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what's your favourite cologne / perfume ? reaction by kenneth cole. very good stuff. its cologne.

do all diabetics have realy dry skin? no - i'm diabetic, and i don't have dry skin. it can be a complication of diabetes, though, because diabetes can damage small blood vessels and nerves, which causes damage to the skin. it's especially common in the winter. also, i believe (though i haven't confirmed) that the frequent small needle-sticks needed to take glucose readings can irritate the skin and contribute to problems. for more information about diabetes and dry skin, see the link below.

how do i keep my mother out of my marriage? my mother lives with me (for the winter) and she is starting to get annoyed with the way my husband plays a lot. and it is starting to cause porblems what do i do? mothers don't stop being mothers just because their daughters grow up and get married. they just aren't wired that way. it might help to talk with your mom about how you and your husband feel when she shows annoyance. do this when things are calm, not in the heat of the moment. it might also help for you and your husband to talk about how you can enjoy each other and your relationship more privately so that your mom is not exposed to your husband's playfulness. you might also just have to learn to live with it and not let it get to you. you can probably figure out a response to your mom that doesn't escalate the stress level. let her know that you're glad she cares about how you are treated, but that you are comfortable with the way your relationship with your husband works.

what is the average age for a western woman to get married? is 27 too young? absoutly not. the average for 'western women' to get married (assuming you are refering to the western united states') is 23 currently. northern women get maried around 20 southern women get married around 25 eastern women get marround around 27 so, as thease are all just common digits based on population and census stats you can see that you are not too young to get married. if you feel comfortable enough to marry, do so; if not, then dont :)

while downloading from any site how can we know if its safe? just scan the file for viruses after you download it. a general rule of thumb is don't download something like a "bios" update from a hacking site or anything that looks like it "might" not be legit. check the size of the file versus the size of the same file posted on other sites.

why the bible is splited in testaments? why testaments? the old testament is the old covenant of life under the law. when christ came, he established justification through grace, not the law--hence the new covenant. "in that he says, “a new covenant,” he has made the first obsolete. now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away." hebrews 8:13

i am a contract worker my contract is for one mouth only so what am i'm going to do with out working? i was workig as a temp befor for one year and four mounths then i got a one mouth contract job so i dont know what am i'm going to do january next year'please help me? what are your qualifications? start hitting the proverbial pavement and look at newspapers, websites, job fairs, and magazines targeted at the industry you want to work in. i looked for over 18 months before i found my job, and i made sure that i wasn't hired on a specific contract, but with the company itself. good luck!!

how many us dollars are in one million british pounds? 1,000,000 british pound = 1,768,220 us dollar

if some guys out there worry about being "to small" do women ever worry about being "to big"??? not sure if women worry about it...but from hearing my guy friends talk..some women sure as heck should worry about it or at least be aware lol i like to keep all of me in shape and as such have always done kegel excercises...it is afterall a muscle.

what does ace stand for? ace stands for average current earnings - factor used in wc offset calculation. this calculation is usually done to figure out the amount of money a person would get or is entitled to under workers compensation if a claim is lodged.

what do i have to do to make something illegal into something legal? find other people who want to make it legal and start protesting the government. (or find a loophole in the law)

how to set up paltalk and port triggger with a linksys router? wrt54g ver4 go into the linksys routers config page by typing the following in your browser: http://192.168.1.1 then follow the instructions specific to your router in the sources link below (slightly different version but may still work as i think they are quite similar). hope this helps. cheers!

whats the best way to increase speed endurance and strenght when you are a track athlete? not an expert but heard alot about intervals. jog for three minutes then all out for 2 minutes then a recovery slow jog for 3 repeat.

what's the best free version control system system on windows xp for a single developer? subversion http://subversion.tigris.org/

what is the main cause why computer gets a virus? as the other responders suggest, people don't practice safe computing. anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall...all good and necessary. still, most of us think that if we have the software (or hardware) protecting us, then we must be completely safe and we can go happily on our merry way. i assure you, this is a false sense of security. do not trust the hardware or software to do the whole job for you. i believe the primary reason why computers get a virus is a lack of common sense. to wit... - be skeptical of anything you receive in e-mail that was not solicited, especially if it has an attachment. - think twice before downloading that freeware. - avoid kazaa and the like. - do review website certificates to satisfy yourself that the site you're heading for is really the site you wanted to go to. - make sure you download and install every security patch your os vendor provides. you should manually review your vendor at least weekly...even if you have an automatic update feature. a few minutes spent on satisfying yourself that you've done everything you can do will provide you with peace of mind.

what's your favorite christmas memory? i like the receiving presents part =d

why are most education majors in elementary education? they go into elementary education because they like kids. partly it is because there are more elementary/kindergarten teachers employed in schools than any other type of teacher so the job market is larger.

