Model Train Magazine Knowledge Base
What is the difference between a BELT line and a TRUNK line? I was flipping through some old Model Train magazines, and I came across an article about how this guy made a layout where there was an interchange between a City Belt Line and a Trunk Line. I get that a Belt line connects the different railroads in the city to each other (Like the Belt Railway of Chicago, or the Indiana Harbor Belt) but I dont know what a TRUNK line really is (like the Grand Trunk Western). Can someone explain to me what one is? I would rather appreciate it. =]
can I still get in absolute perfect shape before summer? Okay if I watch my calorie intake,cut out sugars and soda,do cardio 3-5 times a week 30 min each time, and weight train 2-3 days a week for 30 brisk minutes each time would I be able to get in perfect (magazine model) shape my the middle of june? is a month and a half enough time? i'm 5'6'' and 125 pounds and i'm 16 so do you think I have a chance.
Is anyone here,an enterprising or work for ebony/Jet magazine? I'm am 14 years old and I'm interested in being a business manager for performers or Athletes. I also want to be an publisher for Ebony/Jet magazine,Vibe, Crisis,Sister 2 Sister, or The source . I'm writing a Dream Job essay at my high school[Business, Computer Applications And Entrepreneurship Magnet H.S] an I have to interveiw somebody who works in the feild I want to work in. 1. What are the Qualifications - including training, special skills or experience? 2.What is the working environment while on the job? 3.What are the educational requirements? 4. How much would you make in a year? 5. Are you really passionate about this career?If so why? 6.On your first interview how, did you feel. And what where some of the questions they ask? 7.What was best moment in your life that stand out for you as Buisnesswoman or man? 8. Who is your role model?[my role model is John H.Johnson. Because he came from provety to the founder of Ebony/Jet Magazine] Thank for your time
Is anyone here works in the field of enterprising or work for a magazine company? I'm am 14 years old and I'm interested in being a business manager for performers or Athletes. I also want to be an publisher for Ebony/Jet magazine,Vibe, Crisis,Sister 2 Sister, or The source . I'm writing a Dream Job essay at my high school[Business, Computer Applications And Entrepreneurship Magnet H.S] an I have to interveiw somebody who works in the feild I want to work in. 1. What are the Qualifications - including training, special skills or experience? 2.What is the working environment while on the job? 3.What are the educational requirements? 4. How much would you make in a year? 5. Are you really passionate about this career?If so why? 6.On your first interview how, did you feel. And what where some of the questions they ask? 7.What was best moment in your life that stand out for you as Buisnesswoman or man? 8. Who is your role model?[my role model is John H.Johnson. Because he came from provety to the founder of Ebony/Jet Magazine] Thank for your tim
Is it possible to flatten your belly without diet but only doing workouts regularly? Ok here's my scenario , I am 19 years old and my belly is around 34 . My goal is two loose two inches of my belly or even better just have a 4 packs (not even a 6 pack) . To be honest I cannot follow those "super" diets recommended by those Men's magazine but what I can guarantee is that i can avoid alcohol in parties . Also i exercise almost 6 times a day (3 times 45 min. of cardio w/ push-ups and crunches and 2 times 20 min cardio w/ weight training which includes a whole body split workout) . My goal is to have a almost modeled type bod. Do you think i am doing the right things and is it possible for me to achieve my goals tnxxxxx .
How do i put the bolt back in my romanian training rifle? I have a rimfire .22 bolt action model 1976 Romanian training rifle. I know quite abit about rifles but for some reason this thing has me stumped. it almost looks as the the magazine well is blocking it from reinsertion. any comments would be appreciated thank you tried that, its not working its stuck on the body of the the magazinewell. the rimfire firing pin is getn stuck on the sheet metal
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What are my chances of getting into Columbia ? U of Chicago? Georgetown? School Very Prestigious Private School GPA 3.9 out of 4 SAT Haven't taken yet Co-currics Varsity Baseball team Play guitar (5 years of private lessons and play at school concerts) 10 years of Saturday morning Polish School Columnist for school magazine Recreational Badminton team Member of Science Club Member of World Affairs CLub Model UN club Member of Weight-training club Comm Service Worked at healthcare centre Head of Communications at an International Science Fair Canvasser for local Politician Extra-co-currics Saturday Morning Polish School (STudent for 13 years) I take the IB diploma (basically its extra-extra-AP)
Dumb Criminals. Star If You Like? DUMB CRIMINALS Real Crimes Committed By Dumb Criminals Chicago: A man was wanted for throwing bricks through jewelry store windows and making off with the loot. He was arrested last night after throwing a brick into a Plexiglas window...the brick bounced back, hit him in the head and knocked him cold until the police got there. Portsmouth, RI: Police charged Gregory Rosa, 25, with a string of vending machine robberies in January when he: 1. fled from police inexplicably when they spotted him loitering around a vending machine and 2. later tried to post his $400 bail in coins. When Stan Caddell wanted to wash his Chevrolet, he backed the car into a foot of water in the Mississippi River at Hannibal, Missouri. When he got out to clean the car, it floated away. Police were able to retrieve the vehicle some distance downstream. According to an officer on the scene, no action would be taken against the driver because "you can't ticket a guy for being stupid..." Kentucky: Two men tried to pull the front off a cash machine by running a chain from the machine to the bumper of their pickup truck. Instead of pulling the front panel off the machine, though, they pulled the bumper off their truck. Scared, they left the scene and drove home. With the chain still attached to the machine. With their bumper still attached to the chain. With their vehicle's license plate still attached to the bumper. A bank robber in Bumpus, Tenn., handed a teller the following note: "Watch out. This is a rubbery. I hav an oozy traned on your but. Dump the in a sack, this one. No die packkets or other triks or I will tare you a new naval. No kwarter with red stuff on them, too." Dr. Creon V.B. Smyk of the Ohio Valley Educational Council says such notes are, lamentably, the rule. "Right across the board, we see poor pre-writing skills, problems with omissions, tense, agreement, spelling and clarity," he moaned. Smyk believes that the quality of robbery notes could be improved if criminals could be taught to plan before writing. "We have to stress organization: Make an outline of your robbery note before you write it," he said. "Some of the notes get totally sidetracked on issues like the make, model and caliber of the gun, number of bullets, etc., until one loses sight of the main idea -- the robbery." A lawyer defending a man accused of burglary tried this creative defense: "My client merely inserted his arm into the window and removed a few trifling articles. His arm is not himself, and I fail to see how you can punish the whole individual for an offense committed by his limb." "Well put," the judge replied. "Using your logic, I sentence the defendant's arm to one year's imprisonment. He can accompany it or not, as he chooses." The defendant smiled. With his lawyer's assistance he detached his artificial limb, laid it on the bench, and walked out. A man in Orange County Municipal Court had been ticketed for driving alone in the carpool lane. He claimed that the four frozen cadavers in the mortuary van he was driving should be counted. The judged ruled that passengers must be alive to qualify. A man was arrested for stealing a car. When he was taken to court for his arraignment the judge asked, how do you plead? Instead of saying guilty or not guilty the man said: "Before we go any further, judge, let me explain why I stole the car." The judge ruled in record time. A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him. After drinking a little too much, Stewart Butcher went to sleep on a West Virginia railroad track. A while later, something woke him-- a 15 car coal train. "I raised up," said Stewart, "and it knocked me out..." An Australian man accused of murdering his wife can't seem to get his story straight. June Mathew, John Rushton's second wife, testified that Rushton told her his first wife died of a heart attack, ran off with a Baptist minister after committing 55 acts of adultery, and drowned after being washed overboard. Rushton also claimed he was a nuclear physicist, a naval commander, and had been knighted for saving the Queen's life. Mathew, who was married to Rushton for five years, believed him because he was a "good talker..." but those pesky microtremors finally gave him away... An off-duty police officer in Newark, NJ, had a pistol-shaped cigarette lighter, which he had been using all night while drinking at a local tavern. After many hours and drinks, he apparently mistook his 32 revolver for the lighter. When he went to light his cigarette, he shot and killed John Fazzola, who was seated 5 stools away at the bar... An unidentified man in Buenos Aires pushed his wife out of an eighth-floor window but his plan to kill her failed when she became entangled in some power cables below. Seeing she was still alive, the man jumped and tried to land on top of her. He missed... Ann Arbor: The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 7:50am, flashed a gun and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away. Arizona: A company called "Guns For Hire" stages gunfights for Western movies, etc. One day, they received a call from a 47-year-old woman, who wanted to have her husband killed. She got 4-1/2 years in jail. Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. Seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. The whole event was caught on videotape. Baggy clothes may save your life: a 13-year-old boy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia fell 130 feet from his hi-rise apartment and survived with only minor injuries. Witnesses said Daniel Gurgus' baggy sweater caught tree branches on the way down... remember, kids, just say no to Spandex... Burglars in Larch Barrens, Md., tried to cut through a safe using a Laser Tag gun. Carlos Diaz of New York got 18 years to life for committing a series of robberies by pretending a zucchini hidden under his jacket was a gun... England: A German "tourist," supposedly on a golf holiday, shows up at customs with his golf bag. While making idle chatter about golf, the customs official realizes that the tourist does not know what a "handicap" is. The customs official asks the tourist to demonstrate his swing, which he does--backward! A substantial amount of narcotics was found in the golf bag. Germany: Oil of Olay no longer turning the trick for her, a woman decided that she would bathe in the milk of a camel (a modern-day Cleopatra). So she stole a camel from the local zoo (where *else* can you find a camel when you need one?) and transported it back to her house--where she realized that the camel's name was "Otto." (Editor's Note 2: She might not have gotten much milk from Otto, but she probably made a friend for life while trying to ...) In Bent Forks, Ill., kidnapers of ice-cube magnate Worth Bohnke sent a photograph of their captive to Bohnke's family. Bohnke was seen holding up a newspaper. It was not that day's edition and, in fact, bore a prominent headline relating to Nixon's trip to China. This was pointed out to the kidnapers in a subsequent phone call. They responded by sending a new photograph showing an up-to-date newspaper. Bohnke, however, did not appear in the picture. When this, too, was refused, the kidnapers became peevish and insisted that a photograph be sent to them showing all the people over at Bohnke's house holding different issues of _Success_ magazine. They provided a mailing address and were immediately apprehended. They later admitted to FBI agents they did not understand the principle involved in the photograph/newspaper concept. "We thought it was just some kind of tradition," said one. Educators agree that such mix-ups point to poor reasoning and comprehension skills, ignorance of current events, and failure to complete work in the time allotted. Indiana: A man walked up to a cashier at a grocery store and demanded all the money in the register. When the cashier handed him the loot, he fled--leaving his wallet on the counter. Industrial thieves broke into the Bilgetek plant in Canasta, Wash., by crossing a metal catwalk and then blew it up, having forgotten it was their only means of escape. Joseph Owens of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, didn't think police were listening to his complaints that someone was harassing him, so he came up with a brilliant plan. Owens convinced his friend to shoot him in the shoulder with a shotgun so police would take him seriously. After a trip to the emergency room, Owens faces up to four years in prison for filing a false police report...next time, a little higher and to the left... Lake City, Florida: Karen Lee Joachimi, 20, was arrested for robbery of a Howard Johnson's motel. She was armed with only an electric chainsaw, which was not plugged in. New York: As a female shopper exited a convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police had apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the cruiser and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes Officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from." Newark: A woman was reporting her car as stolen, and mentioned that there was a car phone in it. The policeman taking the report called the phone, and told the guy that answered that he had read the ad in the newspaper and wanted to buy the car. They arranged to meet, and the thief was arrested. Rustlers in Spavin, N.D., made off with three Saint Bernard dogs, a stationary bicycle and the visiting in-laws of a farmer, after having failed to correctly identify the valuable cattle on the premises.
