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I was under the impression my phone was being tapped by activating the mic. I run a business and I talk about very important business info so I need to understand how this stuff works. When it first started I would get spoofed emails to my blackberry, with headings denoting what I said in the last conversation on a daily basis. For example I was in the car talking about the roman god misra and my friend Quinn, and then got a spoofed email from Misra Quinn. At first I didn't tell anyone and would just unplug my battery. Recently I found out my suspicions were right. There is a cell phone spy program for 100$ called Flexispy that allows someone who has that software installed in a smart phone to call your phone and either tap your calls or remotely activate your speaker while your phone apears off. I read that they send the program to your phone in a hidden text, and that it remains invisible. Once activated your phone becomes a walking bug. How does it work? Why doesn't the number they call from daily to activate the software show up on your phone bill? Why do the hours that they listen to you not show up on your phone bill as a call, considering they have a line open? Does the program in thier phone hack directly into my phone, or does it hijack some phone company server in between my phone and the hackers phone? Tell me everything you know. I am sure many other people all over the world could benefit from understanding the technichallity of this nasty spy program. I hope one day it is illegal to produce or posess such a program. I am not one for strict laws but this is sick, and could be dangerous. Also is there any way to catch the scumbag doing this?
firstly, sorry this is so long.
i barely even know where to begin with this...
i'm just feeling so numb and low at the same time, i want to commit suicide but i know i can't because my family and few friends would be sad.
all my life i've had problems with people, i was bullied on and off and i developed severe anxiety and self consciousness which impaired my daily interactions with people. i've never been very good with meeting people or talking to them. i find social interaction especially difficult. right now i only have about 4 people who i'd want to keep in touch with, but i know that's better than nothing...
i hear voices daily, the other day this was happening for 6 hours solidly. luckily i was in the psych hospital at the time so they could talk to the doctor and up my meds (i take aripiprazole 20mg now). these voices offend me, swear at me and tell me to do things.
when i go outside now, i panic a lot. it's like a constant state of fear that i'm in. the voices say that the spies will come and get me and kill me. but i panic generally too, not just because of the spies. i can't go out alone... i have to hold onto someone's arm and even then i don't feel safe at all. my house is the only safe place.
i'm also really worried about my speech and thoughts. you can see one of my past questions for more info but basically my thoughts become muddled and i can't get out what i want to say. this morning the crisis team came to see me and i spoke and a load of gobbledegook came out, it was really weird. this happens on and off, obviously it's not happening now or i wouldn't be able to type this.
i'm also feeling sometimes incredibly empty and very tired. i don't feel like washing or anything, i have no interest in that. i have no interest in anything. i feel like staring into space for hours or sleeping all day.
i also just want to cut my arm. today was the closest i've come to suicide. i thought that i'm finished fighting, i've been a fighter my whole life but now it's just time to give up... i feel i have no emotions, they only pop up sometimes.
i have recovering wounds on my arm from where i tried to cut an infra red chip out my arm that the spies are tracking me with. also just general cuts.
the crisis team today said they are not going to come round again (they've been making daily visits) and are going to leave everything to my cpn
my diagnosis so far is psychosis, dysthymia and an anxiety disorder.
i guess my questions are:
1) what do you think about my situation?
2) do you think my diagnosis' are right?
3) what is happening to my thoughts and speech?
4) what shall i do now?
5) any other comments or advice
thanks, no stupid answers please
I asked this question already but never got an answer.
It's about a young woman, in her twenties, who is looking for her father. She finds him, eventually, but when she does she also finds out that he is in a shady business and in order to join the family business she has to become an assassin. Before her father finds out that she is trying to find him, she gets a job working in his office as a secretary.
Other than that I remember that there were three other people working for her father; an older man, a young woman about her age and a guy a few years older.
Other small odd details I remember-
She was constantly hiding from a guy she went out with thinking he was stalking her, later it turned out she had his PDA.
She met the guy that works with her dad while playing paintball, she beat him. Then later when going to see her dad she met him again. So when they find out she was listening in a conversation they think that she was stalking him and they almost kill/torture her thinking she's a spy tell she tells her dad that she's his daughter.
Her dad is open with her being in his life and seems glad to have met her but he doesn't want her being an assassin he wants her to have a normal life and refuses to give her a job until she kills someone on a golf course with a mascara cross bow that was given to her by the woman that her dad works with
I have a friend and lately he has become very withdrawn he spends little time with his family
and spends most of his time on his pc.
Until recently I noticed that he had been writing down alot of things to do with numbers and underlining words in newspapers and drawing things that make little sense. Even telling me that he thinks that one of the tutors he knows at college is working under MI5 to kidnap and is spying on him.
Ive become really worried because a comment where he said that he thought that hes from a different planet and was lost as if hes part of some alien fantasy coz he thinks that aliens are trying to communicate or find him and get him back to where he belongs.
And he dosen't talk alot he finds it hard to interact with people especially at college where he goes off on his own all the time and if he sits in the canteen he looks like he is in his own world and blankly stares into the distance not joining in.
What could this be? should he see a Dr?
Obama – are you listening???
America, Canada , all Europe ..... needs a President like
this.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - Australia
Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told
on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government
targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror
attacks.
Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on
Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the
nation's mosques.
Quote: 'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or
Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether
we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the
terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in
patriotism by the majority of Australians.'
'This culture has been developed over two centuries of
struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women
who have sought freedom. We speak mainly ENGLISH, not
Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or
any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of
our society, Learn the Language!'
'Most Australians believe in God. This is not some
Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because
Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded
this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly
appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If
God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of
the world as your new home, because God is part of our
culture.'
'We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why.
All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and
peaceful enjoyment with us.'
'This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we
will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once
you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our
Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life,
I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great
Australian freedom, THE RIGHT TO LEAVE.'
'If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you
to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country
YOU accepted.'
Maybe if we circulate this , American citizens will find
the backbone to start speaking and voicing the same truths.
Hey peter, notice I am not "eyes."
First off, a little bit about me...I am an 18 year old college freshman. I have only had one boyfriend, and that was my junior year of high school. He was also my first kiss. I am in no way unattractive nor am I a beautiful cheerleader.
Here's the back story: I've known this guy (let's call him Brad) since my freshman theater class. "Brad" is 3 years older than I am, making him 21. He has his moments and he can always make me laugh. I liked him for a little bit my freshman year. He graduated and I noticed that he kept coming to the theater performances that I was partcipating in. My sophmore and junior year he was there and after wards he would pick me up and throw me over his shoulder.
Then, my senior year in high school...I was a student assistant for my theater teacher. I went to a performance of Beauty and the Beast done by a Theater 1 class and I helped with tickets. "Brad" showed up and stood next to me while I was selling tickets and giving out programs. He told me that he was there to see his sister perform. He waited until the play was about to start and then he went inside. We talked a little bit after the play was over and then left it at that.
Then, the next semester...I had a class with "Brad's" sister. We didn't really become friends until the day after performance. On performance night, there were 3 shows going on. The 1st involved his sister. I walked in late and saw him sitting there. Then, a little bit before the 2nd play started he turned around, saw me and came over. We got to talking and then I had to leave to do lights and sound for play number 2. After which, I had to go and change for my part in play 3. After the show, I was talking to my parents and "Brad" stood to the side of me waiting for me to finish so I could talk to him. After my parents left, "Brad" and I talked in the theater until the teacher shut off the lights. We exchanged numbers and then went outside to say goodbye. We ended up talking for about 2 hours. We talked about crazy stuff we did and he picked me and threw me over his shoulder once again.
"Brad" started texting me and ultimately he texted me wondering if we could go to the movies "just as friends" with our mutual friends Jacob and his girlfriend at the time Sheila. I agreed. Jacob and I figured out the details and I informed "Brad". "Brad" informed me that he would not be able to go because his friends would be coming into town from college. I had his sister spy for me and she said that he was in his room all night playing Halo. I got pissed and I didn't text him back for about 2 or 3 weeks. It was a friendly, "Hey, what's up" text that changed it all...the reply I got back was "just chillin' with my new girlfriend. she doesn't really like me talking to girls that obviously like me." He said this to me after he told me he didn't want to date because his last girlfriend screwed his best friend. I cursed him out and the only time I heard of him is when I would receive forwards from him. Ultimately I didn't talk to him again. Until...
A few days ago, I was on Facebook before the football game and he im'ed me and asked how my school year was going. I im'ed him back 9 hours later and told him. I asked him when he was going to be back from Wisconsin. He asked me "why, is it because I wanted to see him". I said in a very sarcastic tone that yes, that was the reason. He said but of course and then asked me if that when he gets back from Wisconsin whether I'd like to go to the movies with him. I said yes.
We've talked now a few more times. The first few days we talked for hours until the wee hours of the morning (like from 10pm to 545am). I've invited him to come and visit me up at college.
