you were at school or college. I think in relation to my own life (now 30), many people opt for the lifestyle indoors - it's all dvds and the internet - nobody wants to make the effort to properly integrate in society anymore. What are people's thoughts on this - are we really getting a raw end of the deal ? more

Resolved Question: Why do in life, the single ones can really be subjected to getting a raw deal ?

Well, there are positive slants to place on being single; for instance, having a good job, being young, perhaps, your own place n car, secure in your own mind, healthy and a catch for the girls. That said, this isn't as black and white as it could be for some people. On the above, I'd say I have a lot of those things apart from the fact that I live with my parents and although I could afford a deposit, I certainly couldn't afford a mortgage as I have no job, as I've currently taken a year out to study at uni to improve my employment prospects. The point I want to raise, is that I don't have any friends as such to socialise with - but I don't know whether that would really make a great deal of differencet to my life - I mean, the point I want to raise is that the friends/relatives I did have in regards to closeness has somewhat drifted away. Once they find themselves a partner - you're basically non-existent in their lives - when you do go and see them infront of their partner, everything for some reason seems manufactured as well as a process, rather than a natural get together to what you experienced say when you were at school or college. I think in relation to my own life (now 30), many people opt for the lifestyle indoors - it's all dvds and the internet - nobody wants to make the effort to properly integrate in society anymore. This might sound rather dull as well as generalistic, but this is how I feel about this :-( more

Resolved Question: i had a sceary horrific dream!?

ok heres the dream im running into my old school with a few strangers from loads of zombies the type that walk and moan ect lol anyway we couldnt find a door to get in we finally find 1 get in and trying to close the door the zombies are trying 2 get in eventually we get the door closed we walk into a classroom and find 3 bodies coverd up in white sheets with stains of blood over them i freak out and go upto the next level finding other people hiding all of a sudden loads of zombies bust into the room so me and the others get on the roof.Whilst on the roof a man who seemed 2 have a feeling of leadership falls off the roof and gets eaten leaving me incharge of everyone everyone else seems 2 of ran away im stuck on the roof with all these zombies alone wierdly enough theres a toilet on the roof lol i try and run to it but cant seem 2 get there fat then theres this big fat zombie walking towards me i finally get into the toilet the fat zombie is trying 2 open the door then i sigh and say "why do the fat ones always come 2 me" lol then i woke up 2 a my phone ringing and i was shaking like a leaf!.any ideas what this ment? thankyou more

Resolved Question: I want to know what people think of my story... so please could you leave comments... thankyou...?

