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Making of Valentine's Day' is love story between Marshall, cast - The Sun News

LOS ANGELES -- It's a little disconcerting to hear Anne Hathaway talk dirty. Huddled in an office cubicle on the set of the new romantic comedy, "Valentine's Day," Hathaway, she of the pearly white skin, the doe-like eyes, the fantasy pedigree in the ...

Daytona strives for attention - Asheville Citizen-Times

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — As NASCAR's biggest race of the year, the Daytona 500 isn't used to being the attention-starved kid turning back flips in the corner and yelling, “Look at me!” This year, they might want to have Carl Edwards on call. With ...

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the Hind - Rediff

Saisuresh Sivaswamy went for a 10-day vipassana course expecting a quasi-religious experience and came back with a spiritual one. T here are practices and there are practices, and then there is Vipassana. When you listen to others talk about their ...

An opening between Super Bowl, Olympics - Mercury

Driver Danica Patrick makes preparations for ARCA auto racing practice at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. AP Photo DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — As NASCAR’s biggest race of the year, the Daytona 500 isn’t used to being the ...

Violent protests in Iran amidst almost total news blackout - American Thinker

On a day that marks the 31st anniversary of the Iranian revolution, massive crowds marched in most Iranian cities in both celebration and protest. The security forces - some believe numbering in the millions when you include the army, the Rev Guards ...

Teaching poor language skills is just indefensible - Delmarva Now

"Do you mean he is taller than me am?" sarcastically barked Martin Rosenberg, my high school English teacher, to one of the students in our class. The student actually said, "He is taller than me," but Rosenberg was ridiculing the student's grammar ...

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess - The Guardian

There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie and Dim. Dim being well dim, like. We was in the milkbar, O my brothers, keeping out of the bastard chill and peeting the moloko with knives ready for the evening's ultra-violence ...

Every School Every Thursday - Urbandale, Dallas Center-Grimes ... - Des Moines Register

The talented and gifted students at Jensen, Karen Acres and Olmsted elementary schools are asking for the help of their fellow students and families with a community service project benefitting the Urbandale Food Pantry. Donations of unopened/unused ...

Iran protests: live blog - The Guardian

To receive updated content, refresh the page (F5 for a web browser). An Iranian opposition poster urging supporters of the green movement to take to the streets today (22 Bahman in the Iranian calendar) under the guise of official rallies to mark the ...

Every School Every Thursday - Des Moines South - Des Moines Register

Schools in the south region have organized their second annual family night open house. This year's event, "The Total Experience," will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Lincoln High School Roundhouse, 2600 S.W. Ninth St. Families are ...

Open Question: Sister and Sister drama! <what should i do?>?

ok me n my sister got into a deep kind of sort of stupid arguement 2 weeks ago and haven spoken to each other since! it was because she text me one day at school: "guess wat" i said "what?" she said, "me n casey (the guy she had sex with twice!) is now her fake brother!" but they still love each other (not in a brother/sister way) and still having sex ( n get this she 14 and he 17!) and then i had said, "ewww! that is nasty, u starting to act like something i dont wanna say!'' and i was dead serious but i didnt call her that ! then she just said "i had to my mama told me to! (we have different mamas! THANK GOD!) and i was like WTF! that aint rite ! (cause her mama know they did all that! ) so then i went on facebook to ask a random question similiar to ha situation and asked people "was that nasty? n they all said yes! then she saw it and her dumb self commented on it making her own self put out there! (dumber) so then her mama got on facebook and told me "God's gonna strike you down and u going to hell for saying that!" WTF AGAIN! u not suppose to tell someone that especially since she the older one! so i told her "well at least i trying to tell her something right unlike SOME PEOPLE! " then she changed the subject and said "i just dont want yall putting each other out there" and i started to say "her dumb self did!" but i held back n said "yeah...." then i put on another status saying "its time for deleting time!" and i deleted them both! (and oh by the way she said to delete her number before that so yeah..) but now i kind of miss her and the only reason why i was upset was because she just ignorant, young, naive, and har headed and never listen to the right things and going off doing the wrong things and nobodys there (not even her own mother) is telling her right from wrong... i just stop trying cause she been like this for a long time! so should i be the mature one and tell her i feel and fix things OR just let her come on her own n realize her mistakes? more

Open Question: Christians, what do you think about these ways of God?

God has revealed me the following ways to be what He would want from you besides the commandments from the Bible: departing as much as you can from worldly activities (disco, parties, ballrooms and so on), abstinence from sex before marriage and abstinence from sex during fasting times and doing only normal sex (without oral and anal sex), eating your daily food only for survival, listening to christian choral music and to secular ambient music (not the Buddhist, Yoga and New Age ambient music), visiting places in nature and forests as much as you can and contemplating their beauty crying for your sins everyday before you go to sleep. These ways were not invented by me they were revealed by God to me. What do you think about them? I try to follow them as much as I canYes that things are made for God's glory not for anything else more

Open Question: What do you think of my autobiography? (< 1 page)?

I am recovering from surgery and can't sleep because of the pain, i decided to do a 1 page autobiography consisting of my most important moments and to keep it interesting. I have lived, 19 years on planet Earth, this is my story. Start. My name, is Shaun ** XXXX XX. Shaun means "God's Gift", my mum thought it fanciful, most spell it with a W, but the U stands for unique or a halved W. **, is my dad's surname, he works as a year-round-asshole, my parents are divorced. XXXX XX, is my chinese name, it represents my parents hope that I would mature fast and be neat. I was raised a Catholic. I was born in 1990 in a Singaporean hospital at 830am. I probably started living a couple of months back. 3 weeks after my birth, I was diagnosed with Bells Palsy. When I was a kid, I found out it meant I couldn't smile properly. A couple of years later, I realized that fact. I went to Bedestha Chapel's Kindergarten first. The vivid memories I had were of me flushing a singlet down a toilet bowl, my grandma calling a plumber and numerous fights with my younger brother. To my grandma, I was a poltergeist. To others, I was a cute kid. From my flashbacks, I realize that my mum also loved dressing me and my brother up in different colored but similar designed clothes. Primary school was Saint Stephen's Primary School. It was an all boys school that shifted thrice within two locations when I spent six years there. I was first bullied there, laughed at for my facial condition. My best friend, Wyman, had a condition that ostracized him, we became instant best friends till today. I competed and lost in a chess competition while there, the winner was a brilliant handicapped friend of mine called David. Like me, he too had a medical condition. Saint Stephen's was also where I shat my pants and learnt the basics of life and friendship. I was a fairly good student there. In my national exam, I was afflicted with nearly 5 different ailments: A profuse nosebleed during listening comprehension, insomnia with fever before English, Food poisoning after English and a prolonged fever after that. I did poorly, scoring 214/300. My secondary school was Saint Patrick's Secondary school. Within this stage of my life, I had a confusing, specific, happy moment involuntarily whilst at school. Later on in life, I found out what it meant: orgasm Saint Patrick's was affiliated to my primary school, as such, it was no surprise the bullies ended up in the same school at me. If their command of language was good today, they owe it in part to me for inspiring colorful insults. Yet, my soul drew strength from their jeers and I excelled exceptionally academically, topping the cohort for Literature in my second year and in English in my final year. I scored 11 points in my final year (the lower the better, 11 is an average A2), the top scorer in my school had 7 points , while 13 others had scores below 10. I nearly peed myself when I wasn't in the 13. When I was Fifteen, I had my first love and crush, but she had no idea. While in church, she told me I should become a priest, people always did. That hurt, a lot, because Catholic Priests can't marry. I had come of age. I was Sixteen and my prospects looked great. I was confirmed as a Catholic and had John added to my name. Shaun, is an Irish derivation from John. I pre-enrolled into a Junior college, met and made some of the friendliest people in the world and thought I found a home. Only problem was I lived two hours away from school and the school's entrance points was 20. My mum felt I was too good for the school and moved me against my wishes to a better Junior College. I did poorly there, got retained and didn't excel above my potential. When I was 18, I realised that it was difficult for an unassuming person like me to be Catholic, so I gave it up. At 19 years of age, I was referred to a doctor who could cure my paralysis. It was an expensive operation because my family engaged the best doctor. Now, I have finished an operation, I sit with 1 cut on my face, 3 on my left leg and stitches in my mouth. Hoping, that it would all be worth it when I look back half a decade later. The End, Well technically not, but you get it. more

Open Question: Atheism vs. religion: my side.?

I'm pretty moderate when it comes to science vs. religion, I take things from both sides (I'm Catholic, if it helps). But then the extremists on both sides try to shove their mantra down our throats. What if we don't want it? Can't we just ignore you? Why must you incessantly assume we want to listen? This isn't directed towards one group. It's directed to both sides. Everyone's trying to convert, it's like the latest fad or something. Look, God/non-god will punish those nonbelievers in the end. You don't have to worry about it. It's handled. Point is, can't we agree to disagree? more

Open Question: Would 2Pac demolish any MC alive today?