Here's part of my epedemic...I am a virgin, he isn't. I'm not sure how many girls he has been with. He usually talks a lot about sex and what he would want to do to me. He said I had a hot body and stuff like that. And, when the conversation is not about Sex, it is a very short cnverstain
I just don't know if he likes ME or just wants SEX.
HELP
this happened last year (when i was in 8th grade) but its still bothering me. anyways, im 14, and last year, a new girl named jessica started going to my school and she was in my grade. about a month after she started going to my school, this nasty girl in my grade named sarah, started a rumor that jessica was pregnant. jessica wasnt pregnant...sarahs just a mean girl who talks a lot of crap. for some reason, my cousin whos in 11th grade, heard the rumor and told my mom, which makes no sense because neither of them even know jessica. after a few months, i became good friends with jessica and started hanging out with her, just around school, not outta school. my cousin saw me hanging out with jessica and she told my mom. my mom FLIPPED. she said that jessica was a slut and a scumbag, and she doesnt even know who she IS. to make things worse she had all these kids SPY ON ME and go back to tell her everything, and she called the principal and told her not to let jessica near me, but the principal said she couldnt do that. one day when i came home from school my mom started screaming at me she was like YOU WERE SMOKING IN THE BATHROOM. i asked her why she would think that and she said my coat smelled like smoke which is so untrue considering i never smoked a cigarette in my life, and jessica didnt smoke either. my mom said i had to stop hanging out with jessica or else my mom would go to the police and go to jessicas house and yell at her parents. the worst part is i never did anything wrong? i never smoked a cigarette, never drank, never did drugs, i get good grades.
Is this all my fault?
im 19 years old it all started in the end of 2004 when i was 14 yrs old i met this guy karl he was my best freind i really liked him we used to always talk and all an then he told me that i wasnt his type anyways he gave my number to his friend nader and same thning happend but he was different he still hasnt talked to me after 5 years..anyways hes freind hemat stole my number from his phone and started calling me and ever since then we were on and off friends and have been fighting and pranking eachother and talking behind eachohers backs..anyways he hooked me up with his friend ali and he was sooo nice to me heeven warned me about hemat so did everyone else and also people warned me about him but then he himself broke my heart so bad i still feel it he did so many hurtful things to me i was so vulnerable with no frieds or anything so i went with other guys who all tricked me and hurt me n used me ..and then i met my friends mahd and sam and Hamd and we were really close friends we used to joke and do everything and they wernt mean to me ever and everytime i was with them or if i was with or talking to any guy hemat would call me asking if i liked them he knew everything about me it was almost like he was spying on me,,then i stopped talking to every guty and me n hemat became close we became the best of friends we were even secretly seeing eachother behind everyones back ..and i remember one day he called me an asked me if i liked him :( withoutt thinking i said to him man ure my best friend... :( i didnt mean to say it..anyways
then we saw eachother again once more then he never invited me to his house:(:( . then on tuesday he told me 2 call him wen i rang he told me he did not want to talk 2 me anymore and not to bother him:(.the way he said it was very low and fuzzy almost liek he didnt mean it i was so upset, i kept messaging him asking him who had ruined my life and who was giving my number out b4 because people told me it was him and thngs had gotten very ugly he then admitted everything to me and apoligized i just wanted to fix everything because i was scared to get hurt again anyways and then last night he messaged me with the picture of soli the guy who i was talking to which is my freind an he was like did u have better than dis n today i messaged back saying why did u send me that an he goes to me im leaving :( and i sed forever an he said dno maybe..and then i told him not to beacuse i really liked him an all
an he goes okay i g2g den... :( i dno how i feel im so numb atm it is so hard i knew him for 5 years but i guess its the way i look that made him run away i dno why do guys always do this to me
Okay, hello again all! I've been working on some historical fiction, and I just don't find that Chapter One is as captivating as I desire it to be! So I was hoping some of you might be able to give me some constructive criticism and tell me where I can improve... oh, and all the character's names are subject to change, especially the protagonist's. Thanks in advance!
Here:
CHAPTER ONE
Willow Greve was not particularly tall, though she had never considered it to be a great trial of her life until that very moment. It was awfully hard to jump, she reflected with a slight furrow in her brow, when one was bedecked in a great many voluminous skirts and a restricting corset. Huffing in frustration, she combed back a wayward tendril of dark hair and attempted, for what perhaps might have been the third or fourth time in a row, to reach the back of the luggage rack in the dimly-lit compartment that was rocking steadily with the chug-chug-chug of the old steam engine.
Not that she'd ever be caught doing such a thing in public, of course. Willow shuddered to picture her great-aunt's scandalized expression were she to spy her nephew's sixteen-year-old daughter doing anything other than what was featured in Madam Breckinridge's Cardinal Guide to Becoming a True Lady of Distinction, which she claimed to have recited off by heart. The old woman was dreadfully doctrinaire and old-fashioned, and Willow could not have been gladder to have waved her off at the station for what very well may have been good.
You see, the primary reason Willow was trying to get a hold of her suitcase -- which, during a tremendous jolt of the carriage, had rolled to the far back of the hold -- was because she'd been growing rather tired of sitting alone in her compartment and of having hardly anything to do. She'd grown steadily keen on the idea of settling down with a captivating novel for the remainder of the journey, but such a plan was apparently easier said than done and the sudden revelation that she was at least half-a-foot shorter than what the situation warranted was quickly disheartening her.
The Allford Express was roughly halfway to Hertfordshire, East England. Having spent the vast majority of her sixteen years in the bustling haute monde region of London, Willow didn't really know what to expect of the backwoods. The idea to have her sent away to an exclusive boarding school in the isolated countryside had been her manipulative great-aunt's, but do not be fooled into thinking this was an act of great consideration. Ever since the late Mrs. Greve had passed a little over a year earlier, Willow's father had grown steadily reclusive, spending the vast majority of his days locked away in his study with nothing but a typewriter and a full flask of brandy. Great-Aunt Esther had taken it upon herself to move into their regal townhouse and make sure Willow was invited to all the right social gatherings and balls, as well as host her own cotillion debut. She had recently decided that the daily schooling lessons taught by Willow's respective au pairs were simply not enough, and had taken no heed in enrolling her at one of the most prestigious boarding schools in all of Great Britain.
...
so there it is! Oh, and I'm a month shy of fifteen if it counts towards anything.
Note: it is incomplete, only the first section of Chapter One if you were wondering. It does get more interesting, I promise!
Kcarp, that is amazing! Do you mind terribly if I borrow that sentence, maybe edit it a bit? And yes, the name Willow is very unfitting... but I can't find a name that I like. I may just settle for Aurelia or something for now :)
You gotta love Robin Williams........Even if he's nuts! Leave it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan. What we need now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message.
Robin Williams' plan...(Hard to argue with this logic!)
'I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for peace. So, here's one plan.'
1) 'The US/ UK/ AUSTRALIA will apologize to the world for our 'interference' in their affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those 'good 'ole' boys', we will never 'interfere' again.
2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting withGermany , South Korea , the Middle East , and the Philippines . They don't want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence.
3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or where they are from. They're illegal!!! France will welcome them..
4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!! No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in. If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don't need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.
5) No foreign 'students' over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don't attend classes, they get a 'D' and it's back home baby.
6) The US /UK/Australia will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while
7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don't like it, we go someplace else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.)
8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not 'interfere.' They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them is stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.
9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island someplace. We don't need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us 'Ugly Americans' any longer. The Language we speak is ENGLISH..learn it...or LEAVE...Now, isn't that a winner of a plan?
'The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, 'you want a piece of me?'
My wife and myself have been married several years, and since getting together have battled through most days, we dont treat each other right, there is no respect. She has continued to spy on my via going through my emails and phone to try catch me out in lies under the preconseption i was always going to, accused me of having affairs i havent had. Because of this and many other reasons we drifted apart, and became more like enermies than partners. Coming home everyday was like walking on a minefield having to watch what i said in case it was the wrong thing and caused a row. Anyway a good few months ago i became friends with a female colleague. Friends turned to flirting and then something more happened and we crossed the line into an affair. At the begining, this lady wasnt even the type id go for and wouldnt have dreamed in year this could happen, but now i see nothing but beauty in her and cant imagine being without her.
After we started to "see each other" i felt so guilty i came clean with my wife who said we could work through it, if i stopped seeing her. This i tried but after being in a hateful relationship for so long the appeal of actually getting on with someone was too strong and so i told my wife i was leaving and moved out.
Its not been easy moving into a new place but the relationship with the new lady is fantastic. its such a releif being with someone who doesnt judge your every word and understands me. i no long feel like im walking on eggshells everytime i go home, its just nice easy and relaxed and i throughly enjoy her company, were alway going out together, where before i never with my wife due to fear of an argument all the time. (and when we did go out, bingo theres the argument....)
