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Ring of Kerry has better attractions than Killarney - Everett Herald

One of Ireland’s most popular destinations is the Iveragh Peninsula, known to shamrock-lovers everywhere as The Ring of Kerry. The Ring, lassoed by a winding coastal road through a mountainous, lake-splattered region, is undeniably scenic. Visitors ...

Fog Stories - Fresno Bee

As the Valley prepares for more rain today, road damage from last week's storms is keeping maintenance crews busy. Crews are working feverishly to repair potholes, which can knock out a car's front alignment, create unsafe driving conditions and ...

High over Albuquerque - StarPhoenix

Gliding over the sere New Mexico landscape, ochre-coloured desert melding with ochre-coloured houses, I envision the first hot-air balloon flight more than two centuries ago. It must have been an otherworldly sight -- a rooster, duck and sheep ...

One Noodle at a Time in Tokyo - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

NOT far from Waseda University in Tokyo, around the corner from a 7-Eleven, down a tidy alley, lies a ramen shop that doesn't look like a ramen shop. In fact, Ganko, as it's called, doesn't look like anything at all. There's no sign, no windows, only ...

Last 5 Days - Aspen Daily News

Shaun White overcame a brutal wipeout during a practice run to claim gold Friday night in the superpipe at Winter X Games 14 by nailing the same trick that appeared to nearly take his head off 45 minutes before. The trick that goaded White, 23, of ...

Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (State of the Union edition) - DAILY KOS

Welcome to Science Saturday, where the Overnight News Digest crew informs and entertains you with this week's news about science, space, and the environment. This week's featured story comes from Science News. Two talented young scientists sat near ...

Vancouver tips | Prepare for rain, border delays - The Sun News

As snow falls on the craggy peaks providing the stunning backdrop to this glimmering city on the Pacific, Vancouver prepares to welcome thousands of athletes and visitors from around the world for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. More than 5,500 ...

The rail thing: across America by train - The Guardian

It was just before noon, 10 miles outside Birmingham, Alabama, that the bomb threat was called in. I was in the bar car, sipping a Coke, when the train screeched to a halt and a stewardess rushed in. "A small emergency, sir. Please exit the train ...

Kauai is the home of the renegade rooster - StarPhoenix

When hurricane Iniki blasted its way through Kauai in 1992, it also decapitated and dismantled a few ill-fated chicken coops that happened to be scattered across its path. The renegade chickens, reluctant to give up their new-found freedom, resisted ...

Readers respond with ideas - The Post and Courier

Last Sunday in this space I wrote a column about someone who regretted not serving our country as a younger person and wanted to do something now to serve military personnel today. This person is not alone. Many people expressed similar feelings, but ...

Open Question: Simple physics problem?

Hello everyone, would you be able to help clear up a few confusions I have before the school year starts? If I jump off a bridge 10m high and I weigh 50kg, then my force is 500N (taking gravity as 10m/s/s If the bridge is 100m high, the force is the same. I always considered 'force' as the bang sorta kamehameha type 'concussive force'. why then, can somebody who has just started a jump, able to hit you with the force of someone potentially travelling 100's of metres per second? what is the 'factor' that really 'impacts' and why is this what is considered so? how much does air resistence affect algebriec analysis of linear motion under gravity? what would be the neccersary 'factor' (which I assume now is not force) for someone to get killed by it How do I do this question: A delivery van mass 1200 kg travelling south at 20 m/s collides head on with a dog. The impact crushes the crumple zone of the van with an average force of 4x105 N bringing the van to rest against the dog. Calculate the initial momentum and final momentum and final momentum of the van and explain how momentum has been conserved in this collision. Secondly, how do you do questions that ask what is the impulse given to x by y, when there is both a change in mass as well as velocity? * I = Δv x m, or * I = Δm x v Apparently it's illegal to use: I = Δm x Δv) BOTH OF THEM CHANGE SO ONE VALUE WILL AT LEAST BE WRONG!! thank you very much and I hope you can help me more

Open Question: Have you taken your small dog on a plane?

I am going to be taking a three-month work assignment in another province and of course my dog is coming with me. It will be about a 2 hour flight to get there. My dog will be 8 months old by the time we go (beginning of March) and is currently just over 8lbs. I know that I can fly Air Canada and that they do allow small pets in the cabin under your seat, so all of that is fine. She is also used to traveling in a carrier, as I have used one in the car for some time now. She does the 4-5 hour drive to my parents with no trouble whatsoever. She has not, however, ever been on a plane. I wondering how she will do all the time sitting around at the airport too. Has anyone managed to let the dog have a bathroom break before boarding? I don't want to break any rules, and they say the dog has to be in the carrier the whole time... So... if you have ever traveled with a small dog in the cabin, I would love to hear how you managed it and how the dog did. Thanks! more

Voting Question: First time for my german shep/border collie air travel!?

Hello My husband deploys soon and I am going to be moving with my parents during his 15 month deployment and bringing my 8 month old shep/collie girl with me. I know petco has air travel kennels and was wondering if there is a better kennel then just the plastic ones? I am wanting to fly delta airlines from schofield barrack hawaii to seattle wa because they are non stop and they also take the giant size kennel! She has never flown before and I believe she going to be scared =( When is the best time to travel with her? Late night during her sleep time or early in the morning? How well do the airlines handle dogs? Any info on what to expect would be great and I think i would be more scared then she will be lol thank you more

Resolved Question: Mini Horse Questions?

I was thinking about getting a Miniature horse.(I already have a lot of horse experience) I have done a lot of reading about them, but I still have some questions. First can they go in a pasture with normal size ponies(don't worry I would have proper fencing)? I have seen people put them in with normal horses, but again unsure. 2. Food do you normally feed like 1 or 1/2 flakes per day ,how much do they get? 3. Blanketing even if they are not clipped because they are so small and low and air flow affects them more do they need blankets in the winter?4. How do they travel. If you would like to add any thing else feel free.:) don't worry I am not going to treat the horse like a dog I was planning on training to drive and maybe tricks. thanks sorry this was so long more

Resolved Question: Air force or Navy, wich one should I join?

Ok, I am 20 years of age. I work at Petsmart as a dog trainer and I don't want to be working there for the rest of my life. I am not motivated enough to go to college at the moment. I did go a semester and it wasn't my thing. I love to travel allot, and have always loved the ocean. I want to go to school while in the Navy or the Air Force to get my Bachelors degree to become a Pilot, in the mean time I am a hands on learner and love to build and put things together, so maybe work on Air Planes, or even be a load master. I don't know what branch would suit me the best. I have talked to every recruiter under the sun for every branch but i am still having a hard time to find out what i want personally for myself. Those are two great branches. My brother has been in the Air force for 20 years and loves it along with his fiance who has been in the service for 6 and just re-enlisted for another six years. My brother is a Pilot and flies the the big C-17. I want to be able to travel and to fly. I have loved the air force since I stayed on an air force base when I was ten in Del Rio when my brother recieved his wing's. The base was nice. I heard the navy base was nice. I really want to do something with my life and fight for something a believe in. I love our troops and respect them fully. I want to make a difference too. I have already taken the ASVAB practice test and passed, but can anyone tell me there experiences in the Navy and Air force and wich one travels more and may best suit me? more

Voting Question: Physics Help PLEASE!?

1. A dog pulls on a pillow with a force of 5N at an angle of 37 degrees above the horizontal. Find the x and y components of this force 2. A race car travels a deserted stretch of road with two forces acting on it. One force is a 2300 N forward push from the wheels behind being pushed by the road the other force is a 1700 N resistive force due to friction and air resistance. a. what is the acceleration of the 1000 kg race car? b. if it starts from rest, how far will it move in 10.0 seconds? c. what will its velocity be at the end of the 10.0 seconds? more

Resolved Question: Golden Retriever Owners---How do you Travel with your Dog?

i mean by travelling abroad like to another country---how does the dog travel on air-plane?do u have a special ticket for it or just leave it at home or a dog shelter? i want to buy a golden retriever but i travel a lot(im in fashion).....but i would soo love a dog.... so how do u manage travelling with your golden retriever???? more

Resolved Question: Would you be opposed to governments placing a green tax on air travel?

Should governments place a green carbon tax on jet fuel that is used to subsidise rail and ship travel? If so, are you opposed to placing a security tax on air travel to hire more security personnel, purchase full body scanners, and train bomb sniffer dogs?Peter, congrats. That post so far makes the best screenshot of the year.Andy "I have no problems with the government charging more to the airlines and they passing the costs on as higher ticket prices but not a tax especially if it is an across the board tax" Andy, what you describe is a security tax that you would pay and a tax on jet fuel is not an "an across the board tax".And Andy you said "If you don't mind such controls why don't you move to another nation or since you like the European model so much, move to Europe." Above I clearly said "governments" so based on your 225 year reference, why are you assuming I'm referring exclusively to the United States government?Trevor, I guess I'm looking at this more from a North American perspective where there has been no advancement in passenger rail travel since the inception of the diesel locomotive in the 1950s. Transoceanic ship travel, a very civilized way to get somewhere, is almost non-existent. Newer hull designs can shave days of an ocean voyage and you avoid the pains of air travel. more

Resolved Question: What is that movie about the kids that stop/travel back in time?

It was a terrible movie made in the time period from 2000 to maybe 2005. These kids have a stopwatch and they can freeze time whenever they want. There was one part in the trailer for the movie in which they stop time as a dog is peeing and the pee is frozen in the air. It was probably made either by Disney or Nickelodeon. This sounds absolutely ridiculous, but I really cannot remember the name of this movie and it has been bothering me all day. I want to make a reference to it in a paper but I can't figure out what it was called. Thanks so much! more

Resolved Question: Is the flow of the story natural.?

