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MY VIEW: Do not forget the lives lost to Katrina - Everything Alabama Blog

lives ultimately lost around the country are believed to be significant ... and huddled with close relatives who sought shelter in our Birmingham home. We paced and prayed. Now, five years later, with some residents ...

Relatives attend custody hearing - msnbc.com

Terry Dusseault III lost his mother in 2002 and his father, Terry Dussealut Jr. is in jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault dlevinsky@phillyBurbs.com609-871-8154mchiappardi@phillyBurbs.com609-871-8054MOUNT ...

You've lost so much weight! - About - News & Issues

GAA I NEED TO RANT: I was borderline overweight at 145 pounds, and lost 30 by careful calorie counting in a healthy manner, over the span of 10 months. Now when my old relatives or teachers see me, all they do is ...

Some Katrina Evacuees Long For What They Lost - NPR News

... relatives — and their 14 children ... I just told everybody I know that I lost all my cookbooks. If you have any you don't need give to me and I have a whole shelf full of them. And it's sweet, it's sweet.

Fund to aid family who lost girl in fire - Raleigh News & Observer

relatives and neighbors. The fund is called the 10-33 Fund (10-33 is radio code for "emergency, help needed immediately at this location"). Checks should be made payable to Emergency Chaplains 10-33 and mailed to P.

Relatives weep as they bury Philippine policeman in hostage drama that killed 8 HK tourists - Minneapolis Star Tribune

... relatives and friends on Saturday buried a dismissed Philippine policeman who took a busload ... all his decorations lost their meaning," Philippine National Police spokesman Agrimero Cruz said Friday.

Relatives of Lockerbie victims marry in NJ - msnbc.com

Stratis lost her father, Elia, in the 1988 bombing over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.Chris' father had married a Lockerbie widow and he grew up with her three children whose father died in the bombing that killed ...

Lockerbie Love: Victims Relatives to Wed - FOXNews (blog)

Around Christmas time when she was just seven years old, Sonia Stratis lost her father in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. "I just remember...hearing them say that my ...

Relatives of Lockerbie victims marry in New Jersey - NJ.com

The 28-year-old bride lost her father, Elia ... crowd of about 230 at the Montvale Evangelical Free Church included about two dozen other relatives of Lockerbie victims. The couple also received a note from President ...

"Everything is lost, I'm left with nothing." Help Pakistan. - DAILY KOS

He lost 44 relatives. Forty-four. In one big wave. "I lost 44 relatives in the floods, their bodies have still not been found," Muhammad says. "They included women, children, young men, and one was an aged man.

Open Question: Will a Sony Vaio PCG-K45 be able to run Windows vista or Windows 7 with a Pentium 4 3.2ghz processor/1gb ram?

I just picked one of these up from a relative and I'm about to upgrade it from 512mb to 1 gb of RAM. That is the max it can handle according to specs. I'm doing this in hopes speeding it up because it is really slow as is with XP. Will it be capable of running either OS mentioned above more efficiently, or do I have to stick with Windows XP home which it has on it? Also, is the RAM going to help it as I hope or is it a lost cause?? Thanks for any help! more

Open Question: Physics question! Vectors!?

I'm lost...could you please explain? On a safari, a team of naturalists sets out toward a research station located 7.0 km away in a direction 42° north of east. After traveling in a straight line for 2.1 km, they stop and discover that they have been traveling 26° north of east, because their guide misread his compass. What are the magnitude and direction (relative to due east) of the displacement vector now required to bring the team to the research station? more

Open Question: Please answer. I have a bunch of messed up relatives and cousins. What do you think?

I had a problem with a lot of my cousins. Just to tell you I never intend on harming anyone or cursing or ridiculing anyone. My primary intention is to just laugh , make others happy and to spend time with people who "care" about me. I had a tough time in my senior year of high school because I had social anxiety. But in college i was totally better, in fact i was a person who many people could count on to be spoken to. Anyway, I had this one cousin who use to punch me and curse at me alot. He called me names like "dumb ****, weird ****, *****, all sorts of things." last year when we went to six flags, he also was like that. He never acted good to me. No.. he told me to hold his suit coat for him and get him pepsi. His sister use to harrass me on fb, she said things like "YOU have no taste in music, JAY SEAN SUCKS. Why do you play farmville? I told you its STUPID." And in person she never even talks to me. Shes 14 or 15 or watever but I don't really care, thats no excuse. I could understand someone younger than me trying to bust my chops by trying to joke around, I'm not stupid im a person I could tell when someone jokes around. But when Someone treats me like a stranger and then ridicules me online, and doesn't even treat me with respect when I try talking to her, what can i do? I cursed at her, i told her "**** you, and you are ugly." And what happens? She cries to her brother like a coward, haven't you known that she never confronted me once. And her brother tells my other 22 yr old cousin. My 22 yr old cousin spoke to me for like 20 min and I refused to apologize to my girl co usin. Why should I? Why should I be put in a situation where i should say sry? She and her brother were the real villians, because they started this situation. And then my 22 yr old cousin starts to say things like "I lost all respect for you. If you want to act like a true american go ahead. and crap like that." And then he spreads rumors to others that i have depression and I am taking medication for psychological treatment. And you know hes supposedly muslim. Spreading false rumors about someone is called back biting in islam. Whatever, and then all my other cousins talk to each other, my 22 yr old cousin and 2 other people said on a conversation "Hes really sick. Hes a freak, crazy people need to be left alone." And you know?? It was 3 people who were saying that about me. I was horrified and laughing at the same time, how could people who invite me to ramadan iftaris capable of doing such things? And then all the girls on my side start ignoring me, people give me dirty looks when I see them. I honestly did not even intend on hurting anyone from the start. People can say nasty things about me, and when i try to defend myself or question their antics, no one responds, they just cut off from me. So, I have no emotions right? Initially i never really was close to these people, but still I was with them when my 28 yr old cousin's marriage was going on. I know i don't kno them, but what gives them the right to be like that? I don't really take any of this to heart, because I know I am a good person. But I just want other peoples' views about this situation. Please let me know what you think, and did i honestly do anything wrong? All I really did was delete a couple of my girl and male cousins off fb, because I was getting threatening fb messages. What was I to do? Please let me know what you think. Thanks.Hamza, if you have nothing useful to contribute why do you waste your time answering this question? You just make yourself look bad and very unlikable. i also reported your response. try again k?yeah that girl cousin of mine actually blocked me off fb. she has some serious issues. she hides from me and harrasses me online. its very weird, i think shes gonna have major problems with dealing with people. more

Open Question: I want to lose weight. Is the lemon detox diet worth doing?

One of my relatives said that he lost 3kgs for just doing the detox diet... However he only ate like very very very very small amounts of food. Is this diet recommended? I'm scared because it's hard to avoid delicious foods, chocolate donuts and lollies. more

Open Question: Being abused/ kicked out, do I have the law on my side?

I moved to a elderly relatives house with my mother; the relative needed help, my mother wanted to help and I wanted to move. We were invited to the household miles and miles away and spent all the money we had traveling there. For nine months it has been hell, the relative initiated arguments and sought pleasure out of abusing us, has said very mixed, strange, and untrue accusations and flung insults. My relative is a disgusting creature and to my surprise, has been it's entire life (hundreds of people can back that up). There has been unnecessary argument after unnecessary argument and mistreatment of myself and my mother (nothing physical, yet). She made a promise we had a place to stay but has ripped the welcome mat clean from under our feet and wants us out, we are not in a financial situation to do so. Overall she is the owner but had made a promise we'd stay as long as we needed to but went back on that by attempting to kick us out and playing mind games on us. I have lost the weight, sanity, comfort, security, and hygiene I needed (fyi- I became immensely underweight since I've moved in). My question is do I have law on my side? I mean she can holler "elderly abuse" all she wants but she will get caught in her lies, it happened when she called the cops on us for no reason. I just want there to be a way that I or my mother could take her to court and set her straight, she thinks she is being a good person by being irrational and cruel like hitler. I heard something today that clicked in my head in my political science class but it wasn't exactly clear, maybe equity is the central stance I could take (she made a promise, took back on it), it wasn't in writing though but it was verbally agreed and I did video tape her admitting it during one of the arguments along with her insanity. more

Open Question: Is it possible that your feelings for your bf could be lost for temporary manner but will come back?

I use to love a girl alot and she too use to love me alot we were together for 3 years,she was living with her parents in a small family consisting of 5 people but she went back to her hometown (where i also live) to meet her coznz and family here she got so much busy in family members,she use to visit daily at one of her relative's place and use to go out to watch movies and shopping stuff...and after a week she kind of started ignoring me to some extent.the reason she gave was that i m busy in family, also i got tired due to so much of moving around that at night i feel very sleepy so cant talk to you for long hours...but i continued to ask her to give me sometime and due to which we were having disputes for 4 weeks and i was using some harsh language too but it was normal as we had disputes like these many times but the difference was this time we were having them every 2nd day and also she was busy in her family,one day she broke up with me the reason she gave was that "i have lost feelings for you and i m fed up of you" now um confused i asked her you never told me that you have lost feelings for me or your feelings are declining for me she replied "because i never want to broke up as we were having relationship for quite a long time" Now um confused i want to ask you that what do you think if a person got fed up due to daily disputes then its possible that due to such condition that person could lost feelings for temporary manner but the feelings can come back? also does her busy routine also has to do something with her feelings as she was meeting her coznz for the first time in her life? more

Open Question: Messed up relatives and cousins. What do you think?

