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What is a HTML message and how does it work? I would like to know how can I send a message to the german Bear Family Records label.

Where can I find the Grandpa from the Almost Grown (A.G.) Bear family? I had one of these bears growing up and I still have him, although the voice box is shot, and I have been trying so hard to find the same bear for my daughter. The Grandpa is grey and has square framed reading glasses. My grandfather recorded some things on his voice box before he passed, and I would like for my father to be able to record things for my daughter. I have found the brown A.G. bear, but that seems to be the only one available from anywhere. Please help

my Family was granted a coat of arms in 1266, does that entitle me as a direct desendant to carry arms...? What arms am I entitled to carry, I am led to believe that I am allowed to bear a sword and a dagger according to my family records. If I carry my arms in public can I be arrested for carrying arms I have been granted the right to carry by the then monarch, as far as I am aware the coats of arms stand for all time unless revoked by a monarch... Thanks for the wonderful answers, except the one who seem unable to resist telling meI must be mental or something like that, ramrod you are an idiot, I asked a simple question to wich you obviously have no idea about and chose to waste my time with you childish answer, could everyone else just focus on the question, if I require to know if I am insane I will of course ask the little monkies at the bottom of my UFO garden...ok. Now can anyone who actually has the right answer or a decent link be the only ones who answer my questions, the rest of you gas filled loonies just P#ss O#'... Thanks for the wonderful answers, except the one who seem unable to resist telling me I must be mental or something like that, Ramrod you are an idiot, I asked a simple question to which you obviously have no idea about and chose to waste my time with your childish answer, could everyone else just focus on the question, if I require to know if I am insane I will of course ask the little purple monkies at the bottom of my UFO garden who are quallified to know such things...ok. Now can anyone who actually has the right answer or a decent link be the only ones who answer my questions, the rest of you gas filled loonies just P#ss O#'...

Where can I find a link to buy the recordable story book featured on a recent episode of Modern Family? I think it was the Three Bears. They recorded their own voices

Where does the hungarian name Berentai originate from and where can I trace family history and ancestors? The only thing I know is that my father was born in Bacsalmas in 1948 and he grew up in this village/town as did his father and his father before him but I cant obtain records of thier existance other than tomb stones bearing the name...would anyone know if this name goes back further and as it is not a common name does it have any signifigance. Thanks Heaps

Really apprehensive about Mormon family get together...not sure if I should wear my garments? I feel idiotic for asking this on the internet, but there is NO ONE I can ask about this. Here is the deal: I am a member of the LDS church, but I have really been having bad feelings about it lately, and have been doing a lot of studying which has lead me to believe that Joseph Smith was not a prophet, and that the church is not "true" (as so many members like to say). I don't hold any grudges, nothing bad happened to me, I'm not angry, and I don't hate Mormons. I'm just not sure I want to be one anymore. My husband is aware of this, and he is fine with it. He is not into the church at all, and is happy to be inactive, although I don't think he would ever actually leave the church (have his name removed from the records) because of his family....which is where this is leading to.... I converted for my husband, so my family is not LDS and we can be ourselves around them. But my husband's family, on the other hand, is very very LDS. They are the sweetest people in the world, and I love them dearly. They are an awesome family. But whenever my husband's mom calls on Sundays and asks "how was church?", my husband lies and says "fine" even though we didn't go (we never go). And whenever she asks me "how is your calling going?" I say "fine", even though I asked to be released from the calling a long time ago. The point is, we are not ready to tell them that we are "inactive" yet. I feel that it is my husband's decision to tell them, since it is his family, and he should be able to tell them when he is ready. I really hated my garments (the undergarments Mormons who have been to the temple have to wear every day), and now that I am inactive and not believing in the church anymore, I have stopped wearing them. I feel much happier and a LOT more comfortable without them, BUT.... There is a family get-together coming up in July (brother and sister in law are having their baby blessed). Everyone in my husband's family will be there, and I will be spending 100% of my time around them. They WILL KNOW if I am not wearing the garments. You can see through the fabric in shirts if someone is wearing them, and if I were to bend over and a slight peek of hot pink showed up instead of white....well you get the idea. I am faced with a dilemma. I really don't want to feel uncomfortable the whole weekend, constantly worrying "are they going to notice I'm not wearing them?" I don't want to create any drama or have anybody whispering behind my back about it (my sisters in law are very sweet but very gossipy). But most of all, I don't want to hurt my sweet mother in law. She is one of the kindest most loving, genuine, wonderful people I have ever known, and I can't bear to have her worrying about me or worse, crying. If she finds out I am not wearing the garments, I can guarantee this would happen. It would really concern/upset her. No one in the family even has a hint that I am not a believer in the LDS religion anymore, so it would probably come as quite a shock, and I don't feel that that particular weekend is a good time to bring it up. It is supposed to be about my sister and brother in law and their new baby... Should I wear the garments just to "fit in" and avoid suspicion and drama? Or should I be true to myself and damn the consequences? Does it even matter if I don't believe in it? I'm so sorry this was so long....someone, please help. If you feel the need to make unhelpful, snide remarks to get some points, whatever. But I really could use some advice here. Thanks.

bear symbolizing a cousin's daughter? my family does the whole secret Santa thing. i just happen to get my cousin.Kelly, that I'm closest to.. well she has a daughter,Sam, about my age and she lives with her dad (in another state). well Sam was suppose to come over for Christmas this year, but somethings happened and now she's no. Kelly's pretty upset about it (mostly cause she hasn't seen her daughter since last summer) so i was thinking about getting Kelly a build a bear and dress it similar to something Sam would wear, and somehow get Sam's voice recorded into the bear. would this be a good idea. or will it remind Kelly to much of her daughter and this would become something totally horrible.. LONG STORY SHORT: I want to get my cousin a build a bear that looks like her daughter, she doesn't see anymore, and her her daughters voice recorded (saying "i love you mom" or something) would this be a great idea or just something terrible?? please help!

and i go to the lapd department to look for the police report , they have no record of any incident , bear in? and i go to the lapd department to look for the police report , they have no record of any incident , bear in mind this was a police incident involving a raid on a dwelling for illegal electric hooked up, the "lapd" (los angeles police department) entered my front door and shot my family dog without warning, the police told me they have no report or any reported on the date it happened , they dont have record of the actual raid. I went the animal control; place when it happened and i got my dog from them the police took her from me, and i wasnt allowed to get her back, because the employee from the shelter gave her to me cause they felt bad but i have my dog burried in my yard and can show proof they shot her. what do i do about wanting to bring it to justice and something should be done.

Will family problems screw up a Secret clearance? I know this is long, but I've tried to break it up for clarity. Bear with me. ;-) I'll be enlisting next month, and most of the jobs my recruiter and I have discussed require a Secret clearance (Army). My credit is marginal, and it's hard to say whether it will be a problem or not. Other than that, though, I should pass without any issues. Now, however, I'm worried about the possibility that they'll interview my family members, because new family issues have arisen. In a nutshell, my 17-year-old has decided she hates us (not unusual at that age), and has moved in with my mother. My mother is more than a little emotionally unstable, and that combined with her hatred of the military and her hatred of me and my husband for not giving in to our daughter when she wanted something recently has led to severe conflict. My mother has announced that she'll say/do anything she can to bar me from enlisting because (a) women don't belong in the military, and (b) I deserve to be miserable because my daughter is. (FYI, the horrible thing we did was refuse to buy her a car and pay her insurance, ROFL). My mother is encouraging our daughter to spill anything she can think of, should she ever have the chance to screw this up. My sister is also on board with this, because she relies on my mother for pretty much everything. My husband and I live clean, don't do drugs, don't have criminal records to speak of. I qualify to join the military. There's nothing huge in my life that I'm afraid will be revealed. But if my mother, sister and daughter tell stories about me, I'm really afraid that it's going to block my clearance! After all, I can't prove I'm innocent of something I never did if my mother starts raving about orgies and cocaine and child abuse, and it seems that the military would (wisely) err on the side of caution and deny me. Am I being paranoid? Will the people I list as contacts and family members be called at all for a Secret clearance? I can hand-pick my other contacts, obviously, but you can't pick your family members (I know; I've checked ROFL). It breaks my heart to have my daughter this angry, but I know she'll grow out of it eventually. In the meantime I'm scared that my mother is going to have her doing something that could mean the end of my career before it even starts. If you think they'll contact my family members, then I'd just as soon avoid the fight and switch to an MOS without a clearance (which stinks; I got a 96 on the ASVAB and have worked really hard to get here). Do I risk letting the Army contact my angry family, or settle for something without a clearance? Okay, okay, y'all made me feel better (and this is the first time I've felt better about anything all week). So I'm a bit paranoid, LOL! I appreciate all of the help and advice. :-)

Is having a different last name from my family last name such a bad thing? Hi, so i was just wondering, is having a completely different name (different first+surname) from my original one on a different nationality/passport such a bad thing? since i'm quite proud of my original family name and really didnt want to have to change it, but because my original full name was long winded and made the paper work difficult, i had to change it. Could've still kept my family name and just change the first name but because i decided to use the name that i am going to change to straight away when i started school in the country which i moved to, so now all my school records either have my original, or my new name, keeping the surname and changing the first name means there would be another name in my records,which would add up to 3 and would further complicate the problem. So i basically had two choices: to stick with the long original one, or change to the one that i've been using which is related only to my stepdad (his surname) However when i have children i'm planning to give them my original family name, since they would only be born with one nationality and i want them to remember where they are from and so they don't forget their roots. Also i haven't lost my original name completely, i still bear that name on my birth certificate and vietnamese passport, since i have dual nationality Some opinions on the matter would be appreciated, it would be nice to see this from other people's point of views

About Daniel schuler and the Hance family lying.? There was 4 phone calls from Dianes phone to the Hance phone starting at 1137 and the last one being at 103pm. Diane was seen driving crazy at 12pm. Logic stems to say that it must of been something that was said to Diane during that 1137 pm. Phone call that set her off. As she was seen seen first driving crazy at 1200pm. Though it might be far fetched i think that may be there was infidelity between Jackie Hance and Danial Schuler. Or perhaps less far fetched idea that Danial was cheating on Diane and Jakie Hance was one of those I'm so perfect people that had to stick her nose into Dianes bushiness and be right again. Either way the only thing that seem plausible is that Diane found out about Danial infidelity, and most likely through Warren or Jackie Hance. I know this sounds far fetched but bear with me. If you believe that “Theres something wrong with Aunt Diane crap,” then why didn't Warren or Jakie Hance call Dainal Schuler, saying there was something wrong with Diance and to call her because we can't get a hold of her. Why during this time also didn't Diane call Daniel or the cops saying that there is something wrong with her? Or have the kids call the cops? There reason seems to be that she intentionally caused the accident. Then after wards The Hances went tight lipped, and Danial seems to be hanging on this "miricale stroke." So he doesn’t have to live with the guilt of being a part of the cause. There has to be more to this than they are saying. They focus only on the cell phone records that day, and again only on the records from Diane. I bet if you dug into there background, cell phones and computers you'd find more about this case. Both the Hances and Daniel Schuler both display signs of deep guilt, more so than normal I'd say, almost to the point of disillusion. In the police report is states the cops showed up at the house to with information about the accident and Jackie wouldn't come to the door. She was clearly told she wasn't going to be questioned. I feel they all know more than they are saying and it sucks for the Bastardi family.

Guidance to claim family pension for handicapped son of defense civil pensioner.? Can anyone provide guidance regarding me Claims for pensioner awards in respect of a deceased Defense civil pensioner who left behind his mentally retarded elder son (Unable to earn his livelihood), a younger son who is a government servant and having his own family and a married daughter? The original family pensioner, Late Pratime Sinha (WIFE OF PENSIONER) passed away before the pensioner on 08-06-2003. During the lifetime of the existing family pensioner (Pensioner’s wife) the Pensioner submitted his request to the Pension authority, to record the payment of Family pension to his elder son after the lifetime of his wife, as his elder son is a mental patient since very long. The stated intimation in terms of Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) O.M. No. 1 (3) – EV (b)/74 dated 30-09-74 circulated under D.G.O.F. letter No. 307/R/A dated 06-01-1975. was submitted by the pensioner on 11-09-1995, which was duly receipted by the HOO & the PDA on 13-10-1995 The pensioner as per the government guidelines have nominated his younger son as his nominee for the pension account to whom he wished to authorize Life Time Arrear and family pension to his mentally retarded son, on his demise. He have duly submitted his nomination in favor of his younger son to the PDA to avoid hardship to his nominee to get the pension for the living of his mentally retarded elder son. Under the circumstances, I wish to know the exact procedure to claim the family pension in favor of the mentally retarded elder son of the recently deceased pensioner, with the nomination for payment to his nominated younger son as his natural guardian. Any guidance will be of immense help and bear my obligation.

How should I treat my uncle and aunt after what they had done to my family? Ever since my father passed away he left us a big sum of money for my mum, 2 elder sisters and my elder brother. FYI, my mum have some mental problem and my 2 elder sisters are semi-retarded (Very low IQ). My mum is very weak in mind and always want to depend on other people, she dare not bear any responsibility for anything. Immediately after my mum and sisters possessed the sum of money, my uncle start calling us non-stop and always look for my elder brother which I don't really know why. Anyway one day he came to my house and ask my 2 elder sisters to withdraw the money and let him take care of it, he said he planning to give it to the loan-shark as they got high interest rate return. However, later the loan-sharks run away and thus the total sum of $100,000 disappeared. I was 10 by then and non-of us is working, we were extremely poor and almost died from hunger. After the that my uncle just leave us in the lurch and so does my brother. He moved away later because he could not stand the life we having as we are already very poor and my mum always ask for money every single day from him. After the 2nd bread-winner moved out my mum started borrowing money from the neighborhood and my 2nd elder sisters always go and collect the threw-away bread at the back of the garbage behind the bakery shop. In the end we managed to pull through till my mum's brother found out and start giving us allowance every month to survive. My mum's brother had been helping us to get back the $100,000 but my uncle refuse to return simply because he don't have the money anymore and in fact he said my elder brother took away some of it. I seriously hate them so much and I could not forgive them till today. Still, every Chinese New Year my mum still insisted on visiting my grandmother (my FXXCKER uncle's mum) and sometimes we will see my uncle and my aunt. My mum still talk to them as if nothing happened before, and I also greeted them because I simply used to it and on the other hand I don't really know how to react to it. Until now whenever the issue on family assets came up regardless is from TV or real life I can't help it but go into rage. Frankly speaking I also hate my mum a lot because she is so weak in mind. Once my house got a break-in and I lost many things she just simply ignore it and refuse to take any records with the police. One time I even saw my mother quarreling with my elder sister to the extend she used a pin and poke my elder sister's hand and she cry out really out for help.

can justice be done upon police officer for shooting my family dog when? and i go to the lapd department to look for the police report , they have no record of any incident , bear in mind this was a police incident involving a raid on a dwelling for illegal electric hooked up, the "lapd" (los angeles police department) entered my front door and shot my family dog without warning, the police told me they have no report or any reported on the date it happened , they dont have record of the actual raid. I went the animal control; place when it happened and i got my dog from them the police took her from me, and i wasnt allowed to get her back, because the employee from the shelter gave her to me cause they felt bad but i have my dog burried in my yard and can show proof they shot her. what do i do about wanting to bring it to justice and something should be done.

My family fights alot and I want to do something about it!? Well as the title says, my family fights alot. In particular it's my dad and brother that fight all the time, they start with arguments in which all they're interested in is being the one who is right, and they don't care about letting it blow out of proportion in such a way that they end up screaming at each other at the top of their lungs. Which happens around once a week or once in two weeks. But the arguing is a constant factor me and my mother have to deal with everyday. It's mostly my brother that does not know when to shut up, but my father is equally immature and will without effort argue untill 6am in the morning if he feels he needs to. What I usually do is add my 2 cents to the argument to cancel out both of them and end it, but often they will disregard it in such a case and find new grounds to begin arguments about. When it comes down to it I have tried every single way of approaching this problem and none have had effect. After my 10.000th try I even started threatening them to leave the house if they couldn't respect my wish for a normal dinner where me and my mom are NOT confronted by their petty discussions. Both of them, although I love both of them more than I can bear, are not too developed on the intellectual department so to speak. They are very black and white in their opinions and are both incredibly incapable of understanding how others feel about a situation. So it really isn't like their arguments are any source of information or have any theoretical input on higher purposes. No, their arguments are usually about such retarded subjects that sometimes it's hard for me not go ape shít on their ásses just for being stupid. Anyway, at a certain point the fights got so bad my mother had to be taken to the hospital for continuous nosebleeds caused by severe stress and high bloodpressure. They held back for about a week and then they went back to their old ways like nothing happened and still continue on to this day. I have tried every trick in the book and often they'd work once, but the second time they'd ignore it. Me and my mom always try to to put some distance between us and them while they're arguing with each other, but the most annoying part about it is that they need us to spectate who is right and who is wrong. It's all they ******* care about and thus they won't let us leave. I have tried telling them that who is right and who is wrong is obsolete and will not change anything ever and their futile discussions only damage themselves and the ones close to them. And STILL they do NOT understand, they continue on to argue with each other. I try to not care, but they always drag me into this because they do acknowledge that I'm more intelligent than them and want to know who I feel is right but when I give my opinion and one of them does not benefit from it, that one will in turn call me a retard and that I'm stupid and basically just do whatever he can to undermine my intellect. My brother and my father have been working together for 2 years now, and before that my dad never had this much trouble with my brother. I on the other hand have had to deal with my egocentric (extremely) short-tempered idiot brother since the day I was born, and might I add have become quite adapt at it. I can read my brother like a book, I don't even have to look at him and I can tell what's troubling him. I have tried telling my parents my brother's attitude isn't normal since I was 10 (22 now, bro is 26 btw) but they'd never listen to a thing I said. Let alone complaints about my brother which would seem normal, IF THEY WERE!!! My brother does not understand the concept of anything and is unwilling to learn or try anything new that is outside his comfort zone. He can be very instable at times and threaten us with suicide and whatnot, his short-temperedness is an understatement. He would probably set a world-record for how quick he can go from a very good mood to full blown rage, rage which would make most people pale seeing it. He actually thinks the world was built around him and even though he knows that's not true, he doesn't understand it. If that makes any sense. My dad doesn't make it any easier on him by setting extremely high standards for him, standards I wouldn't be able to live up to either. This causes my brother to get very down on himself, because what he REALLY wants is the respect of our father. And as a result performs even worse, which I have gotten angry with him about. But he is just not a very strong character and doesn't do well with set-backs, cheering him up doesn't work either because he feels it pressures him. So I can't really help him, because if I confront him too much he becomes extremely angry and may start a fight with me. Don't misunderstand though, my brother is actually one of the most loving people I have ever met, he is just too much of a ....simpleton to express it in a normal way. He has a very beautiful girlfriend and since a while now he is also showing his bad side to her, which I think will wear her out if he keeps it up. She comes from a complicated family as well with some dominant male figures, but that doesn't mean she'll be able to keep this up forever. I just want my brother to start acting like a goddamn man and take responsibility for some of the trouble he continuously causes, before he ruins all the good things he has in his life. Sometimes I am in awe at how ungrateful he is for the life that's been given to him.