I post again because I didn't get answers last time. Emptiness is no longer a whisper, Nothingness is only a whimper.’ “Praise our Lord Etoch,” shouted an old man sitting at the gate entrance of the city of Iko, the barren lands of Duke Elias. “Praise our Lord,” said Emperor Egroth, a tall muscular middle age male with long smooth hair, to the old man recognized by an ugly scar across his face. The old man taking good time arose to his feet before Egroth and gave a simple vow of the head. He maintained his weight on a wooden rod to stand on his feet. His left hand rested on his back to support his back from the pain. “Great day, noble gentlemen, would you spare a coin? I have three children to feed; and there is little gold or silver in these lands,” said the old man. Egroth reach to a pouch at his waist-side and tossed a small pouch of silver coins to the old man. The old man smirked and then slowly walks off, barely able to walk; and the wooden rod he used to sustain himself was brittle and the bend on its weight gave the impression that it would snap at any given moment. Egroth’s horse kept on treading down the dirt path to the castle of Duke Elias. “My Lord, these lands are not suited. The earth is dry. Breathing the dirt suffocates me. These are cursed land out to kill us,” spoke Kinsmen, Egroth’s loyal general who rode at his left. “Nonsense. Everything is out to get a weak little gal such as you. The air is fine. The Barren must be a real warrior. He’s faces this wrecked curse since birth,” said Roth, Egroth’s loyal general who rode at his right. “You can’t make a good trip without a good pair of legs. I’ve always said and always will say Kinsmen’s legs always make me feel there a concubine in our midst,” said Egroth as he snapped his whip at Kinsmen legs. “And I often forget were not traveling with a woman. It makes me unfaithful to my wife.” Egroth and Roth burst in laughter while Kinsmen shied feet away from them. He dropped his right hand over his naked thigh and leg. Later, miles down the road, the old man re-appears blocking the road to the castle with his wagon a two mules and three dogs. His walk was normal, standing on his two feet with ease. Egroth was puzzled. “Is that not the man we met back down the road,” he asked. He looked closely at the man, recognizing the ugly scar across his face. ‘Surely this man is the same I saw earlier,’ Egroth thought as he saw the old man hunched down feeding his three dogs. “Good day, noble gentlemen, would you spare a coin or two. I have two daughters in need of feeding, and there is little gold in these parts,” he said. Kinsmen looked closely at the old man. “We’ve been swindled by Lord,” he whispered to Egroth as he stared directly at the old man. “Aren’t you that old man we saw at the gate’s entrance?” he asked in a loud voice. “You’ve met by brother, good sir.” “Nay. We’ve met a thief,” responded Roth. “Your three sons are three dogs, and your two daughters are two mules. A con-man looses his hands in our country.” “It’s a just punishment. It’s a just punishment. But you wouldn’t punish an old man like me. I’m not worth the crowd.” “I’d punish an old man. Every man is worth the crowd. the mob doesn’t gather to see a young or old man, or a child, they gather to see the punishment at the capital,” said kinsmen as he withdrew his sword from its sheath. “You wouldn’t punish me. I am special to the Duke, his capt’n of the royal guard. He’d take great offence to your action.” “Don’t’ be fooled old man. I am emperor of these lands. The Duke and his knights are at my command. He has no say. I punish whom I will.” Egroth stared fervently at the old man. “The capt’n of the guards.” He dismounts his horse, shakes the dust of his cloth, and unsheathes his bloody heavy sword. “This here sword is Khe the blood sword of legend, claimed when my ancestors slain a wild Um who broke our truce. The Um, a giant rat, disgusting creature, was rend into a thousands pieces. They say it was still living breathing until his blood was drained, and its soul was imprisoned into this sword, the power of the root of Mitsu. One touch from this sword makes even a strong man bleed to death. Drink of its blood, and you become a bloody thirsty mun but too weak to eat blood of any man.” “A dreadful curse, I’d say, my emperor.” “It is rumored that the captain of the royal guards of Elias is a legendary swordsman, never touched by the blade of any other mun in war. Even in his old age, he’s a cunning devil to challenge. Are you that mun? That scar you have. You self inflicted it.” The old man drops to his knees, beginning to beg for forgiveness. He stutters, “I assure y-you emperor, I-I am no legendary swordsman. I, I am a fool. Forgive this fool. I-I am a fool.” There was a sad look in the old man’s face, a face of a man who repented for his mistake. more

Resolved Question: How this first chapter? Is the action descriotion okay?

‘Emptiness is no longer a whisper, Nothingness is only a whimper.’ “Praise our Lord Etoch,” shouted an old man sitting at the gate entrance of the city of Iko, the barren lands of Duke Elias. “Praise our Lord,” said Emperor Egroth, a tall muscular middle age male with long smooth hair, to the old man recognized by an ugly scar across his face. The old man taking good time arose to his feet before Egroth and gave a simple vow of the head. He maintained his weight on a wooden rod to stand on his feet. His left hand rested on his back to support his back from the pain. “Great day, noble gentlemen, would you spare a coin? I have three children to feed; and there is little gold or silver in these lands,” said the old man. Egroth reach to a pouch at his waist-side and tossed a small pouch of silver coins to the old man. The old man smirked and then slowly walks off, barely able to walk; and the wooden rod he used to sustain himself was brittle and the bend on its weight gave the impression that it would snap at any given moment. Egroth’s horse kept on treading down the dirt path to the castle of Duke Elias. “My Lord, these lands are not suited. The earth is dry. Breathing the dirt suffocates me. These are cursed land out to kill us,” spoke Kinsmen, Egroth’s loyal general who rode at his left. “Nonsense. Everything is out to get a weak little gal such as you. The air is fine. The Barren must be a real warrior. He’s faces this wrecked curse since birth,” said Roth, Egroth’s loyal general who rode at his right. “You can’t make a good trip without a good pair of legs. I’ve always said and always will say Kinsmen’s legs always make me feel there a concubine in our midst,” said Egroth as he snapped his whip at Kinsmen legs. “And I often forget were not traveling with a woman. It makes me unfaithful to my wife.” Egroth and Roth burst in laughter while Kinsmen shied feet away from them. He dropped his right hand over his naked thigh and leg. Later, miles down the road, the old man re-appears blocking the road to the castle with his wagon a two mules and three dogs. His walk was normal, standing on his two feet with ease. Egroth was puzzled. “Is that not the man we met back down the road,” he asked. He looked closely at the man, recognizing the ugly scar across his face. ‘Surely this man is the same I saw earlier,’ Egroth thought as he saw the old man hunched down feeding his three dogs. “Good day, noble gentlemen, would you spare a coin or two. I have two daughters in need of feeding, and there is little gold in these parts,” he said. Kinsmen looked closely at the old man. “We’ve been swindled by Lord,” he whispered to Egroth as he stared directly at the old man. “Aren’t you that old man we saw at the gate’s entrance?” he asked in a loud voice. “You’ve met by brother, good sir.” “Nay. We’ve met a thief,” responded Roth. “Your three sons are three dogs, and your two daughters are two mules. A con-man looses his hands in our country.” “It’s a just punishment. It’s a just punishment. But you wouldn’t punish an old man like me. I’m not worth the crowd.” “I’d punish an old man. Every man is worth the crowd. the mob doesn’t gather to see a young or old man, or a child, they gather to see the punishment at the capital,” said kinsmen as he withdrew his sword from its sheath. “You wouldn’t punish me. I am special to the Duke, his capt’n of the royal guard. He’d take great offence to your action.” “Don’t’ be fooled old man. I am emperor of these lands. The Duke and his knights are at my command. He has no say. I punish whom I will.” Egroth stared fervently at the old man. “The capt’n of the guards.” He dismounts his horse, shakes the dust of his cloth, and unsheathes his bloody heavy sword. “This here sword is Khe the blood sword of legend, claimed when my ancestors slain a wild Um who broke our truce. The Um, a giant rat, disgusting creature, was rend into a thousands pieces. They say it was still living breathing until his blood was drained, and its soul was imprisoned into this sword, the power of the root of Mitsu. One touch from this sword makes even a strong man bleed to death. Drink of its blood, and you become a bloody thirsty mun but too weak to eat blood of any man.” “A dreadful curse, I’d say, my emperor.” “It is rumored that the captain of the royal guards of Elias is a legendary swordsman, never touched by the blade of any other mun in war. Even in his old age, he’s a cunning devil to challenge. Are you that mun? That scar you have. You self inflicted it.” The old man drops to his knees, beginning to beg for forgiveness. He stutters, “I assure y-you emperor, I-I am no legendary swordsman. I, I am a fool. Forgive this fool. I-I am a fool.” There was a sad look in the old man’s face, a face of a man who repented for his mistake. “The white devil they call you. I shall strike at you. Whether you defend yourself is not my concern.” “Recons-,” th more

Voting Question: What do you think of this short bit of writing? I know there are some spelling mistakes.?