I had a problem with a lot of my cousins. Just to tell you I never intend on harming anyone or cursing or ridiculing anyone. My primary intention is to just laugh , make others happy and to spend time with people who "care" about me. I had a tough time in my senior year of high school because I had social anxiety. But in college i was totally better, in fact i was a person who many people could count on to be spoken to. Anyway, I had this one cousin who use to punch me and curse at me alot. He called me names like "dumb fuck, weird fuck, bitch, all sorts of things." last year when we went to six flags, he also was like that. He never acted good to me. No.. he told me to hold his suit coat for him and get him pepsi. His sister use to harrass me on fb, she said things like "YOU have no taste in music, JAY SEAN SUCKS. Why do you play farmville? I told you its STUPID." And in person she never even talks to me. Shes 14 or 15 or watever but I don't really care, thats no excuse. I could understand someone younger than me trying to bust my chops by trying to joke around, I'm not stupid im a person I could tell when someone jokes around. But when Someone treats me like a stranger and then ridicules me online, and doesn't even treat me with respect when I try talking to her, what can i do? I cursed at her, i told her "Fuck you, and you are ugly." And what happens? She cries to her brother like a coward, haven't you known that she never confronted me once. And her brother tells my other 22 yr old cousin. My 22 yr old cousin spoke to me for like 20 min and I refused to apologize to my girl co usin. Why should I? Why should I be put in a situation where i should say sry? She and her brother were the real villians, because they started this situation. And then my 22 yr old cousin starts to say things like "I lost all respect for you. If you want to act like a true american go ahead. and crap like that." And then he spreads rumors to others that i have depression and I am taking medication for psychological treatment. And you know hes supposedly muslim. Spreading false rumors about someone is called back biting in islam. Whatever, and then all my other cousins talk to each other, my 22 yr old cousin and 2 other people said on a conversation "Hes really sick. Hes a freak, crazy people need to be left alone." And you know?? It was 3 people who were saying that about me. I was horrified and laughing at the same time, how could people who invite me to ramadan iftaris capable of doing such things? And then all the girls on my side start ignoring me, people give me dirty looks when I see them. I honestly did not even intend on hurting anyone from the start. People can say nasty things about me, and when i try to defend myself or question their antics, no one responds, they just cut off from me. So, I have no emotions right? Initially i never really was close to these people, but still I was with them when my 28 yr old cousin's marriage was going on. I know i don't kno them, but what gives them the right to be like that? I don't really take any of this to heart, because I know I am a good person. But I just want other peoples' views about this situation. Please let me know what you think, and did i honestly do anything wrong? All I really did was delete a couple of my girl and male cousins off fb, because I was getting threatening fb messages. What was I to do? Please let me know what you think. Thanks.they aren't my family. my real family are my parents and my bro... i just ponder how these people who invited me since i was a baby could do these things. more

Open Question: Conservatives, please explain how a 55,000 sq. ft. Mall built directly on Ground Zero honors and respects...?

Those who lost their lives on that spot on 9/11? Conservatives are all upset about a Muslim cultural center/mosque being built 2 blocks away yet you don't hear a word from them about the fact that a 55,000 sq. ft. mall will be built directly ON TOP of the exact spot where those 3000 Americans died. If this whole whine about the Mosque is about honoring and respecting the 3000 people who died on 9/11, along with having sympathy and compassion for the relatives of the victims, why is it none of you have a problem with a massive Mall being built on a site where there are still finding bits of bone and most likely being built on top of the ashes of the 9/11 victims? Do you think people shopping for booze or lingerie or stuffing their faces with a Subway sandwich directly on the spot where 3000 Americans lost their lives is a proper showing of respect? Do you understand that a massive Mall will have thousands of people a day shopping and stopping in any one of hundreds of bathrooms so they can take a dump on top of the remains of 9/11 victims is a proper way to honor the dead? Conservatives say their opposition to the mosque is not due to racism, they say it is about honoring and respecting the dead and the families of the victims...so explain how hundreds of people a day sitting on toilets taking a dump in a Mall built DIRECTLY on the spot where 3000 Americans died is showing them respect?"The MALL doesn't DISRESPECT the memory of the nearly 3000 that died." Really? Well I just cannot wait to visit that mall so I can take a dump on the exact spot where 3000 Americans lost their lives, nothing dis-respectful about that according to you...thanks!!!"So you're accusing a bunch of retailers of bringing the towers down?" No. I am interested in getting a spot inside of that mall for a video game arcade and pizza parlor. My ads will say : Bring the family down for some gaming fun and stuffing of pizza in your face directly on the spot where 3000 Americans died!! Give me your business, give me your money and I will give you a card that says "I ate pizza and had fun on the exact spot where 3000 Americans died!!" more

Open Question: Stubborn/Messed up parents Part 2?

what I learned off wikipedia- yes I spend all my free time reading about science, history and geography on wikipedia,they would sit down and have hours to chat with me about stuff i've learned. I've even consulted TWO mental health specialists and both of them has told me on numerous occasions that my emotional outbreaks and stuttering AREN'T MY FAULT, and told my parents that they should be more open with me. But they would say that these doctors are not professionals, and that they are wrong (WHAT!!!!)It became so extreme that my uncle moved away with his family without telling us where or giving us a phone number so that "he and his wife and children would not be affected by my parent's maniac personalities." So now, they started to "change", and strive for physical success- more exercising, instead of academic achievement. They've also yelled at me many times and call me "as stubborn as a mule"- (I don't even know why).But since I'm in full AP in high school and don't have a lot of free time, they don't believe me when I've told them that I am not that good physically because ever since I was little, they've only strived for academics and nothing else. I've also quoted many studies saying that the way you raise a children from birth to aadolescenceis most likely their personality later in life, and that it would be extremely difficult for me to change (especially with their closed and stubborn attitude still the same), but they would again say that studies are wrong. THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN AND STILL ARE, BAD PARENTS! And now, I've been having bouts of uncontrolled anger, and studies show that that is the result of couped up emotions, eespecially with teen hormones over the roof, but my parents would walk away or simply not listen, or threaten to cut my Internet and sell my computer because I wasn't using it for "academic purposes as intended." I've never been able to talk to my parents about ANYHING that relates to my feelings or emotions, and I am having serious sucidal thoughts- my parents don't believe that when I tell them, and they even said that THEY DIDN'T CARE IF I DIED OR NOT SO I SHOULDN'T TRY IT. All my uncles and rest of my relatives have pledged to help me, but even with almost daily confrontations, nothing worked. My parents have even forbidden me to contact an aunt who had a long and loud/screaming confrontation with my father about his ways. My grandparents are planning/prepping for a serious talk with my parents as well, but I've told them not to bother, because if ten years of talks as well as meetings with two different doctors didn't work, nothing would. I am now having servere bouts of depression and don't know what to do. I can't tell guidance or a teacher or else they might have to talk to my parents eventually. I'VE LOST ALL MOTIVATION FOR LIFE AND I JUST WANT TO DIE NOW! HELP! I'VE BEEN SPENDING THE LAST WEEK OF SUMMER VACATION JUST SLEEPING ALL DAY BECAUSE I AM SO DEPRESSED!By the way, part 1 is here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgBr2qe5cj6tlrxofzCoVYXty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100901083803AAAl5BcDo I do what I think is best and just ignore him when I think he's being irrational? Or do I just stay meek and opressed under this totalitarian rule of his until college? more

Open Question: Do Tiger Barbs loose their stripes when stressed?

My young lad choose a few Tiger Barbs to add to his aquarium, while at the store their color looked brilliant. Arriving home we were unbelievably surprised to see each of them had lost ALL of their stripes!!! It was within the next hour after floating them, then releasing them into the tank we could literally watch their color reappear before our eyes!!! Is it common for them to loose their stripes when stressed? They have all since adjusted with no further signs of concern. :) (Not sure if its relative or not but upon leaving the store with the fish in hand, there was a bit of commotion in the street with the police pulling over someone nearby, and we were jarred around a little as a passerby shoved out of the way, then we're a 20 minute drive from town.) more

Open Question: What weight should a 14 year old be?

I am 14 years old. I weigh 146 pounds and i'm 5'8. whenever I go out with my family, my mom's friends and my relatives tell me to lose weight, they compare me with my little sister 13 year old 5'4 113 pounds.. How should I lose weight and how much weight should I lose? I eat less than my sister and I exercise but nothing works.. Please help! thanks! more

Resolved Question: How to lose weight????????????