I dont't listen to radio cuz it's gay lol. So should we demand our artists to be more conscious of our situation and tell the truth? Record sales dont't mean shit in the eyes of God. So what is up with all the bling-bling talk. I think it's the Illuminati lol.......hey i like all the artists u guys named. so how can i choose the best one??? lol....... more

Open Question: what does my ex mean , help ? plz?

ok me and my bf went out fer 9 months (jan - nov -2009). he broke up w. me for another girl , but the other girl dosint lik him so me and my ex became friends with benifits and i startd to ignore him aftr words cuz it was a back and forth i love you n den the next day he was lik oh move on im like ok whatever and i started to ignore him and not look at him and he txted me one day out of the blue telling me sorry... and we became friends with benifit's again... & on the day he askd out some fat girl he was with me kissing me huging me and stuff & when i left he texted me srry i have a gf now ( but he was just using her fer her private parts..) and from tht day we stoped talking... and this was on jan 7.. den we got into this fight but ive been noticing that since he broke up with me hes been a player. + HE'S ALWAYS STAIRING AT ME LIKE EVERY DAY AT SCHOOL & today we just talkd . him - uh huh me - so we kool him - k me - okay but b4 u say dat let me at least try to b a frand dats all nd if dat dont work den im srry for weasting time him - let me tell u dis im not gona get bak wit u ok me - okay lets b frandz C wer does dat take us him - ur da 1 dat said lets put everyting aside me -den dnt give me urs . him- dont fukin giv me ur little bitchy attitude allrit me- stfu him- k me-ugh fuk it . him-w.e me-ur never in da mood ! n u always take it out on me !!! fuk bro him - omg dont fukin start im not in da mood 4 dis bullshit me-omg like wht i didint even say anything :( him-u always mak me be lik dis me-well arnt u nice :/ him-w.e bro do w.e u want me-well it might b true kuhz u always treat me lik sht n stuff ! :/ him-wow well idc wat dey say its ur problem of who u believe so w.e me- lik i said b4 a whole bunch of ppl told me tht u hated n u still do n u talk alot of bs about me ! him - idc wat ppl say ok i know dat i havent said shit cuz i dont talk bout u so get ur shit straight n idk who da fuk told u dat i hated u me : stop lieing i no u hate me thts y u talk sht about me , :/ him : well idk wtf der sayin cuz i aint sayin shit me : a bunch of ppl ! him : who da fuk told u dat i was talkin shit bout u huh me : kuhz she liks u n listen stop talkin so much shit about me k cuz i dnt talk shit about you him: y me: Go out with her . him: ok me: look idc she just wanted me to tell u my god . him: ok n u care y ------------------ me- ayoo natalie like's u starts from here!! <----- ALL I WANNA NO IS , IS HE CONFUSED HIDING HIS FEELINGS , DOSINT LIKE ME? more

Open Question: Opinions on my poem please? Any one?

The rose, on the ground, in the dark of the night Surrounded by snow, and the stars gentle light The warm touch of the sun, had left it behind Leaving it for sorrow and fear to find The owner of the rose sat under a tree Wishing that her heartache would finally leave Then snow started falling, like the tears from her eyes A message from god in a beautiful disguise He was calling to her with his tears made of snow Caressing her heart, letting her pain go She listened to his whisper, the wind in her hair And realized that sometimes love just wasn't fair Standing up slowly, her rose now in hand She took a deep breath, beginning to understand more

Open Question: I feel like my prayers arent getting answered by God?

I prayed to God about -Helping me with my anxiety(fears,social situation) Sometimes panic attacks -attracting more positive friends and people(i dont have any true friends) What have i done -Took on the task of being a lector every sunday. -Put myself in group social situations( there are times I may shy away but Im trying) If Im putting in the effort why do I feel alone like God is not listening to me.Social situations,meeting new people, and having friends hasnt happened. I have aquaintances but not true friends,everybody in college seems to have a group of friends. me, im alone Im just really angry at God right now. more

Open Question: I have a crush on my English teacher! Help.?

Well, I'm 15 and he's about 25 or 28 at the latest. He's super cute. I like him because he's amazing at teaching English and the way he explains things is truly amazing. His personality is amazing. He's so nice but sarcastic which makes him even funnier. The way he talks about English really makes me think, you know? He's so nice and he thinks I'm really talented in writing. He's so funny too! God he's hilarious! He's married, has a kid. That always brings me down. I like him so much, how can I get over him?! It;s just a high school crush and I'm not trying to pursue it it's just...I just really like him! I love English, I feel like I can listen to him he's really awesome.No shit, my question is how do I get over him!his son is 3 lol. more

Open Question: How can i get my little sister to act her age?

kay so i have a that acts like a total brat and shes the only one out of all of us that acts this way. When she wants something that she cant have, she often rolls up her hands in balls and puts them to her eyes like a baby does. Other times she gets on the ground and throws a tantrum. This has only been happening recently and i want to know how to ge tit to stop. Not only is is pissing me off, but its pissing everyone else off too. We done give her what she wants, we let her fake cry her way through it. I can't tell what to do. We never beat her for like anything, all though if i were michele(her mom) i would have smacked her long ago l: i want to know how to get this to stop becuase i am getting so pissed off at her. She doesnt listen, she throws tantrums not only at home, but in public too. not like, once of twice a month. ITS EVERY SINGLE GOD DAMMED TIME. and the pathedic part? shes 7 years old.even my nephew how is doesnt act as bad as her.******Even my nephew who is 4 doesnt act as bad as she does more

Open Question: Would you please tell me what you think of my poem?

The rose, on the ground, in the dark of the night Surrounded by snow, and the stars gentle light The warm touch of the sun, had left it behind Leaving it for sorrow and fear, to find The owner of the rose sat under a tree Wishing that her heartache would finally leave Then snow started falling, like the tears from her eyes A message from god in a beautiful disguise He was calling to her with his tears made of snow Carressing her heart, letting her pain go She listened to his whisper, the wind in her hair And realized that sometimes love just wasn't fair Standing up slowly, her rose now in hand She took a deep breath, beginning to understand more

Open Question: Who does the screaming in Dream Theater's In The Name Of God?

In one of the chorus's in the middle of the song, there is a high pitched screaming voice alongside Labrie's. If you have good headphones and a good version of the song, you can hear it really well. Whenever I listen to the song, I can't wait for that part to happen! Who is it doing those vocals? It sounded too high and harsh to be another recording of Labrie, and it's way too high for Portnoy and Petrucci's voice. more

Open Question: Which part of “An Account of the Battle of Bull Run” helps identify it as a personal letter?

8. Which part of “An Account of the Battle of Bull Run” helps identify it as a personal letter? (1 point) * Jackson's description of his wound * Jackson's use of his wife's nickname * Jackson's praise of God * Jackson's description of the battle 9. Which aspect of “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” makes the story humorous? (1 point) * The wild story is told in a voice that has no expression. * The story is so unbelievable it is not even funny. * The narrator believes it is a true story instead of a tall tale. * The narrator falls asleep as he is listening to the story. 10. Which statement shows Twain's humor about his father's job in “The Boys' Ambition”? (1 point) * He says it is a better job than steamboating. * He says his father can hang anyone he wants. * He says his father has a lot of power in town. * He says his father has a special occupation. 11. In the sentence “By and by one of our boys went away,” the expression “by and by” means (1 point) * after he said ‘good-bye’. * some time later. * after purchasing his contract. * mysteriously. 12. How would you restate this sentence from “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”: “If there was a horse race, you'd find him flush or you'd find him busted at the end of it”? (1 point) * At the end of a horse race, he'd either be flushed with victory or arrested. * At the end of a horse race, he'd either have won or he'd have lost. * At the end of a horse race, you couldn't find him to arrest him. * At the end of a horse race, he'd be embarrassed because he had lost. 13. If you find regional dialect difficult to understand, what is most likely to help you figure it out? (1 point) * using a dictionary * reading it aloud * ignoring words you don't understand * asking a friend what the words mean 14. What is the best example of internal conflict? (1 point) * A character struggles with the guilt he feels about a crime he committed as a child. * A character struggles to distinguish herself from her many siblings. * A character struggles against the restrictions of traditional gender roles. * A character struggles to survive and protect her family during wartime. 15. Which of the following elements often reveals irony? (1 point) * details * plot * descriptions * climax 16. What is the best description of the conflict in dramatic irony? (1 point) * A character's words do not express what she means. * A character's actions are unexpected. * A character's words or actions contradict what the reader knows to be true. * A character believes something that the reader knows to be untrue. 17. What is the external conflict in “To Build a Fire”? (1 point) * between human and dog * between human and nature * between human and human * between human and God 18. Which of the following character flaws brings about the man's tragic end? (1 point) * cowardice * carelessness * overconfidence * greed 19. What does London suggest when he writes: “The dog did not know anything about thermometers … But the brute had its instinct” in “To Build A Fire”? (1 point) * The man is smarter than the dog. * The dog does not need a device to measure the cold. * A man's brain and a dog's brain are not the same. * Only man has awareness about danger. 20. Which internal conflict does the man experience toward the end of “To Build a Fire”? (1 point) * hope versus acceptance * summer versus winter * anger versus sadness * life versus death 21. In “A Wagner Matinee,” which method of characterization does the author use here to describe Aunt Georgiana: “… her linen duster had become black with soot”? (1 point) * a character's thoughts and words * a physical description of the character * comments made by other characters * the character's statements 22. In “A Wagner Matinee,” how can a reader clarify this passage: “When the musicians came out … she … looked with quickening interest down over the rail … perhaps the first wholly familiar thing that had greeted her eye since she had left old Maggie and her weakling calf”? (1 point) * do research on musicians * look up the word familiar * reread to identify who Maggie is * find information on calves more

Open Question: Help! I am loosing my faith in Catholicism?