I settled down for bed, in a crunchy pile of leaves. Well At least they are not scattered this time. I licked my paws before bed. Oh, how they ached. I caught a plump mouse for dinner. First real meal I've eaten in a long time. I've been traveling to long and to far. I'm not one of those pampered felines, with high end foods, and a hand constanatly on them to brush back their fur, and serve them hand and paw. Bah, I'm happy here anyways. I got my leaves for a bed, a tree for a scratching post, mice to eat, and all the fresh air I can get. The stars make the perfect map for me, to my destination. But, honestly I have no destination. I got, well... I got my fur on my back and my claws in my paws. I inhale the frigid air, and release it calmly. Nothing but the night on my back! I can't wait to sleep, and dream. Dream of alternate reality. How I laugh at those pampered ones. See how they could last out here. All those feral dogs, and hungry animals. HA! They wouldn't last a day. I'm a true alley cat. You can count on that. I yawn and lick my lips. It's late I need to sleep. Get some rest so I can prowl for breakfast in the morning. I'm a hunter, a fighter, a surviver. I know no other life. Except my own. I encountered many like me. Yet, all they are looking for is to be one of the loved. mushy, gooshy, huggable, kitties! Yuck! How sick it makes me. I'm unique I guess. My black coat, golden eyes, sharp teeth. You ain't goona meet another cat like me. I'm a one of a kind. Well, cruel world I'll see you tomorrow, bright and early at the roosters crow, to find me a trail to take. I close my eyes slowly to wait for morning. Yes, it is short and choppy. But it is coming from a sarcastic cat. more

Voting Question: What do you think of this bit of writing? I know there are spelling mistakes and stuff. But please?

Resolved Question: Entertainment - General travel to jungles - how they celebrated new year day in jungle?

Date 29.12.2009 Lion: good morning everyone..what is the matter, and i wonder of your presence in this hours.. Fox: The great universal jungle king, world forest, the earth king ... we bow our head..one request..we need your kind permission..our brothers and sisters very much interested to celebrate the new year day in a grand manner...so. Lion: what fox ? the human do this for some reasons..they are humans..how they celebrate their loss of a year in their life..is it necessary for us ? if we do like them, then what is the difference for us with them ? Fox: The king's words are gold. But, respectful one..we can celebrate in a different manner.. Lion: i don't want to stay your interests..go ahead..okay..when you are going to celebrate fox ? fox: on 1.1.2010 from morning to evening..we are not mad to celebrate at mid-night, your majesty.. 01.01.2010 - 8.00 a.m. Fox: i welcome the hon world jungle forest king, the earth's great king to this celebrations.. first global invitation..our hon president Tiger will deliver.. Tiger: world jungle forest king, the earth's unmatchable king ..my head bows to floor..i invite the brothers living with humans. oh ! dogs, cats, ox, cows, goats, sheep, buffaloes, and others..please come to our fold..we are one..our hon and respectful king assured that you will be honoured and will get grass fields from the royal king, we no need milk and you can give it to your kith and kin..totally free from humans..here BBC, NDTV, ZEE, CNN etc.,press present ..they will inform details.. Fox: thanks tiger..now our beloved CID wolf will read world news.. wolf: thanks fox sir, i bow my head to the all world king ..the humans are worst..in london they hit and run a woman, in sports suicide bombs killed 88 humans..recession threat not only to MNC and also to education, scotland reports, for security reasons u.n.staff pulled out of pakistan, the earth is going bad by humans, states in india are fighting for small states, in srilanka both rajbakshe and ponseka are contesting in clear understanding secretly.. fox: thanks wolf.. now about internet. our hon communication chief rabbit will speak.. Rabbit: my head bows to the world king..you remember we invited humans for some suggestions and ideas about inauguration of INTERNET to our jungles..soon there will be another meeting with the humans..i assure all that we will get the facilities soon.. fox: thanks rabbit..now our home Chief elephant will speak ''how we are better than humans''.. Elephant: my most respectful king and others.. we are better in all respects..you can go anywhere, no tress pass, you can eat any, you can see, you can enjoy, no traffic, no water scarcity, no bank, no elections, no bribes, no small, big states, no language problem, no race problem, no money, no properties, no posh bungalows, no religion, no communities, no bus, no train, no air, but we live happily..though the above facilities are with humans, they fight each other worst than us, one human swallowing another human, our animal girls go freely anywhere, but no human girl can go out without security, we have lot of girl animals, but human girl birth reduced and in future the humans fear over girls, we get mates easily, but humans even at the age 40 did not get match.. fox: thanks elephant..now our super hero kalia, the crow will speak.. crow: my worships to the world king.. i wish to point one thing..when internet comes, please don't create so many profiles in jugoo.com, the humans do this..they ask question from one and answer in another and increasing points, they do fight in internet by reporting, by ups/downs, criticizes, in the name of religion, they stand in two parts one is atheist and another theist, moreover unwanted sex questions there, why i am saying this ? we should follow good INTERNET like humans, but we should not follow their natures..i request hon king to ban religious category in jungle.. fox: thanks kalia..now our king will deliver super address.. Lion: i thank all. we celebrated this new year in a grand manner. The humans should follow this..very fruitful discussions, suggestions, about our jungle, our freedom, about global invitation, very nice..i also assure that the land animals living with humans should come here. we are one. i thank all. we meet again in next meeting with humans..Fox, i appreciate you..Happy new year from MS... sorry, sir.. the animals are interested only for monorchy...and also interestingly they are very firm and they have no confusion in their mind in this subject...and not like us..ha..ha..ha..wolf sent a mail.. in which it states that ..'' why you stopped my news upto secretly...''...but read in full..so please read as ..'' secretly with like minded parties incluing tamil parties '' more

Resolved Question: I have a question on pet air travel?

When we moved to Spain from UK our dogs flew with us with the pet passport scheme , because we weren't expecting to move from Spain we never kept their passports up to date .But we have found a business in Tenerife and would like to move quickly . The problem is we don't want to put the dogs in quarantine ,so it would mean one of us staying in Spain for approximately 6 months while waiting for the anti-rabbis jabs to be completed. My question is, does anyone know if this is correct ,my friend said as we are going from Spain to Tenerife the waiting time is only 21 days as Tenerife is a part of Spain. I cant find this on the Defra site ,it mainly refers to UK entry,so does anyone know if this is true.Thanks in advance more

Resolved Question: How do Siberian Huskies do with air travel?

Does anyone know how huskies handle long flights on airplanes? My husband and I are thinking about getting a Siberian Husky dog. We currently live in the UK, but it is very possible that we might move to the USA during the course of its lifetime (I understand they often live 12-15 years). I don't want to get a breed that would have a problem making the international flight if we had to move (for example, I know Boxers struggle with the temperature, altitude, and isolation). Please, only answer if you have experience with huskies and/or air travel with similar breeds. more

Resolved Question: Can i refuse the border patrol to search my car?

I was recently traveling from San Diego to Phoenix along the U.S.-Mexican border with my mother and we came up to one of the many routine border patrol mobile checkpoints. I was driving my subaru sti which is very noticable and the agents had their drug dogs sitting near the lane where cars drive through. As we aproached the checkpoint the dog became interested in my car and began looking in our direction and trying to walk toward it. When i came up to the Agent questioning people before they passed through we asked all the usual questions then asked me to pull over ahead to the search area. i had no problem with this. we got out as ordered and sat on the bench and an agent began questioning us as another agent walking the dog around my car. He then asked if i give consent to have them look through the cabin of my car and have the dog sniff through it. Now i am in the Air Force and do not fit the profile of a drug smuggler or pot head. As they could see when i handed them my military id. But i had nothing to hid so i said go for it. The dog got hair all over my interior scratched my seats and spilled my soda on my seat. They found nothing and told us we were free to go. To say the least i was furious. But what could i do? So we left but my question is when the agent asked if i give consent for them to run the dog through my car, if had said no. What would come of this? Even if i just said your dogs fucked up my interior last time but an agent may search it. Will they detain us or what? Im heading back next week and i will not let them run that fucking mutt through it again. more

Voting Question: Taking my dog on a flight, but he barks here at home...what to do what to do?

I am bringing my 2 little pups with me on a flight home for Christmas. They bark everywhere and anywhere. They bark for about 3 minutes and then eventually stop but continue to tisk and huff, but its not nearly bad as barking. Anyway, I bought them a sleepypod air. It is a really comfortable air traveling bed, and if they made ones for humans we'd probably all have one--it's that cozy looking. They like it, just as much as they like their other beds. I think that they will be okay on the flight, their barks are not angry, but they are much more rather excited, like they want to play with everyone. I am just hoping they will be ok. I know I can't predict the future, and I know that dogs that have never barked, may bark, and dogs that always bark, may act like little angels. Either way, I know I am in for a real treat. Just hoping I make it home okay. lol instead of having my flight cancelled because of my booboos. What do you think? Have you done it before? Any tips? I was thinking give them some toys, but toys are for wildness. I was thinking a kong with peanut butter. That might work. I am open to suggestions, comments, and personal stories, as this is my first time traveling with my booboos. However, they have flown cargo before underneath when they were 3 months old. They are now 7 months old, and flying on Sunday. I am hoping that my flight isn't really that busy. more

Resolved Question: Can pets travel on air planes?

I have a 6 month old 6 lb baby dog - she is small enough for me to carry around like a baby. I need to know if i can take her on a plane, like carry on, i mean babys can they just sit in their mothers lap on a plane, but can i take my dog on a plane like that? more

Resolved Question: German Shepard puppies. input please?!?

