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Voting Question: Is this a tadpole or fish of some sort?
I live in northeast Ohio and i was at a river looking for tadpoles, and there were clusters of tiiiny, clear things that were shaped like tadpoles that were around the edge and hanging out around rocks covered in algae. So I got two and brought them home. Now that I look at them up close, I notice that from the side they look like some kind of fish. Anyone know what these are?
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If they’re not tadpoles, where can I find real ones?
Thanks!
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Okay I am looking for a secluded cabin, home ect on a body of water, lake, river, large pond for fishing, swimming and kayaking. I am looking for something within 4hr drive from canton
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Resolved Question: Was it the Federal Government or North Dakota Government that bought the flooded homes in North Dakota?
People build very expensive and fancy high end homes in a low area beside rivers that flood every spring when the snow melts. When the floods came this year and last year, the “government” stepped in and purchased those flooded ruined homes that will be bull-dozed down this summer. Is this the State of North Dakota or the Federal Government? If it was the Feds, did they do this with the flooded homes in Louisiana after Katrina? The homes that were flooded in New Orleans were much cheaper and way less grand that the homes that were flooded in North Dakota. Who decided what the market value was? Would a house in New Orleans, Louisiana be worth less or more than a house in Fargo, North Dakota?
Resolved Question: Daily Geography Week 14 Answers?
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1.Describe North Dakota’s geographic borders using cardinal directions.
2.Find three seas that have a color in their names.
3.Which is farther north, Egypt or Greece?
4.Which has sunset first, Madagascar or Mozambique?
5.Where does North America end and South America begin?
6.The capital of Austria is located on the Danube river. What is the city’s name?
7.Which state does not border an ocean: Vermont,Virginia, Delaware?
8.Which of the following baseball teams play home games in cities west of the Mississippi River: Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals?
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Resolved Question: Will Obama do a fly-over of North Dakota?
They are preparing for more flooding, trying to fill a million more sandbags before the next river cresting, just days after the National Guard from S. Dakota went home.
http://www.dodvclips.mil/?fr_story=FRdamp351586&rf=sitemap
When will he visit the citizens who have been flooded out of their homes? Or order the National Guard back to the area?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/04/08/north.dakota.flood/index.html?iref=newssearch
Thomas: It’s amazing that I didn’t mention Katrina, you did. Why did you get so defensive over an honest question? Let me point out that you didn’t even answer it.
You still bit the bait though. LOL
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Resolved Question: Not quite sure if this is right..?
I have answered them all, but I’m not quite sure if the’yre right. Please help ]=
8. What was not an element of Abraham Lincoln’s platform in 1860?
stopping the spread of slavery
building a transcontinental railroad
passing a homestead act for western settlement
reducing tariffs on foreign goods
9. What was one reason South Carolina gave for its decision to secede?
to avoid paying federal taxes
to uphold the rights of property owners
to break its contract with the federal government
to form its own military
10. What were Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Oregon part of during the Civil War?
Union states
border states
organized territories
Confederate states
11. Which border state’s loyalty to the Union was critical to keeping Washington, D.C. from being surrounded by the Confederacy?
Maryland
West Virginia
Delaware
Kentucky
12. Which is accurate in regard to the North’s and the South’s strengths at the beginning of the Civil War?
The North’s well-established government gave it a distinct advantage.
The South produced the vast majority of food crops in the United States.
The North had numerous experienced military officers to lead its army.
The South’s superior railroads gave it a distinct advantage.
13. Which was not a strength of the South at the beginning of the Civil War?
motivation
cotton for profitable export
miles of railroad tracks
military colleges
14. Who were George McClellan, Winfield Scott, and John Pope?
military leaders from border states
Union military leaders
military leaders from organized territories
Confederate military leaders
15. How did the Civil War begin?
with a Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina
with a battle in Charleston harbor
with a Union attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina
with the Battle of Hampton Roads
16. What had Abraham Lincoln expected before the First Battle of Bull Run?
The Union could continue with both free states and slave states.
The South could easily be defeated.
He would have to recruit many more soldiers.
Slaves would rebel and join the Northern forces.
17. What was the Union goal at the battles of Hampton Roads, Shiloh, and New Orleans?
freeing slaves
achieving the surrender of forts
controlling trade arteries
capturing Southern generals
18. What happened when newer, more accurate weapons were used against close-order formations at Antietam?
The South won and moved north to Gettysburg.
The North won and quickly followed Lee’s troops into Virginia.
Both sides suffered huge losses.
Neither side could be considered victorious.
19. How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the meaning of the Civil War?
The Emancipation Proclamation secured voting rights for black property holders in both the North and South.
The goal of the war changed from freeing slaves to eliminating slavery in new states and territories.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed Southern troops from their military commitments so they could return home.
The goal of the war changed from saving the Union to saving the Union and eliminating slavery.
20. Which statement describes the Union victory achieved at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863?
Burning houses forced inhabitants to surrender.
Forced starvation brought the Union control of the Mississippi River.
Small skirmishes resulted in a major victory.
Retreating Southern troops left the city under Union control.
21. Why did Robert E. Lee decide to engage Northern forces at Gettysburg?
He wanted to avoid the heat in the South.
He thought it would give some of the Southern cities time to recover.
He planned to recruit reinforcements in the border states along the way.
He felt only bold action could save the Southern cause.
22. Which best describes Lincoln’s message in this section of the Gettysburg Address?
The nation would soon form a new government.
Democracy and the United States would last.
An educated citizenry was essential to freedom.
The war would not last much longer.
23. What is General William Tecumseh Sherman best known for?
recruiting Southerners to turn against the Confederacy
gaining a Union victory in Atlanta and marching to the sea, destroying everything in his path
achieving two victories at Bull Run
running against Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1864
Resolved Question: Poll: Does this sound like the kind of story you would want to read?
Okay, so I’m in the process of writing a book and I just wanted to know if it sounds interesting to other people. I know that different stories would appeal to different kinds of people, so if you could maybe (along with your opinion) name some other titles of books you like so I would know what stories my book would be similar to.
Okay, so I’ll give you a short summary.
Kate Burbank is a seventeen year old girl who lives in Manhattan, New York with her workoholic mom. Kate is expected to be one thing: perfect. Her mom grew up in a poor neighborhood, and made millions out of nothing, and she wants Kate to be the same. As a child, Kate was everything her mom wanted her to be. But when Kate turns ten, her brother, River, leaves their home for an unexpected reason. Kate misses her older brother more than anything, and her grades spiral downward. Kate falls in with a bad crowd in high school, with her friends and boyfriend (kyran). She graduates high school with no hope for college. So for the summer, Kate’s mom sends her to go live with River and his wife, Aubrey, in a small North Carolina town called Avendale. Kate hasn’t seen River in seven years, and she’s reluctant to open up to him (she finds she has years of resentment built up towards him) . She’s jealous towards his wife, Aubrey, and starts to tell herself that she just can’t fit in…….anywhere. Then she meets Jack, a boy who maybe, understands her situation. She makes other friends, like Abeline. But suddenly, Kate has to face tough decisions. Will she stay in Avendale or go back to New York? Jack or Kyran? Her old life….or her new life? With the support of her cousin, Blair, Kate embarks on a journey…..that leads to the path of finding herself.
