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College Football Predictions: The Make-or-Break Games for the Top 25 - Bleacherreport.com

The coaches have spoken. The USA Today Coaches' Poll preseason top 25 is out. Alabama tops the list, as expected, while Ohio State and Florida come in at second and third, respectively. So, as we take a look at the teams ...

Meyer’s Mailbag: Can a PG top Teague in 2011? - YAHOO!

Jerry Meyer is the national basketball recruiting analyst for Rivals.com . He tackles your questions in his weekly mailbag feature. Teague is the most talented player of the three, and he is the one I would ...

Mercedes-Benz Celebrates Its Sports Car Heritage at Pebble Beach Concours d ... - eMercedesBenz

Once each year in August, 175 of the most prized collector cars in the world roll onto what is often called the best finishing hole in golf — the famous eighteenth fairway at Pebble Beach. Tire meets turf and ...

The Newbie Traveler's Top Ten Tips for Other First-Time Travelers - Jaunted.com

What would your life be like if you hadn't yet traveled internationally? If you'd spent years reading travel novels and fantasizing over guidebooks, but hadn't made the big leap? This is the case for Andy Miles , who in ...

2010 College Football Predictions: Top 25 Teams That May Not Deliver - Bleacherreport.com

August is almost upon us. For many, that means a sense of disappointment and sadness, even depression. For teachers and those still in school, the end of summer is possibly the most heart-wrenching time of the year. But ...

Jersey Shore Premiere Recap: The Top Ten Catchphrase Countdown Returns! - Nymag.com

Welcome back, everyone, to our much-loved Jersey Shore recap, in which we pinpoint the ten best lines of each episode. Last night saw the return of our seven old friends, plus "classy" Angelina, and it was ...

Ten Rules Every Entrepreneur Should Live By - Huffingtonpost.com

Entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes, from all different backgrounds and are involved in all different business models. There are however many lessons that every entrepreneur needs to know. Characteristics like ...

Serendib Hotels Sri Lanka Placed in Top 10 at Culinary Art Competition - Club Hotel Dolphin Ranked ... - PR.com

Serendib Leisure Management Sri Lanka came away, from the recently concluded Culinary Art 2010, triumphant, with Club Hotel Dolphin, ranking sixth, in the top 10 list. The only non-five star property to feature in the ...

Dolphins reach deal with top pick Odrick - Palm Beach Interactive

DAVIE, Fla. — Jared Odrick's agent says the Miami Dolphins' first-round draft pick has agreed to terms and will take part in the team's first training camp practice Friday. A defensive end from Penn State, Odrick (Ah ...

Saturn Elementary, Astronaut High among top school libraries in state - Florida Today

Brevard Public Schools received five of the state's ten 2010 Florida Power-Library Schools Awards. The schools being recognized are Saturn Elementary in Cocoa; Astronaut High in Titusville; Palm Bay High and ...

Resolved Question: Create your own music festival! What would YOUR ultimate line-up (list of bands) be?

Okay so I though this would be a really fun thing to do..... and I'm going to do it, even if no one else answers XD It's for a festival or music event. Make it as SIMPLE or as DETAILED as you want. You must include: 1. The name of the festival 2. Top Ten bands you want at your festival 3. Location (in a hall, outside, on a beach) 4. The festival's 'dress code' (smart, casual etc) BONUS - anything else you want to include? Okay, here's mine. 1. Jay's by the Sea 2. MGMT, The Drums, Passion Pit, Bloc Party, Empire of the Sun, Vampire Weekend, Florence + the Machine, Yeah Yeah Yeah's and finally Lisa Mitchel (not that she is near my favourite, but she's a great festival chick) 3. It would be on the beach, in the summer 4. Casual, (must wear something Floral or a head scarf) Bonus... There would be many different stages, probably 5. Then two bands would be allocated to a set stage for the day and they would alternate every few songs. No set seating and no VIP sections. more

Resolved Question: what do you think of this first day of school outfit? rate out of 10?