Why do Americans deny its their right to bear arms making them the worst industrl nation? For murders I live in the most deprived borough in the UK but there are parts of America which make my area look like paradise. There is more poverty, proportion of crime, overpopulation, broken families & unemployment in the UK than USA though USA beats the uk in murders & jail proportion. The difference is in the UK we dont have a right to bear arms though they are still very easy to get its not legally easy so many people just dont own them. Compared to USA where in some places anyone at a certain age with clean records for 3 years can purchase a gun. Its your gun laws which fuel your gun culture as its accepted to be armed not music or poverty. In reality if USA had the same gun laws as the UK they would be a safer nation than us.

The history of the Heaton family, yorkshire Uk.? i know this is a real big long shot but... here goes maybe someone on here is doing the same... maybe someone knows someone who is related to anyone mentioned here through doing hteir own searches could offer some information I Am searching for the father of a John Heaton born in Batley in 1815 and died 1886 or there abouts...John's proffesion is listed in 1851 as an iron forgeman,and living in Hunslet. He married Nancy Issott,born1821 in Hunslet,who bore him 4 children; Sarah in 1840(flax mill worker),Robert in 1842(Pottery worker),William in 1845(forge boy), and Ann in 1848(nurse). In the 1861 census Jonn is listed as living in Holbeck, With a new wife Ann born in 1822 in Whitkirk. By this time he has another 4 children. James in 1852 (flax mill assistant), ALbert in1855 (scholar), Elizabeth in 1857, And Alice in 1860. The next census of 1871 John is now living in Hunslet. Possibly married to a Nancy born in 1843.And by this time has another child, Eunice born 1864. In 1881 John is still living in Hunslet. With wife Ann, born 1822 in knostrop. We are not sure if this is his previous wife Ann, or not. William,Born 1845- Johns son, is my Grandfathers Great Grandfather. He was a forge boy at the age of fifteen, at 25 he was a horse driver in the coal mine.By the age of thirty six he was a grocer shop keeper + coal agent.He married Alice Eineson / Ineson, Borrn 1842 in Batley, And they had a Son called Henry Born in 1874. He was Also known as Harry, and his name is miss spelt on a census as Henery. Henry (Harry)had a sister Amelia, Who married David Heald (grocer,presumably working at my ancestors shop) and they had three sons, Edgar, Frank and Harold also. Henry (harry) married Emily Ragby in 1901 and had three children, William (1904), Elizabeth (known as Bessie) and Phyllis. Bessie Married Harold Bramley and Phyllis married Robert Cooke. William Married Minnie Finch and they had three Children Brenda, Margeret (Margot) and Phillip Henry Heaton 1936 (my grandfather). This is as much data as I know for now. We are currently looking Into Birth and Death Cirtificates aswell as marriage, christening and burrial records to get more information, rather than relying on the Census forms. We are really looking forward to piecing as much together of our family history as we can.

How messed up is my family? I'm 13 so bear with me. i live with parents and 2 old older brothers 18 and 15 and my younger brother is 12. My parents were gone that night, my 18 year old brother name devin kicked my 15 yr old brother cody out of the room, they share rooms. devin brought a girl in the room and they was doing it, with he door locked. me and my younger bro, were just standing there listening. my 15 yr old brother cody, needed to get something, so he was banging on the door saying "let me in." But Devin never let him in. Cody was banging the door with a hammer and everything. Then when devin stop doing it with his girl, cody said "your a loser, and a jerk" Then Devin said "your just mad because you don't get any." Then they started fist fighting and it was real bad, his girl ran out the house. My little brother wanted to record but instead I told him to help me break up the fight and it took both of us to break it up. Devin was so mad that he left house and went over his girl house. When my parents came home, my little brother told on them, my parents didn't even do nothing! We had to watch all of this violence and they didn't care. Oh well, I'm the only good son, out of all my brothers. My family is pretty crazy, idk how I live them.

how messed up is my family? i'm 13 so bear with me. i live with parents and 2 old older brothers 18 and 15 and my younger brother is 12. My parents were gone that night, my 18 year old brother name devin kicked my 15 yr old brother cody out of the room, they share rooms. devin brought a girl in the room and they was doing it, with he door locked. me and my younger bro, were just standing there listening. my 15 yr old brother cody, needed to get something, so he was banging on the door saying "let me in." But Devin never let him in. Cody was banging the door with a hammer and everything. Then when devin stop doing it with his girl, cody said "you f*cking loser, I'll kick your ass." Then Devin said "your just mad because you dont pussy." Then they started fist fighting and it was real bad, his girl ran out the house. My little brother wanted to record but instead I told him to help me break up the fight and it took both of us to break it up. Devin was so mad that he left house and went over his girl house. When my parents came home, my little brother told on them, my parents didn't even do nothing! We had to watch all of this violence and they didn't care. Oh well, I'm the only good son, out of all my brothers. My family is pretty crazy, idk how I live them.

Husband is extremely unhappy with me and his life in general - Says he doesn't want to be married/have family? My husband has been extremely unhappy and resentful of me for at least a year, now. I acknowledge the fact that I had issues in the past about jealousy, etc. and kept him on a short leash out of fear of disloyalty. He is and always has been addicted to lust, and I used to not be able to handle it, but I have been changing myself in every way I can to make him happy and have him want to spend his life with me. He did not look at other females for me for a couple of years, but has been telling me recently that he won't do that for me anymore because he is so unhappy, that he will look at females as much as he wants. That is why recently, I have been working extremely hard to change my feelings on him looking at other females, so he will see them and I will accept it and move on instead of letting it hurt me so much. My husband knows and sees the differences I have made, but now that they are happening, they "do not matter to him and don't make him any happier because it is too late." He told me today that he does not have the life that he wants, he doesn't want to be married or have a family. (We have an 18 month old daughter together.) He has said multiple times that even if our lives changed 100%, he would still never be happy, that he knows he will never be happy in his life, ever. I just don't understand how that can be possible, if I am changing all of my errors to make him happy, how could he not be? Another thing to understand is that I wonder if my husband is truly bipolar. He will be extremely loving and caring of me one hour, and tell me over and over how all he wants in his life is to take care of me and be the best husband he can be to me, and the next hour he is in a storming rage about how unhappy he is in his life and how he never wanted to marry me or have a family, and how his life is ruined and his soul destroyed. I am terrified of divorce because my daughter is literally my whole world. I can't bear to not spend all of my time with her, and I am terrified of divorcing and not being able to spend time with her when my husband would have his weekends with her (or whatever the court would decide.) I am also terrified because my husband once admitted to me while I was pregnant (he was in a dark and angry stage at that time) that his lust addiction is so severe that once our daughter is older, he could see himself having incestual feelings for her. I am so terrified and we have talked about it since very, very briefly (when he was in a loving stage) and he said he would never have incest type feelings for her, and he was wrong when he said that. But it still terrifies me because I am terrified that he is lying out of embarrassment/fear, and he WILL have incest type feelings. I have no proof of him admitting to the incest type feelings - I did not record it and if I ever bring it up to him again, I know he will go into a rage and deny everything. He has forbidden me to ever bring it up to him, again. I am so confused and unbelievably hurt and in desperate need of kind advice. I know how incredibly strange my story is and I ask, please don't write ugly answers. Please be kind and I appreciate any advice that anyone has to offer. I feel like I am living through hell, my life is constantly walking on eggshells. I will do ANYTHING to be able to spend all of my time with my daughter, as I have since the minute she was born. Please help. I am a stay-at-home mother. I am 22 years old and my husband will be 24 next month. I know little of the legal matters behind divorce. Please give me advice on how I can make my husband as happy as possible, so that we will not divorce and I will not lose time with my daughter. I am hoping maybe someone knows the type of person my husband is, and has experience on how I can make him as happy as possible. Thank you so much for your help.

Townes van Zandt fans HELP? What's the most extensive box set available. I see they have 'Texas Troubadour' in two different album covers (2002 and 2005) on Amazon; one is out of print. Are they both the same? I would have thought that Bear Family would have done a lengthy collection, but I see they didn't. How hard is it going to be to amass everything TVZ has recorded?

Which of these is the most important story? A republican senators indiscretions (no Im not trying to exonerate this guy) or a presidential candidates that has previous issues with Chinese campaign contributions also being tied to a Chinese grand theft fugitive. Since this story has been on the back burner here is the story for those not aware Norman Hsu, a prominent Democratic fundraiser who has funnelled hundreds of thousands of dollars into Hillary Clinton's Senate campaigns and pledged to raise $100,000 for her presidential bid has been a fugitive from justice for 15 years. In 1992, he pleaded no contest to charges of grand theft and agreed to serve three years in jail. But something funny happened on the way to prison; he never showed up: Since 2004, one Norman Hsu has been carving out a prominent place of honor among Democratic fundraisers. He has funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions into party coffers, much of it earmarked for presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York. In addition to making his own contributions, Hsu has honed the practice of assembling packets of checks from contributors who bear little resemblance to the usual Democratic deep pockets: A self-described apparel executive with a variety of business interests, Hsu has focused on delivering hefty contributions from citizens who live modest lives and are neophytes in the world of campaign giving. It gets better. Apparently, Mr. Hsu "forgot" that he is a convicted felon: On Tuesday, E. Lawrence Barcella Jr. -- a Washington lawyer who represents the Democratic fundraiser -- confirmed that Hsu was the same man who was involved in the California case. Barcella said his client did not remember pleading to a criminal charge and facing the prospect of jail time. Hsu remembers the episode as part of a settlement with creditors when he also went through bankruptcy, Barcella said. The Wall Street Journal has some interesting facts about Hsu and his donors: Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that a modest home in a middle-class San Francisco suburb, where the family of mail carrier William Paw resides, is listed as the address for many contributions to the Clinton campaign. Mr. Hsu once listed the home as his address, according to public records, and the Paws' donations closely tracked his. Hsu is known in fundraising circles as a "bundler" - someone who collects checks from large groups of wealthy donors and presents them to the campaign. Since many of these checks and donors list one single address of a house in a San Francisco suburb, suspicion is that most of that money could be Hsus' and that he either created many donors or re-imbursed contributors for their donations. Hillary's troubles with another big contributor, Peter Paul, and a star studded gala fundraiser for her Senate campaign that was improperly reported to the FEC resulted in large fines. One begins to wonder just how many other fundraising scandals involving Hillary Clinton are out there just waiting to be discovered. dont really need to post the story of Craig. you can click on every other question in this section. that would be the point. I want to know why in the last two days there have been more than likely 1000 question with a subject of Craig. and people in here are saying this story is made up without a source. that is quite odd to me.

do you think we should be able to bear arms for our own security and safety i would feel safer in my home? as i have no confidence in the british police force. i have to say that if that was possible, i would have to meet certain criteria ie no criminal record and i would be obliged to register any fire arms i own with the police and have a secure armoury for them surely i have a basic right to protect my family

Anyone anxious for the NFL season to BEGIN???!?!? Tell me what's your favorite team and why. also tell me what record you predict your team to be this year. I am soo FREAKN ready for the season to begin. I am Bear fans hands down. I Currently live in California. but lived almost all my life in in the Big City of Chitown. I've been a bears fan since i was 7 years old. I come from a BEARS FAMILY. For those who are hating the bears and have no respect for the bears are jerks. The Bears are very underrated. All I have to say the Bears are going to be much better this year. we should lack experience at the OL but i think theyll hold up. and our D will be much stronger and healthier this year. Respresent your team ! DA BEARS. Bears 11-5

Will all Jehovah's Witnesses treat us like this? I am not one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I am a baptized Baptist. My fiancee' however is one of Jehovah's Witnesses. I will not talk bad about any religion because I serve a God of love and who am I to judge one's personal choices. "God opposes the proud" (I Pet. 5: 5). Even if a person believes in Jesus, if at the same time, he persists in judging others God is not for him. Then God has to be against him. But it would be terrible to have God as our opponent, to be under His wrath, which will have its full effect in the other world. That is why Jesus warns us so sharply: "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged" (Matt. 7: 1,2). Some may call me naive...I believe all should be treated fairly and equally and if God is love and if you truly have God in your hearts then you should accept all who love him. My fiancee' may be of a different breed of JW's, though strong in the beliefs she has been taught from her JW parents she has fallen in love with a non-JW. I love her for the person she is, as she loves me for the man that I am. However her parents do not accept me because I am not one of Jehovah's Witnesses. I am "worldly" and they feel I will corrupt her spirit. This is far from the truth. I love God, I believe in the Trinity (I John 5:6-7- This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.) She does not. I will not judge her on her beliefs...we will all know in the end. All we can do is live by Jesus' example and that is to love and accept all...which she and I do. I wish I could say the same for her parents, and take away the tears my fiancee cries at times because our love is not accepted by her family but is by mine. It has bothered me because I believe in God...that Jesus died for my sins, I attend church regularly and I honor the will and Word of God. Why her parents and other JWs friends judge me is beyond me, not once have I said anything negative to or about them. And I know things would be different if I became a JW but I choose not to. But I continue to pray for everyone and will remain tolerant of all beliefs. I will not talk bad about JW b/c doing so is like talking bad about my fiancee' but is this fair treatment to me because I am not one of Jehovah's Witnesses when Jesus teaches us to love everyone? Don't we worship the same God?...how is that unevenly yoked? I'm well aware of the word "Trinity" not being in the Bible...my definition is that there is ONE God who shows himself to us in 3 ways. As God the Father...the Son and the Holy Spirit. Of course Jesus did not pray to himself (you look at it too literally) because God revealed himself in the flesh (which is why Jesus is looked as "lesser" than God because we as humans in the flesh are not perfect) but Jesus was also perfect and only God is perfect...my reasoning as to why they are one in the same. But Jesus' existence is human's example (physical evidence) of the existence of God which is why we strive to be like Christ. I will not say JW are wrong...according to the NWT they are absolutely correct. But according to the bible I read so am I as I will say we will all know in the end.

Why did LDS/mormon founder Joseph Smith deny his polygamy? In a speech a month before his death, Smith responded by flatly denying polygamy, which was illegal under federal law. *He was sealed to 34 women all while alive. More after his death were sealed to him. This comfimed on family search.org. (an LDS site.) The revelation (form the Lord) was July 1843 commanding the practice of polygamy. The 1844 date is after. QUOTE from Smith... "This spiritual wifeism! Why, a man dares not speak or wink, for fear of being accused of this." Times and Seasons 3 [July 1, 1842]: 839–840). Joseph is declaring that spiritual wifery rumors are still prevalent in Nauvoo, and that they are all false. AND "I had not been married scarcely five minutes ... before it was reported that I had seven wives." And "What a thing it is for a man to be accused of committing adultery, and having seven wives, when I can only find one. I can prove them all perjurers." -Joseph Smith,1844 (History of the Church Vol. 6, p. 408-412) From another LDS prophet... "I bear record that Emma Smith gave her husband in marriage to several women while he was yet living, some of whom are today living in this city. - Wilford Woodruff (journal of discourses 23:131) Why did he deny it? Tjs..Joseph Smith had "sealed" himself to other wives even prior to his 1843 revelation, and then denied being involved. Most of the sealing were 1841 to 1843. see...http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/ Family search link is on the bottom of that site. This means that Smith practiced polygamy, which was condemned by Section 109, before he allegedly received the revelation allowing him numerous wives, in 1843? Why deny what God himself told you? hum... Brave, What wrong with you?

having religious discussion with a friend....how i respond?JW needed? so we are having a religious discussion and i am a Jehovahs witness how do i respond to this this is the conversation very long me: do you believe jesus IS god? or the son of god? her:Is Jesus God? In Mathew 16:15, Jesus put it this way, 'But who do you say that I am?' One of His disciples, Simon Peter, replied: 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' Jesus the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.... 1 John 4:14 , Jesus and God are one. I and my Father are one. John 10:30, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...All things were made by him...He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not...And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us John 1:1, 3, 10, 14 , For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 1 John 5:7, Jesus is God's Son. ... [Jesus] said also that God was his Father... John 5:18 What do you think mija? The Bible tells you these answers =) me:psalms 83:18 that people may know that you who's name is Jehovah you ALONE are the most high over all they earth no where in the bible does it mention the holy ghost or the trinity whatever it is its says Jehovah is God and Jesus is a... god but that is not a title because there is no capital so he is in a way of god but he is like gods right hand man they only thing ever in existence made by god by hand they only true perfect being besides god and if Jesus and god are one then he couldn't have come down on this earth because to humans god is an invisible spirit only they angels an see him not us but Jesus what like Jehovah in personality but not appearance her:Psalms 83:18 says in many translations Lord, or God and in the American Standard Version it says Jehovah as well as your Jehova's witness bible. You need to keep reading in the new testament about Jesus and the Holy spirit and how they conn...ect. I appreciate that you have a love for God and may you be blessed with the knowledge of understanding what you read by the holy spirit. And of course whenever you pray you should ask in the name of Jesus. I have studied with many religions and groups in my 40 something years of life and know what God says in His word mija. I even studied in the JW faith and that was not for me, in my heart I found no truth in what you believe as a church. I do respect that you are a member of that church as are a few of our family members, and that you believe as you do, you should. Just as you should respect me as an Ordained Reverend and missionary and what God has shown me in my walk. You just need to remember one thing, men can convince man of anything, but can you convince God the day you are in front of Him? That's the drive, get to know Him better and He will show you where you need to be in your walk. Have a nice night mija =) thank you all for taking the time to read all of this

What would it matter if it was really Jesus at a gay parade? Doesn't mean he was gay lots of family people go to those things to see the costumes and theatrics. Jesus said love thy neighbor he didn't exclude gays, or Jews, or even WASPs. I don't see how it is possible now to discern if it was really Jesus, as Christian history records numerous miraculous visions of god, tvMary etc so why not this appearance and how would it be possible to prove it wasn't as if it was an impostor he's long gone. Also bear in mind the lord moves in mysterious ways

the right to bear arms? is a national law now, fact is if a criminal wants to aquire a gun there has not been to much to stop them, what does this historical ruling mean to you? I own one handgun and would not hesitate to use it to protect myself, family or anyone else from criminal activity.I would only use a weapon only as a last resort...and only then! this is a huge responsibility and unfortunatly there are numerous mentally unstable people who own weapons...what a frightening thought, what do we do? for the record I have no crimial record and have received extensive weapons training in the military.Will you ultra liberals arm up? or will you be a potential victim? ugly world is it not? JAY, I totally agree....only as a last resort, one has to have rules of engagement, what about the idiots that brandish firearms, are not discreet and have no idea about rules of engagement,I am all for self defense but what about the guy who you know is a loose cannon, has not done anything wrong ...yet?