Resolved Question: Help planning tour of USA?
Hi there,
I have just graduated and I am currently working back home in the UK to save up plenty of money to do a nice trip before I go back and do my post-grad. I would like to do America and South America, even though I know it will be expensive it appeals more to me than places like Thailand etc. which are unfamiliar and would be alot more dangerous.
I have family friends around the USA e.g. Texas, Washington State and New Jersey and I would like to plan a trip around America that would fit in with those destinations. I was thinking of doing a sort of Zig-Zag starting from Washington state heading south to California then zigging up to New Jersey then south from there down to Texas.
However there doesnt seem to be any facilities in a way that I can plan my trip but stop and visit states and attractions in between the journey. Does anyone know of any good resources to help me plan. I looked at the Visit America website which has good info on what to visit but isnt really helpful in planning a route.
What would be the best way to travel around america? Rail, Coach or Plane?
I appreciate being in big cities but I also like being out in the wilderness so if anyone knows some good places to see. I have been plenty of times before to USA with family e.g. Florida, New York, Georgia so I would like to try and avoid covering familiar territory.
Some things I would like to see: Colorado River, Rockies, Grand Canyon, Nevada Desert, Black Mountain, Ground Zero,
States I really want to goto: Oregon, New Mexico, Colorado, Kentucky, Massechuesits, Michigan, North Carolina, Kansas (although I hear its just full of fields).
Any help would be much appreciated and thankyou for your time!
Also any methods of doing some stuff on the cheap would be helpful 
Also any stuff to watch out for would be great too
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Huddled in the hills of North Carolina there lies a ghost town named Henry River. The abandoned homes and company stores are always eerie, but there is something in the light of dusk that makes them even more so: gap-toothed windows sprout trees and slack doors open to nothing. Built in the early 1900’s around a textile mill, the town peaked fast but fell soon. In fact, it hardly made it past the 1960’s. In its time, however, Henry River was remarkable: it generated its own electricity and operated under its own currency, it ran its own school and its own church, swam in its own swimming hole and churned its own moonshine, but the community that once thrived now sits as empty as an unpaired shoe.
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Voting Question: I really want to move!!! I just don’t know though?
Hi everyone, it’s Amanda…I live in a small town in NC. I’ve lived here most of my life (since I was 2 or 3 and I’m 12 now) I really want to move, but I just don’t know! Let me explain so it’s less confusing…
This house creeps me out, it was built in the 90s and it is always making creaky noises and mice always get in. I developed a phobia of seeing a wild mouse running around my house. For crying out loud, I get the creeps seeing my hamsters run loose when they escape. Bugs always get in, everywhere I look there is a moth or something.
But this house has a lot of sentimental meaning I guess. I might miss this room.
My parents spent a time looking at houses in the area, but never saw one good enough.
We found an IMMACULATE house but it was in a pretty wooded deserted area and more than my parents prefer to pay, they go no higher than 850,000 on a house. Well that house dropped to 850,000 but I guess they just lost interest.
I might miss my neighbor because of how long we’ve been friends but I HATE her younger brother, he is a pathological liar and an all-around jerk. I want to get away from him.
I wouldn’t mind moving out of the ‘hood but I’d miss my friend and my one other friend that lives in my neighborhood. I would miss my pool because it has 3 water slides and a lazy river.
But my house is like 15 mins away from my school and I really don’t like my school, sure it is private but the rules are ridiculous and all the teachers are so strict and mean. All my friends at other schools are like, “Wow, I feel so sorry for you” and a lot of people at my school hate it. The people my age are such jerks thinking they’re better than everyone.
Also NC is one of the best places apparently with weather and family and stuff.
I wouldn’t want to move because of that.
However this place is practically unknown to the rest of the USA.
I know my parents wouldn’t just pack up and leave but my Dad has a medical degree so technically he could work at any hospital he wanted. He is always switching offices and practices anyway…
I am an actress and this place has suckish acting opportunity.
I am always telling my Mom I don’t like it here and want to move, she is always like, “Why?” and telling me why this is such a great place and California would be a terrible place to live as would Miami and Texas and New York and ANYWHERE ELSE. She hates extreme heat or extreme cold (grew up in Buffalo) but I always bring it up and hint it to her, I say stuff like, “If you had to pack up and leave right now, where would you go?” she says “Where Giada lives.” (Giada At Home cooking show; she’s kinda obsessed w/ it) which would be Las Palmas, CA or something like that.
I just don’t like this place. I feel like in general it is great w/ weather and family etc., I know I live in a good neighborhood with a great pool and some friends but I barely have any friends here and I text them more then I actually see them in person. Call me ungrateful but deep down I wish I was somewhere else. I have no idea why. Maybe I just want to start a new life…all my pets died in this house…and I feel like a mistake here. I feel like I messed up and I don’t belong here, I have struggled a lot here and had hard times.
What do you think? Is NC really SO great? Is it that I want to start a new life?
I pretty much listed pros…but deep down I want to get out…I don’t want to move out of here but at the same time I SO BADLY do.
Yeah. I want to see a different part of the world I guess. I just want to go without looking back! If only I could 
I just want a fresh start as a new person. I grew up here from a chubby, bushy-eyebrowed little kid but now I feel fresh and ready for the world.
I’m sorry for you. I have no friends though except a few. I don’t even want to look back, if I did I know I’d miss this place but I don’t care.
Agatha – I know, but I’m an actress and I work really hard here but I wish someday I could move to CA or somewhere with more opportunity so I don’t want to wait until I am 18. IDK, I’ll talk to my parents.
Resolved Question: Another Baby Name Game? You asked for it …?
You asked me to make more, so I’ll keep doing it until someone tells me it was the worst thing they’ve ever done. xD.
1: You are 22, coming home from college for the weekend. You meet up with the boy you talked to in high school. Two weeks later you find out your a pregnant. You call him, and he wants nothing to do with you. You go over to his house (once again) and you ask him “Are you going to be in our son’s life?” He says “I don’t think…” And you slap him. Your son is born a week later, and you name him something meaningful to you. Your son has curly red hair, freckles, and dark brown eyes. The only way the dad sees his son now are through pictures on facebook/myspace, if he cares enough to look.
2: When your son is two years old, you decide to move to new york. You and your son get on a plane, where you hold his hand. You move to a small house in the country, outside of New York City.
You are walking down Time Square, holding your sons hand, when a tall man with dark black hair and sparkling grey eyes approaches you. His name is _________. You walk for awhile, and then he asks you on a date. Within 6 months of dating him, you become pregnant with your second child. Another boy! He looks just like his daddy. His name must start with a D. And he must have two middle names.
3: When your first born son finally starts to talk, (after a speech impediment) He calls your husband, his step-father, “Dada”. You send papers for your husband to legally adopt your first born son, but his dad back home refuses to sign them. You don’t make him pay child support because you don’t want his money; but you threaten to make him pay, sign the papers, or get in his son’s life, and he signs the papers. A few months after that you become pregnant again. With another little boy. You decide to name him Corey, it means “God’s peace.” And you knew that God gave you this baby because you had won the battle, and now your family was complete. His middle name must start with an A-L.