in simpson episode 3f17 bart on the road, lisa says her boyfriend is langdon alger. what is the joke? there is some speculation as to who (or what) langdon alger means, but nothing concrete has been found. the link i have provided below lists some speculations as to who the name might be based on. should be about halfway down the page. do a search on the page for langon alger and you'll find it right away.

is the devil sexier than the angel? it depends on what you like. do you go for the bad boy usually dark or the sweet never-does-anything-wrong kind of person. witch are you. if devil then mabey an angel isnt for you.

which is the country with top development indicators? india

the irs said i had to pay a penalty. i filed a dispute. am i legally obligated to pay unless they follow up? the irs never wrote back once i filed the dispute. am i legally allowed not to pay? you didn't say what the penalty was for (late filing, late payment, interest, trust fund penalties, etc.). nor did you state who is handling your dispute (irs appeals, collection due process, tax court). there's slightly different rules depending on what's going on. the basic process for handling penalties and disputes is outlined on the irs website. in general, the irs will investigate whether you are responsible for the penalty, and will send up a notice informing you that the penalty was waived or that you really do owe the penalty. interest will accrue if you really do owe the penalty, but you haven't paid it yet. generally, i advise my clients to pay all penalties in full, and then dispute the penalties. this shows a good faith effort, and stops additional penalties and interest from being added to the account. if we lose the dispute, at least the client paid only the penalty and not additional interest. if we win, the client gets his money back. i hope this helps. let us know how your dispute with the irs turns out. best wishes. william

i'am doing a project and i would like to know if cystic fibrosis is a genetic diseases? cystic fibrosis (cf), also called mucoviscidosis, is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease of the exocrine glands. it affects the lungs, sweat glands and the digestive system. it causes chronic respiratory and digestive problems. cystic fibrosis is exclusively heritable as both parents must carry the recessive genes for a child to acquire the disease. at the genetic level, cystic fibrosis is most often the result of an in-frame deletion of three base pairs in the dna. cystic fibrosis results from the production of an abnormal form of a protein called cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (cftr). cftr functions in transporting chloride ions across epithelial cells found in the lung and intestinal tract. in cf patients, cftr does not function properly, causing accumulation of ions inside epithelial cells. since water follows ions by osmosis, this results in water depletion and viscous mucus on the surface of alveoli. the most common cftr protein abnormality is a mutation termed δf508, which is characterized by the deletion of the dna basepair sequence at chromosome location 7q31.1 that codes for a single amino acid, phenylalanine.

has there every been a us president that was not a christian white male? if not, who are the top candidates to break this trend for the 2008 election? no from democratic side : al gore (white christian male) with barrack obama as his no.2 man (black christian male) or hillary clinton (white christian female). hillary's no.2 is undecided. from republican side: not sure but condoleeza rice (its possible, black christian female).

what did hitlar do? i dont really understand why everyone is mad @ him??? he was the creator of the white supremist group the nazi. he killed millions of jewish people and people who where beleived to be jewish but might not have been. he helped start world war 1 and world war 2. he discriminated against many races. hitler was a horrible person thats why every one,including me, is mad at him. he killed millions of innocent people. including some of his own people.

how is it that water can freeze and salt water can't freeze? {think of the north pole.}? salt water will freeze, but at a much lower temperature than non salt water. the north polar ice pack is non salt water, and the saly wayer flows underneath it. submarines ofter pass under the pack while on patrol.

what topic would you like to ask now? just want to ask. my topic is u - tell me more, i'm curious.

anybody knows what hapened to greg louganes the hiv positive olympic gold medalist of 1988? we were discussing magic johnson and we wondered about greg greg is doing fine. check out his official web site at http://www.louganis.com/

what is the difference between static and dynamic storage management? okie doky.. static means without movement example: garibage from ur house to be taken to city dump. dynamic means with movement exapmle: (ur kichen seweger going into the drain have to storged someplace) gl :)

who said this? capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than living a life. these were the words of martin luther king jr. in his analysis of karl marx's works das kapital and the communist manifesto. also, the exact quote was this: capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life

can a woman achieve an orgasm while sitting atop a running clothes dryer? only if she is really horny.

what is the meaning of life? happiness & to live without regrets. or failing that 42 :o)

wat is the answer to 5 ( x - 3 ) = 2x + 6 ? ax + b = cx + d => ax - cx = d-b => (a-c)x = d-b => x = (d-b)/(a-c) in this case: 5(x -3) = 2x +6 => 5x -15 = 2x +6 a= 5 b= -15 c= 2 d= 6 => x= (6+15)/(5-2) => x= 21/3 => x= 7

where would you like to go for your honeymoon?? wow ... does it have to be one place? if not, i would start in the mediterranean ... greece, dalmatia, italy. spain would be a nice stop over.