I'm gay & I don't understand why I'm not aloud to church if I am gay. Jesus didn't create Catholicism or any church. I'm a good person with a good soul, but I don't know if I can believe in the Catholic religion & Jesus if he condemns homosexuality. I can still pray to Jesus & I'm happy with him at piece with him, but I just despise people who keep annoying me over my sexuality. A true loving God is a true loving God. I pray every night for world love & peace & I pray only good things for everybody, for my family, my loved ones & the unfortunate ones. Now my family & me have grown apart. Why is there so much pain & suffering in the world & people who have such terrible lives? If you look around & listen to the news it's just diabolical. I have been fighting my sexuality for so long & I have tried to deny it, but you just can't. I feel no attraction towards women & I am finally accepting that. I still do really good things in my life & I mean no harm to anyone. If I am not aloud in with the church I am still going to pray to Jesus because he is love, he is not hate. Please do not give me all of this ( it's a choice, because it's not a choice.) If it was a choice, then I would choose to have a family & a wife. But I can't. Please do not give me any bible verses because I know them all. Just give me comfort & something that I can use to my advantage in life with my Lord. P.S; I have done everything to feel Jesus in my life & I have asked him to just show himself in some way to me, but he hasn't. I do only good in my life & I have got no joy out of my life. I suffer every day & I don't believe that from the goodness I have done in my life, do I deserve so much discomfort. Thanks so much :). more

Open Question: Are the 15,000 Messianic Jews living in Israel not Jewish?

http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/407139.aspx Jews, you would say they are no longer Jews like you accuse the believers here? Acts 28: 27 For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’ 28 "Therefore I want you to know that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!"Deuteronomy 9:7 shows us what Israel was like after forty years in the wilderness. Moses says, "Remember, do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord." In spite of all the miracles that God performed during those forty years, in spite of all the things God did for Israel, every time a new crisis came up, the people of Israel rebelled against the Lord. more

Resolved Question: Why do you deny Muhammed in the OT? Isn't that strange?

Deuteronomy 18, Moses stated that God told him: " I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name I myself will call him to account" Deuteronomy more

Open Question: Where does this leave Jesus?

I have been listening to people like Steven Weinberg,Richard Dawkins,Stephen Hawking,etc,etc.They are all atheists,and say life is ultimately purposeless in any divine sense.I am sad to say I tend to agree,given the evidence;the universe resides in timeless purposelessness.But where then does that leave the Christian God,and Jesus? more

Resolved Question: a small prayer for help.?

hey everyone am ibrahim and last month i did the SAT. but every time i do it. i will get a low grade in the reading section. so during the test i was confident with myself i was a bit scared. so i dont want to redo it in may. please pray for me to get the score that i wanted. if many people prayed for me am sure that God will listen and let me have this grade that i wanted. please pray for me.God is faithfull and his love for us never fails. thanks so much for praying for me. more

Resolved Question: How can we recognize the voice of 'God'?

This question has been asked by countless people throughout the ages. Samuel heard the voice of God, but did not recognize it until he was instructed by Eli (1 Samuel 3:1-10). Gideon had a physical revelation from God, and he still doubted what he had heard to the point of asking for a sign, not once, but three times (Judges 6:17-22, 36-40). When we are listening for God's voice, how can we know that He is the one speaking? more

Open Question: Question about Beats by Dr Dre (the headphones)?

so my friend bought some 75 dollar heaphones and they sounded like god so i figured id buy some 250$ ones to see what they sounded like uhh how much do they cost, can i buy them at a store, and can i hook them up to my ipod (like are rhey wireless or what)) if somebody knows an even better pair of headphones thats a couple hundred dollars and for like listening to mostly rap music then let me know please more

Open Question: What is wrong with me?? Mental illness?

got a lot of things and issues that I have been dealing with for 11 years. I never really talk to mom about it because she really don't know what to do and I don't want to stress her out any more because she has so many other things to worry about. I am trying to be a Christian but these emotional issues I have take over my spirituality life and my whole mind. Since I was 6 years old I been having these thoughts I cant control. but I am obsessed with pacing or swing on the swing and listening to music. My thoughts are uncontrollable and very violent. I get mentally attached to someone thats really caring and that person rescues me in my thoughts There thoughts about people hurting me. For some reason I want someone to physically abuse me. I don't know why or what caused it but I don't think it has anything to do with what dad did. I realize that these thoughts and addiction is bad. I feel it is sinful and I want to stay away from sin. I feel darkness in these thoughts and don't know how do deal or get out of it. If I don't get my thoughts out and pace in the house and listen to music i withdraw. It stops me from learning and doing everyday activities. Lately I have been withdrawing from my family. I sleep during the day and I am up all night pacing for hours getting these thoughts out. I was waiting for the right time to tell mom more about it but when I found out what mom had today I think there will never be a good time. I always think someone is trying to hurt me and sometimes I blame people for things they didn't do because in my mind they did do it. There is there is this lady that fallows me around in my head all day and she tries to hurt and make me upset..She is dis-formed and not human. She loves odors and wants me to worship her by having body oder but I wont. I am so sick of her and sometimes I think she is real. She laughs at me when something bad happens to me. I want to hit her but I cant. I also sometimes feel high. I spend 6 or 7 hours a day pacing in the house to get my thoughts out and I laugh acting really high and stupid. I don't do drugs at all but I feel high. And I also get confused about everything. Every time I do something I suddenly forget everything I am doing and I get confused. One time I was at school and the teacher told me to put away a pan in the kitchen and all the sudden I forgot what I was doing and god confused about what I am doing as well. I cant play sports at all cause I forget and get confused allot. And every time I hear or see something funny I have to get up right away and think about it in my thoughts and if i don't I dissociate or withdraw. I don't understand why or what but I want this to stop. SOMEONE TELL ME WHATS GOING ON OR WHY THIS IS!! more

Open Question: PLZ read this is you have depression or anxiety...?

Alright... so last night was the worst night of my life. I'm a 15 year old female. I went to the hospital because I took too many sleeping pills. In fact, I took the whole bottle :/ So around 11:00pm I told my mom and she rushed me to the hospital. They put me on an IV and after 3 hours of throwing up, they said I was fine. I went home about 3am and skipped school today. Soo... I took those pills because I have had depression for over 3 years. I've been on anti-depressants for 2 years and we've changed them a couple times because they didn't work. I've gotten a lot better, but a couple months ago I was diagnosed with depression bipolar disorder. So when I took those pills, I wasn't myself at all. Usually I am a happy go lucky person... but when the mood swings kick in... all hell goes loose. I regret doing that so much, its crazy. I could have died that night if I hadn't of told my mom. I'm okay now though, thank God. and I've promised myself to never take another sleeping pill in my life, not matter what. Ok soo I put this on Y.A. not for you to feel bad for me or anything, but I wanted to tell those of you who have depression or anxiety something important. I want to tell you that what you are going through, you are not alone. I know that you feel like hell at times and that nobody in the whole world cares about you... but it's not true. I know that it's hard being a teen or young adult or even if you are older and have depression, i know it's hard... but you HAVE to hang in there. You can't give up and commit suicide, because there is so much more to life than that. You have so many years ahead of you and you're too young to go on with life like this. So I recommend seeing a counselor. I don't even recommend getting anti-depressants, because they work for some people.. but I believe that you guys and me will get through it without those. If you do have to take pills though, then go for it... because you need to do everything you can to get better. Just hang in there, okay? As for me, I'm going to be fine. Tomorrow I'm going to school just like every day, and I'm going to start seeing a counselor (that's what the doctor told me to do), and I promised myself no more pills ever again. Well I can't anyways, because my mom took them away. But I'm going to fight this depression. and I know that you can too. thanks for listening to my story. and please do something for yourself too You are not alone. more

Open Question: My husband doesn't want to spend time with me or focus on our family?

My husband and I have been married 4 years with 4 beautiful children (my daughter from a previous relationship, however he took her in as his own). In the past we did all kinds of fun things camping, fishing, swimming, just driving and exploring... etc. For almost 2 years now everything has been going downhill. He snaps at me at the drop of a hat, he always says he will spend time with me later (because we have the rest of our lives) he doesn't change diapers, he doesn't cook, clean, play with the kids, and if he talks to me it is about his life. He doesn't listen to me, if he says something hurtful he tells me to stop whining... He is always in his garage obsessing about one thing or another while doling out broken promises of what he is going to do for me... and I'm tired... How in the world do I get him to open up and WANT be a father and husband before anything else? I have recently turned to God for guidance as I do not believe in divorce, but this is tearing me up so much I feel like a failure...I'd also like to add that "too many kids" is a ridiculous excuse considering we planned them... and I have talked to him, he just pushes me away. He won't talk about his feelings...Not to mention I take care of them 24/7, not him... he could at least play with them!Not to mention I take care of them 24/7, not him... he could at least play with them! more

Open Question: Bare with me please...just read and acknowledge if anything?