4: All Your kids beg you for a dog, and you finally give in. You get a bigger dog; because you have a lot of space for it to run. What kind of dog? What do you name it?
Hope you had fun!(: Do you want more? Rat thes baby name game on a scale of 1-10. (:
Mine Are:
Rivers Cayden (Rivers; after Rivers Cuomo [from Weezer])
(New husband is Lewis Alexander)
Dexter Kenneth Loren
Corey Alexander
I get 2 cocker spaniels, 1 boy & 1 girl, (brother & sister). We name them Dillon and Sammy.
So I have Rivers, Dex, & Corey. xD
Resolved Question: Would you name your child after a place?
Hi,
I was just sitting here wondering how many people would actually consider naming their child after a place or even country. My own mums name is Roma after the city of Rome but it is a popular girls name in Italy and we are Italian. I have compiled a list of legitimately used names that are also places or country’s. Would you use any or do you think the whole thing is overdone?
Paris – means from Paris
Rome means from Rome
London – means the great river
America – means home ruler
Alexandria – means defending men
Venice – means english name for italian city
Ennis – means Island
Eire – means Ireland
Colorado – means colourful
Sydney – means Contraction Of St. Denys
Holland – means ridge land
Melbourne – means mill stream
Alabama – means uncertain
India – means person from India
Cuba – means name of contry centre of an island
Japan – means to mutter a prayer
Texas – means friends
Nevada – means snow covered
Brooklyn – means new york borough
Cairo – means victorious one
Atlanta – means balance
I would personally use Roma for the reasons stated above and Alexandria and Ennis because I think their pretty.
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The way people feel about New Orleans is so tender. I have fallen in love, and I completely understand not ever wanting to let go of life here. I’m from New York. I can relate (the post-Katrina experience) to my experience after 9/11. I just wanted to be in New York. I wanted to be home. I wanted to go home. It’s even more personal here. In the way David (Simon) is portraying New Orleans as a character in the show, it truly is a character in real life. It’s hard to tell people this, but when you’re here, you (see that) this city lives and breathes on its own…It happens to me almost every single day. I’ll be walking back from the gym and someone will literally come over and start talking to me, and the next thing I know I’m either in their kitchen or I’m sitting in a restaurant. People will literally take me by the arm, I’m not kidding, and just take me somewhere, and I find myself just going. Every single day this happens to me. It’s to the point where if I just need to be alone and study lines, I have to stay in my apartment, because if I go out, someone’s taking me somewhere. That’s just what’s going down. I’ve been in so many people’s homes and kitchens and restaurants. I will have an agenda for a day and then it’s just blown. I feel so at home here, and it’s very important to me that I get it right. I want people to know that I want to get it right for them. It’s not an ego-driven situation here for me. It’s more a deep respect for everyone here and what they’ve gone through. It’s respect here…Talk about how I walk to the gym and people take me places. Before they went to the Super Bowl, that last game when we knew they were going, the ‘Oh my God, we’re going to the Super Bowl!’ game, I had to work, so I was tired. I was watching some of it. I had to lay down. I laid down and the next thing I knew I just heard screaming, cause I’m staying here in the French Quarter. I went downstairs, and, right outside my door, a crowd of people came rushing down the street, and the next thing I knew, I was standing at the river. They literally just took me. The entire crowd just lifted me off my feet. It is so magical…That Lombardi Trophy coming out of the sunroof of that car was so gangsta. Nothing will top that. You couldn’t make that up. That was so gangsta. That was a beautiful thing right there.
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Resolved Question: Do you think i should continue my story?
My story is made from real life experiences with my best friend, except the names, tell me what u think. Be honest, please, but don’t say i’m a bad writer, just tell me the if the story is bad or not, or if it can be fixed:
Prologue: Peace
I was in love with the idea of love. I was so obsessed that I forgot about everything and everyone. Including, my best friend.
Now that my relationship is over with Brandon, I can return to the real world. The world where I was not lonely and missed my friends. The world where I was not a solitary, social suicide little teenager. The world I actually belonged in.
“Hi, Ghost,” I said shyly.
“I won’t talk to you miss ‘I’m too in love to remember my friends.’”
“Ghost…” she walked away before I had a chance to say anymore.
At lunch I sat in a bathroom stall to eat my packed lunch. I was hoping Ghost would come in and be my savior. Even though she’s basically a devil full of pale beautiful skin. Her mocha brown hair hung straight down all the way down to her waist. Her jewel blue eyes would look at you like you were her sister. She’s pretty from head-to-toe and she doesn’t even have to try.
Me? I have to get salon colored hair (auburn of course) and manicures and pedicures.
Ghost has two overly annoying older brothers and one sweet little sister named, Nicolette. Kyle, being the oldest, is nineteen. The other one is Cole and he is one year older than Ghost and me.
“Peace?” I didn’t see Cole sneak up on me. In fact, I didn’t see Cole or Kyle sneak up on me.
“Please you guys. Not right now,” I spoke slowly and sounded disturbed.
“Awe come on, Peace. What’s wrong?”
“Your sister is mad at me so I can’t talk to you… or you,” I pointed to Kyle first and then Cole. I walked away and I didn’t care if they followed.
“Peace! Come back,” Cole and Kyle yelled at the same time and suddenly I wish stayed to talk to them because I ran into Brandon kissing someone I couldn’t see.
“Uh…” I didn’t know how to respond.
“Oh. Peace.”
“Who’s your friend?”
“Um… to tell you the truth, he’s Hank Rush.”
“O-M-G! Your bi?”
“No, I only like guys.”
“Then why did you date me?”
“I was dared.”
“What!? Who dared you to?”
“Zack, Sean, and Adam,” Brandon said quietly.
“What!? Really? Zack is my friend! And my brother! What, did you get dared to kiss me too?!?!”
“No, but…”
“I don’t care!” I shouted, “I’m going to KILL Zack!”
“Zachary Tyler River! I’m going to KILL YOU!”
“Peace? Why? I’m your friend and your brother.”
“Well then I guess I can’t really kill you, but I can get even!”
“What’d I do?”
“Everything! You remember Brandon? Well, I caught him kissing a GUY! I ask him if he was bi and he said no, he only likes guys! And… he said he was dared by you, Sean, and Adam! So, what should I do to get back at you? Should I give you fiber in all your food and drinks? Or maybe beat you up in front of your friends? Ooh, ooh! I know! I’ll just tell everyone your deep dark secrets!”
“You can’t do that!” he yelled at me so loud everyone was now looking at us.
“Oh yes I can. Just watch,” I stood on a bench so everyone could see me.
“No, please Peace. I’m begging you. Please don’t.”
“Hey everyone!” I start, “My brother, Zack River, sleeps with a pink dog that he named: Professor Snuggle Fluff Balls and he got it last month! And, he goes to bed every night with make up on! This one, is for the girls! My brother’s only pick up line is: ‘hey babe I’ll see you tonight, and don’t forget your lips girl.’” Everyone laughed and I knew that was enough pay back, but I couldn’t stop now! “Oh and he loves to watch HANNAH MONTANA!”