Anyway it had got to the point where its time to sell the house and put in for a divorce, but through the last couple of months my wife has been in contact, we have seen each other and talked and we have got on quite suprisinlgy well (which i put down to not seeing alot of each other) she wants me to come home, and we have talked about all the things we have both done wrong. She wants to put them right and try again. Now im torn between actually doing this and trying again in fear that it wont work (we have done this before and broke up when no other women was involved) again, and loosing out on the chance i have now with this new woman. a relathionship that is currently better than anything ive been in before.
Ive not said i blame my wife for everything, in fact through disgusing it with each other we have found alot of thing we BOTH could have done better, i know i could have done a lot more to have helped, but i gave up..
(funny how alot women always jump on the offensive instead of just reading and trying to help).
being an adult about it and trying to work it out, happened last year.. and the year before that. And last year we agreed if we didnt sort outself out it was the last chance. Ok this time i started to see someone else, but i was fed up of arguments and having a set of rules I had to abide to but that they didnt count for her. I didnt go looking for an affair. But it happened, and im trying to deal with Doing the Right Thing (trying again with my wife as i think after all ive put her through she deserves for me to go and give it a go) or following my heart.
My wife and i have been married 5 years. We got back together after a break of 10 years. (we were too young then and had issues then too, same of the above but no affair) She suffers with insecurity issues always had, which is why we split 10 years ago. We re met through circumstances and hit ti off again, we both thought we had changed, she is still very insecure due to "other issues".
No i dont think i helped as ive always been a very flirty person, but that was just it flirty, its how we got together, twice..
We have discussed councelling last year when we had probs. Also this time, but she said she doesnt want to dig through the past, this time she wants to forget the past and consentrate on the future, a fresh start.
This is what America needs !
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - Australia
Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks..
Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques..
Quote:
"IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians."
"This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom. We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, Learn the Language!"
"Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture."
"We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us."
"This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, THE RIGHT TO LEAVE."
"If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted."
Maybe if we circulate this , American citizens will find the backbone to start speaking and voicing the same truths.
I'm 16 and it's honestly come to the point where I despise my family; my dad, mom, and sister.
I'm tired of living with them.
1. I'm constantly living in fear. They always threaten to call someone to remove me from the house. I stay up at night holding the phone just in case, every time my mom's on the computer I spy on her.
2. I have nothing left to look forward to in my life. My social skills are non-existent thanks to my mom constantly making fun of me. I'd rather have the entire school make fun of me then my mom. I love school though. I have friends at school, but outside of school I never go out with them because I'm always self-concscience about my self; I feel like they are going to judge and make fun of me like my mom does.
3. My weekends and nights consist of me staying locked in my room on the computer or playing Playstation. I hate spending any time with them. I've become like an animal in a cage.
4. I'm assaulted by both my parents; they punch me, beat me, slap me, etc.
And a whole other list. How can I live 2 more years with them? When I'm 18, I'm going to school and never going back.
And I don't want to leave. Simply because of school. It's a private school and I know that if I leave I'm not going there anymore. And school is honestly the only reason I'm still breathing.
Like if I had no friends at school and was constantly bullied, I probably would have commited suicide by now. No exaggeration.
Everytime I tell my mom that I want to see a therapist she calls me mentally retarded, sick, or tells me that she doesn't want to spend money or that I should just fix the problem and questions why she has to have a child with problems.
That's not to say I'm innocent; I'm far from it. I do what they do. But honestly it is because I am a miserable human being. I'm constantly judgmental, sad, angry, jealous, depressed because I've grown up in that kind of environment that I am even hating people I don't know just because they are happier than me, etc.
It's taking a toll on who I am and I can't do this much longer.
I have been married for 18 years and i have never given my husband a reason to doubt my devotion to him. however, I have been working out of the home the last few years and have been flirted with quite a bit. Im NOT interested in ever having an affair...but it is flattering. I can't lie. Anyway, my husband apparently does not like the attention i have been getting and he has become paranoid! He checks my e-mails behind my back, hovers over me when I type to friends or facebook, and just tonight, ( because he is out of town) he asked what i did today. I told him I took the kids to the movie and then I facebooked. He called me later and said " well, i read through your facebook page , and it looks like you had a fun day! " IM GOING NUTS! I have nothing to hide.....but this spying is very annoying. When i told him to quit checking up on me, he got mad and asked what i had to hide. What should I do??? His paranoia is making me SO angry!!! Its not that I have anything to hide, its that he assumes i do that makes me angry!
YES this is a serious question. I'm 25, and my mother had a boy late in life. He's the first child she's had yet who's been hard to control. The rest of us were calm and listened very well, so she's a little lost. He's very smart, and can read at a third grade level, math at second grade level and knows words beyond his age(though we don't know where he heard them) He's friendly and nice to other kids. However he has problems listening and he's overly energetic. He's able to focus VERY well. He umm sounds like he has a russian accent( I know it's weird) and uses words for things that he's never heard, like he has his own language. When he was three days old, he would laugh in his sleep. Yes three days. These were NOT gas grins, as anyone who witnessed it agrees. He was laughing. Now we've discovered he loves pain. Loves it. He bites himself all the time! It's like he gets a high off it.Once my friend pretended she was going to nibble his shoulder. He giggled and said "Do it again"...she did and he said "bite more". She did not want to bite him hard so she did it as firm as she dared to but he wanted her to do it harder! Has anyone encountered a child like this?? I am quite serious. This is no joke I am getting a little concerned. There are many other strange things about him too. Animals are terrified of him, he uses other voices. I was in the car with him waiting for our sister in the store, we were playing I spy or something and at one point I said "You're crazy, you know that?" and he stopped giggling, became solemn and said "Mom knows that" in a different voice. I could go on but, what do you think? I love this little boy very much. I couldn't be more serious here.
I said this is not a joke and I meant it. What the fuck is with the Michael Jackson joke? It's not funny.
No, he is quite social,and it's "Aspergers". I've studied it and he doesn't fit that.
That's exactly what I'm worried about, though I don't want to think that way. He's so sweet and loving. One day this strange little old lady came up to him when we were on a ferry and tapped on his face then said" He's going to be very important...yes...very important..." then walked away waving her finger like she was counting invisible bugs mumbling about him. I'm just hoping she didn't mean importand like impotant to the psych world. Again I am serious about this.
THE JOKES AREN'T FUNNY
I called him crazy once. He's a well loved boy who gets alot of attention and has plenty of room to be creative.
Early human writers often portrayed mankind’s Custodial “Gods” as bloodthirsty creatures prone to excessive violence. Sadly, those
lamentable qualities did not improve with God In the Bible During the trek from Egypt to the Promised Land, God demanded unflagging obedience from the Hebrews. Many humans rebelled and God reacted with extreme cruelty. God reportedly killed up to 14,000 Hebrews at a time for disobedience. He used a variety of killing methods, such as spreading diseases, just as other Custodial “Gods” had done earlier in Sumeria.When the Hebrew armies reached Canaan, God displayed a genuinely psychopathic bent. To establish the Hebrews in their new homeland, God ordered the Hebrew armies to embark on a campaign of genocide to depopulate all of the region’s existing cities and towns. Under the new leadership of a man named Joshua, the first city to fall in Gods seven-year holocaust was Jericho. According to the Bible, the Hebrew army, numbering in the tens of thousands, slaughtered everyone in Jericho except, ironically, a prostitute because she had earlier betrayed her own people by helping two Hebrew spies: And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. JOSHUA 6:21 After that was accomplished: . they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. The genocide was justified by saying that the victims were all wicked. This could not have been the true reason because children and animals were also slaughtered. It is hardly fair to massacre an entire city for the crimes of a few; neither is it right to murder a child for the crimes of its parents. The real crime, according to the Bible, was that the natives of the region had become disobedient. The more obedient Hebrews were therefore elected by God to wipe out the natives and replace them. Thou shalt not kill was transgressed when the Hebrews massacred the inhabitants of Canaan. The Hebrews ignored the commandment Thou shalt not steal when they robbed the dying cities of their precious metals. They were no better about adhering to the commandment Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house ... nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s when they committed genocide to take away the land of their neighbors.All you really have to do is take all your personal emotions away from your observation of the Bible, or the Old Testament, and just see what Jehovah did. It's clearly psychotic behavior. I don't want a "God" like that! It's amazing how some people will defend it,
saying "well, he was justified in killing everybody". Really?
The god of the Old Testament is described as a JEALOUS, VENGEFUL god, a WAR-MONGER! He said"Thou shalt not kill", and then proceeded to help the Israelites to BRUTALLY kill TENS OF THOUSANDS of Arab's in order to take their land!
In this episode a newcomer to Bart's school becomes the best friend of him. But in the end he turns out to be the mole of Principal Skinner. Also Willie betrayed Bart too. The music plays in scenes where Bart follows the spy.
Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks..
Separately, Rudd angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques. Quote:
'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians. '
'This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom'
'We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society . Learn the language!'
'Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.'
'We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.'
'This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, 'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'.'