i am looking for a directory of all major racetracks in the u.s. and help?? we are a non-profit org. wanting to send postcards to all major racetracks in the u.s. a directory is needed with mailing information. http://www.na-motorsports.com/tracks/

what is serialization in java?can anyone help me with an example? hi, as such i have never really been to java. but the thing that you have asked is fairly technology independent. i will try to explain them in as much non-tech terms as possible. serialization: serialization is a process of saving state of an object in some format. state of an object means its current value which in turn comprises of the values of the members of the object. for example, if i have a class student, having rollno and name as its members(properties), and an object of student class 'deobrat' is created with rollno=01 and name="deobrat singh". then serialization of the object deobrat would mean, saving this object somewhere (either in memorystream or in a filestream or on a networkstream) in such a way that it can later be reconstructed to again form the same object. to be a bit more elaborate, consider an example where i have to send an object across a network to some remote computer (something that we do in webservices). now, in this case, the object itself cannot be sent because the network doesn't recognise what an object is. it simply understands a stream of bytes and nothing else. serialization allows us to convert this object into a stream of bytes which then could be sent across the network to the remote computer. deserialization: deserialization is exactly the reverse process of serialization. it means, to convert the stream of bytes in order to reconstruct the original object (or object state to be more precise). in the web service example scenario taken above, the service request broker will simply extract the stream of bytes, deserialize them to create the object and give it to the class that is supposed to process it. externalization: serialization is achieved in 2 ways. using the serializable interface which tells the runtime(or jvm) that the class has only premitive types that are serializable by themselves so the runtime can go ahead and use it's own code to serialize any object of this class. on the other hand, if you want to write a class that has complete control over the process of serialization & deserialization, you implement externalizable interface. in this case, when an object of your class has to be serialized, the runtime will not do it by itself. rather it will call a method writeexternal to serialize the object. you will have complete control over the stream and format of the data to serialize. while deserializing the object, again the runtime will call readexternal method on your class which is supposed to read the stream and reconstruct the object state. a word of caution: in most cases, it is sufficient to use the serializable interface because you wont have to write code for the serialization process. but in certain cases where you have a very heavy class with a lot of properties which need not be sent to the other end, it is better to write your code using externalizable interface, because, then you will have complete control over which properties need to be serialized and which need not be serialized. while deserializing, again, your class will know which are the properties that must have been serialized and accordingly, you can recreate the object state. in general, if you want a custom (in most cases, partial) serialization/deserialization to happen, you use externalization.

can apple safari's implementation of ajax do post actions as well as get actions? yes. here is the prototype for the open method: open("method", "url"[, asyncflag[, "username"[, "password"]]]) set "method" to "post". note: you cannot use any other http verbs (such as head) besides get and post. this is a current apple limitation, and is a known issue.

how to calculate no of page in website? you could download the site using an html downloader to gain access to everypage that is linked up on the site. or if you want more diagnostics (such as broken links, etc.) you could run xenu's link sleuth

how do you get rid of lazyness? 1- sleep well , by night . 2- don't eat too much . 3- stop smalking , if you smalk .

how do i personally get my website on major search engines? google: http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl yahoo: http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html msn: http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx

in the last 8 years duke has been chosen #1 at least 5 times and didn't win the year they won ariz. was #1 first of all i respect coach k and duke, but why is duke always preseason #1 and they never win. mind you i know coach k's legacy 7 campionships played 3 championships won but come on guys the last time they won arizona was the preseason favorite. p.s. never mind it's all about reputation. not that coach k isn't a good coach, and not that he doesn't have good players, but picking a preseason number 1 is all about hype. duke generates some of the best hype in the country, thanks to a bunch of acc-biased commentators. also, there can only be one winner, and it's not always the best team that wins. sometimes, it's just the one who doesn't hit a cold streak in march.

can you suggest some examples of good internet etiquette? in the area of emails, surfing, attachments, spam, etc. since much of it is "unwritten" what do you feel it means to be a good netizen (citizen of the internet). just had a nose around the web. (see links) my first place i look now is always google / yahoo. i normally do a search with "wiki" followed by what i am after. this normally brings up a wikipedia entry on the subject. its pretty comprehensive. to me being on the internet is essential these days. and as the english language is the common language in use on the net (however 1 billion new users are going to be using the net within 10 years, so its soon going to be asian languages) my first rule then, is to read what you type before you send it, and make sure no-one else will take your message the wrong way. double check if required..

can anyone explain what are entity,session and message driven beans in ejb with a simple example ? entity is used for storage access... statefull / stateless sessions contain / execute a activity or business process.. mdbs handle inbound messages... example: jms message is sent from a web server application requesting account details for a user from the backend host, a mdb is triggered on the inbound traffic, mdb calls up the session ejb customer account details service, session calls a collection of security / role access, web services, jdbc and / or entity beans to grab the data, mdb mediates the reply and responds to the reply queue. in my souces i've included a link to a book on this subject.

where can i find the names of people who hoold managerial positions in tna wrestling? www.tnawrestling.com

how much a recruiter make by placing a person on a job? typical fee is a months pay

what do you get someone for christmas that has everything? something hand-made. something that is a one-of-a-kind. something that is personalized. something that could never be found anywhere else.