My brother ran, and Cole and Kyle looked at me with the: ‘what did you do,’ kind of face. I walked out feeling good. I ran into Ghost on my way home, and she said, “I’m sorry.”
“No, don’t be. I’m the one who should be sorry. I was in love and I was stupid to forget about you.”
“It’s okay. What happened with Brandon? Did he dump you?”
“Yeah. Oh, and guess what?”
“What?”
“Brandon is gay. Only gay and the only reason he asked to date me was because he was dared…”
“Seriously? That bogus!”
“Hold on wait. My brother is the one who dared him!”
“OMG!”
“I know.”
“Well, I want to help torture him,” she said evily.
“Um… sorry. Your too late.”
“Awe! So… what did you do to him?”
“I told his deep dark secrets… to everyone.”
“I wish I saw that!”
“It was ha-larious!”
“Well, come on,” she said pointing towards her house, “today’s snack is a california roll with wasabee.”
“Yay! My favorite!”
“Let’s go then.”
“Okay.”
“You know this is so much better than it would be if your brothers were here,” I said just as her brothers came in, “speak of the devil’s.”
“Hey, Ghost,” Cole said looking at Ghost an
Resolved Question: I want to know about origins of cowboy folk music esp….?
…Texas music. Any connections to Charles Goodnight here?
I have a book called SONGS TEXAS SINGS. They are all folk songs, mostly cowboy tunes, and I am interested in the stories behind them. I know that there is no one composer that they can be attributed to, but I still want to know more. This book in particular was compiled in 1936 for the Texas Centennial, with foreword written by John Lomax. One thing I learned from his comments is that THE EYES OF TX was written first to poke fun at the pres. of the Univ. of TX. But what about Home On the Range, and the Chisum Trail? And others? I am writing a play/musical about Charles Goodnight, and these songs may have have some close ties to his influences & movements. The cattle drives to Montana, the Pecos River, the Chisum Trail are all his stomping grounds. Tell me more, if you can!
Resolved Question: When all the glaciers are gone, will they rename Glacier National Park?
“Glacier National Park has lost two more of its namesake moving icefields to climate change, which is shrinking the rivers of ice until they grind to a halt, a government researcher said Wednesday.
Warmer temperatures have reduced the number of named glaciers in the northwestern Montana park to 25, said Dan Fagre, an ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. He warned the rest of the glaciers may be gone by the end of the decade.
“When we’re measuring glacier margins, by the time we go home the glacier is already smaller than what we’ve measured,” Fagre said.
From the Himalayas to Alaska, glacier melting has accelerated in recent decades as global temperatures increased.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100407/ap_on_re_us/us_disappearing_glaciers
Any nominations for a new name? Perhaps Global Warming National Park?
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Resolved Question: Do homeless people camp along the Missouri River in St. Louis.?
I’m writing a novel in which a family displaced from their home camps along the Missouri River near (east of) St. Louis and encounters other homeless people. I’d like to know as much as I can learn about this possibility and what it would look like if it’s even feasible. I’ve viewed satellite pictures of the area, but cannot travel to St. Louis right now to see for myself. If there are homeless people there, are they bothered by law enforcement for vagrancy?
Ooops! I meant to say WEST of St. Louis on the Missouri, not east.
Resolved Question: What is a good starting/summer job for me?
I am 15 and will be 16 later this June. I had experience with planting and working on a farm because I have helped my grandparents with his garden and other farm job necessities. I love dogs. I have experience with them because I take care of two all of the time. I dissected before and am not scared of the body parts of organisms. I love to play video games, I am very smart and can do something right when it is showed and told to me. I like to go to target, Best Buy and stores at Mid Rivers Mall. I live in st. charles (63303) and in Missouri. I want a job close to home. Thank you for the answers!!!
Resolved Question: What things are there to do in Missouri?
Mk, I’m trying to help my nephew on his fourth grade project. He doesn’t have a computer at home, and I can’t find much on mine. I hear that Missouri is big on it’s mountains and rivers. So, in that case, does anyone know fun things to do around the mountains and rivers? He needs to make a brochure type thing to make people want to go there.
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Resolved Question: I just can’t control my farts?
I have horrible, terrible, painful gas ALL THE TIME regardless of what I eat. The problem is that I pass gas at the absolute worst times. I let a HUGE fart in the library earlier this week. I let loud, smelly farts during church, in restaurants, CONSTANTLY at school, during my uncle’s wedding, at my friend Ralph’s birthday party and ALL THE TIME at the store (like Walmart).
One night on the bus last week the driver made everyone put up their windows because one of the school bullies stole a kid’s hat and threw it out the window. It was 84 degrees out and REALLY hot and stuffy on the bus, and sure enough, I passed six “machine gun” farts that smelled like a rotted skunk boiled in vomit and wrapped in garbage and left out in the sun for a week. The bus driver made everyone suffer through them and wouldn’t let us put down the windows. When I got off the bus at my stop, the bullies got off too and once away from the bus stop, they beat me up and each took turns farting in my face while the others held me down. It was horrible. One time they even shoved me in a locker and I had to fart, and I had to endure the smell for about 10 minutes.
Today in algebra I got lucky, because I got to sit right in front of my crush. Her name is Amber. And, of course, I ended up letting the biggest fart in the history of the world and everyone, including the teacher, was laughing at me and someone said there was so much wind behind it that you could see Amber’s hair blowing in it. She was humiliated and disgusted and said “ewww!” I ran out of the room and went to talk to a counselor who told me to get back to class.
At home, I have no problems, I can hold my farts in for two weeks if I need to at home. But as soon as I get out in public I feel like I lose all control of my anus and farts just flow from me like the Mississippi river and there’s no way to control it. And please, don’t say alter my diet, I hardly eat anything the way it is. I am too nervous in the morning to eat any breakfast and for lunch I have a ham sandwich on rye bread, potato chips, water and and bread. Then for dinner I have whatever mom makes. I don’t snack between meals and limit my sweets.
What can I do???
Resolved Question: ???????????>>???????????
Ok so last weekend we went to Memphis on vacation. We went to all these great places ( Corky’s, Graceland, Beil Street, the Gibson Factory, etc.). As we were on our last day there we decided to walk on Mud Island. It’s a layout of the Mississippi River from it’s farthest point to the Gulf of Mexico. I’m having a fun time, but all weekend my 11 year old brother has been punching me. I’ve repeated him to stop, but he never does. We’re on our way back to the car and my brother takes a hard swing in my ribs and knocks the wind out of me. The thing about the mud river is when it gets to the Gulf like it would on a real map….it’s filled with water. I’m 15 and he’s 11, so i’m supposed to be the more “mature one”. Since my parents won’t take a course of action and my brother won’t get the messege I decide to give him a quick punch in the arm to make him stop.