I did this paper and looked over it can somoene check it again for me? The period from the 1870’s to the 1890’s is often referred to as the gilded age rich vulgar, and corrupt this was the era of America’s natural adolescence. The U.S made its 1st forays into international affairs and empire building however, the excesses of this time gave rise to a popular movement for reform progressivism. The progressives were a varied group from many social economic and political backgrounds. Yet despite the differences they were able to unite around several common themes not the least of which were rights for women, growth pf progressivism, and social; welfare. Women's struggle for suffrage took many years. Women were not allowed to vote in the United States until the required number of states ratified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920. But women had sought the right to vote for much of the 1800's. Pioneers such as Susan B. Anthony continued the push for women's voting rights through the end the century, and women such as Martha Carey Thomas continued the struggle into the 1900's. One of the first public appeals for woman suffrage came in 1848. Two reformers, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, called a women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y., where Stanton lived. The men and women at the convention adopted a Declaration of Sentiments that called for women to have equal rights in education, property, voting, and other matters. The declaration, which used the Declaration of Independence as a model, said, "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. Equally significant to progressive-era reform were the crusading journalists, known as muckrakers. These journalists revealed to middle class readers the evils of economic privilege, political corruption, and social injustice. Their articles appeared in McClure’s Magazine and other reform periodicals. Some muckrakers focused on corporate abuses. Ida Tarbell, for instance, exposed the activities of the Standard Oil Company. In The Shame of the Cities ,Lincoln Steffens dissected corruption in city government. In Following the Color Line ,Ray Stannard Baker criticized race relations. Other muckrakers assailed the Senate, railroad practices, insurance companies, and fraud in patent medicine. Novelists, too, revealed corporate injustices. Theodore Dreiser drew harsh portraits of a type of ruthless businessman in The Financier and The Titan. In The Jungle Socialist Upton Sinclair repelled readers with descriptions of Chicago’s meatpacking plants, and his work led to support for remedial legislation. Leading intellectuals also shaped the progressive mentality. In The Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen attacked the “conspicuous consumption” of the wealthy. Educator John Dewey emphasized a child-centered philosophy of pedagogy, known as progressive education, which affected schoolrooms for three generations. Social Welfare in the late 19th Century was altering during the years and these are significant procedures that took place during the years .The Salvation Army is founded in the United States after William Booth established it in London in 1878.Clara Barton organizes the American Asso¬ciation of the Red Cross, which is renamed the American National Red Cross in 1893 and the American Red Cross in 1978.Booker T Washington founds the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, a leading black educational institution that emphasizes industrial training as a means to self-respect and economic independence for African Americans. The Federal Civil Service Commission is established. Germany under Bismarck, inaugurates accident, sickness, and old age insurance for work¬ers, influencing future U.S. worker demands for social welfare measures. The first special class for "mentally defi¬cient" people in an American public school is established in Providence, Rhode Island volunteers of America are founded. The first state hospital for crippled chil¬dren is founded in Minnesota. The first social work training school is established as an annual summer course for agency workers by the New York Charity Organiza¬tion Society, which in 1904 becomes the New York School of Philanthropy (and later the Columbia University School of Social Work .The National Federation of Day Nurseries is organized. The first US juvenile court is established in June as part of the Circuit Court of Chicago. All of these aspects effected the maturation of the United States. If anyone of the instances had not occurred the United States would be an altered and chaotic place. More than likely would resemble that of a third world country such as Iraq in which the government has its hands in everything. Which would probably have changed the world as we know it? Imagine women in the United States had to wear cloth over there face which could have been possible if suffrage had not taken place. Children my age working 20 hour jobs because there was no Child labor laws created. Finally think of working people dying of meat poising and families living in houses built for 1 person and bosses not caring about employees. This would have been reality if there was no Gilded Age or rise of Progressivism.
WARNING :Diamond Productions, Inc. aka Diamond Productions Talent Booking aka Commercial Cast (http://www.comm STAY AWAY FROM THIS SO CALL MODELING AGENCY. THEY SCAM BOTH ME AND MY SON.PLEASE READ BELOW Easy Background Check Diamond Productions, Inc. aka Diamond Productions Talent Booking aka Commercial Cast (http://www.commercialcast.org/) by Christina Aston Superb "Magazine"; Animations "International" March 15, 2005 [Last Updated: September 13, 2005] Addresses 5602 Baltimore National Pike Suite 200 Catonsville, MD 21228 3500 Dolfield Ave. Box 68012 Baltimore, MD 21215 2226 MADISON AVENUE BALTIMORE, MD 21217 Inquiries Several people, both parents and aspiring models and actors, have asked about Diamond Productions, wanting to know if it is legit. The following information was developed in response to public interest. Report March 15, 2005 [Last Updated: September 13, 2005] Ownership/Leadership Diamond Productions Talent Booking is owned and operated by Christina Aston, an aspiring actress in Baltimore, MD. Website The Diamond Productions website is not www.diamondproductions.com, but www.commercialcast.org. Licensing/Bonding It was confirmed in March 2005 by the Maryland Department of Labor that Diamond Productions does not need a license (state licensing requirement was repealed in April 2003), but it does have to pay a surety bond in the amount of $7,000, and it has paid this fee. Diamond Productions, therefore, can do business as a modeling and talent agency in Maryland. However, one of the prohibited acts under the employment law for talent agencies is charging registration fees or advance fees: "An employment agency may not. . . . charge a client a registration fee or collect in advance from a client a payment for service to be performed for the client to obtain employment." Consumer Comments Consumers have reported Diamond Productions asked them to pay a registration fee in the amount of $75.00. This was called a job guarantee fee. BBB The Better Business Bureau (at the time of writing) received complaints, but it has no unresolved complaints. However, the BBB also noted Diamond Productions has not been forthcoming about basic business information: "The Bureau has requested basic information from this company. The Bureau has not received a response." Comments Before doing business or giving money away, consumers should ask Diamond Productions what information they refused to give the BBB and why. The BBB's standard request for information is not invasive and only intended to protect the public, and most companies provide the requested information. Background Diamond Productions claims it has been in business for 10 years (http://commercialcast.org/sys-tmpl/faqaboutus/) [March 15, 2005]. The website of the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation, however, records it was registered in 1998: "Date of Formation or Registration: 09/10/1998." The record also showed DP's status was "Forfeited," which means "its existence has been ended by the State for some delinquency." The details for DP: "THE ENTITY WAS FORFEITED FOR FAILURE TO FILE PROPERTY RETURN FOR 1999." "Good standing": "No." References All of the references or "Testimonials" DP provided on its website were html text which could not be verified. You cannot tell if they were made up. The About Us page did not provide the names and testimony of any industry leaders or major clients recommending CommercialCast and its unusual practices. Unusual Practices Diamond Productions aka CommercialCast is not your typical modeling and talent agency. In fact, after reviewing many different modeling companies, it is fair to say there is nothing like Diamond Productions. It is quite unusual, and not in an obviously good way. For example, DP says it is not an agency (even though the Maryland law defines an agency as a company that "provides a client with information to enable the client to obtain employment"), but it has paid the surety bond, which is required of every employment (modeling/talent) agency. A model on one modeling website, CurvyChick.com, sarcastically called Diamond Productions a "'non-agent' agency." It is also called Diamond Productions Talent Booking, according to the BBB. Booking agencies for modeling and acting jobs typically charge no fees for anything before talent works. DP charges a registration fee and charges talent for several extra services. Typically modeling agencies always take a commission, usually 20%; whereas DP says it does not collect any commission. DP says it also does "a phone audition service which guarantees talent participation in on-the-spot auditions." (http://commercialcast.org/sys-tmpl/animationsinternational/) [March 15, 2005]. This is highly unusual. Unknown talent receive notices of guaranteed bookings or "Booking Confirmations" for commercials, etc., when they have never even met with the client. Normally, talent goes to an audition or more than one audition, actually speaks in front of the client or casting director, who can evaluate their look and discern their talent. You have to wonder what kind of clients book talent they have never met. Telephone calls are no substitute for meeting one-on-one. Fees, Fees, and More Fees Diamond Productions charges talent advance fees. After they are "booked," they are asked to pay a $75.00 "job guarantee" fee. > I recently replied by sending a head shot and resume for a casting call > to a website called www.commercialcast.org. I received a response stating > that I had been selected to appear in a television ad for XXXX. A speaking > role for a spec commercial. It seems pretty detailed with an address, the > amount of pay and shooting date. They do however require a $75.00 job > guarantee fee. Here is all the information that was emailed to me. I am > supposed to pay and respond by XX-XX so if you have any information it > would be greatly appreciated. This socalled job guarantee fee is not common of modeling/talent agencies and it is widely regarded as unethical to charge talent any registration fees, no matter what terms, phrases, or words are used to conceal or blur the fact they are registration fees. Talent, further, are asked to pay audition fees. "To participate in the current auditions, you will need to pay a one-time access fee of $60 to Diamond Productions to obtain full access for a period of one year." Reputable modeling and talent agencies do not charge audition fees. (http://commercialcast.org/sys-tmpl/animationsinternational/) [March 15, 2005]. Diamond Productions has devised as many ways as possible to take your money before you work. For an internet "marketing tool" or scrapbook, called a "magazine," you must pay $25. You can pay even more if you want to be featured on their website: SUPERB MAGAZINE IS AN ONLINE MAGAZINE TO BE VIEWED BY SUBSCRIPTION HOLDERS ONLY. TO BECOME A SUBSCRIPTION HOLDER, YOU MAY RECEIVE ONLINE COPIES OF EACH MONTHLY ISSUE FOR THE AMOUNT OF $25 FOR 6 MONTHS. . . . 