Hi. I'm 14yrs old, about 5'0 tall, and weight 150 pounds. My goal is to weight 120. for a month i did 40 sit ups everyday but i didn't lose weight. Instead i gain weight. I love meat and fruits but not much vegetables. I don't eat junk foods that much. Next year, i'm going to visit my relatives and they expect me to be skinnier than last year. I had tired of hearing for my parents "Stop being lazy and exercise" or "You should just skip dinner for your own good". As you know my family is very mean and can be hurtful to others for example me cuz i'm chubby. Tell me people! What is it that i'm doing wrong? if i had to jog/run, how long do i have to do it? Plz help me, i want to lose these weight! I had enough of insults that my relatives says to me! -Brandi more

Open Question: i need to get away from home fast! help!?

here is the situation i am 17. i have a little sister who is 15. my sister was in the custody of her father who was abusive in many ways, she came to live in MY hell more or less a year ago. keep in mind my mother does not have custody of my sister. two weeks ago my mother abandoned us by not coming home at all for over two weeks. not caring about weather or not we had groceries or means of getting them. now she wants to move me away from my school, friends, and guaranteed job. (i can start when i have my driving permit; which i will not get if i move.) i need to leave and fast i bet you are thinking simple. go to court. but i have no relatives that are willing to step up in court to help. i am lost. please. any advice would be GREAT! but please note that at this point i am not accepting "stick it out" as an option. thank you so much for your time. more

Resolved Question: What do you think about a guy who doesnt pursue women AT ALL?

Im 21 and recently decided to not pursue women at all anymore. Long story short, I had a good job for about two years, lost it, and lost all female 'friends' in the process. I also still live with my mother (I was about to move out until I lost my job). I cant deal with girls anymore because number one they want you to spend money on them and I have to be extremely frugal now that I have no job. Not to mention I sold my vehicle in order to save even more money. Also, my relationships with females usually center around (or atleast include) fornicating and Ive recently re-dedicated my life to the Lord and am born again Christian. So for the above reasons, I have absolutely no contact with the opposite sex at all anymore unless its a relative. Point is women like it when you have money and a car to atleast take them out, correct? I have neither. This makes women irrelevant for my life and pursuing them a pure waste of time Ive never met a woman who just wanted to be "friends" without doing ANY of the above@Victoria- Dont say stupid stuff that you made up out of the blue skyy. I think you dont believe in God so you dont understand people who do more

Resolved Question: Is Sculptisse safe for constant use?

After doing some research on this product I was hoping to find someone on here who has used it before or knows someone who has. I'm always a bit skeptical about what I use on my skin after losing a relative to skin cancer. If you can help me in anyway it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone. more

Open Question: My girlfriend is fed up of me.....and she thhought that she have no feelings for me ...is it timely or 4ever?

We both use to love eachother alot...and we were together for 3years ...she was living in aborad so we use to talk on phone and see eachother on cam and pics.she came to my city after 3 years as she were having relatives here she was going to meet them for the first time in her life..we both met to each other and she was very happy she said" it was her life's best decision to love me and she liked me in every aspect" thn she got busy in her family and started ignoring me due to which we were having disputes every 2nd day for 3 weeks .then suddenly out of blue she said one day that she want to boke up and the reason she gave was " um fed up ,i have lost feelings for you," i tried everything to get her back but she said "you are forcing me,and nobody can force anyone to love him " she stopped picking up my calls then i refrained from any type of contact for 5 days thn on 5th day i called her again she picked up the call on first attemp but her answer was same that she dont wana be with me and she dont miss me...for the whole month till she was in my city i tried everything to get her back but after 9 days of breakup she changed her cell number and id's and even blocked me from her facebook account thn i tried to contact her family members as few of them knew me but she also blocked me from there accounts...Now she is back to abroad and her cell number and landline number is on but i have not contacted her for 13 days...many people are advising me to give her space and time to miss you as she got fed up of you thats why she is currently not thinking about you and caring you Now um curious to know that is it normal to get fed up in any relationship?and does everything get back on track after few time? Is it normal for a person who got fed up to react rudely and in weird manner as if she/he dont care abt you and doing any possible thing to get rid of you ? due to fed up condition is it possible that for timely manner she is thinking that she had lost feelings for me coz she is fed up ? Does her busy routines resulted in lack of thinking abt me and she was so busy that she got no time to think about me and got fedup of me due to my calls and disputes? Will her feelings be back after few weeks? more

Open Question: Pregnant and severely depressed/suicidal?

OK, so at the beginning of August I completely ruined my life by effing over my boyfriends family (see last question I asked). Anyways, since then, my ex boyfriend has gotten back with me and then dumped me a few times. Most of this is my fault. He was a great boyfriend, but I am unstable. When we lived together, he would make me eggs and treat me awesome and I would accuse him of cheating and control him. I got pissed when he wanted to go out without me. I threatened suicide. I chased him with knives, I beat him up with a book once, I was awful. I realize I need help and I have tried counseling in the past, but I always give up. I am ready to stop being this monster. I keep reliving my past and reacting like I did when I was growing up. As a child, I had 2 alcoholic parents, I was physically and emotionally and verbally abused my whole life. I have been molested by relatives and neighbors. I have a lot of excess baggage and it is ruining my life. I am having a very difficult time coming to terms with not having my boyfriend anymore, but I know even if we got back together I would be the same monster. I want to get better and I am scared it will be too late for me and him, and it hurts. I have lost interest in pretty much everything, and no counselors/psychiatrists/anything have been able to help me and I have no idea what my diagnosis is. It scares me and I am afraid I will never get better. I am also afraid that my child will grow up like I did and I am also afraid of being a single mother, but getting rid of the kid is not an option. My ex is still going to appointments and being there for the kid, but not for me. I completely betrayed his family's trust which hurts like hell because they also were there for me. I went to holidays with them because my family sucks. I loved them more than my own family and I almost destroyed theirs by having DCFS involved because I can't control my reactions and emotions. I want to stop feeling this way and I want to stop hurting the people I love. Does anyone know what might be wrong with me or how I can stay positive and motivated when my life is falling apart? I am back living with my parents and my brother and its hard because they always fight and argue and I don't feel wanted in that house. It is also dirty and my dad is a hoarder and I just really can't stand my life, but I know if I keep telling people I want to die, even if it is true, I will just push them farther away and prove to them all that I can't change. I know I won't kill myself, I haven't yet but I have felt strong suicidal ideations since I was like 8 years old. Sometimes I really feel like I am going to and I don't care about consequences in those moments. I have had a history of binge eating, bulimia, self injury, depression, angry and violent outbursts, manipulation, etc. Please someone help me. I am so lost. I don't want to be this monster anymore. I want to be normal and be able to have a relationship without screwing everything up. I did the same thing to my last boyfriend before the current ex. I would flip out in front of his friends, I crashed my car into his while his friend was in it, I threw cans of soup across the room while his friends were over... and he was a saint and stuck by me for so long even though I was crazy. I don't understand why I get these awesome men in my life and then screw it up. I am completely normal to my own friends and before I start dating people. I need help so badly. If anyone knows what might be wrong with me or what these symptoms might mean, please tell me. :(I have thought about the possibility that I may be schizophrenic and it scares me. I know I have a lot of the symptoms, but I don't hear voices. I just have irrational thoughts and extreme paranoia. Sometimes I talk to myself and answer myself in my head... I don't know if thats normal either.And I also have thought about the possibility that I may be bi-polar, but I don't have extremely manic moments. I have normal moods and then extremely terrible and irrational/violent breakdowns.and also... my whole life I walked around denying God and making fun of people that believed in him... but lately I have been trying to find God and asking for his help and praying to be a better person and to get over whatever is wrong with me. I have asked him to help me find the forgiveness of others and I have asked him to help me get the help I need. more

Voting Question: My house phone called its self, cell phones lost signal, what is going on?

At 12:07 we received a phone call. My cousin answered without looking at the caller ID and a deep male voice was on the other end. She said it sounded somewhat robotic. She said hello, he said hello, and she asked who it was, he replied Bob. He then began to say something else but the phone began to cut out and went silent. After she hung up, we noticed that the caller ID said the call came from our house. My mother then tried to call a relative from her cell phone, but both of our phones completely lost signal. We have never lost a signal in our house. After about a minute our signal came back and an hour later nothing else has happened. My grandmother thinks it's her late husband calling from the grave (she said she was thinking about him all day and his name is Bob), but I think it could be someone tampering with our phones. What is going on? What should I do? I want to call the cops, but I don't want to look crazy. more

Voting Question: Whats 80s/90s robot film is this?

Hi, chasing up an old film from my childhood. It was about this kid who built a robot from parts to enter a contest (i think) but its not working, then at some point the spirit of a lost relative, possibly his dad enters the robot and the film continues form there. Cheesy as hell, but i loved it. These are very vague memories, I hope someone can help me.Quinn you legend! thats the one! Cheers! more

Open Question: Should I leave? (long story)?