2 things you should know about my brother…
#1) He Bruises easily
#2) He’s a cry baby ( but only at home)
Once i did it he lost his balance and fell into “The Ocean” I geuss you could say. I got in HUGE trouble and he got a big black bruise on his arm. When we were back in the car with a towel someone had offered around him….when my parents were done yelling and walked around the car he gave me that Devil smile.
Anyone EVER had a brother as nasty as this one? If so tell your story.
Resolved Question: which of these movies looks actually interesting and not boring?
well here is the list that i can pick from to watch for summer work for ap united states history.
i want a movie that is somewhat new and interesting and maybe even funny! thanks…(i need to watch 3).
schindler’s list
last of the mohicans
rise and fall of the 3rd reich
12 angry men
cabaret
glory— have seen before and isn’t that bad
man in the gray flannel suit
the green berets
mr.smith goes to washington
all’s quiet on the western front
South Pacific
M*A*S*H*
Mississippi burning
Dances with wolves
All the Presidents Men
Butch Cassidy and Sundance kid
Saving private Ryan
all the King’s men
Patton
Sergeant York
Inherit the wind
the chamber
Roots
the Manchurian candidate
Citizen Kane
JFK
Jefferson in paris
Pillow talk
American Graffiti
A tree grows in Brooklyn
battle of midway
silkwood
little women
coming home
quiz show
eyes ont he prize
the reat gatsby
To kill a mockingbird
gettysburg
bridge over the river kwai
gone with the wind
forrest gump
oklahoma
thr right stuff
summer of ‘42
the longest day
Bonnie and clyde
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The alamo
Gangs of New York
cinderella man
the great escape
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Resolved Question: I need help really fast please?
Jaws of the Water
ACT TWO
At rise we see DAD, TINA, and MARK rushing in and out of the living room. Each enters carrying important items—such as sleeping bags, rain gear, and gallons of water—, sets them down, and exits. All three come in together, and MOM bursts through the front door.
DAD: Where’s the water now?
MOM: As high as the car’s wheels.
DAD: We’d better go.
MOM: We can’t. The car’s dead.
DAD: What?
MOM: The water is up to the engine; it won’t start.
TINA: Oh, no!
MARK: What can we do?
DAD: I don’t know. (He looks through the window.) It isn’t raining now.
MOM: The water is still rising. The levee must have broken.
TINA: Will we drown?
MARK: Can’t we swim away?
DAD: No! That’s too dangerous. What we need is a boat!
MARK: I wish we had one!
TINA: We’re going to drown!
DAD: (reaching to hug her) No, honey. We’ll just go upstairs. If we have to, we’ll climb onto the roof. (to Mark) Let’s get jugs of water and the camp stove upstairs. I’ll get the canned food out of the basement.
MOM: Be careful! (She smiles and nods as DAD waves a flashlight and exits. MOM turns to MARK and TINA, gripping each child’s shoulder.) Listen to me. None of us is going to be hurt. Do you hear me? No one will be hurt! The worst that will happen is we’ll be cold and wet for a while. (She looks from one to the other.) We’re together, and we’re in our home. We have water and food, and we can climb above the rising water. But just as importantly, we aren’t alone! Other people—our friends and neighbors—are living through this flood with us.
Little by little, everyone will work together to make sure no one is harmed. We’re part of a community. Our family is much larger than just the four of us!
(DAD returns, dripping wet and carrying a box of canned food.)
MARK: Here, let me help you.
1. At what point in the play is the action taking place in the excerpt from Jaws of the Water? (1 point)
the very beginning of the play
the end of the first act
at the beginning of act two
a minute before the end of the play
2. Which BEST describes the setting of the play? (1 point)
the barn of a ranch in the colorado mountains
the garage of a home in a river town
the living room of a home in a river town
the living room of a home on the shore of Lake Erie
3. According to the stage directions, how many people are on stage at rise in act two? (1 point)
4
3
2
1
4. Which character in the play delivers a monologue?
(1 point)
Mom
Dad
Tina
Mark
5. Based on what the mother tells her children, what kind of attitude would you say she has? (1 point)
negative
cynical
bland
positive
6. Which sound device is used in the title of the play? (1 point)
rhythm
consonance
assonance
alliteration
7. What word BEST describes the mood of the play excerpt? (1 point)
happy
nervous
mournful
enraged
Read the selection below and answer the questions that follow with the BEST answer.
The Great Flood of ‘93
In all of recent American history, there has been no worse river flooding than what occurred on the Mississippi River between late June and the middle of August in 1993. Record flooding affected communities from Minnesota to Missouri. Iowa and Illinois joined those states as the hardest hammered by the floods. At St. Louis, Missouri, the river crested at 49.6 feet—more than nineteen feet above “flood stage.” It was six feet higher than any level that had been recorded before.
Of the 1,300 levees that had been built to contain Mississippi River floods, more than 1,000 failed. Almost 50,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, and more than 70,000 people had to move because of the floods. Damage was estimated to be between 15 and 20 billion dollars. Worst of all, 52 people lost their lives in the great flood of 1993.
8. What kind of writing is “The Great Flood of ‘93″? (1 point)
drama
expository
poetry
short story
9. Which sentence from “The Great Flood of ‘93″ contains an example of figurative language? (1 point)
Iowa and Illinois joined those states as the hardest hammered by the floods.
Record flooding affected communities from Minnesota to Missouri.
Damage was estimated to be between 15 and 20 billion dollars.
Worst of all, 52 people lost their lives in the great flood of 1993.
10. In 1993, how deep were the floodwaters of the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri? (1 point)
as deep as a basketball net
deeper than a one-story building
deeper than a 40-story building
as deep as a coal mine
11. Which BEST paraphrases the first sentence of “The Great Flood of ‘93″? (1 point)
The Mississippi River flood in 1993 was the worst river flood in American history.
The flood of 1993 was the worst river flood ever.
The Mississippi River flood was destructive, costing both money and human lives.
It is hard to imagine a flood worse than the one that happened in 1993.
12. Where is a comma needed in the following sentence? “Put the follow
Resolved Question: help me plz i need help with history plz?
1. According to one theory, who were the earliest people to come to the Americas?
(Points: 5)
African tribesmen
Asians
Roman warriors
Vikings
2. Use the map to answer the following question.
Which of the following identifies the area where the Anasazi lived?
(Points: 5)
A
B
E
F
3. What river flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico?
(Points: 5)
Missouri River
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Columbia River
4. What is something that the Columbian Exchange brought to Native Americans?
(Points: 5)
new techniques for building homes
better health
domestic animals they had never seen
very seaworthy ships
5. What was the main reason for founding Jamestown?
(Points: 5)
religious freedom
new food sources
to honor King James
so investors could make money
6. Why were the founders of the Plymouth Colony called pilgrims?
(Points: 5)
Plymouth was the area of England where they had lived.
They believed they were destined for success.
Several of the families were named Pilgrim.
They believed they were making a religious journey.
7. What was one result of the Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act in the period following the French and Indian War?