1 MONTH APPEARANCE FEE = $50.00. (http://commercialcast.org/sys-tmpl/scrapbook/) [March 15, 2005]. Consumers also report they were asked to pay DP for classes by video. This was highly unusual and self-serving, because the talent had apparently already been booked--before the training! Why would an agent book talent if it had not been trained or it felt that training was needed? Obviously it normally would not do this, but in the DP case, it gets paid a nice chunk of change. > I am an aspiring actress and had submitted to this company who now > says it will book me in a commercial for XXXXX. All I need to do > is come up for a preparation workshop to guarantee my spot. They > sent me an email with a contract that looks very good. Please let > me know about this as I have to sign up by XXXXX to reserve my > spot. DP's commercialcast website indicates they book talent in California: Commercialcast New York is our Talent Booking Division for New York based talent. This division handles talent to be cast in the New York, New Jersey and the Washington, DC areas. A wide rangs [sic] of bookings are handled in the Los Angeles area of California as well. (http://www.commercialcast.org/sys-tmpl/door/) [March 15, 2005]. California law, however, is extremely strict with respect to advance fees charged to talent. Labor Code 1700, for example, prohibits talent agencies from charging any fees for anything before talent gets work. Talent agencies are not even allowed to collect fees, even if they keep none of them for themselves. The law is set like that because so many scams charged talent advance fees. How the scheme works Since DP is uncommon in its fee schedule, not charging commissions, you have wonder why. The only rational explanation is DP thinks or knows it can make more money from charging talent fees instead of getting commissions. What other explanation is there? There is not enough information available yet to call DP a scam, even though it charges advance fees for registration and classes like many modeling scams, but there is an obvious scheme. The scheme is designed to get talent to pay them before they work and even if they don't work. The lure is very strong when talent receives a "Booking Confirmation" notice. This makes it appear as if talent has already got a job. Excitement takes over. It appears as if they are so close to working as an actor or model, the hardest part is complete. Now all they have to do is show up or pay a little fee to guarantee a job. The fee seems so trivial in comparison to the mega bucks they could earn; it seems worth it. This has the effect of stringing talent along. Then they are told about the acting seminar or video. Less than $200? Nothing compared to the big bucks they'll earn from commercials and residuals, right? Not so fast! The fact that DP does not take commissions could mislead talent into thinking they are getting a deal, i.e., after they work, they keep all the money, nothing gets cut for the agency. If the payout, however, is very small, because the job was very minor, it does not help talent, and it is certainly not a "deal." Money Back If you want your money back, know that DP paid $7,000 into an "insurance" fund for those who feel they were misled, and you could make a claim for a portion of this money. (First-come, first-served
Is It Time to Believe Now? October 26, 2006, 9:28 a.m. Funeral for a Tyrant A morally disorienting gathering in Havana. By Otto J. Reich This time the rumors are real: Castro is dying of stomach cancer. He may have already died, even before the funeral preparations were finished, so the news is not out. Confirmation of the terminal illness comes from the usual sources but in a non-conventional manner. The Cuban government has been summoning to Havana representatives of the major international media to negotiate the best seats, camera angles, and interviews with the despot’s political survivors, and to inform them of the ground rules for coverage of the state funeral. The foreign media are being told that the model for Castro’s funeral is that of Pope John Paul II a year ago. The Cubans actually believe — or pretend — that the death of a tyrant deserves the same attention as that of the world’s great men of peace. This is one of Castro’s lasting legacies to his countrymen: moral disorientation. The Cuban ruling class has been so isolated from reality for so long by fear and Castro’s airtight press control that they equate the burial of a mass murderer with that of a prince of the Church. No doubt there will be “dignitaries” at the funeral: fellow revolutionary leaders from the last repressive regimes on Earth: Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Sudan, for example; and leaders of failed states like Zimbabwe and Bolivia; and representatives of the world’s resentful Left and the Hollywood Left (pardon the redundancy). Some examples of distinguished invitees will include terrorists whose organizations once instilled panic in entire populations but are now forgotten except to their victims. Many of them were trained in Cuban camps back when Castro called for world revolution and predicted he would outlive capitalism: Argentine Montoneros, Uruguayan Tupamaros, Nicaraguan Sandinistas, Salvadorean FMLN, Colombian ELN, MIR, FARC, and others; Chileans, Brazilians, Guatemalans, Angolans, Ethiopians, Palestinians, Syrians, even Vietnamese. The list is virtually endless. Not long ago, Castro himself admitted publicly to having “supported wars of national liberation in every country in this hemisphere with the exception of Mexico”. I believe everything except the exception; his hand has been present in much of Mexico’s violence as well. One security problem the Cubans will face is that some of the “revolutionaries” who they trained in techniques of assassination, torture, kidnapping, bank robbery, explosives, and other tricks of the trade now hate each other and may use the occasion to settle old debts. The explosions heard in Havana may come not only from ceremonial cannons. The guests will have to be carefully screened for poisoned-tipped umbrellas and other Cold War artifacts. Among the guests coming to Havana for the Third-World Burial of the Century will be Western capitalists anxious to see how they can exploit Cuban workers, who are assigned to the employer by a Cuban state entity which then collects the salary and delivers five percent — yes, five percent — to the worker and keeps the rest to pay for the expenses incurred by the generous socialist state. There will be the bottom feeders of the capitalist world willing to go anywhere or do anything for the Almighty euro or peso. You know the ones, those who have given capitalism a bad name, the exploitation of man by man, and whose example is in turn used by the revolutionaries against the good capitalists. There will recognizable faces of American and other TV, oblivious to the irony of “covering” a press event orchestrated by a government which has not allowed a single free or independent newspaper, magazine, radio or television station for almost five decades. Caught up in the spectacle of the funeral, the smiley faces of the free world’s morning shows, the “serious” news readers of evening newscasts, of 24-hour news channels and “prestige press” will unlikely mention the “Ley Mordaza” (literally muzzle law), law number 88 of 1998, which calls for penalties of up to 30 years in prison for any Cuban caught telling the foreign press of any flaw in Cuba’s economic or human-rights record. It is unlikely they will ask to interview the prisoners who have violated Castro’s Orwellian laws and are serving terms of as much as 27 years for committing journalism without a license or stating that the economy does not produce enough to feed the people. There may be international labor leaders in attendance, who will equally disregard the absence of any but the official Cuban Communist labor organization. Not wishing to offend their hosts, they will not mention the Castro law which condemns to eight years in prison anyone guilty of even attempting to establish a non-government labor union. On second thought: Why should they mention it now, when they have been silent for so many decades? Some of those leaders present may even be government officials from democratic states, having been elected in free elections such as the ones which disappeared in Cuba half a century ago. That irony will escape them also. Then there will be some genuinely elected Christian or social democrats, from Europe and Latin America. Those who have been silent about, and therefore complicit in, the longest dictatorship in this hemisphere’s history. A wise man once said that “All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” The history of Cuba in the past 50 years proves him right.
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It's located in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. • Jerry "The King" Lawler is a die hard Cleveland Indians fan! • Marc Mero won three New York State golden gloves in boxing before entering pro wrestling. • Ahmed Johnson used to play football for the Dallas Cowboys. • Chris Chetti was the first man to graduate from ECW's School of Hardcore. • Kevin Nash played Super Shredder in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2" the movie. • X-Pac is a computer whiz! • Duke "The Dumpster" Droese loves to do imitations and his best one is none other than Vince McMahon! • Steve Austin is also good at doing impressions. His best is none other than Eric Bischoff! • Brian Pillman played two years of football for The Cincinatti Bengals! • Before entering the WWF, Rena Mero was a model for Guess Jeans wear. • Before she married Brian Pillman, Melanie Pillman went out with Jim Hellwig (The Ultimate Warrior). • Brian Lee (Chainz) was the best man at Mark Callaway's (The Undertaker) wedding. • Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Marty Jannetty, and Blitzkreig have all used The Hollywood Blondes' theme music. • Scott Hall agreed to be the best man at Justin Credible's wedding but failed to contact him in the weeks before the ceremony and ultimately no-showed. • Roddy Piper announced that his last wrestling match would be at WrestleMania III against Adrian Adonis. • Terry Funk first announced his retirement in 1983. • In 1995, Marcus Bagwell had calf implants which leaked and he had them removed. • Vince McMahon, Jr. wanted to become a wrestler, but his father, the late Vince McMahon Sr. strictly forbid him in doing so. • Before breaking into wrestling, Jerome Young (New Jack) worked as a bounty hunter. • Tom "Dynamite Kid" Billington despises his cousin Davey Boy Smith so much, he can't bring himself to say his name. • During one drinking session, Andre The Giant downed 119 bottles of beer. • Barry Windham's father, Blackjack Mulligan served time for counterfeiting. • Cactus Jack & Terry Funk were originally scheduled to face the New Age Outlaws in a Barbed Wire Match at WrestleMania XIV, but the PPV people forbid them to do it, hence the Dumpster Match. • Back when the ECW/WWF angle was going on, the WWF was going to hold a live Raw from the ECW Arena, despite it's size. This idea was nixed however. • Back in the 1980's Hulk Hogan's opponents were banned from mentioning his receding hair line in interviews. • Stan Lane was once billed as Stan Flair because people thought he resembled Ric Flair. • All Japan Pro Wrestling hasn't fed it's fans a count-out or a disqualification in over five years. • Shawn Michaels is married to former Nitro Girl, Whisper! • Marc Mero didn't leave WCW over money issues. He left because of the angle he was in where he was involved with another man's wife. • Larry Zbyszko is a licensed pilot. • Sid once backed down from a fight with Brian Pillman in a hotel bar, retreated to his car to arm himself with a weapon with which to defend himself and returned clutching a squeegee. • Ted Dibase was once the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Champion. • World Championship Wrestling was once called Georgia Championship Wrestling. • In many of his WrestleMania matches Randy Savage would foreshadow the result of his bout by the color hat he wore to the ring. Two examples: 1 when he wrestled the Ultimate Warrior at WMVII as a heel and left as a babyface, he entered the ring wearing a white hat. 2. when he defeated Ric Flair at WMVIII to take the WWF strap, he wore a gold costume. • Hulk Hogan agreed to drop the world title to the Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania VI because he was planning on retiring and wanted to pass the torch on to his babyface successor so he wouldn't have to come back and get "revenge" on a heel for his fans.