'If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.'
This was given to me by Ledgend Lady but what are your beliefs on it?
basiically.. it started last year at a party wen one of our friends sat us all down and told us all the bad things that this girl who wasnt at the party said about us and we found out it werent trueee. then a couple of months later me and the girl that sat us down and told us about that girl were having a sleepover and we decided to make a burn book like out of mean girls , were we bitched about people. we promised we would never show another person.. it didnt turn out that wayy ,, one of my friends came round a couple of weeks later and she saw it. inside the book was notes abut ppl bitching about each otherr and there was a picture that i drew of the girl who wasnt at that party, it was reallly horrible.. it had pictures of her spotss and her fake ugss. no one else found out about it , then another girl came round my house and she saw it , but this is a whole new story , there was something racist .. because the girl the book was about was chinese we wrote chinese bitch in it !!!!! then the next day the whole year found out abuot it and even the teacheers. i blamed it on the girl i was with wen we wrote ittt. so every one hated her.. thingss died down a bit and we all became friends agaain buh recentlyy mee and the girl who sat uss down and told us about that girl have stopped being best friiendds. i dont no why ! and then every one hated me . that stopped. then we were all friendss untill today.. sammie (the chinese one) , kayleigh (one who sat us down and bitched about sammie) , natalia ( the 2nd one to see the book) went to kingston and kayleigh and sammie told natalia about the picture that i haddd drawnn .. they called me up all shouting at meeeh and everything , i felt baad . now they all hate meee . i have other friends at skl : karolina , anya and hannah they are my best friends noww so i will bee with themm tomorow .. buh wat am i going to do about thee othersss i have triedd too say sorry buh they blame everythibng on mee and forget about wat kayleigh and the racist girl done.. and also the other day they said that i sent hannah out to spy on them.. this is not trueee.. and they also found out that i saiid there party was gunaah be shit.. THEY ALL HATE ME i just wannt to start over fressshh .. and i have learnt SO MUCH from thisss ! pleaaaseee helpppppppp meeee !! im desperaaateee x
the first person to givee good advise i will givvee 10 pointssssssssss x
Before you answer, please read the reason I ask. (I apologize for it being so long.)
I once had a discussion with a conservative friend of mine about illegal aliens. I told him that they didn't really bother me, and that I have several as friends. The ones I know are hard-working and generally good people. I enjoy shopping in their little stores—makes you feel like you're on vacation in Mexico—where the clerks try hard to speak English, always with a smile.
After that I said to him, ON THE OTHER HAND, you are right that it's unfair for illegals to come here, that some do commit welfare fraud, and that porous borders allow in not only the Mexicans but also terrorists, spies, and dangerous criminals.
In the end I agreed with him that the U.S. needs to control its borders and enforce immigration laws.
Now here's the strange thing that happened… As angry as he was when I was saying nice things about the illegals, he became even more enraged when I ultimately agreed with him. Kicking a hole in the wall (really!) he said that I'm a typical liberal who lies and twists words around for evil purposes, etc., etc. Also that I hate America and am a communist.
After being perplexed for weeks, I finally figured out why he got so angry. In his mind, he thinks that if you're against something, you should say and think only bad things about it. Conversely, if you are for something, you should say and think only good things about it. If you do otherwise, you are contradicting yourself and twisting your words.
(Though I don't know why he thinks I hate America, nor why he thinks I'm a communist. I'm a capitalist and I love America.)
So my question is this: Is my friend a typical right winger, or is it just him who is like this? I'll add that he listens to Rush Limbaugh religiously and says that he's a brilliant man.
No Bear, he really is my friend. We went to high school together and now we're 53 years old. We are now debating via e-mail almost daily. I kinda look forward to his e-mails because I'm always in for a surprise!
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Hey, how come nobody answers my question? I already know you're against illegals, that's fine. What I want to know is do you also see anything NOT bad in illegal mexicans. Like, for example, they tend to work hard. Will you admit one NICE thing?
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m185, thank you for answering my question. (Though I wish you were a "right wing" conservative, not just a mainstream conservative. I should have said "Far right" instead of "right wing" in my question. I already know that mainstream conservatives are not like my friend.)
jsmrt, I think you are right that my friend doen't know how to debate a liberal. We live in Utah County, Utah, and I'm the only liberal living here (nearly)! He says I'm the stupidest person he's ever talked to. Didn't bother me though because I'm really pretty smart.
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stevew sounds just like my friend. Though he didn't throw a fit and call me names, to his credit.
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DangerousStorm, the reason my friend and I didn't know much about each other till now is that, though we went to high school together, we weren't friends. We're friends now because we work in the same office. His brother-in-law was my high school buddy, and we now both work for him in his clinic. This is absolutely a true story, and I have other Yahoo questions planned because I'm trying to figure out what makes my friend tick. We are like total opposites. I still like him though.
1.Pretending that he couldn't read period. Europe educates their children. 2.You cant be an actor if you cant read. 3. Aligning himself with the Kennedy clan. (big obvious signal) 3A. when he did this it was so clear to me that he came to become president 4.Now news headlines say Arnie is publicly yelling at his wife for using the phone while driving 5. This signals to me he doesn't need her anymore and will divorce her. 6. Watch Arnie go for the presidency.7. What the next highest office after president? Governor 8. Please do not vote a spy into office.
I am married for only 5 month, today is exatly 7 month as we started dating. By this time I am completly down, every day doesn't end without tears, fight or at least arguing. I think I am trying really hard to stay calm, but it is so hard, as he knows how to touch my soul, my brain, my emotions with his words. We were fighting really bad before marriage, but I thought it was because we had some problems, like we didn't have apartment, he has a very bad credit history, mine is poor and we couldn't rent nothing. I thought, solved these problems we will be happy, besides, before they came into our lives, we were so happy, nothing bothered, we stayed at his boss house (without his permission though), he had his paycheck every week and still was spending a lot of time with me. Every time we were fighting I was trying to leave forever, when I still had other ways to live without him, every time, he stoped me, begged me to stay, he even cryed once, now he is laughing about that situation. I didn't really paied attention to him spying on me at work and questioning me who I talked to and etc. even if it were customers, he still could get mad. At this point, I probably should mention, that I don't have papers in this country and staying unlegally. My flight date was in the middle of June of this year and after all, I was really going home, as I had few relationships, but none of them were serious, I decided, my destiny is at home. In March I met him, I believed I saw him in my dreams, he was christian...I thought, he was perfect for me to build a family.
On the night right before marriage, we were in Las Vegas, we went to nightclub, my favourite. By the way, I lived in Las Vegas for about a year. He is older a lot, but that was never a problem for me, I never felt his age...before marriage. So, we are in this club, I am so happy to be there in LV after I moved to another place. He seems little bit nervous, or something like that. I didn't pay attention of course. We drink, dance...I finished my drink and decided to put the glass on the floor near the wall, walking to the wall, I lightly pushed a guy and said exuse me, after I realized that was my ex manager with his gf.....My man became all mad, he start fighting right in a club, asking me if I planned this meeting and if I slept with the guy...I was crying running after him from the club, everybody saw me like that, I was so imbarrased, the night before marriage. He decided to wait for the cab, I was crying, he was standing there like he is not with me. I walked to the light, thinking to go to the hotel by walk, as I was walking on the high platforms, I fell on the street, alone, crying, hurting, embarrased in front of everybody. GOD where was my head at that moment, why I didn't understand what kind of person this man is. Standing on the light, he came and said to go with him...I was crying and still drunk, we went to the hotel. We basically didn't talk on that night, I took a shower, put a robe and laied on the bed, he was still acting mad...he started touching me, and then he was making sex, I was just laying there and crying, he finished, we stil didnt' talk and I fell asleep. Next day we GOT MARRIED!!! I still didn't know on what kind of nightmare I signed myself. On the wedding there were all his friends, who was in LV at that moment, they were so nice, they did many nice things on our wedding. Everything seemed the same for me for a while. But he was changing, slowly, but surely. Forgot to mention this. He was coming to my job before wedding every day, bringing food, drinks and just to talk. My manager didn't like that, I ignored. I got fired. After wedding, when we went back to our sity, I found another job, similar. He kept coming there too. I didn't like that much the job, but I was doing it to pay my bills. He isisted me to quit, I didn't want to do it for long time, but non responsibilities life seemed so good to me. I quit. When we started to look for a job, I thought we need some additional income, I found another similar job. The location was not so good, It was the middle of the summer, so hot, my stomach kept hurting on the stress situation. I had to stand all day, sometimes for nothing. Well, I quit. He kept saying "burn all your bridges, just you and me". He was mad, if I talked to my friends -guys, finally I stoped talking to them at all. Then he was saying my best girlfriend was evel, I quit with her. The he was saying, that I need to change, because he called me evel too, satan and etc. Then he started to controll my every step, everything!! Even asking me what I was doing in bathroom....He is a control freak, he said I need to obey him as a husband, sometimes giving an examples of people obeying God. He said he will break me, he was laughing, that my phone never rings, because nobody calls me, he was laughing, that I don't have a job. He said, he told me to quit, not he is telling me to go work! He called me fat ass, he start saying I need
I want to finish with this. I want to be happy with him, I am trying very hard, even step on my pride, my feelings, my small problems. As he told me to stop complain about my small problems. I even try to stop the fight first, I tie my mouth trying to not say any bad words. Nothing works, he seemly enjoy. He said he will teach me how to be a good slave. I can not be a slave, even if I try very hard. He says I married him for papers. This is not true, I even didn't apply for them yet. I want him to be happy, but may be not with me, because I want my self to be happy too. Even I don't have plan B, as I don't have papers, now I don't have money, now I don't have no friends, I want to divorce. Today when we fighted, he said he is not going to make it easy for me. Why?? I don't understand, what did I do to him? Why he, as a christian, hates his wife so much? Is he trying to pay me for all falls in his life....