The day I murdered. My name is Jesse and this is my story. As I was growing up I never had many friends, at school I was always the one who got there head stuffed down the toilet and my books knocked out of my hands. I was the one that bullies found entertaining. It was just who I was. My family didn’t really care, we lived in a small village in London, me, my mum and dad and my three brothers. It was a small house, only meant for two maybe three people. So as you can imagine it was very crowded. I was a skinny boy as my mum was a house wife and my dad worked at the local shop, so we didn’t have a big income coming in every week, just enough to keep us going. Well that was until my mum announced she was having another baby. And from that day on I knew everything was going to change. Nine months on I had another little brother Jacob, and as per usual him and my other brothers were getting all the attention. It was like I wasn’t even there like I dint exist. But hope was coming for as June the 8th was going to be the best day of my life, I was finally going to be eighteen, and I could move out and go somewhere, were no one knows who I am or should I say who I used to be. The sad little boy with no friends. I wanted to be recognized by other people, for people to actually say hello to me and acknowledge that I am there. It was finally my 18th birthday my family didn’t even say happy birthday or get me a present, no even “son you are now a man” just “ so you going to get a job soon“. From then I new that they didn’t care anymore, now that they had Jacob I dint matter. So I stormed of to my room which I shared with my three brothers, I packed my belongings, not that I had many. And I was off straight out the door and they didn’t even ask me where I was going. Not that they will care when I don’t turn up at home later. But anyway there I was just walking trough town when this dull but catchy poster saying “ need to get away” and that I did. So I stayed there a minute started to read the poster, it was amazing it was just what I needed, a new life in Amsterdam. I managed to hitch a ride on a boat in the coal compartment, if no one noticed me at home no one will hear. Some time later I heard the boat siren go off so I knew it was time to get off and start a new life in a new place. After 10 years had past nothing was changing I was 28 and still living in a crummy hostel with no job and no wife, it was like I was 14 again being that boy at school that everyone looked down at. But then July 19th 1876 came , something felt strange when I woke up, something just wasn’t right. I felt like I needed to do something I had never done before, but I knew it wasn’t a good feeling, but still I couldn’t stop it, the feeling was overpowering me. I new I had to figure out what this feeling was and why it is happening to me now, day went by then it hit me. I saw this small club in the middle of the town, the light were so bright and the music was magnificent, I just new that I had to go in and take a look and… whoa it was amazing people with these black and white coats on were coming up to me and offering me food and drink for free, they must of thought I was famous. Well I felt famous in a place like this. Then the loud music had stopped and this calm, soft sound was going through my ears then something just blossomed from the centre of the stage and started to sing, it was music to my ears, and from that day I fell in love. Weeks had gone past and I still went to that same place every Friday to listen to that same girl. Every week she was growing in her self and her voice. Months had gone past now and time was getting on I new I had to meet her, to feel her. So on the night of August the 11th I managed to sneak into her dressing room. I peeped my head round the corner and there she was this amazingly beautiful woman, brushing her long shiny red hair and powdering her nose. Then I noticed she had stopped and was staring at something in the mirror, “ you looking at something” she was talking to me I got scared so I started to walk away until I heard “ please don’t go” in this sad crying voice, so I came back. “my names Beth” she said I asked her if she was ok and she just opened up to me like she had known me all her life. It was phenomenal…Until it stopped and she got called on stage. All that night I couldn’t stop thinking about her and all the stuff she was telling me about, we had so much in common you wouldn’t believe it. She came to Amsterdam looking for the same thing as me, something new and she found it after years of being treated like an outsider. That was when I new I had to go back to her dressing room. So for weeks and months after that we met in her dressing room every Friday before and after her show. we would sit there and talk for hours, I know everything about her and about her dreams, she has dreams to be a big star and she’s invited me along to be part of them dreams, that was when I knew she feltsomething for me. So I finally did it my first kiss I lent over and kissed her, and to my surprise she kissed me back and not just that the kiss turned into more, that night I made love for the very first time. Iv never felt like that before. This went on for a year. And it was at that moment I knew this is the girl that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. So I decided after the show on may 28th 1877 I will propose to Beth and we will go and live are lives, procuring her dreams. It was 9.30pm and I was waiting for her in her dressing room, I dint want to propose to her in her place of work so I waited till I was walking her back to her little cottage just on the out side of town. We have to walk down some dark narrow roads back to hers, the moon was shinning on her hair making it redder then I had ever seen before, but she seamed a bit distant and upset, we finally got to her house and she invited me in. we got into the kitchen she pored us both a drink and said we need totalk, That’s when I new it was time to ask her, hoping this would cheer her up. So I did it I stopped her got down on one knee and asked her to marry me. But her face didn’t light up like I excepted it to. She grabbed my hand and lifted me up, did I do something wrong. All of a sudden my heart just felt like it was going to come out of my mouth as she told me we had to stop this, that she couldn’t be with me any more. That was when I got that feeling again, it was that same feeling I got on the morning of July 19th 1876. Something was coming over me it was like it wasn’t me anymore. I saw this silver blade shinning in the corner of my eye. In a flash I had grabbed it and it was cutting trough her like a butcher would to a pig, but I couldn’t stop it was like something had taken over my body and making me watch the love of my life get murdered… And then it stopped I was back, staring at this pool of blood. What had I done, I couldn’t believe I just murdered the woman of my dreams. I nI needed to get out of there I needed to leave. Next thing I new I was back at the hostel walking up and down the room thinking of what to do, I loved her and she just threw it all away, I could of made her the happiest girl alive. That was when I realised I didn’t belong in this world as its just full of disappointment and heart ach were no one gives you the time of day. So I think its time for me to say goodbye to this world and finally be able to be with the woman I love………. The end more

Resolved Question: could someone please comment on the prologue of my book?