Top one: http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?id=1742009 I am going to wear a tank top under the shirt :). My hair is going to be beach waves! & i am going to have french nails. What do you think of my outfit? Rate out of ten? Thanks more

Resolved Question: Top Ten Closing Tracks?

This is the track that closes out the album,you know makes you anticipate the next one! Here is my top 10,in no order: 1.Won't Get Fooled Again-The Who(Who's Next) 2.Dazed and Confused-Led Zeppelin(Led Zeppelin I) 3.I'll Be Back-The Beatles(A Hard Day's Night) 4.The End-The Doors(The Doors) 5.White Lightning-Def Leppard(Adrenalize) 6.Surf's Up-The Beach Boys(Surf's Up) 7.Rock This Country-Shania Twain(Come on Over international version) 8.Tomorrow Never Knows-The Beatles(Revolver) 9.Love Reign O'er Me-The Who(Quadrophenia) 10.Brain Damage/Eclipse-Pink Floyd(Dark Side of the Moon) What are your top 10 closing tracks? more

Resolved Question: Top Ten Opening Tracks?

Track One! Track Numero Uno! Which ones are your favourites! Compilations and Greatest Hits albums dont count obviously. 1. Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan) 2. War Pigs from Paranoid (Black Sabbath) 3. Seven Nation Army from Elephant (The White Stripes) 4. Smells Like Teen Spirit from Nevermind (Nirvana) 5. 21st Century Schizoid Man from In The Court Of The Crimson King (King Crimson) 6. self titled track from London Calling (The Clash) 7. Wouldn't It Be Nice from Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys) 8. Blitzkrieg Bop from Ramones (The Ramones) 9. Taxman from Revolver (The Beatles) 10. Sunday Morning from The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground) more

Resolved Question: Anything missing on my life list (in xbox format)?

Xbox Achievements for Life Chicken (Dodge a moving car - 50G) Food Hero (Eating 2000 calories in one meal - 5G) I think I pee'd in an alley (get drunk - 15G) Hang Ten! (ride a wave at the beach - 10G) Raiders of the Lost Ark (find a fossil - 10G) Gotta Catch em all! (Shell out 50 bucks for a horrible game - 30G) You mean he's not dead? (Reanimate a corpse -100G) Wheres doug? (Get completly smashed in Vegas - 20G) Home Run! (Lose your viginity -100G) Trolling (Post a yahoo answers question that get banned -20G) Bad day at work? ( Get in a 3 car collision - 50G) Bueller... Bueller... (Cut Class - 15G) Peeping Tom (Spy on someone with binoculars - 10G) Run Forest Run! (Run a cummalitive of 300 miles in your lifetime - 10G) Where's my Stapler? (Steal someone's stapler - 5G) Brains... (Kill a zombie or something without a brain that moves - 30G) 777 (Win something worth $20 dollars or more - 20G) Poin Dexter (Beat someone at chess - 5G) Squirrel-Man (Sky dive in a squirrel suit - 50G) Like My Beard? (Don't shave for a month - 10G) Green Thumb (Plant a tree and no later than 5 min. later color your thumb green - 10G) Patriot (Enlist in the armed forces - 100G) Sigma Pi (Get accepted into a college/university - 100G) Can I go to the beach now? (Read 3 books during summer - 5G) FUC... (Have your phone drop a call during an important conversation - 20G) Barrell Chest (Do 40 push-ups following 10 pull-ups - 15G) Legolas (Learn Archery - 20G) Youtuber (Get 100 views on a video - 5G) Youtube Star (Get 10,000 views on a video you are in - 30G) Rags to Riches (Earn 1,000,000 dollars - 80G) Game Over (Get Married - 20G) They call me "deadmau5" (Rave - 30G) Pyro (Create an X only using gas, two soda cans and a match - 25G) Fast-Food Connoisseur (Eat at Jack in the Box, Mcdonald's, Carl's Junior, Wendy's, Whattaburger, Sonic, Taco Bell, KFC, Long John Silvers, and A&W - 10G) Transformers (Modify your car - 10G) Pot of Gold (See a rainbow span across a freeway/highway - 5G) NO (Deny something you have to do - 10G) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at my feet (Get 30 Real-Life Achievements - 10G) Ninja (Sneak a span of 100 feet without being detected *someone else must be present* - 20G) LOST (watch TV or truely lose your direction - 5G) Spongebob Squarepants (strap the top of a pinapple to your head and go swimming, while wearing pants - 15G) more

Resolved Question: LADIES GOT I BIG DATE AND NEED HELP?