What would you do in this family situation? Okay, this is quite long, but please bear with me! I'm 21, and I live at home with your parents and I'm the only child. My mum is quite sick so I have to help around the house and do errands which she can't. My dad is strict, moody and really annoying. He helps with the errands and chores too but he complains A LOT and makes things awkward. For instance, today he asked me to give him a broom so he could sweep the corners of the rooms in the house, and then he says, "For the record, that's your mum's job." I can't say anything to this, because I can't exactly take sides. I've already talked to him abut being slightly more tolerant and compassionate but he doesn't implement it, and if I tell him again he'll get really mad, so I don't bother. My mum and my dad also fight over the stupidest things, and create a lot of tension for me. Sitting down and talking to them doesn't work, because they both blame each other. I never thought of moving out before, because I want to help my mum, but living at home is getting intolerable. I really want to move out now, but there are so many complications involved. Basically, moving out would be a bit selfish of me and my parents would probably react poorly to it; also my other relatives (who live in other countries) would tell me I'm being selfish, and judge me and hate me. If i move out, tensions will rise between my parents and my mum's health will probably deteriorate (remember I'm the only child). But i'm going a bit mental at home, because I never know what mood my dad's in and when he's cranky, he can be really cruel as well. Also, I understand my mum's feeling sick (she doesnt't leave the house much anymore) but she complains a lot and ruins my mood with her complaining- I know that sounds selfish, and I feel bad. But I'm only human. Sigh...I'm sorry for such a long rant. I just want to know if any of you have been in this situation, and if so, what's a good idea? Thanks :)

How to pick up a lost thread re: Ure in NY? We have very little information on my dad's side of the family, and most of his ancestors are now deceased (he has only one relative still alive older than him). I was able, with what my dad and his brother could tell me, to trace their lineage back to a Henry and/or a Hosea Ure in the Carthage/Bear Town area of upstate NY (Lewis and Jefferson counties). According to the 1870 census, Henry was 44 at that time, a clergyman who had been born in the US. Henry was married to Ruth, and they had Hosea, who had Frank, who had Peter, who had my grandpa....but, Hosea and Henry may have been the same person, as Hosea was also a clergyman, who was 55 in the 1880 census, who was also married to a Ruth - in which case, Henry and Ruth did not have Hosea, they had Frank, and so on. I'm not sure how to resolve this discrepancy. In any event, after Henry/Hosea, I have been unable to find any other records or info to trace the line back any further. What do I do next - can anybody help me?

what would it matter if it was really Jesus at a gay parade? Doesn't mean he was gay lots of family people go to those things to see the costumes and theatrics. Jesus said love thy neighbor he didn't exclude gays, or Jews, or even WASPs. I don't see how it is possible now to discern if it was really Jesus, as Christian history records numerous miraculous visions of god, tvMary etc so why not this appearance and how would it be possible to prove it wasn't as if it was an impostor he's long gone. Also bear in mind the lord moves in mysterious ways

If you think you were switched at birth(at a military hos) how will you find out your true biological parents? My mom gave birth to me at a military hospital. Not because she was a soldier but because the doctor working there was a family friend. I bear no physical resemblance to my parents or my siblings. I think I was switched at birth , the reason is still mysterious to me(its either the nurses negligence or some foul play is involved). What I know is my parents had nothing to do with it although they may suspect it secretely. My Main question is if I was born at a military hospital does it necessarily mean my parents were soldiers? And since the hospital has been closed does that mean they have destroyed all the birth records?

Custody of my son, before the courts...? Against my ex are medical, psychiatric, childrens-aid and police records as well as affidavits bearing witness to her shockingly abusive public behaviour with him. Due to schooling support (for Aspergers Syndrome) and children's-aid dictates, he has to remain with my parents who live about an hour south of me. My new wife and I (we live out of town) are working very hard, planning to bring him "on board" including carrying out renovations to the house. The whole family (on both sides) is very supportive of everything!! The office of the children's lawyer seems to prefer recommending custody of my son to my parents by default. My family would never deny us from seeing or bringing my son up for any reason. Yet the fear in the back of my mind of losing my son when we've worked so hard to build a new home and new family for him.....it's very heart-breaking. I wouldn't want to burden my wife...I'd appreciate any experienced advice on how to bear the waiting with a smile on my face.

How... and WHAT would be needed to create a realtime GROUP link-up between home and abroad? Set up a Christmas...Easter.. ot New Year realtime link where Service-parents and relatives waiting at home can join in with .. for eg - the school concert..or an arranged Community function of Families.. I understand that recording the event would be easier, and when uploaded it can be viewed when time allows. THAT IS NOT what I am asking. I'm asking something akin to video conferencing, but need more technical advice on turning theory into reality... from scratch. Bear in mind, families, as well as thier Service personnel relatives may be dotted about several areas.. so it will be some feat to combine such an event.. but practise makes perfect.. and surely in the 21st Century, it's not beyond the bounds of possibility... even allowing for fathoming out how not to interfere with the Military Network... (for obvious reasons) Many thanks. I don't think I'm going to get any more responses.. BUT.. on the offchance someone else has an idea.. PLEASE add a comment here anytime with a link or advice.

Do you think the day will ever come........? When Canadians will have the same rights and freedoms as our American Neighbours? Eg. The right to bear arms, The right to defend yourself and your family and quit being victims/targets. The right to know where child offenders live -particularly if they live in your neighbourhood. The right to have access to records etc. Eg. check out your neighbours to see if they are Felons. The right to know how long your Doctor has been practising medicine and if there were any malpractise suits. The right to know if the Lawyer you want to hire has NEVER won a case etc

How do you break up with someone you can't bear to hurt? Me and my boyfriend have been together for a year now. We're in our 20's. We have met and spent a plenty amount of time with each other's families. We're practically living together, sharing house chores, having meals together, sharing apartment keys, etc. and we seem to be comfortable with this domestic life. Those are the ups of the relationship. The downs are, we are very different, we have nothing in common and some aspects of our characters just set each other off. But because we love each other, we try to live with it; at least I do. If you ask me how we got together in the first place, I simply have no answer to that. I often ask myself the same thing and the only thing I can come up with is that we found each other when we both needed someone in our lives. Although being with him makes me happy, I have never been completely comfortable with him. He doesn't make me feel safe or appreciated, he has no interest in my music, we often have nothing to talk about and he upsets me sometimes by just being himself, more now than before. I wrote a song for him and recorded it as his birthday present. He listened to it once while watching the TV, afterwards left it in my apartment and completely forgot about its existence. He's afraid to stand up for himself, let alone for me. He's such a pushover that I sometimes can't stand how his friends treat him; but he would however, manage to muster the courage to argue with me. With him, I don't feel like a woman, and I don't feel I have a partner in crime. But on the other hand, he loves me very much. He accepts me and all my nasty habits. I have never had a boyfriend who knows and loves me as much as he does. Deep in my heart I always knew, we didn't belong together. Overtime I started to love him and care for him, so much that I've been pushing myself to stay with him, knowing that being with me makes him happy. Now I'm at a point where I cry myself to sleep because I'm hurting myself by being with him but can't imagine doing anything that would hurt him. I keep going back and forth. One day I feel like I want to have a chance to find someone who's perfect for me, be happy and hope my boyfriend does as well eventually. But the next day, I realize that my boyfriend has been emotionally dependent on me and breaking up with him will destroy him. And God, I don't think I can ever forgive myself if he ends up suffering from it. So I'd make up my mind that I'll just do this for him, that I'll make him happy, because if inevitably someone has to hurt, better me than him. Each day I feel more and more trapped. If I wait too long, he would most likely be more in love with me and breaking up with him will hurt him even more. If I do it now, I don't think he will survive (he has a history of depression). But in the end, I don't think he and I are right for each other. Please help me and give me your opinions. I will really appreciate it. Thank you very much.

I've become almost sure I'm adopted but don't know what to do, can you help? Its now 19 year since I've been born, but I think I was switched with the real biological child of my parents at birth(at the hospital). Trust me , I dont bear a slight resemblance to my family. My mom even once looked at me sadly and said I wonder whether you were switched as a baby(she was not being rude i love her to death) my friends have many times said to me you dont look anything like your family. and i have seen our diferences too 1.They all have free ear lobes while i have an attached ear lobe 2.My nose is unique to my family my sister has my fathers nose while my brother has my mothers 3. When seeing our baby pictures my sisters and brothers resembled eachother a lot same light skinned heart shaped faces while I'm the only one dark-skinned with oval shaped face 4. My fingers are thin and long, while my familys hands are average sized and short 5. I have a polydactyly that was removed as a baby, while it hasnt happend to any of my siblings and never in the familys past history 6. my skin tone is also unique to my family, i dont want to go into details BOTTOM LINE I'M SURE I'M ADOPTED BUT HOW DO I GET TO FIND MY REAL PARENTS? DO THEY KEEP BIRTH RECORDS FOR NINETEEN WHOLE YEARS? IN THE CASE OF BABIES BEING SWITCHED AT THE HOSPITAL IS THERE ANY POSSIBLE WAY TO REDISCOVER YOUR BIOLOGICAL PARENTS?

please read and tell me what you think, constructive criticism would help!? read the story and tell me what you think? Thank you =) Pauline glances at me sideways. My palms are sweaty as I grip the metal chair. A phone rings faintly through the closed door, but the fan buzzing in the corner of the cramped office is the only constant sound. "I..um-well.." my voice is shaky and it surprises me. I wipe my hands on my jeans. My chair squeaks loud as I move. "I did it.." I admit willing myself to shrink down to microscopic size. I feel Pauline's eyes boring into my skull. "Well," says the Officer leaning back in his chair, "That takes care of it." "What does she have to do?" Pauline asks. Her voice is robotic and forced. I stare ahead at the fly on the windowpane. I wish I was the fly.. "Well obviously she'll have to clean it off, and re-paint the wall. We cant have graffiti on the school walls now can we?" Officer Mark looks at me but I ignore him. "she will also have 6 weeks of after-school detention--" "Wait- 6 weeks??" I exclaim snapping back to reality. "But thats like a month and a half!" I stare at him pleadingly. He smiles and I feel like slapping him. 'Yes ma'am, is that gonna be a problem?" "No Officer that sounds completely fair." Pauline answers before I can say anything that might get me in more trouble. "Alright its all set." He stands and i drag myself up. He shakes Pauline's hand and reaches for mine. I pull away smile my fake-est smile and walk out the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~2 Pauline doesn't say anything to me when we get into the car, we drive for a bit and get stopped at a red-light. She sighs and puts her hands on her face, then combs them through her long brown hair. "Aleena..." she sighs, in her motherly voice. "if you wont be good, I can't find you a home.. most families want good kids.. WITHOUT criminal records." I try to look disinterested and look out the window. The light changes and Pauline does a U-turn. The truth is, I know I'm a bad kid, but i cant help it. I hate when she talks like this, like I don't want a real family to call my own. But parents want babies. Perfect kids to raise right. Nobody wants a punk teen-ager. My eyes fill with tears and I wipe them away quickly before Pauline sees. At home I cry into my ratty old teddy bear, Timmy. When the sobbing subsides to hiccups and mascara streaks, I look up at the ceiling. Someday, I tell myself. Maybe someday.

If your spouse is deployed.... ? ... or in training what are some things you do to keep your sanity and encourage your kids?? Im leaving for 7 months of training and some examples of what we are doing so far: a huge 7-month calendar on the wall for my son to mark off each day so he can see how far through it we are... taking my daugther to build-a-bear and putting a voice recording in the bear reminding her I love her and will be back... having several family friends rotate bringing a meal over once a week... setting up some playdates... what else??? what has helped your family and/or kids cope with the separation??? My son is 4, daughter 2.

Should crazy people be allowed to own guns? Some states and the NRA seem to think so: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/us/03guns.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all July 2, 2011 Some With Histories of Mental Illness Petition to Get Their Gun Rights Back By MICHAEL LUO PULASKI, Va. — In May 2009, Sam French hit bottom, once again. A relative found him face down in his carport “talking gibberish,” according to court records. He later told medical personnel that he had been conversing with a bear in his backyard and hearing voices. His family figured he had gone off his medication for bipolar disorder, and a judge ordered him involuntarily committed — the fourth time in five years he had been hospitalized by court order. When Mr. French’s daughter discovered that her father’s commitment meant it was illegal for him to have firearms, she and her husband removed his cache of 15 long guns and three handguns, and kept them after Mr. French was released in January 2010 on a new regime of mood-stabilizing drugs. Ten months later, he appeared in General District Court — the body that handles small claims and traffic infractions — to ask a judge to restore his gun rights. After a brief hearing, in which Mr. French’s lengthy history of relapses never came up, he walked out with an order reinstating his right to possess firearms. The next day, Mr. French retrieved his guns. “The judge didn’t ask me a whole lot,” said Mr. French, now 62. “He just said: ‘How was I doing? Was I taking my medicine like I was supposed to?’ I said, ‘Yes, sir.’ ” Across the country, states are increasingly allowing people like Mr. French, who lost their firearm rights because of mental illness, to petition to have them restored. A handful of states have had such restoration laws on their books for some time, but with little notice, more than 20 states have passed similar measures since 2008. This surge can be traced to a law passed by Congress after the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech that was actually meant to make it harder for people with mental illness to get guns. As a condition of its support for the measure, the National Rifle Association extracted a concession: the inclusion of a mechanism for restoring firearms rights to those who lost them for mental health reasons. The intent of these state laws is to enable people to regain the right to buy and possess firearms if it is determined that they are not a threat to public safety. But an examination of restoration procedures across the country, along with dozens of cases, shows that the process for making that determination is governed in many places by vague standards and few specific requirements. States have mostly entrusted these decisions to judges, who are often ill-equipped to conduct investigations from the bench. Many seemed willing to simply give petitioners the benefit of the doubt. The results often seem haphazard. At least a few hundred people with histories of mental health issues already get their gun rights back each year. The number promises to grow, since most of the new state laws are just beginning to take effect. And in November, the Department of Veterans Affairs responded to the federal legislation by establishing a rights restoration process for more than 100,000 veterans who have lost their gun privileges after being designated mentally incompetent by the agency.

How can I move my rental property mortgages out of my personal credit record? My wife and I are both professional people; we have (4) single family rental properties, and (1) primary residence which we love but can no longer bear the poor quality of life there. Not a good time to sell, so we have perspective tenants at least for a year or two tops. These properties are all that we have worked for, our 401k accounts, our nest eggs; we have very little by way of cash savings and we plan to retire in say 15 more years. We have been trying to move out of the old urban area and into a wholly working class community. Our FI CO scores are 750, 770 respectively; however, no matter what we do or present to the banks, their poking around only reduces our scores and ultimately they us on a new primary residence. Our former lender Countrywide, is debunked and BOA the new lender “by default”, claims that they have been limited to only (4) mortgages per married couple. We figured if we quit claim the titles into an LLC we Could move forward. However, this does not alleviate the mortgages from our records. How can we make a move without being penalized for having built our own retirement strategy?

Doing GATE for MTECH? Hi, Iam a person who wants to achieve in education. I have got a good job and earning handsomely in an IT company. But i want to do MTECH in an IIT and iam preparing for GATE for 2 yrs but with no success as iam not concentrating hard. But i feel i can quit job and study in an institute for an year concentrate hard, then write GATE entrance. I am sure it can backfire as i am losing my precious job. But very much eager and determined , that i can do it. Considering that i have a good academic record as i have a distinction in BE and no history of arrears in my MBA, iam backing myself and has decided to quit my job. As i am the only earning member, my family has to bear for few years as income could be an issue after an year or so. But my family and others are not backing me up as iam 28 yrs now and single with 5 yrs of IT exp... Please tell me if iam going wrong?

Is Midwest Airlines Safe and Nice? I know this may sound stupid but bear with me. :) I'm going to visit family for Spring Break, and the cheapest flights we have found are for Midwest Airlines. My mom wants to book that ticket for me, but I'm only ever flown on Northwest and Delta. Not only that, I've never even heard of Midwest so it makes me nervous to go on a airline that I've never flown on or heard of. Do they have a "good" accident record? What is their service like?

What's My Dad Going To Do To Me? My dad has this problem with over bearing beatings. i understand if i do something wrong then punishment is needed, but there is no need to "punish" me so bad to the point where, i have permanent damage in my left ear, a sore chest and shoulder, i constantly get threats about him killing me or shipping me off somewhere, and friday i was wrongly arrested, got my girlfriend takin away from me, put back on punishment, AND he beat the 5hit outta me!! for being wrongly arrested? now when he finds out that i got my girl pregnant, i dont know what he's gonna do to me, my child might be a bastard because his future granddad might kill me!!! and note that Defax has already put our family on record. I do want to leave but i have no imidiate family in the state of Georgia, most of them either live in Alabama, but even still i only have ONE family member capable with a worthy home for me. and thats the one family member that my parents want me to turn my back on. When he beats me i have to strip down to nothing but boxers. does that make it worse or does matter?

Global Warming? It's Freezing Out There!? Global Warming? It's Freezing Out There! A little global warming news today, both hemispheres of the world are reporting unusual cold and snow. Can I share some headlines with you? "Colorado Mountains under Memorial Day snow advisory, up to eight inches expected." And Denver had one of the snowiest winters on record. "California seawater temperatures unusually cold." "Family stranded in Oregon snow found okay." "Highways closed, motorists stranded as snow buries China." "A taste of winter, freezing rain, snow hits parts of Canada." "Heavy snow forecast for Wyoming Mountains." "Winter arrives early as Australia's snow season off to promising start." "South Africa sets cold weather records as snow and ice continues." "First snow in parts of South Africa in 33 years leaves poor out in cold." "Twenty-one killed as South African cold snap persists." "Homeless bear the brunt of the South African big chill." Cold affects South African vegetable trade." It's freezing out there! I saw that forecast for Colorado over the Memorial Day weekend, and twenty-one dead in South African cold snap? What global warming? ________________________________________ Cold Sea Temps Make Worse Hurricanes? New York Times today has a story on a bunch of idiot scientists out there who say they've gone back, studied all kinds of stuff from thousands of years ago, and you know what? They found that some of the worst hurricanes happened when sea surface temperatures were cold. Yep -- rising sea surface temperatures are not an indication of the number of storms coming or their violence. Now, why would they put that out, assuming this is true (and, of course, these are scientists -- who are infallible -- so it is true)? Well, they're putting it out because everything's tied to global warming one way or the other. So even if the sea surface temperatures are not as hot this year as everybody expects them to be, it doesn't mean anything because global warming is the culprit and we can still have killer hurricanes. "You could still die" is the point of this story.

What would do for £10 million plz answer all examples this is a survey for future reference thanks? would u fight a bear (naked) unarmed with the choice of getting adrenaline shot in the heart to give u the strengh of an animal. just an example. Would u sell your family to be sent to a slavemine where they would be tortured for the rest of their life? Would u passionely tongue someone's hole after they had a dump and also has yeast infection? Would u have sex with your mother/dad and record it and sent it the newspapers and pubicily admit what u did? Would u blow up a bus full of disabled children? Remember these are just examples but please answer each one with a yes/ no but elborate if necessary.