I'm 22 years old, a little too old to still be at home but I'm a college student & can't afford a place of my own. I have a good job which relates to what i'll be doing later on in life but i'm on call. They only call me when they need me. I'll be graduating with an AAS in Psychology in the spring. Lately i've been under a lot of stress. I cry a lot because I'm already lost about life and my mother is emotionally and mentally abusive. I have no moral support at home. She calls me names, says i'll never get married because of my weight and looks, criticizes me, yells and tells me i'm nothing & that i'll never amount to anything. She's been doing this since I was a little girl. She tormented me my whole life about how I looked since I was a young girl. My hair is curly, I'm light skin but my skin is more olive and my features are ethnic. She's always called me ugly because I wasn't pale, had straight hair or had "whiter" features. But I look just like my mother. She's actually darker than me. (we are latino) It took me awhile to understand that there was nothing wrong with my features and that I was just as pretty as the type of person she wanted me to be. I learned that race didn't really mean much to me and that my race was human before any other color. She never wanted me to have african american friends and i just never followed that. I realized that she hated my features because she hated herself because of what they taught her when she was younger. She never attended my HS graduation, but attended both of my brothers though. She's always pushed me more than her sons. She never payed for my graduation or prom she refused to do so, I worked for those things but she paid for my brothers. She's never had to pay for anything ever since I was old enough to pay for my own things at age of 15. All she gave me was a roof over my head and food if I didn't already buy my own. my 19 year old brother has never had a job. He now can't do much for himself because she did everything for him and he never learned to be a man on his own. it has affected him big time! I don't need for my mother to buy me anything but i need her to help me! I need her support as a parent and I don't have it. I've never cried with my mother about anything or sat down and spoke to my mother about anything. we've never been on a date or went out to eat somewhere. I've tried but i'm tired of trying. I've been having health complications because of all the stress I am under. She just finished telling me that if she has to kick me out her house and never speak to me again for the rest of my life that she'd do it in a heartbeat. I know she probably doesn't mean it but doing these things to me is awful. I've forgotten half of the things she's done to me. That's just the type of person i am but i'll never forget her not attending my graduation and justifying that by stating her mother in law never attended her daughters graduation and that she's still a good person today or telling me what she just told me. I'm not a bad daughter, I don't drink, smoke, go to parties, have much friends, dealing with the wrong people I just want to be successful and ask for support but she calls me a bad daughter because I don't see life how she does.. and i guess i'm not the daughter she pictures everyone else has. I CAN'T STAY HERE. I HAVE TO LEAVE. I just don't have any place to go, NO FRIENDS, no money, no relatives or family members i can head over to because everyone has problems of their own. I know people like me don't have any other choice but to stay at home and deal with whatever it is you have to deal with until you have enough resources to leave. but it's affecting my life and my health and i just don't know. im crying out for help but no one helps me. im on my own.My father passed away when I was 7 years old in a car accident. more

Open Question: SM Audition and Trainee Life?

SM Audition and Trainee Life? I've been thinking about auditioning for SM Entertainment within the next few years, and I've had a ton of questions about it. I am Korean American and I can understand most Korean and I am learning how to read and write Korean. I have also played the piano for six years and the violin for 1 1/2 years, and I know basic Chinese(Mandarin) and I'm still learning. 1. I'm planning to go to the weekly auditions in LA but if they have global auditions around the time I want to audition, should I go to those? Also for the weekly auditions, could you live in another state and still do it because I live in the Southeast? 2. What are the categories you can audition for? I want to audition for singing but because my singing and dancing is about average, I might audition for acting or modeling(if they have one for that). Also if I do get accepted through acting, could I train in singing and dancing as well, or would I have to audition again for those categories? 3. If you audition for singing, should you prepare songs in Korean or in English? 4. When they make you dance, will it be freestyle and about how long will they make you dance? And will you have to dance alone or in a line with the other people? 5. For acting, what do you have to do? Will you have to act out a script that they give you or do you have to prepare one? Does it have to be from a Korean show or could it be an English script? 6. I am 13 right now, and I plan to audition when I'm about 14 1/2 or 15, so I can improve my skills. Will I be too old to audition then? 7. I know that most Koreans like girls to be small and petite. I'm 5'7", so am I too tall? I'm around 130 pounds, and I have some muscles because I've been a competitive swimmer for three years, so do I weigh too much for their "standards" and should I lose my muscle? 8. Will they send me to an international school because I am not fluent? 9. Do you live in a dorm if your family is living in America, or could I stay with relatives that live in Seoul? 10. Will I be able to go to college if I have to train for a lot of years, because just in case my entertainment career doesn't work out, I want to have a backup plan? 11. How does training work? Is it like school for acting, singing, and dancing? 12. What time of the day do you train and how many hours do you do it? 13. On average how many years would I have to train? I saw online that most SM groups trained for 3-5 years, but also some girls from SNSD had to train 7-9 years. 14. Would I get to visit my family often? 15. Does SM give you some money as you train, for necessities and stuff? 16. This isn't really a question, but I'm just asking for some advice. My entire life, I've been doing what my parents want me to do, which is get good grades so I can get into a good college and become a successful doctor or lawyer or business woman. I've a had a dream for auditioning since about last year. I really want to do it because I know its what I'm passionate about and I won't regret it, but my parents will just think its because I'm obsessed with Kpop. My mom even said to me once," Lindsay, I'm glad you don't have silly dreams of auditioning to go to Korea. Those kids may be famous but they'll only last a few years. How could any parent let their child go through years of training just for that." That hurt me so bad, because I want to do this and like I said if it doesn't work out, I'll make sure I have something to fall back on. I'm trying to practice how to tell them about this in 2 years when I want to audition. Since last year, I've focused so hard in school to impress my parents, getting only 99s and 100s on my report cards, and even managing to take high school math classes. This year its my goal to be valedictorian or at least in the top 3 when I graduate so that I can get on their good side. But to me it seems impossible to be able to convince my parents, because they've planned out my entire life. I balance school with sports and community service because they signed me up for all those things. They even send me to a private school that cost $25,000 a year to help "improve" my education. It seems like life is totally against my dream. Does anyone have any advice to help me? And for the record, I do not just want to give up this dream and continue living my life like it is. I am 100% positive I want to try and audition and if I pass, I will no matter what not regret it. And even if I don't pass SM, I may try JYP or YG, or just keep auditioning for SM. Any kind of advice on how to convince my parents or how I should tell would be helpful. more

Voting Question: Hello I'm looking for a lost relative. His name is Regoberto Perez Aceves If you have any info please email me?

Voting Question: I lost all my friends is this a good or bad thing?

I now realize i've lost every single friend of mine other than cousins and ones who don't live in my general area. I was sick of unreliable friends so I stopped answering texts and phone calls and didn't go on msn anymore, and deleted my fb. I could probably rekindle our friendships easily with an apology but I have too much pride and I'm not sure if I want friends again...so I'm wondering if this is good or bad in your eyes? On the plus side I now live a drama-free life where I can just focus on me, but I think I might be going a bit crazy since I only have my mom / dogs / relatives to talk to... more

Resolved Question: I'm always tired and just not motivated!! I couldn't be bothered to do anything help?

I'd rather sit in my room on the laptop and when it comes to shopping or going out for a drive with my mum I'm just like ugh nah I'll stay in. I did move over seas with my family 6 months ago and at the start I was very down about it but I still enjoyed shopping, and going out for meals and stuff now I don't wanna do ANYTHING!? Before I moved I was so outgoing had loadsa friends, was always out and about and working, or out with friends etc but now I've lost that and I tell myself tomorro get up and go for a walk or something but I can't I really can't get myself up!!! (I'm 19) I'm hoping to have the strength to move back myself to relatives in Ireland after Christmas but I don't wanna spend the next couple of months I have with my family just lying in bed. I tried going to a therapist but she can't see me for 2 weeks more

Voting Question: Do you sometimes feel like you were never born, or feel like committing suicide?

I mean, life sucks. I'm graduated now, and my parents don't even care about me. They're always yelling at me, and never my older brother. I mean just today, they get mad at ME for something that my brother did, and of course, they ONLY yell at me, and not him. They've been complaining and saying things about me for the entire day. I said to my mom "Ok how would you like it if I just ran away and died off then?" And since then, she's been persuading me to go live on my own on the streets. They both favor my brother...Whenever we're with relatives, they're always talking about him, they treat him with way more respect than they do with me. And ever since my family moved five years ago, I've lost contact with my old friends, and don't have many new ones because I became a really quiet person when we moved. Honestly, if no one would care that I died, not even my own parents, then what's the point in living? I'm seriously contemplating on starting the car in the garage and just sitting in there until I fall asleep, and then eventually die from inhaling exhaust fumes. more

Voting Question: I challenge you to Improve Your IQ with this game.?