I'll just try to tell you my "life story" so the basics: I'm almost 16, a girl, from a semi-religious, dysfunctional, middle-class family in Western society (Montreal, Quebec). Yes I believe in God. I have absolutely no talents, really suck at most things (anything athletic, anything artistic, anything scientific or technological) I'm okay at writing, if anything. My marks in school are average. My childhood: Overall pretty good, definitely privileged (got to travel, live in a decent house in decent neighborhood...always had food on my plate etc..) but with a sadistic older brother, and pervert father. won't go into those details. In elementary school I never felt like I fit in with my perfect preppy friends who did activities and played sports and piano and went skiing with their families and had "normal lives". The only traveling my family ever did was to all-inclusive resorts in the Carribean (not complaining, I know I'm lucky) but I'm just demonstrating what kind of people they are. Lazy, uncultured and superficial (especially my mom...who puts tons of pressure on me for my appearance, etc..) but that is another subject in itself. Anyhow, my childhood was alright...nothing too scarring but definitely some trauma between my dad and brother beating each other up, brother living in my house like 30% of my life, constant "Family Counseling" and verbal/physical/some sexual abuse. and of course my own self-doubt and insecurity among my friends who I tried so hard to be like Teenage years came along ~13, and that's when things started going downhill. Began to smoke weed, drink, sneak out, skip school, do a lot of things with a lot of random boys (was extremely self conscious...still am) and of course all those months got me a nice infamous reputation which still lingers on me today. I had always been (excuse this..I know this is going to sound really obnoxious, and it is, but yeah..) really pretty, maybe even "gorgeous." (according to almost everyone all my life, except for my dad). And I knew it, but I was still insecure. At around 14 and a half I started getting acne/gaining weight...and have isolated myself ever since. I know it's completely ridiculous and vain but listen I'm a little strange if you haven't figured that one out yet. So I basically have..no life, whatsoever, because I'm embarassed of who I am/how I look. also trying to get my bad reputation to fade so avoiding anything related. I spend most of my days/nights on the computer asking questions on yahoo! jokes. but I'm always on msn...even resorted to watching porn ---> what I do when I'm upset. fact that I use 'sex' as a remedy = issue in itself? Either way, whatever. I have absolutely no life....no talents....no skills....my interests are: marine biology, cosmology, metaphysics and psychology. Marine Biology is awesome but nerdy and I can't pursue a career in that because of my retardation in anything science related (academically...I just can't go there). same with Cosmology. Psychology/Metaphysics are my only hope for a career but it's not like I'm some philosophical genius...not even close...just something I enjoy learning about all my "friends" (only from school because, as you know, I avoid any social contact with anyone in the outside world) don't even like me. My #1's...I'm their #7. If I didn't go to my friends lockers, call them first, ask them to hangout first...we would never talk or see eachother. No one comes to see me, ask about me, think about me...If I don't go to my friend's lockers right after the bell goes I'd end up eating lunch alone because do you really think they'd come to my locker...? I have no "group/clique" and never know who I can associate myself with, etc. It's not that I feel completely unwanted..because when I do show up, they're happy to see me and enjoy my presence (laugh at my jokes, etc..) but it's not like I'm a priority. basically, the people who mean a lot to me....I mean like 25% of that to them. My teachers in school all think I'm stupid because I used to act like a "jap" (Jewish-American Princess...stereotype) when I was all 'hot' and didn't care about anything but my appearance and social status. I don't even care about that anymore, I just want to be happy and loved for who I am. But it seems like that's impossible... Today a teacher saw me eating in the halls and said *mockingly* "Oohh I'm Kayla ___, I'm too cool for school!". Everyone condescends me... people from my school/most adults: for not being smart enough, caring about my reputation or my appearance too much. from my mom: for being too smart, caring about sharks and "how it's made" too much. She tells me to stop eating whenever I eat anything, and asks me to watch Gossip Girl instead of my shows on Discovery Channel. I don't even know what I actually like.. I just feel like I have nothing going for me in any aspect (socially, academically, romantically, physically, etc...) and am actually considering susuicide. How could I fix this hole I have made for myselfsuicide. How could I fix this hole I have made for myself more

Open Question: Finding God in a non religious family?

So I've grown up in a family that was never religious. I'm 21 now, and in the past recent couple of years, my parents have become very spiritual, exploring out of body experiences and things like that. In the last 3 years of my life, major life changing things turned my life upside down. I wont get into detail, but in certain situations, I felt God helping me and guiding me. It was the first time I ever really felt God. I don't know how to explain it, but I know I'd love to know more. I'm lucky because I have a boyfriend of 5 months and our relationship has become very serious. He's religious and that is helpful. I want to know what to do next. I want to be more involved. Does this mean I should go to church? Or read the bible? I don't know where to start. I listen to Christian radio sometimes, but I feel like there's so much I need to learn both historically and spiritually. I guess this is a God-for-Dummies sort of situation, and I know my question is sort of confusing but... can anybody help me? I know this is a beautiful thing. I want to fulfill it! Thanks. (please no replies from people trying to tell me I shouldn't believe in God or religion is crap or anything like that!) more

Open Question: Atheists, Christians, Muslims and Others: How do we all prevent new religious wars & religious persecutions?

Obviously, many of the people contributing questions and answers to YA on "Religion & Spirituality" have many disagreements about religion, ethics, the existence or non-existence of God, and several other subjects. OK, so we have these disagreements, and some of us feel passionately about them. But given that this is the reality today, how do we avoid taking the next step towards Hell on Earth, and violently fighting each other over religion and/or the negation of religion? After all, one of the beauties of Yahoo Answers is that it gives each of us the chance to express our own religious beliefs, whatever they are, and to listen to other people expressing their beliefs. It gives each of us the chance to argue against all of the others, if we feel that is right, and in some cases YA may give some of us the chance to be "converted" by the words of others. Yet in many societies around the world, at many different times in history, people fought and killed each other over the kinds of religious disagreements that we can peacefully explore on Yahoo. Holy wars & Crusades & Jihads were fought against unbelievers. Violent revolutions occurred in the name of one faith or another. And apparently saintly and harmless individuals turned from leading apparently blameless lives to the hunting down of "heretics," with the result that innocent people were tortured & killed for disagreeing with their kings, caliphs, bishops or neighbors about the nature of God. How do all of us who love to debate and tease each other here in the R&S section make sure that those violent & intolerant & bloody days of religious persecution never come again? Or let's say "most of us" here in R&S, since probably a few of us are religious True Believers who do like the notion of violent Holy Wars. How do MOST of us in here find ways to keep speaking up for what we think is the "truth" -- whatever that may be, and no matter who disagrees with it -- without running the risk that we will turn a relatively tolerant society like the USA into a new scene of religious intolerance & bloodshed, such as Lebanon, Northern Ireland, Iraq or, say, northern Nigeria or Gujurat under the dominion of rival religious mobs?A an added note of clarifying: I really would like to ask people about how to AVOID religious wars (and anti-religous wars) and persecutions. I didn't really mean to ask whether we should launch a war against a particular religion to "end religious war", which to me seems an oxymoron. more

Open Question: This is a touchy subject but would love to get some feedback.....?

The subject i dare to peruse is the subject of hellfire. Now i realize some believe in it, and some do not. I will also say this is a question/statement as its rhetorical in a sense but you can answer if it peaks your interest. That being said. I cant begin to tell you, the dozens upon dozens of questions i have seen being asked by various individuals all pertaining to if they commit such and such a sin will they go to hell?? oh my....... ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, please listen and listen well. We are human, plain and simple, we all are given freedom of choice. we are all servants of God ( whether you choose to believe that or not is up to you), and i am wondering where someones mentality is that they ask a being who is equal to them on every level if they can be sent to the most dreadful place that we cant even conceive of it????? How can we answer such a query?? really?? and what hurts more is when i see my fellow muslim brothers and sisters asking questions about this, come on, you know better than to ask such a thing. you know no one can answer that, no one except God knows who is going to heaven and who is going to hell. if you live such a questionable lifestyle than instead of wasting your time asking whether somone on here "thinks" you have a shot to be forgiven, you should instead be on your knees, praying, repenting and asking for forgiveness. i am not here to judge anyone and unless you have a simple mind you will see and comprehend what i am saying, you will see i am speaking from the heart and have a general care and am just putting this out there. so next time you have a question about whether you think you will go to hellfire, please pray and ask for forgiveness and for guidance, my goodness, to me this is common sense, i wish all others could see this as well.hi there,may i just add that i am muslim so my views will be very different from the christian ones. thank you hidari for "understanding" my question and anne i am not threatened. if you read my posting all i was simply saying is that we are all "equal", so who am i to tell someone because they commited a sin that there is a chance they could go to hell, ( if you beleive in it) which if someone is asking they obviously do, this is no way is saying i am threatened, i am certain you misunderstood the premise of my account. more

Open Question: What would the gods listen to?

What band or bands would the gods listen to? Muse? Black Eyed Peas? Beethoven? more

Open Question: Why believe Evolution is true because you read it in a book... yet..?