So tell me what you think. Her name is Chase Coleman. But DEvin calls her Liz cause her middle name is Elizabeth. And yes...he did die.
I walked into the room. Benton was waiting, arms across his chest, looking through the one way window. His face was fixed in a scowl.
“Did he confess?”
“He won’t say a thing.”
I threw my jacket on a folding chair. “Great,”
“Well, what does that mean?” Luke asked behind me.
“It means I have to question the psychopath.”
Outside the door, I placed my thumb to the reader.
“Chase Coleman, access granted.” Said a mechanical voice.
The heavy metal door swung open. Behind it was a dark room, with just a single table and two chairs. Behind the table sat my worst nightmare, leaning back leisurely.
“Ah, my dear Chase,” He laughed, becoming alert.
I repressed a shudder and sat down across from him. “You haven’t changed a bit.”
“On the contrary, my hair has gotten a tad bit grayer.” Pierce tried to reach for his head but was stopped by the clang of handcuffs. “Are these necessary?”
“Since I don’t want you touching me, uh, yes.”
The look he gave me was somewhere between pity and sorrow. “Dearest, why would you refuse me?”
I swallowed. “Did you kill those people?”
“I don’t want to talk about them,” He leaned forward. “I want to talk about us.”
“There never was an us, Henry Pierce. You’re old enough to be my father.”
“You like older men though, don’t you? You fell for him. And quickly too,” His voice still had the same sliminess that it had had three years ago.
“Don’t,” I flexed my hand on the table.
“Yes, I agree. The past is the past.” Pierce watched my hand closely, and then looked back at me. “You have blossomed into a woman Chase. A beautiful one I might add.”
I opened the file on the table. Pictures of horrible crimes stared back at me. I placed each one in front of Pierce, showing the boy last. When I spoke my voice was full of slow pain. “Did you kill them?”
He studied each one, floating them in front of him so he could see better. After he was done, his dark eyes searched my face. “I imagine you are very good at your job?”
“What does that have to do with anything?” I snatched the pictures from the air and placed them back in the file.
“Because darling,” Pierce said in his sharp British accent. “You were my best pupil. I have to know if I taught you well.”
“You taught me nothing,” I slammed my fist on the table.
He shook his head, a slow smile spreading across his face. “That’s where you’re wrong, love. I taught you everything you know. I made you who you are.”
My stomach heaved at the thought of that. “I learned not to love the Pierce men a long time ago. First with you and your lies and then with--,” I stopped, my breath catching my throat.
“Can’t even say his name?” Pierce looked amused. “I thought you were stronger than that.”
I fought back the tears and spoke. “I am.”
“Have you been practicing? I’d like to see what you can do.”
“No,” I spat. “The only reason I’m here is because that’s what I’ve been ordered to do. Don’t think this is a social occasion.”
“I’ve been in hiding for the last three years, Chase.” He leaned forward as if to share a secret. “This is the closest to a social occasion that I’ve ever had. And besides,” He leaned back and laughed. “Devin would want me to have you.”
Before I knew what I was doing, he was in the air, his face purple. I concentrated one part of my mind on the door, keeping it closed. With my hand outstretched, I squeezed, sending a spasm of pain through Pierce.
He chuckled in response. “I taught you that trick sweet.”
Another squeeze and his body shuddered, every limb shuddering.
“I remember that,” He was laughing, laughing, at me! “When you use It, the lightning bolt in your eyes. Glorious.”
It took every ounce of my strength to not kill him.
“Is this what he loved about you? I never understood it fully. But maybe…” He made a choking noise. “Maybe he liked your power.”
I closed my eyes and breathed deeply. Devin’s face floated before me, tan and beautiful and glorious. After a while I realized I could taste the blood from where I had bitten down on my lip.
Enough Chase, His voice said. You aren’t this person.
With another anguished sigh, I lowered Pierce, not opening my eyes until he was collapsed on the floor, gasping for breath. His dark red hair was sticking to the back of his neck with sweat, the veins in his neck sticking out prominently.
“Enjoy your time in Labyrinth,” I spat.
I turned around and went to leave, but was slung back with such force that the wind was knocked out of me. Peirce had broken free from his restraints and was holding me up, just inches away from him.
“Still not powerful enough to beat me?” His breath tickled my cheek as he sniffed my hair. “Maybe I didn’t teach you everything. My pupil would have won. At all costs.”
My body had sparks flying from it, whirling the room into a mystic l
1.Thomas Paine argues that the best way to defeat the British is for
A.each state to fight independently as the British approach.
B.the states to train their militias in guerrilla tactics.
C.the troops of all the states to join together in the fight.
D.the states to persuade the American Indians to join the revolution.
2.Paine contends that the Tories are
A.preparing to leave America to return to Britain.
B.committing treason by spying on their neighbors.
C.enjoying greater wealth than the average American.
D.possibly aiding and encouraging the British army.
3.By comparing the British king to a thief and a housebreaker, Paine suggests that
A.British soldiers are launching sneak attacks against the colonists.
B.the king is in dire need of money for his treasury.
C.the British are trying to take what is not theirs.
D.Britain has robbed America of its natural resources.
4.In his conclusion, Paine intends to inspire readers by
A.explaining why General Howe will succeed.
B.describing in detail the battle of Princeton.
C.recounting all of the wrongs the colonists have suffered.
D.pointing out the strengths of the Colonial army.
5.Which of the following anecdotes does Paine use in the selection?
A.General Gage’s attack on Quebec
B.The innkeeper who reads Pilgrim’s Progress
C.The Tory tavern keeper who makes a thoughtless statement in front of a child
D.Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River
6.When Paine says, “though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire,” (91) he is using analogy to suggest
A.liberty is a persistent, core virtue.
B.even if England vanquished the Colonies, liberty would live on.
C.coal is an essential colonial resource.
D.the colonists’ children cannot carry on the struggle.
7.Which mode of persuasion is used in Paine’s line “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered?” (89).
A.Logic
B.Personification
C.Anecdote
D.Analogy
8.When Paine writes, “The heart that feels not now, is dead: The blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole . . . ,” (92) he is using which of these elements of style?
A.Dramatic imagery
B.A family-based theme
C.Allusions to emphasize his points
D.Plain, ordinary language to present his thoughts
9.Patrick Henry states that the colonists have the advantage over the British because the colonists have
A.a more rigorously trained army.
B.a greater number of people.
C.moral correctness and conviction.
D.knowledge of the terrain.
10.Henry advocates immediate action by the colonists because the
A.British army is preparing to march into Virginia.
B.king is too far away to order a quick response.
C.conflict has already begun and the colonists have no choice but to fight.
D.colonists will become apathetic or unconcerned if they don’t act.
11.The main purpose of Henry’s speech is to
A.convince the delegates that he should be chosen to lead the revolution.
B.describe the history of British colonization in America.
C.seek revenge for personal injuries committed by the British king.
D.persuade his fellow delegates to fight against the British.
12.With the words “God . . . will raise up friends to fight our battles for us,” (84) Henry is suggesting
A.other nations might come to the aid of the colonists.
B.the colonists need not fight; others will do it for them.
C.the colonists are dependent on an act of God for victory.
D.aid will appear mysteriously out of nowhere.
13.When Henry uses the words “chains and slavery” near the end of his speech, he is referring to the
A.situation of African Americans in the Colonies.
B.price he does not want people to pay for peace.
C.possibility of enslaving captured British troops.
D.fact that the English seek to literally enslave the colonists.
14.One mode of persuasion that Henry uses at the start of his speech is
A.fiction.
B.flattery.
C.oxymoron.
D.emotional appeal.
15.Henry declares, “I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves . . .” (83). In this passage, Henry is using
A.dramatic imagery to appeal to the emotions.
B.allusions to God.
C.figurative language.
D.logic to engage his listeners’ attention.
16.Which of the following excerpts from “Speech to the Virginia Convention” is the best example of persuasion through an emotional appeal?