Prologue The forest was quiet as the girl tripped and covered her ears, lying face down in the snow. The Hunter approached, holding a vibrating black rod; he had found her at last. The girl made screams muted by the crippling magic emanated from the rod. His assignment: to capture and secure the three mages of Healing, Soul, and Light Magic. And to find and return, Her Ladyship to her father, Lord Maiadonn. The Hunter had no name. He was created to retrieve those with magical gifts so that the Shade may take their magic and use it. It was in this way that that the Shade was able to keep the resistance under control. This was also the reason the why The Hunter had no name; because he had no need for one. He was known only by The Hunter, and that was enough by itself. By the time The Hunter had reached the girl she was unconscious. When he picked her up and set her on the horse he realized that her magic was not yet in use. This was a good thing for him; it meant that he wouldn’t have to use the crippling power of the rod for the other three. The magic took up to much energy and he was already feeling the strain… The Hunter set the unconscious boy up and placed him up in front of the girl. He noted that both of them had elven features. So, the resistance has inbred with elves huh. The Hunter jumped on his horse with that thought. Then he took the lead from the second horse he brought for supplies and the third mage and Her Ladyship, as he studied a strange looking compass. It had three needles: black, gold, and, white. Two of them; the white and gold ones, pointed towards the two fourteen year olds in front of him. The other one spun in circles. This confused The Hunter. Suddenly it hit him! The Soul Mage was in a hidden area! The Hunter glowered; he would not be able to finish his mission until he found her. He turned his horse around roughly; so roughly that the girl’s limp body almost fell off. The Hunter smirked as he studied her features. Her long raven hair lying across her face, so dark it made her pale face look as though it shined against it. Though it did not look like an unhealthy shine; rather a beautiful and mysterious quality. The Hunter knew that she had elf in her. He continued on. But what did not know was that the boy stayed unconscious for only a few seconds after he was placed on the horse. He looked through his eyes, which he opened only enough so that he could see and watched. He was an Analyzer. And with the ancient blood of the River Elves and the solemn wisdom of the Druids from which he was born to, the boy was able to take in and memorize their route. This was the Hunter’s one mistake. If he had gone a yard further he would have passed through the force field that guarded the Soul Mage. Thus the Shade would be able to awaken all three of the magics inside of them; leaving the resistance utterly defenseless. Furthermore, The Hunter did not bother to cripple the boy’s senses using the power of the rod. Had done so, the boy would not have woken till the next morning. Obliterating any chance of being able to find their way back to their friends. The Hunter took one last look at the girl before moving out. He decided that when he delivered them, he would ask the shade if he could keep her after her magic was drained. And with that final thought in mind The Hunter left. Leaving the two people in the Hidden area oblivious to what had happened just a few feet from their location. thanks! more

Resolved Question: Do you believe in ghosts?

Hey people...you won't believe this but my sister took a picture of her kids and in the back of it (in her passageway) there is a very unclear image of an unrecognisable "grayish white" child. She took more pictures (at a later date of her cats) and in the passage the image came up again but much clearer. It was the image of a little girl but ten times clearer. Obviously it was quite scary but because I wasn't there I found it hard to believe. Then one day my sister and a friend came around (to my house) and we were taking LOTS of pictures and the little girl was next to my sister. My cat started following something around the room with her eyes and head looking from left to right and I told my sister to take pictures of where my cat was looking. An image of a woman (who kinda looked like my nan) came up twice. It was really really scary. So my sister took a picture of me and behind me was a whispery image of a body shape. We took a picture of our friend and she seemed to have a hooded looking figure near her (although this one was the least clearest) Then we took a picture of my brothers girlfriend who walked in and she seemed to have a ghost sort of attached to her shoulder. This totally scared the hell out of us. Then my cat went mad and attacked my sister really badly and we had to confine my cat. We took a picture of my cat when she was going mad and although there was no light (because she ran under a table) there was a picture of that same original little girl under the table. The next day we were going to upload the pictures and all of them were gone. Even the original two pictures of the little girl. Luckily we had already put those two pictures on facebook. So we had some evidence left. After that we tried to forget about the ghosts because we were losing sleep. Then one night after a party (at my sisters) I was laying in a bed with my two gay mates downstairs and everyone was asleep around 5am and we heard a terribly scary dragging sound upstairs. Now I cannot get it out of my mind. Could I please have a point of view from everyone. Religious Scientific Spiritualism And don't be mean to me because franky I'm not insane or imagining things if I have witnesses. If you don't believe me message my inbox Jessicagandoff@yahoo.com and I'll send you a link of the two original images.These pictures were taken with an iphone.It's not my official email but thanks :) more

Resolved Question: 1920's Murder Mystery Costume?

So me and my friends have decided to have a 1920's murder mystery party where we'll have dinner then we'll set up scenes of which people will die and it will be a real mystery! The thing is, we will all dress up! And I was just looking for a costume to wear. Now I've searched for alot of things and i've found some white lace gloves and a layered net underslip, but I can't find any dresses or skirts that I like! I'm looking for something more posh than flapper, maybe a dull skirt with a simple pattern and a plain sleaveless top to tuck into the skirt, but I can't seem to find anything that looks right! Any help? more

Resolved Question: What do you think of a white man who only likes black people?

I know a white bloke, brought up in a white neighbourhood, who will only have black friends. He has a black wife, a black mistress, only watches films with black actors, only listens to music by black people and only has black friends. I find this wierd, I have friends from all over the place, listen to music from all over the place etc etc. Why would someone be so race specific?I'm black, btw. more

Resolved Question: How should I start my novel?