What disturbs me is the lack of intelligence in the world today. I believe mankind like all species are connected to the universe. When one of us becomes smarter, that makes the whole better by one person. Public schools make our children dumb in many ways. for instance 1. Confusion. Gatto notes several things contributing to what he calls the lesson of confusion, including: a lack of subject-related context for what is taught; too many unrelated facts and unrelated subjects; a lack of meaning and critical thinking about what is taught. About this lack of critical thinking Gatto says: "Few teachers would dare to teach the tools whereby dogmas of a school or a teacher could be criticized, since everything must be accepted." With this kind of training, how would it be possible for a kid to know what valuable things are NOT in public school curricula? And by extension, how would it be possible for that same adult to discern that what her leaders tell her about American history bears little resemblance to what happened to the victims of those who wrote the histories? 2. Class position. Gatto points to the way students are kept in the same class by age, and, within this age classification, further classified and separated depending on how the students have done schoolwise (for example, classification into so-called gifted classes). About this lesson Gatto says: "That's the real lesson of any rigged competition like school. You come to know your place." As someone who has suffered from this myself, you have to ask how many learning opportunities are lost because children are not properly identified using rigidly mechanistic criteria. 3. Indifference. For this lesson Gatto is referring to the effects of the ringing bell that announces the end of the current class and the need of the student to drop whatever she is doing and proceed to the next class where a different teacher and subject await her. About bells Gatto says: "Indeed, the lesson of bells is that no work is worth finishing, so why care too deeply about anything?" And as far as educational evolution goes in kids, this rigidity causes children to assign equal value to all classes, say math and gym, without regard to their relative importance. 4. Emotional dependency. This lesson results from students having to submit to the designated authority, the teacher, regarding their personal desires during class time. As Gatto says: "By stars and red checks, smiles and frowns, prizes, honors, and disgraces, I teach kids to surrender their will to the predestined chain of command." By the time this learned tendency reaches adulthood, it prevents many people from realizing there may be more qualified candidates other than the two corporate-approved rivals for any given office. 5. Intellectual dependency. This lesson is similar to the lesson of emotional dependency, since both lessons teach students submission to the designated authority. In the case of the lesson of intellectual dependency, the students specifically learn submission to establishment authorities, including the teacher, on intellectual matters. This definitely discourages thinking "outside the box" when alternatives are presented to any given problem. As Gatto says: "Successful children do the thinking I assign them with a minimum of resistance and a decent show of enthusiasm. Of the millions of things of value to study, I decide what few we have time for, or actually it is decided by my faceless employers. Bad kids fight this, of course, even though they lack the concepts to know what they are fighting, struggling to make decisions for themselves about what they will learn and when they will learn it. How can we allow that and survive as schoolteachers? Fortunately [Gatto is being ironic] there are tested procedures to break the will of those who resist " 6. Provisional self-esteem. As Gatto says: "The lesson of report cards, grades, and tests is that children should not trust themselves or their parents but should instead rely on the evaluation of certified officials. People need to be told what they are worth." As a result, when people get older, they may not be able to determine the worth of a given activity without someone whose authority they covet approving their decision. Put more simply, they may not be able to think for themselves. 7. One cannot hide. By this lesson Gatto means the effect that constant surveillance has on students as they are watched by teachers and other school employees. About the underlying reason for this surveillance Gatto says: "children must be closely watched if you want to keep a society under tight central control. Children will follow a private drummer if you can,t get them into a uniformed marching band." Here I present to you a way to bring about intelligence http://www.genhttp://www.geniusbraintraining.com/games/28-mastermind more

Voting Question: What prized possessions did you part with to graduate from college?

I went to college for several years. I had a small student loan, we had. We both signed for it. It came to a total of less than four thousand for a number of years. ( I later paid it back , two payments a month for many years living in a shack. w.o. running water, flushing toilette for years, etc. minim wage and slightly above.) I was nearing the end of college. We were up against it. I had done without most everything personal. (underwear, no new clothes for a couple of years, only cheap haircuts because they wanted short hair.) I did not want to borrow. I planned to work and pay this back. We had big plans, I thought. I was going to work in that field, not go back into something else, and had no intentions of skipping out on anything. I had two prized possessions. I also had an expensive couch which we paid cash for. The possessions were my china cabinet and a piano. The piano was my prized possession. I had a piano once before. They called it an old upright. It was huge, tall, heavy. I stripped, refinished it. It was beautiful. Had keys replaced, warmer in it. It sounded really good. Took about six men to get it into the house. Husband said if we moved, it stayed. He was not moving it again. We sold our home. Moved. We bought another piano, a new but not real expensive one, so they could deliver it. I kept this piano polished and treasured it. We all played on the piano . Well. I sold my piano and cabinet. I was very sad. I actually grieved over both, but I cried over the piano. I had to have money, I was so close to graduating and after all that hard work, I was not quitting. I studied long and hard hours, compensaing for not getting to study as much as I wanted in hs. There was so much to learn that was so interesting, not just my field. Anyway, I sold it. Not too long after that, our plans went to oblivion. I learned my credit, my charge cards, or ours, was terminated. I had not used one forever. I had no clothes to speak of to job hunt, hardly any underwear, two horrible uniforms, and we were behind on the house payment. Anyway. It was not worth it. I wish I had kept the piano. Our kids were scapegoated of course. We did not get to do anything we wanted to do. I lost my career I worked so hard for. Never really had a fair chance to work, only someone trying to make i look like I had delusions of grandeur about my skills ...which I absolutely did not have. Lost my husband of 20 years. Movedall over after my dtr graduated from hs. Forced to sit there until she did, and then I left. I was not allowed to work any where, forced to return to where a relative was, and to go back into the field I did not want to go back into and knew was a lost cause. I did not want to work for the state. My entire reason for going to college was: Husband could have a chance to attend if he wanted, or go part time or find another job. Kids could go to college, I could work and help them through. Then I could get my BSN and work part time. We could retire early. It all went to heck in a handbasket because some people had ideas about getting money off us which did not include our working. I found I was barred from working in one hospital because I almost died there. Someone got the money from that, we did not, and I was not popular or wanted there. That was the hospital I wanted to work in, new, modern. Desperately needed good nurses there.I said "were terminated". I edited this, corrected it. They said it was too long. Then it took the unedited, long one. Isn't that strange & did not save my edits. Then it would not let me go back in and correct. Is this a scholastic competition? I am not competing in here. What is tis? Is this someone stalking me, using this site to say I cannot write , or could not have in my apt. using this site for their personal advancement?Now, I am upset. Look at that. What is going on here. They also delete innocuous questions such as the one about senior citizens and vegetarianism. They deleted a question , VIP, for senior citizens regarding calcium & Vitamin D: implications, contraindications, complications, interactions. What is this? Someone is posting questions in here aimed at me personally, to intimidate me. Going to the site does not help. This happens in every website I go to, even trivia. Don't want me using the pc. Just like college when I couldnot get work after, like music. Alll going to the men. more

Voting Question: Do you believe that people can interact directly with angels?

I am a VERY sensitive "psychic," although I don't believe that is necessary to interact with an angel. I have interacted with and spoken to MANY different beings in my lifetime, ones not of this particular world. Medical science calls this "schizophrenia," but I call this being sensitive to the spiritual world, as do countless (true) professional psychics. I do understand that many psychics, perhaps the majority, are frauds and/or just not having the ability. I had the good fortune to speak with someone seen as a powerful angel recently. I cannot identify the person by name, as their wish was for me to not. But the person recommended the following things for me: "Believe, have fun, be good." The person highly stressed to not ask too many questions or think things over too much. Said to focus on having fun and enjoying life. For me personally, the person recommended that I pray five times a day, such as a Muslim would. The person said to clarify what I want and expect and implied that if I only ask questions or dwell on problems, that I would be stuck doing that. The person said to treat less fortunate and/or sad people with happy things but to not buy into their situation. The person said that my "demeanor is desperate" and so I "sew that seed." I asked about diabetes and the person said that they thought the cause is stress. They restated to "focus on fun." They said to "ignore and not mention bad things," which was in reference to my own problems. The person said to "listen to people, if they go off track," meaning to not focus on any problem I might have but to see others with problems and listen to them honestly. They said that it is "bad to talk about yourself [myself] all the time," again in reference to my own personal problems. I also had a brief interaction with a passed-on relative who suggested advice on my personal career and endeavors. I also recall something I saw on a religious television program which said that, "God responds to acts of faith." I see the meaning in this; because I am half-hearted in my religious belief system, I get half-hearted results. "God responds to acts of faith." Although I have lost faith, the meaning is that one must try to really dive in because God does not have any obligations to people, really. But being TRULY faithful in one's path and beliefs can elicit a response. Going back to my original question........... Do you believe that people can interact directly with angels? I feel it is only non-believers and negative people who cause faithful people to stray from their beliefs. You hear so much negativity sometimes if you have faith or a belief system, from people who are negative or maybe just jealous that they don't believe themselves. They can take you away from your spiritual sanity eventually. They will only make useless jokes and mockery of your beliefs. People who mock others' beliefs only prove their foolishness, IMO. What say you? ;)***Just to point this out, there have quickly been a few making a mockery of what I have said. To a person who is mature and respects others, this seems childish, does it not? And foolish.***I guess I should add that I knew those making mockery would not read my elongated text; but I knew that some people may be able to gain some happiness from it. I pondered the embarrassment I knew I would face from the mockers but decided that if a few people are happy because I am open to share, it is fine. It's not as if anyone knows who I am on here anyway. :)@ SMX -- Is what you say to indicate that one can *only* interact with demons? Of course, evil spirits intend to deceive... but isn't part of that deception to make you *not believe* in good spirits? Why would humans only be limited to talking to demons? more

Open Question: Is there anybody who is...?

is there anybody who is friend with nancy anne sakovich or her relative or somehow is in touch with her?if you are, so do you know where is she now?and please if you have any more info tell me please. P.S:I'm not a stalker.i'm friend with her and just have lost my contact since she isn't home cause i speak with her on the phone .i miss her so much now.to cheer-chic:i sent you an email.please read that.thanks. more

Resolved Question: Y & R questions...several ones..?