*Hogan forced McMahon to give him the strap at the end of WMIX by threatening to no-show his tag earlier on the show with Brutus Beefcake against IRS & Ted Dibiase. • WrestleMania VII was moved from the Rose Bowl to the Sports Arena in Los Angeles because Vince McMahon feared a sniper might try and take out lead heel Sgt. Slaughter, playing the role of a Iraqi sympathizer during the Gulf War. • Apparently feeling he had nothing to lose, Sid Justice doublecrossed Vince McMahon by kicking out of Hogan's legdrop at WMVIII. Sid had been caught cheating on a drug test a few weeks earlier and was going to be suspended. Sid's manager, Harvey Whippleman (who is said to have supplied Sid with the false urine sample that WWF official Dave Hebner found Sid carrying in a vile) reacted quickly, jumping into the ring and getting his man disqualified before all hell broke loose. • McMahon wanted a Flair-Hogan main event for WMVIII, but before Flair surprisingly was unable to re-up on a contract with WCW, McMahon signed Sid with the promise he would wrestle Hogan at the next WM. So, McMahon went with a double main event of Hogan-Sid and Flair-Savage. • Prior to WMX, McMahon had Lex Luger come out with the world belt for a television taping, scheduled to air after the pay-per-view. Either planning a swerve all along or changing his mind after word got out, McMahon had Bret Hart win the three-way tournament between Hart, Luger and Yokozuna. • In 1994, WCW used to hire paid models and actors to sit in the audience to cheer and boo their wrestlers because the audience was usually dead for their shows. • When WCW did the World Wide show, they used to have a monitor to tell the audience who to cheer and who to boo. One one occasion when Rick Rude and the Equalizer (the "heels") came out, the audience accidentally cheered for them and WCW had to reshoot their entrance over again. • When Shawn Michaels was attacked outside of a nightclub by approximately 10 "thugs" (actually it was by a marine group), Shawn was accompanied by Davey Boy Smith and Sean Waltman (1-2-3 Kid). Shawn tried to be the brave one and he ended up suffering for it. • The WWF says that the Dynamite Kid left the WWF and retired because of an injury. Actually, the Kid still wrestles in England and the real reason he left was because of a locker room fight with him and Jacques Rougeau. The Bulldog opted to keep contact with the WWF and because of that and other reasons, the Bulldog and the Dynamite Kid haven't spoken in years. • On May 11, 1987, Kevin Von Erich collapsed in the middle of the ring during an eight-man bout pitting him, The Fantastics, and Bruiser Brody against Brian Adias, Black Bart, Al Madril, and Al Perez. Fantastic Tommy Rogers, seeing Von Erich turning blue, administers cardiopulmonary resuscitation. • Bam Bam Bigelow was chosen as the opponent for Lawrence Taylor at WMXI because he was the WWF's best big man worker. Bigelow says that as payment for doing the job he was promised a big babyface push down the road. That didn't happen as The Cliq (not fans of Bam Bam) began gaining political power, and Bigelow wasn't with the company very much longer. • The Undertaker is undefeated at WrestleMania's. His record as of right now is 9-0. • Prior to entering the squared circle, Steve Corino worked in a milk processing plant in Philadelphia. • Elektra was once married to Big Dick Dudley. • Washington Redskins head coach George Allen once offered Andre the Giant a contract to play professional football. • Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair's first match took place in October 1991 with the "Nature Boy" winning the contest. • J.J. Dillon thought of the Model gimmick for Rick Martel. • Rick Martel is a gourmet chef. • The Warlord (real name Terry Szopinski) was forced to retire following a 1996 car accident involving a Pizza Hut delivery carrier. A lawsuit is depending. • DDP credits Bobby "The Brain" Heenen for coming up with the name Diamond cutter. • Spike Dudley is a former third grade teacher from Rhode Island before getting into the wrestling business. • Kurt Angle's wife is a former stripper. • In the summer of 1995, Kurt Angle failed in a tryout to make the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. • Al Snow is well trained in martial arts, mat grappling, free style, hardcore, and shoot-fight wrestling. • Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty won the WWF tag team title from Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart in October of 1990 at a taping for Saturday Night's Main Event. Neidhart had been fired and was filling contractual obligations, which including jobbing the tag titles to another team. In what should have been a minor point, the top rope broke at one point during the match. The Rockers defended the titles for a week after that, but then Neidhart was re-hired by the WWF, and Vince McMahon decided that the title change never actually happened, in one of the goofier decisions of the 90s, and one of many to affect the careers of Shawn and Bret. As an explanation, a story was sent to Pro Wrestling Illustrated about the rope break causing an "unfair working environment" for both teams, and hence the title reign was annulled. This was simply to cover up for the fact that they reported the title change as fact a week prior and needed a reason to no longer report it as such. The title change was edited out of the Main Event broadcast, and thus went down in history that the Rockers never had the belt. • From 1986-1989 Ric Flair averaged 34 minutes per-match. 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That explains the shiner he had when he wrestled at WrestleMania 9. • Roddy Piper was Ric Flair's best man. • Before becoming a wrestler, Val Venis used to race motocross. • The Big Bossman was a prison guard in Georgia. • Randy Savage was trained by his father, Angelo Poffo. • Dusty Rhodes played college football at West Texas. • Verne Gagne trained Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. • Lex Luger played college football at Penn State. • Meng once wrestled as jobbber Larry Hurst. • Johnny Ace once dated former adult film star Seka. • Madusa is an accomplished singer. • The original idea for UPN's Smackdown! was for an all women wrestling show. • Kevin Nash was a doorman/bouncer at a Michigan night club before entering the wrestling business. • Disco Inferno was released from his WCW contract in '97 after refusing to do the job for Jacquelyn (now Jacky in the WWF). He returned to the promotion later in the year only after agreeing to wrestle her. However, Ted Turner had a 'no man against woman violence' clause on his networks. So Disco had to avoid making physical contact with her throughout the entire match. • Linda McMahon is a laywer. • Bad News Brown used the name "The Ultimate Warrior" before Jim Hellwig. • "Sweet" Stan Lane is the only wrestler ever trained by Ric Flair. • Del Wilkes sold the rights to the Patriot gimmick to Tom Brandi. • Simon Diamond was a catcher on the Virginia Commonwealth baseball team for three years but then he got hurt and that ended his baseball career. He did eventually go back to college and get his degree in English. • Bruce Hart gave Wayne Farris The Honkey Tonk Man name. • Chyna is fully licensed to compete in boxing. • The WWF considered giving Dustin Rhodes a "Gunslinger" gimmick, before coming up with Goldust. • Rikishi has a brother that wrestles as Fatu in Japan. • Jimmy Hart thought of the 3 Count gimmick. • Jimmy Hart and Jerry Lawler attended the same high school in Memphis (not at the same time). • Prior to WrestleMania IV, USA Today got a copy of the post-WrestleMania WWF Magazine which listed Randy Savage as champion before the tournament (where Savage beat Dibiase in the finals) took place. McMahon publicly referred to it as a coincidence. • The Ultimate Warrior left the WWF in 1991 because he and Vince McMahon did not come to terms on his future role...Warrior wanted to be in the title situation but the WWF saw differently...in 1992, the Warrior disappeared again because he did not want to get involved in a second-rate feud with Nailz. • In 1991, Ric Flair was fired/quit WCW. He showed up in the WWF soon thereafter holding the WCW title and claimed to be the "Real World's champion." The reason he was able to leave the company with the title is because he owned that title. WCW later bought it back from Flair for reportedly $75,000. • On May 26, 1987, Hacksaw Jim Duggan and the Iron Sheik were arrested by N.J. State police. Duggan was charged with possession of marijuana and drinking alcohol while driving. Sheik was charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine. Duggan received a conditional discharge and Sheik received one year probation. • On July 4, 1989, Davey Boy Smith, Jason the Terrible, and Chris Benoit were injured in a head-on automobile accident in Jasper, Alberta. Smith suffered a cracked vertebrae in his back and needed a hundred stitches in his head after being thrown through the windshield of the car. Jason suffers 2 fractures in his left leg. Benoit suffers an injured right knee. That before Mark Henry joined the WWE ,he was actually sponsored by Titan Sports during the 1996 Olympic's in which he compeated in the sport of weight lifting Mark Henry and Pittsburgh Steeler Kevin Henry are cousins Gorgeous George (real name Stephanie Ballars) ,spent jail time as a teenager for burglaziring a home and slashing a girl's face with a broken beer bottle. Eddie Guerrero's father Gori invented the camel clutch. Terry Funk is Jason Harvey's Godfather. Ryan Shamrock's real name is Alesha Webb and she is a top less dancer form Houston ,Texas The WWE's first pick for the Mr Perfect gimmick was Terry Tayor Former Freebird Jimmy Garvin is now an airline pilot. D'Lo Brown began his career as "the head of security" for the gangstas in the smoke mountain wrestling.He later made his debut in the WWE as a member of the nation of Domination. Nitro Girl Fyre attended Arizona State University and used to be a mortgage home broker. The Warlord (real name Terry Szopinski) was force to retire from wrestling following a car accident in 1996 ECW'S Dawn Marie appeared in the original Austin Powers MTV sepecial as one of the go-go dancers and actually had a couple of speaking lines. Chris Chetti was the first man to graduate from ECW's House of Hardcore wrestling school Taz and Chris Chetti are cousins. Paul Wight played college basketball at Wichita State Nicole Bass's married name is Fuchs. Jerry Jarrett brought Rick Rude to Memphis and give him the nickname "Ravishing" Rick Rude still held half of the NWA Tag team title when he signed with the WWE (The NWA later claimed that The Rock 'n' Roll Express won back thous titles in a match that never took place) Rick Rude was for a short time managed by his sister Raven. Rude was the only foreign talent to make the finals of G-1 Tournament in Japan. That before Mark Henry joined the WWE ,he was actually sponsored by Titan Sports during the 1996 Olympic's in which he compeated in the sport of weight lifting Mark Henry and Pittsburgh Steeler Kevin Henry are cousins Gorgeous George (real name Stephanie Ballars) ,spent jail time as a teenager for burglaziring a home and slashing a girl's face with a broken beer bottle. Eddie Guerrero's father Gori invented the camel clutch. Terry Funk is Jason Harvey's Godfather. Ryan Shamrock's real name is Alesha Webb and she is a top less dancer form Houston ,Texas The WWE's first pick for the Mr Perfect gimmick was Terry Tayor Former Freebird Jimmy Garvin is now an airline pilot. D'Lo Brown began his career as "the head of security" for the gangstas in the smoke mountain wrestling.He later made his debut in the WWE as a member of the nation of Domination. Nitro Girl Fyre attended Arizona State University and used to be a mortgage home broker. The Warlord (real name Terry Szopinski) was force to retire from wrestling following a car accident in 1996 ECW'S Dawn Marie appeared in the original Austin Powers MTV sepecial as one of the go-go dancers and actually had a couple of speaking lines. Chris Chetti was the first man to graduate from ECW's House of Hardcore wrestling school Taz and Chris Chetti are cousins. Paul Wight played college basketball at Wichita State Nicole Bass's married name is Fuchs. Jerry Jarrett brought Rick Rude to Memphis and give him the nickname "Ravishing" Rick Rude still held half of the NWA Tag team title when he signed with the WWE (The NWA later claimed that The Rock 'n' Roll Express won back thous titles in a match that never took place) Rick Rude was for a short time managed by his sister Raven. Rude was the only foreign talent to make the finals of G-1 Tournament in Japan. some facts are wrong! im sorry dude im not this geeky i always copy crap !!!! doesn't every one!