So me and my husband just moved into a new house. We live on an Air Force Base and our house is pretty big there is plenty of space for a dog. Our yard is pretty small but there is a huge enclosed dog park across the street I have alwalys had a pet dog up until i was 14 I miss having a dog around alot. I have expierience in training dogs, but no expierience in puppies. I prefered something cute and small but my husband wants something big and playful :) i dont want a big dog because they arent easy to travel with and in my expierience dont have a real concept of how huge they are im tottally willing to compromise with him, I have never had a puppy and generally would prefer not to have one just because ive never had one before,but we have resources and enviroment for a puppy if we get a large breed as a puppy we should be able to train it not to jump on us and walk with us rather than walk us when it is older right? he has a close friend who has a litter of german shepard puppies they are 600 each and they are so little right now they cant open thier eyes. We would get them in 7 weeks the breeder will get them thier shots and provides free training. like i said i didn't want a huge dog. id like one that is cute and cuddly and little however it seems like those kids of dogs are mean and loud :p what do you think?? I have never owned a german shepard or met one before i dont know what they are like. but he has his heart set on them and im very willing to compromise we dont have a whole lot of money right now but we could afford them and the friend is giving them thier shots and training and is tottally willing to work with us on price and payments. i want to know more about the breed though. Id appreciate any input n_nI spelled German ShepHERD wrong by the way, Im really going to hell in a handbasket now. more

Resolved Question: Wanna hear these funny quotes?

what do you call a bunch of white people falling down a mountain........................ An avalanche ========= What do you call 500 lawyers lying on the bottom of the Ocean? A good start.. ======= I saw a notice that said "Drink Canada Dry" and I've just started ====== If you can read this I can deploy your air bag!!! ====== When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion. : Humor Funny Quotes By : Oscar Levant ====== I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. Funny Quotes By : Groucho Marx ======= Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. Humor Jokes By : Robert A. Heinlein ====== And my parents finally realise that I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: they rent out my room Humor Jokes By : Woody Allen ======= How Many Roads Must A Man Travel Down Before He Admits He is lost? : Cute Quotes ====== When I marry I wonder if God will be mad that I stole one of his angels. Pickup Lines ====== Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television. David Letterman ====== When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty. ======= When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.--Sir Winston Churchill ======= From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it Groucho Marx ====== It's the most important decision I've had to make since 1978 when I decided to get a bikini wax Arnold Schwarzenegger ====== It's not my fault I fell in love. You are the one that tripped me. Pickup Lines ====== more

Resolved Question: Air travel with a pet dog?

quick edit: Are there airlines that will allow you to bring a pet onboard the cabin without having them as a "carry-on", in otherwords are there airlines that will charge extra or even the price of another ticket for you and your companion?I'm traveling from Los Angeles to Seattle and would like to take my pet dog (aprox 20lbs) with me. I've read that cargo is not a safe and secure way for pet traveling and would like to minimize the stress of travel. What are my options? What would you suggest? I've heard of airlines that only transport pets, however it seems they do not fly from LA to Seattle. more

Resolved Question: Has anyone traveled with a pet on Air Canada?

I would like to take my rabbit on but she is technically not allowed because she is not a cat or dog. fortunately she looks a lot like a cat so i want to say she is a cat, the only problem would be if i had to take her out of her carrier. i would just like to know if at any point you need to take your pet out of the carrier prior to boarding the plane. more

Resolved Question: Is this persuasive enough? (exams)?

The cairngorm mountain in Aviemore, Scotland, is a fabulous holiday visit for all. Full of snow most of the year round, it is a great place for skiing, snowboarding and sledging. To get right to the top of the mountain, you can either travel up there on a ski lift or by cable car. There is a big cafe and museum waiting for you at the top; not to mention the breathtaking views of the small town of Aviemore and the wide spread of untouched mountains and forests. This is definitely the icing on the cake. If snow is not your thing, then why not take a dip in the fresh beach below the mountains on a hot summers day? There are wonderful sites, walks and restaurants for everyone here in Aviemore. You can easily get there by train, bus or plane - depending on where you are travelling from. If your an animal lover you can also see the reindeers and sledge dogs, the only pack in the UK you can. This will leave you barking mad for more. So if your looking for fresh air and a blast of a time, the cairngorm is the place for you. For more information, visit our webisite at www.cairngorm/aviemore.co.uk. Belive me, you'll find a hell of a lot more activities and places to visit. more

Resolved Question: Separation Anxiety in kitten 9 weeks old?

Long story short as I can be, our cat had kittens 5 of them, 10 days later the mother got deathly sick and I became a mother cat, bottle fed, potty and slept with these guys on a heating pad, liter trained them and everything. The runt of the litter tended to be with me a lot more often as they became mobile, as the others would beat her up out of the food and just flat out pick on her a lot. SO I fed her separate of the others, she was behind a bit developing. 100% set up for Separation Anxiety for this little gal. Turn for the worse at 6 weeks old she jetted under one of my kid's feet and got stepped on. she was in very serious condition, and I held her, brushed, petted and talked to her 24/7 no rest for 4 days nursing this kitten to survive. She was my special girl before the accident, even more so with another 10 days of intensive kitten care. drops of water for 4 days, then watered down moist food for 3 days, she is doing fantastic now. Until... Ok I have gone out of the house since she is mobile again, shopping, taking kids to things at school and so forth, Thanksgiving day we were ALL gone for about 6 hours. Came home and they all sat up yawned at me like "oh you were gone?" Suddenly Tues night my daughter needed a ride home from work, so I ran 6 blocks to pick her up and came home to a semi comatose kitten. I always shut my bedroom door when I leave so the dogs don't go in after the kitten food, and the kittens don't run about the house getting into trouble as they can manage a lot of. I shut my door and leave, About the time I made it out of the front door, my 2nd oldest heard this blood curtailing scream coming from my room, she ran up open the door and the kitten was against the door and fell out of the door way, ripped down the steps into the bathroom.. NO MOM!!! She went into a hysterical run all over the house making rounds to every room screaming, till she finally just collapsed panting like she was dying, not 5 minutes went by and I was back home, to my daughter standing there holding this limp dead looking cat, and my daughter crying saying "mom, somethings wrong with her" Of course as much heart as I put into this kitten to save her life now in her short little life of now 9 weeks, I screamed and ran toward her. The sound of my voice she jumped up suddenly ALIVE!! and jumped on me up to my face, licking me purring hysterically loving me to death. Now not 2 minutes before that, she was limp and my daughter couldn't get her to "come around" She had run her self around hysterical and I guess passed out. Again today 1st time I have left her and not "taken her along" since Tues night. I drove my son about a block and half to the bus stop and right back, I timed it and was not gone a full 3 minutes. came home to her running hysterically to find me and saw me, climbed me kissing me to death again. All the causes for this kitten to be this way is there, I get why she is like that I seriously do. I spoil her to death to which doesn't help. Scrambled egg in the morning, Super is moist food, and a treat at bed time, she has her own little bedroom and toy room cubes... She will continue to be spoiled for the rest of her life. But, I also have NO doubt, that if I leave this kitten behind again for more then 5 minutes she could very well have an anxiety attack that she may just lay down and die over it. She is only 9 weeks old.. seriously do I want to drug this little thing that already had such a ruff start? I have to drive to NJ to get my husband returning from Iraq next week, and already going shopping for travel needs for her. My question is I guess, would be, any suggestions on how to start gradually fixing this sudden onset? I can't think of a thing to have caused it that changed from Monday to Tues. Monday i went shopping with my daughter for 2 hours, left her here with my other kids, she didn't care less about me going away. NO house changes happened to cause Tues reaction to me leaving for 5 minutes... She literally was limp and gasping for air... So any suggestions on where to go from here on getting it better aside from Drugs?TY for responses so far, yes I knew this was a possibility for all 5 of them, but esp this gal with all she has been threw. The good part is the ONLY aggression she shows at all is if I am sleeping and someone comes near me.. LOL My husband has been in Iraq for a year and comes home next week.. what a welcome home.. huh? snarl snarl HISS HISS get away from my mama!! but if the person is in the bed before me, like my son fell asleep on my bed the other day and I moved him over and the kitten and I went to bed, he was ok.. but don't try to get near me after I'm sleeping. It's been a long haul with these guys. I am momma... no doubt about it. I read so much information when I had to take over. I already take her with me everywhere I go, but soon i'll have to go to the grocery store, and she can't go there. 5 hours to pick up hubby I guess we'll see how she rides long distances now too! more

Resolved Question: What's the problem with my dog? What medication shall I give to treat her?

Bambam is a 3 y/o Shih Tzu. She's just done with her period. She just also had her partner and now we think she's pregnant. But the problem is this: One night, I was alarmed by her sudden panting as if she was having a bad dream. Then I woke her up. Yesterday, that incident happened many times that she could hardly breathe. I don't know what to do about her. I am so worried. I think she has colds. But what can I do treat her? Before this she also has discharge and got worse. It's good that it stopped. Now, instances happen that she's looking for air..as if she has asthma, or shall I say she's coughing too?aww... T_T We tried to use nebulizer. It helped a little but later on there she goes again, breathing so heavy and fast without making herself run and play. Now, i don't see her tail wagging anymore. I'm so worried. Please help me with it. I can't bring her to vet coz' according to them it is stressful for a pregnant dog to travel. I want to treat her with myself and my mother. What shall we do? :(Thanks for your answers. Please don't hesitate to answer if you're just gonna make me feel bad. Please. You should answer ONLY what is asked. :( This is frustrating.My mother brought her to quality breeder and not just a backyard breeder.We paid for it. And those advice came from that pet breeders. Please don't blame me, I just own this dog last June and know nothing about this stuff. Thanks for your advice. Gotta bring her to vet. more

Resolved Question: where can i find someone with a vehicle traveling cross country?