Do you think Bengalooru is a suicidal city? According to the National Crime Records Bureau, at least 35 in every 100,000 people in Bangalore commit suicide. Why is Bangalore seeing an increasing number of suicides? Experts say most suicide cases in the city are related to stress; its citizens are unable to cope with Bangalore's quick growth. If you walk into Bangalore's leading hospitals, you will find a large number of patients suffering from stress-related ailments. Doctors specialising in this disorder told rediff.com that, on an average, they treat at least 10 patients a day for stress-related ailments. A doctor at the city's Manipal Hospital said, on condition of anonymity, "We admit such patients to monitor them. They remain in hospital for at least a day or two before they are discharged. We keep them on medication if necessary or we advise counselling." Work and the city's chaotic traffic contribute to increased stress among Bangalore residents. Anoushka Tripathy, a clinical psychologist, says, "Several of my patients, especially from the IT and BPO industry, complain that they are unable to cope with their work. Extended work timings, competition and, most importantly, insecurity at work are contributing to an increase in people's stress levels." Another reason is that many young people working in these industries have no family life. "By the time they return from work, it is quite late. Their family members are either sleeping or they themselves are too tired to talk, which makes them very lonely." Take the case of Ravi Varma (name changed), a customer service adviser at a reputed BPO. Unable to bear the stress and loneliness, he attempted suicide five months ago. Luckily, he was saved due to quick medical attention. Ravi says the loneliness and stress got to him. He hardly had any time to spend with his family or friends. "Sometimes I felt like discussing work-related issues with my family, but never got the opportunity because of my work hours." Ravi's mother says she never thought the problem was this bad until he attempted suicide. "We now take him for regular counselling and yoga class. We are making attempts to create time to spend with each other. Giving up his job is not the solution," she says. Traffic-related stress is another problem Bangaloreans are grappling with. The number of vehicles in the city has grown five-fold and Bangalore just does not have the infrastructure to cope. Between 8 am to 10 am and 6 pm to 8 pm, the city looks like a village that has exploded. Those working in the IT sector have to travel at least 20 kilometres to 25 kilometres to reach their work place and, thanks to the traffic jams, the travel time increases by a good one-and-a-half hours at the very least. The pressure of meeting deadlines and making it on time to meetings prey on their mind as they try and beat the traffic. This, in turn, contributes to increasing stress levels. The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bangalore also treats patients for stress-related ailments. Doctors at NIMHANS say software engineers in the age group of 24 to 30 years form a large chunk of the patients facing this problem. The doctors add that such patients complain of restlessness, lack of concentration, anxiety and body pain -- all of which are symptomatic of stress. In the last two months, over 100 IT professionals have made a beeline to Ayurvedic centres for de-stressing programmes, where they are taught how to strike a balance between their personal and professional lives. A close study indicates that work-related insecurity, extended working hours and stringent deadlines also contribute to Bangalore's rising stress levels. Psychiatrists say those afflicted by stress should spend more time with the family and talk about their problem. Moreover, people working in the BPO and IT industries constantly need to adjust to different cultures as they keep interacting with different people of different nationalities. This constant change also takes a toll on them, the doctors say. The common factor, the doctors add, is that most of these youngsters are stressed out about money. Since the IT boom took place, salaries are at an unbelievable high. This has prompted banks to make tempting loan offers. At least five out of 10 IT workers fall into the trap. Says Kishore Alva, a software engineer, "It is the EMIs that worry us. How do we repay the banks if we lose our jobs? This factor is on my mind almost every day and increases my stress levels." While hospitals deal with at least 10 patients a day on an average, counsellors see five patients a day as against five patients in five days three years ago.

I have scars at MEPS that *look* self-inflicted (but arent)..what do I do? I know there are a lot of questions about this..so bear with me. Ok so I'm in the process of meeting with an army reserves recruiter, but there are a few medical things I'm a little concerned about for MEPS 1. Eczema/psoriosis: I have a small spot on my arm..never gets too big/interferes with my doing anything so I think I'll perhaps just have to get a waiver? 2. Scars: I'm just going to start off with, IM NOT A CUTTER, NEVER WAS. But, I did grow up in a house with two conditions: lack of parental supervision..and lack of adequate health care. Oh, and we were daredevils. I am covered with scars. Not horrible ones, i've never even had stitches..but I have one on my wrist from king of the mountain, some on my leg from when I was attacked by a dog when I used to be a delivery driver, split open knee, split open chin etc. I have NO medical documenation for any of this...and were talking like 25 scars. The one that worries me, is me and my siblings were climbing around the woods like 8-9 years ago and we hoped this like 4 foot boundary fence. I didnt make it over, my foot caught and my inner left forearm got snagged and destroyed. My uncle is a physicians asst so he came and cleaned me up and said it wouldnt need stitches but it would heal kinda badly. Something to note (important, you'll see why) is that my family was going through some big changes at the time, and me being 14 my mom had me put on zoloft to help with the adjustment (wasnt on long, can get waiver...like 8yrs ago). Well anyways I wasnt keeping the arm clean and I started to get an infection so my mom took me over to the hospital to get cleaned up and make sure I didn't have a bad infection. They did not believe either of us that it was a fence due to my scars on my wrist and arm and the fact that I was on zoloft..so they put in my record that it was self-inflicted and they made me stay overnight. After numerous psych consults they let me go home the next day, but they wouldn't change my paperwork...so I have a medical record of "self injury" even though...i never did. The air force recruiter told me that i had 0 chance...that even if I told the truth it wouldnt matter b/c the records make me look like a liar, and I wanted to explore the linguistics program (which requires a high security clearance...and complete background search). Yeah I gave up on the security job..but I want to go in as a medic while I finish nursing school. I don't want to lie, I have no reason to, but I know if I open my mouth and say I was at the hospital then they will pull the records. Should I just say that I don't have documentation? And if I say that...how likely are they to look anyways? I'm fully willing to disclose all the other conditions, the zoloft etc b/c i know that it has a waiver. I just really want to serve my country and I really want this, and I hope that I don't get turned away b/c some emo 13yr olds had to ruin it for those of us that acutally got hurt. THoughts?

so god did come to earth according to Dee Hat? According to the user Dee Hat, a yahoo memebr who answer a question about incest, she says that god came to earth to tell people they could no longer have sex with family memeber. so how come people say that no one has never-ever seen god cuz he has never shown his face? Yes, it is true that God allowed relatives to get married and bear children. When God created Adam and Eve in perfection, his purpose was that all humankind come from one man, hence be related in the flesh—all one family. (Gen. 1:28) Adam named his wife Eve, meaning “Living one,” “because,” the Bible records, “she had to become the mother of everyone living.”—Gen. 3:20. Consequently, for everyone to come from Adam and Eve, it is obvious that at least one man had to marry his sister. Cain, the first one of Adam’s sons reported to be married, very likely did so. Abel and Seth may have married their sisters, or nieces, for Adam had other sons and daughters, who, in turn, had children. (Gen. 5:3, 4) There was very little danger then of marked deformities being brought forth in the children, because the human race was much closer to perfection than now. Few bad genes (either “recessive” or “dominant”) would exist. The vigor of the early descendants of Adam is demonstrated in the longevity of men in those days, one reported as living 969 years.—Gen. 5:27. As the race multiplied, more remote marriages became possible. But again, after the Flood, while men still lived to a great age, Noah’s grandsons, in carrying forward the repopulation of the earth, undoubtedly married their cousins. About four hundred years later, Abraham married his half sister, the daughter of his father, but not of his mother. (Gen. 20:11, 12) When Israel was down in Egypt, Amram, Moses’ father, married his paternal aunt. (Ex. 6:20) These men are neither commended nor condemned for this, since God had not yet given a law prohibiting such marriages. Of course, all along, one’s union with a wife of one’s father, as well as all fornication or adultery, was considered disgraceful.—Gen. 35:22; 49:3, 4; 34:2, 7. Then, in 1513 B.C.E., God gave Israel the Law. By that time people were numerous on the face of the earth. And the nations in the land of Canaan, to which God was leading Israel, had become greatly debauched, promiscuously violating everything that was proper and natural by every form of sex aberration, including incest. (Lev. 18:24, 25) God gave laws concerning consanguinity in sex relations, because his people were to be a separate people. This law lifted them to a high level, making them stand out among those seven degraded nations in Canaan. Israel was not to be free, loose and promiscuous in sexual relations. God specifically prohibited all marriages closer than first-cousin union. Along with bringing about religious cleanness before God, these laws provided protection against the genetic dangers that were then much more prevalent among the human race, more than two thousand years removed from the original perfection of Adam and Eve. So people did not just have sex to populate the earth. They had to get married and show respect to each other! An Israelite man could not marry any of the following: His mother, stepmother, or a secondary wife of his father (Le 18:7, 8; 20:11; De 22:30; 27:20); his sister or half sister (Le 18:9, 11; 20:17; De 27:22); his granddaughter (Le 18:10); his aunt (either his mother’s sister or his father’s sister) (Le 18:12, 13; 20:19); his aunt by marriage (either his father’s brother’s wife or his mother’s brother’s wife) (Le 18:14; 20:20); his daughter-in-law (Le 18:15; 20:12); his daughter, stepdaughter, stepdaughter’s daughter, stepson’s daughter, mother-in-law (Le 18:17; 20:14; De 27:23); brother’s wife (Le 18:16; 20:21), except in levirate marriage (De 25:5, 6); his wife’s sister during his wife’s lifetime (Le 18:18) Penalty for incest: death (Le 18:29; 20:11, 12, 14, 17, 20, 21)

Comments are invited on this real life scenario ....what is your assessment ? A recent question caused resurfacing of this experience. About a decade ago I was confidant to a work-mate/ friend in his immediate post separation difficulties. The scenario is as follows : One evening I was a dinner guest of couple (my friend and his wife with whom I was also a friend) and their male house-guest. Throughout the visit the hostess kept giving me "wind-up" and "you can go now" signals so I left early. After my departure, the evening degenerated. My friend emerged from his pre-sleeping shower to find his wife sexually engaged with the male house-guest on the lounge room arm chair. The husband immediately ordered the house-guest to leave which was, understandably, complied with. Whilst the husband was cleaning and washing the dinner dishes an angry conversation ensued. He threw a cup in frustration -- in the opposite direction from her -- and it smashed. She taunted "I suppose you'll do that to me next ? Are you going to beat ME up ? Should I call the police now ?". He replied "There's probably not much I can do to stop you is there ?" Police were summonsed and attended. Due to the smashed cup, police assumed the possibility of violence potential. The cup, being a wedding gift, was held to be part hers in ownership, thus her property was assaulted. The result of this was an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) being instituted against the husband. The terms of the AVO meant he could not approach her -- or their home -- within 50 metres. The "no approach" terms had a three-fold effect : 1) If he was visiting mutual friends at their own homes, and she arrived, he would have to immediately leave. This meant his support base was restricted. 2) He could not access his thousands of dollars worth of equipment he had stored at his family home. These tools were necessary for his employment. 3) He could not have unrestricted access to his 9 year old son whom he loved dearly. Were the preceding not cataclysmic enough, the situation -- as such often do -- got worse. As she was a legal/ accountancy consultant, over the years it was agreed that she was best capable of handling all family legal and finance concerns. Now separated, he found his bank account emptied of work wages before he could access them. He was unable to gain welfare support as he couldn't offer proof of identity. She had controlled and withheld his passport/ birth certificate/ driver's licence/ bank and credit records. For official purposes he was effectively identity neutered. Later other details emerged. -- It seems that on her many work related trips away, she was regularly engaged in motel sex with her colleagues in full view of her accompanying son. The son is alleged to have said "Dad, I thought something was wrong but didn't know how to tell you." -- Her parents, to whom she was an angel, were both scions in the legal fraternity. It appears they may have brought pressure to bear to support her case. -- During a casual drive many years previously, she had once remarked "See those lawyers there ? If ever we got divorced, I'd use them. They do good work." They were in fact the lawyers she used. -- The many years of gradual concentration of family business into her hands appears to have been orchestrated. -- She appears to have retained custody of their child as the prefered parental influence. Over time I lost contact with the husband and do not know the ultimate resolution. Curiously he saw the events as being singularly offensive (understandably) but didn't appear generally antipathic to all her gender as can often happen in such circumstances. I realise the above is lengthy, involved, turgid and barely credible. I was only peripheraly involved but still find it in barely comprehensible despite knowing it's veracity. My questions are : A) How could such legal situations occur ? Were they valid applications of law ? B) Could such legal action still occur today ? C) Could a reverse similar outcome for the male have been anticipated had he been more legal savvy ? D) Does it not appear much of the occurences were more female oriented than case specific "needs based" orientation ? E) Is this a preferred direction of Feminism objectives or does Feminism regard this as abhorrent too ?

question for Jews...? ok so please bear with me, it gets a little complicated (I'll put it in bullet form to make it easier to understand): ~ like a month ago I found out that my grandmother (my mom's mom) converted to Judaism before my mom ws born meaning my mom was born Jewish. ~ Her dad is a christian and her parents got divorced when she was very little and she lived with her dad but she was raised non-religious by her dad even though she was born a Jew (this is strange but her mom didn't raise her as a jew for some reason 0.o). ~ I just found out that my MOM found out that her mom formally converted when SHE found some old records after scrounging through some of her old stuff. ~ My dad is christian/atheist but does this make me Jewish (half or a quarter or whatever)? I was brought up non religious and it seems that my mom doesn't really care about practising judaism since she is agnostic, but what should I do? ~ I am only 14 (and female) and the rest of my family is christian/atheist but when I move out would it be right to follow the jewish faith without my mom in the picture? ~ I am very familiar with jewish holidays, history, prayers etc., but would it be wrong to follow the religion because my grandma decided to 60 years ago (and I don't have any other jewish roots that I know of), so what's to celebrate (holiday wise)??? ~ I am very interested in following the religion but it doesn't really seem right...(if you catch my drift :S) P.S my family celebrates christmas but not the religious aspect of it 'cause most of my family is atheist. We just celebrate the spririt of giving and getting fat on holiday chocolates I know it's confusing but please I need some answers. Toda. & please no hurtful comments, this is a genuine problem and I want to get it sorted out (I need the opinions of others too). I've never been babtized. I've never been babtized & not was not raised christian I THINK she converted to reform judaism

Question for Dr, P.A., Nurses, (especially in Maryland) -? Bear with me plz while I "spout off" on a rant for one moment because I am still (1) ticked off (2) shocked (3) confused - about what happened at my regular family medical dr's office this afternoon. I take a few RX's prescribed by my family doctor on a regular maintenance basis. He also gave me a low dose xanax (1/4 mg) RX a few weeks ago as I had been having periodic panic attics and problems related to anxiety/worry, etc. I went in today to get a refill on the xanax RX (naturally you have to go into the office to get that as its controlled). I got to the office,they asked me to sit down, I waited about 1/2 hr, finally a nurse came out and called me in an exam room. She said "we have a new policy where we do drug screening before we refill controlled RX's for our patients" She said they were initally doing it to every patient with an controlled rx. They had me give a urine sample, then tested it with an in-office drug screening kit. Took about 10 minutes. She comes back, and said while it did show normal level of xanax (she said that was fine, no problem), it also tested positive for Amphetamines !! Let me add I have been battling a severe weight problem the last few years, and for my own health need to lose about 140 lbs, to get to my normal weight. A couple weeks ago I consulted a weight loss doctor via a reference from a friend who had good results, and went to see him - he put me of course on a calorie restricted diet with exercise, and also gave me an RX to take one phentermine 37.5 appetite supressant per day. I go every 2 weeks for him to check my progress and to take vitals & see how my overall health is doing. Its working very well and I am losing weight at a decent pace so far, of course it has only been a couple weeks at this point. So I told my family doctor today that the appetite supressant was likely the positive reading for amphetamine. He got very upset and almost angry and said "this is not right, we have to send this in for further testing, etc etc" I told him I'd give him my rx & records from the diet physician. He refused to renew my xanax rx due to this. Whats going on? I am in Maryland by the way. Have some federal or state laws changed recently in the medical field, that now require them to force patients to submit to Urine Tests for drugs before they can get their RX refilled? I feel persecuted and like I am being treated like a criminal to be honest & I told the doctor that. Whats going on, does anyone in the medical field know or can explain all this to me? Also, WHO pays for all this urine drug testing, and further lab work now since he says he has to send it in for further analysis or something. Am I supposed to pay for this crap when I did not requiest it or approve it or agree to it? What right do they have to do all this, and deny refilling your RX, and who ultimately will get the bill and pay for this drug screening ??? Please advise from anyone with recent experience in this- its very bizarre to me and I am still shocked about the whole thing. They had me there for over TWO hours doing all this today. I guess a big part of what bothers me is how it was sprung on me without warning - it almost seems to violate your personal rights, to force you to submit to drug testing at your own family dr's office, prior to them dispensing any RX's to you. Also as I said, who pays for the costs of these drug tests? I mean are they going to "force" the patient to also pay for the testing too, when he/she never asked for it? Something just seems totally bizarre about this whole thing, I have never heard of anyone in my life tell me their family doctor tested them like some sort of common criminal who's just been arrested for DUI/DWI, etc.

Rate how funny this is (part four)...? A friend of mine told me this the other day, tell me what you think (on a scale of 1-10) A man from UNICEF lived in a quite little town, and he kept records of all the people who made donations to UNICEF. While most of the townsfolk were more than generous, the only person in town who hasn't donated is Mr. Henshaw, an extremely high-income lawyer who lived on the outskirts of town. He figured that he could get him to donate, so he decided to give him a call. He called Mr. Henshaw, and asked him why he hadn't donated, in attempt to make him feel guilty for not helping children. He responded: "Well, let me put it to you this way, last week, my brother died and left his wife alone, jobless, and with three kids to support, with his family as the only source of help." At this point, the UNICEF man started feeling a bit guilty, but before he could apologize, Mr. Henshaw continued: "And a month before that, my mother hit her head, went into a coma, and continuously started receiving bills her insurance couldn't cover, leaving her children to bear." The UNICEF man felt extremely guilty, but was once again cut off: "And last year, my best friend's business crashed, putting himself, his family, and all his employees out on the street, leaving them all to the charity of their friends and loved ones." "Now tell me, if I didn't give any money to them, what makes you think I'm gonna give any money to you?"

Need legal advice for my mother. Please help!? Hello, I'm looking for anyone with some legal experience to share with me some suggestions as to what my mother might expect from this particular situation. It's a bit to explain so please bear with me and reserve personal judgment, as I just need opinions and guidance as to where this situation might lead. My mother was having an extramarital affair with another man for a time. His trust for my mom eventually escalated to the point in which he gave her his credit card information and allowed her to charge whatever she wanted on it as "money was not a problem". Months later, my mom has become uninterested in him and stopped seeing him, but regretably still used his credit card on a few occasions. He has now become angry with the situation and is trying to file a felony against my mother for the charges she made. She made approximately $1,800 worth of charges on his credit card. He says he filed a report at the local police precinct but as of now we have not received word from the police regarding the situation, we don't even know if he truly filed the report. He said he did about 24 hours ago from this post. Now my mom is terrified about what kind of repercussions can come from using his credit card. While he gave permission for her to use it, it is not written down, which makes it a case of he says she says problem. He even has records of the things she ordered coming to our house. So he has a definite advantage in evidence there. The best evidence she can provide is that they knew each other and conversed over the phone. As such, she can provide phone records detailing calls to and from her cell phone and our house phone. Unfortunately he does not e-mail so that is about as good as evidence we can get to link the two together and not make my mom out to be a criminal against his word. I do not know what kind of charges he is looking to press against my mom, but I am assuming Grand Larceny as he was looking to file a felony charge against her. As she used $1800 or so on his card. So my question to whomever feels qualified to answer is what kind of actions my mom can take to defend her if this actually escalates into something worse? What kind of charge could they put against her (if it's not grand larceny)? What kind of sentence can come from this? What actions can she take to prove her innocence? Remember he gave permission for her to use the card. Thank you very much for any responses, and helping my family in this time of crisis.