info on book.storming caesars palace and relationship of emma stampley? review of the book & highlights unlv has the papers from operation life upon which "storming caesar's palace" was based. i could not find a direct connection between emma stampley and operation life but unlv has a new service - im a librarian at this url: http://www.library.unlv.edu/news.html (go to the bottom of the page for the contact info) - since they have the papers, they should be able to locate names of staff members, participants, etc. there was an emma stampley who was the mother of a long time butcher for the casinos in las vegas - here is his obit: blake stampley jr. blake stampley jr., 47, died thursday. he was born jan. 22, 1951, in russun, miss., was a butcher for the hotel industry and a 30-year resident of las vegas. he is survived by his wife, vicki price; daughter, carmel gadsen; sons, blake and leslie hildreth, all of las vegas, and david of phoenix; mother, emma stampley-daugherty; brothers, clay, donald and andre, all of las vegas, and henry of vicksburg, miss.; sisters, bertha house of irving, texas, dorothy daugherty and linda, both of las vegas; and six grandchildren. visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. tuesday in bunkers mortuary, where services will be at 1 p.m. wednesday. burial is private.

where do i go to to find the free credit report that the government says that i can receive yearly? to request your reports go to www.annualcreditreport.com or call (877)322-8228 toll free, or write annual credit report request services, p.o. box 105281 atlanta, ga 30348-5281, you can get 1 free copy from the three major credit reporting agency.

what is a great holiday gift to give to your co-workers? this is a tricky question as it may not even be allowed where you are employed. if it is there may be restrictions set by the company on how much each gift can be in cost, what types are allowed, etc. if it is a very small company talk to who is in charge about the gift giving policy. something small and not very personal are your best choices, things like candles are always welcomed for just one idea

what is avogadro's number? the number of carbon-12 atoms in 12 grams (0.012 kg) of carbon-12 or 6.02214199 × 10^23

what does fifa stand for? fédération internationale de football association.

what are the best ways to restore credit? bad credit score first: the ads that say "we'll fix your credit!" are lying. you are the one who's going to have to do the job. first: get your credit report. most states now have a law on the books that requires all of the credit reporting agencies to give you a credit report once a year. check it over. make sure that there are no *mistakes* on it - late payments that were not late, disputed accounts, etc. late payments and charged-off accounts stay on for 7 years, bankruptcies for 10. generally, lenders are looking for patterns of behavior rather than once-in-a-way problems. if you find something wrong (and it's likely, unfortunately), write a letter to the credit bureau, providing documentation that you're right. they have to respond in 30 days; if the creditor can't prove that the negative item is indeed true, it comes off your report. now you're down to real debt. if you can't afford the payments, contact the lenders and negotiate reduced payments. they will prefer to be getting something rather than having to write off the debt. once you can afford to pay everything, commit to paying off the worst (i.e., highest-interest) items first. they cost you the most money that isn't going toward paying off the debt. once you've killed one, the money you were spending on that one can be applied to the next-worst debt, and so on. the amount you can pay any given creditor snowballs rapidly when you follow this pattern. you have to remember, though, that when the first one is paid off, you don't have "more money". you still need to be committing that to killing your debt. if you're out of debt, but your credit is lousy, get a secured card, use it, and pay it off every month. this will do a lot for your credit rating. in addition, open a savings account, and make regular deposits. this shows you are saving money and have a resource to pay your bills.

what is the best on-line brokerage firm? i'm interested in buying/selling stocks on-line. what is the best on-line brokerage firm and why? http://www.scottrade.com "6 times in a row, ranked 'highest in investor satisfaction with online trading services'" - j.d. power and associates see for your self: http://www.scottrade.com/frame_awardpr.asp

what would the acronym ltm stand for in the context of an airline industry investor relations webcast? last twelve months. it is a useful way of talking about a more current yearly snapshot of how the company is doing (as opposed to talking about last calendar year's results).

if i weigh 200 on earth, how much will i weigh on the moon? 33.3 lbs the moon's gravity is 1/6 that of earth.

what are the pros and conts of the patriot act? many aspects of the patriot act are uncontested; in fact, nadine strossen of the aclu has stated that she agrees with over 90% of the provisions of the patriot act. it's only a few provisions that are hotly contested it largely tries to unify communication among several departments and provide easier access for law enforcement officers. online information was difficult to obtain before 9/11; access to judges was slower and required more paperwork; and more hoops were required before action could be taken. the patriot act doesn't remove the safeguards, but streamlines and simplifies them. for the most part, the same sorts of safeguards are in place, just with different requirements that are less burdensome on government. many provisions are loudly decried in public, but few people ever discuss specific provisions of the patriot act they disapprove of. most of it seems to be mass hysteria without any specific citation of violations. when the biggest complaint is that someone may look at your library record, it doesn't seem to be that violative of privacy. i've included links to the department of justice's defense of the act, as well as the aclu's criticism. i hope that balances the views.