A.“There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged!” (84).
B.“Sir, we have done everything that could be done . . .” (84).
C.“I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission?” (83).
D.Mr. President, “it is natural to man to in
This is a packed with action, true story; which chronicles a man's military, espionage career. As a 23 year old Army Officer, Peter Smith enjoyed the magnificent experience of walking through a "human corridor" of his 1400 Korean Guerrillas, who saluted him and presenting arms, shouted the Korean words for "I will fight!"
Later in life, the hero becomes a Green Beret in Vietnam, and ends up arrested, and put in solitary confinement, for the murder of his double agent. He not only did not commit the murder, but was the only one of the seven other men arrested, who was against the murder. Known as the "Green Beret Murder Case, 1969," the charges were eventually dropped by President Nixon.
I ran a scan on my flash drive with Avast! before opening it, I found it had two Trojan Horses, so I removed them. The Trojans came from work where they have an mid size network and no fire wall protection.
I am also currently running spy bot and will subsequently run Malwarebytes' and Ad-Aware. I have to check some work before Monday, but I'm a little worried I'll somehow infect my home PC.
I am a student at one of the top three public schools in england, where i was awarded an academic scholarship and am starting to be thinking about what careers I want to take, and thus what A-levels and degrees at university. I have been thinking about a career that will push me, physically and academically/mentally, that will be an adventure, but will also pay enough for later life etc etc ( i hope you get the idea - ideally becoming something of a james bond, with sufficient money to travel, to afford to look good and smart and above all to enjoy everything life has to offer).
I have thought about several careers each with their own disadvantages -
the SAS (risk of death or severe mental trauma),
spy for MI6 (from what I can find out, pays very little as a graduate, but i can find no figures for the advances in salary)
work in city with stocks etc - may earn enough money to do what I want to, but not ultimately what I want to do with my life
adventurer/explorer - will be enjoyable and physical challenge, but may not earn enough money for later life
please can anyone help me out, either by finding a career which more accurately fills my criteria, or by providing more information about those above, or anything else that you could tell me.
Warmonger Wins Peace Prize
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
It took 25 years longer than George Orwell thought for the slogans of 1984 to become reality.
“War is Peace,” “Freedom is Slavery,” “Ignorance is Strength.”
I would add, “Lie is Truth.”
The Nobel Committee has awarded the 2009 Peace Prize to President Obama, the person who started a new war in Pakistan, upped the war in Afghanistan, and continues to threaten Iran with attack unless Iran does what the US government demands and relinquishes its rights as a signatory to the non-proliferation treaty.
The Nobel committee chairman, Thorbjoern Jagland said, “Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future.”
Obama, the committee gushed, has created “a new climate in international politics.”
Tell that to the 2 million displaced Pakistanis and the unknown numbers of dead ones that Obama has racked up in his few months in office. Tell that to the Afghans where civilian deaths continue to mount as Obama’s “war of necessity” drones on indeterminably.
No Bush policy has changed. Iraq is still occupied. The Guantanamo torture prison is still functioning. Rendition and assassinations are still occurring. Spying on Americans without warrants is still the order of the day. Civil liberties are continuing to be violated in the name of Oceania’s “war on terror.”
Apparently, the Nobel committee is suffering from the delusion that, being a minority, Obama is going to put a stop to Western hegemony over darker-skinned peoples.
The non-cynical can say that the Nobel committee is seizing on Obama’s rhetoric to lock him into the pursuit of peace instead of war. We can all hope that it works. But the more likely result is that the award has made “War is Peace” the reality.
Obama has done nothing to hold the criminal Bush regime to account, and the Obama administration has bribed and threatened the Palestinian Authority to go along with the US/Israeli plan to deep-six the UN’s Goldstone Report on Israeli war crimes committed during Israel’s inhuman military attack on the defenseless civilian population in the Gaza Ghetto.
The US Ministry of Truth is delivering the Obama administration’s propaganda that Iran only notified the IAEA of its “secret” new nuclear facility because Iran discovered that US intelligence had discovered the “secret” facility. This propaganda is designed to undercut the fact of Iran’s compliance with the Safeguards Agreement and to continue the momentum for a military attack on Iran.
The Nobel committee has placed all its hopes on a bit of skin color.
“War is Peace” is now the position of the formerly antiwar organization, Code Pink.
Code Pink has decided that women’s rights are worth a war in Afghanistan.
When justifications for war become almost endless--oil, hegemony, women’s rights, democracy, revenge for 9/11, denying bases to al Qaeda and protecting against terrorists--war becomes the path to peace.
The Nobel committee has bestowed the prestige of its Peace Prize on Newspeak and Doublethink.
America, Canada, all Europe ..... needs a President like this.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - Australia
Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia, as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.
Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques.
Quote: 'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.'
'This culture has been
developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom. We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, Learn the Language!'
'Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and=2
0women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.'
'We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.'
'This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow
you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, THE RIGHT TO LEAVE.'
'If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.'
Maybe if we circulate this , American citizens will find the backbone to start speaking and voicing the same truths.
If you agree, please SEND THIS ON.
--
"Never insult an alligator until you've crossed the river." (Hull, Cordell)
Only true Americans response please. Don't need cowards,low lives, atheist or non-sense BS. Just what a true American belief. What a shame that our fore fathers who fought and died to give us our freedom that we have today, that you people have this stupid cowardly non-sense BS going on.
i dont want to i have always had a love god but it always comes to my mind where was god the lover justice in these situations in my life:
when i was raped when i was 14
when i was 16 my mums ex bf set up a spy cam in our bathroom and was watching me bath
where was he when my sister was getting chased by our neighbour with an axe
where was god when our old neighbour when i was 6 used to try smashing our door while my family would hide under a bed calling the police
where was god when my mums ex was sexually abusing me as a kid
i will say i am safe now
all this was reported to cops
i am in a safe area nothing bad is happening now
Now, there is good news to report out there. CNN has it here on the job front. "The Department of Homeland Security is going to high up to 1,000 new cybersecurity experts." Where do you go to get a degree in that? They're going to hire these 1,000 new cybersecurity experts over the next three years "to help protect US computer networks, according to an Obama administration czar. 'Cybersecurity is one of our most urgent priorities,' said Janet Napolitano, the Homeland Security secretary. She unveiled the plans at an event marking the beginning of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month." What color is that ribbon? What color is the ribbon, and will NFL ribbons soon be wearing shoes that color? One thousand cyber... Can I rephrase the headline? Department of Homeland Security to hire up to 1,000 new Obama spies. So there is job creation going on out there. Mmm-hmm? What? No, no, no. Wait just a second Snerdley. Just a second, Snerdley. You didn't like the pink gloves and the pink shoes that the NFL players wore. I didn't say that. You know, I'm not against anybody becoming more aware of various kinds of cancers. Don't say that. But we can't discriminate against the others. Now we've got cybersecurity. What did it say here? I was prepared to move on before the interruption. Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Well, I know that this sounds mean and petty but I really can't take it anymore!!!
Well, earlier this year I decided to try and make more friends so that way I could have some more fun, and when I did, I became friends with this girl called Katrina *flinch*
She was my friend but they were the types that always flirt with boys, but I became friends with katrina first because I knew that if someone was her friend other than the group she was hanging out with, they would distract her from that but boy was I wrong.
Well then Katrina and another friend upset this girl called samantha and I was also her friend so she came to me for comfort because I was always there when they upset her because they upset her allot.
Katrina came to her while my arm was around her and she slid under my arm and hugged samantha while I was and then yelled in my face to tell everyone to go away because my old friends*the ones I forgot to make time for* where also there but because I was next to her, she was in my face yelling.
Then 1 minute later I went up to comfort samantha and she told me to go away, 1 second later my old group of friends went to stand next to them and she let them, then when I got there she told me to go away because she wasn't finished even though my other friends were there!
Now we are in this big fight because she is sending me emails to try to get me to stop talking about her but im not! she is telling me I am immature but she is the one who is getting spies to tell her what I say about her, and I don't even talk about her that much
And you know the rest of how it goes......*still in a fight*
Please give me advice on what to do because she is going to get her friends, the ones who flirt with boys to get the boys to gang up on me and tell the principle that I keep calling her a bitch and stuff and I only said it a couple of times!
I need help on what to do, oh and if you are going to say be 1 step ahead of her and tell the principle first, explain how because she will get others to gang up on me!!!
Thanks to everyone who gave helpful advice!!!!
my mum and this guy have been seeing each other but i dont think im supposed to know they have been kissing when im not around and there hugs have become more of a rely big hug and hes been staying over night and leaving in the morning be for i get up now i have a sis and a bro but they dont know about this only i do the only reson i realized was because she had a love bite on her neck and i saw them kissing when i was spying on them i asked her about it and she said she had no idea what i was on about?????
I have been making potions to make me into a cup but none are working and I was going to spy on my husband by being his coffee cup because I think he is cheating on me.