(Points: 5)
additional revenues for both Britain and the colonies
the French were kept from resuming the fighting
the colonies assisted the Indians and maintained peace
increased tension between Britain and the colonies
8. Why did the British think American colonists should be taxed?
(Points: 5)
to contribute to Britain’s costs for American defense
to contribute to British colonization
to support the mother country
to show who had financial authority
9. What document promotes the idea that people are created equal and are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
(Points: 5)
Bill of Rights
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
10. Which group of events occurred during the American Revolution?
(Points: 5)
Group A
Group B
11. Who was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?
(Points: 5)
George Washington
Nathanael Greene
Benedict Arnold
John Paul Jones
12. Which statement about the U.S. Constitution is true?
(Points: 5)
It named George Washington as the first president of the United States.
It is the longest-lived plan for representative government in history.
It is modeled on the Magna Carta, the world’s oldest effective plan for representative government.
It was Thomas Jefferson’s masterpiece.
13. What documents did John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison write to persuade people to adopt the new Constitution?
(Points: 5)
Constitution Communication
Federal Reform Papers
Declaration of Constitutional Issues
Federalist Papers
14. Which branch of government declares war, approves constitutional amendments, and begins impeachment proceedings?
(Points: 5)
executive
legislative
judicial
Central Intelligence Agency
15. What is one challenge that George Washington and the nation faced during his presidency?
(Points: 5)
building a fleet of ships to protect the coast
putting the nation’s finances in order
determining the representation from each state
eliminating political parties founded during the Constitutional Convention
16. What doubled the size of the United States?
(Points: 5)
the Florida Cession
the Lewis and Clark expedition
the Louisiana Purchase
the Missouri Compromise
17. Which statement explains what the Federalist Party believed about government?
(Points: 5)
The Supreme Court should be the most powerful branch of government.
Powers not given to the federal government belong to the states.
Political power should be in the hands of the elite.
There should be a strong federal government.
18. What part of the Constitution guarantees individual and other rights?
(Points: 5)
the Twelfth Amendment
Article 2
the Preamble
the Bill of Rights
19. Which of the following is not related to the War of 1812?
(Points: 5)
writing the Star Spangled Banner
signing a treaty with Canada
fighting the Battle of New Orleans
burning Washington
20. What describes the period following the War of 1812 in the United States?
(Points: 5)
nationali
Resolved Question: Not quite sure if this is right..?
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8. What was not an element of Abraham Lincoln’s platform in 1860?
stopping the spread of slavery
building a transcontinental railroad
passing a homestead act for western settlement
reducing tariffs on foreign goods
9. What was one reason South Carolina gave for its decision to secede?
to avoid paying federal taxes
to uphold the rights of property owners
to break its contract with the federal government
to form its own military
10. What were Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Oregon part of during the Civil War?
Union states
border states
organized territories
Confederate states
11. Which border state’s loyalty to the Union was critical to keeping Washington, D.C. from being surrounded by the Confederacy?
Maryland
West Virginia
Delaware
Kentucky
12. Which is accurate in regard to the North’s and the South’s strengths at the beginning of the Civil War?
The North’s well-established government gave it a distinct advantage.
The South produced the vast majority of food crops in the United States.
The North had numerous experienced military officers to lead its army.
The South’s superior railroads gave it a distinct advantage.
13. Which was not a strength of the South at the beginning of the Civil War?
motivation
cotton for profitable export
miles of railroad tracks
military colleges
14. Who were George McClellan, Winfield Scott, and John Pope?
military leaders from border states
Union military leaders
military leaders from organized territories
Confederate military leaders
15. How did the Civil War begin?
with a Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina
with a battle in Charleston harbor
with a Union attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina
with the Battle of Hampton Roads
16. What had Abraham Lincoln expected before the First Battle of Bull Run?
The Union could continue with both free states and slave states.
The South could easily be defeated.
He would have to recruit many more soldiers.
Slaves would rebel and join the Northern forces.
17. What was the Union goal at the battles of Hampton Roads, Shiloh, and New Orleans?
freeing slaves
achieving the surrender of forts
controlling trade arteries
capturing Southern generals
18. What happened when newer, more accurate weapons were used against close-order formations at Antietam?
The South won and moved north to Gettysburg.
The North won and quickly followed Lee’s troops into Virginia.
Both sides suffered huge losses.
Neither side could be considered victorious.
19. How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the meaning of the Civil War?
The Emancipation Proclamation secured voting rights for black property holders in both the North and South.
The goal of the war changed from freeing slaves to eliminating slavery in new states and territories.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed Southern troops from their military commitments so they could return home.
The goal of the war changed from saving the Union to saving the Union and eliminating slavery.
20. Which statement describes the Union victory achieved at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863?
Burning houses forced inhabitants to surrender.
Forced starvation brought the Union control of the Mississippi River.
Small skirmishes resulted in a major victory.
Retreating Southern troops left the city under Union control.
21. Why did Robert E. Lee decide to engage Northern forces at Gettysburg?
He wanted to avoid the heat in the South.
He thought it would give some of the Southern cities time to recover.
He planned to recruit reinforcements in the border states along the way.
He felt only bold action could save the Southern cause.
22. Which best describes Lincoln’s message in this section of the Gettysburg Address?
The nation would soon form a new government.
Democracy and the United States would last.
An educated citizenry was essential to freedom.
The war would not last much longer.
23. What is General William Tecumseh Sherman best known for?
recruiting Southerners to turn against the Confederacy
gaining a Union victory in Atlanta and marching to the sea, destroying everything in his path
achieving two victories at Bull Run
running against Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1864
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“Jonathan! Jonathan! Come home!” his mother’s voice rang out across the rolling Massachusetts hillside like the peal of a bell. As usual, Jonathan’s mother was calling because his father needed his help. Jonathan wasn’t surprised, because his father had required his assistance rather often recently. Ever since Jonathan’s older brother Robert had departed Massachusetts with the Union Army to fight the Confederacy last August, there were too many chores for his father to do alone. When Jonathan read Robert’s beautifully written letters, he became quite envious. The descriptions were so vivid that Jonathan almost felt as if he were right beside Robert in the army. He grew excited when he read about Robert’s adventures all over the South, in places like South Carolina and Georgia, but that excitement rapidly deflated when Jonathan then had to finish all of Robert’s chores. It didn’t seem fair, Robert having all that fun in the South while Jonathan labored away in Massachusetts. It seemed especially unfair right now because Jonathan had just settled down for a pleasant afternoon of fishing for striped bass with his oldest and dearest friend, Clarence. The day was warm, and the sun peeked out from behind some light clouds; it was all perfect for fishing.
“There goes my mother again, calling for me just when I’m relaxed and all ready to have some fun,” Jonathan complained to Clarence, glowering. “I did hundreds of chores all morning, and all day yesterday as well. Can’t I have any time to myself? Do your parents badger you to work like an ox every minute of every day now that your brother’s gone? Most assuredly they do not! I don’t hear your mother’s voice calling you!” He steadfastly remained where he was, his fishing line and lure drifting in the rippling waters of Calico River as a family of blue jays chattered and flitted about through the branches of the sugar maple trees above. The shining late September sun peeked out from behind a few fluffy clouds. It made the creek water glisten, and Jonathan shaded his sensitive eyes from the sun’s shimmering reflection off the water. Fish bite better in overcast weather, so this was the kind of glorious afternoon that Jonathan found perfect for simple relaxation, and he didn’t want it to end so abruptly. Jonathan thought to himself that perhaps he could pretend that he had not heard his mother. He rationalized that his mother could not expect him to come home if he had never heard her calling.