what is tamiflu? oseltamivir is an antiviral drug, a neuraminidase inhibitor used in the treatment and prophylaxis of both influenza a and influenza b. oseltamivir was the first orally active neuraminidase inhibitor commercially developed. it was developed by gilead sciences (donald rumsfeld is a major stockholder of gilead sciences) and is currently marketed by hoffman-la roche (roche) under the trade name tamiflu®.

why does a laptop keep shutting down? laptop will shut down randomly, sometimes after about 10 minutes of use. even when it's plugged in, and battery is fully charged. i've seen this behavior on an hp laptop and an ibm thinkpad t21. any reference links would be greatly appreciated. i had the same problem in my company, in my case it was a spyware/adware program. scan it with adaware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ and ms antispyware http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx these to program will find it and remove it, if you have never ran an antispy ware program in this laptop you will probably find a lot of them, once you scan you pc and it asks what actions to take after the scan make sure you follow the software's recommendation. if spyware/adware is not the problem your pc is probably overheating, a clear indication is when the fan does not work.

why is showing a female nipple not allowed but a male nipple is allowed? when janet jackson showed her nipple at the super bowl, it was a national scandal. but the government had many statues of women with breasts exposed? what is the big deal? your point is very logical. however, also keep in mind that television broadcast decency standards are fairly well-defined. every once in a while, the fcc decides it needs to enforce their powers by the means of a sanction or fines. otherwise, if the fcc never enforced any rules, their granted powers would diminish over time until people believed the fcc lacked power. since every government agency tries to keep as much power as possible there is probably political or institutional pressure for the fcc to enforce communications rules. this may not always result in equitable enforcement.

hello im dee i would like to ask what i should do when i catch my boyfriend looking at xxx wibsites? clearly you should join him....what fun!

met some one on line! both feel same about on another ! am i being played ,how do i know if real or not ? you wont ever know if its really real or not.. i met my recent ex boyfriend off the internet we ended up moving in together having a beautiful baby together and the whole time he was online hooking up with women the same way he hooked up with me... so first just think if he picking up you on the net and talking to you that way on the net... think about how many other girls he doing that to too... although there are very few nice guys out there.. just be cautious.

i would like to see the process of making gold chains in a teching method by a media like a demo file in net.? we are a company and are going to start our business in making gold chains i'm sorry, it looks like nobody here knows of a source for such a file.

what do you need to become a psychologist? go to school luke.

who's got the best search engine? excluding digfind.com... my vote goes to google. my answer is google for the following reasons: pros of google: as a seach engine, google has the best relevance and presents the results in a way that i find easy to decide what pages are best for me. its the best in terms of researching information. for makin money, a #1 on google is worth many times more than a #1 on yahoo. yahoo! blocks the top of the serps with sponsored ads. google also has a neat interface. yahoo is not bad too, but its interface is not that neat. the reason for that being it to be a portal. i think a nice interface is very important since people will come back more often if so. the relevance of search results make its 'feeling lucky' feature pretty useful. firefox address bar by defaults goes to 1 site listed on your search results. google has tried to stay away from spam/ misleading sites better than other search engines. cons of google: however, few problems with google, its web crawler dosen't capture hyperlinks from pdf files stored on net, a feature which yahoo provides. also, google at present does not provide an index for video aggregation through the web crawler, a feature which altavista provided since 1999. the problems include accuracy of the media file. that is the reason for providing google videos where users have to submit videos. due to a larger share of 'searching' community, google has been targeted by bloggers by planting google bombs. because most bloggers mention the word failure with president bush's name, the #1 site on searching failure is the website of president bush. yahoo is doing pretty good research in search technologies, for example grokker. http://www.grokker.com/grokker.html?query=anirudh%20koul&yahoo=true&daypop=true&numresults=250

how i successe in life? follow your common sense, get an education, start a buisness or get hired, manage your money wisely and take baby steps in life, evenutaly you'll find yourself seuccessful.

how can we see the reflection of sun that shows the activity on sun's surface? i have read somewhere long time ago that this can be done using simple mirror and paper..actually science teachers usually do this to show the flares on the sun make a small hole in piece of paper with a needle, reflect the light that goes thru the hole onto some shaded surface

why the time machines & watches always show time as 10 hrs & 10 mins, while on display or in ads? i've heard that advertising agencies make the decision to have the hands of a clock point at this way because it gives the appearance of the clock "smiling" which execs feel subconciously makes the viewer happier about the product.