1. The lady living with Victor and Nikki looks like Nikki are the actresses related or is Melody Thomas Scott playing both roles? I did not see a listing for any "Maggie" on Y &R website. Have they said what she is up to besides going after Victor? 2. How did Victor get Skye to go against Adam in the lawsuit? 3. Why does it say on Y&R website the Jack gave Skye money? 4. Is something wrong with the Y&R website? It doesn't seem to be able to give up to date recaps for me. It lists Monday of this week and that is all and sometimes it only shows weeks from 2009. 5. I haven't seen Jana or her hubby's brother lately. Did they run off together? That was a screwed up story! 6. How did Jill get to be Lauren's sister? That is another screwed up story. 7. How did Ronin get to be Chance's lost brother? How did his mother "lose" him? Who was Ronin's father? Here we go again with another misplaced baby story...don't they know any NEW stories? How many babies can get misplaced or lost or stolen in one town anyways? What is Ronin up to anyway? Destroying his long lost relatives? I just watch it once in awhile. Enough to be confused when I watch it again. more

Resolved Question: Is it possible to lose friends on Facebook if you're interested in Astronomy & Space?

So basically as I logged on to my Facebook account this morning, I found out that one of my friends is missing. It turned out to be my cousin (she's a girl). Now I'm really fascinated in Astronomy & Space and I love sharing scientific stuff on Facebook (such as NASA's/ESA's/CERN YouTube videos, interesting article about science, and my really good Photoshop projects); I simply don't see any other reasons of why wouldn't I. I want others to get a some sort of interest in Astronomy & Space as well. And my cousin might have got annoyed by it for some reason. Now the funny part is that she has 210 friends on Facebook and for some reason she chose to remove me as her friend, lol. Now it's really not the end of the world, I just don't see any reason for her to remove me as her contact on Facebook. She's my relative. For example, I have friends on Facebook that I'm completely not interested in what they do, yet I don't remove them as friends. So anyways, what would you guys advise me to write down on the attached message (the one that is attached to the add as friend button) to get my cousin as a friend on Facebook once again? Are there any smart quotes that I could utilize or any other sentence that would be smart? - Thank you.@ Orion, that must be the only reason. That's all I do on Facebook and I rarely see her in person.I'm not going to call her or anything, I'm just looking for something scientifically smart to say, that's all. Not a big deal.I post like a maximum of 3 posts a day.There's a feature on the Facebook wall that allows someone to hid someone else's posts. They don't have to remove that contact just because of that.Typo, I meant hide, not hid. more

Resolved Question: How do people support this mosque?

Okay i am a huge believer in total Religious freedom. I believe MLK's belief that people need to be judged on character. However, i also had friends & a relative who went down in the World Trade center. I had been in the Navy for a year at the time & i saw what it did to people. Enlistees were begging to join up & it rocked the very foundation of America. Islam is the reason for 9/11. Throughout history it has been Muslim tradition to build upon a conquered site. They sure as Hell conquered those buildings. Malcolm X himself even said that Islam taught him nothing but hate in his short time in the Religion. Wafa Sultan's book "A God who hates" explains how bigoted & violent it all is. This construction is a slap in the face. It's like putting a Hitler monument next to the Holocaust museum. I believe that all people have the right to worship but this is ridiculous. Does Mike Bloomberg understand that the administrators of this would gladly kill him given the chance? The last time a major Imam was given such power in America it ended with the 1993 truck bomb. Now it will happen on a larger scale. This place will be used as a training ground. And another thing. Where is the money coming from? This thing costs $100 million & it's probably all from Al Quaeda & other extremists. Even the Catholic Church, the world's largest Church, have to beg for years to get enough money for a project. And ever notice when some attack or bombing happens Al Quaeda & the Taliban claim responsibility. Notice now that they are not celebrating because once they do then people will realize what is going on. I am no bigot. I know Muslims & they are nice people. This Mosque has no place in it's current location. The real authorities on this are those who lost loved ones in 9/11. My uncle was killed & if he knew about this he would be spinning in his grave. Any opinions appreciated. But do NOT accuse me of being hateful. I served for 3 years, i saw what these people do if they don't get there way.Okay i'm sorry. Once i read this a minute ago it sounded like Rush Limbaugh. I believe that this is being pushed to piss people off. I have nothing against Muslims as a whole. One of my wife's best friends is Muslim & she is as Western as anybody i've ever met. Once i get rolling i can't stop & all these things spill out. So again i apologize. I realize that my years of defending this nation were from people who mean stuff like what i wrote. Basically what i'm saying is that it is in bad taste. If i were the planner i would move it. All i'm saying. Don't hate me lol. more

Resolved Question: Is This Writing Confusing? If It Is, How Can I Make It Clearer Without Losing Suspense?

I couldn't blame myself for what had happened last year, but couldn't say someone else had been responsible for that either. Screeching was the best explanation I could think of, and also the only thing I was permitted to do. My identity had become a lost memory, just like a historical event that had no longer impact in the actual present and tended to be forgotten pretty easily. I wanted to believe it was me I was talking about, an individual that was well known among my relatives as a human being rather than a creature. Every morning, there was someone else waking up with me, making sure I was still there. Here as a living soul before they could lock me in a coffin and declare me one of the dead. I could tell they had considered that, it would have been safer. And though I had a strong longing to remain Jasper Vein, the friendly and the beloved one. I knew he would never be, and had to live for someone who was no other but the one for whom I had faded. Peacefully, I laid, too unconscious to be aware of my surroundings. I sought for absolution among my annihilated thoughts, the ones I still could view as mine. He was there with me, caressing my forehead before tucking me in. I knew I had the ability to resist, but instead, I chose to squirm, perceiving that as the sole reaction I could force out of my invaded body. The betrayal of my limbs welcomed his spread arms, allowing him to take what had once belonged to me without disturbance. He grinned maliciously at his easy prey, and vanished as soon as I realized I was being possessed by his own will. The absence of my volition would soon be permanent, along with the last attempt to gain back my old self. I smirked the way he did, weeping the way he wanted me to, and perishing as I held no more existence. more

Resolved Question: If You Like Reading Horror, Can You Tell Me What You Think Of This ?

Resolved Question: do you think that the widow of one of the?

Terrorists who planted bombs in London July 2005 should be allowed to do this. An inquest is to be held in October, into the deaths of 52 victims of the London bombings, and the widow of one of the terrorists has said she is also a victim, as she has lost her husband describing him as a good person who was brainwashed by Islamic militants, and that she should be represented at the same inquest as she has also lost a loved one. She is seeking legal aid to do this. The relatives of those killed are angry that this is being put forward and that if granted will delay the inquest for many months.Her and the families of these men should be deported. That won't happen as she was born here. I find it hard to accept that she could get legal aid. Justice for the 52 murdered people not for the men who committed these atrocities. I was within stones throw when the bus bomb went off, can safely say that i hope that she gets nothing. more

Resolved Question: I need help with my fats!!!!!!?

kk... I'm 14yrs old im like 5'0 or 5'1 tall n i weight 150... mom, dad and rest of my families constantly says that i need 2 lose weight or do some exercise like sit ups or stat running! also i need a therapist!!!!!! (peoplz says aka my friends) there r no fat relatives that r fat but me... i need 2 lose fat before next summer cuz i'm going to korea 2 visit my relatives... yea almost 80% of koreans r not fat.... i lov meat vegetables (not alll of them) and fruits (not all of them) but i can't control myself cuz of my personal problems (that's y i need a therapist) i no i should exercise like runnin/joggin or sit ups but for how long? my friend is a vegetarian n like 1yr later she lost 20pounds... should i be a vegetarian? i do not like pills or goin 2 the gym cuz no on will take me and its a drag... plz help me! i want 2 lost fats on my arms thighs and my STOMACH!!! i for once in 7yrs want to show off my belly like when i was 7yrs old... i regret for bein lazy and not carin my body in my childhood life... someone give me a schedule or a sample for what i should do... i really want to impress my family that i' might look im a lazy gal but inside im very active! plx help me!!!! i had it enough hearing for 7 yrs constantly hearin the same sentence about my weight!!! I can't wait for high school!!! -Brandi p.s. i hav another question. is it true that high school is like living hell? more

Voting Question: I need to lose weight. But i am not overweight?

I am 5foot 7 in height. And weigh 11stone. I do not know whether the scales was dodgy or not it was old, but i have asked each of my friends how much do they think i weigh and they said around 9and half stone. And they were not just saying that to be nice one of my friends actually was gobsmacked when i told her my real weight and said ''there is no way in hell u weigh 11stone i weigh near enough that and i am 2dress sizes bigger than you''. Like what the hell. I am a size 12(uk) and a 34DD. My legs are thin. I was up visiting a relative 2 weeks ago and she told me i put on weight and pointed out the area where i put it on. Im paranoid now. I know i have a bit of a belly but like what woman doesn't! But someone telling me that i was mortified. I want to loose 2stone Feel Like crap. Don't eat crap i hate cakes and biscuits any sweet things. I love salad. Just feel like crying. P.S I used to weigh 9stone up until 2years ago where i got weighed in pharmacy doing my B.M.I so i know that was defo right more

Voting Question: Could a fluent english speaker help me for my homework?English is not my native tongue?