Okay, I understand that you were taught to believe in it because it is written and said to be studied by Scientist so you Believe it is true....yet the Bible was also written and you scoff at it as untrue...well this is how I feel, God made ape's and all the animals then he made Man in His image, with a soul and an advanced brain. I don't believe everything I read, I believe in feelings (which is God given also) I can feel Him, His spirit, love and wisdom...but if you want to believe you are an ape, then so be it. Lets just let up on each other, listen with respect toward one another. more

Open Question: what is causing my constant trouble breathing and pain in chest?

i am 17 year old male since early january i have been going through alot an im still going through it. Now i know this is not heart related to my knowledge because i have had a echocardiogram.They found a pericardial effusion which is excess fluid around the heart. this effusion is very very small so small that it shouldn't even cause any symptoms. now i have had anxiety over this but i feel that it wouldnt be constant like from when i wake up to when i go to sleep. plus i have constant chest pain and aches all over my body sometimes. I have lived with this for weeks now and its starting to drive me nuts. i've seen 3 doctors a cardiologist and my regular doctor a few prompt care doctors and a hematologist, the cardiologist said i should recover from effusion but its been weeks and acording to some of the doctors it shouldnt even affect me.when i take a breathe my lungs fill but i feel as though the oxygens not being absorbed plus theres a wierd interuption in my esophagus when i breathe it isnt constant but it happens over ten times a day but its very brief under a second.i have acid reflux too if that could be attributing to the problem.my blood work was a little unusual when i had blood work done my potassium was high by like .1 and my protein and calcium were high too. also my white blood cell count was at 21,000 then i had it tested again two days later after taking antibiotics and it was back down too 9700 and the hematologist did a bunch of tests which all came up clean for kidney problems or cancer. i had a large painful lump under my armpit aswell acompanied whith a fatty painless lump on my scrotal sack. i finished the antibiotics and my mom told the nurse the lump was still there but much much smaller as well as the other one.the nurse told me i wouldnt need anymore antibiotics they never really took the problem away either as far as breathing. now my chest pain is getting bad and my breathing seems to be progressivly worse now. doctors just tell me nothings wrong and that im having anxiety there damn right i am over all this. i dont know alot about anxiety but the problem never goes away even when i was watching avatar completly sucked into the movie i was still having breathing problems.my parents seem to think its anxiety too but im just not sure if anxiety can be constant even when im entertained. i did smoke cigarettes for like 4-5 years and recently these past three years i was smoking pot constantly all day all night and ive quit all theses things since like january 5 but my breathing is bad now and it was good when i was smoking. i dont understand it. I do not have asthma to my knowledge or the doctors either. could i have empysema or somthing i dont know. now the only reason i think it could be anxiety is when i was high all day i didnt have a care in the world i could care less if i was having a heart attack when i was stoned.now also a trigger if it is anxiety could of been my grandfathers death he was 60 and had a massive heart attack. now i had hypokalemia from diauretics that a prompt care doctor gave me because my Bp was 200/76 well turns out that may have been anxiety related too. do you think my heart could of been damaged by the potassium drop it was like 5.1 then dropped to like 2.5 i was having extreme chest pain in the car on my way to the hospital before i found this out they never checked my heart out to check for heart damage so i assume doctors think my heart couldn't be damaged because of this cause they didnt even check it out. the doctor listened to my heart and told me i would have to stay overnight but then after blood results they found out the hypokalemia was there and they gave me potassium tablets and a bottle of gatorade and sent me home. now there there was a infection but i dont know if its gone or if its even causing this. please help im going through hell here. i feel like this is gods way of making me straighten out my life im going to church and praying now. but i still wanna know why this is happening its driving me nuts if i have anxiety ill go get pills or see a therapist i dont care i just want it to stop none of the doctors give me answers they play lets blame anxiety and find no answers yes im having anxiety every now and again buts that because of whats going on with me i dont think its causing it but if it is i guess ill get it taken care of i just want sone answers or possible causes more

Open Question: Why are atheist people mean to believers on R&S?

Im sure 90% of what they say to us will never think about say THIS WAS QUESTION WAS ASKED BY USER MOTHER GOD AND THEN DELETED AFTER A MAGNIFICENT DETAILED AND OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FROM GAYTHEIST BUDDHA WHICH I REPRODUCE HERE: You are misreading anger about actions for hatred and meanness. am angry with the Pope’s March 2009 statement that condom use helps spread AIDS in Africa. I'm angry that women are dying of AIDS in Africa and South America because the Catholic Church has convinced them that using condoms makes baby Jesus cry I'm angry that women are having septic abortions -- or are being forced to have unwanted children who they resent and mistreat -- because religious organizations have gotten laws passed making abortion illegal or inaccessible. And I'm angry that Jerry Falwell blamed 9/11 on pagans, abortionists, feminists, gays and lesbians, the ACLU, and the People For the American Way. I'm angry that the theology of a wrathful God exacting revenge against pagans and abortionists by sending radical Muslims to blow up a building full of secretaries and investment bankers... this was a theology held by a powerful, widely-respected religious leader with millions of followers. I'm angry that huge swaths of public policy in this country -- not just on same-sex marriage, but on abortion and stem-cell research and sex education in schools -- are being based, not on evidence of which policies do and don't work and what is and isn't true about the world, but on religious texts written hundreds or thousands of years ago, and on their own personal feelings about how those texts should be interpreted, with no supporting evidence whatsoever -- and no apparent concept of why any evidence should be needed. I get angry when believers trumpet every good thing that's ever been done in the name of religion as a reason why religion is a force for good... and then, when confronted with the horrible evils done in religion's name, say that those evils weren't done because of religion, were done because of politics of greed or fear or whatever, would have been done anyway even without religion, and shouldn't be counted as religion's fault. (Of course, to be fair, I also get angry when atheists do the opposite: chalk up every evil thing done in the name of religion as a black mark on religion's record, but then insist that the good things were done for other reasons and would have been done anyway, etc. Neither side gets to have it both ways.) I'm angry at the believers who put decals on their cars with a Faith fish eating a Darwin fish... and who think that's clever, who think that religious faith really should triumph over science and evidence. I'm angry at believers who have so little respect for the physical world their God supposedly created that they feel perfectly content to ignore the mountains of physical evidence piling up around them about that real world; perfectly content to see that world as somehow less real and true than their personal opinions about God. I get angry when religious believers base their entire philosophy of life on what is, at best, a hunch; when they ignore or reject or rationalize any evidence that contradicts that hunch or calls it into question... and then accuse atheists of being close-minded and ignoring the obvious truth. And I get angry when believers glorify religious faith without evidence as a positive virtue, a character trait that makes people good and noble... and then continue to accuse atheists of being close-minded and ignoring the obvious truth. I get angry when believers say that they can know the truth -- the greatest truth of all about the nature of the universe, namely the source of all existence -- simply by sitting quietly and listening to their heart... and then accuse atheists of being arrogant. (This isn't just arrogant towards atheists and naturalists, either. It's arrogant towards people of other religions who have sat just as quietly, listened to their hearts with just as much sincerity, and come to completely opposite conclusions about God and the soul and the universe.) I get angry when believers treat the gaps in science and scientific knowledge as somehow proof of the existence of God. I get angry when, despite a thousands-of-years-old pattern of supernatural explanations being consistently and repeatedly replaced with natural ones, they still think every single unexplained phenomenon can be best explained by God. And I'm angry that, whenever a gap in our knowledge does get filled in, believers either try to suppress it (see above re: evolution in the schools), or else say, "Okay, that part of the world isn't supernatural... but what about this gap over here? Can you explain that, Mr. Smarty-Pants Scientist? You can't! It must be God!" Source(s): http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_… more

Open Question: English help please? Grade 10, Ten points and best answer!?

1. In “The Gettysburg Address” Lincoln explains that the stated purpose for meeting on this battlefield is to _________. dedicate the nation to the Southern cause dedicate themselves to revenging the Gettysburg dead dedicate a portion of the field as a final resting place for fallen soldiers dedicate themselves to God 2. In “The Gettysburg Address,” what kind of diction does Lincoln use in the phrase “Four score and seven years ago”? abstract informal private formal 3. Which of these elements in Lee's “Letter to His Son” gives historical background? his reference to receiving a book as a gift from his son his reference to his pride as a citizen of his country his reference to the four states that have left the union his reference to feeling helpless in the face of events 4. What does Lincoln means by the words “With malice toward none; with charity for all” in his “Second Inaugural Address”? with ill will to those who started the war, and with kindness to those who died with ill will to those who lost the war and with kindness to those who won without ill will toward anyone and with kindness toward everyone with ill will toward everyone and with kindness toward no one 5. Which of the following passages from Mary Chesnut's Civil War is an opinion? “My husband has been made an aide-de-camp of General Beauregard.” “Now he tells me the attack upon Fort Sumter may begin tonight.” “Lincoln or Seward have made such silly advances …” “Today Miles and Manning, colonels now … dine with us.” 6. How does this quotation from Mary Chesnut's Civil War reflect the style of a journal: “Had telegraphed to President Davis for instructions. What answer to give Anderson, etc., etc.”? It has information about her husband. It uses people's titles. It gives military information. It uses incomplete sentences. 7. A fact is different from an opinion because a fact _________. is a statement can be false can be proved is a personal judgment 8. Which part of “An Account of the Battle of Bull Run” helps identify it as a personal letter? Jackson's description of his wound Jackson's use of his wife's nickname Jackson's praise of God Jackson's description of the battle 9. Which aspect of “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” makes the story humorous? The wild story is told in a voice that has no expression. The story is so unbelievable it is not even funny. The narrator believes it is a true story instead of a tall tale. The narrator falls asleep as he is listening to the story. 10. Which statement shows Twain's humor about his father's job in “The Boys' Ambition”? He says it is a better job than steamboating. He says his father can hang anyone he wants. He says his father has a lot of power in town. He says his father has a special occupation. 11. In the sentence “By and by one of our boys went away,” the expression “by and by” means after he said ‘good-bye’. some time later. after purchasing his contract. mysteriously. 12. How would you restate this sentence from “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”: “If there was a horse race, you'd find him flush or you'd find him busted at the end of it”? At the end of a horse race, he'd either be flushed with victory or arrested. At the end of a horse race, he'd either have won or he'd have lost. At the end of a horse race, you couldn't find him to arrest him. At the end of a horse race, he'd be embarrassed because he had lost. 13. If you find regional dialect difficult to understand, what is most likely to help you figure it out? using a dictionary reading it aloud ignoring words you don't understand asking a friend what the words mean 14. What is the best example of internal conflict? A character struggles with the guilt he feels about a crime he committed as a child. A character struggles to distinguish herself from her many siblings. A character struggles against the restrictions of traditional gender roles. A character struggles to survive and protect her family during wartime. 15. Which of the following elements often reveals irony? details plot descriptions climax more