how did the calendar start? why 31, 30 and 28-29? why 12 months? man has been tracking time for tens of thousands of years. beyond the daily cycle of the sun, what is there to use to track time? the moon and the stars. it takes the moon about 29 1/2 days to go around the earth, about a month. the word "month" is derived from the same root as the word "moon." the earth revolves around the sun over the course of a year, but if you don't know that, it appears that the entire universe of stars revolve around the earth and sun. it takes about 365 1/4 days for the stars to go back to where they started, and that makes a year. so the moon revolves around the earth about 12 times a year, and thus we have 12 months. but actually it takes fewer than 360 days for the moon to go around the earth 12 times. the months had to be lengthened so that 12 months match one year. (other societies used lunar calendars, which kept the month based on the moon's cycle.) 30 days per month would still make the year too short, and 31 days per month would make the year too long. thus we have some months 30 days and others 31 (and one other). even still, the length of the year doesn't exactly match the revolution of the earth around the sun, so we make adjustments. every four years, we add a day to february. and still it's not perfect, so every 400 years, we don't add that day to february. as for why february starts with only 28 days is not known for sure. there have been different explanations, but it comes down to someone a long time ago making a pretty odd decision.

does florida have the homestead act? the homestead act was passed in 1862 to provide land for anyone over 21 in the west of the united states. it never had anythign to do with florida and is now not in effect.

why is the middle finger considerd a bad finger? it's not that finger, it's the hand gesture. and it's considered an obscene gesture because it is meant to represent male genitalia. nor is it universal. other countries use hand gestures that we consider innocuous as vulgar gestures.

lwho won the salt lake city biathlon? who won the salt lake city biathlon in the olympics in the year 2002? (biathlon is a combination of skiing and shooting). who won for the male side? which country? here's a list. there's more than one possible answer since there is more than one distance.

can anyone send me some useful sites for english language teachers? they should include different kinds of language games, warmers, conversation starters and alike. the more, the better..... my favorite is one stop english. they have lots of lesson plans, teaching ideas, grammar information and more.

what are 4 forms of imperialism? 1. george 2. washington 3. bush 4. jr.

how does an ad agency advertise itself? i am a marketing student and i need desperately to know this as i have a presentation on this case studies of work your agency has executed for other clients is always effective. hopefully your case study will highlight work for a company closely related to your target. businesses are very interested in roi - return on investment. therefore, present metrics you've used to track previous campaigns, as well as the "win" your client realized. as with all advertising, building a brand is important. therefore, try to market your company in ways that highlight your brand attributes. remember that in your case, you have at least two target audiences: future clients and future employees.

why do people give gift cards as presents, when the receipients would most likely rather get cash? i don't give people cash because i assume they would do exactly what i would do when i get cash, which is stick it in my wallet and use it to pay for mundane things like gas and groceries and stuff... and then before i know it it's gone and it's like i never even got a gift... giving them a gift card to a store that you know carries things that they like (i.e. best buy for electronics/media lovers, or victoria's secret or the body shop for the girly girl in your life) ensures (okay, maybe not ensures, but increases the chances at least) that this person that you care about is going to get a nice little splurge that they might not have given themselves just becase they had a few extra bucks in their wallet.

did you ever have alot of guys ask you out in at least 20 min? i did i want to see if its normal for a girl i guess a bunch of guy are into you! same thing has happened to me too! and ya it's probably normal! have fun!

how do you print grid lines on a spread sheet? go to "page set up". click on the "sheet" tab. there is a section that is tilted "print". click on the option that says "gridlines".

what's the best sleeping aid? exercise could help, but don't do it later in the evening. it will release endorphins that will keep you up. exercising in the morning or afternoon should do the trick. if the above doesn't work, take some nyquil. i had two different prescription medications as sleep aids that didn't work the way they should and gave me nightmares or left me foggy the next day, but the cheap old generic nightime cold/flu medicine similar to nyquil knocked me out like a light and didn't leave me feeling sleepy the next day. if it's a chronic case of sleeplessness, perhaps you should make a visit to your doctor. don't use anything for extended periods of time to help you sleep, it can become a habit and those aids will eventually become less effective.

what is the address or site of penguineindia books? penguin books india is the largest english language trade publisher in the subcontinent. http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/home.asp headquartered in new delhi, the company’s commercial activity includes the publishing of its own books in the english language and the distribution of books from overseas publishers including the penguin group, time warner books group uk, faber & faber, bbc (adult) books and bloomsbury. founded in 1985, penguin began publishing in october 1987 with seven titles. today, the company publishes over 200 titles every year and has an active backlist of over 750 titles. visit this sites for info: http://www.kiriyamaprize.org/bookssubmitted/2004_lists/fictionauthor.shtml

what would bush be best remembered for?? a lot of folks take pleasure in "bush bashing"...mention the negatives as well as positives. positives? what positives? as for the negitives lies would probably cover about any thing else he has done. has he told the truth about anything???

what are some of the particles in the nucleus of an atom other than the proton and neutron? protons and neutrons are the primary constituents of atomic nuclei, but these bits of matter can be further divided into quarks. quark come in six types, or "flavors:" up, down, strange, charm, top and bottom (or, if you prefer, truth and beauty.) quarks are never observed by themselves, but are instead found in groups of two (mesons) or three (baryons). nuclear particles are baryons -- neutrons are composed of two down quarks and an up quark (ddu), while protons are two up quarks and a down quark (uud). the other four types of quarks are less stable, and tend to be observed only as components of high-energy, short-lived particles inside supercolliders, bubble chambers, and the like. protons and neutrons are thus the only directly observable particles within the nucleus. however, they are bound together by another type of particle, not directly detectable that appropriately enough is known as a gluon. gluons, like photons, are force-carrier particles, and they are the intermediary for the transmission of the weak nuclear force, which binds the positively charged protons and electrically neutral neutrons.