I'm addicted to putting little pieces of my novel up, relishing the constructive criticism people are leaving. These pieces I put up are all unedited, never read by myself or anyone else. The comments you guy's leave give me things to work with as I continue to work on this. So read and either love it, like it, or hate it. It doesn't matter, just tell me why :)
Just then, Tristan rounded the corner with Cathan Brannigan in tow.
'What the!' Cathan thought as he took one look at the scene before him in the woods, and wheeled his arm back and then forward, punching Tristan right in the gut.
The sickening crunch of broken bones echoed through the clearing, making me cringe a little and distracting Seamus momentarily. Cathan hollered in pain and dropped on his knees to the ground while Tristan chuckled down at him with malice.
“that was a good try bro. I think I almost felt it. would you like another swipe? You still have one good hand left” he teased darkly.
“naww Grizzly. Save some for me! it’s good to share. Sharing is caring” I said in a singsong voice. I turned to Rohan and grinned, then flew to Tristan’ side where I bent down and yanked Cathan to his feet in one fluid motion by grabbing the collar of his shirt.
“if Rohan shares, I saved some for you” I beamed, grinning still at Tristan.
'What the hell! How did she get to me so fast. I didn’t even see her move! What’s going on here! What’s happening!' Cathan' thoughts were confused. He whimpered louder in pain and clutched at his shattered hand with his good one. I held him up with one hand, about twenty inches off the ground and he stared down at me. '
she’s so strong! Why is she so strong? I don’t know what’s happening.' Seamus looks scared.
'Look at those two pale freaks. Whose that pale freak that has Seamus? Tristan set this up. him and his tramp sister.' I squeezed on his collar, tightening it so my hand was tight against the middle of his throat.
He gagged a little, and still staring down at me, asked while he writhed in agony.
“what do you want from me? what do you want from us?”
I shook my head in that ‘you silly rabbit why would you ask that’ kind of way.
“I would think that that would be a rather easy question for you to answer yourself Cathan” he stared at me, clueless and ignorant.
'What is she friggin talking about? what does she want?' he thought.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. what do you want from me? what are you going to do?” he asked, still writhering in pain. I looked at him with evil eyes.
“you dumb dumb silly billy you. you know exactly what I’m talking about. and I don’t know what I’m going to do with you yet. I haven’t decided. But trust me. you’ll be the first to know when I have” I said with sweet spite.
The colour was draining from Seamus’ face as he glared at us and then turned back to glare at Rohan. '
how could he possibly know about my tricks? About our tricks? He doesn’t know anything. freaks lying, just like his whore hell cat sister.'
Deciding that Cathan can just hang here a little longer, I nodded my head at Rohan as if to say, you may carry on and smiled. Rohan slowly twisted his head back at Seamus.
“did you enjoy the view last night Seamus?” he asked sourly.
“did you take joy in being a peeping tom? Spying on us? was the view of our home pretty from so high up in the sky?” hatred spilling over his sour tune.
'What! he knows! How?.' Seamus’ eyes were close to busting free of their sockets. He attempted to recover.
“what the hell are you talking about freak? Who the heck are you?”
“do not play coy with me Brannigan. As much as I hate to admit it, I am in actual fact quite impressed. Is there a spell in your Book of Shades that enables you to change into a hawk?” Rohan posited imperturbably. The look of terror on Seamus’ face answered Rohan’ question and he tried to free himself from Rohan’ stronghold in panic.
'How! How can this be! are they Warlocks too? how can this be happening!'
Finished with being a mere observer, Lawrence descended from his position in the tree some fifty odd feet in the air and gracefully twirled down, landing soundlessly between Rohan and Seamus, and Tristan, me and Cathan.
Seamus and Cathan’ thoughts were becoming jumbled and chaotic with a mixture of terror and doubt.
“Since we figured you were both Warlocks, we thought it would only be fair to let you know what we are. just to be polite you know?” Lawrence said slowly, coolly, as his eyes glittered with a clear malevolence that contradicted his words.
Out of all of us, I would say that Lawrence looked the most frightening as he stood in between both parties and glared at Seamus with his hands in the pockets of his knee length coat.
Dangerous and unforgiving. That was what he looked like. The least likely to do anything, though he would do worst then the rest of us.
“What are you?” Seamus whispered in Lawrence’ direction, the terror plain on his face and eclipsing any other e
Lol. No don't worry about it EB. I couldn't care less. You sound like someone I could let read through it. I haven't read through it myself because I'm still in the process of writing it. I only decided to turn writer in July of this year! Guess you can tell lol. Anyway, I guess, because it was randomly chosen, that that is why it seems so out of context. Thanks for the pointers.
Perhas this will help;
The story:
Clarisse' 2000th birthday is approaching. She has known all her 'existence', that she was different. What she didn't know was that she is much more different than she could have ever imagined. Her brothers know her history and that of what her future should have been (but are not her siblings in the biological sense), what she is meant to become and how she even became to be, but have chosen keep this from her. Her ability is to read the mind (i know, cliche, but with a twist). To read minds/converse with others via the mind is all she chooses to do, afraid of the consequences that come with what she can really do. Long story short. A chain of events are about to take place that set her fates wheels in motion. A peace covenant made between Magics Elders and Darkworld Royals has been broken. Blood has been spilled, and she has been found. Now her brothers must fight to keep the Royals from her, or salvation for an entire race will be lost.
i am British
i was just wondering how people become spies because you can't exactally have advertisments for job vaccanies if they are a secret service.
I install many programs from the internet, so I don't know specifically what caused this. But, lately my computer is not booting properly, and I have to start from the last known good configuration every time. When I boot into Windows XP, I don't see a control panel in my start menu, and I can't enable it too. Most images are not being displayed in my browser and my computer has become slower than it was. All my anti-virus programs are automatically deleted somehow so I'm not able to scan my computer. I had spyware doctor, which scanned my computer in the background, it reports to have successfully deleted 6 viruses, but there's no change in the behavior of my computer.
Will it be alright if I reinstall the operating system? or should I try something else? Kindly help me. Thank you!
i met him on vacation and my parents became friends with his parents (hes my age)(im 13). on the last night of vacation we went in the hot tub together ALONE behind some bushes(we had been in there other nights, but he never did what he did this night). he was'nt talking to me much but he was rubbing my upper leg and kept getting higher then to my hip (i think he was trying to rub my butt or kiss me and he was sitting close to me) and he was like about to go under bathing suit i think then he saw his mom spying so he talked to her for sec then she left then he started on leg again and i got nervous so i said, i gotta use bathroom and i left him in hot tub. those are my experiences now help me. tips PLZ And telling me if it was good or bad and if he was flirting or making a move? HELP ME PLZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was he doing something bad?
he lives far away from me, in canada!
and shut up about me being too young. he did it to me and i asked my mom and she said he was trying to rub my butt or kiss me.
he was rubbing lightly!
my parents and his parents were no more then 20 feet behind the bushes so he couldn't have had sex with me....
1. The local New England militias used guerilla warfare, a style of fighting __________.
A. that the British were well-trained for
B. that is very difficult to defeat
C. that is very easy to defeat
D. that was learned from the British
2. Paying for the war was difficult for the Continental Congress because __________.
A. it did not have large gold reserves
B. it lacked the power to tax
C. other nations would not loan it money
D. most Americans would not contribute
3. Who led troops that defeated the British along the Ohio River, leaving the United States in control of the region?
A. William Howe
B. George Washington
C. George Rogers Clark
D. Joseph Brant
4. Where did General Charles Cornwallis surrender to the Americans to end the war?
A. Kings Mountain
B. Saratoga
C. Charles Town
D. Yorktown
5. Who commanded the British troops landing in New York at the start of the Revolutionary War?
A. Benedict Arnold
B. William Howe
C. Robert Morris
D. Nathan Hale
6. What role did Marquis de Lafayette play in the Revolutionary War?
A. contributed funds to pay for the war
B. defeated the British at Charles Town
C. helped Washington improve troop discipline and morale at Valley Forge
D. assisted in negotiating the Treaty of Paris
7. How did Robert Morris assist during the Revolutionary War?
A. arranged for foreign loans to help the colonies pay for the war
B. taught colonial troops guerrilla warfare, which helped defeat the British
C. provided ships to fight the British at sea
D. spied on the British to assist the colonial war effort
8. What American general sold military information to the British during the war?
A. John Paul Jones
B. Benedict Arnold
C. Nathan Hale
D. George Washington
9. What was Nathan Hale’s famous quote before being killed by the British?
A. “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
B. “Give me liberty or give me death.”
C. “I have not yet begun to fight.”
D. “No taxation without representation.”
10. What victory convinced the French to join the American war effort against the British?
A. Charles Town
B. Yorktown
C. Saratoga
D. Kings Mountain
1. All of the following are true about a republic form of government except
A. citizens elect representatives who govern according to laws and the constitution
B. all citizens are equal under the law
C. power resides with a King
D. governmental power is exercised by elected officials
2. Voting rights were expanded after the Revolution to include __________.
A. any white man that paid taxes
B. all men and women
C. women who owned property
D. all black and white men
3. Emancipation, or freedom from slavery, became an important issue, mainly in the Northern states, after the Revolution; which was the first state to ban slavery?