I got a date friday and i dont wanna do the dinner and a movie thing so give me you top ten date ideas and i dont live at the beach or anything so dont suggest think i just and do lol thanks ladies more

Resolved Question: My 4 years old refuses a bath....?

I have two son's, one ten years old and never had troubles with him with tantrums, now with the toddler, refusing a bath and who used to love it, he screams at the top of his lungs like I'm murdering him and is soo loud it's so embarassing, the neighbors hate it and even made threats to call ministry on me over it.. I deal with spitting, and every nasty tantrum possible, it gets so overwhelming, what do I do?? It's now been two weeks without a bath and he kicks screams and puts up a huge fight every single time I try giving him one, but he keeps refusing to go anywhere near the bathtub, but will run through the sprinkler or beach in the water without a fuss? Weird. I just don't know what to do and feel like I have a real dilema on my hands here. more

Resolved Question: Top Fifteen Albums! So what are yours?

I usually do a top ten but I figure, eh why settle for 10 when you can go to 15! Be sure to include the artist! Year is optional but appreciated! Mine in order are: 1. Pet Sounds (Beach Boys, 1966) 2. Revolver (The Beatles, 1966) 3. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles, 1967) 4. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan, 1965) 5. Master of Puppets (Metallica, 1986) 6. Ramones (The Ramones, 1976) 7. Eldorado (Electric Light Orchestra, 1974) 8. Bringing It All Back Home (Bob Dylan, 1965) 9. Paranoid (Black Sabbath, 1970) 10. The Doors (The Doors, 1967) 11. Hunky Dory (David Bowie, 1971) 12. The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground, 1967) 13. Abbey Road (The Beatles, 1969) 14. Van Halen (Van Halen, 1978) 15. Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan, 1966) more

Resolved Question: What do you think of this part of my story (please read)?

Skye snapped back to reality and the importance of the situation she was in. She grabbed it without another thought and ran outside. Cautiously, she checked back to see if Storm was waking up. He was still fast asleep as far as she could tell. She gave a silent sigh of relief and ran. Her friends were waiting for her. Every little sound seemed so loud. Her feet pounding the sand as she reached the beach, her breathing as she ran, the chirping of the birds. But most of all, the sound of the wind rippling the beads of the houses. It made her glance over her shoulder constantly was she ran. Every time, she could see nothing, but it was not the relieving kind of nothing—no, it was the mysterious kind of nothing. She reached the boat where Luke, Noah, and Ava stood stiffly, and climbed on. “Let’s sail,” she said confidently, striding aboard. Chapter break Back at his house, Storm was leaping out of bed in an outrage. ‘How dare they leave without me?’ he thought furiously. All of Skye’s crying had woken him, and he knew what they were up to. He slipped under the beads so he wouldn’t make noise and crept slyly to the beach. He passed the rest of the houses until he saw the ship—and his four enemies on it. Cursing under his breath, he saw Skye climb under the deck secretively. The ship then took off, more suddenly than Storm had expected. By the time he could reach the shore, it was already ten meters away. He winced as he jumped into the water, the cool tide rushing against him. But he swam as fast as he could until he reached the boat. He was so tired and couldn’t swim anymore. He had to get up…but there wasn’t anything go grab hold of. Skye heard him at the side of the boat and couldn’t take it anymore. Maybe he *was* evil, he was her brother. She burst out from under the deck, startling Noah, Luke, and Ava more than they already were. “What are you doing?” screeched Ava as Skye reached over the side of the boat. “Saving—him!” she shouted. Ava looked at Skye with disgust. She was helping the enemy! Now Ava didn’t care how much she felt sorry for Skye, she was a traitor all the same. But something inside her wouldn’t let Ava hate Skye. She just couldn’t… Skye pulled Storm, soaking wet, on board. He was in no mood for kidding around. “What did you do that for!” he yelled at the top of his lungs. He stepped forward steadily at Luke, who drew his sword. What did you think? Thank you for reading, I know it was a little long.Yeah, it hasn't been edited yet, just a rough draft...editing will come later, once I'm finished with the whole thing. more