Open Question: I Don't want Arguing.So if you are going to be rude dont post!(Catholics,Baptist, Presbyterian,protestant etc)?

1.) I would like to know if YOU believe it's okay to smoke, drink, curse, lie, steal, cheat, fornicate, committ adultery, listen to all kinds of music, and go to the club???? 2.) Why do you even go to a church with No power ..because if you think you are a Christian and continues to dwell in sin i'm sorry but you are WRONG! 3.) I am NOT judging ANYONE..so don't feed me the line most hypocrites do (Judge not for ye shall be judged) because im not judging..Christ can only do that Im simply telling you what is not a Holy life. I also know(all have sinned and come short of the glory of God) But the key word is HAVE sinned pass tense not dwell in sin! 4.) The Word says sow to the flesh and of the flesh you SHALL reap corruption sow to the spirit and you shall gain everlasting Life. Give me feedback PLZ NO ARGUING, CURSING, OR GETTING ANGRY AS A CHRISTIAN U SHOULD CONTROL UR TEMPOR watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiM-vSTuPJU more

Open Question: Why do People use the Name Jesus?

He is a Hebrew, who spoke Hebrew, and Aramaic, with both a Hebrew and Aramaic Name! I have an extension for Google CHROME for "Translations" and I MYSELF!>:( translated Jesus, and it isn't even the Messiahs name! Here is what it is, and you can download Google Chrome and get the extension yourself! People DON'T listen to WIKI.. it doesn't tell the Truth! Google Chrome - Translation Extension: -Jesus: ישו<--and then theres--> ישוע??? -Yeshua/Jeshua: ישוע BUT HOWEVER, the Messiah isn't called either one of these at ALL in the OT when referring to the coming Messiah! Zechariah 6:11-12 tells us "The Branch" a.k.a the Messiah the root of "Jesse" will have the Name of "JOSHUA" not "Jesus" or "Jeshua" or "Jeshua".. so I went in and Translated the name in Google and heres what I got! -JOSHUA: יהושע<-- Notice the יה "YAH or I AM" in the Name?? This completes the Argument of John 5:43 " i come *IN* my Fathers *NAME*...Yet you don't receive me?" Gods Name in Hebrew is This: יהוה<-- Notice the YAH( יה )... THIS PROVES that He did come in the Fathers Name.. that is also why we say Hallel-U-YAH or "Praise unto YAH"!!! Guys this is serious! Acts 4:12 " There is NO OTHER NAME GIVEN under HEAVEN by which we MUST be Saved!" Romans 10:13 " ALL who call upon His Name shall be SAVED! " This is SERIOUS! STOP Calling him Jesus and Yeshua.. his name is Yahushua... you maybe saying How do you know it is "Yahu" shua.. Well I'll tell you. :) What are Brothers in the MessiYAH for? lol.. Every Prophet in the OT and NT has some part of his name known, to Testify and Proclaim his name. He KNEW they would deliberately hide his name so he put it in his prophets to testify for himself. Also more on Gods name and why its important read Malachi(YAH) 3:13-18 Every Prophet had the Name "YAH" - יה "AH" - ה "U(oo sound)" - ו "YAHU" - יהו You can research this for yourself! Guys please stop calling him this name Jesus, or Yeshua.. in fact Y'shua is the short form of YAHUSHUA! Most call him Yehoshua but that is FALSE as in there is not "Yeh" only a "YAH" sound.. -.- Anyone of you who deny this and do not test my Spirit is of the Anti-Messiah and you will NOT make it denying his holy name. I know that for a Fact! The Messiahs Name : יהושע <-- NOTICE! The "YAHU from right - left? --> יהו.. this is YAHU.. this is the first part of the Messiahs name known as Joshua in English. These: ש <-- -->ע The one on the left is AYIN and the other is SHIN.. when put together they make "SHUA".. I don't know how but Hebrew speakers do. His name isn't Jesus, or Y'shua.. well it is Y'shua in a way, but say his FULL name! Don't be ashamed any longer! People WILL persecute for his name.. Revelations says the Beast will speak all these blasphemous names, and the Most High tells us to COME OUT OF HER(Church).. it isn't safe in those false buildings! Yahushua - יהושע is the MessiYAH and he will deliver ANYONE WHO CALLS UPON HIS NAME! Let's go back to 1 John(YAHUchanan) where he says you must CONFESS with your LIPS that he is the son of God and is coming on the clouds.. I have will you? YAHUshua is the Son of YAH and is coming on the Clouds! HALLELUYAH? Amen! HalleluYAH!Everyone of You denied his name... and say it isn't important? LOL.. wow.. great going, God in FLESH came to earth and all you can say is, his name is that because it just is, or its english? Tell me, do you transliterate every chinese mans name? NO.. then why do it to his name? LOL.. get a life? I got one, it seems you need one my friend. more

Resolved Question: Any more post-grunge rock bands like STAIND, SEETHER, COLD, and STONE SOUR?!!!?

Hey, guys, I was wondering, are there any other good alternative rock bands out there? I've already listened to: Linkin Park, Dead by Sunrise Anything Corey Taylor, Sevendust, Deftones, Also, I kinda like it when the lead vocalist has a little "hurha" in his voice. Scooter Ward and Aaron Lewis are perfect examples. Corey Taylor is a metal god! Shaun Morgan and Chester Bennington are very, very decent. Any other good bands like them?Modern bands only like Breaking Benjamin and such. more

Open Question: What is the title to this song and who preformed it?

There is a sound that's ringing clear. Can you hear? Will you be a pioneer? Follow the cloud, Not the crowd. You must press on, Heed the call. Do you dare leave it all? Hear a certain sound, Bringing down the walls. It's the sound of the trumpet of God. Praising the name of the Lord, Following the heart beat of God. It's the sound of the trumpet, Listen to the trumpet of God, Claiming the Word of the Lord, The Glory that was lost is restored. It's the sound of the trumpet God wants to live and dwell in man That's His plan, Building Zion up again. We are the stones that make up His home We must lay aside every sin, Let the King of Glory in. Hear a certain sound that only plays to win. Repeat of chorus It's the sound of the trumpet of God Praising the name of the Lord Following heartbeat of God It's the sound of the trumpet Listen to the trumpet of God Claiming the Word of the Lord more

Open Question: I'm 14 and I'm in love with a boy.. but he doesn't love me back what should i do...?

so I've known him for 2 years ....but I've always been in love with him,see the first time i fell in love with him was in 7th grade,he was in 6th but i still loved him ....he went out with somebody else that whole year... but i was patient ... i would try so hard to impress him god i love everything about him i love his smile .... and i love his personality ..hes so funny! hes opened my eyes up to things like music he hates music that have meaningless lyrics.. now i only listen to music that has strong meaning....the problem is i think he still loves the girl he used to go out with a lot....but i still wish he knew how much i love him....I've turned to sad love songs for advice but now I'm desperate i want him to love me .... I've tried to forget him but i cant i need to know if he loves me! maybe i might still have a chance with him....any advice I'm on the verge of just finally giving up on him and never talking to him again it hurts to talk to him knowing he doesn't love me and I'm afraid he never will... more

Open Question: A question for everyone willing to think on their own and not just coping off of someone else.on hatred much?