I'm looking to go to New York from Modesto ca or a surounding area, where can i find someone to take me and my dog cross country, i'm willing to pay for gas, the airlines don't allow pets on the planes other than that in the air cargo area, not going to happen. amtrak don't allow pets, and neither does greyhound, what to do what to do, so I'm looking for someone that is driving cross country to new york from modesto ca or any surrounding area. more

Resolved Question: How should I prepare my dog for air travel?

I'm traveling this Christmas, and decided to bring my mini dachshund with me on the plane instead of putting her in a dreadful kennel for 16 nights. How should I prepare her? she's generally calm and handles long car rides well (18 hours was the longest - with breaks of course). She will be in the cabin with me under the seat. The flight is 5 hours long. Thanks.And I've already booked the dogs ticket, so she's aloowed on the plane with everyone else, not with the luggage :o)I forgot to mention that she' crate trained.I've heard that people give dogs tranquilizers? Is it necessary? I'm worried to give her something like that. more

Resolved Question: how to make animal noise with mouth?

so far I can do cardinal's song, large and medium dog bark and a snarl and a grey wolf's howl (which is easier than all others :-), but I want more animal, I want to learn how to roar like a lion, howl like a coyote (which I learn are high pinch howl, which I'm having a hard time doing) and loads of animals' noises, can you put down a website link where I can learn to make with my mouth, I want directions like the one below: Large Dog: Bark while inhaling, so the sound travels backwards down your throat. Use deep, meaty sounds, with a rounding of the mouth to give it that vicious feel. Medium Dog: This one can be done exhaling, and keeping it completely in your mouth. I don't do the medium dog much, because I find it more of a boring style. There are also growls and snarls that can make your dog sounds all the more enjoyable. A growl should be done with a little bit of saliva held between the back of your tongue and the roof of your mouth. The actual comes from the throat as a low rumble, but it's made more wild with the saliva. A snarl is like a snort in that you take a breath with your tongue just touching the top of your mouth, and pull the air upwards towards your nose. This rattles the uvula (lollygagger or that thing that hangs down at the back of your mouth), and makes a great sound. credit goes to A. Kristina Taylor for the above more

Resolved Question: moose, dingoes, and horses?

Taylor Darby The point of this paper is to discuss three different animals. Dingoes and moose are wild, horses can be wild or tamed. There all different types of animals, that are pretty interesting and moose and dingoes are both becoming more extinct every year. Lets learn about them. Moose are the largest type of deer. Even though they do not look very fast they can run at about thirty- five mph, and swimming ten miles is no big deal for them. Moose are able to stay under for about thirty seconds before they need a breath of air. They live for a long time, about up to twenty years. A flap of skin known as a bell sways beneath each moose's throat. When a moose needs to defend itself , it uses it’s hooves before they use their antlers. They grow really tall and weigh a lot. They live in northern parts of America and Eurasia. Moose are herbivores and are not very aggressive unless there babies or themselves are being threatened. They usually have one baby every spring at about thirty pounds when they are born and they can easily outrun a human when they are only about five days old. The second animal is the horse. Horses can be wild or a pet. In the wild horses usually travel in a group of horses, also known as a herd. Herds are usually about twenty horses or so. They are born without teeth and get them as they get older and mature. A horse is fully formed when its about eight to ten years old. Before horses were ever tamed they were hunted for their meat and skin. The first horses were much like zebras, too small to carry anyone or anything so they were bred to be bigger. Now horses are used for tons of things. Dingoes are a type of wild dog, which usually lives in Australia or Asia. The ones in Australia are usually bigger than the ones in Asia. Unlike other dogs they can not bark, but can howl. Their ears stay erect at all times and they can turn their head almost 180 degrees both ways. They have bigger teeth the domestic dogs and feed off of things from small birds to kangaroos. Dingoes are smaller dogs weighing up to about 35-40 lbs and live for about ten years. Dingoes usually have about one litter of pups each year, and are now breeding with domestic dogs, and because of that dingoes are becoming more and more extinct each year. In conclusion I think I pretty much covered everything needed too about moose, dingoes, and horses. They are very interesting animals and are becoming more and more endangered every year. more

Resolved Question: Wanna hear a funny story?

I love lamp. Once, I aborted a pregnant woman's three month old fetus, but it was so adorable I kept it in a jar. I sleep next to it every night. It is time to do some problematizeing or, at least, that's the idea. I don't revolve why it's time to do some abandoning, but when I insulted up today I knew it to be the teabag, which is why I just navigated myself a new composition daydream. You know what? I evolved from giants and reincarnated from my mother's fleshly womb... oh wait, I had my own flesh so that doesn't count... drat... you eat RATS!!! Thus, I am completely deranged. I'm using a plastic, specifically the band that I tend to use for my rotted bananas of wisdom (if you want to call it that). Now, the use of a escape pod is not my standard far as I far prefer the feel and lines of a codswallop, especially a good mechanical oddball. How much wood could you chuck? I earned a very long Nintendo quite modeled to the lithium P205 and optimized through about 3 in twice as many pillows. Worth weazening is that the 5 in the obscene copypasta is indicative of the zipper repugnantness, .5mm, and that P207, P209 and others exorcise. Some tomatoes get very unbalanced about odd hot dogs, .5mm hose lead and myself are a cryptic custard. It's not lovelyly congruent giveing into, the main balloon is that my use of a grue is rigid. So, you might ask why I would use a electric toothbrush to write when I so prefer classified documents. The bum turns out to be one of self direction. If I write with a potato masher and do not allow myself to cross ricers out, every word that I write is a crab cake that has forever burned up behind me, ceasing to exist. ooOoooh i see toasties, they don't like you. Now I wanna eat them while snoping through youtube name wasters and stalking funny looking trolls on forums and especially on Yahoo Answers... too bad the what should I do retard got banned ... he was too funny.. Oooo bunnies! look behind you! It's me myself and I, muhahahahehehehehe :P I ate a bagel hole floating in the air...it was air! and it was gooooood....Reminds me when I sniffed gas tanks ...Good times! goooood times!! ...but it's nothing like getting drunk on nyquil! bahahahahah! I'm a surreal flying pokemon ghost fart...OoOO i'm no rodent pikachu, I may be a skunk, i may be a gerbil, but I'm sure roadkill! DAAAH Rabid twin babies biting each other in a pig pen! Phhtttt....I like crania, I am one, I must like myself...i wanna eat my brains, arf ar arf arf barf barf baaaawk! My life is an illusion, When you bone me i'm raping myself. I never knew lesbians could rape each other.....EEEP! I'm talking to myself @ ^%*^$#@$&% aaaaaaaah they spammed me viagra emails, curse you porn spammers! curse yooooouuu!!!! Spammers must die!!!!! Telekinesis mind control should be illegal....oooOoOO....EEEP! I see shape shifting aliens ghosties snatching classified documents and ricers. OOoO they left me some lubricants....It must be a trap! Beware or fear the wrath of their fluffy clumsy cartilages! The destroyers of worlds! wahahahahahha! Oh lookie at their cakes, they must be planning something....they're planning something!! EEEP! Oh Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light! Bwahahahaha I need funny quotes to make my day, but i could always use anything to make my day. How do the degenerative monkeys plus Hitler's pet muffin? Why always the assumptions we gotta have something orelse we goona die and the owrlds gonna end like you were the center of the universe. Yeah maybe your universe but with an instable one like yours, you gonna die a whole lot faster! Bwahahahahah! One day as I was typing a paper about myself, I thought to myself, “Hey, I’m typing a paper about myself”. Just then I realized that the space time continuum had been changed and it was Wednesday and not Thursday like I had thought. So bearing this in mind, I had to act fast and make it to my CD player in time to put it on “shuffle” or I had no choice but to deactivate the magnetic field around my house. So I lunged at my CD player, not knowing that once I left the ground, my heating bill would sky rocket. So I decided while in mid-air to land on my feet and get a job. On my way to work I had to find a ride there. Thankfully, the water temperature was a little above normal, making travel on land almost as fast as everyone thinks it is. When I walked into work, it essentially collapsed under the weight of all the cheese they had ordered. So I had to quit. Walking home took forever, so I rode the train. The train ended up running over the Hamburgler so it stopped right in front of my house. I walked inside, turned on my computer and started to type something that made sense. But soon realized I was typing on my cat. I was gonna type about how I had these atheists on a forum thinking I was an atheist all these years... then finally said "Ha! Gotcha!"... lol just kidding, actually I had them believe that I was converted into a mainstream adventist...wh more

Resolved Question: What can I do for my dog?

I have two eight month old puppies. One loves the car and likes to have her head stuck out the window. The other is the complete opposite. She constantly drools in the car. The most she has ever traveled in the car was about 15 minutes. But today, she was in the car a bit longer and she threw up. I recently tried giving her some water just before we drive and just after, and it helped a bit, but not much. I was wondering if there is any way to help my dog get over car sickness. Any tips, anything I can buy for her. I always leave the windows down slightly to give them both plenty of air, I leave them with teddies, blankets and pillows to make them more comfortable and feel more at home. But none of it works for her. Please help. more

Resolved Question: Taking my small dog to China?

I see travelers with their pet in a approved air travel carrier in the air ports and wonder what all is involved to bring my little buddy with me in the cabin. From Oregon to China. more

Resolved Question: Constructive criticism on the beginning of my story?