Resolved Question: TEN PTS. BEST ANSWER.?

I want to lose weight, and from tonight on out, I'm gonna start trying really hard. The problem is, i LOVE food. Lol. I'm a sixteen year old girl, five foot two, and about 125-130 lbs. Everyone says, "OMG, your soo not fat. you are skinny." blah, blah, blah. But I don't feel skinny, and I don't feel good about myself. I see pictures and only see how big my arms look, how flabby my stomach is, how fat my thighs are, how round my cheeks are, etc. I hate it. I plan on going on a strick health change. Which includes, no milk (except with my all bran cereal which is a 1/2 cup of skim), no breads, no pop, no chips, no candy, no caffeine, I'm only going to drink water, no pizza, no fast food, not burgers, no chinese food, etc. What are some healthy foods that I should eat that taste GOOD. Please don't tell me, salmon with lemon juice and vinagerette lightly sprinkled on top. I don't have that kind of stuff. I need like stuff from walmart that I can afford. Lol. I really wanna lose weight. I walk, I bike, I swim, I do all that. But i'm going to be spending some time in the summer with my bfs family, out on the beach and I wanna look good for our vacation in a swimsuit. HELP! how can I give up on these foods that I love, How can I get motivation? Whats some healthy foods, what can i do to loose weight? I HATE RUNNING.. more

Resolved Question: Simple math question! First right answer gets ten points!?

13. A surveyor measuring the tallest tree in a park is 100ft from the tree. His angle-measuring device is 5 ft above the ground. The angle of elevation to the top of the tree is 48°. How tall is the tree? 14. Twenty minutes after being launched, a hot-air balloon has risen to an altitude of 300 m. The pilot can still see the starting point on the ground at a 25° angle of depression. How many meters is the balloon from the starting point? 15. A 5 foot tall woman stands 15 ft from a statue. She must look up at an angle of 60° to see the top of the statue. How tall is the statue? 16. A family vacationed at a beach 120 mi east and 30 mi south of their home. Find the distance and the direction from their home to the beach. more

Resolved Question: How do I get rid of my muffin top?

Im 14 and Im pretty ok with my stomach, its just that im going to Texas next month to see my friend and she always goes to the beach. I want to be able to wear a bikini but i have a muffin top, but I really just want a flat stomach. And i want to lose ten pounds too. Have any tips? more

Resolved Question: What are the top 10 restaurants in Orlando near Sea-World, Disney, Universal, and etc? ( EASY TEN POINTS)?

I just need to know restaurants and their location in Orlando. My family is not a big fan of seafood. We mostly like italian , chinese, steakhouse, and places like chili's. Plus I need some other places to go. Not just theme parks but I don't wanna go to gardens either. OH, do you know which florida beach I should go to that is near Orlando? If you have been to Orlando and recommend any hotels that are not expensive but good with a swimming pool, free breakfast, and parking then that would be nice. THANKS!! more

Resolved Question: Why does modern music suck so much?

Okay guys,ya'll know me better than that, I hope. Now here's the real question; what are your top ten albums of 2010 so far? Any genre, as long as said album was released this year. Here's my list, in no order. 1.Need You Now-Lady Antebellum 2.Transference-Spoon 3.Overkill-Ironbound 4.The Courage Of Others-Midlake 5.Mechanize-Fear Factory 6.Nifelvind-Finntroll 7.Truth Or Dare-Oomph! 8.Plastic Beach-Gorillaz 9.Valleys of Neptune-Jimi Hendrix 10.The Neverending Way of ORWarriOR-Orphaned Land BQ: What albums are you looking forward to? I can't wait to get my hands on The Melvins' new album,The Bride Screamed Murder. And of course all the albums that have come out already that I haven't had a chance to get,especially Meatloaf's Hang Cool,Teddy Bear,which came out today. more

Resolved Question: What does this weird dream mean?? Help?