Clarence cocked his favorite hat up over his furrowed brow and uttered a low, long whistle. “Now, Jonathan, you know that I’ve got three other brothers still around the house to pick up Kenneth’s slack. Don’t you go comparing your situation to mine,” he said in his baritone voice. “Sounds like you have a difficult decision to make. You could remain out here and have some fun, and maybe even catch some striped bass for your family’s supper, and maybe that would be all right. Or you could remember that your brother, Robert, has gone off to do something important and dangerous, sacrificing for our country, and your parents are depending upon you to help them now that Robert’s elsewhere. Sure, Robert’s responsible for your current situation, what with him enlisting, but you’re responsible for what you decide to do in this situation. Don’t you go blaming Robert for everything; he has got enough on his shoulders right now, same as my brother Kenneth.”
Jonathan listened to Clarence’s words. Simultaneously, he listened to the blue jays and appreciated the sun’s warmth. He had indeed been having an excellent time on the riverbank before his mother had summoned him, but what Clarence had said made perfect sense. Things had been quite difficult around the Wentworth homestead since the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry regiments had been mobilized. Jonathan realized his parents depended solely on him to take care of a great many things in his older brother’s place. If he remained out here with Clarence, even if he caught fish to bring home to his parents, guilt for ignoring his responsibilities would gnaw away at his satisfaction the whole time. Jonathan again heard his mother’s voice bouncing throughout the hillside and made his decision. “Coming, Mother!” he shouted back, gathering his fishing gear.
———
Jonathan spent an exhausting afternoon chopping enough firewood to last a week so that he wouldn’t have to do this particular chore again so soon. As he took a break with a mug of water, he read over Robert’s latest letter again. With Clarence’s words still ringing in his ears, Jonathan realized that Robert’s adventures didn’t seem nearly so glorious. Rather, they sounded scary, the writing was more hurriedly scrawled than leisurely penned, and Robert himself seemed to express more homesickness than excitement. Returning to the woodpile, Jonathan reflected that perhaps he had been a little selfish and resolved to pay more attention to how others felt when making his de
ANALYZE JONATHAN’S ATTITUDE ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR. USE TWO EXAMPLES FROM THE STORY
Resolved Question: Should the bullies who tormented Phoebe Prince to the point of suicide be named and shamed?
“Like a lot of kids her age, Phoebe Prince was a swan, always beautiful and sometimes awkward.
Last fall, she moved from Ireland into western Massachusetts, a new town, a new high school, a new country, a new culture. She was 15, when all that matters is being liked and wearing the right clothes and just fitting in.
She was a freshman and she had a brief fling with a senior, a football player, and for this she became the target of the Mean Girls, who decided then and there that Phoebe didn’t know her place and that Phoebe would pay.
Kids can be mean, but the Mean Girls took it to another level, according to students and parents. They followed Phoebe around, calling her a slut. When they wanted to be more specific, they called her an Irish slut.
The name-calling, the stalking, the intimidation was relentless.
Ten days ago, Phoebe was walking home from school when one of the Mean Girls drove by in a car. An insult and an energy drink can came flying out the car window in Phoebe’s direction.
Phoebe kept walking, past the abuse, past the can, past the white picket fence, into her house. Then she walked into a closet and hanged herself. Her 12-year-old sister found her.
You would think this would give the bullies who hounded Phoebe some pause. Instead, they went on Facebook and mocked her in death.
They told State Police detectives they did nothing wrong, had nothing to do with Phoebe killing herself.
And then they went right back to school and started badmouthing Phoebe.
They had a dance, a cotillion, at the Log Cabin in Holyoke two days after Phoebe’s sister found her in the closet, and some who were there say one of the Mean Girls bragged about how she played dumb with the detectives who questioned her.
Last week, one of the Springfield TV stations sent a crew to South Hadley High to talk to the kids.
One girl was interviewed on camera, and she said what was common knowledge: that bullies were stalking the corridors of South Hadley High.
As soon as the TV crew was out of sight, one of the Mean Girls came up and slammed the girl who had been interviewed against a locker and punched her in the head.
The Mean Girls are pretty, and popular, and play sports.
So far, they appear to be untouchable, too.
South Hadley is a nice, comfortable middle-class suburb that hugs the Connecticut River nearby and a certain attitude.
“Things like this aren’t supposed to happen in South Hadley,’’ said Darby O’Brien, a high school parent, wondering why the bullies who tormented Phoebe are still in school. “And so instead of confronting the evil among us, the reality that there are bullies roaming the corridors at South Hadley High, people are blaming the victim, looking for excuses why a 15-year-old girl would do this. People are in denial.’’
School officials say there are three investigations going on. They say these things take time.
That doesn’t explain why the Mean Girls who tortured Phoebe remain in school, defiant, unscathed.
“What kind of message does this send to the good kids?’’ O’Brien asked. “How many kids haven’t come forward to tell what they know because they see the bullies walking around untouched?’’
They were supposed to hold a big meeting on Tuesday to talk about all this, but now that’s off for a couple of weeks.
O’Brien is thinking about going to that meeting and suggesting that they have the kids who bullied Phoebe look at the autopsy photos.
“Let them see what a kid who hung herself looks like,’’ he said.
Last week, Phoebe was supposed to visit Ireland, where she grew up, and she was excited because she was going to see her father for the first time in months.
She did end up going back to Ireland after all, and when her father saw her she was in a casket.
Phoebe’s family decided to bury her in County Clare. They wanted an ocean between her and the people who hounded her to the grave.”
Kevin Cullen is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at cullen@globe.com.
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Hi Ciaran,
So sorry to hear that you were one of her best friends, I can’t begin to imagine the heartbreak and anger you must be going through right now, as indeed are all her friends and relatives too.
Be strong.
Great answers so far, particularly Valerie’s.
Voting Question: Why not stop the hating?
History is taught to us so we can understand our present general state, but it is not taught to us to develop hate, or at least I don’t believe it is suppose to.
I come from PR and I found myself in a position that I grew up hating the Spaniards and English Etc. for what was written their ancestors had done in the new world. Slavery, death, and all that. And I had that pebble in my shoe.. I read the stories and I just hated it that people did such terrible things in the past and were allowed. [In Puerto Rico] They slaved the Indians, raped the women, kill the Indians then brought here African slaves and did the same to them, and all that.. That really made me mad. Same in the mid-east Egypt slaving those other dudes and the other people in biblical times and all the people with power that abuse of it and hurt others in general.
But then I recently came to think about it. And I said to myself: It happened! There is no changing the past! You can howl all you want you can kill as many people as you please, you can cry a river, it wont change! Why are you losing your head over it?! The different societies in the present are NOT! To blame. They were born AFTER and majority have their own perspective of things. Is not like is in their genes!