help me to solve djikstra in c++ ?? u spelt it wrong :-( it should have been dijikstra stdmethodimp cdijkstra::shortestpath(long node1, long node2) { releasegraph(); // init d and pi initializesource(g, g.m_nodes[node1-1]); // set s empty vtype_node s; // put nodes in q vtype_node q; vtype_node::iterator kl; for(kl=g.m_nodes.begin(); kl<g.m_nodes.end(); kl++) { cnode node = (*kl).copy(); q.push_back(node); } // algorithm while(q.size()) { cnode nod = extractmin(q); // the minim value // for the shortest path up to this step s.push_back(nod); // each vertex v which is a neighbour of u vtype_node::iterator kl; for(kl=g.m_nodes.begin(); kl<g.m_nodes.end(); kl++) { if(existedge(nod, (*kl))) { bool gasit = false; vtype_node::iterator kll; for(kll=q.begin(); kll<q.end(); kll++) { if((*kll).m_nodenr == (*kl).m_nodenr) gasit = true; } if(gasit) relax(nod, (*kl), getedgeval(nod, (*kl))); } } } refreshdone(node1, node2); return s_ok; }

do i have to have a religion? if you don't believe you don't believe. it is ok. why should you believe in somehting of which there is no proof? in my personal opinion, there are only three reasons people become religious: 1) they are fearful. fearful of death, fearful of not knowing the purpose of their existence, fearful of losing everything that they value in this life (which you will, gauranteed). fear is a powerful motivator and when someone offers you a way to manage that fear through a belief system it can be tempting to accept. there is no need to resort to philosophy, science or psyhcology. there is no need to accept that there are rational and scientific explanations that we as humans simply don't know yet. just believe that someone's making it all right in the end and you're all set. 2) they are seeking a path to redemption for past sins. they are having difficulty coping with the consequences of some bad action they have taken in thier life, and or are trying to control some compulsive behavior that has caused hardship in their life. either they were in prison, got caught with a prostitue, or drank themselves out of job and their family, or simply told a horrible lie that they feel guilty about. religion offers instant redemption and rituals to help you ease your mind through repentance. 3) they have a strong natural desire for community and companionship. having someplace to go every sunday with likeminded people or having rituals to follow when someone dies, or having a language or framework to use when communicating your values with others can be very comforting. if your family already subscribes to these beliefs you even may feel pressure to accept things that your logical mind tells you are impossible and&#92;or unlikely. you can deal with these three situations through patience, meditation, compassion, seeking help from others, and community activism, or you can choose to believe in supernatural beings and mythology. my personal opinion is that there is no easy way out of any problem so that when a christian says i can instantly have my sins forgiven or a scientologist tells me that body thetans are causing my suffering, or some guru tells me that my shakras just need alignments, i usually take a pass.

the subject of a sentence may be what part of speech? noun or pronoun

differencs between friend & girlfriend? if you're not able to tell the difference, but you are turned on by her, you better marry her.

what's your favorite quote from a movie? i constantly use the line "come the f*ck on, bridget!" from bridget jones' diary. anyone else have a favorite movie line???? "are you a politician or does lyin' just run in your family?" - fried green tomatoes

what's the best way to learn japanese on my own. where do i start? i want to know what would be a good place to start, verbs, adjetives etc, and what good 'learn yourself books' are not a waste of money. move to japan if you find another way let me know please

how can i make a maya 7 file readable in maya 6? if you're on a mac, it's not going to work 100%, but on a pc, you need to save as maya ascii (.ma) and then open the .ma file in a text editor (wordpad should be fine). now replace all the 7.0's with 6.5 and save the file. this should be enough to make it open in 6.5. however, if there are any dynamics or character animation scripts being called or anything that might be 7.0 specific there still could be a problem. for that you may need further assistance. ask another question here if you hit another wall.

what does namaste mean in english? its in hindi 'namaste' can be translated to have two different meanings in english. 1. welcome! 2. i salute the divine in thee.

will kyle boller be starting for the ravens next year? yes, i hear he will be the starting water boy, but might get moved to towel boy if he can't keep the ph levels down.

wich club is the best real madried or fc barcelona ? realmadrid 4 sure barcelona is just good those days i want u 2 b sure that thier days will b over soon !!!!!!!!!