Hello everyone. I have studied many religions for years, spanning from Abrahamic religions to Buddhism, to Atheism and the Occult Paths, and over the years I have never come across so much hatred as I have here... To the Christians: Why must a great number of you preach hatred to others? Your religion itself boasts of Love and Compassion. Thus why are you threatening people with death and burning, when you are supposed to Love thy neighbor like thy brother? ,, by your religion, you are not fit to judge another human being, but it for your God to judge them, thus casting you to be lower than him. By judging and being hatred to others of different beliefs, are you saying that you are equal or higher then your God? or are you not listening to his words? To Athiests : Over the span of a year, I have seen more and more attacks on Athiesm, for this I am sorry, that one would be verbally attacked due to thier religon or lack there of, or for your own personal beliefs on ideals. I respect your right to choose, and the fact that you are all generally nicer then most of the religious people on here. Though that is only part of it, as some (not all) do attack the christian belief as well. Two wrongs do not make a right.. and I think that if you dont attack them, you would be the Bigger person, as to not fall into the realm of hatred and judging of others.. Can we work on not attacking back? .. I know it does get annoying haveing to defend yourselfves all the time.. To my fellow Occultist. (all Pagan, Wiccan, Satanists and Eclectics) There are very few of us on here in these days, and most of those looking for information are cast down by others for going aginst the will of their God. Please do not be discouraged.. there is many hard feelings towards the Olden Paths. -- many of you that I have met on here are quite pleasent to talk to, and are some of the nicest people I have met. Though even with this, there are till the few that are willing to say negative things to our fellow humans. Just becasue they do not share our beliefs, does not mean that they desearve to be trated as poorly as they treat us. Can we work on this? .. please? As for those of Other religions that I have not stated, you all are not that big in attacking others.. I appreiciate your ability to do so. It makes you seem like you have good heads on your shoulders, and a good moral standpoint. -- Please answer the questions pointed towards your religion, and state your opinions on this if you like. please no bible verses. as I have read both the Christian bible and the Satanic Bible. I encourage personal thoughts, so please feel free to criticise and state your own opinions. -- my appologies for my grammer and spelling.. english is not my first language.. -- thank you all -Suni,.@ only jesus saves-- I asked for no bible verses. why can you not adhere to this request? you did not answer my question at all, only showed ignorance to my words.@ josh3 -- you are preaching to me, while I thank you for not useing bible verses to do so,, I am asking why most want to show hatred in trying to convert people. then love. and im sorry,, but i have studied your religion many years, and am sound in my own beliefs.. please respect this.@ P.K -- thank you for prooving my point.@ ruth- I am 18 years old, almost 19, I went to a church for 14 years, studied Wicca for 8 and have been studying Paganism since I was a able to read. I also studied satinism for 4 years. Thank you for prooving my point. BTW - i was in the military, and am a junior in college.@ pat -- once again i ask for no bible verses, and all i get is ignorance to my request. i want your opinion, not words out of a book written by man. you dont need to use the ALL CAPS thing. i can read it all the same.@ shinji -- Thank You, you are one of few that have accually answered my question completely and honestly. I thank you for your explanation of your belief and your willingness to do so civily. May your day be blessed with happiness and joy. more

Resolved Question: what happened to the Republican party being so irrelevant?

If in fact they are so irrelevant, why can't an Obama admin get anything done even when they had a super majority. Where are all the jobs Obama promised, where is the transparency, where on Gods green earth is Obama listening to the majority of Americans. Obama is making a lot of closed door deals with the unions, has a few temporary construction jobs at a cost of of $280,000 per job that is not sustainable employment. When is Obama going to stop trying to cram Obamacare down our throats and focus on the economy like he said he was. 7 million jobs lost since he has been in office, deficit 4 times that of Bush and climbing. more

Open Question: Why do fundamentalists ignore Scripture quotes of others?

I have had arguments with fundies and they like quoting Scripture and expect you to accept their interpretation as infallible. I sometimes show them how their interpretation is out of context and cite beliefs and doctrines of ancient Christianity (based on history and early Christian writings) and also cite Scripture that would corroborate my interpretation. But they ignore the Scriptures I quote and accuse me of not listening to the word of God. Why do the fundies insist that their interpretation of Scripture is always the correct one even if they cannot defend it? If your interpretation is different from theirs, they label you as blinded by Satan, your Church, by your own pride, etc. And when you counter with your Biblical quote they ignore it as if you said nothing. more

Open Question: Do you have a lock on your heart?

Salaams... Peace be with you... We have been blessed with the Word of God... oh what a Priceless Gift it is... "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." - Hebrews 4:12 We have the Holy Torah [The term "Torah" (Hebrew: תּוֹרָה, "teaching" or "instruction", sometimes translated as "law"), refers either to the Five Books of Moses (or Pentateuch)] We have the Holy Bible, the Holy Qur'an [Arabic: القرآن‎ al-qur'ān, literally “the recitation”] and other Sacred Scriptures... Praise be to God... (Al-hamdu Lillah). I love the Holy Bible and plan on being a student of it the rest of my life... God willing... (Insha'Allah). As i grew up... i was discouraged from studying Islam as i believed some of the things that people around me were saying until i investigated it for myself. One day i read verse [10:37] "And this Qur'an is not such as could be forged by those besides Allah, but it is a verification of the Book, there is no doubt in it, from the LORD of the worlds."... and my heart was opened up to the realization that the Holy Qur'an is indeed the Word of God. This question comes from my reading/studying the Holy Qur'an this morning as i came across verse [47:24] "Do they not reflect on the Holy Qur'an? Or, are there locks on the hearts?" [47:17] "And those who follow guidance, He increases them in guidance and grants them their observance of duty." So... if you have listened to others 'opinions' about Islam... are you willing to investigate the Holy Qur'an for yourself... (Insha'Allah)... or do you have a lock on your heart? best regards, xxThe Sufi-s say: Qulb-ul-insan bait-ur-Rahman; "The heart of man is the home of God." more

Open Question: I'm leaving my abusive husband, what am I entitiled for with child support in Canada?

SORRY FOR ALL THE DETAILS PLEASE PLEASE I NEED HELP AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY CHILD! my husband is an extreme mama's boy, he has over $50,000 in his account, he gives me no money or allowance, I've already asked for $40 per wk and he said NO with so many other words (his income is $1,600.00 per wk) I am not working since over a yr I've got laid off with my savings I've been living off of my credit card to buy cloths for my son, snacks sometimes with school and the odd school raffles, I buy all gifts at xmas for my son and address all 'from mom and dad', even my own dental bills and my sons dental bills I take care of he does nothing other than pay the bills, buy lavish groceries what him and his parents need....an average grocery bill is $300 per wk or sometimes $200 and he pays for his parents groceries, although they have more than enough money , came here as immigrants and now have disability what it all comes down to is this i called his dad one night to ask him to tell his son to stop calling me names ( i don't ike the fact that i complain to them but he listens to his parents) then his drunk father curesed me called me a whore and used the F word he hung up the phone i told my husband ur dad just cussed me MY HUSBAND STARTED CURSING ME TOO IN FRONT OF MY 4 YR OLD seconds after my mom in law calls and screams at me at this point I'm on the phone talking and crying with knots in my stomach, I'm christian and they are Hindu's and they were accusing me of black Magic bc my husbands sister had a string of bad luck..................what they were saying makes no sense I left twice before I had my son and my husband kept running to me and crying, I felt sorry and took him back he promised to change but he always listens to his family over me, when i was on the phone crying to my mom saying to her that I'm a good person, and when afterlife should ever come they will see me in the heaven with God....then he screams 'Who? you? you have a f*ing black heart" my mom is in NY and she is sooooo hurt to hear he said that bc we are all christians and our conversations almost once a month consist of talking about God also he's an alcoholic and was already treated for ulcer, he drinks at home every night about 3-8 beers ON WORK NIGHTS, and gets drunk most wk ends at his parents house because my husband spends his wk ends with them not us..........and he drinks with his father my plans are to leave nx wk with my 4 yr old going to my friends so she'll drive me around to see what help i can get......if his income is $6,400 per month and I'm not working I hope to find a cheap basement and have him pay the rent, babysitting fees ( bc I will be looking for a job) food etc........AM I ENTITLED TO THIS WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR ALMOST 12 YRS............ all I want is about $2,500 a month which is not even half of his income..he makes $6,400 per month..........plus I would like $20,000 from his account since he has $57,000 saved alreadyAnne I am in OntarioI AM IN ONTARIO......AND HE MAKE A FLAT RATE OF $1,600 PER WK AFTER TAX more

Open Question: English Help PLZ im sick?

1. In “The Gettysburg Address” Lincoln explains that the stated purpose for meeting on this battlefield is to _________. (1 point) * dedicate the nation to the Southern cause * dedicate themselves to revenging the Gettysburg dead * dedicate a portion of the field as a final resting place for fallen soldiers * dedicate themselves to God 2. In “The Gettysburg Address,” what kind of diction does Lincoln use in the phrase “Four score and seven years ago”? (1 point) * abstract * informal * private * formal 3. Which of these elements in Lee's “Letter to His Son” gives historical background? (1 point) * his reference to receiving a book as a gift from his son * his reference to his pride as a citizen of his country * his reference to the four states that have left the union * his reference to feeling helpless in the face of events 4. What does Lincoln means by the words “With malice toward none; with charity for all” in his “Second Inaugural Address”? (1 point) * with ill will to those who started the war, and with kindness to those who died * with ill will to those who lost the war and with kindness to those who won * without ill will toward anyone and with kindness toward everyone * with ill will toward everyone and with kindness toward no one 5. Which of the following passages from Mary Chesnut's Civil War is an opinion? (1 point) * “My husband has been made an aide-de-camp of General Beauregard.” * “Now he tells me the attack upon Fort Sumter may begin tonight.” * “Lincoln or Seward have made such silly advances …” * “Today Miles and Manning, colonels now … dine with us.” 6. How does this quotation from Mary Chesnut's Civil War reflect the style of a journal: “Had telegraphed to President Davis for instructions. What answer to give Anderson, etc., etc.”? (1 point) * It has information about her husband. * It uses people's titles. * It gives military information. * It uses incomplete sentences. 7. A fact is different from an opinion because a fact _________. (1 point) * is a statement * can be false * can be proved * is a personal judgment 8. Which part of “An Account of the Battle of Bull Run” helps identify it as a personal letter? (1 point) * Jackson's description of his wound * Jackson's use of his wife's nickname * Jackson's praise of God * Jackson's description of the battle 9. Which aspect of “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” makes the story humorous? (1 point) * The wild story is told in a voice that has no expression. * The story is so unbelievable it is not even funny. * The narrator believes it is a true story instead of a tall tale. * The narrator falls asleep as he is listening to the story. 10. Which statement shows Twain's humor about his father's job in “The Boys' Ambition”? (1 point) * He says it is a better job than steamboating. * He says his father can hang anyone he wants. * He says his father has a lot of power in town. * He says his father has a special occupation. more

Resolved Question: Why do so many Wu-Tang fans hate on my niggah Golden Arms (U-God)?