What is the colonized mindset? The colonised mindset: The enemy within the African communities. SendMeYourNews Jul 23, 2006 07:12 PDT =+= Get on TheBlackList: http://www.topica.com/lists/TheBlackList "Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences", Marcus Garvey. =+= ----- Original Message ----- From: Cheryl Sanchez mailto:sanchez-@hotmail.com To: sendmey-@earthlink.net Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 8:48 AM The colonised mindset: The enemy within the African communities. The writer is going to put forward an argument that unless the slave/colonial mindset is recognised as the active enemy, within the African communities world-wide, attempts to understand the social and economic problems will be useless. This mindset has been affecting the individual/family /organisations/community and nations alike. From an early age, adults have been referring to people as having "being colonial or slave minded" in a most benign way. It as if having this mindset is like having a flue. You treat the symptoms and eventually, it should go away, if the immune system is acute and alert. In reality, it is the most virulent psychological condition prevalent amongst African communities. The damage is too enormous to consider in this essay. It has and is still destroying from individuals to revolutions to states eg Patrice Lumumba-Congo, Thomas Sankara-Bukina Faso, Walter Rodney-Guyana, Cabral, Malcolm X and Bantu S Biko to name a few. When foreign money, the lust for power and the colonial mindset met-destruction is sure to follow. Mineral rich DRC remains the most tragic example today. Also Angola before the timely death of Savimbi, " Washington's kept man". Failure to confront and systematically deal with this enemy is equivalent to failure to live and or thrive. HISTORY The disastrous effects of slavery and colonialism on the physical aspect of the Africans in the Americas, the Caribbean and on mainland Africa have been well documented by a host of European and African-American historians including Basil D Davidson, Walter Rodney and Professor Jeffries. Few writers have focused on the debilitating effects of the mindset on the emotions and the psychology as Carter G Woodson( 1875-1950)was probably a pioneer when he addressed this condition in his book - The Mis-Education of the Negro. Later, Dr Na'im Akbar painstakingly outlined the psychological effects in his book- Chains and Images of psychological slavery. Professor Joy Leary recently attempted to put the psychological trauma concept in the public domain during a recent lecture tour in London but, few Africans wanted to even contemplate this concept as an explanation for some of their behaviour towards each other. It is of paramount importance to understand the disastrous reality of the sate accurately described by Woodson and take action to treat it. "When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand there or go yonder. He or she will find his "proper place" and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary". Woodson showed a lot of foresight in his early detection of the destructive side of the slave/colonial mindset. It is a pity that, most Pastors and self-appointed "community" leaders do not recommend this book to the many families who come through their doors. They do not even bothered with a plan of action to treat this mindset. Examples This mindset certainly has a blindfolding effect eg African girls aspiring to be like their "blonde Barbie dolls". African men dream of marrying "a Barbie doll" type of woman as soon as they arrive in Europe and or UK/USA/Canada, so as not to have "too black" children. Michael Jackson's obsession with his costly body- altering project. It also causes US Africans/Afrikans to focus on the body, material gadgets, short cuts. The physical environment of the homes is often out of balance with the people who inhabit the space. Their homes always have a blonde type Jesus on the walls but no other famous Africans like Bantu Biko, Thomas Sankara etc. The African educationalist and parents both on the mainland, Caribbean and the Americas have avoided including or making the early and middle years curricula more relevant to our developmental needs. This opportunity to change our course of history is missed again and again. At organisational level, colonise minded but the super qualified committee members are often afraid to put decolonisation strategy and or Pan-Africanism into the constitution of their organisation. This also affects the type of name or identity they take on. Eg the NAACP-The National Association for the Advancement of "Coloured" people. One would have thought that aparthedist South-Africa racial policies would have caused this organisation to re-think it's chosen but, they not change from NAACP to NAAAP. One could only guess when you start your organisation with white liberals/ or jews in leadership roles, the de-colonisation agenda never became a priority for this organisation. The OAS/AU is no different. It has been in existence for over 50 years and still cannot bring itself to be known as a Pan-Africanist organisation thus, it remains a toothless nationalistic organisation. Even when organisations put Pan-Africanism at the forefront eg PAC in South-African, the de-colonisation process and project, which is necessary for health and longevity of the organisation is not a priority either. Well meaning or naïve activists continue to take a gamble by hoping against hope that, a few committed and reliable people could suddenly change 400 years of psychological damage facing the African worldwide. Things could have been different if, the PAC was able to capture the interest and support of the majority of the 24 million native South-Africans and their rands, to keep the movement financially buoyant and turn it into a political powerful force in South-African society. The mindset nutures self-hating , self- destruction and confidence lowering . This is evident in the practice of self- harming through bleaching the skin, straigthening the hair and looking to Europe and European institutions as saviours. It also makes killing each other almost acceptable. The eminent African-American Bobby E Wright (1984) explained in his book "we have never been trained to kill Europeans" but, we seem to be able kill each other (black on black) violence instinctively. It also makes us have a warped and unrealistic view of our reality. It may cause some, like Dr Kenneth B Clarke to say," race is irrelevant". Even African-America Dr Alvin Poussant, who used his qualification avoid addressing the current colonisation condition. He used his stint in Ebony Magazine to deal with the a few middles class anxieties. What a shame! The Slave/Colonial mindset-the Trojan Horse The Europeans understand how important the psychological warfare project is to their continued hold on Africa, which is why they got their missionaries to influences chiefs and other leaders in Africa, to send their young children to their missionary schools. At these missionary/faith-based schools, young children were indoctrinated on a grand scale. These young children come from cultures where, almost all adults are feared and or certainly not questioned, made the work of the European teachers easier. This is why it should not alarm us or surprise us that, Mobutu, Savimbi and their cronies behaved in the way they did to their own people and their own resources. The mindset, the lust for power and foreign money-from the USA mainly kept them destroying their respective countries, in the name of capitalism and the other G6 powers. The USA officials who paid Savimbi through Mobutu millions and millions of American tax-payers money to literally destroy a revolution and 2 countries, have never been brought to justice. If both of these colonial minded individuals did not die, they would be still destroying the country and squandering their resources for self-aggrandisement, with Washington's approval. The foreign powers/handlers knew millions of people were being tortured, kill, maimed, punished and starved of food and other life necessities, in their interest. Whilst all this was happening in full view of other Africans, many of them in the Caribbean and continued going to the states" to make it". Meanwhile Africans affected by these individuals and American money and foreign policy, eventually started heading for the UK and the USA seeking "refuge". It should not surprise us at the way the Europeans view certain individuals. The American state had to get rid of Malcolm X by any means necessary. The Belgian/USA/UK governments saw Patrice Lumumba as an uncompromising character when it came to his understanding of independence. France could not stomach an independent minded Thomas Sankara who wanted to transform Bukina Faso in the interest of it's people. The apartheid South-Africa did not dare allow Bantu Stephen Biko to live-he was too clear about his position and his understanding of the social/economic/political situation. He wanted all or nothing. Walter Rodney exposed the hypocrisy of Europe's role in Africa-it became a real annoyance in European academic circles. The under-development was the strategy and the means to achieving this outcome was to nurture their own "loyal Africans". Off course the "loyal Africans" are another name for the colonial minded. Rich men and women often have their "kept women" Well, so to rich Europe has their "kept men". France has Francoise Compoare of Bukina Faso. The USA has theirs in the form of Paul Kagame. Spain/USA has Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea- Africa third largest producer of oil. Shell and the UK and other oil companies operating in Nigeria have been keeping the Hausa dominated army and government since 1970. The CIA/USA/France had army man Hissen Habre- a man who was less than friendly to USA's imagined enemy Gadaffi. Chadian named him, "Africa's Pinochet". USA supported the Duvalier family for 30 years and off course Savimbi in Angola. See William Blum(2001) Rogue State. Chapter 17. The Consequences If African thinkers and educationalists alike continue to neglect the content of early and middle years curricula, they would be fighting a losing battle against the slave/colonial mindset, capitalism, fashion and mass-media. The same way, one cannot expect to put new wine in an old wineskin so to, one cannot expect the slave/colonial minded to suddenly change his or her learnt behaviour. This behaviour has been around for the last 350 years. It might have started as, a means of coping in strange and often hostile societies in the Caribbean and America in the late 17th century. Joy Leary would argue African communities must admit the existence of post traumatic syndrome before, the treatment could be sought. No admission means that, this major debilitating psychological condition would linger and fester away. Off course when a few like, Thiongo'o(1938-) changed his behaviour in his adulthood, by going back to his Gikuyu name and writing in his own language rather than English only, is inspirational to rest who remain in this regressive state of mind. He used his book-Decolonising the mind: the politics of language in African literature(1986) as a platform to encourage African challenged about their attitude towards Africa and or NJAC. Ngugi wa writers to write in their own language to make their books more meaningful to Africans on the continent. It is not only about writing in one's own language although, that is a positive start. It is about having a core teaching curricula that could be used world-wide. Even if people write in their own indigenous language but continue to see Europe as the solution to their problems-the colonised mind remains untouched. The writer applauds the work of Haki Madibuti and Dr Karenga and Molefi Asante. The African need more people like the above, if we are to be taken seriously. Why are members of NJAC( National Joint Action committee) and their 36 year old organisation in Trinidad, still viewed as not worthy of support from the majority of African-Trinidadians? The slave/colonial mindset, which makes people ridicule members for re-claiming their African heritage via taking on African names. One can often hear African-Trinidadians and other Africans born abroad saying in a most offensive voice, "I am not African" when asked about their identity. Thai is the colonial mindset expressing their ignorance. What do we begin? The logical place for decolonisation to begin is in the home, with parents taking the lead. The early years 0-11 is the crucial time to inculcate the Afrocentric values. It means that, we have to be prepared to build our own nurseries and create our own culturally inclusive and sensitive curricula. The parents must be re-educated. It is almost pointless waiting until a child becomes an adult, when he may or may not be exposed to Pan-Africanism. All the research available would agree that, the pre-natal and early years are the most important educating years. Ideally, the decolonisation ideals should be embedded in the early years curricula, The Community leaders and families should make attempts to discuss post trauma syndrome and it's effects openly and proactively put into place some short term and long term remedies. 