HIPAA, hospital and clinic violations? Bear with me, its long but certainly worth the read... I went to a low income clinic for prenatal care even though I had insurance and on my 1st visit was tested for illegal drugs without consenting to anything, I was not even 3 mos and tested positive for THC once the pregnancy was confirmed there were NO more positive results, however again I was tested a few mos later, again no consent, but results were negative, this was all unknown to me at the time, when I later gave birth to a very healthy child the nursery workers put a bag on my baby to collect urine and it was NOT a STERILE specimen,which they claim was positive for thc even though my prev tests had been neg,so CPS was notified and even though I took a UA for them and it too was NEGATIVE and no charges were filed the caseworker told a friend of hers in the office who who told an off duty cop pal of hers that I had TESTED positive which I didnt, and this cop told everyone she knew which made huge problems for myself and my husband at our high profile jobs, he was tested and his results were neg also, then the caseworker called after our tests to see what meds I had been prescribed during the pregnancy to see why the baby had a false positive, she then said she was closing out the case on her end but still had to notify family services who would also visit us at home for an assessment, which is sched. for later this week. During my 5 day stay in the hosp. because of an epidural that went way wrong, I was given 2 appts for the baby, the billi check at 5 days which turns out the place they sent me had been closed for 6 MONTHS!!! and the 2nd appt was her 2 wk check up but they had no record in the computer even though I had a comp generator paper with the appt on it, they then did yet another heal stick on her and this come to find out wasnt necessary as she had this test in the hosp. My questions are these... 1. Are the clinics allowed to drug test you without your consent? 2. Were HIPAA laws violated when an unrelated to the case CPS worker diclosed to an off duty cop my medical records and then LIED about the results? 3. After 4 UAs that were ALL NEGATIVE isnt CPS harassing me by continuing to be in my life with no good reason even after multiple visits to our home? 4. Cant something be done about this hospital that sent us to a place they should have known had been closed for 6 mos and then they unnec. stuck my child for a test they HAD ALREADY done? if they can mess up like that who is to say they didnt mess up on her urine test especially when all previous and following tests on myself and my husband were negatvie for THC (marijuana)? Can they take her urine without our consent? My hubby is a cop so we have insurance thru his job, but I also have medicaid to cover anything his insurance would not We are in Tx They had to know the place was closed, its affilaited with the hospital and was severly damaged by Hurricane IKE 6 mos ago

clever people look here plz i need answers quik!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1? i need these answered b4 9:30 1] What is the world's most poisonous spider according to the Guiness Book of World Records? 2] What is the fastest animal on 6 legs? 3] How high can a polor bear jump? 4] An electric eel can produce a shock of up to how many volts? 5] What kind of birds can sleep whilst flying? 6] Where are a crickets ears? 7] What is the name for a camel with 2 humps? 8] What did Ancient Egyptions us garlic for apart from cooking? 9] Potatoes are part of what deadly plant family? 10] A Daikon is a what? 11] What is another name for green onions and spring onions 12] What is marmite made from? 13] What happens to milk when rennet is added? 14] What is glass made from? 15] What is the Koh-i-Noor and where is it used? 16] What colour is Azurite? 17] What is the chemical formula for Copper? 18] What are Diamonds made from? 19] What is the recommended daily requirement of Calcium? 20] What is added to tap water to prevent tooth decay?

Do we "Christianity" actually follow the teachings of Jesus and the early apostles? Our Religious scholars have long attributed the tenets of Christian faith more to Paul’s teachings than to those of Jesus. But as much as I would like to jump into that subject, I think it best to back up and take a quick, speculative look at the Old Testament. The Old Testament teaches that Jacob wrestled with God. In fact, the Old Testament records that Jacob not only wrestled with God, but that Jacob prevailed (Genesis 32:24-30). Now, bear in mind, we’re talking about a tiny blob of protoplasm wrestling the Creator of a universe 240,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles in diameter, containing over a billion galaxies of which ours—the Milky Way Galaxy—is just one (and a small one, at that), and prevailing? I’m sorry, but someone was a couple pages short of a codex when they scribed that passage. The point is, however, that this passage leaves us in a quandary. We either have to question the Jewish concept of God or accept their explanation that “God” does not mean “God” in the above verses, but rather it means either an angel or a man (which, in essence, means the Old Testament is not to be trusted). In fact, this textual difficulty has become so problematic that more recent Bibles have tried to cover it up by changing the translation from “God” to “man.” What they cannot change, however, is the foundational scripture from which the Jewish Bible is translated, and this continues to read “God.” Unreliability is a recurring problem in the Old Testament, the most prominent example being the confusion between God and Satan! II Samuel 24:1 reads: “Again the anger of the LORD was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, ‘Go, number Israel and Judah.’” However, I Chronicles 21:1 states: “Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.” Uhhh, which was it? The Lord, or Satan? Both verses describe the same event in history, but one speaks of God and the other of Satan. There is a slight (like, total) difference. Christians would like to believe that the New Testament is free of such difficulties, but they are sadly deceived. In fact, there are so many contradictions that authors have devoted books to this subject. For example, Matthew 2:14 and Luke 2:39 differ over whether Jesus’ family fled to Egypt or Nazareth. Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4 differ over the wording of the “Lord’s Prayer.” Matthew 11:13-14, 17:11-13 and John 1:21 disagree over whether or not John the Baptist was Elijah.

About the NJ adoption legislation...? Okay it's stupid question time and I hope you will all bear (bare?) with me here. It's late and I will try and make sense. Today the NJ bill to unseal adoption birth records passed the first step, although it needs to go on to the full NJ senate. I have never paid much attention to these things in the past, but as I get older (adopted in the BSE, did I get that right?) I would like medical info if at all possible, so I have been wondering if this bill will pass and as well as trying to understand it. So I have a few questions... http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/nj_senate_panel_approves_bill.html First, the article said that religious leaders, pro-lifers and the most amazing to me the ACLU have all lobbied against this bill. Why? I mean really, WHY? I honestly don't get it and was wondering if anyone could enlighten me. Second, it gives the bmothers 1 year to opt out so as not to be identified, but how is that a possibility if the bill is to restore access to original info and birth certificates? I mean, personally I don't care, but perhaps I am missing something or not understanding all of it because it then goes on to say that adult adoptees can, in that one year period, get non-identifying medical info from the adoption agency. Well I got my non- identifying info already, specifically because I was hoping there would be medical info, but there was nothing medical in there and is not something I put much faith in as far as it's truthfulness. It seems redundant for a bill to allow adoptees to do something they could already do, are they suggesting that there is more info that was not shared as far as medical and if so how on earth would we know how reliable the info is? It should be a very simple thing for someone to say okay breast cancer, ovarian cancer or heart disease runs in the family genetics, I don't think any adoptee actually wants or even deserves identifying medical info and besides we have HIPPA laws that already protect people. So, I guess I am wondering what is it this bill is supposed to actually accomplish? Will it make biological mothers give info even if they choose to remain anonymous? Because if they can remain anonymous and not provide a basic medical background then this does not seem fair and then not much has changed at all for many adoptees. Maybe I am confusing myself over something that shouldn't be that confusing at all, maybe I missed something in the bill. I'm not an expert bill reader and the language is tough to understand. Here is the bill... http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/S1000/611_R1.HTM I know that I have spoken to some adoptees here through e-mail about this already but I need a refresher course. So like I said up top, I hope that made sense, it's late and I'm tired which is probably not the best time for me to try and make sense of this bill and it's legal speak. Thanks. ETA: As far as my first point above, I understand that these groups say they are protecting the rights of birth mothers, but I still don't get it. So I guess it really wasn't a question per se, just can't seem to wrap my head around that is all.

Is there any way for me to find my big brother? Or am I out of luck? My mother had him 15 years ago, she was raped when she was 17 years old. She wasn't stable enough to take care of him, and she couldn't bear to abort him. i just found out about this a little over a year ago. I'm 13, but she kept me two years later. He's my half obviously and my parents are still married. My mom knows I want to find him, but my dad insists he's long gone. My mom doesn't want to ruin his life incase he thinks his adoptive parents are his real ones. But deep down I know he doesn't. I've always wanted a big brother, I have two little siblings, one boy and one girl. The only things I know about him are his birth date, time, and the hospital he was born in. I realize the records of him are now long locked up in a safe because it was so long ago. But are there any ways I could get them? And would it say where he went after birth? And then I could trace it down from there. I have one newborn picture of him that I carry in my wallet along with all my other family photos. I want my big brother, is there any way I could find him? (I have no idea what his name is.)

Meeting Guy from the internet? my friend is addamently against meeting strange men on the internet, which is very understandable. But for the past month, I've meet a kool seemingly normal jewish guy from the eastcoast on hotornot. I know dear reader that you will criticize me based on that. And I don't blame you. I would too. I always look forward to chatting with this guy. I love his sense of humor (very diff than my own), and non-sexual display of affection (theres no dirty undertones). We've exchanged pics too. Fact#1 He Has this t-shirt with an outlined face on it that describes it as Natalie Portman's stalker (ex: blue eyes, 5'8..etc). Fact#3 on our first chat (he did not send pics then). He said his name was Moshe Bradman. Doing my own research (looking up public records) I figured Bradman was not his true last name. Its actually Goldberg. There was a 25 yr old man who lived in the eastcoast state , Moshe has told me. Then it clicked. there was a listing of other relatives (sisters) which he also told me he had. Fact#3: the peice struck me as odd, sorry its a little long so bear with. me. 02 (6:35:09 PM): but I saw last night a movie called good dick...and it was interesting 02 (6:35:15 PM): I'd recommend it 02 (6:35:26 PM): I am recommending it 02 (6:35:27 PM): lol joux11 (6:36:37 PM): sure its not a... joux11 (6:36:40 PM): lol 02 (6:36:53 PM): a what? joux11 (6:37:02 PM): nothing, sounds interesting joux11 (6:37:07 PM): lol 02 (6:37:11 PM): lol 02 (6:37:19 PM): what? speak up? I can't hear you joux11 (6:37:43 PM): jerk... joux11 (6:37:45 PM): lol 02 (6:37:53 PM): lol 02 (6:37:55 PM): thanks 02 (6:37:56 PM): joux11 (6:38:21 PM): so what compells you to recommended this movie? joux11 (6:38:45 PM): whats so good about good dick 02 (6:39:27 PM): well, its about a homeless guy who stalks a weird girl and they finally come together 02 (6:39:39 PM): its very different joux11 (6:40:01 PM): I'll try to stay away from homeless men 02 (6:40:08 PM): lol 02 (6:40:12 PM): you make sure to do that 02 (6:40:27 PM): but keep your eyes open for homeless frogs 02 (6:40:41 PM): they might turn out to be princes joux11 (6:40:46 PM): I like frogs 02 (6:40:51 PM): lol *he wants to come over to California in April. Thought of meeting me. At first I thought should I invite him home to meet my family. I know I won't be alone. Or meet him at a cafe/mall/movies (public place) and bring along my grandpa. He always backs me up. And also take a pocket knife with me just in case? lol. Please people I need advise. Very good advice P.S: I'm not a teen (23)

My neighbors disapeared, and we didn't see them leave their house...murder mystery? Bear with me, this story is kinda long and complicated. So we have had these neighbors for 10 years. They live straight across from us, and I swear, they are so weird! They're israelian, or whatever. They decent from israel or something so I think that their jewish. The dad would always come outside every once in a while, and water the plants, but no one would ever talk to him. He never let his wife out, it seemed, and they had 3 sons - two of them already moved out, and they have a 9 year old. This kid is weird..I used to ride my bike with him and stuff, but we would play tricks on him so he hated us. So he was just very strange from then on. Then the wife started working I guess, and the kid would always go to the Boys and Girls Club afterschool. Then the parents didn't have a job anymore...and we would rarely see them come out. They always turned their lights out around 7p.m. when It barely got dark, even though they were in there. We hadn't seen them in a while, and a guy comes in a truck and my mom asked him what he was doing and he came to shut off the gas to their house! We didn't even see them move. My mom went and talked to the mailman, and he said that they put a forwarding adress on their mail. No one ever saw them leave. We have gone over there with flashlights, but their blinds are shut tight, and the gate is locked. We can see their backyard if we go into the desert, but we haven't looked yet. We talked to some other neighbors...they didn't see them move out either. Lol we kinda started to think that they built tunnels out of their backyard, and the husband killed the family because they couldn't afford anything, and the husband escaped through the secret tunnels and fled to israel. But I doubt it. I really want to know whats going on! They are so suspicious, I wouldn't be suprised if the man had criminal records. Any ideas?

I was told I am diabetic, but the doctor won't give me a straight answer, what to I do? I am very confused.? Ok this a long one so bear with me. Less than 2 months ago I went in to the doctor for a physical. Nothing was wrong, I am just turning 30 this year so i figured it would be good. I am a very health conscience person. All my test came back perfect. They even said that my cholesterol was a little on the low side (not my good cholesterol that was fine). I had a very clean bill of health basically. Now 2 weeks ago my IBS flared up and I have been very sick with diarrhea. I had it for more than 7 days. I went to the doctor after 48 hours for some help to get it under control. She told me without insurance I could not get any of the testing I needed and told me to go to the hospital. She did however take a blood sample to check my hemoglobin and iron levels. I went to the hospital and decided not to check in because they said they could not do any testing or give me any meds either, with no insurance. They said they would give me an IV and a pain pill and call my doctor over to treat me. But that is it. A few days later i called my doctor to see about the tests, they said everything is fine. I finally started to get better. I am doing a lot better now and i am healing very nicely. But this morning I got a frantic call from the nurse say that I needed to pack a bag and go the the hospital right now. She said I have adult onset diabetes. And I need to stay in the hospital to get this under-control because it is a very sever case. I asked what my levels were and all she would say are very very high. I called back and asked for the exact numbers and they said they can't tell me without going to the hospital to see the doctor. I keep getting a run around, and I am a little lost. Can they withhold my records from me? I don't have insurance so an overnight stay int he hospital would be a little hard on me. I am not seeing any of the symptoms for it. I feel fine and I am healing fine. I am not overweight I am only like 120lbs (a size 5). my blood pressure and cholesterol are fine. They told me that the will have to put me on a special diet to help me loose 10 lbs, but you can already see all my ribs i don't think it is safe. And i am a complete health nut, I couldn't even tell you the last time I had a soda or anything with high fat. I don't eat sugar and I am very active. And nobody in my family has anything like this not even as far back as my great grandparents. I just don't get it, I do everything I am supposed to do. My friend have told me I even need to chill out with being so healthy, they think I am a bit too thin for my frame. I am so frustrated because the doctor won't tell me what kind of test they did or what my levels are. I didn't fast before the test nobody told me to or asked me to. I didn't even know I was going to get tested when I went in. So what do I do? should I check into the hospital? or what? Are they trying to just take my money? Can i be diagnosed by one single test? And can they legally with hold the results from me? If so how do I get them? Could my being sick messed with my levels? All I know is ever since I want in to the doctor I have been told every couple of days I need an overnight stay in the hospital, I am really just wondering if this is a ploy for more money? And why would they tell me I am fine then all of a sudden tell me i am this sick? It has been ten days since that test. Please if anybody could help, just don't know what to do and I feel so lost. I afraid this will stress me out and my IBS will come back, and I am finally healing. please help.

I don't know what to do with my life? This may have to be split into additional details, so bear with my sob story. I’m sixteen, and it just occurred to me that I’ve hardly been out of the house since October. Aren’t I meant to be out every night at this age? I’m kind of sort of a college drop-out (I haven’t officially been kicked out, I’m still on their records and I’m welcome back in September because my teachers have been INCREDIBLY lenient and I’m grateful for that, I really am. Oh, and I’m in the UK, I’m not some super-genius that skipped a grade). I was taking a Performing Arts course because I’d give absolutely anything to be an actress, but the college (and it’s really the only college in my area with a travel time less than an hour) didn’t offer an acting course on its own and I really didn’t enjoy the singing and dancing part of the course. I know I can’t pick and choose at life, but I was really unhappy on the course and I didn’t really make friends with the people on it because I’m incredibly shy. As I’ve said, I still have a place in September if I want to come back, but I don’t know if I want to go back, and I don’t know what course I’d do if I did. There’s so many careers I’ve thought over but they’re so open-ended. I’d love to be an actress but who’s to say I’ll get a big break? I could struggle on for the rest of my days and not accomplish anything in life, and that scares me. Alternatively I’d adore being a novelist. I love writing fiction, but again there’s no chance I’d be successful. I’d like to be a fashion designer, but it’s one of the most competitive businesses out there and I can’t sew for my life. I’d like to be a teacher because I love kids and I used to play school with my little brothers and it was so much fun thinking up ways to ‘teach’ things without being boring, but I don’t even know where to begin with that one and I failed my Maths GCSE (I didn’t get all the coursework in, I’m not quite that thick as of yet) and I’m sure you need all sorts of qualifications. I’ve contemplated the idea of journalism, because I like the idea of working in a big magazine company mostly from what I’ve seen in films (I’m sure it’s not all as glamorous, but I can pretend), but it doesn’t excite me as a career. None of my family are very eager for me to retake a Performing Arts course anyway; my Gran in particular clearly has no hope for me and wants me to take a ‘proper’ course, but all those ‘proper’ courses don’t interest me. So here I am, stuck at home 24/7 wondering what on earth I’m going to do with my life. I don’t have a job because it’s got to a point where I don’t have the motivation to go out anywhere, even with friends, and I don’t know HOW to get a job. I’m so lost. I don’t know what to do and I’m scared about the future. I want to be out there doing something knowing I’m actually accomplishing something. This is probably the worst place to ask because I know how many trolls lurk the boards but I just need some advice. Call me a bloody lazy ungrateful slob or a girl with some potential, anything to get me motivated. Please?

meeting guy from internet? my friend is addamently against meeting strange men on the internet, which is very understandable. But for the past month, I've meet a kool seemingly normal jewish guy from the eastcoast on hotornot. I know dear reader that you will criticize me based on that. And I don't blame you. I would too. I always look forward to chatting with this guy. I love his sense of humor (very diff than my own), and non-sexual display of affection (theres no dirty undertones). We've exchanged pics too. Fact#1 He Has this t-shirt with an outlined face on it that describes it as Natalie Portman's stalker (ex: blue eyes, 5'8..etc). Fact#3 on our first chat (he did not send pics then). He said his name was Moshe Bradman. Doing my own research (looking up public records) I figured Bradman was not his true last name. Its actually Goldberg. There was a 25 yr old man who lived in the eastcoast state , Moshe has told me. Then it clicked. there was a listing of other relatives (sisters) which he also told me he had. Fact#3: the peice struck me as odd, sorry its a little long so bear with. me. 02 (6:35:09 PM): but I saw last night a movie called good dick...and it was interesting 02 (6:35:15 PM): I'd recommend it 02 (6:35:26 PM): I am recommending it 02 (6:35:27 PM): lol joux11 (6:36:37 PM): sure its not a... joux11 (6:36:40 PM): lol 02 (6:36:53 PM): a what? joux11 (6:37:02 PM): nothing, sounds interesting joux11 (6:37:07 PM): lol 02 (6:37:11 PM): lol 02 (6:37:19 PM): what? speak up? I can't hear you joux11 (6:37:43 PM): jerk... joux11 (6:37:45 PM): lol 02 (6:37:53 PM): lol 02 (6:37:55 PM): thanks 02 (6:37:56 PM): joux11 (6:38:21 PM): so what compells you to recommended this movie? joux11 (6:38:45 PM): whats so good about good dick 02 (6:39:27 PM): well, its about a homeless guy who stalks a weird girl and they finally come together 02 (6:39:39 PM): its very different joux11 (6:40:01 PM): I'll try to stay away from homeless men 02 (6:40:08 PM): lol 02 (6:40:12 PM): you make sure to do that 02 (6:40:27 PM): but keep your eyes open for homeless frogs 02 (6:40:41 PM): they might turn out to be princes joux11 (6:40:46 PM): I like frogs 02 (6:40:51 PM): lol *he wants to come over to California in April. Thought of meeting me. At first I thought should I invite him home to meet my family. I know I won't be alone. Or meet him at a cafe/mall/movies (public place) and bring along my grandpa. He always backs me up. And also take a pocket knife with me just in case? lol. Please people I need advise. Very good advice P.S: I'm not a teen (23)