I've posted a few extracts from this before - it's the beginning of my novel. Anyone who's come across this before will see it's changed a bit - Isabel originally rescues him from the sea, but I thought maybe that was too unbelievable. Anyway, any opinions welcome. I wonder, if a bolt of lightning hit the power lines, would it travel along the wire, into the house, into my computer, through my charging i-pod, in through the earphones and fry my brain? Not that there’s any lightening in the sky, though it can’t be too far away. Flakes of snow have been drifting down all day, the vanguard of the approaching storm. Outside, the grass and stone of my surroundings are covered with a thin layer of white, thickening with every moment. A glimmer of movement outside distracts me. The police car is leaving I watch it go down the twisting driveway, waiting until a flash of sun reflected from the windshield tells me it’s reached the main road. Yanking the earphones out, I shut down the computer and head down the stairs, boots in hand. Buck, catching my excitement, pushes in front of me causing my feet, clad only in socks, to slip on the wooden stairs. For a few heartbeat less seconds I feel the pull of gravity, drawing me to the tiles below. Images flash through my mind of myself falling down to the cold tiles below, bones splintering, head cracking. I right myself and continue down, taking deep breaths to recover my shattered nerves. Buck is almost turning cartwheels in the hallway. Well, as close to cartwheels as a giant hairy dog can get. Rachel is at the bottom of the stairs, examining her reflecting critically in the mirror. She pushes a strand of hair back into place before turning to me. I sit on the bottom step, pulling my boots on. “What did the police want?” She shrugs. “Another hiker’s gone missing. You’d think people would have more sense than to go tramping over the hills at this time of year, especially in this weather.” “Like me, you mean?” She smiles. “You know the hills so well. That doesn’t mean I’m not worried though.” “Buck needs walking. So do I. I’d go mad if I spent too long indoors.” I could kick myself. If Rachel has noticed my little slip-up she doesn’t let on. “How many hikers have gone missing this year?” She wrinkles her forehead in thought. “It must be at least ten since I came here.” “I think twelve, maybe more.” I concentrate very hard on keeping my sock from wrinkling uncomfortably inside the boot. “Is that normal?” “I can’t really say I’ve noticed. A few go missing every year. The hills around here are more dangerous than people think.” I stand up, pulling on my coat and gloves. Rachel follows me through the kitchen to the back door. She looks up at the old tower on the hill. Black against the massing grey clouds, like a finger making a rude gesture out to sea. Or beckoning ships to their doom. Rachel shivers. “I think it’s that place.” “Don’t tell me you believe my Dad’s ghost stories about witches keeping people locked in there?” “Course not. It’s still creepy though.” I open the door. “Iz, wait, you’re forgetting something.” She hands me my mask. “Come on, no one’s going to be out there today.” “Just to be on the safe side. There might still be some police poking around.” I take the mask from Rachel and roll it down over my face. At least it will help to keep me warm. Outside, Buck leads the way as we walk past the lake. Although I had planned to walk over the hills this afternoon, the approaching storm sends me instead on the shorter walk to the beach. Buck runs along the edge of the lake, its waterfall frozen to a dull red icicle, stretching from cliff to surface. He follows the river down to the shore, running through its rocky tunnel. I hold my breath until I see him emerge safely on the sand, his coat stained with something like rust. The cold snap has come on so suddenly that Buck’s winter coat hasn’t had a chance to come through yet, though you can see the fur thickening at his shoulder and along his spine. I plunge my hands into the thick brush on his neck, trying to warm them. Winter is usually my favourite time of year. I enjoy seeing the impact of my presence on the world. My feel crunch over the snow, foot prints quickly wiped out by the increasing fall of snow. I take a deep breath and breathe out, the warm air waiting for a moment before being dragged away by the wind. I settle myself on a boulder, watching Buck run alongside the tide line, whining out to sea. I pull the envelope from my pocked and run my fingers over the handwritten address. An American postmark and stamp. I don’t know anyone in America. I try to remember if Rachel has mentioned anything about Aunt Lilla going there for the holidays. But I know I would recognise her handwriting. From its thickness, I guess it’s a Christmas card. Christmas is still two days away. Should I open it? Who would know? I turn the card over in my hands, considering. I look out to sea. While I’ve beI turn the card over in my hands, considering. I look out to sea. While I’ve been sitting here the wind has increased, whipping the sea into a frenzy. I admire the iron grey of the sea, a perfect complement to the heavy clouds. Snowflakes land on the envelope, blurring the last line of the address. Here isn’t the place to read it. I shove the envelope into the deep pocket of my parka and call to Buck, who is hidden from view behind a pile of rocks.He mustn’t be able to hear me for the wind. As I draw closer, I see he’s nosing at the chest of a young man, sitting on the beach and rapidly becoming covered by the increasing snowfall. The boy is soaking, hair plastered to his head, whether from seawater or snow, I can’t tell. He stares at me blankly, seemingly totally unaware of his surroundings. The wind redoubles its efforts and I’m nearly blown off my feet. It’s probably a bad idea to take him home with me, but what’s the alternative. I don’t see anyone else around and if I leave him here he’ll probably be dead before too long. “The house”, I chatter through my teeth, gesturing feebly up the slope. “It’s not far”. The wind whips the words from my lips, carrying them off out to sea, he looks at me with incomprehension. I take off my parka and throw it around him and offer a hand up. After a long pause, he takes it. Together we stagger forwards. I look around me. In the time I’ve spent on the beach, the snow storm that has beenIn the time I’ve spent on the beach, the snow storm that has been threatening all day has now broken in earnest. At the most, I can only see a few feet in front of me. The house is lost in the snow. I try to think. Find the stream. I head up the beach, my arm around the boys shoulders. Walking into the wind is like walking into a wall, for every two steps we take, I think we’re blown another step backwards. Every breath is like inviting a thousand icicles to stab my insides. Eventually we stumble over the rocky entrance to the tunnel the stream runs through. From there I am able to follow the stream up to the lake. From here it should just be a short walk to the house, but I still can’t see it. Buck forges ahead, coat so crusted with ice he looks like some kind of snow monster, at least twice his normal size. I trip and fall into a snow drift, almost dragging the boy down with me. It feels so warm. It’s so tempting to lie here. To rest, just for a few moments.I know it's quite long, but I'd really appreciate any feedback and thoughts on how it could be improved, or whether anyone would be interested in reading more of something like this.Oh, and I know there's a few typo. I'm correcting them right now more

Voting Question: What would cause this in a dog..?

I asked a few questions about this previously, and after traveling to 4 more veterinary hospitals numerous times, I still have no answers. Every vet is confused, and it seems like there's no way to find out what's going on. First, read my other question.. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgdLjf1QUtPOngzM4DJrm5vsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20091001201318AAguZGd Since then, we've had more x-rays and bloodwork done, as well as an ultrasound. The first x-ray showed that he had an enlarged liver, an enlarged heart, and fluid on his lungs. The second x-ray showed that he had a slightly enlarged liver, a normal-sized heart (high end of normal), and no fluid on his lungs. The ultrasound showed that he had a normal liver, a healthy abdomen, a normal heart (aside from his left ventricle being slightly smaller than the right ventricle), and a small nodule on his adrenal gland (this made me worried, so I asked the ultrasonographer about it, and he said that it was nothing to worry about; that it was just a benign growth. This still makes me skeptical, so I'm requesting further testing on it.) His bloodwork came back pretty abnormal the first time, yet it came back normal the second time. The ultrasonographer, and the third vet told us that he may have had a pre-existing tracheal disorder, and now something's irritating it (the same thing that attacked our cats). They said that this is not extremely likely, but they're not checking anything off until it's been tested. I have him scheduled for a tracheoscopy, to see if that's what this is. One of my biggest concerns is that he may have leptospirosis, or something similar to it. One of my other dogs is incontinent, and she takes medication for it. Sometimes, she'll have an accident, and it will be cleaned up right away, but I'm afraid that the bacterial spores in her urine transfer to the air or something. I've collected a urine sample from the incontinent dog, and I'll drop it off at my regular vet tomorrow to test for ammonia levels and everything. The environmentalist came to our house and checked it out, but now I have to wait two weeks for some air & water test results to come back in (mainly for things like radon). We're hiring a bacterial toxins specialist, but I don't know if they'll know anything more. I'm trying to find similar experiences, but I'm at a loss. Help? more

Voting Question: Which products are suitable for calming dogs on long airline journey?

I understand it is not recommended to sedate dogs traveling by air but have seen different calming products, one containing valerian and others simulating mothers hormones in both spray form or a collar. Would appreciate feedback on any found particularly effective. He is a terrier cross about 6kg and is never sick in the car but will likely be stressed by separation anxiety, more

Resolved Question: Has anyone ever traveled with thier dog on Delta in the cabin? Or any other airline?

What is your experience. I'm takining my 7month old yorkie with me on a flight. Is there anything that I might need to know? Like how is check in, do they make sure that he is in the right dog bag or do they weight the pet? Im asking cause when I called they asked me how much he weighed. How is it on the fight, can I open the front of the bad (with him still tied in) just so he can have more fresh air coming in? more

Resolved Question: Advice & tips on air travel with my dog, in the cabin?

May I get advice & tips from those in the know on traveling by air with my small, Maltese dog? Which airlines allow her in the cabin with me? Which carrier works best? Comments? Ten points for the best answer. And no thank you in advance, I am not interested in your online business dear. more

Resolved Question: what do you think of my english essay??easy 10 pnts!!any secondry school teachers too?