3 African American writers who wrote the The Black Parenting Book did not pursue the de-colonisation project in their book either. There are 17 chapters in this book yet, Pan-Africanism and or the issue of the slave/colonial mindset were not addressed in a very active way. There chapters on Family Traditions and Spirituality without making mention of the importance of Kwanzaa. There was a chapter on " Black and Proud" not African and proud. There should have a chapter on how and why Africans came to self hate and hate all things African. Where did it all begin? The book tackled particular parenting approach, which was used by African American parents but, they did not attempt to give the psychological or economic reasons why most African parents worldwide use the authoritarian model rather than the authoritative model. Authoritarian- powerful, assertive/aggressive (verbally or physically adult leads or makes all the decisions, which are imposed on child. May be highly critical. Parents may be likely to use shouting and hitting. Parents may even talk about "I want you to fear me". Authoritative- Parents use reciprocity and a democratic style, which allows child to lead but establishes safe limits and boundaries. Parents are likely to use encouragement, provide choices and highlight consequences and positive feedback and use time-out and put penalities in place, as part of their disciplining package. It might have been helpful to explain why some African parents use the former than the latter? It would have been more useful to write the book in some African languages and use a work -book with exercises to involve all members of the family. This book could be described as the product of a well meaning qualified but, obviously apolitical professionals. The writers tackled all the symptoms but never ventured near the core causes. They missed an opportunity to focus on the link between the type of the society, which produces such parents focusing on a post-colonial/slave/capitalist, racist society such as the USA. Conclusion. The Decolonisation project and treating post trauma syndrome are as necessary to Africans, as oxygen and water are to humankind existence. Neither can be avoided any longer due to it being "too sensitive" an issue. The message to all the Pan-Africanists/Humanist individuals, families and organisations , which are always short of committed, reliable and discipline foot soldiers is this, put some of your efforts and money into the 0-11 years olds and an African Parenting project, based on an Afrocentric model and treatment for psychological trauma and other self-harming behaviour. If any individual/family or organisation is interested ion the guture well being of Africans- the aforementioned approaches are vital. Otherwise, a plethora of colonial minded and dishonest Pastors from diverse Christian sects, the mass-media, fashion, cars and short term attractions and whatever other European cultural left-overs would grab the minds of the majority of Africans. The slave/colonial mind is dangerous to Pan-Africanist and African humanist alike. Those African "kept men" or Europe's trojan horses will continue the pauperization policies of a very rich continent. They will repeat policies and slogans without even analysing them. They will like the major obstacle to progress, changes, self-empowerment and unification of African peoples. Instead of enabling and building capacities and re-skilling people, they will disable, de-skill and pauperize people. The colonial minded knows nothing else. The Europeans using their white skins as authority continue to pamper and encourage their "kept men" to the detriment of the majority of Africans, who continue to suffer and to be killed with the weapons made in the USA/UK/Israel and other European countries. References: Akbar Na'im(1992) Chain and Images of psychological slavery- Winston-Derek, Nashville, TN Blumm W (2003) Rogue State: Chapter 17. Zed Books London UK Brittain V (1998) Death and Dignity: Angola's Civil War. Chapter 2. Pluto Books. London UK Woodson C.G (1937) The Mis-education of the negro. Africa World Press NJ USA Wright B.E (1984) The psychopathic racial personality and other essays. Third World Press Chicago, Ilinois USA
Will I see result fast if I stick to my diet workout program? I am in okay shape. 5'5" 107lb. I am not interested in losing weight. assuming I stick with the following program: Eating 1500 - 1600 calories per day. (4 small meals a day high in protein, low in carb, and fat) workout 90 minutes a day (6 days a week) (40 minutes cardio workout, 50 minutes weight training different body parts on different day) (got this workout program on a magazine) If I stick with it without fail, can I see DRAMATIC result in 90 days (13 week) What kind of result do I expect? (assuming I stick with the program without fail) I want to see dramatic result, will I look like some enter level fitness model? Thank you
what are some fun websites?? i already know of: MyMiniLife NEW! Create your MiniMe and your MiniHome, visit other people's MiniHomes, chat and have fun! Starfever Agency R Be an agent to the stars! You have to be 17 or over to register. Fantage Set in the future when everybody travels on hover boards! You can play games, earn stars, go shopping and chat! Millsberry.com A virtual city game where you can create your own character and explore Millsberry town through his or her eyes. Dizzywood Start by creating a character, walk around Dizzywood, collect coins to buy clothes and other items, play games, chat and have fun! Build-A-Bearville Build your human character and start exploring Bearville. You need to buy a bear for many of the activities, but not all. Groovy Girls Dress her up, decorate her room and chat with friends. Club Penguin A kid-friendly virtual world where you, as a penguin, can waddle around and interact with other players. The game is free, but the dress-up feature is only for paid members. MechQuest PG-13 Fantasy mecha (giant robots) role playing game, start by creating your character and choose the color of your mecha! Trollz.com Make your your Troll, then go spend your trollars (troll dollars) at the mall! Tibia Be an adventurer in a a huge realm of magic and mystery and make friends with people from all over the world. Poptropica Virtual fun town to explore! To customize your character make sure to click on "change character" after your character is born. Zanpo Virtual Cities 3d multi player virtual cities where you can explore, become a citizen, build your own home, and even become mayor of your own city. Club Marian New and improved Marian, customize your character, run, drive and chat. The best part? You don't need to register! Urbaniacs Create and control super heroes who live in Urbanville. Chamber of Chat A Harry Potter interactive adventure game with customizable avatars! Whyville A virtual town for boys and girls to explore, learn, create, and have fun. Seventeen Magazine Editor's Assistant Find out what it's like to be an assistant at a fashion magazine. Start the day with deciding what to wear! I-Dressup iLook Make your own avatars, select ready made outfits or make your own, talk to friends, write blogs and vote for other members. I-Dressup iToon Same features as above, but here you can create an avatar that is more anime/cartoon version of you. Dubit For UK youth with real time 3D chat, blogs, message boards, games, and more. GalaXseeds Create your own seedizen and go on to help save the galaxy from evil! Playdo Create your own citizen, play games and meet friends. Barbie Girls Design your character and your own room, invite friends over and go shopping at the mall! Warbears Create your character, earn credits for solving missions, buy stuff for your house and chat with friends. Disney's Virtual Magic Kingdom An online version of Disney Theme Parks. Multi player games, chat and more! Stunt Bike Island Customize the girl and her bike (three possible outfits) and go for a ride. Gaia Online Anime role playing community. Dress up your own avatar, chat, role play and earn gold through games with other players in an interactive world. GirlSense A large website with lots of fun dress-up and makeover activities to do, I recommend starting with exploring "E-Boutiques", "Fashion" and "Salon"! Faketown PG-13 Online chat game allowing users to interact with one another and buy virtual houses and virtual credits. Nicktropolis Style your NickSelf, create your own room and chat with friends. Kupika A pen pal community where you can create your own character to represent you. Mokitown : home of the Mobile Kids A City for kids. Chat, meet friends, play a tons of games and have fun! Dragon Fable Build your character and battle monsters, find treasure, and much more. Girl Stuff/Boy Stuff Create an avatar, edit your bedroom, and hang out in the GSBS world. CokeStudios Meet friends, make music, perform. Show Jumping Choose a color for the horse and clothes for the jockey, then start your training! Student Survivor Two games where your goal is to create a student and keep him or her alive and happy! You have to register if you want to save your game. AWOLnow A chat world where you can dress up or avatar and hang out. 45 day free trial. PowerBabe is not working at the moment. The N Avatar mall, high-school, prom and more. RuneScape 3d multi player adventure, with monsters to kill, quests to complete, and treasure to win. Stardoll MeDoll Create your own MeDoll (to look like you or someone else), go shopping for clothes and accessories and meet friends. Big Fat Awesome House Party Build an imaginary friend and earn points by doing chores around the house. More points means more games to play. VERBNow.com Create a Virt, a virtual sidekick who is energized when you play sports and games. Big Mouth Life Grow a Big Mouth, customize, care and play with it. Earn points by taking good care of your Big Mouth and buy stuff for it. Habbo PG-13 A virtual world where you can hang out in the cafes, restaurants, swimming pools and games rooms. Or create private rooms and your own party. Also Canadian and UK versions. goSupermodel Java Applet Design your own super model look, go on photo shoots and score points for jobs well done. Doll War Create a doll, go shopping for clothes and have fashion battles with other dolls to determine who has the better sense of fashion! please i am sooo bord someone please anyone know anything else or even hoe i get too:.................the N where u can go to the: .....Avatar mall, high-school, prom.....and more. Is there any websites you guys know of tht u dont have to download does anyone know the website 4:the N?
can you check if there is any mistake?? thank you!? Beauty is in the eye of beholder is an unknown proverb nowadays. It is only a simple sentence that does not make any sense anymore. Some women think social interaction and personal success are depending on physical attraction. Being perfect is a common issue but when this issue becomes obsession it can become more serious mental illness. Plastic surgery is a huge obsession among all peoples including teens, preteens, and adolescents. It is not mostly personal choice; it is the choice that peoples gets from all those models in the magazines articles. Plastic surgery can be the biggest risk in life. It is not healthy way to look perfect. Plastic surgery can affect person physical, socially and mentally abilities. Plastic surgery cause many types of side effects. It is painful procedure that can even lead to death too. A young mother, dehlmalyz Rios who was 26 years old had a surgery. Two days after the surgery her body rejected the fat that was deposits in her calves. She died by leaving two children behind her. It can spoils somebody life too. Some side effects are so everlasting that can affect some body’s life through all years. No matter how well the surgeons are it is still a medical procedure that effect person health and well being. Plastic surgery includes cutting, bending, stretching and other method to manipulate body structure in order to get desired shape. This is a reason of stress on body result to pain, discomfort, and swelling in body. Plastic surgery caused depression because of frustration of all different kind of medication. Also it caused a person to lying in bed for long period and restricted too many activities. It is very hard for a person to accept new look and reaction of their friends for this look and guilt of having plastic surgery caused a person to get depressed. Cosmetic surgery is something that depends on doctor qualification too. When a doctor performs surgery it is up to him more than a god to save a human being life. Doctor who claimed to offer surgery for low prices is all over in the place. Most of these doctors are untrained they attend a seminar in hotel and learned how to perform surgery within few hours. Doctor who do not have license shows the simple way to get surgery. Acc to an issue in Miami, a doctor named reinaldo slivestre practiced his surgeons out of small office. He had only little medical training. One of his patients named Alexandra Baez claimed that he gave him breast implants instead of more muscular chest he wanted. Many doctors who performed surgery are not licensed by American board of plastic surgeons and also testing is not performed on these surgeons’ tools. Dirty tools are the main cause infection in body and sometime death too. For these kind of untrained doctors patient are just source of money. Cosmetic surgery is not a cup of everybody tea. Some people try to hard to get plastic surgery. Plastic surgery contains thousands of dollars and peoples expensive time. Some peoples avoid their basic needs in life to just get plastic surgery. Plastic surgery should not be allowed for changing appearance. Wealth is an important aspect of life without wealth there is nothing in life. for instance if somebody see a person who looks like Michael Jackson after surgery than chances are that he or she will say something funny about him. But because of his money when he walks in the street everybody just dying to see his one sight. If a person gets negative result of plastic surgery and he is not rich, chances are that he won’t get wealth in his life. What about people who do not get positive result after surgery? Surgeons just say one word sorry and walk away without caring about anybody feelings. So basically peoples and surgeons are both equally responsible for negative affect of surgery. There is some good effect of cosmetic surgery too. Cosmetic surgery is something that can give you close to something too wants. An improved appearance has a positive effect on person self-confidence, which is an affects emotional and physical well-being.But it is a risk that depends on negative and positive effects. Being perfect is something can not everybody achieve. There are some people who are happy about plastic surgery but there are many peoples who are crying over what they did. Plastic surgery can give you pleasure in society but it cost lots of psychological pain.