what is the concept of global warming? global warming has two main applications. the first is that there are certain gases that trap heat in the atmosphere, warming planets. this is known to take place on venus, earth, and the gas giants. earth is the hospitable place that it is because of global warming. this takes place because of greenhouse gases, which allow radiation from the sun to pass through the atmosphere and warm the surface of the earth. the surface then re-radiates this energy back towards space in the infrared spectrum. this energy would escape and our planet would be as cold as the moon, were it not for the greenhouse gases (mainly co2, ozone, methane, and water vapor). they absorb the infrared energy and radiate it back to earth, increasing the overall amount of radiation hitting the earth's surface, keeping it warm day and night. that this takes place is clear and indisputable. there is simply too little energy coming from the sun to account for our planet's temperature. the controversial point is when global warming is applied to the current rise in average global temperature that has taken place over the past 50 so years. most scientists believe that warming of the planet is due to increases in greenhouse gases, mainly co2, mainly due to human activities on earth.

are there any marriage minded asian females out there?? perhaps

what are the green mailboxes for right next to the blue postal boxes? those boxes are usually rented out by the post office for universities or other facilities that contract to have them directly placed at the post office.

where did the phrase "rule of thumb" come from? the rule of thumb is likely derived from the fact that people used the thumb as a measuring device. the length from the tip to the first knuckle is roughly an inch and perhaps the length of the inch is derived from this fact.

what is the name of modern day sparta? sparta is part of modern day greece.

how did soccer player pele meke money and what did he sponsor? pele probably made his money whilst playing for the new york cosmos late in his carreer (and a much lesser extent, playing the guitar). if by sponsor you mean companies which paid him to endorse their product, i think he did something for aramis.

i'm trying to find out when a blueberry is red? before blue, but after green.

what does the hcgs stand for on communications t1.5's? hcgs is the circuit number tied to the site where the circuit is physically located.

what is vasectomy? how common is vasectomy? vasectomy is used as a means of contraception in many parts of the world. a total of about 50 million men have had a vasectomy--a number that corresponds to roughly 5 percent of all married couples of reproductive age. in comparison, about 15 percent of couples rely on female sterilization for birth control. approximately half a million vasectomies are performed in the united states each year. about one out of six men over age 35 has been vasectomized. the prevalence of men undergoing the procedure increases with higher levels of education and income. among married couples in the united states, only female sterilization and oral contraception are relied upon more often for family planning. how is vasectomy done? in the conventional approach, a physician makes one or two small incisions, or cuts, in the skin of the scrotum, which has been numbed with a local anesthetic. the vas is cut, and a small piece may be removed. next, the doctor ties the cut ends and sews up the scrotal incision. the entire procedure is then repeated on the other side. related links on medicinenet.com page 2 of this article related medical procedures and tests the doctor's response information on this web site is provided for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. you should not use the information on this web site for diagnosing or treating a medical or health condition. you should carefully read all product packaging. if you have or suspect you have a medical problem, promptly contact your professional healthcare provider. statements and information regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated or approved by the food and drug administration. please consult your healthcare provider before beginning any course of supplementation or treatment. vasectomy, male sterilization by surgical excision of the vas deferens, the thin duct that carries sperm cells from the testicles to the prostate and the penis. vasectomy is a popular method of birth control: in 1983, figures showed that approximately 10 million men had been sterilized in the u.s. since 1969. excision of the vas deferens is a minor surgical procedure that can be performed in a physician's office in less than half an hour. a small incision is made on one side of the scrotum (the external sac housing the testes) and the vas deferens is located, cut, and the ends tied off. the incision is closed and the procedure is repeated on the other side. after surgery, it is necessary to wait until a negative sperm count is obtained before discarding other means of contraception, because viable sperm cells are retained in the seminal vesicles (the pair of storage pouches where sperm is mixed with other components of semen) and along the various sperm ducts. in addition it is usually advised that the patient be reexamined after a year, because the severed ends of the vas deferens occasionally reknit. sterility resulting from vasectomy is considered to be permanent, and attempts at surgically reversing vasectomy, called vasovasotomy, have had limited success. in india, where the government is trying to stem the tide of overpopulation, money is paid to men who submit to voluntary vasectomy. efforts to overcome the irreversibility of vasectomy have also led to experimentation with the implantation of faucetlike devices that can be made to open or close the sperm duct in a simple operation. such devices have functioned successfully in animals but are still considered experimental in humans because of their unproved reversibility, high cost, and the degree of surgical skill needed to implant them. another option suggested to those undergoing vasectomy is to preserve their fertility by depositing semen in sperm banks. such semen samples are frozen in liquid nitrogen below −300°f (−185°f) and are considered to be viable for an indefinite period. however, there is considerable debate over the scientif

what is a good entrance for the birthday girl @ her sweet 16? i was thinking of a fashion show like entrance for my sweet 16 but my friend, whose sweet 16 is 1 month away doesn't know what to do for her party. please help me to help my best friend make this a memorable & fun sweet 16. have everyone line up in a "stroll" line. have someone play or sing "sixteen candles" and have people from the stroll line take turns dancing with her while everyone else blows bubbles towards them. howz that?