Original piece of writing Lying at the bottom of the rust covered hulk, which had once travelled to dover and Calais, was a young boy settling into a prone position. His blood patched head sunk steadily into what supposedly used to be a cushion, but had disfigured itself, by the polyester successfully fighting its way through remorselessly. He sighed. As much as his own home was like a dungeon, he would rather be there than in this life threatening position he was uncomfortably in now. bad Soon after he was Dangling his long legs over the remains of the ship, he pondered to himself ‘are these the last moments of my life?’. Staring directly at the sky he noticed the sun which through the morning grey clouds, revealing its true colours. The power of her glimmering lights illuminated the dull and misty sky it was a few minutes ago. The white cushions floated not far under the sky, which was like a pale blue blanket warming up the city of Marseille. The stuffed clouds drifted peacefully north of the French border line. He watched with the corners of his lips lifting into a slight smile. Perhaps being here wouldn’t hurt too much after all, he thought. He gently and carefully placed his claw-like-hands beneath his head; he was trying to avoid the jabbing pain from his left arm from getting the better of him but as much as he tried the pain broke through stabbing itself out to invade his arms tissues. He roared with agony spitefully spearing his agonized arm to the bottom of the ships remains. There was a bare chance that he could swim to shore now. He was alone. All alone. He lay there guiltily remembering what had happened earlier; the violence, the anger, the hatred, the poor children’s soft voices screaming, ringing constantly on his ear drums over and over again, like a hammer was hammering on them. He remembered them running. Running with fear and false hope. They were like animals escaped from their cages after years of torment. However above all of that, he recalled back his memory of the young girl; the one who gave him the guilt which would live with him for the rest of his life. Vividly he remembered her,the last moments of her life; her eyes plunging with tears as she looked into his asking for guidance. H e remembered her as she descended into the wintry sea water shrieking with horror, her magnificent milky eyes drowning him with guilt he would have to live with for eternity. But he could do nothing. Nothing at all. The harsh memories ran a shiver down his spine. As he peeled his eyes opened, scanning his surroundings with confusion. The curiously cold water rippled gently with innocence swaying the large piece of wood from the remains of the ship that he was laying on. Frequently the water bit into his delicate and preciously pale skin which was like a ravenous lion feeding on its pray. The water stayed calm for most of the time the young boy was trapped there, butt it gradually built up, into a ferocious dog, growling vigorously. It leaped up shaking the boy off the remaining piece of the ship, but his bravery clung on to the edges firmly throughout this remorse situation, making survival his main priority. His midnight clue coloured eyes widened with worry which built up into a large tower inside him. Fortunately luck was on his side as the water eventually calmed. He sat up trembling, clamping on of his large hands on his excruciatingly painful. He was still alone...Not rescued...just all alone. The sun which had now meandered to the highest point in the bright blue sky, illuminated his tattered red jacket, and his dripping and drenched jeans he was wearing. As powerful as the sun really was, the bitter and icy air chewed into his petite body. It made him feel as if he was swimming the English channel. His heart crushed into his bony ribs over and over again; he was as cold as a polar bears nose on an early January morning. A sharp object thumped into the side of his left leg. He elevated himself up and clutched it tight into his hands; it might help him to be rescued. However, since he clutched it so hard, a thick red substance pulsed out of his hand rapidly. He hurled the hazardous object from his hands and fleeted his jacked off instantly wrapping it tightly around his injured hand. He put all of his effort into pressurising his hand as much as possible until it settled. Re- focusing his vision he gazed into the distance. Streaming water was all he saw. Disappointment ran through his head. Perhaps this was his time... is it good? what can i improve? have i got a wide range of punctuation and sentence length can u predict a grade?? thank youu (:what do i do on the web lol more

Resolved Question: What do you think of this paragraph...?

In the principals ave. there are buildings as far as the eye can see. Some are so tall that you have to tilt your head all the way back just to get a good look. As you travel away further you notice how these buildings become shorter and a lot more brighter, colors ranging from a light yellow all the way to a dark orange. This is a city that's never quiet with the constant sounds of cars honking, dogs barking, street vendors yelling, and the conversations of people rushing past you chatting away in the crowds. Theres a particular smell in the air made up of two things one, food that makes your mouth water and your stomach grumble. The other, the constant scent of gasoline. Its also the place i have my roots from, no other than..Mexico city. * This is my first paragraph my english class..what do you think love it hate it i want to know your opinion and id appriciate any suggestions. more

Resolved Question: Travelling with my dog on a plane?

I live in Northern Ireland (not the republic, we are still part of the UK) and I am going to Kent for part of the christmas holidays. We are desperate to take our little dog with us, we really don't want to leave her over christmas! Is there any way she could travel with us? Even in the hold of the airplane? I am going to post this question in the air travel section aswell, hope you guys don't mind. Help would be appreciated xx more

Resolved Question: Im traveling to New York City for Thanksgiving 2009 any cheap air fare?

I really want ot go to Thanksgiving parade this year. It been a wish of mine since i was little. I have looked at air tran, delta, air watch dog ,kayak & big to try to find the best deals. i live in atlanta my traveling dates would be arriving the 24 late in the evening or th 25 Early in the morning. to returning the 28 anytime, i looking for anything under 350 if possible. In advance i thank you. if you find anything plz let me know! more

Resolved Question: Anyone mind reading a Resident Evil 4 script of mine?

It follows really close to the game so it may actually sound like the game. Just tell me what you think about it and if there is anything i should add/edit to it. Thanks :) EXT. BULGARIA/FOREST - MORNING Leon a 27 year old American; brown haired guy layed down in the back seats of the van with his arms crossed and hat pointed down on his head to cover his eyes. Two bulgarian police men sat in the front; one of them driving the car. POLICE MAN #1 Why are you here anyway american? He looked at Leon through the rear view mirror who took his time to wake up and raised his hat off his eyes. LEON Haven't you two heard about the president's missing daughter? POLICE MAN #1 Oh yeah , i believe her name is Ashlee right? LEON You got it. POLICE MAN #2 Why'd they send you? You don't look like you can do much. LEON You'd be dead a long time ago if you did the things i did. He saw Police man #2 chuckle and look off to the trail they were driving on. LEON How long till we get there? Police Man #1 looked around for a sign and spotted one saying Glondese 5 miles and pointed at it. POLICE MAN #1 About 3 minutes Leon noticed a beautiful golden ring on his ring finger. LEON You married? POLICE MAN #1 Yeah to a beautiful woman named Synda. He looked at his ring as he drove and smiled. POLICE MAN #1 Hey American. What kinda things did you do that you were saying Asma here would'nt survive through? Leon stayed down for a moment then sat up. LEON Have you two men heard of the destruction of Racoon City? The two police men looked at each other in fright knowing something went on there. ASMA Yeah i have, are you saying you were a part of that? Leon turned his head to him. LEON Not a part of it, but in it. POLICE MAN #1 We've heard stories about that, scary stories. We don't get scared easily either, but these stories scared us shitless. Wasn't there an insane asylum that had hundreds of prisoners escape and go on a blood lust killing everything and everyone? As they were talking Leon saw a traveling sales man on foot wearing a black hooded cape that they passed. Leon went to go lay back down. LEON Something like that, but there were a lot of them. The car stopped. POLICE MAN #1 Alright American, we're here. Leon slid open the door and stepped out stretching. LEON Just wait here until i get the girl. ASMA Yes of course, now go get that girl. I don't want to wait here to long. POLICE MAN #1 Pussy. Asma pushed Police Man #1. ASMA I'm not a pussy! Leon threw his hat in the van and shook his head walking away from the van onto a trail leading to a near by village. LEON Why do i always end up with guys like them. EXT. BULGARIA/FOREST TRAIL - NOON As he was walking on a trail to the village he heard the whimpering of a near by dog that caught his attention. He walked off trail to follow the noise he heard, to see if he can help what ever it was that happened to the dog. He followed the noise and found a dog stuck in an animal trap. The dog noticed him and growled viciously. LEON It's ok buddy, I'm just here to help. The dog stopped growling right after he talked as if he knew something was differet about him. Leon petted the dog when he reached him and moved his way down to the animal trap. He freed the dog and the dog licked him showing gratitude. LEON Alright fella go return to your owner. He patted the dog , and after the dog ran away. EXT. BULGARIA/FOREST VAN - NOON ASMA I'll be right back, have to take a piss. POLICE MAN #1 Alright just hurry it up will you? I have a bad feeling about this place. Asma opened the door and walked out of the van. He made his way down to a stream which was little ways from the van. As he was going pee he heard a twig snap, and turned his head directly where he heard it. ASMA Is that you Manoma?(Police man #1) The stranger in the woods made a deep gargling moaning sound. Asma zipped up his pants and walked over to where he can see the van, he saw that no one was in the driver's seat so he knew it was Manoma trying to scare him. Manonma was really reaching down for his wallet that he dropped on the ground, seconds later he poked his head back up. Asma saw him poke up and looked back at the forest, he pulled out his gun and walked up to who ever was in there. ASMA Who's there? Im approaching you with a gun, so try anything a dumb ass would do! An old balgarian man stepped out of the forest looking down with an axe dangling in his right arm, he slowly walked dragging his legs towards Asma. Asma clenched the trigger on his gun pointing at the old man. ASMA Don't get any closer sir! The old man ignored what Asma said and got closer and closer. ASMA I warn you! The old man stopped and looked up at Asma. Shortly after he screamed and raised the axe in the air running up to him. He fired a bullet directly in the ol more

Resolved Question: 336 Facts that are completely useless but interesting.Read them all if you can lol?

Useless Facts For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884… 58209749445923078164062862089986280348… Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The laFor some reason not all of them appeared so its not 336 anymore,id say about half made it,sorry Also this was asked a year ago and i just happen to find it and wanted to ask what you think more

Resolved Question: Problem with breeder distance.... help? (Question is long.. .but please read it.. thanks.)?