Question! Would any ladies like me to rule the world if these were my rules? 1.Shopping would be considered an aerobic activity 2.Men would not be allowed to eat gas-producing foods within two hours of bedtime 3.All toilet seats would be nailed down 4.Men would pay as much attention to their woman as to their car 5.For basic training, soldiers would have to take care of a two-year old for six weeks 6.All men would be forced to spend one month in a PMS simulator 7.Singles bars would have metal detectors to weed out men hiding wedding rings in their pocket 8.TV news segments on sports would never run longer than 1 minute 9.A man would no longer be considered a "good catch" simply because he is breathing 10.Fewer women would be dieting because their ideal weight standard would increase by 30 pounds 11."Ms" Magazine would have an annual swimsuit issue featuring scantily clad male models 12.Men would bring drinks, chips and dip to women watching soap operas 13.Men would have to get Playboy for the articles because there would be no pictures 14.Men would get reputations for sleeping around 15.Men would learn phrases like: "I'm sorry" "I love you" "You're beautiful" "Of course you don't look fat in that outfit" 16.Men would be judged entirely by their looks, women by their accomplishments 17.Men would sit around and wonder what WE are thinking 18.During mid-life crisis, men would get hot-flushes and women would date 19-year-olds 19.Overweight men would have their weight brought to their attention constantly 20.After a baby is born, men would take a six-week paternity leave to wait on their wives hand and foot
Myspace please look at? is there a myspace survey loger then 200 ?'s that U mite no of? if so please let me have it. dont say the dont exsist. 1.What time is it? Personal 2.Do you want to answer these? 3.Name? 4.Name spelled backwards? 5.What is your quest? 6.Nickname? 7.Age? 8.Hometown? 9.What were you born in? 10.Where do you live now? 11.What state? 12.Ever going to move? 13.Would you rather live somewhere else? 14.Birthdate? 15.When do you blow out your candles? 16.Day you were born? 17.Zodiac sign? 18.Do you know what that is? 19.Sex? 20.Height? 21.Weight? 22.Eye color? 23.Hair color? 24.Any siblings? 25.Names and ages? 26.Do you get along with them? 27.Any pets? 28.Names? 29.Parents? 30.Names? 31.Do you get along with them? 32.Married or divorced? 33.How long? 34.Website? 35.Email? 36.AOL s/n? 37.Yahoo s/n? 38.ICQ? 39.MSN? 40.How many people are on your buddy list? 41.Phone number? 42.Personality? School 43. Do you want to answer these? 44.What school do you go to? 45.What year are you? 46.What are you? 47.Hardest class? 48.Easiest class? 49.Most fun class? 50.What day did school start? 51.Do you have classes with friends? 52.Do you have friends? 53.Do you go to school events? 54.What was the last event you went to? 55.Do you have school spirit? 56.Do you go to dances? 57.Stag or with someone? Relationships 58. Do you want to answer these? 59.Have a significant other? 60.What is their name? 61.How old are they? 62.How long have you been going out? 63.Have you been faithful? 64.Do you have a crush? 65.Who? 66.Do they know you like them? 67.You ever going to tell them? 68.Do you have an online crush? 69.Who? In the Past 24 Hours Have You? 70. Do you wonder why I'm asking these questions? 71.Had a serious talk? 72. Hugged someone? 73.Fought with a friend? 74.Cried? 75.Laughed? 76.Made someone laugh? 77.Bought something? 78.Cut your hair? 79.Felt stupid? 80.Talked to someone you love? 81.Missed someone? Have-you-ever ? 82. You want me to tell you? 83.Smoked? 84.Stolen something? 85.Done drugs? 86.Drank? 87.Gotten drunk? 88.Eaten an entire box of Oreos? 89.Been dumped? 90.Had someone be unfaithful to you? 91.Hiked up a mountain? 92. Stayed home on Saturday night, just because? 93.Been in love? 94.Seen the White House? 95.Seen the Eiffel Tower? 96.Try smoking? 97.Played monopoly? 98.Seen Titanic? 99.Kissed someone? 100.Tried a weight loss program? 101.Jumped on a trampoline? 102.Colored in a coloring book (and had fun)? 103.Had a bubble bath? 104.Been on a plane? 105.Been on a boat? 106.Been on a train? 107.Been in a car accident? 108.Ridden an elephant? 109.Made a web page? 110.Played with Barbies? 111.Stay up all night? 112.Shoved stuff under your bed to make your room look clean? 113.Called a psychic or sex hotline? 114.Watched Jerry Springer? 115.Gotten in trouble for talking in class? 116.Been afraid of the dark? 117.Been in the hospital (not visiting)? 118.Had stitches? 119.Dumped someone and regretted it? 120.Gone out with more than one person at a time? 121.Lied? 122.Been arrested? 123.Fallen asleep in class? 124.Gotten in trouble in class? 125.Used food for something other than to eat? 126.Met a celebrity? 127.Broken the law? 128.Ever loved someone so much it made you cry? 129.Hated yourself? 130.Been brokenhearted? 131.Broken someone's heart? 132.Are you a virgin? 133.Done something really stupid? 134.Been arrested? 135.Hurt a friend? 136.Broken a bone? 137.Ever had a crush on a teacher? Favorites 138. Why do you want to know? curious. 139.Guy name? 140.Girl name? 141.Nationality? 142.Color? 143.Holiday? 144.Day of the week? 145.Restaurant? 146.Fastfood restaurant? 147.Food? 148.Animal? 149.Pet? 150.Store? 151.Mall? 152.Clothes brand? 153.Soda? 154.Alcohol? 155.Instrument? 156.Season? 157.Number? 158.Radio station? 159.Song? 160.Sport? 161.Vacation spot? 162.State? 163.Country? 164.Flower? 165.Perfume? 166.Thing to do? 167.Actor? 168.Actress? 169.Saying? 170.Car? 171.Month? 172.Cartoon? 173.T.V.Show? 174.Website? 175.Book? 176.Quality about yourself? 177.Your best friend? 178.Your best guy friend? 179.Your best girl friend? 180.Fruit? . 181.Vegetable? 182.Meat? 183.Quote? 184.Saying? 185.Type of movie? 186.Candy? 187.Language? 188.Magazine? 189.CD? 190.Store? 191.Movie? 192.Day of the week? 193.Singer? 194.Band? Misc. 195.Why are you so curious? 196.Like to swim? 197.Like to dance? 198.Have a pool? 199.Have a car? 200.Going to get a car? 201.Your motto? 202.What do you look for in a friend? 203.What do you look for in the opposite sex? 204.Time you get up? 205.Time you go to bed? 206.What color are the sheets on your bed? 207.How many pillows? 208.Ever skip school? 209.Have you ever been convicted of a crime? 210.What did you eat for dinner? 211.What are you wearing? 212.What movie makes you cry? 213.What book makes you cry? 214.What song makes you cry? 215.What/Who makes you laugh so hard you cry? 216.What is your favorite possession? 217.What physical, tangible possession do you want most? 218.How badly do you want it? 219.Have you ever seen The Exorcist? 220.How long did it take you to understand why that question is here? 221.Does Christmas music played too far away from Christmas annoy you? 222.How old do you think you will be before you stop liking getting older? 223.What was the best Halloween costume you ever had? 224.What was the worst Halloween costume you ever had? 225.What holiday do you think has still managed to retain its original meaning? 226.There are currently no federal holidays during August-what should be put there? 227.How good is your short-term memory? 228.How good is your short-term memory? 229.(Not very good I see, I repeated that question, did you notice?) 230.How good is your long-term memory? 231.What is your earliest memory? 232.What is your happiest memory (other than receiving this survey)? 233.What is your strangest memory? 234.What is your worst memory? 235.What song, movie, etc. 236.What song, movie, etc. 237.What size are your feet? 238.If someone you had no interest in dating expressed interest in dating you, how would you feel? 239.Do you prefer getting to know someone first before dating them or going "blind"? 240.Could you carry on a relationship with someone with the same first name as a family member? 241.Have you ever wished it was more "socially acceptable" for a girl to ask a guy out? 242.What's your opinion on sex without emotional commitment? 243.Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractive? 244.Do you think the opposite sex finds you good-looking? 245.Would you be willing to give up sex in exchange for an emotional commitment you knew would last? 246.Do you laugh when you hear or read the number 69? 247.Were you lying about your answer to the previous question? 248.Do you actually know your Social Security Number? 249.Do you actually know your IP address? 250.Do you know what an IP address is? 251.Do you know the four-character extension on your ZIP code? 252.Ever think there were too many numbers floating around in our lives? 253.Does your head begin to hurt when you think of infinity,imaginary numbers, irrational numbers, etc.? 254.What do you think of pi, you know, 3.14152967 etc..? 255.Do you have a driver's license? 256.Do you sometimes see a movie or watch a show just because a good-looking celebrity is in it? 257.What celebrity's autograph do you want most? 258.Have people ever said you looked like a celebrity, and if so, who? 259.If there was to be a movie about you, who do you think should play you (in personality, looks or both)? 260.Does it ever annoy you when you know someone is a celebrity but you can't remember who they are? 261.If you could enter any celebrity's mind like in "Being John Malkovich", whose would you enter? 262.Do you want to be John Malkovich? 263.Have you ever wished you could experience being the other gender? 264.What do you love most about the other gender? 265.What do you dislike most about the other gender? 266.What do you understand least about the other gender? 267.Mac or PC? 268.How much do you actually care about the inner workings of your computer or is it only as long as it works? 269.Do you ever begin preferring IMs to other forms of conversation? 270.Do you find you're different talking through IMs than face-to-face or on the telephone? 271.Have you ever bid on something on eBay and regretted it later? 272.If you had been born a member of the opposite sex, what would your name have been? 273.Would you name a child of yours after you? 274.If you had to switch first names with a friend of yours, who would you switch with? 275.What's the way people most often mispronounce any part of your name? . 276.If you were to become famous, would you drop your last name (like Madonna, Cher, Roseanne)? 277.Like to give hugs? 278.Like to walk in the rain? 279.Sleep with or without clothes on? 280.Prefer black or blue pens? 281.Dress up on Halloween? 282.Sleep on your side, tummy or back? 283.Think you're attractive? 284.Want to marry? 285.Have a goldfish? 286.Ever have the falling dream? 287.Have stuffed animals? 288.Do you believe in the traditional view of Heaven and Hell? 289.Do you think God has a gender? 290.Do you think science counteracts religion? 291.Do you believe in organized religion? 292.Where do you think we go when we die? 293.How easy is it to make you laugh? 295.Do you laugh at jokes you know you shouldn't? 296.Do you tell jokes you know you shouldn't? 297.What words instantly make you laugh or at least smile? 298.What do you think is the funniest thing you've ever said or written? 299.Do you ever dance to music when nobody's watching, when someone's watching? 300.What is/are the worst song(s) you have ever heard? 301.What song(s) do you wish you could understand a little better? 302.What song(s) are constantly in your head? 303.What song(s) do you think describe your personality best? 304.If you were to serenade the object of your affections, which song(s) would you use? 305.If the object of your affections were to serenade you, what song(s) would you hope he or she used? 306.What movie(s) do you love that nobody else seems to? 307.Do you agree with the idea that sequels are always worse than the original? 308.Who's your favorite Star Wars character? 309.What kind of movie do you think there should be more of? 310.What movie(s) do you simply not understand the appeal of? 311.When eating, are you more concerned with taste or healthiness? 312.What's your favorite kind of cheese? 313.What do you think your answer to the previous question reveals about your personality? 314.If you knew exactly what went into Chinese food,hamburger meat, etc., would you still eat it? 315.Do you ever feel guilty eating meat? Friends 316.What a unique category, don't you think? 317.Are you sure you have friends? 318.Best friend? 319.Second-best friend? 320.Email the most? 321.Call the most? 322.IM the most? 323.Best friend of the opposite sex? 324.Best offline friend? 325.Best online friend? 326.Which friend do you dislike the most? 327.Person you can always confide in? 328.Person that you can talk to for 12 hours straight and never get bored? 329.In a fight or annoyed? 330.Friend's house you sleep at the most? 331.Friend's house you wish you could sleep at but can't? 332.Who is the first number on your speed dial? 333.Who would you take away on a week vacation? 334.Craziest? 335.Weirdest? 336.Most fun? 337.Saddest? 338.Quietest? 339.Who knows you the best? 340.Who do you know the best? 341.Who do you like to shop with? 342.Talk with? 343.Trust the most? 344.Flirt with? 345.Laugh with? 346.Give advice to? 347.Who gives you advice? 348.Best singer? 349.Best athlete? 350.Who is the nicest? 351.Who is the meanest? 352.Best dancer? 353.Best writer? 354.Best smile? 355.Most creative? 356.Best dressed? 357.Best shoes? 