Meeting guy from internet? my friend is addamently against meeting strange men on the internet, which is very understandable. But for the past month, I've meet a kool seemingly normal jewish guy from the eastcoast on hotornot. I know dear reader that you will criticize me based on that. And I don't blame you. I would too. I always look forward to chatting with this guy. I love his sense of humor (very diff than my own), and non-sexual display of affection (theres no dirty undertones). We've exchanged pics too. Fact#1 He Has this t-shirt with an outlined face on it that describes it as Natalie Portman's stalker (ex: blue eyes, 5'8..etc). Fact#3 on our first chat (he did not send pics then). He said his name was Moshe Bradman. Doing my own research (looking up public records) I figured Bradman was not his true last name. Its actually Goldberg. There was a 25 yr old man who lived in the eastcoast state , Moshe has told me. Then it clicked. there was a listing of other relatives (sisters) which he also told me he had. Fact#3: the peice struck me as odd, sorry its a little long so bear with. me. 02 (6:35:09 PM): but I saw last night a movie called good dick...and it was interesting 02 (6:35:15 PM): I'd recommend it 02 (6:35:26 PM): I am recommending it 02 (6:35:27 PM): lol joux11 (6:36:37 PM): sure its not a... joux11 (6:36:40 PM): lol 02 (6:36:53 PM): a what? joux11 (6:37:02 PM): nothing, sounds interesting joux11 (6:37:07 PM): lol 02 (6:37:11 PM): lol 02 (6:37:19 PM): what? speak up? I can't hear you joux11 (6:37:43 PM): jerk... joux11 (6:37:45 PM): lol 02 (6:37:53 PM): lol 02 (6:37:55 PM): thanks 02 (6:37:56 PM): joux11 (6:38:21 PM): so what compells you to recommended this movie? joux11 (6:38:45 PM): whats so good about good dick 02 (6:39:27 PM): well, its about a homeless guy who stalks a weird girl and they finally come together 02 (6:39:39 PM): its very different joux11 (6:40:01 PM): I'll try to stay away from homeless men 02 (6:40:08 PM): lol 02 (6:40:12 PM): you make sure to do that 02 (6:40:27 PM): but keep your eyes open for homeless frogs 02 (6:40:41 PM): they might turn out to be princes joux11 (6:40:46 PM): I like frogs 02 (6:40:51 PM): lol *he wants to come over to California in April. Thought of meeting me. At first I thought should I invite him home to meet my family. I know I won't be alone. Or meet him at a cafe/mall/movies (public place) and bring along my grandpa. He always backs me up. And also take a pocket knife with me just in case? lol. Please people I need advise. Very good advice P.S: I'm not a teen (23) maybe I made him sound creepy....idk

How can I get into the real Men in Black agency? (Not the movie?)? Your best chance of being recruited by this secret government agency, is to join some type of intelligence organization like the CIA, NSA, etc. As far as I know this is the only way you could have a chance of joining this organization. Here is some more information I recieved. You must have an advanced degree from a good collage. You must be able to speak at least 2 non-European languages. You must have a distinguished career in the military or a federal intelligence agency (like above, CIA, NSA, etc.) Be at least 35 yrs of age and a U.S. citizen, born in this country. Must have a high security clearance, and not have comprimised that clearance even once in your entire career. Must have good recommendations from your superiors and the unanimous nomination of those members who are called upon to judge your record. Must be willing to maintain absolute secrecy about your work, even from your family or spouse. Must bear understanding that you are part of the order, and in the interest of National Security, you must be willing to sacrifice yourself and the ones close to you if necessary. this information, acquired through my source.

Is Sasuke a better main character than Naruto? Ok, just for the record I am a Sasuke fanboy, but I will try to be as objective as I can here. I feel Sasuke has been a much MUCH more interesting character than Naruto throughout the whole series, but especially in Shippuden. Pretime skip, Naruto was a good main character. He was outcasted by the town, he had no friends and family, and had to bear a terrible burden of loneliness. He worked hard and got stronger, and made friends and changed some people's lives, it seems that all of Naruto's character development was done pre-time skip. I think in Shippuden, Naruto has been an unrealistic whiney loser. All he wants to do is bring Sasuke back to Konoha. Has Naruto ever even thought what would happen if he beat Sasuke and brought him back? Sasuke would leave the second he was healthy enough. What is Naruto going to do, permanently break his legs to keep him from leaving? When Tsunade informs them that Sasuke killed Orochimaru, Naruto goes, "does that mean Sasuke is coming back?" DERRR NO IT DOESNT YOU IDIOT!!!!!!! Does he even know Sasuke? He willingly left to train under Oro, not kill him!!! His goal is to kill Itachi you freaking moron!! And the fact that he has no variety doesn't help at all, Rasengan was cool about 150 episodes ago, learn some new moves will ya! Sasuke is more interesting because he is always changing to new information, he isn't set in stone like Naruto. His backstory is just as interesting to me, if not moreso than Naruto's. Having his family and everyone he ever loved killed off by his own brother is a horrifying ideal, and having those bonds and losing them is more painful IMO than never having them like Naruto. Fast forward a little bit, and he was so set on revenge on Itachi, yet when Kakashi talked to him after his fight with Naruto, you could see Sasuke struggle with his emotions. He did have good friends, he had new bonds with people, yet his desire for revenge was so strong, had the sound ninja not showed up then it seems evident to me that he would have struggled more with his decision, I do think he would have chosen to go for revenge though. After finally getting his revenge on Itatchi, Madara reveals the truth (maybe) that Itachi was protecting Sasuke all along. Sasuke clearly struggles to accept this, as this would mean his desire for revenge has been pointed at the wrong people. After accepting Madara's words, instead of carrying out Itachi's wishes, Sasuke decides to use this new information and try to bring justice to the people who deserve it, Konoha's elders. All in all, I think Sasuke will continue to be much more involved in the plot and he will keep developing as a chatracter, while Naruto is just kind of hanging around and along for the ride in Shippuden. What do you think.

Your favorite "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer scene or quote? "You. Are. Not. Leaving. Me." "Don't worry, Mel. Miracles don't work that way. I'll never lose you. I'll never let you get away from me." "Does he not feel the fire between his body & mine? Is that all me? How can it be all me? It feels like a flat sun trapped between us – pressed like a flower between the pages of a thick book, burning the paper." "Get your mind out of the gutter." "/It's your mind./" “With Ian it was different, so very different, because Melanie didn’t love him the way I did. So when he touched me, it was deeper and slower than the wildfire, like the flow of molten rock far beneath the surface of the Earth. Too deep to feel the heat of it, but it moved inexorably, changing the very foundations of the world with its advance." "I held you in my hand, Wanderer. And you were so beautiful." "Jared is my past, another life. You are my present." "And your future, if you want that." "Yes, please." "Who's got the crush on a worm, bro? You going to call me stupid?" "Jealous, O'Shea?" "Actually... I am. Surprisingly so." "Eight full lives, eight full lives and I never found anyone I would stay on a planet for, anyone I would follow when they left. I never found a partner. Why now? Why you? You're not one of my species. How can you be my partner?" "It's a strange universe." "I love you." "Don't say that like you're saying goodbye." "I, the soul called Wanderer, love you, human Ian. And that will never change, no matter what I might become. If I were a Dolphin or a Bear or a Flower, it wouldn't matter. I will always love you, always remember you. You will be my only partner." "Something I've never seen in all my lives. I'm staring at... hope." "I have to go, Sunny, just like you. I have to give my body back, too." And then, flat and hard from right behind us, Ian's voice broke the quiet like the crack of a whip. "What?" "I am female," I complained. "That 'it' business is really getting on my nerves." "Because of the body you wear?" "Because of me," I hissed "By whose definiton?" "How about yours? In my species, I am the one that bears young. Is that not female enough for you?" "Feisty for a peace-loving body snatcher, aren't you?" “Aw, hell![…] It didn’t fall!” Jared lunged forward, away from me. With a loud smacking sound. His fist hit Kyle’s face. Kyle’s eyes rolled back in his head, and his mouth fell slack. […] “Um,” Doc said in a mild voice, “medically speaking, I’m not sure that was the most helpful thing for his condition.” “But I feel better,” Jared answered, sullen. “Fine.” Jared snapped. “But if you try cuddling up to me tonight… so help me, O’Shea.” Ian chuckled. “Not to sound overly arrogant, but to be perfectly honest, Jared, were I so inclined, I think I could do better.” "That's just great," someone said under his breath. "We've got a bloody queen mother alien living with us. She could blow into a million new buggers at any moment." "My name is Eustace; it's a family name and my parents were cruel people." "The universe will be a darker place without you," he whispered. -"Wanda?" Kyle asked. "Yes?" "I'm sorry." "Um...why?" "For trying to kill you," he said casually. "Guess I was wrong." Ian gasped. "Please tell me you have some kind of recording device availiable, Doc." "I should have killed him years ago. No, our mother should have drowned him at birth!" "He's still fuming about his nose," Ian said. "Oh, well --it's not the first time it's been broken. I'll tell him you said you were sorry." "I'm not." "I know. No one is ever sorry for hitting Kyle." "Her name is Wanda, not it. You will not touch her. Any mark you leave on her, I will double on your worthless hide." "Listen up, Wanda. I know exactly what you don't want to be. But we're human, and we're selfish, and we don't always do the right thing. We aren't going to let you go. Deal with it." " 'Oh, go ahead,' Mel sighed. 'Do whatever you need to. I'll...step into the other room.' " "Jeb. Listen to me carefully, Jeb. I am tired of being a parasite. Can you understand that? Do you think I wan to go into another body and have this start all over again? Do I have to feel guilty forever for taking someone's life from them? Do I have to have someone else hate me? I'm barely a soul anymore- I love you brutish humans too much. It's wrong for me to be here, and I hate that feeling." 'He's right. Nobody asked you.' Jared spoke up "Wanda, what does Mel say?" 'Ha. Mel said.' I got carried away. Sorry. http://www.twilightlexiconforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=19901&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Is Europe to blame for most of the worlds problems? Should its inhabitants pay reparations for H.R. Abuses? For the last few years our collective attention has been fixed on terrorism and death exported from the Middle East. But what of Europe? Europe is in ther midst of an identity crisis of its own, haunted by a brutal past and insulted by Americas upstart success. The old powers are still far from forgiving us for supplanting them in the stretigic arena - or for our generosity toward them in the last century. Had we only been as cruel as europeans themselves in the wake of the twentieth century's great wars, we would be much better liked. The primary intellectual goal of Western european societies for the past half century has been to prove that the United States is as cruel and corrupt as they themselves have been. When your heritage is genocide, wars of agression, or cowardly surrender, the record of the United States can be hard to bear. The old powers cannot avoid measuring themselves against us, but the disparities they discover are so great that europes moral delinquents cannot resist comforting themselves with lies about our naivete, our purported clumsiness, our violence and our crudity ( without pausing to ask themselves how such pathetic mediocrities could have built the richest, most powerful, most desirable and exemplary society in history). Indeed when it comes to self examination, the heartlands of Europe are simply the middle east lite. Yet Europe is likely to be good for a number of surprises-surprising not the least to Europeans themselves. With our short historical memory (one American quality Germans welcome), we thoughtlessly accept that, since much of Europe appears to be passive, so it shall remain. But no continent has exported as much misery and slaughter as Europe has done, and chances are better than fair that Europe is simply catching its breath after the calamities it inflicted upon itself in the last century. We last saw widesperad pacifism just before 1914 and again during that half time break in that great European civil war that lasted until 1945 (or 1991 east of the Elbe). Europes current round of playing pacifist dress up was enabled by Americas protection during the Cold War. We allowed our European wards to get away with a minimum number of chores. The United States did (and still does) the dirty work, seconded by our direct ancestor Britian. Even NATO merely obscured how little was asked of Europe. For almost a century the work of freedom and global security has been handeled the great Anglolateral alliance born of a struggle against tyranny of Continental European philosophies hatched on the Rhine and Danube. Our struggle continues today - against fanaticism and terror. It is unlilkely that Europe's present pacifism will last. Indeed, there are many different Europe's. The new Europe in the east understands that freedom has a price and cannot be purchased with appeasment. Southern Europe is undergoing a complex second renaissance. The United Kingdom, for all its grump resentment of the United States, will always align with us in a severe crisis: Our mutual values are far closer than any Briton shares with France or Germany. Anglo-American sparing can be vicious, but outsiders fail to grasp that its a family feud. And the family closes ranks to outsiders. France and Germany are Europes starkest problems (They are also vehemently anti-American). They wish to lead but lack the vision, power and generosity required to build enduring alliances. Germany and France are sick inside, having gobbled up immigrant populations they are unwilling and unable to digest. For all their fabulous critisism of American society ( where their calanders stop at around 1954), th extent of racism and bigotry in Continental Europe rivals that of a long gone American South and threatens to exceed it. Meanwhile, "Old Europe" is rapidly becoming, truly, old Europe. With aging populations, bankrupt retirment systems, arthritic economies, educational stagnation and punitive taxation, it appears at first glance that the continent is headed for senility, for conditions under which its dwindling youth will neither be able to man the continents already enfeebled militaries nor support the overhang of the elderly. Dont bet on a weak, pacifist Europe doing nothing as the immigrant time bombs with explode, while demographic pressures stress its outer borders. Behind all the American scolding and empty swagger Europe is uncertain of its future. And afraid. And when Europe is uncertain and afraid, its impoverished immigrants and neighbors had better start worrying. The most laughable preictions of the the past two centuries have been those forecasting the decline of the West (especially the US). The formal empires may be gone, but the Anglolateral world enjoys power, wealth and freedom without precedent, while continental Euope has never lived so safely or so well as under the Pax Americana. The last half century has been the most prosperous and peacful in European history and Europeans dont want the party to end. But its long past midnight. Europe can no longer afford the lavish social welfare systems it constructed over the decades while America paid the strategic bills without demur. The trouble with Europe is of course, its dark side. If its racist populations feel sufficiently threatend by its Muslim millions within their divided societies and by terror exported from the islamic heartlands, Europe my respon with a cruelty unimaginable to us today. Afterall, Europe is the continent that mastered ethnic cleansing and genocide after a thousand years of practice. We Americans my find ourselves in the unexpected position of confronting the Europe of tomorrow as we try to restrain its barbarities toward Muslims. This should be the true American century where we move atlast beyond the poisonous European divisions of the world and help create a genuine"new world order" - although not one based upon the murderous nonsense of the left. America is the most revolutionary state and culture in history. Now its our turn to export revolution. Scince the end of the Cold War every conflict in which the United States has been involved has been to some degree a legacy of Europes colonial era - including the liberation of that frankenstein's monster of a country Iraq. We are cleaning up the messes left by Paris, Berlin and even London, while Europeans chide us self-righteously. We need to lead the world away from continental Europes cynical approach to human rights, which consists of theatrically mourning the dead but doing nothing to protect those still alive and threatend. Weakness never saved a human life! In an age of global pessimism and fear, Americans still believe that change is not only possible, but likely to be good. Weather we wish it or not, we lead humanity. At times we will have to lead with bayonets,but, more often, we will lead through our ideas. If remain wise and just, as well as resolute, ever more of our fellow human beings will follow willingly. And never forget, America is the worlds essentail force for good. No amount of fashionable anti-Americanism will ever change that.

Sorry what i ment to say was what wouldn't you do for 10 million pounds? would u fight a bear (naked) unarmed with the choice of getting adrenaline shot in the heart to give u the strengh of an animal. just an example. Would u sell your family to be sent to a slavemine where they would be tortured for the rest of their life? Would u passionely tongue someone's hole after they had a dump and also has yeast infection? Would u have sex with your mother/dad and record it and sent it the newspapers and pubicily admit what u did? Would u blow up a bus full of disabled children? Remember these are just examples but please answer each one with a yes/ no but elborate if necessary.

What story should I carry on with? I'm always writing many different stories on the go and I can never seem to stick with them. I have 3 at the moment, I was wondering what you guys thought was best and that I should carry on writing. I usually write for a younger teen audience. I know some people can copy stories - but I'lll probably never get these published anyway. Just something I do for fun. I'll save the web domain in case any one ever claims for the ideas to be theirs. Being Zelda [Genre - Drama - Age - late teen to adult] A story about a middle aged woman that has an alter ego, Zelda that she uses when she writes an agony aunt page for a newspaper. She gets an email from a woman claiming to be having an affair with a married man, which she describes exactly like Zelda's husband. 'Zelda' has a breakdown and goes on a trip to Las Vegas. She meets some interesting characters that all play a part in her road to recovery. Model Behaviour [genre - teen drama - age -young teen] A young Irish teenager gets model scouted and loses touch with reality as she gets caught up in the world of showbiz, and meets some eccentric characters. She forgets what's most important, though - and makes a mistake that could affect her life massively. [Untitled] [Genre - teen drama - Age - young teen] Harmony Greene lives on Sunset Ranch with her former 80s star parents, Clifford and Cassandra, previously known as Cliff & Cassie. She has to bear the humiliation of her eccentric family, until one day her life changes as she gets a record deal. Her parents are sure that she's destined for success - but when her first single flops, her life is switches upside down.