Julia Moris is a 21 year old PC in the police force. She starts off at a small station in a small villiage in somerset, where she lives with her father and her brother. Her mother died when she was 10 years old when she was stabbed in the street after a night out with friends. Julia also has a sister who is six years older than her, and after their mother died, she moved up to London to start life fresh because she didn't get on well with her father, and she left Julia behind. Julias father had become abusive towards Julia after her mother died, and her younger brother, Daniel, took after their father and got in trouble a lot because of truency and bullying. When Julia was sixteen, she was fed up with living with her abusive father, and moved in with her auntie Janice. Julia decided that when she was old enough, she wanted to become a police officer because of what happened to her mother. The type of crimes that Julia investigated at the small police station were crimes such as fights outside pubs, shoplifting and domestic abuse. One day, the station are told of a big drugs deal in a close by town are called in to help other stations. Julia is put undercover as a friend of one of the people involved in the drug deal. After the drugs deal, Julia is offered a transfer to a station in London, so she goes to live with her sister. When Julia first starts, she befriends PC's Liam Taylor and Lucinda White, and Seargent Joshua Winters. Julia feels under pressure as she has to investigate crimes such as GBH and ABH, rape, really big drug operations and fraud.. A few months after Julia finds herself in her first ever murder investigation which she finds very hard to cope with, but Liam, Lucinda and Josh all help her get through it. After the long and difficult muder investigation, Julia and the others go to the local pub, and to cope with the last few stressful days, she gets drunk. Because of being drunk, Julia tries to kiss Joshua but he refuses to kiss her back, the have a huge argument and Julia storms off. When she is halfway home, Julia decides that she can't wait to get home that she takes a shortcut through an alleyway. Julia meets two strangers who want to take advantage of her, they fall on the floor and she gets stabbed. Joshua and Liam find her, and she gets to the hospital and they are told that she is critical. She is in a coma for three days, she then becomes stable and regains conciousnous. How do you think I should start it??? Julia waking up in the morning?? In the police station?? During an investigation?? What do you think?? more

Resolved Question: i had a dream about a dog, can you help to interpret it?

i was going for a walk with to girl friends, none of them good friends, just acquaintances, one is my class mate and the other someone i met two months ago but haven't seen since. the only thing they have in common is that both have given up in their relationships and i am still in one. ok, we are walking by the sea shore and find that the path is interrupted by building works. i can see that there is no one and that it is not long before the path continues again so i propose to cross the barrier and cross the building site. they are not very convinced but at the end they accept. we start crossing, i'm going faster and suddenly i realised that there are people living in what is already finished of the building. in that moment appears the dog. is small, black an very tranquil. he comes and sticks to me, is like friendly but is so close that it really calls my attention. i look back and see my friends trying to pass the stones and beams... i tell them to go faster and i continue trying not to be seen by the people in the house. the dog has his nose against my leg all the time. he is looking at me as trying to transmit me something. i arrive to the gate on the other side and tell the girls to be faster, suddenly i see a white dog with them, the dog starts running fast and happy towards me. i am holding the gate with one hand and the chest of the black door with the other hand he wants to come with me but i am worried that he is the dog of the people and i do not want him to get lost. at the same time that my friends arrive i close the gate the dog looks at me with sad but tranquil eyes and i awake. can anyone help me to interpret? that dog is in my mind since i had the dream. somehow i think is important more

Resolved Question: Isn't it always bigoted to blame human behaviour on biology?

Inspired by a quote on my previous question "It's important to make a distinction between a finding of evolutionary biology, and a bigot's extrapolation of it." But when is it ever not bigoted to blame someone's behaviour on their biology? For example - biological determinism has been used to explain... Why white people are intellectually superior to black people. Why working class people are inferior to upper class people. Why men have more rights than women. Why men are more aggressive and likely to commit rape. Why women are more peaceful and thus better leaders. Why western countries are rich and powerful whilst African and Asian populations starve. Why the Irish 'deserved' to suffer the potato famine. And many more equally offensive statements (long history of eugenics, racism and sexism). So my question is - when is it *not* bigoted to say that someone's success / failure was caused by their genes? Or is it always the case that this argument is used to justify oppression of some groups of people, and superiority of other groups of people? What are your thoughts? :-)The Lorax - that is incorrect I'm afraid - sociologists would always look for social explanations of inequality, not biological ones :-)Bluebeard's Wife - "What about abortion? Why are low income women encouraged to abort their children? Are they less worthy of breeding because they are poor? Why are there are a disproportionate amount of abortion clinics in black neighborhoods in the US?" I think you are trying to extrapolate US specifics onto a nature / nurture argument. In the UK, the better the area you live in, the better the medical facilities (including abortion). Does this mean that the UK is practicing eugenics against the rich? :-)Annie - if genes = sporting success, then why aren't all black people sprinting champions? I am thinking that diet, exercise and opportunity are what gave Linford Christie his success, thus environment makes the difference, even where people have genes which may or may not predispose them to physical attributes :-) more

Resolved Question: Fed up of being in Pain, HELP ME PLEASE!?!?