Hello. Could someone help me to correct briefly the falts of my essay. English is not my native language. Thanks in advance!! What is your idea of success ?(250 words) Every person has his own definition of success because every person has his objectivs in life. Having a good job, a big house, or a wonderfull family are just some examples of that people might consider like a success. In brief, a success can be defined as the achievement and the obtention of that the person is seeking. Personally, I define the success in life not by material things like cars, houses, expensive things and son on…but by the values of the person. I think that the real success is the improving quality of life of our relatives, that is to say family,neighboorhoud, collegues, humanity in general. I would compare the scientists who consacres his all life to find a molecule in the human body, seeking to care some disease and an PDG of some war equipement factory. The first on might consider his job better than the job of PDG, because of the prestigious aim of his work, despite that the fact the PDG has a lot of money and is wealthy. Personally, I think that the second one doesn’t success. I also define the success by being an intelligent person who understand the world around him, the political issue of the planet, the diplomatic chessboard of the world, economic situation and acting in the society in order ti improve it, respecting his own values and having responsabilities. To summarize, I don’t define the success by the things that have been gotten by people because all of these can be lost, but by the self-construction and the values of the person which couldn’t be easily lost. more

Voting Question: friends, depression....?

please make me feel a bit less alone. share your story, leave comment , anything I feel really down right now. On the outside I look happy, talky, but on the inside I am very sad. I have no friends, no family support, never had bf. I'm 19 now. I couldn't apply to university because I messed up things at school (depression, didn't talk to schoolmates and felt really bad there). My final exams went horrible. I don't like my family like I should, I feel like they are never beside me. I feel they are really selfish and my feelings come always second. I have no home now, all I have is my clothes with me. At mom's place we live 4 in a 25m2 appartement. I don't like her bf. I don't like father's gf either. But I act like it is ok, because I learned that I cannot change things and everyone scolds me if I do differently. All I can do is accept. However mom wants me to live here. But I don't really have feelings for her. All we do is fight. I don't even like giving hugs to her. It feels bad. I hate my father. I lived with him for a while but it was terrible for both of us. He told me he didn't want any children, he just didn't care. When he had nerve problems and went to psychiatrist I was the only one whom he could talk to every messed up things. Even sold my dog saying that I don't even like it. At school they thought I'm anorexic because he didn't feed me. Mother said I stopped growing because of not eating well. Teachers always found me different, and when I wanted to leave school, no one helped me to find another one because it was an 'elite' school where I should stay. Last year I wanted to do home schooling because I couldn't take it anymore but they told me 1 year more. (that time I lived at grandparents, it was 2hours far from school) after a year they told me again to pass the final exams at that school. so it was the second horrible year... and now, I don't know where to live. I wanted to live in dorm, but I can only go to uni next year... I need to save money until then, but I can't work for late if I live in the village. (last bus leaves too early). Now my family tells me that I should live 2days at mom's house, 2days at another relative's house, and the other days I should go to my grandparents. (also, my grandpa has alzheimers, the closest shop is 30min far away from that house) I would hate it. But no one cares, they say there is no other solution. If I go back to my father's house which is ok for 2persons mom's family will stop to keep in touch with me. All my family says is: don't talk about problems, look in the future, stay strong. They never listen, but I have to when mom feels sad/angry. :( If my brother doesn't want to talk, then I have to try again and again even if he's mean.. and if he doesn't like me here then I should leave mom's house for a while then come back later. I am starting losing feelings for him too.. he is angry at me for no reason (he said so). I don't feel like this is what I deserve. I never hear a greeting,a thank you from him, he doesn't even smile at me. (forcing his face not to) wish I had a sister.... So outside of school I know no one, but my old schoolmates didn't like me and vice versa. They never gave me money to go out eating or have fun. I've never even drunk coffee before... so I never had a bf. I'm not an ugly one at all... I have a good body shape, and a bit childish but kind face. However I am short, and look like 15. :P My hobbies are cooking, language learning. I like all kind of music except rap, hip hop. What do you think, where should I get new friends, and how should I try to flirt guys? I find it so hard to look in someone's eyes and smile for some reason... you see, I'm really shy. :) more

Voting Question: What are our chances of being able to refinance?

Hi! When my husband an I bought our house 4 years ago we both had a job. Last year I lost mine. My husband makes currently about $13.50 an hour and I of course have no income coming in. Last year when I lost my job we were late on just about all of our bills. Through the help of a relative we have caught up on all of our bills and they have been paid on time for about the last 8 months. We currently have a 7.00 fixed intrest rate on an FHA loan and would like to refinance to get a lower intrest rate to make our house payment a little more affordable for us. What really are the chances of us being able to refinance? Please if possible only people who have went through something similar or mortgage professionals answer. Thanks!!Ok to help My credit is more than likely poor. All utilites and most of the credit cards are in my name only. And Yes credit cards and even the house was paid late last year. My husbands credit is ok. We still owe about 107,000 . Since we bought our house we have paid off one of our cars though.also would it help if we refinaced in his name only since only the house, his car and one credit card with a very small limit is in his name? Can we even do that being married or do they have to have my info as well? more

Resolved Question: help..help..help..help..help..help..help.helo...can i get someone's honesty and guidance...i'm really fed up..?

what is the person saying...who;'s die are they on....i'm about to cut ties with them forever Yes, I know my sister is a tough girl! Let me also tell you that al of us are going through phases full of frustrations, challenges and sorrows. We all have our quota- god has given it to us and only he can give you the strength to come out of them. Do remember him as often as you can. Don’t worry about friends- anyways those who tease you often can never be relied upon as friends- they are more of foes and be careful of them. Single mother is not a happy state to be in-you will regret it more – god forbid if you ever had to get into that state! What you need to relaise is that they don’t have families and relatives- you are fortunate to have a mom, dad and a sister and they all care for you. Caring is not always being together – we all need our space and free time. Maybe after couple of years you will realize this. We all go through this ugly, lonely and desolate phase of life …… then only will you realize the small things in which to find happiness and content I repeat- what doesn’t kill will only make you stronger……. Focus on your studies , prey to the all mighty and engage in music -- you are a good singer --sharpen your skills and wait for the right moment to attack te wicked world. Cheers and look forward to meeting you soon enough my relatives in india dont quite get that my mom will lose her job if she continues to take too much time off...her company has four employees.....she's going on vacation for a month..i cant go because i have vacation...... should i cut all the ties i had with them.....i'm very close on doing so...... please tell me ur hoest advice.......is the person saying my mom is going to india by herself whether i like it or not....why is the person saying, "god forbid if i ever became a single mother....i know for a fact it will happen- they dont want to see me happy in life....they's rather see me treated like a bab if they're not on any side, why are they agreeing to let my mom go to india when her company only has four employees.. i know they hate me....... please be reasonable.. please tell me ur honest advice..please let me know..... more

Resolved Question: can i ask for your honest advice......does it sound like the person is on a side...what is the person saying?

Yes, I know my sister is a tough girl! Let me also tell you that al of us are going through phases full of frustrations, challenges and sorrows. We all have our quota- god has given it to us and only he can give you the strength to come out of them. Do remember him as often as you can. Don’t worry about friends- anyways those who tease you often can never be relied upon as friends- they are more of foes and be careful of them. Single mother is not a happy state to be in-you will regret it more – god forbid if you ever had to get into that state! What you need to relaise is that they don’t have families and relatives- you are fortunate to have a mom, dad and a sister and they all care for you. Caring is not always being together – we all need our space and free time. Maybe after couple of years you will realize this. We all go through this ugly, lonely and desolate phase of life …… then only will you realize the small things in which to find happiness and content I repeat- what doesn’t kill will only make you stronger……. Focus on your studies , prey to the all mighty and engage in music -- you are a good singer --sharpen your skills and wait for the right moment to attack te wicked world. Cheers and look forward to meeting you soon enough my relatives in india dont quite get that my mom will lose her job if she continues to take too much time off...her company has four employees.....she's going on vacation for a month..i cant go because i have vacation...... should i cut all the ties i had with them.....i'm very close on doing so...... please tell me ur hoest advice.......is the person saying my mom is going to india by herself whether i like it or not....why is the person saying, "god forbid if i ever became a single mother.... who's side is the person on....if they're not on any side, why are they agreeing to let my mom go to india when her company only has four employees.. i know they hate me....... please be reasonable.. please tell me ur honest advice more

Resolved Question: Describe me using this list...?