Listen to his verses on: Iron God Chamber - Masta Killa Triumph - WTC Rec Room Therapy - Ghostface Killah Uzi (Pinky Ring) - WTC Winter Warz - Ghostface Killah He steals the show in each of those songs.Triumph is his hottest verse of all time, he even puts INS to shame on that track.Also check out Grand Prix ft/ U-God by INS. more

Resolved Question: Should my mom file a missing persons report?

Well, My sister married some douche bag she only knew for 4 months, (they met and the second day after meeting they were going and and the same week they decided to get engaged and married in april, they met in January) So, he told us his past, he had a sad past, he was abused by his mom when he was little, he got into drugs and gangs as a teen, he had sex with a 10 year old girl when he was 12 and I guess the parents pressed charges and he is a registered sex offender (level 1 so it's not usually on his records or something like that) Well, my religion is christian and he said he found god and he's in a better place now, he seemed like a cool guy, he acts "gangster" he's in a hip hop group called Godz Gang, which is also a church so we were all like cool. I still didn't fully trust him, but all seemed good. Until.. My sister (22 has three kids from a previous relationship) came to my mom saying she might be pregnant, see my sister still lives with us and my mom told her she didn't want him spending the night, but SURPRISE! she didn't listen. My mom got mad and said she should have listened or at least use birth control, because her last child was born premature, and he is a little slower than where a normal 2 year old should be, and he has a lot of health problems so he needs her a lot. They got in an argument and my sister out of the whim, decided to move out and move into a dirty motel for a week. Anyways, that was all straightened out, they got married, we weren't fighting (she ignored everyone because of the stupid fight with my mom) they got their own apartment, well you see her husband who we don't really know AT ALL. got her into the church, which she started acting all weird and would say off the wall things that weren't really christian at all. All of a sudden she got this hatred for everything that wasn't christian or wasn't right in her mind, she was never like this she was quite the party girl. anyways, she treated her like shit excuse my language but he would walk into our house and use our computer like he owned it, he would even kick me off. He has ADHD and ADD. He doesn't take medication for it, so he's off the wall all the time. He would say rude things about my family like making fun of one of my cousins for being morbidly obese, (when in fact he is too and has man boobs) and just rude things you don't say to family now he was apart of the family. Well my aunt didn't like him at all and said something like "you better watch out if you mess with her" and my sister wrote my mom a letter saying she was done and she wanted nothing to do with out family. Her poor innocent kids (6,4,2 is how old they are) were very close to me and my brother and my mom, well now they are all of a sudden denied access to not just my side of the family, but also their dads side of the family whom they were also pretty close with. We haven't contacted her since September, she put a restraining order against my mom saying these RIDICULOUS things, like she stole her truck and set it on fire and that she is mentally ill, and that she made me call her a bitch, which I just think she is. My mom had nothing to do with that. My mom also can't drive because she has panic attacks behind the wheel. I am worried, apparently, she let his best friend babysit her kids and my mom just looked at the records and if it is him, he has about 7 pages of criminal records, and stuff including threatening to kill someone. She hasn't been on myspace, she hasn't been at the church, her husband has been answering her cell phone. I'm worried that these kids and her could be somewhere dead, he threatened to slash his own moms tired at their family reunion, and he spray painted our rode. my mom is worried, we have gave her time to settle down, live on her own, but it's been since September since we have tried to contact her, my other family members have tried but no success. I know in the first place she did not want to contact any of us. The thing is, that was 5 months ago, we are worried for the safety of her children and her, especially if her husband is a registered sex offender, and we don't know what he is capable of, since no one has heard from her since October, I am worried her and her kids could be laying in some ditch right now because I know he is capable of doing something bad. Would it be appropriate to file a missing persons report? Or what should my parents do in this type of situation?Also, the restraining order didn't go through, and he would belittle my sister and discipline the kids, against her will. He would ground them for no reason, and even spank them. CPS came to their door and told her he cannot be alone with the kids, but she still did it. my mom also did call cps not too long ago, because those kids need to get out of that home, they are probably under a lot of mental distress, The actual father is also going to try to take her to court to get visitation rights, and also my parents, but I'm not sure if she is okay.. more

Open Question: how can i convince my parents i dont beleive in god?

both my parents are cristian and they are divorced. they make me go to church every sunday and i have another question on that so if you could take a look at that that would be great. some of my siblings are atheist but when i tell my parents i am too they don't listen and still make me go to church. can someone please tell me how i can convince them that i don't believe in all that stuff and i don't want to go to church. i am 14 thanks :) more

Resolved Question: Believers, May I share my happiness with you..?

Day before yesterday I had requested your prayer support for my father who was in Hospital where doctors were in dilemma about his condition.. I thank all of you who prayed for him and supported me.. He is being discharged from Hospital today and I spoke to him right now.. Thanks a lot. Be brave that our God listens to us when we are in distress, Instantly. more

Open Question: Ragtime Auditions Help?

Hey Friends, I have a couple of questions about the musical Ragtime. I am auditioning for the part of Little Girl and want to know if you have any audition advice (like songs to sing, monologues, characteristics of Little Girl, etc.) Right now I am thinking about doing "Castle on a Cloud" from Les Miz and this monologue from Anne Frank: ANNE Look, Peter, the sky. (She looks up through the skylight) What a lovely, lovely day! Aren’t the clouds beautiful? You know what I do when it seems as if I couldn’t stand being cooped up for one minute? I think myself out. I think myself out. I think myself on a walk in the park where I used to go with Pim. Where the jounquils and the crocus and the violets grow down the slopes. You know the most wonderful part about thinking yourself out? You can have it any way you like. You can have roses and violets and chrysanthemums all blooming at the same time . . . it’s funny . . . I used to take it all for granted . . . and now I’ve gone crazy about everything to do with nature. Haven’t you? (softly) I wish you had a religion, Peter. Oh, I don’t mean you have to be Orthodox . . . or believe in heaven and hell and purgatory and things . . . I just mean some religion . . . it doesn’t matter what. Just to believe I something! When I think of all that’s out there . . . the trees . . . and flowers . . . and seagulls . . . when I think of the dearness of you, Peter . . . and the goodness of the people we know . . . Mr. Kraler, Miep, Dirk, the vegetable man, all risking their lives for us every day . . . When I think of these good things, I’m not afraid anymore . . . I find myself, and God, and I . . . We’re not the only person that’ve had to suffer. There’ve always been people that’ve had to . . . sometimes one race . . . sometimes another . . . and yet . . . (going to him) I know it’s terrible, trying to have any faith . . . when people are doing such horrible . . . But you know what I sometimes think? I think the world may be going through a phase, the way I was with Mother. It’ll pass, maybe not for hundreds of years, but some day . . . I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart. But, Peter, if you’d only look at it as a part of a great pattern . . . that we’re just a little minute in the life . . . (She breaks off) Listen to us, going at each other like a couple of stupid grownups! Look at the sky now. Isn’t it lovely? (She holds her hand out to him. PETER takes it and rises, standing with her at the window looking out, his arms around her.) Someday, when we’re outside again, I’m going to . . . What do you think? Yes? No? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! -Bri more

Open Question: How to recognize a spoken word in a audio URL source?

I listen to emergency scanner frequencies for my photograph work. I want to find a way to identify a specific word or phrase e.g. ''structure fire'' when spoken on the radio/URL. Then record the conversation and convert it to text. Ultimately to send the text file by e-mail or by SMS. Looks like the first step will be to input my URL source in a speech recognition software but then god knows what Or do you? more

Resolved Question: To a Jew: Many said that prophecy ended in 300 BC. Can I have some more information please (with reference).?

I'm a Christian and I really like to hear the Jewish position. The Christian position is that Jesus was a prophet because we believe it is right for God to send a prophet to warn people of the destruction of the second temple. Also, Israel was still a Jewish country until 70 AD. It would make sense (to me) that prophecy ended around that time. Comments? And it's a pleasure listening to you all.Please look at the bigger pisture. Why would God send prophets to warn about the first temple being destroyed and not the second?@ Allanyoav - Thanks for putting it more simply. And I guess, since Christians see John the Baptist as Elijah and Jesus as the Messiah, how it could be interepreted as though prophecy has returned. more