I am fed up of being in pain. Normally, I cope but tonights just horrible. I have had differing diagnoses of stuff thats wrong with my back all the time: one says I have torticollis, the other says I have Scoliosis. They're entirley different medical conditions, I cant have both, can I? I am, or try to be an athlete, and being unable to excersize kills me. I just went to the gym and think my shoulder subluxed. I heard it and felt it pop out, but It didnt stay out which it normally would for a disolcation. Now I am unable to kayak for ages. I cant even raise my arm to chest height. I did my DEA Gold last year, but nearly got pulled out cos I was seeing white spots infront of my eyes and was in so much pain, sheer determination got me through then, and I wish I could find it again now. I've put on weight ==> Im 5 foot 2 and now 9 stone 5. I feel like a beast, and honest to god, I would die at the end of tommorow if someone offered my a chance to do it without my neck and shoulders killing me. I know my pain isnt the worst out there, I know people are suffering with chronic cancer but to a young person who wants to be active but feels like an old lady, but it feels like the worst pain in the world to me. I have people laugh at me and say, "back problems, at your age, you want to wait until you get a bit older love". And Im like, honest to god, in so much pain now I dont know if I want to. Can someone who has suffered from pain please give me some advice, or tell me where I can go to get proper help, not conflicting diagnosis. Please help me.Cilly Buggah: Thanks, I already have, I changed to a desktop because of my back Simon G: I already did. All they do is tell me different things and give me drugs which don't work more

Resolved Question: How big is a 12 week old fetus roughly?

Hi all, ok had a scan of my baby yesterday (it was a rescan as last week they could not find the nasal bone and said the heart beat was a little fast, soo naturally i was worried sick and depressed until they did the rescan yesterday- though everything turned out absolutely fineee!!! They said sometimes the baby's nasal bone cannot be found straight away due to the baby's descent- my baby is half nigerian, half white- as African/ Asian people tend to have flatter noses. Also the heart rate was normal this time, they said because the baby was moving so much last time that is probably why it was higher than normal) Anyway, the crown rump length of my baby yesterday was 65.5mm, though i dont own a ruler at the moment and i am terrible at maths- can anybody PLEASE give me a comparison as to what size it is roughly?? (I.e the size of an apple, standard szed remote control etc, etc- just anything that will give me a clue??) I am very curious and beginning to feel excited about the pregnancy and the baby now i know everything is perfectly OK!! Thank you very much in advance, God Bless! =] ~x~I am going to buy a ruler very soon, hopefully over the weekend =] more

Resolved Question: Is this prolouge and start of my first chapter good?

I am a 13 year old girl and I am writing a fantasy/mystery story. It will be in 1st person and will have 2 main characters who will have a chapter each. This is my first draft. Here is the prologue and the start of the first chapter, can you give me your opinion on it please? Sorry for bad grammar it's not my strong point. Thanks x "So, will you do it or not?" Dave asked, his eyes were boring into me. I didn't know what to do, me and my wife, Grace had been having money problems lately and this could solve everything. But it's against the law my better judgement told me. I took a big breath. "How much?" "You won't get your money until you have done what I ask, but it will be a lot. At least 2,000 dollars." I let out a big breathful of air, that amount of money could solve all of our problems and more. Dave knew I needed the money that's why he was asking me to do his dirty work. Dave was my boss, one of the richest men in Ohio, you could tell by looking at him. He was clean cut with his dark brown hair gelled back from his eyes, he was wearing a suit that probably cost the same amount of money as my car. His office was exactly the same, there was a window at the far end of the large room that took up the full wall and looked over onto the streets below, he had a large mahogany desk piled high with paper work and a sleek black laptop sat exactly in the centre of it. I was standing next to a very large potted plant that kept swaying in the breeze coming through the open window. "Okay." I sighed "I'll do it, but just this one time, if you ask me again I'll say no." Dave grinned showing of his dazzling white teeth, "You have made a very good decision Ryan, but if you betray me you'll be sorry." The venom of his words sent a shiver up my spine. "Your free to go, and I wan you to work late tonight to make up the time you have lost talking to me." My hand was twitching, ready to puch him, but I managed to make my feet move and slowly walk out of the room. Chapter 1 - Ryan Ding Dong. The sound of the doorbell made me jump, the house was eerily quiet and it was unusual, Grace was away at a job interview so I was on my own. l got up and went to the front door, I could see a tall and lean sillouete through the frosted glass window on the door. I peeped through spy hole and froze, it was Dave, oh god he was ment to be coming tomorro, I had everything planned out. When Grace came home I was going to tell her that we were going on holiday, of coarse we wouldn't be it was a plan to get away form Dave. He rang the doorbell again repeatedly, he was getting mad "Open the door Ryan, I know your in there." I felt physically sick with fear, he was going to kill me I could see it in his eyes. Grace, was the only thought in my mind as I ran into the kitchen pulling open doors and cupboards, I had to write her a letter saying how sorry I was and giving her instructions. I eventually found a pen and started writing frantically. Grace, I was going to miss her so much, I went back to the front door. I am so sorry Grace I whispered before opening the door. Dave was standing on the doorstep, he was mad. "Were have you been?" He spat. "Sorry. I was in the shower." "You know I don't like waiting." He brung up his fist and slammed it into my face, I wasn't expecting it, my nose burst open and blood spaterred all over the door. Dave went inside his jacket and brought out a small gun, I couldn't draw my eyes away from it as he brought to my forehead and pushed me inside. I gulped and walked back slowly. "You betrayed me Ryan, and you know what happens to people who betray me." There was a bang and I felt excrucitating pain as the bullet entered my left temple. I will always love you Gra ...- Is this anygood? more