China fueling Sri Lanka ethnic war making it more bloody for monetary gain,India must stop China interference? China fuels Sri Lankan war Sri Lanka, the once self-trumpeted "island of paradise," turned into the island of bloodshed more than a quarter-century ago. But even by its long, gory record, the bloodletting since last year is unprecedented. The United Nations estimates that some 1,200 noncombatants are getting killed each month in a civil war that continues to evoke a muted international response even as hundreds of thousands of minority Tamils have fled their homes or remain trapped behind the front line. With the world preoccupied by pressing challenges, President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, Defense Minister Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, a naturalized U.S. citizen, press on with their brutal military campaign with impunity. The offensive bears a distinct family imprint, with another brother the president's top adviser. Chinese military and financial support — as in Sudan, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uzbekistan, North Korea, Burma and elsewhere — has directly aided government excesses and human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. But with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly emphasizing that the global financial, climate and security crises are more pressing priorities for U.S. policy than China's human rights record, which by her own department's recent admission has "remained poor and worsened in some areas," Beijing has little reason to stop facilitating overseas what it practices at home — repression. Still, the more China insists that it doesn't mix business with politics in its foreign relations, the more evidence it provides of cynically contributing to violence and repression in internally torn states. Sri Lanka is just the latest case demonstrating Beijing's blindness to the consequences of its aggressive pursuit of strategic interests. No sooner had the United States ended direct military aid to Sri Lanka last year over its deteriorating human rights record than China blithely stepped in to fill the breach — a breach widened by India's hands-off approach toward Sri Lanka since a disastrous 1987-90 peacekeeping operation in that island-nation. Beijing began selling larger quantities of arms, and dramatically boosted its aid fivefold in the past year to almost $1 billion to emerge as Sri Lanka's largest donor. Chinese Jian-7 fighter jets, antiaircraft guns, JY-11 3D air surveillance radars and other supplied weapons have played a central role in the Sri Lankan military successes against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (or "Tamil Tigers"), seeking to carve out an independent homeland for the ethnic Tamils in the island's north and east. Beijing even got its ally Pakistan actively involved in Sri Lanka. With Chinese encouragement, Pakistan — despite its own faltering economy and rising Islamist challenge — has boosted its annual military assistance loans to Sri Lanka to nearly $100 million while supplying Chinese-origin small arms and training Sri Lankan air force personnel in precision guided attacks. China has become an enabler of repression in a number of developing nations as it seeks to gain access to oil and mineral resources, to market its goods and to step up investment. Still officially a communist state, its support for brutal regimes is driven by capitalist considerations. But while exploiting commercial opportunities, it also tries to make strategic inroads. Little surprise thus that China's best friends are pariah or other states that abuse human rights. Indeed, with its ability to provide political protection through its U.N. Security Council veto power, Beijing has signed tens of billions of dollars worth of energy and arms contracts in recent years with such problem states — from Burma and Iran to Sudan and Venezuela. In the case of Sri Lanka, China has been particularly attracted by that country's vantage location in the center of the Indian Ocean — a crucial international passageway for trade and oil. Hambantota — the billion-dollar port Chinese engineers are now building on Sri Lanka's southeast — is the latest "pearl" in China's strategy to control vital sea-lanes of communication between the Indian and Pacific Oceans by assembling a "string of pearls" in the form of listening posts, special naval arrangements and access to ports. China indeed has aggressively moved in recent years to build ports in the Indian Ocean rim, including in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma. Besides eyeing Pakistan's Chinese-built port-cum-naval base of Gwadar as a possible anchor for its navy, Beijing has sought naval and commercial links with the Maldives, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar. However, none of the port-building projects it has bagged in recent years can match the strategic value of Hambantota, which sits astride the great trade arteries. China's generous military aid to Sri Lanka has tilted the military balance in favor of government forces, enabling them in recent months to unravel the de facto state the Tamil Tigers had run fo

Hubby needs to be hero to woman who lied to him about me-feels like we were drowning-he grabbed her first ? My husband is overly attached & sympathetic to his (business) cleaning lady. Numerous times he's told me she whines about money problems. He talked both our son and me into hiring her too. She smokes even though she has asthma, and can’t take a breath without coughing. She has him feeling so sorry for her that he compares us and called me a spoiled b. I work fulltime and pull my own weight, nothing was handed to me. He came home one day in a rage, she called him at work to tell him that I told her not to clean our house that week. Again, I am a villian because she needs money. I have no clue where that lie came from. I feel guilty in suspecting he paid her anyway, and that he is probably giving her money, because when I tried to defend myself he yelled that the poor has nothing and I have everything. It hurts that he believes her, not me. The next day I called, she wasn’t home. I left mesg saying I had no idea why she lied to him. I also told her that she was to call me if she had a problem with me, and not bother my husband at work. She quit cleaning for me shortly after that. Maybe she no longer needed my money. A few months later our son let her go. She had charged him nearly three times as much to clean a kitchen and one bathroom, as she had charged him to clean his entire apartment.. She said she had to buy a lot of cleaning supplies but couldn't produce any reciepts. One day when she was supposedly cleaning for my husband, she told him a lot of lies about me. She said I made our son fire her & I was telling everyone that she was going through my personal things & that I told her she wasn’t allowed to bother my husband at work. She went on an on and even said she had a tape recording to prove I said certain things. When I confronted her, it was whoops, it got erased. How convient! I was so blindsided by his verbal attack on me that day, I couldn’t think straight. Over the next few months he became convinced that her husband was behind all the lies, she was an innocent victim. That justified his keeping her on. He has managed to forget that she actually told him most of these lies herself. I was painfully reminded of their attachment when he told me that it is his (shop) business, and none of mine. Where was my knight in shinning armour who should have told her that cleaning the house was my business and not his???. He is now her knight in shinning armour. I’ve delt with depression for 18 mo. I’ve screamed that he is never to mention her or her husband’s name to me again and that they are dead to me. Still, he slips and says “she” occasionally. This reference is just as unwanted. It's a horrible reminder and my stomach knots up all over again. I wonder how special she must feel knowing that she has gotten away with lieing about me. Once he asked me why I was depressed. He probably won't make that mistake again. I tried to explain that his loyalty to her was a disloyalty to me. He screamed and yelled and refused to listen to me, he packed his bags and left. Even though he came back, I can’t shake the feeling that we were drowning and he reached for her. I’m not allowed to get this off my heart so there's no closure. She is an elephant in the room that I have to pretend isn't there. I am too humiliated to attend family gatherings. I can’t bear being anywhere near her. She's the product of my brother's sixth trip down the aisle. My husband suggested I attend and just stay on the other side of the room. How fun, watch her all day and keep out of her way. If it had been a meaningless affair, he would be sorry, I'd get gifts (joking). He would never see her again, I wouldn't be the looser....

I want to report child abuse? I want to report my dad for physical abuse... When he gets drunk he hits my sisters with his belt(10 and 4)for things that i dont see being a huge problem(ex. running around the house, locking thier bedroom doors on accident)he gets very angry at my mom when she tries to calm him down, and me and him are constantly screaming and yelling (almost escalting into a fight) at each other and i know that i shouldnt be yelling at my parents but earlier this week i went to school with a huge bruise on my cheeck because after arguing over him going too far with the hitting he threw his work boots at my face and i felt like that was the last straw... I really wanna report abuse but I don't now how the rest of my family will react and my mom cant support us all by herself... What will happen to us and will we be taken care of i dont know but i'm realling getting to a breaking point and i dont want anybody to get hurt so can someone please help... and for the record i am 15 Please bear with me and read the whole thing i know its long and i know i have to report him but i keep being stopped by these questions thank you

can anybody help? In October of 2005, after Hurricane Katrina, we found an abandoned dog. He was in the fenced back yard of a house that had been foreclosed upon, the owners having simply moved out, leaving this wonderful animal behind to starve. He was hungry, scared and completely covered with dirty, matted fur, yet open and loving. We took him from this horrible situation, got him cleaned up, checked out with a vet and brought him home to try and find a loving family for him. He never left. Bear has been a member of our family ever since that day we found him. This dog was put through so much torment, left outside to die in the worst hurricane on record, and yet he has the most open and loving temperament you have ever seen. In the almost 3 years he has been with us, I have never once seen an aggressive side to his nature. Groomers love him, guests to our house love him and, even when we welcomed our daughter into this world, he would bathe her feet with his kisses. On the morning of June 19th, this loving family member was brutally attacked and mauled by a pit bull. A neighbor tried to help break up the attack and was bitten herself by this out of control animal. As soon as Bear could get away, he stumbled home; bleeding from several gaping wounds, dragging a now useless rear leg behind him. We immediately carried him to the Animal Health Center in Madison, where Dr. BJ Cash began his assessment. Bear had sustained severe trauma to his chest and shoulder areas with crushing bites and deep lacerations. He was missing a large amount of flesh from his right under arm and had lost considerable blood. After X-ray, it was found that while his rear leg was not broken, it had been ripped out of the hip socket and, with the power of the pit bull attack, all of the associated tissue and muscle that should hold it in place had been destroyed. He will need surgery to repair this damage after he his wounds heal somewhat. As of right now, the hospital bills are over $1200.00. We do not have the money for this, nor do we have any monetary means to provide the continued care and medications he will need through this convalescence. The surgery he desperately requires will be thousands of dollars alone. It has been suggested that we just put him down and, after staying up most of the night, I had agreed to. But Bear has never given up. He has always been a loving family member even in the face of the hardships he has been through. So I won't give up either. We would like to ask for donations to help Bear recover. Anything will help. The contact info is: Animal Health Center 1146 Highway 51, Madison, MS 39110 (601)856-8317 Please help us save him. Thanks.

naruto & bleach !? okk ... i have 3 Q ... ansewr which ever u like ... 1. how long does making a naruto episode take ? i mean from where they start the basic things until they record voices ... ( not in english in japanese ) 2. who thinks the last chapter of naruto was soooooooo sad ? i think itachi didnt deserve to die if what madara is saying is true ... but i knew sasuke is gonna go mad ... its too much to bear ...... he just killed his only family ... T_T ... do u think he will go back to konohw ? i think next chapter is about why itachi was weaker when he fought sasuke ... so any predictions or ideas ? 3. when do u think the new bleach fillers happened .. ? i mean it cant be the continues of the last ones ... because in the manga when ichigo defeats itachi the other guy comes, and so many other things happen, and besides ishida and renji where fighting that freaky guy and chad and rukia where injured,so i think it must be before they go to rescue orihime and before she gets kidnapped.. i know the narrator said we will pause the story ... but doesnt this mean that the third squead captain should be killed in the end of this filler ? because what if in the manga they bring someone else for the third division ?

Why do I get ulcers so often? Hiya there, I'm not asking for "how to cure ulcers" 'cause I know salt and bonjela work fine, despite the stinging. I'm also not asking for people to refer me to the dentist/doctor/GP - because I will make a professional appointment sometime soon. However, I'm very prone to getting ulcers and I'd like some suggestions as to why I may be getting them. I currently get around 3 at the same time, in different areas of my mouth, every week or so. As you can imagine, it gets difficult to eat - and I've slowly started losing weight because I just can't bear to eat the amount I should. I'm a 17 year old female with no record of persistent ulcers in my family. I drink alot of orange juice - because I'm wary of my vitamin C, but I'm also aware of the acidity in oranges.. I am almost always stressed.. and I do sometimes miss out on sufficient sleep. I'm also currently taking Cilest - if that's any help aswell. Any suggestions greatly appreciated, thanks =]

We are looking for a Thomas Chehowski's death records and family. He was born 1904, died in 7/28/81? He was living in Jackson, Michigan but were unable to find just what cemetery he was buried in or if he has family left. Is Albion maybe a possibility? That's Albion, Michigan. Thank you

Wat is the Guinness Book of World's Records, record for the most girls born in a row in a family? I'm curious what the record is for having just girls in a family is. Please give the year of the edition you are getting the info from.

Who was the very first family on record? What was the date? This excludes the presidential families.? I want to know about the very first recorded family. I am taking a child welfare course and in my readings actually have surmised that although children were being born, there were no actually recorded families--only orphans, indentured slaves and free child labor.

Searching for family records/family tree etc.? I'm a teen and I currently live in the US, but my whole entire family on both sides lives (and was born) in Poland. ( Which obviously makes me Polish too and I speak it) I'm really interested in finding my family tree or family records, but I really want a free website. I've tried a couple but I'm affraid that some might have some risks or something. Do you have any good, risk free, FREE family tree websites?

How come when I google my family nothing about my family comes up? I'm doing a research baout my ancestors so I can add on my family tree. So i decided to use google to try and see if something comes up. Even though I type my father and mother's name it has nothing to do with them. My mom and dad are both born in asia. Do you have to be born in America to have results. I want to know websites that provide free family records. Thanx!

Family records advice.? I need advice please on who to contact, the Family Records Centre or the National Archives in the UK., with regard to the 1901 census. Louisa Marsh wed William Baker in Brighton Sept. 1894. They had 2 daughters, Louisa born Nov. 23rd 1897. (the other one,dont know her name). William died in Brighton in 1899. I have tried spelling the name all different ways, Backer, Bakor, Bakerr. Bacor, the list goes on all to no avail. Obviously it is some transcript error.I have tried Genes Reunited and 1901 Census On Line. Thank you.

Is it possible to trace Irish Family History if you don't know which area please? I'm researching the Downes family who settled in Newport Shropshire around the 1840's they originated in Ireland and married into Irish born families namely Toole and Fahy. I have no idea how to begin with Irish research. I know a lot of records were burnt. Do I need to know which area of Ireland, and where is the best place to begin please? are the names any kind of clue?

How does one find a birth record on a family memeber born in 1903?

Trying to source info on my Dad family. Need records of Births and Deaths in the 1930's? Tried Web sites but just dead ends, date limited to 1906 in most cases. Trying to find a death and birth certificate for 2 babies born between 1933 and 1937 in the Glasgow area. Both died approx 6 weeks old. dont know where to start. Need to piece together a family puzzle with no real details. No d.o.b, just parents names. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Thanks

Do I have to buy Kingskerswell Family Records? if I want to get any further with my Kingskerswell ancestors?? I've been trying for ages to locate the parents of Jane Guswell born 1806 Kingskerswell Died September 1891 - Kingskerswell I can't locate any christening records for her. I've added a gentleman that seemed could be her father, but that was to see if Ancestry would pull something out. Nothing. I'm at a brick wall. I have all her children, her husband (William Melhuish) etc. but nothing on her parents or siblings. Can anyone help me please.

Who has the most children born to one family on record?

The 1911 Census shows the amount of children born into a family.? It also shows the amount that have died. No names are mentioned nor years of death. Is there any way of finding the names of the dead children? It would appear the children I would like to find, were born, and died, in between Census Records. Mike 1942 - yes I'm in the UK on the UK & Ireland Yahoo Answers site. Thanks for your response though. probably - you made me laugh.. I don't understand how the sites are getting mixed up. Yahoo should get it sorted.

Is it possible to access adoption records from the early 1900s in New York State? I am working on a family genealogy and am trying to find records of my grandfather who was born in 1907 but was subsequently adopted. I believe I know his birth name and his biological father's name, but I don't have a birth certificate for him to see if it was amended with his adopted name. Is there any way to go about doing this?

Where can I get records of Births,Deaths and Marriage's of the Sharman and Holmes Family's from Leicester I am doing a family tree and have got stuck- trying to find information of the SHARMAN and HOLMES Family's all born and lived and died in LEICESTER

How can I find out where a family member was born? I know his first and last name, but that is all. Are there internet sites that have free birth records? I only need to know the city.

does any one know how to get child hood records from family assistence dated 1968-1985? i was born in fresno california in 1963 and my fother got a devorce but the court orderd hem to pay child support in 1968-1985 and like I am try to get citizen ship for my to dother's i have to prove that I lived in the u.s at least five years before they where born and my frist dother was born in 1985

obama birth certificate and medical records and family? can anyone tell me why obamas grandparents have stated they are not "allowed" to talk to the press until after 11/4. or why obama will not allow his medical records to be public. or why on his birth certificate it states "african american" when at the time he was born that was not an option. it was Caucasian or colored. Does anyone else feel like he is the Antichrist. and that in four years we will have a one world bank. a combined state of the north american countries...all that is happening is predicted in the Bible. Read Revelations and see if you see the similarities.

Military Records for family members? Hi to all - how do i find out my Grandads Servcie number and rank when he left the royal navy. He served in world War 2. His name was Alwyn Barratt born 02nd Feb1924, He lived in Manchester most of his life, but i think he came from Bradford? Please help if you can. Thanks

does anybody no a free uk website were i can get to see adoption records? does anybody now any free uk websites were i can research adoption records .? hears the story i am researching my family tree and i have got to my great grandad and i have hit a brick wall .I no he was definitely Born about 1919 and adopted . But most adoption record websites charge ! please help.

I'm trying to do some family history stuff but I'm hitting a wall. I'm trying to find England birth records? I'm trying to find records from the early 1800's. I know this person was born there and I have the year I just don't know the town in which he was born. Is there a website I can go to that would have that kind of information?

Fraser Family Information Manchester/Access to Manchester Parish Records? I am Researching My Family tree in Manchester, and ive got to the point where i need parish records as i am in the early 1800's. At The Moment I am looking for the birth of an Andrew Frazer or Fraser, Born In Manchester In about 1810 (give or take a few years) I have found his marriage on www.lan-opc.org.uk, But am unable to find a birth. Are there any other websites which has these parish records online, or will i have to go to manchester myself to get these records, if so where should i go to? Married Hannah Worsley in 1829 Chlidren: Jane b:1830 in Manchester,Lancashire William b:1837 in Manchester,Lancashire James b:1839 in Halifax,Yorkshire Isabella b:1843 in Manchester,Lancs Mary A b:1848 in Manchester,Lancs Elizabeth b:1850 in Manchester,Lancs

I want to look up records from 1940 to present, for my family tree.? Ancestry.com does not provide census after 1930. Most of the family members I'm look for were born in 1940's on... I can afford to pay for anymore sites. HELP ME, PLEASE

How can I find sealed adoption records and have them unsealed!? The father of my daughters was adopted! He is now deceased and was an only child that we know of. Both of his parents are deceased and their is no extended family to get information. The hospital that he was born at and the adoption was supposedly made is no longer open and no one knows where the records are stored! My daughters have medical issues and need answers and also they would like so sort of extended family. That you for your help. Desperate

Can I request copies of my baby's medical records every time we go to the doctor since we move around? My baby isn't born yet but we move around w/my husband's job so we probably won't always go to the same doctor for checkups. And I don't want to have to bother with records requests, if we're going to only be somewhere for a little bit we may have to just go to a walk-in clinic because a lot of pediatricians and family doctors don't accept kids for one-time visits. What do you think?

Has anyone got full access to 1901 Census records on Genesreunited please? Trying to find family 'William Rankin, born 1869 Holy Island., (wife Agnes, living in Newcastle in 1901 with 6 children,) Nothing showing on Ancestry, but details (pay for view - £5 on Genesreunited). Will readily reciprocate with a search on Ancestry.

How do I unseal my adoption records without my birth parents consent? I do not know any info on birth family.? I know where I was born, but i do not know any information such as any names of my birth family. Has anyone had any success or ideas?

Does anyone know how you can trace your family tree when relatives have been born abroad? My Mum was born in India & my Granny's death was registered there too - we have my Mums birth certificate but cant trace granny's death (grandad died a long time ago so cant ask him, likewise all of granny's other relatives who knew her) - Im trying to trace both granny's death certificate & the birth/death/marriage certificates of other relatives in India. The problem seems to be that Mum was born & granny died (& all the other births/marriages/deaths happened in the 1940's when control of India was being handed back to the people of India & both the British & Indian authorities kept completely different records, neither of which we can find as the people involved weren't in the British military. Any help would be greatly appreciated - Mum's been trying to do this for years but doesnt know where to start so I thought I'd try to help.

How do i find slave schedules or any records for a person who was a slave? Im stuck right now on my family tree because mostly everyone were born before the slavery ended during Slavery in America. Where do i go from there to go back farther into my family tree??

In genealogy, is there a standard way to indicate information is a probability but not a certainty? I am referring to info in family trees. Say I have a relative who's found in the Montgomery County, Ohio census records for every available census he was alive. Each record say he was born in "Ohio" but not Montgomery County, Ohio. I am pretty sure that is where he was born...his family had been there many years before....and he is buried there. But, I do not have proof that this is where he was born or died. So, is there some sort of symbol or something I could put in front of the info (like a tilde or an asterisk) to indicate the info is a probability but not a certainty?

I read that Jesus Christ had brothers and sisters. Who are the descendants of Jesus and his family? Are there any records of the other children born to Mary and Joseph, parents of Jesus Christ? Does the Bible speak of them? Does the Bible speak of their descendants?

Where can I find adoption records from the 1800's in the UK? I'm helping my boyfriend find his family tree and we've stumbled across someone who we think may have adopted, as there was no previous record of him being alive before the 1901 census. All we know is that he was born in 1868 in Bolton, but was christened in Hull. But there's no records from the parish that anyone with that name was, nor was there a person with the same name born in Bolton that year. Any help would be great! He never had a middle name, and didn't appear in any census after 1868 till 1901. He married but there's no record of that either. We found him on ancestry.co.uk, and it says he was christened at St Mattews, then it mention Holy Trinity, which we assumed was the Hull one, since he married someone from Hull. But we can find no parish records of it happening. We're going to have a trip to Bolton and see what we can find lol!

Family Tree Help finding pics and records? I am new to doing a family tree. I have been able to go back to my gg grandfather adn his wife. I am stuck from there. The problem is that the last name is Blevins. In Kentucky there are three sets of Blevins who claim to have no kin. I was told if you go back far enough they are all realted. I really need soem help with this. His name is John Blevins. Born in Tennessee.1856 D. Jun 10 1915 he was a coal miner and a farmer. He married Maletha in 1879 in Pittsburg KY. They had eight children henry mary james lillie johnnie matt billy charlie Matt is my g grandfather. I am looking for pictures and more info in John and Maletha PLEASE HELP!!