Sorry, its a little long..... what does it mean?? I had pink hair and blue eyes and was in a white dress the whole time. And I went to this boarding school that looked like a cathedral. For some reason I was going to leave that school soon. I was done with my studies there, but my parents had not picked me up yet. There was one other student in my situation, Croy (that was his name, for some reason). He was friendly with blonde hair and blue eyes. All of the students (ranging from ages 5-12) (I was thirteen) were in those seats. . Just to let you know, this place was MASSIVE. The ceiling was HUGE and the building was entirely made of grayish-blue stone. It made you feel very small and vulnerable. At the near top there was a circular stained glass window that was very simple with one round peice in the middle and eight peices around it. It was all spring colors. Below that was a stadium like thing about ten by thirteen seats. So, I started out looking up at the stain glass window in the middle of it's pool of light. I looked up for about a minute at how huge it was, but I wasn't fazed. I had grown up in this boarding school. The cathedrial thing was shaped like a rectangle . I decided to find Croy so I walked to the left on the polished black granite floor and found him at the indoor beach that the students used. All the students were in their seats right now, we did not have to join them, so Croy was surfing in a white polo and black slacks (we did not have any bathing suits) (school regulations). The beach was an expanse of water with a wave maker and sand. It didn't look very beach-like to me. There was also weird mist that floated around everywhere above our head in purple and green. So I walked through the two hazes and there was a sunset and a golden orange sky. I watched Croy surf, then he saw me. He waved and came to the shore (he had a blue surfboard with a white stripe down the middle). "Hey, Rachel, would you like to go surfing?" "What?!" He grabbed my hand and helped me up, then led me to the water. "Come on! It'll be fun!" I reluctantly sat on the surfboard and he pushed/swam me out into the water. Then he got on behind me and we waited for a big wave. A large one came and so we stood up. He showed me the right position and then the wave hit. We rode on top of it, laughing. Then the board tipped and we summersaulted into the sand, still laughing. "See, was that so bad?" He said. "No, it was alot of fun!" I said. We retrived the board and talked on the sand for a long time, drying off in the "sun". Then we walked out of the haze and back into the "Auditorium" as I called it. Then we went into this office because Croy had to ask one of the workers something. There was a worker there with glasses and a frowning face. Her arm was practicly sliced open. It was gushing blood. The lady barely noticed!!!! "Um, mam, you need to go to the infirmary right away." Croy said. "No!" she said. "You need to go to the infirmary!" she yelled. "You must stay here so we can have children of our own. We will keep you!" I thought that she had gone insane. Like she wanted to keep us like pets forever. But we soon noticed that the other workers were closing in on us. They were walking strangely, not limping, but not normal. Then one threw a chair at Croy. It struck his leg. "Are you okay!?" I said. "I'll be fine." He replied, standing up. I grabbed a fountian pen and jabbed one of them in the arm. The blood spilled out, but then was sucked back in and the wound closed. "They can re-heal!?" I screamed in disbelif. Croy used his surfboard as a weapon/sheild. They chased us like zombies out into the Auditorium. Then we saw all the parents in their seats (judging by the amount, it seemed like there were 5 for each student). They gasped as they saw me and Croy fighting for your lives with a surfboard and a fountian pen. The students screamed and some cried. Suddenly, the workers froze. Me and Croy stopped, confused, then these men in black (they looked like secret agents) grabbed from behind and pressed tazers to our necks. The parents were yelling about how this was such an outrage and were starting to get out of their seats. Then a woman's voice came on a big speaker. "I would stay still if I were you." Her voice vibrated off the walls, giving it a scary aspect. Everyone froze. "We are going to keep your children." Out of nowhere these twelve black boxes dropped down around the kids in the seats. They started screaming and crying for their parents. "If you tell anyone about this, they will die. Besides, we have many more in storage." A freshe patch of haze in purple and green came out and moved to each side of the massive room. When the haze touched the walls, they dissapeard in a flash, revealing long corridors, as high as the auditorium, filled with children. They were all in school uniform, standing in a straight lines. Thier face were put into grins, with string or wire, like coraline (If you more

Resolved Question: Our outfits for the beach?