358.Who doesn't care if they lie? 359.Who can't lie? 360.Most innocent? 361.Most innocent looking? 362.Rebel? 363.Moodiest? 364.Happiest? 365.Cutest? Do/Are/Who's? 366. It's because I'm bored, can't you figure that out? 367.Religious? 368.Try to be fashionable? 369.Think fashion is important? 370.Get along with your family? 371.Get along with your friends? 372.Get grounded? 373.Know any foreign languages? 374.Run into walls/doors? 375.Blonde? 376.Who do you talk to most online? 377.Who do you talk to most on the phone? 378.Are you a bum? 379.Do you get online a lot? 380.Do you shower? 381.Do you hate school? 382.Do you have a social life? 383.Do you trust people easily? 384.Have you ever lied to your best friend(s)? 385.Are you a dare devil? 386.Would you ever sky dive? 387.Do you like to dance? 388.Are you funny? 389.Are you a serious person? 390.Do you make friends easily? 391.Do you work out? 392.Do you like to work out? 393.How much can you bench press? 394.How much can you lift? 395.Are you a popular person? 396.Do you have plans for your future? 397.Do you plan to go to college? 398.Do you play sports? 399.Do you like sports? 400.Do you play an instrument? 401.Know what you want to be when you get older? 402.Ever been out of state? 403.Out of the country? 404.Do you like to travel? 405.What do YOU think of the way you look? 406.What do YOU think about your attitude? 407.What do you think about life after death? 408.What do you think about karma? 409.What do you think about love? 410.What do you think about fate? 411.What do you think about yourself? 412.What do you tell yourself if times get hard? 413.What would you give your life for? 414.What do you think about your first love? 415.What do you think about the first person that loved you? 416.What are you scared of? 417.Do you cry easily? 418.Who/What is something/someone that has touched you? 419.What was the saddest moment of your life? 420.What would life be without friends? 421.Without family? 422.Without you? 423.Are you deep? 424.Do you think love is once in a lifetime, or just chance? 425.Do you like your town? 426.Do you wanna get out of your town? 427.What design/logo is on your mouse pad? 428.What color is your mouse pad? 429.Drink a lot of water? 430.Have a cell phone/beeper/etc.? 431.Do you like amusement parks? 432.Have you ever been to 6 Flags? 433.What namebrand do you wear the most? 434.Do you like taking pictures? 435.Do you like getting your picture taken? 436.Do you have a tan? 437.Do you get annoyed easily? 438.What are you hobbies? 439.Do you have your own phone/phone line? 440.Do you have any posters/pinups on your bedroom walls? 441.Are you sick of this survey yet? 442.Do you get good grades in school? 443.How do you vent your anger? 444.Are you a role model? 445.Who do you look up to? 446.Who do you trust the most? 447.Do you have any piercings? 448.Do you have any tattoos? 449.Do you dream a lot? 450.Do you daydream a lot? 451.Have you had a nightmare lately? 452.Do you have any allergies? 453.Do you have any health problems? 454.Do you like animals? 455.Do you have any pets? 456.Do you like siblings? 457.Do you have glasses/contacts? 458.Do you have braces? 459.Do you have a job? 460.Have you ever been fired from a job? 461.Who did YOU want to be President? 462.Who would you vote for, if anyone, and why? 463.Do you have a curfew? 464.Are you a vegetarian? 465.Could you be a vegetarian? 466.Have you ever thought about suicide? . 467.Do you like coffee? 468.Do you have a sweet tooth? 469.Do you like horror movies? 470.Do you like to spend or save your money? 471.Do you keep your room clean? 472.Do yours well? 473.Do you eat vegetables? 474.Are you a flirt? 475.Are you good at flirting? 476.Do you like to go to parties? 477.Do you still go trick or treating? 478.Are you an angel or a little devil? 479.Do you get along with people? 480.Have you ever just started dancing/singing in the middle of somewhere? 481.Have you ever won anything? 482.Do you have a waterbed or a regular bed? 483.What size? 484.Do you get bored easily? 485.Do you play golf? 486.Do you play miniature golf? 487.Do you like tennis? 488.Are you flexible? 489.Are you a sweet heart? 490.Would you like to be cloned? 491.What are your opinions on cloning? 493.Scaramouche,scaramouche, will you do the fandango? 494.Did you like this survey? 495.Are you sorry you began filling it out? 496.What questions do you wish it had asked? 497.How would you have answered them? THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS 498.When was the last time you let the people you love/people who are important to you know you love them/that they are important to you? 499.What do you want the people who are reading this survey to know? 500.What time is it?
what your name say about you? i forgot CONAN smart super cool,,irresistible Daryle- ugly but hung like a horse, prone to belly button fluff. cade------ gay, but very unhappy. epdug-------good person to talk to when you have a problem - his is worse. mikoy-----Funny and sexy, everything a bloke wants in a woman. genie-----Likes Max power magazine, can't drive. Dominatrix Nova--Beautiful, power-crazy Colleen intelligent, funny and very talented when it comes to the naughty stuff. Anjan Very shy, nearly always seen with a bright red face Maren-Likes dancing, mainly the waltz. Dalton -only goes out with girls so that he can steal their clothes. Cory female -quiet, studious type, wears glasses, a tiger in bed male Kelly .the fat boy of the class, likes sweets and is full of *** Inga-Right wing Nazi tendencies, never smiles.
Read this and tell me what you think. I wote this 2 years ago? Ok where should I start? Well do you know what, all my life, well up until I was 13. I always thought ok was spell O-K. But in actuality it is spelled o-k-a-y. That is so weird. The American people are so lazy we can’t even spell out a whole word. Americans are so fat and lazy we can’t write to more letters. “ Oh no I can’t two letters because I might to take a break from watching T.V. and eating my Crispy Creams while sitting at Mcdonalds drinking my coffee to write four lousy letters. Do know that in a national survey that McDonalds is the number one place to buy coffee. McDonalds? I feel that McDonalds is barf in a bag on a tray Dunkin Doughnuts is 2nd. Because America drives to Dunkin Doughnuts. You have herd the slogan “America Runs on Dunkin’” It has the little businessman running holding a Dunkin Doughnuts coffee cup. I can’t recall the last time I saw some one running out side of gym class and still they aren’t running very long or fast. Ha and third is Starbucks. I herd today that people go to star bucks once keep the cup and then put cheaper coffee in there used coffee cup. How cheap are we America to use old cups with old coffee in it so we look cool? Ha. Personal I think coffee is gross and I’d rather drink coco. America is so cheap and stuff is so over priced that is sickens me. Milk is now going up to four dollars a gallon. That just makes me sick. Buying milk is going to put people into the poor house. But we will go to Starbucks buy one cup of coffee and reuse it with the McDonalds coffee. Do you know how bad the service in McDonalds is? We go there after church on Sundays and they are so slow. The way it is set up if order say a number 10 sandwiches they will give you the large meal. So you always order saying just the sandwich. They always pretend they didn’t hear you. They always forget to give you something. But they charge you for it. So when you go up and say that you forget it they get up all huffy with you. They always say you didn’t say that. But it was charged on the receipt. They feel who are we to ask a favor of some one who works at MCDONALDS. Like they are better than use. Oh ya Burger Flipin is a 10 on my list of success. America is obsessed with food. Have you ever been to the barfarossa. We go there sometimes on Sundays and watch the black ladies wear their elaborate hats. Yes I said BLACK ladies it doesn’t bother me much. Whoa got to slow down getten ahead of myself. But don’t worry know I will talk about that later just you wait. The food there is so gross. It is awful it is so greasy and fatting. It just makes me so sick. But we went their and there was an air bubble in the ice cream machine and it would make a loud pop and the fat black ladies would jump back screaming and hollering. It was so funny. I think I died laughing. Have you herd of the new diet ALI. The fat people of America think it is some miracle pill and they will just lose 100 lbs. What they don’t realize they have to get of there lazy butts and exercise. They are going to be so disappointed when it doesn’t work. I can’t wait to hear the fat people of America join arms to take down the ALI program. They will literaly stampede down the ALI company walls with tens of thousands upon thousands of pounds. Oh I can just see the law suite that will arise. I will laugh so hard. Now I am not saying am I’m a skinny minny but I am average. It seems that in America there is to types of people in the world extremely obese people and than people are so skinny that look more like poles than people. In all those magazines that are so skinny that they are nothing. Now men look at these women they think that’s what woman are supposed to look like. Well news flash we don’t. I know that woman like to eat desserts and chocolate is our favorite. So we are not going to look like that. Those models are like a machine a well-trained robot. They are programmed to throw up everything that they eat. They to eat chocolate and go through a bindge cycle. My grandmother had a magnet that said those indulge bulge. And that is so true. We can eat of sweets but it should be in small seizes. We don’t need to eat so much. We just want a small taste and that’s all that we need to eat. But I am no dietitian so don’t listen to me. America is obsessed with budding into every one else’s business. On the news today all you hear is Paris Hilton goes to prison. Paris Hilton out of jail. Paris Hilton lesbian lover in jail makes her origami. The night Paris got out of jail the only thing on the news was the footage of her walking out of jail. Then there’s her interview with Larry King. She was asked what she learned in jail that could better herself as a citizen and a human being. Do you know what her answer was do you now what she said? “ So like when I totally get PO my voice gets like totally like squeaky and I totally don’t think that’s its like ya know hot” OMG not about because she’s a cleb she should get special treatment. The whole thing just makes me so sick. And than when Anne Nichole died that’s all we herd. How did she die? Well I got your answers right here DRUGS. You saw that footage of the clown. She was in the clown makeup babysitting. Telling the camera that she is on a mushroom high. I want some real news. Something important it just bugs me so much. I want real news. I don’t care if you end up offending someone. I DON’T GIVE A CRAP!! It just bugs me so much. I could go on and on about this topic and I think I should start now. Political Correctness. Say those words to your self. Political Correctness. America is so afraid of offending anyone that we are losing a war because of it. Oh wait sorry we did not declare war. Do you know that in the schools we can’t talk about god, or the true meaning of Christmas? But we can talk about the meaning of Hanukah. I had a friend who is half Jewish half Catholic his Mom who is Jewish would come in every year and talk about the Jewish people and the eight nights and the oil. But if my Mom were to come in and talk about the baby Jesus they wouldn’t let her? 6 minutes ago
Will you read this before you ask how to become a disney channel star?? No one on here knows you, your acting skills, your voice, your dance technique, your location, your appearance, your personality, or training, so no one is going to be able to tell you if you will be able to become a "Teen Star" or a "Disney Channel Star". Likely, No. To get on TV you need an agent. Disney rarely just holds open auditions, and when they do, they're not for kids to have their own TV shows. To get an agent, you usually need to be either really attractive or really talented, (often both). Look for agents in your area and send them your headshot and resume. You also MUST get involved in acting you can't expect to go from singing into a brush to singing in front of millions. 1. Take Classes-Try to get involved in as many acting, modeling, singing and dancing classes as you can. 2. Perform-Try out for school and community theatre and subscribe to a magazine like Backstage to look for auditions. So will you please stop asking this stupid question again and again??? I didn't really expect this to get the point across, I just wanted to rant a bit. :)
poll....What your name say about you? babygirl-Drives a Mustang, fights in pubs. just wondering--ugly shithead who everybody hates. neo complete loser, hated by his parents. ps is that neo the one SAMATHA --Drop dead gorgeous enters conan dreams at night hey i didnt write this John Paul.--wannabe sex machine. tends to kill small animals., Morgen--Drinks anything so long as it's got vodka in it. sorry for the re.re.repost but conan bored and im trying to fiinish my list so your names not there it will be ..
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