How can I find my childhood immumization records? I was born in the mid-fifties and I have lived in numerous places. My family cannot answer my question.

can adoption records from province of nova scotia be found on the internet? I am an adult who was born in Nova Scotia but adopted out to a family who moved to Ontario. My birth mother has died, many years ago. I realize that Ontario's adoption laws have changed recently. Does anyone know if the Province of Nova Scotia's adoption laws have changed as well?

How can I find graves or cremation records? I would like to find the graves of two of my relatives. They are both girls born on the same day. One was a still birth, the other only lived for a few hours. I would like to know where they are buried, or even if they were buried (I don't know if they were cremated or not). It's a very delicate issue in my family so I daren't ask my parents, but i was wondering if the was some resource (that isn't too expensive) that would allow me to find them? Thanks I'm in the UK and they were born in England.

i need history from a old family member whom lived in mexico named brigida alanis born 1845? family searches records for fortune could be worth millions for descendants of jose longoria

How far back can you trace your family? I only know of my grandfather's grandfather and where he came from in England. He was born in the mid 1800s. Do you think I could find out more if I went to England and searched for records? He's from Stroud.

Help tracing family history re: specific family member? I have compiled a family tree and now am looking to further research one of my relatives. However I am now stuck, hopefully someone will be able to provide some advice on the issue. He is listed on the 1881 England Census aged 41 with a spouse and children (born from 1864 through to 1877). No parents are listed so I am unable to trace back any further from this information. The 1881 England census also lists seperate records for his wife and children, just as a note to confirm the family record is complete and correct. He is however not listed on the England census's for 1871, 1861, or 1851. Which is very odd. I have just looked online regarding the 1861 census and noted that there is known missing data for the region in London around where his residence was listed in 1881. I don't know why this would mean he wasn't on the 1871 or 1851 census's though, it's not even that there is slightly differing details, rather that there is no details close at all! How can I find out who his parents were? Also, his birth is listed as: "abt 1840 - Grumboch-Nat British Subject, Preußen" Which I assume means he came over to England from Germany at some point between 1841 and 1864, how can I find out details of this? I am stuck on how to go about tracing this relative any more. By the way I do have an account for the Ancestry website so am able to look at all the records.

How do you inquire about a possible inheritance in Greece? How do you obtain birth records in Greece from 1900? My father was born in Greece in the early 1900's and then his mother sent 3 out of 4 brothers including him to US for safety. Only one brother stayed in Greece. Since then his parents,siblings,siblings children have passed away.I have been told the family had alot of money and I should stake a claim but how do I do that or how do I find out if there is anything there?

how to obtain DEATH RECORDS FROM CUMBERLAND ON MY GRANDPARENTSwho are now DECEASED.begining A FAMILY TREE.? RECORDS FROM 1895 TO 1955 DEATH RECORDS OR MAYBE YOU CAN HELP FINE THEM WITH ME. GRANDFATHER WELBY PARMLEY AND LEA MAE PARMLEY BORN IN 1895 DIED NEAR 1955 MY MOTHER PASSED BEFORE GIVING ANY INFO BELIVED TO BE BURRIED IN CUMBERLAND USA KENTUCKY OR BURKSVILLE KENTUCKY

Family history, where born? Im starting to research family history on my dads side, I have got back to my grandfather, his death record (online) say he was born in 1929, but it doesnt say where. I did get told that my dads side goes back to Germany, but if true, I dont know when this would happen. I cant go ordering birth certificates ad I cant afford it and im not in touch with my dad, does anyone know of any good sites that could help? Thanks! my grandfather died in 2004

is there information that i can look up on my great grandmother other than vital records. that would give me a clue to who she was as a person like pictures, a job. i dont have this information and neither does anyone else in my family or relatives. she was born and raised and died in alabama?

Family history contacts for the name Keehnemund? I am trying to find out about a Fredrick Keehnemund, who lived in Fulham, London. He may have been born in Essen, Germany about 1860. I am a great grand-son. I have his marriage certificate but can find no earlier records in UK census or other registers.

I am trying to find out some history of my family. My fathers mom was born in Poland and is Jewish. How can? I find out more about her. My father does not know much. I have checked a few websites and nothing comes up for her. My fathers says that they destroyed the Jewish records during WW2. Can someone tell me where to go???

how can i look up death records in michigan 1965 for free? I'm trying to find out information on my grandmother.she was born in michigan and also died in michigan.in 1965.i'm doing a family tree with ancestry.com and i'm stuck.i need some where to look up free vital record.

Are stillborn births recorded anywhere? I can't find my sister in BMD records where else would I look? I am researching my family tree & my mother told me she had a baby girl many years before me but she was still born I would like to find out when.

I am looking for information the William Balfour family? William Balfour was born: 1720 in England January 29, 1738 William Balfour was authorized 20 pounds by a Treasury Order to go to Virginia as a minister. Record source: Treasury Miscellanea, Order Books, General, 1738-1743 On August 25th 1738 Gov. Gooch Wrote: "My Lord, I had a Letter the other Day from Mr. Balfour wherein he desires me, now he is in Possession of a Parish, to acquaint Your Lordship with it, Your Lordship having promised him, upon a Line from me setting forth his Settlement here, to procure for him the Royal Bounty, which he had not when Your Lordship Ordained him. He is a very honest deserving Man, and I dare say will prove a diligent Minister. I am, Your Lordship's most dutiful and most obedient humble Servant WILL: GOOCH August 25th 1738 endorsed Gov. Gooch -----Balfour" Record Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol XXXIII, 1925 1745 Rev. Mr. Balfour is arraigned by the vestry for drunkenness, swearing, and other vices, and nothing more is heard of him Record source: Old Churches ministers and Families of Virginia by Bishop William Meade What I am hoping for is records and or information on his: Parentage Wife Children William Balfour's children changed their name to “Belflower” And / or “Bellflower” (I have lots of information on them!) The Birth date for William Balfour could be wrong; it came from an old family bible. He would have been ordained by the CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Can anyone find Records of him in England?

Where/ How can I find records about my birth mother? I am twenty two yrs old and was adopted before I was born I believe. I was born on July 18, 1987. My birth mother was fifteen I believe when she had me. I have just started to get curious about her and the rest of my biological family, but as everyone else I do not have great financial status to pay for things. I was born in Richmond, VA. If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

I am doing Family History. In 1880 what and where is Union House, Saunderton? Do the records still exist? I have just discovered my grandmother was born there. Her mother was not married. I would like more details of the place if possible.

I need to know where I can find immigration records? I am looking for John Schweder born (18 May 1834) in Mecklenburg, Germany and died (3 Nov 1899) in Freeport, Illinois. I would like to know where and when he and his family left Germany and which port they came to in the U.S. I would even be helpful if you know which port in Germany he could have possibly used.

how to find my native american cherokee heritage so i can claim it? I am applying to law school in a year and have a much better chance of getting in if I can claim I am native american. Does anyone know the best place to start? I know my great grandparents on both sides of my family were born on the reservation but don't know how to access records (neither do any other family members). Please don't answer with a critique or judgement on the morality of my claiming it on my app. If it wasn't for affirmative action (which is completely immoral) then this wouldn't be necessary and we could evaluate people on their credentials alone, not by the color of their skin. Unfortunately, I don't want to be discriminated against for this. Sorry for the tangent, thanks for your help, hope to hear from you soon!

How can I research records for the town of Toby near Mustasaari, Finland. Searching for birth records.? My great-grandmother was born in Toby outside of Mustasaari Finland on August 14, 1874. I would like records of her birth and family. It looks like a small town. Thank you dearly Susan --kind person who helped answer my first question!

Is this proof of Hispanics strong family values? A new report out from the Pew Hispanic Center confirms what many observers already suspected about the illegal immigrant population in the United States: It is made up increasingly of intact families and their American-born children.Nearly half of illegal immigrant households consist of two-parent families with children, and 73 percent of these children were born here and are therefore U.S. citizens. The hard-line immigration restrictionists will, no doubt, find more cause for alarm in these numbers. But they should represent hope to the rest of us. One of the chief social problems afflicting this country is the breakdown in the traditional family. But among immigrants, the two-parent household is alive and well. Only 21 percent of native households are made up of two parents living with their own children. Among legal immigrants, the percentage of such households jumps to 35 percent. But among the illegal population, 47 percent of households consist of a mother, a father and their children. Age accounts for the major difference in household composition between the native and foreign-born populations: Immigrants, especially illegal immigrants, tend to be younger, while the native population includes large numbers of older Americans whose children have already left home. But out-of-wedlock births and divorce, which are more common among the native born – especially blacks, but also Hispanics and whites – also mean that even young native households with children are more likely to be headed by single women than immigrant households are. But the greater concern for some opponents of immigration – legal and illegal – is the fear that these newcomers will never fully adapt, won't learn English, will remain poor and uneducated, and transform the United States into a replica of Mexico or some other Latin American country. The same fears led Americans of the mid-19th century to fear German and Irish immigrants, and in the early 20th century to fear Italians, Jews, Poles, and others from Eastern and Southern Europe. Such worries are no more rational today – or born out of actual evidence – than they were a hundred years ago. It is true that Hispanic immigrants today take awhile to catch up with the native born just as their European predecessors did, and illegal immigrants never fully do so in terms of education or earnings. But there is still some room for optimism in the Pew Hispanic report. Nearly half of illegal immigrants between the ages of 18-24 who have graduated from high school attend college. A surprising 25 percent of illegal immigrant adults have at least some college, with 15 percent having completed college. And although earnings among illegal immigrants are lower than among either the native population or legal immigrants, they are far from destitute. The median household income for illegal immigrants was $36,000 in 2007 compared with $50,000 for native-born households. And illegal immigrant males have much higher labor force participation rates than the native born, 94 percent compared with 83 percent for U.S.-born males. The inflow of illegal immigrants has slowed substantially since the peak, which occurred during the economic boom of the late 1990s, not in recent years, contrary to popular but uninformed opinion. The Pew Hispanic Center estimates there are nearly 12 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S. now, a number that has stabilized over the last few years as a result both of better border enforcement and the declining job market. As a result, there might never be a better time to grapple with what to do about this population than right now. The fact that so many illegal immigrants are intertwined with American citizens or legal residents, either as spouses or parents, should give pause to those who'd like to see all illegal immigrants rounded up and deported or their lives made so miserable they leave on their own. A better approach would allow those who have made their lives here, established families, bought homes, worked continuously and paid taxes to remain after paying fines, demonstrating English fluency, and proving they have no criminal record. Such an approach is as much about supporting family values as it is granting amnesty. Nearly half of illegal immigrant households consist of two-parent families with children, and 73 percent of these children were born here and are therefore U.S. citizens. The hard-line immigration restrictionists will, no doubt, find more cause for alarm in these numbers. But they should represent hope to the rest of us. One of the chief social problems afflicting this country is the breakdown in the traditional family. But among immigrants, the two-parent household is alive and well. Only 21 percent of native households are made up of two parents living with their own children. Among legal immigrants, the percentage of such households jumps to 35 percent. But among the illegal population, 47 percent of househol

where can i find court Marshall records in 1827 Belam Portugal William Wilkins? hello all , am researching family histroy, have ship indent , ticket of leave, marriage certifcate., of william wilkins born aprrox 1805 . he came to australia as convict for desertion he is recorded as soldier,boatsmain, labourer. trying to solve the pre 1827 & 1827-1829 details- one of HOdocuments says voyage left 18 nov 1828 , yet i have him registered as leaving London on Lord Melville 11 (first voyage) in 3 jan 1829 any guidnace for the portugal stage deeply apprectited best wishes to all from claire

i live in hou.tx 1977 born records show bloodTypeB-,had a child 03' now it showsA+:i even doubledChecked ther Please help.. i am so confused..where do i start my search. Blood test cost alot!! i am thinking a am A+ since i just had my baby. Where do i start my search. Some1 please help me out my family isnt taking me serious. Where do i call since i was born in 1977 at stJoseph hospital in hou.tx.

Where can I search records from Alsace-Lorraine before 1792? I am working on a genealogy for my family and I have worked back as far as a John Adams Pirson, born around 1780 in the Alsace-Lorraine region of France. He, his wife and at least one child came over to NY in 1830. I have very sketchy records of his wife's (Marie Elizabeth Schmidt) family being from the area as well. I also have a little information that shows some connection, marriage or otherwise, to a Brua family. Also, I have information that says John and Marie were married in 1802 in "Hirshland or Saarlouis." I don't know if these are regions or towns or what and I don't know where to search beyond what I have. Can anyone help me clear up the information I have and point me in the right direction?

I can't find any birth records on my grandpa. Could he be adopted? I found all kinds of information on my mom's side of my family. I also found allot of information on my dad's, mom's side. But I came up agenst a wall when it comes to my dad's, dad's side. The earliest information I can find on him is the 1920 cences. His death ticket said he was born in 1915. But does not say where. His military records say he was divorced when he was inlisted. I can't find proof of that eather. I am still looking for more information on that subject. I even got help from the lady at the library. She could not find any information on him eather. And she is an expert on geneology. She teaches classed on it. Nothing is adding up. Where should I go from here? Oh,sorry Windy. My uncle told me thay where his grandparents. But he also told me that grandpa's dad's name was William Wright. But I could not find one in that time frame. The people who had my grandpa in 1920 where in there late 60's. I know that Allen Shoemaker died in 1929.

How do you look up family back ground without paying for it? I have my grandfathers name date of birth and death and where he was born, And that is where it stops I have his fathers first two letters of his first name same last.I can' go back any further. And these web sites that want you to pay can't give me what I already have there a rip off. I stumbled on what I have by looking up my grand fathers military record and it gave me his draft card that gave me his date of birth and his place of birth and I was way off on where I thought he was from and from that I got his date and place of birth and social security number and thats where I am . I want to go further back any help out there That doesn't cost me they are rip off they don't have as much as I do. But will put the inf out there to see if any body can find anything OK this is what I have. Samuel Ruby McKnight, May 10 1900 at Prince George Virgina died Jan 1983 in sulfur Okla. His father was C.A. McKnight of Hopewell VG.

Theodore A Stamas immergration records Naples to New York? T. Stamas was born Mytelene Greece/Turkey April 2, 1895, came to us on Queen Victoria with his parents and family, from naples to NY but that is all i have.

How could I trace my roots being adopted when the adoption process was such that all records were sealed? All I know about my real mom was that she was young and had red hair, I know nothing about my biological father other than he may be of Spanish or Mexican decent. I was born in Helena, Montana in 1970. My birth certificate has only info of my adoptive parents. I have always wondered where I come from. Hell I dont even no if cancer runs in the family. My kids roots basically start with me.

Can anyone help me with information on tracking down lost family members? I am looking for 2 sisters that I've never met. They were adopted before I was born. I'm looking for information on how to go about finding them.The state iI live in and they were born in has sealed records. Is there any other way I could go about finding information that would help me find them?

birth and military records of my father? I am 41 years old. I have not seen or heard from my father since I was 18 years old. He was born in 1937, and may or may not be alive. I have tried to locate birth records, etc., about him, but have been unable to find anything online (ancestry.com, etc.) I don't know much of anything about his family (mother/father/siblings all unknown). Where can I start to get information to piece together his background?

i am doing my family ancestry and one was born in [and this is how it appears on record] chattishmptory devon? can anyone help please it was on a 1901 census form! chettishcombe sounds likely, thanks

Can I prove Native American decent if the Native members of my family were born in Mexico? On my mother's side, my family has all been Apache Indian. The line has very little white in it, making me nearly 50% Apache. I want to gain tribal membership, but that requires proof that those in my family are Apache. But all of my Apache family was born in Mexico, in the northern area, near the border. I'm pretty sure they have different laws about Native people down there, and don't keep record (as far as I know). I have pictures and family trees, but would they work here in the states?

i want to order a death certificate? i want to order a death certificate but after looking on ancestery.com/co.uk and all the other usual sites i can not find details of the death (name and page number etc)on the persons whos certificate i want to order. i know this person has died and the date he was born. family members do not know when he died. can anyone tell me why i cant find his death records anywhere please? His name was Thomas Gravett he was born in 1848 in Southampton, Hampshire, UK.

Hey Mormons: Can the public have Romneys Military records from the "War in Heaven"? According to McConkie in "Mormon Doctrine", Those who fought bravely in the "War in Heaven" were awarded the priveledge of being born with white skin and the super brave ones were born to LDS families. Following that illogic, Romney must have been some kind of commanding General. America desperately needs that kind of leadership now because of Iraq. Can someone ask your "One and Only True Prophet" to release Romneys military records to us so we can get him voted into office ASAP? Romney is a former Stake President. Total hard core Mormon. Whatever Gordy tells him to do he will do it. That means yes he does wear his magic underwear.

Can anyone give me additional information on Sophia Elizabeth Tait (abt 1815-1855)? According to Ancestry.com, the 1850 US Census, and family records, Sophia was born about 1815 in Gwinett County, Georgia, and died July 5, 1855, in Lafayette, Walker, Georgia. She maried Dr. Robert Burton Dickerson on April 5, 1836, in Lafayette, Walker, Georgia. Her children were Robert A. Dickerson (b. 1845), Marcus Irwin Dickerson (1847-1918), Thomas S. Dickerson (b. 1849), and David E. Dickerson b. 1853). I'm the great granddaughter of Marcus Dickerson, who moved to Elmo, Kaufman,Texas, immediately after the American Civil War. I would like to know more about Sophia as well as about Marcus' brothers and any maternal grandparents he might have.

Does anyone know where to obtain adoption records from around 1960 in Sydney? my mum was born in monavale hospital, sydney in 1960 and was put up for adoption, she doesnt know where or how old she was when she was adopted. but i want to now my family history. my mum has never tried looking for her real parents, but i think its time we try. Both her adoptive parents have passed away now and i dont think in those days it was compulsary to leave your details, so can anyone help me find somewhere you can search for records or children adopted or even chirldren born in that hospital. thanks.

Biggest family ever.....? I'm just wondering where I can find the largest family of natural born children between a man a woman is. I checked the Guinness book of world records and they did not have anything.

Finding records on A Hugo(t) from Lorraine France? I am trying to find records on Amand Hugo(t) who was the son of Francois Hugo(t) and Catherine Bergeonoi(r)s. According to his biography he was a cousin of the poet Victor Hugo and came to the US in 1849 with his mother, brothers and sisters. He was born in 1837 in the French province of Lorraine. I have all sorts of records on him in the US and doubt I have left a stone unturned here. But I need to find the town that he came from in France so that i can find the records on the rest of his family. I can't figure out GeneaNet--wierdest site i've ever tried to search--so if anyone can access any databases in France and help me find the family I would really appreciate any help. I have his passenger records. He came through New York long before Ellis Island opened. He and his family arrived on 16 oct 1849. But the passenger list only tells us that they came from France. I pulled visa records from France but there aren't any for this family. The info I need isn't in the U.S. and isn't in the common websites cuz I've been thru them all every month for over 2 years. I need to find the records in France but haven't figured out how to find them and hope someone can tell me where to look. All I can find is GeneaNet and it's really hard to use. btw--francoise is a woman's name and i need francois which is a man's name.

Finding geneaology records in Portugal? My family migrated through two Portuguese colonies on two continents in the past 90 years. We've managed to trace our roots to the area Lamego in the Douro, Portugal in the 1800s. I understand that the records (birth/death/marriage/ baptism ) of those born in this area are held in Lamego. Is this true? Can someone tell me were to write in Lamego for this family information? I also understand that the records of those born in the former Portuguese colonies were transferred to Lisbon, Portugal. Does anyone know where to write for these records? Thanks for your help!