A. Vermont
B. Rhode Island
C. Pennsylvania
D. New York
4. After the war, women’s rights improved in all the following ways except
A. easier to obtain a divorce
B. greater access to education
C. higher number of women learned to read
D. women gained the right to vote
5. In the South, only Virginia passed a law that encouraged manumission, or __________.
A. paying slaves
B. freeing slaves voluntarily
C. providing education to slaves
D. allowing slaves to be free after 5 years of work
6. Loyalists were
A. Americans loyal to the Revolution and wanted independence from Britain
B. British citizens who tried to stop the Revolutionary War
C. Americans who supported the British and opposed independence
D. British citizens who supported the Americans bid for independence
7. Where did most Loyalists go after the Revolutionary War?
A. Canada (British North America)
B. West Indies
C. Europe
D. Mexico
8. What did the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom do?
A. allowed residents to worship only in the Anglican church
B. made the Baptist church the official state church
C. began to separate church and state
D. required people to pay taxes to support all churches in the state
9. What colonial figure supported a government with three separate branches, executive, legislative, and judicial?
A. George Washington
B. John Adams
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. George Mason
10. One of the factors that helped create an American culture was __________.
A. paintings of Revolutionary War battles and key figures
B. the emancipation of all slaves after the war
C. publications created by the Loyalists
D. the establishment of a common religion throughout America
CSUN student organization, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) said they were made the target of surveillance during their first meeting of this semester.
Faculty adviser of MEChA, Dr. Jorge Garcia said that on Sept. 2 they were holding their first meeting on the lawn between Jerome Richfield Hall and Barman Hall when they observed the surveillance groups.
“They looked older than traditional students and some were wearing cargo pants, fatigues,” Garcia said. “We were joking among ourselves about who they could possibly be. They looked militaristic.”
“We then noticed that they were doing some maneuvers. They would spread out then move back in together,” he explained.
MEChA President Abraham Ramirez and the community liaison Felicia Rivera said what happened next caused them to take greater interest in the group.
“We saw this guy rushing us, coming toward us really fast,” Rivera said. “We were backing them. At the corner of our eye we saw that his group caught up to him and restrained him.”
“We heard them say something to him like, ‘It’s not time yet,’ then they huddled up again,” Ramirez said.
According to a report compiled by associate chair of the Chicano studies department Gabriel Gutierrez, “As the meeting continued, it was announced that the meeting would be moved to the Chicano/a house… In the mean time, the group that had at this time taken what appeared to be a rather aggressive posture toward the participants of the MEChA meeting gathered their belongings and proceeded on the walk going north along the library.”
“Somebody told us that they were over at the Chicano/a Studies House. Jesus Flores, Jake Prendez, Gabriel Gutierrez, Rudy Acuna and I went over there, and they were in a cluster in front of the Chicano House,” Garcia said.
He said he approached the group after they began questioning his student, Jesus Flores, after he took out his cell phone and asked him for his ID.
“I told them that I was a CSUN professor and former dean of the College of Humanities and asked what they were doing here. One responded with a sarcastic remark. They were very arrogant, giving us orders to move on. I told them that if they had a problem with us that they should contact our CSUN police, that we didn’t have to deal with other police,” Garcia said.
He added that, “One then said that he was LAPD and that they were conducting a training exercise and that they were not armed. He told me that they were not armed several times. I found that suspicious. It was starting to get confrontational. They were really nasty to us.”
Urban studies professor, Dr. Teresa Vasquez, said she was on her way to her office in Sierra Hall when she noticed the group of people with cameras, bags and suitcases. She said she stopped to talk to Dr. Garcia when she witnessed the incident.
“It felt very hostile. Unusual. They were being aggressive. My first impression was that it was a hate group. They didn’t behave like police. I even thought that they were from the Minutemen,” said Vasquez.
Vasquez said she began to take pictures of the incident when a member of the group approached her.
“One saw me taking pictures and asked, ‘Who are you?’ what department I was from and he took my pictures. I do not think anyone has the right. They took recording and pictures of everyone.”
According to Ramirez, the group, who he calls “undercovers”, left when the campus police arrived.
“They (CSUN police) said they knew the group would be here and that they had a permit, but that they were only supposed to be at the bookstore, not here,” Ramirez said.
CSUN Police Captain Scott VanScoy confirmed that the group was indeed from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and that CSUN police was aware of their presence on the campus.
“No permit is required,” said VanScoy. “It is a public university. They called us as professional courtesy and let us know that they would be carrying on a training session practicing their observational skills for about two hours.”
The witnesses of the incident felt the group racially targeted their organization.
Vazquez, skeptical of the reports that the group was conducting training, said because the MEChA group was mostly Latino, the incident seemed like an exercise in racial profiling.
“They saw us and decided to use us for their experiments. Because we were students of color, they felt they could use us as their freaking test subjects,” said Ramirez. “If it were a sorority, they wouldn’t have used them.”
“We were targeted for a good 20-30 minutes. I cannot imagine what type of training that was,” Garcia said.
He said he was unsure whether the group had planned it, or took their meeting as an opportunity to “target brown people, but that was what it became.”
“In the 70s we had undercovers in the classrooms. We had spies hiding behind vending machines at a MEChA conference. We have been the target of direct surveillance and harassment in the past
I've decided to try my hand at nanowrimo this year and I've had a couple of characters floating around in my head for a while. I want to use them but I just can't seem to come up with a good plot.
Sarah Elizabeth Bennett:
Not meaning to copy he Austen character. Sarah Elizabeth just sounded right.
5"3, green eyes, dirty blonde hair (almost brown). Smart, not genius. Has athletic potential but isn't in excellent shape.Can be very clever when she actually put effort into things (which she doesn't because she has given up all hope of being extraordinary). Has a very strange quirk where bad things (horrific things) don't faze her like they should. She becomes very detached in the face of danger and will do what ever she has to do. She's very shy when she doesn't know someone well, and is very kind. But besides all this she is a hopeless romantic. All I know is that lots of things change in her life when she meets:
Peter James Litman: (middle name subject to change)
5"10 - 6", green eyes with flecks of brown, dark brown hair (almost black). Extremely smart, good looking, and athletic. very mysterious also (a james bond/ super spy kind of mysterious). Outwardly charming. Calm in the face of danger. Also capable of loving very passionately but he doesn't see that ability until he meets Sarah.
Peter isn't as well developed as Sarah is but I'm working on it. Just as an end note. In my mind Sarah is 16 and a half. Peter is 18. But I've also been thinking about them as 21 and 23 respectivly.
Just something simple that I can expand off of or even get a good idea from. You can even tell me if my characters are crap or not
I'm having a problem with a Thinkgeek Spy Keylogger, Whenever I plug it in, uning my keyboard becomes impossible. Whenever I press "L" it locks, and i have to re-enter my Password, things like that happen instead of just the plain "L" being typed. I can't use it. Please Help!
The one from Thinkgeek isnt free. It's 60$ and has been known to be good. It isnt a program ether, Search google for Thinkgeek.com, and you can find it there.
Forgot to add that i got the ps/2 one
A large country
Ruled by the tyrannical tsars
Overthrown by the Bolshevieks
Recreated as a
socialist state
But threatened by
The United States
A capitalist
freedom suppressing
theocratic imperialistic
government disguised
as a
Democracy
A cold war
Started in 1945
Avoiding influence
it sent spies
The US sent spies
Both use capital punishment
on those who defected
on either side
under the ussr,
people were free
they had good health care
and lived longer
unlike the US
religious opression in the ussr
was nonexistant
the usa wrongly assumed
that there was religious oppression
in the 1980s, a leader of the soviet union
and a puppet of the us president ronald reagan
"freed" his people
from "oppression".
In 1991 thanks to the USA, the soviet union
shattered like a fragile frabriga egg
people were divided socially
governments grew corrupt
health problems became widespread
because the two rivals misunderstood each other
it was a war of words
The country
Has beautiful architecture
friendly people including very beautiful women
the cities are hospitable to western and non-russian tourists
english is widely spoken
people were open minded as always
despite the cold war
That wonderful in country is Russia.
I wrote this poem because I'm open minded (I respect everyone in the world) and I don't judge and I don't preach. I wrote thios poem because I truely respect the russian cultures as I do with all cultures. As an open minded Canadian (who was never raised in any religion but was raised to respect everyone regardless of who they are), I know a little bit of Russian. The only reason why i wanted to learn Russian was to understand the rich and beautiful culture that Russia had.
Other than that, spassibo! =)
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