Resolved Question: Does this sound like a good start to a novel?

I'd like to write a novel based on magic and mystical creatures. I know people say to start with a plot, characters, story boards etc. but I'm planning to do that bit next. For now I just wrote what was in my head, let it all flow out. Does this sound like a good start to a novel? Is it interesting enough for me to carry on writing? Constructive criticism only please =) Lips feet were sore. The coarse brown mesh that layered his boots rubbed against his ankles. The magic laced material did wonders at protecting his feet from the icy chill of winters snow, but left his feet red raw from the chafing. Without looking he knew there would be a blistery sore swelling his feet, burning a path and winding its way up his leg. Much to match the one from yesterday. But better this, he thought, than to lose both feet to the fate of a frozen winter. A criminally painful experience he had been told. With a small shudder Lip brought his mind forward to survey the dense snow laden woods surrounding him. A familiar and peaceful sight. He had taken this journey many times before and it had always been one of thorough enjoyment. Trees of all kinds submerged the area. From deep rooted trees three, even four time the size of men, to trees no smaller than a babe. In the middle of Spring their leaves envelope the sky like a blanket of colour, deep auburns and greens. Overlapping each other, each fighting to reach the sun. But during the dead of winter the leaves were fallen, swept away to be replaced with a sheet of glistening white. Not that this bothered Lip, he found the winter just as inviting. Twisting to his left, Lip followed the path he had travelled times before, hidden deep below the snow. The track took a steady slope upwards, towards a distant hill. Not long left he thought, soon he would be at the house. It had taken him surprisingly less time than usual to trek the woods. Stretching, he rose a foot over a fallen log just ahead, slipping slightly but just enough to cause a burning sensation at the ball of his ankle. The pain seared. Once again he began to doubt the mesh was a good idea at all, but then none of his brother’s cloves had fallen before. Oh and thanks for taking the time to read it. more

Voting Question: Constipation & bad breath with other symptoms, please help!!?

I have been constipated for the past 5 years & have really bad breath. I have a white coating on my tongue & always have a metallic taste in my mouth. I brush & floss my teeth twice a day & use a tongue scraper as I have a thick white coating. My dentist said my teeth & gums are ok so I know its not that. I constantly feel bloated & feel of gas. My apetite has up so much I crave sugary food & never feel full up. I drink plenty of water & ive been taking a colon cleanse (probiotics) for a few weeks now. My head feels foggy & I find it hard to concertate & sometimes I get quite dizzy. Ive been to my doctor alot about this but he says its a yeast infection & gives me anti fungal tablets which dont seem to help. I brush my teeth with baking soda & gargle with hydrogen peroxide 3% but that only masks the smell, it doesnt take it away. I have lost all my confidence & its affecting my relationship. My main concern is having bad breath as its affecting my social life as I dont like to go out incase people smell it. Has anyone had this problem before & if so all advice would be grateful. Thank youThanks for your advice, I have been tested for diabetes but its not that either. more

Resolved Question: Sexual harassment at work?

I am relatively young and successful with a job I am very good at and proud to have. Due to my position within the company I am assigned a select number of subordinates to carry out menial tasks which I cannot carry out. However, the other day my superior took me into his office, where I was greeted with the head of HR, and was told that they had received a sexual harassment complaint against me. During discussions I was informed that I could face automatic dismissal if found culpable. I have a suspicion that this has been made by the black girl in my office, who I strongly believe is a cheap labour immigrant, just looking for money as I have shown no interest in these types of people or immigrants whatsoever as my health is very important to me. Obviously I do not think there is a case here and would be extremely surprised if anyone took her seriously especially since I have dated a couple of the girls at work and they have all been white for the obvious reasons. However, if they do somehow see a case (The head of HR is a spanish/mexican looking guy and they tend to stick together) and dismiss me, is this legal without previous warnings? more

Resolved Question: Please read this and help me?