I sat down and thought of some interesting things about myself... 1. I blend to meet the desires of others in social situations. I fear that no one knows me the same way. 2. I, too often, ignore those who love me and seek love in those who just don’t care. 3. Sometimes I have conversations with myself in the mirror because I worry my facial expressions are quite right. 4. In my heart I know that there is some type of Divine power behind this crazy crazy world. 5. I overthink everything. 6. Mascara instantly makes me feel sexier. 7. Even though crew didn’t work out for me in high school I would love to pursue it in the future. 8. Children are the most honest people you’ll ever meet. If I need an opinion I find myself a babysitting job. 9. I wish I had a longer attention span; my minds always wandering. 10. Although I criticize Maggie’s leaps of faith I need to take more of them. 11. I sometimes wonder if my mom ever thinks about the baby she lost. 12. There was a gap in between my two front teeth during most of my elementary school years. 13. I love watching fathers interact with their daughters; I wish my dad were more involved with my life. 14. The pace at which life moves scares me, its way too fast. 15. I sing a lot; car, shower. 16. I am without a doubt my own worst critic. 17. For some reason I am usually attracted to blue eyed boys. 18. I love going to the dentists. 19. I’ve always envied those who resemble an old relative; I think there’s something noble about it. 20. I wish the world operated oppositely time-wise, night is so much more enthralling. 21. Even though I have learned many lessons from my sixteen years of mistakes I find it hard to change my ways and am often burned more than once. 22. When I watched some old home movies and heard my Gram’s voice for the first time since her death I realized that I didn’t even recognize it. I wish I weren’t as young when she passed. 23. I wish that I could shuffle cards the fancy way. 24. Everything about fish makes me cringe. 25. I hate calling adults on the phone. 26. I wish I could have an encounter with the paranormal. It really interests me yet frightens me at the same time. 27. I love trivia. 28. As a kid I would spill all the time, I used a straw cup all through middle school. Thank God as time’s gone by I’ve gotten a little better. 29. Chicken and pasta are the staples of my diet. 30. I have a habit of googling people at random. 31. Even though my mom and I don’t always get along I know that no ones love for me will ever match hers. 32. I believe that wishing to start over is never the answer but that one should instead forge ahead with what they’ve learned. 33. It fascinates me that when you focus on body movements they suddenly become dysfunctional. 34. My tounge is fairly long, I can touch my chin with it. 35. The sound of acoustic guitar makes me feel at peace with the world. 36. I have an awful habit of buying clothing in bulk and then wearing the same thing over and over again. 37. I have an obsession with prank calling people. 38. I aspire to the effortless and graceful strength of Atticus Finch in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” 39. I wish that I were born in the 70’s. I feel like kids have gotten meaner since then. 40. I am always up for a good back massage. Now using this list please predict some things about my life. I want to see how my experiences and thoughts in this list transfer into my present state. THANKS! more

Voting Question: Who will God have to answer to for his own evil deeds?

Kill People Who Don't Listen to Priests Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must be put to death. Such evil must be purged from Israel. (Deuteronomy 17:12 NLT) Kill Witches You should not let a sorceress live. (Exodus 22:17 NAB) Kill Homosexuals "If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives." (Leviticus 20:13 NAB) Kill Fortunetellers A man or a woman who acts as a medium or fortuneteller shall be put to death by stoning; they have no one but themselves to blame for their death. (Leviticus 20:27 NAB) Death for Hitting Dad Whoever strikes his father or mother shall be put to death. (Exodus 21:15 NAB) Death for Cursing Parents 1) If one curses his father or mother, his lamp will go out at the coming of darkness. (Proverbs 20:20 NAB) 2) All who curse their father or mother must be put to death. They are guilty of a capital offense. (Leviticus 20:9 NLT) Death for Adultery If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10 NLT) Death for Fornication A priest's daughter who loses her honor by committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also, shall be burned to death. (Leviticus 21:9 NAB) Death to Followers of Other Religions Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be doomed. (Exodus 22:19 NAB) Kill Nonbelievers They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. (2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB) The following passage shows that slaves are clearly property to be bought and sold like livestock. However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way. (Leviticus 25:44-46 NLT) Laws of Rape (Deuteronomy 22:28-29 NLT) If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her. What kind of lunatic would make a rape victim marry her attacker? Answer: God. Death to the Rape Victim (Deuteronomy 22:23-24 NAB) If within the city a man comes upon a maiden who is betrothed, and has relations with her, you shall bring them both out of the gate of the city and there stone them to death: the girl because she did not cry out for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbors wife. It is clear that God doesn't give a damn about the rape victim. He is only concerned about the violation of another mans "property". more

Voting Question: Have you lost your hope for humanity?

My mom has informed me that some of my close relatives, who are Mormon, believe that the world is younger than 10,000 years old, that the earth is made from other pieces of planets, and dinosaur fossils are here because they are from those other planets. ... I feel a bit stupid suddenly, considering that my genes come from them. Do you have any relatives that make you *facepalm*? more

Resolved Question: do u have any awesome stories about ur families ancestry, could u share?

Share your family history! Any relatives who fought in famous conflicts or involved in history in any way? What is your family heritage? thanks! lol get ready for a long tale. My paternal great grandfather was a polish jew whose parents where killed during nazi occupation but he survived and fought as a partisan when he was still a child. After world war 2 with the war over and having no family in poland he eventually migrated to what is now called isreal and joined the Central Institute for Coordination now known as Massod where he became a nazi hunter. Meanwhile during WW2 my maternal great grand father was the son of a religious king of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria, he was the heir to the Nri kingdom. he was pressed into military service for britain, where he fought in North Africa and then later in Burma i think. He was then captured by the Japanese, his name was Kenkwikage Njoku, i dont know if i spelt it right. after WW2 on his way back home while he was in North Africa he met my paternal great grand father Benedict Jacob Lazarus who was on his way to what was then British Palestine. They met in egypt aparently jacob saved Njoku from being captured by arab slave dealers. While there they both worked briefly as police for the British Empire then Jacob married my maternal great grand mother a nurse who was an Ethiopian Jew called Afework and they both moved to Isreal. Njoku finally moved back to nigeria where he tried to invest the money he had made during his military career in buisnesses but was restricted by the white british colonists. fortunately he came from a rich family and through connections got an education and became a lowly civil servant which he hated, he still kept in contact with jacob. during this time my great grandfather njoku began to really hate the british and white people in general as he felt stifled due to discrimination by the british from jobs he was qualified for . and the stories of german concentration camps that jacob told him about didnt help. so during the kenyan mau mau revolt he was quick to sneak to kenya and volunteer, unfortunately the revolt did not end well and he returned to nigeria on 1st october 1960 on nigerias independence day. meanwhile jacob fought in the six day war in isreals golan hights or something like that, he eventually retired from mossad, by then already had a son my grand father joseph lazarus, who wanted to join mossad like his dad to hunt nazis. unfortunately not just being half black but also looking half black he couldnt join. instead he joined the isreali armed forces dis illusioned from racism he was part of the contingent of isreali mecenaries that where sent to nigeria to support biafra the igbo dominated rebellion movement, while there he seeked out his fathers friend kenkwikage Njoku, my maternal great grand father. while in eastern nigeria he met my maternal grandfather kenkwikages son Osueke Njoku. who was an igbo resistance fighter. the fought together as joseph believed the biafran/igbo cause was just and saw the genocide by nigerians towards them the same way as that suffered by jews in poland. after biafra lost the war, he returned to isreal and fought in the yon kappur war during which he married a mixed egyptian nubian nurse called arafat, who became my paternal grand mother. they both had a child among many others a son called Benedict Joseph Lazarus. mean while Osueke Njoku my maternal grand father settled down in eastern nigeria and married an indian woman called deya the daughter of an indian teacher who remained in nigeria after the british left., they had a daughter among other children called Esther Deya Njoku. well to cut a long story short my father Benedict Joseph Lazarus settled in nigeria from isreal and married my mother Esther Deya Njoku and i was born as Benedict Enyinnaya Njoku-Lazarus a bantu son of anarchy lol. i know i always told my families stories during my schools show and tell along with my grand parents pictures and weapon from the wars and stuffs from the wars more

Voting Question: how much does it cost to replace a watch pin?

my watch strap fell off and i lost the pin. I just want to know a relative price for a new pin and for the work of putting the pin in. I dont want to be too overcharged for it. lol more

Resolved Question: Japanese Phrase Question?

OK, I am an American musician and vocalist...and I have always loved Japanese music. I have a basic knowledge of Japanese, but am not even close to native fluent. I have my Japanese language lyrics translated to me by a friend for getting the appropriate mood and feeling for the song...then sing in Japanese. This is very similar to what the Japanese/African-American Enka singer, Jero does...as he to has limited language abilities in Japanese. When singing to a Japanese audience (in the US, LA or SF for example), I generally introduce myself by name, with a greeting. Normally, "Konban wa. Ken desu. Tanoshinde kudasai." Is this appropriate and is it grammatically correct. And, of course, the usual "Genki desu ka?" when needed. <grin> BTW, my favorite song to perform in Japanese is Sakamoto Kyu's, "Ue wo muite arukou," which was given the crude title of "Sukiyaki" in the US...and, which was covered badly by Taste of Honey. How the get "Sukiyaki" out of "I look up when I walk" escapes me. LOL It is a song of lost love that US producers turned into a happy little Asian song. Ycch. Anyway, am I introducing myself correctly with my greeting? This isn't the sort of thing I can easily ask without embarrassment of my friends. <blush> Relative anonymity is best, eh?@the cheapest: Thanks. BTW, no musician would ever have to say "Konnichiwa" or "Ohayo gozaimasu," because no real musician even wakes up before the sun goes down. LOL Domo arigatou gozaimashita. more

Voting Question: TRACE YOUR BIRTH FAMILY MEMBERS?

If you are adopted or you have been separated from your child through adoption,or foster care,this website offers free advice and information to help you trace your lost child or parent. or family members This website is intended to be the first port of call for anyone thinking about searching for or making contact with birth and adopted relatives or researching an adoption that took place . Here you can: ---------------------------------- Post your search on our webforum. Seek advice to aid you in your search . Search and find Information to help in your search . Chat with our members http://www.dadpeter.co.uk more

Resolved Question: How do you handle finding out a friend or relative is an atheist?

I've lost friends who found out I'm an atheist. more