Need evidence? Look around you, all the different societies are merging! they are uniting! All of them putting stereotypes aside and looking straight through all the pop-culture/Cultural BS that is fed to them by their parents, history and television. No, they are looking at the person in front of them and fallowing their own emotions and opening their eyes to the new freaking world.
We live in a modern smarter world were logic tells you “That which happened so many years ago was wrong.” Is not like the people you are meeting today have the same mind of the people from 500 or 1000 or 2000 years ago.
Some people are fighting for events that will never change, EVER! You should instead use the energy you are using to fight and do something productive with it. Like fighting for events that you can actually change, like the views in some politicians or something wrong that is happening in society TODAY! But do it right! By the law and not lower yourself to the level of scums. Things have change!
Look —–I am aware that is not much—- but look how different things are:
We live in a age where women are no longer house-slaves and are hardworking and some even work better than us men. In the old days a woman was a personal slave, she HAD to stay at home cooking, taking care of the kids with little or none help from the husband. They could be beaten and there was not a g-dang thing she could do about it. Not anymore, for example: have you gone to Massachusetts? WOMEN WORKING EVERYWHERE! I saw it and I was like “Wow, that’s new.” I mean, don’t get me wrong, women work in PR too but mostly in offices, schools or hospitals, not as Bus drivers! At least not in the part that I am from. So I was kind of awed when I saw a young woman in her mid 20s driving a huge public bus!
We are as close to freedom as possible. We pay taxes because otherwise the country wouldn’t run well and so many would be homeless and without food…… Even if to be honest it s*cks because they are freaking pushing it!!!! STATE TAX, INCOME TAX, SOCIAL SECURITY TAX, TAX THIS, TAX THAT, TAX, TAX, TAX! But hey! We can at least go party like a rock-star on the weekends without a curfew. Well.. Some of us anyway… >.> Is better than been beat up and arrested just for walking at night after hours. You guys saw curfew after hours in V for Vendetta? Yeah.. Not nice.
There is no working for free.. If you are working for free you are in Jail.. And is not free because it is a SERVICE to your community, is a service for your mistake in the community. Is way better than the alternative… If you steal something in the old days they would cut your arms or kill you in the spot for thieving. Is better right? Not long ago a dude was paying the few employees with food and not with money, what happened? The law made the owner pay the employees all the money he owe them for all those years working! OUCH! I imagine he went bankrupt.
See things have change, why hate people for things that happen in the past? When you hate you are trapped in a bubble of hate and you can’t smell the fresh air and see the change even if it hits you in the face.
Really, why hate people for things that happen in the past? They are things that cannot change..
Why not just stop and try to heal the world of hate?
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Resolved Question: The factories of the North were important in the war because they could?
1 . One thing the South had from the start of the Civil War that the North did not was
A. a larger population.
B. one good general.
C. more railroads.
D. a well-established government.
2 . The factories of the North were important in the war because they could
A. attract Southerners to the North.
B. produce goods for trade with the Indians.
C. produce war supplies.
D. provide work for veterans.
3 . Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus and imposed martial law in Maryland in order to
A. prevent people from keeping slaves.
B. keep the state from seceding.
C. force blacks and whites to get along.
D. end the Civil War.
4 . According to your text, a woman whose husband went to war often
A. had to return to her parents’ home.
B. took over the family farm or business.
C. starved.
D. moved in with friends.
5 . If Lincoln had emancipated the slaves in 1861,
A. the abolitionists would not have supported it.
B. the West would have protested.
C. the border states would have seceded.
D. England would have helped the South.
6 . Which of the following were border states?
A. Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia
B. Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia
C. West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland
D. Virginia, Maryland, Missouri
7 . The Union apologized for the Trent affair because
A. the border states threatened to secede.
B. they needed the war supplies shipped from England.
C. the South insisted.
D. they knew they must avoid war with England if they were to win the Civil War.
8 . Who was the greatest Union general, according to your textbook, who became known for his actions in the West?
A. Ulysses S. Grant
B. George B. McClelland
C. Robert E. Lee
D. George Gordon Meade
9 . Control of the Confederacy in the West depended upon control of the
A. railroads.
B. rivers.
C. cities.
D. seacoast.
10 . In the early battles of the war, such as the second Battle of Bull Run, the North was losing. This led to
A. a large number of enlistments in the military.
B. aid from England.
C. aid from France.
D. fewer enlistments in the army.
= I got D.A.C.C.C.B.A.B.D.C
Resolved Question: Why do supporters of illegals believe illegals should not be arrested in raids when found breaking the law?
police swooped down on two Maryland restaurants, taking into custody dozens of employees.
Suzanne Collins reports their documentation is being checked to see if they are in this country legally.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided the Timbuktu Restaurant near BWI Airport around 10 a.m. Thursday.
Records were removed from the offices, and employees were arrested. Anne Arundel County police helped.
“In this case, a number of warrants were issued to the owner of the restaurant, who may have hired illegal immigrants, also the harboring of illegal immigrants in houses nearby,” said John Leopold, Anne Arundel County Executive.
Police activity also occurred at two homes right next to Timbuktu, but ICE
wouldn’t confirm what was going on there.
WJZ also learned a restaurant in Middle River, By The Docks, was also the location of a search and seizure Thursday.
Twenty-nine people of different nationalities were taken into custody and driven in vans to Baltimore ICE offices.
CASA de Maryland, an advocacy group for Latino immigrants, says these raids are wrong. It’s their belief this should be solved with national immigration reform.
“I think by arresting people, they will terrorize the community, and the community would be even scared to answer a census form,” said Tarsila Talarico, CASA de Maryland.
ICE says it’s committed to stopping illegal employment schemes utilizing illegal labor, and that businesses that do that have an unfair advantage.
“There are many small businesses in this county, state, nation that play by the rules, follow labor laws. They pay taxes, and they’re seriously undercut by those employers who hire illegal immigrants,” said Leopold.
ICE says it did not take the restaurant owners into custody, but the investigation is continuing.
http://wjz.com/local/immigration.customs.enforcement.2.1554621.html
Are they saying by arresting lawbreakers this will terrorize the community,is this the same as saying nobody should be arrested for any crimes , if it will terrorize the community per CASA de Maryland that even dangerous illegals should not be arrested if it will terrorize the community and dangerous illegals are free to committ and do any crime they want under the guise of if it will terrorize the community the police must not arrest the dangerous illegals but allow them to go free ?
Resolved Question: U.S history h.w help please?
please i got a heka bad headache and i need some help please somebody and its home work not a test i just need some help please
1. the first permanent English settlement in America was at Jamestown Virginia?
OR
English ships defeated the Spanish armada
2. the Spanish conquered the Aztec empire in Mexico
OR
the Spanish conquered the Inca empire in south America
3. passengers on the ship the may flower signed a compact (agreement) to form a government
OR
the Maryland assembly passed the toleration act.
4. native Americans of the plains changed their way of life when they acquired the horse
OR
the Spanish established colonies in the Americas.
5. Swedish colonists settled fort Christina on the Delaware river.
OR
the french established a settlement at Quebec
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