So, a Pap breeder contacted me saying that she had a 9 month old male that she was willing to sell to me. Here is the first email I got from her: I saw you posted to the group and that you were or are looking for a pap for agility... I think I may have what you are looking for if you are looking for a male that is. Ringo is a beautiful Red and white with a black mask and boy is he fast. Ringo is about 9 months old and has lots of energy. I breed only once in awhile and the sire to this little guy is only 5 pts away from his AKC championship. His grandsire was an import and is a champion , international champion. Shari I emailed back: I did want a female, but it doesn't really matter- male will work! He looks great, how old is he? I'm in Michigan... where abouts are you located? She emailed back: Ringo is about 9 months old, knows how to use the doggie door. He loves to run, he loves to love men, he is now playing with my new puppies which are 9 weeks old..an oops breeding, another story there. I am in Enid, Oklahoma and I do ship and I have never had any trouble with air travel. I ship Delta, continental ..the cost of shipping is $275 unless you want to fly down and pick him up at the airport, which some people do. If you want him on a limited registration I will sell him for $500, full Registration is $900. He would make a great agility dog for sure. I just haven't had the time or energy to sit and train them correctly. If you want to call me and talk about him my phone number is 580-242-1893. He is up todate on shots, and he is on heart worm protection.. Shari What do you think? Some of the things she says... she doesn't have the time to train them, she advertised on Puppyfind, and she had an oops breeding... makes me a bit weary of her... I can't go and check out her kennel or I would. (She lives in OK, I live in MI). I am going to email as many questions as possible, and I will call before buying, if I do. I know most rep. breeders don't use Puppyfind, but I've seen one or two that did... What do you think? There's no website for me to check out about her, I tried Googling "Shari's Klassy Papillons", and I got nothing. Thanks! more

Resolved Question: When will "Megan Wants A Millionaire" Continue?

Vh1 has recently stopped airing the show because the contestant Ryan Jenkins is a suspect of the murder of his wife Jasmine Fiore. They have since stopped running the shows. when will they continue? And, if you watch the show please tell me who your favorites were! I Love David (NOT Sex Toy Dave. The guy with the orange hair and glasses and is all about traveling.) I sorta like Al too. Yes, the one with the "Dog Jaw" more

Resolved Question: count Dracula over darkness or prince of darkness ?

biblical or doctor frankinstien's Adam both are the species of man and in the constitution as one fifth Human being also known as the jersey devil,the truth talker of the Cherokee tribe for their are more than one tribe i must use the ,S ending.also known as sir Ra Du;Dracula which explains the yellow Easter lilly flower colors on our common folk type houses.aliEsterCRowley's easter mary settled here in Fayetteville Arkansas and married mr walker whom open the place into A public park.i lived hre out dead horse road & apon the osage nation and in the central park area in Tulsa Oklahoma long before any asphalt street's were added.this gives you yahoo's ruff date and how long i have been the native(indian) in this heartland area. survived the koo's and the taliban attack's kept prisoner by the turk's much like the dracula stories had fore told.still live with in the ozark and black dog mountain range.yet i do remember living just accross the river in what is now Grace land mansion memphis tennesee.that was my real father in the story whom hired local black chic's too cook him soul food untill his death.earning back my rock& Roll crown travel's the lightning of the tootwilla mississippi blues man grass root's or rock & Roll &cross road's route.i'm glkad too see mr george bush attempting too point the way home unto my grace land.yet i still wish too build my munster mansion high apon thew hill behind fayetteville arkansas salvation army.it's temple mount is shaped just like the little salvation army temple roof top.perfect for the modern Camelot style Munster mansion.maybe i will get my tessler Equiptment back and give the towns folk science air conditioning by feeding the silver water soaked clouds what it like's something liquid nitrogen cold flash freezing the aqua molocules = instant xmas snow flakes.the remainder is in our history book's ladies andgent's our star rek space traveling future is thus set and the ball is in the united nation's world peace keeper's court.i hath shown how we are to fix the buried space station's hull breeches and build star ships from man or Human made matierial's in other past yahoo question's thus this section is complete.maybe soon you may be flying some pitch black stealth aircraft listing too love at first bite soud trac on stereo while performing black op's task and come too love the night life.it' would not look much different in outer space apon an star lit night.that's why i live the lyric;s in the song=i love the night life; i love to boogie; i love too disco o yeh o yeh.T'is thing's about life we love most. more

Resolved Question: if we made all U:N soldiers wear the international peace patch would this give them back W:W military command?

world wide international peace patch and myself as it's main Ambassador or commander & chief the modern saint nicholas & sir;King Arthur Albert mckennon york young Angus windsor Draculla Munster & the remainder of my Red barron saint nick Royal jersey devil names etc,etc.now living as this Mr;Harold Horace wisdom of Fayetteville Arkansas & Tulsa Oklahoma.this is the U:S:A with all new tree growth post zero hour.thus the U:K & U:N could pin point the land mass via lat, & longitude via black dog mountain range.the patch would make spotting the fakes easy and place back into the drivers seat the community known as the United states, counties,provinces, & Nation's world wide.of which gives my brothers and sister's over million's of air craft alone to send into the skies & Battle fields.backing down from no fight is our world wide military power trade mark.true the United states shown it's go it alone war horse trait's yet the world community & my beloved United Kingdom shalt remain United into our space traveling future.this symbol find's it's path into our United federation of planet's and star system's logo. more

Resolved Question: When should I get a certificate of health signed for my dog for traveling to France?

He was born in Belgium and already has a pet passport and we leave for Paris in 10 days on Air France. more

Resolved Question: Can anyone interpret this poem by Jose Rizal: "Mi Retiro" (My Retreat)?

Mi Retiro (My Retreat) Beside a spacious beach of fine and delicate sand and at the foot of a mountain greener than a leaf, I planted my humble hut beneath a pleasant orchard, seeking in the still serenity of the woods repose to my intellect and silence to my grief. Its roof is fragile nipa; its floor is brittle bamboo; its beams and posts are rough as rough-hewn wood can be; of no worth, it is certain, is my rustic cabin; but on the lap of the eternal mount it slumbers and night and day is lulled by the crooning of the sea. The overflowing brook, that from the shadowy jungle descends between huge bolders, washes it with its spray, donating a current of water through makeshift bamboo pipes that in the silent night is melody and music and crystalline nectar in the noon heat of the day. If the sky is serene, meekly flows the spring, strumming on its invisible zither unceasingly; but come the time of the rains, and an impetuous torrent spills over rocks and chasms—hoarse, foaming and aboil— to hurl itself with a frenzied roaring toward the sea. The barking of the dog, the twittering of the birds, the hoarse voice of the kalaw are all that I hear; there is no boastful man, no nuisance of a neighbor to impose himself on my mind or to disturb my passage; only the forests and the sea do I have near. The sea, the sea is everything! Its sovereign mass brings to me atoms of a myriad faraway lands; its bright smile animates me in the limpid mornings; and when at the end of day my faith has proven futile, my heart echoes the sound of its sorrow on the sands. At night it is a mystery! … Its diaphanous element is carpeted with thousands and thousands of lights that climb; the wandering breeze is cool, the firmament is brilliant, the waves narrate with many a sigh to the mild wind histories that were lost in the dark night of time. ‘Tis said they tell of the first morning on the earth, of the first kiss with which the sun inflamed her breast, when multitudes of beings materialized from nothing to populate the abyss and the overhanging summits and all the places where that quickening kiss was pressed. But when the winds rage in the darkness of the night and the unquiet waves commence their agony, across the air move cries that terrify the spirit, a chorus of voices praying, a lamentation that seems to come from those who, long ago, drowned in the sea. Then do the mountain ranges on high reverberate; the trees stir far and wide, by a fit of trembling seized; the cattle moan; the dark depths of the forest resound; their spirits say that they are on their way to the plain, summoned by the dead to a mortuary feast. The wild night hisses, hisses, confused and terrifying; one sees the sea afire with flames of green and blue; but calm is re-established with the approach of dawning and forthwith an intrepid little fishing vessel begins to navigate the weary waves anew. So pass the days of my life in my obscure retreat; cast out of the world where once I dwelt: such is my rare good fortune; and Providence be praised for my condition: a disregarded pebble that craves nothing but moss to hide from all the treasure that in myself I bear. I live with the remembrance of those that I have loved and hear their names still spoken, who haunt my memory; some already are dead, others have long forgotten— but what does it matter? I live remembering the past and no one can ever take the past away from me. It is my faithful friend that never turns against me, that cheers my spirit when my spirit’s a lonesome wraith, that in my sleepless nights keeps watch with me and prays with me, and shares with me my exile and my cabin, and, when all doubt, alone infuses me with faith. Faith do I have, and I believe the day will shine when the Idea shall defeat brute force as well; and after the struggle and the lingering agony a voice more eloquent and happier than my own will then know how to utter victory’s canticle. I see the heavens shining, as flawless and refulgent as in the days that saw my first illusions start; I feel the same breeze kissing my autumnal brow, the same that once enkindled my fervent enthusiasm and turned the blood ebullient within my youthful heart. Across the fields and rivers of my native town perhaps has traveled the breeze that now I breathe by chance; perhaps it will give back to me what once I gave it: the sighs and kisses of a person idolized and the sweet secrets of a virginal romance. On seeing the same moon, as silvery as before, I feel within me the ancient melancholy revive; a thousand memories of love and vows awaken: a patio, an azotea, a beach, a leafy bower; silences and sighs, and blushes of delight … A butterfly athirst for radiances and colors, dreaming of other skies and of a larger strife, I left more