Please could you find a biased quote for the side of prision does not work and explain what the quote means. Prison does not work. We know that Why do we send more and more there? It doesn't look good Buzz up! Digg it Roger Graef Society Guardian, Monday 5 February 2001 13.54 GMT Article historyWho said that the level of civilisation in any society should be judged by how it treated its weakest members, such as those left forgotten in prison? What government declared that prison was "an expensive way to make bad people worse"? These are not the words of do-gooding, woolly liberal Guardian readers who care more about the rights of criminals than victims. The first was said by Winston Churchill, then home secretary, calling for parliament to respond to the need for prison reforms. Crucially, he urged that we never give up hope on the capacity of the human heart to change. The second comes from a white paper published by another Conservative home secretary, David Waddington, in 1990 under Margaret Thatcher. The prison population fell under those Tories, from over 50,000 to 40,000. The subsequent Criminal Justice Act of 1991 ordered sentencers to use prison as "a last resort", and to give reasons why it was necessary for "serious offences". But that required judges, magistrates, and ministers to face up to the primordial British love of punishment - so vividly expressed daily in our tabloids. And from Kenneth Clarke onwards, they flunked it. As a result, our prisons are now overflowing with half again as many people as only a decade ago. By 2005, the population may have doubled to 90,000. And these are "our" prisons. People are sent to fester behind bars in such numbers using our precious taxes, for our protection and in an attempt to win our votes. When we read the immensely sad stories in this newspaper during the past week, or hear the savage indictment of Brixton prison conditions by Gen Sir David Ramsbotham, Her Majesty's inspector, we cannot merely shake our heads and move on to worrying about where we will take our children skiing at half term. The vast majority of the people now behind bars will be emerging in due course. If they have TB, we will breathe their germs on tubes and buses. If they are mentally ill, they will become our problem soon enough. If they are untrained and unemployable, it is our houses and cars they will be ransacking for saleable goods. If they go in for modest offences, and emerge angrier and better skilled both at heavier crimes and avoiding detection, prison will not have "worked" for the rest of us. Moreover as Emrys James and David Wilson both pointed out, these people are not a sub-race, but people like us, with the same complex feelings, the same urges, vices, restlessness and dreams. Research shows that offending is widespread among all social classes, especially among teenagers and young adults. The difference is who gets caught. The appalling vista laid out in the Guardian's investigation is so bleak it is tempting to believe nothing can be done. But the experience of Grendon is inspiring: the 40 years it took to build a second one tells us more about our love of punishment than our concern for redemption and community safety. Restorative justice operates in the wing communities in Grendon in ways that could change the whole culture of the prison service: complaints and discipline, bullying and many other grievances that now add to the sense of injustice both from inmates and staff would be far better settled through mediation, in which both parties can feel involved. Moreover, mediation and reparation with their victims brings home to offenders the real consequences of their actions while prison makes them feel victimised. If the government is committed to "what works" as its guide for criminal justice policy and crime reduction, then it must bite the bullet and face down public ignorance and vindictiveness which now places prison as the main option, and all else as an alternative to prison. It should again be a last resort. Safety does require some people to be locked up. Prison can lead damaged people to reconsider their lives and learn new skills, take new options. The arts in prison are especially effective both as tools for expression beyond violence and as a route to education and social skills. They too suffer from lack of staff and resources. But to work effectively with those who need to be incarcerated, the prison service must be freed from the disastrous burden of those who could be dealt with effectively and far less expensively in the community. Moreover, for the vast majority of inmates, the loss of local connections with family, job and home sentences them again to return to crime. Is that really why we are spending so much in scarce financial and human resources, and destroying so many families in the process - to increase future crime? The real scandal of prison is that by Churchill's test we are u more

Resolved Question: Why haven't i gone to church for months?

Last year i used to go my church regularly and religiously. It's a local Christian church with mostly white working/middle class people. I like my church and i attend to learn and get closer to god. But me and my mum have always felt that some of the members are a bit reclusive. It seems they only assert themselves with certain members and find it hard to integrate with new members. I'm 18 and i have made a few church friends and i used to attend the church's youth club. But i didn't feel comfortable or accepted by the youth. The youth workers and other staff in my church are friendly,but is it because they have to. Anyway since around September my attendance dipped and since then I've hardly attended. Why is this?I believe in god and i like church,so why don't i attend. I spend my Sunday sleeping or chilling but in the back of my head i feel guilty. I tell myself i'll go the next week but i never do. Why is this and how do i change my thinking. And i often hear my inner thoughts telling me to forget church or go back to sleep.lol.This is a serious question so give me serious answers. All atheists and devil lovers go and play some where else! more

Resolved Question: tenants rights, what can i do?

ok here goes! ive been living in a property now for 8weeks and despite having several problems and them being short term fixed i have a few questions that i need answers for but don't know where to turn! as we have had such a bad winter the maisonette im living in is like and indoor water feature! its a 2 bed ground floor with 4 people and 2dogs living in it. the day we moved in was the day the problems started, we had noticed that the windows in all bedrooms and living room had steamed up then after a few days the water just started pouring from the windows (like it was raining on the inside), i tryed several things like window seal de huminidfiers, table salt pots, wiping them down daily, but nothing seems to work. weve even opened windows when the kids are in another room but even that dont clear them. waking up to puddles on the window seals has become a pain as it started dripping onto the floor so ive now got bath towels on all the window seals! due to the water inside the front door and also the porch door had started to swell so the land lord had come round on several occasions and shaved the wood down so the door could shut! so come the summer the doors will now swing open!!!! the most worrying thing of all is the mould! when pulling the sofa out the whole wall and back of the sofa was covered in mould as well as a book unit i have to! the mould was black, green, white, red and fluffy so had been there a while. i informed the land lord who advised to clean with bi carbonate of soda. same happened in the wardrobe the botom of it plus everything inside was also blanketed with mould.After removing a coat also from the porch the coats were also covered in mould and several items had been so damaged they had to be thrown away. since cleaning all of this the mould has returned and is now starting to damage the property to which the land lord is aware. The agent and landlord advised to use a de humidfier which we have done but un fortunatly it has not worked! when i took the agreement out it was with an agent, i wouldnt acecept a contract without one as and agent is extra security if anything goes wrong and i cant contact the landlord (which has happened several occasions) as of yesterday the landlord had sacked the agents which im extreamly not happy about! i expressed my feelings to the landlord who said that i could move out if he had another tenenat moving in. when i asked when i could moved he simply said " i dont know when someone else wants to move in you can move out" he seems to think that the estate agents will find him a new tenant despite sacking them?!!! what id like to know is if i have any rights in getting out of the tenancy, i signed the tenancy with the agent not with the landlord and now the agent is no longer nothing to do with it is the tanancy still legal! just to clarifiy i have also had environmental health in who are monitoring the state of the property and trying to contact the land lord to help but again he will not answer the phone. sorry for the klong post but i dont know what to do or where to go. thank you more

Resolved Question: How often is it to find a Blizzard Leopard gecko in a Petshop.?

Well, I barely have any breeders near me and would feel alot more comfortable with buying it from a pet shop, Problem is im DIEING for a Pure white blizzard leopard gecko [yes i am very picky, Sorry if it offends people, I prefer 1 colour ones], The nearest pet shops near me are Pampurred pets and Pets at Home, Just wanted to see if any of you have seen Blizzards in any of them, If so how common is it? Thanks :PI know, Breeders would be my first choice but my parents dont like the fact of an animal being in a cardboard box for a long time, So it looks like i may have to go with a normal which isnt bad, i just thought it'd be interesting to have a different morphDid i mention i live in portsmouth in the uk, more

Resolved Question: What are these masonic jewels and clothing? Does Masonic memorabilia have a collectors value?

I have just inherited a large amount of masons memorabilia from my late grandad. I am extremely proud to be able to have it and want to pass it on to my children (when i have them!) so they can see what their great grandad was part of. I understand the masons is quite private and that some people have said maybe these things should have been returned to the differing lodges after he passed but i asked my grandma if i could have them as i knew they were important to my grandad. There are basically lots of differing aprons and sashes and around 9 different medals or 'jewels' which vary in size colour and detail. a lot of the things are engraved with my grandads details and all are hallmarked gold or silver. there is also lots of paperwork, minutes, letters and certificates. white gloves and a case to keep it all in. some of the jewels are in cases. I am interested to find out moe about them ie what each represents and if they are worth anything to maybe get them insured if needed. Does anyone know how i can identify the different pieces or get a valuation? once again i must stress i do not want to sell these just find out more about them thankyou for any help you can give. dates on the items range from 1960-1980Hiya thankyou to everyone so far for taking the time to answer :) i just thought i would add i have looked on ebay and a bit online before posting this question and the jewelary he had is much more elaborate (and longer) than those ive been able to find. I would be happy to email photos to anybody who whould be able to identify things for me? I know i am asking alot but thought i would try! The paperwork is all specifiacally addressed to my grandad or written by him/awarded to him so i feel happy to keep it in our family :) more

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