I'm just having a little fun here. Robert and I plan on going to the beach on the next warm day, and I was wondering what you think about the outfits we're going to get the kids. Again, this is just for fun. For Casey (Age 7): Shirt - http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kids/boys820/tops/PRD~559933/Urban+Pipeline+Striped+Tee.jsp Shorts - http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kids/boys820/shorts/board/PRD~584124/Hang+Ten+Floral+Cargo+Board+Shorts.jsp For Gabriel (Age 4): Shirt - http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kids/boys47/tops/PRD~545548/Tony+Hawk+Plaid+Shirt.jsp Shorts - http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kids/boys47/shorts/PRD~536829/SONOMA+life+++style+Canvas+Shorts.jsp For Asher (Age 2): Shirt - http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kids/toddlerboys/tops/shortsleeve/PRD~583997/OSHKOSH+Lil+Wave+Rider+Polo.jsp Shorts - http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kids/toddlerboys/swim/PRD~599488/Carters+Plaid+Crab+Swim+Trunks.jsp Randy (1 Month): Shirt - http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kids/baby/newbornboysapparel/tops/PRD~584634/Jumping+Beans+Dump+Truck+Tank.jsp Shorts - http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kids/baby/newbornboysapparel/bottoms/PRD~568508/Jumping+Beans+YarnDyed+Plaid+Shorts.jsp Olivia (1 Month): Shirt - http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kids/baby/newborngirlsapparel/tops/PRD~559642/Jumping+Beans+Babydoll+Tank.jsp Capris - http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kids/baby/newborngirlsapparel/bottoms/PRD~543095/Jumping+Beans+Plaid+Capris.jsp Yeah, so I found these all on kohls.com, obviously. I love their clothes and found these outfits all so cute! What do you think? more

Resolved Question: Chances at these colleges?

Hi. I am a junior in high school and I want to know how I stack up. I want to be a business major with possible minors in film studies or history. I have 3.8 unweighted gpa, 4.375 weighted. I have over 200 hours of community service. I am involved with ASB, CSF, NHS, tutoring underclassmen, mentoring underclassmen, theatre, my church, every fifteen minutes, and I am on honor guard (top ten girls in the school based on academics, service, ect.) I also have a job. My SAT is extremely low, 1640, but I am retaking it within the next week. My ACT score is a 28. I have taken a total of 6 honors/ap classes and I am taking 3 more next year. I got a 640 on my world history SAT II test, with a 3 on the AP test. The colleges I am interested in are USC, UCLA, Pepperdine, UCSD, UCSB, Azusa Pacific, San Deigo State, Long Beach State, and Fullerton. If it helps, I would be a legacy at USC. What are my chances of getting in to each of these colleges? Thanks! more

Resolved Question: Hawaii blasts sirens, warns of possible tsunami, plus 8.8 earthquake in Chile! Your thoughts?

By JAYMES SONG, Associated Press Writer Jaymes Song, Associated Press Writer – 21 mins ago EWA BEACH, Hawaii – A tsunami triggered by the Chilean earthquake raced across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, threatening Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast as well as hundreds of islands from the bottom of the planet to the top. Sirens blared in Hawaii to alert residents to the impending waves, with authorities asking people living near the water to evacuate. On several South Pacific islands hit by a tsunami last fall, police evacuated tens of thousands of residents from the coast. The first waves in Hawaii are expected to hit shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday (4 p.m. EST; 2100 GMT) and measure roughly 8 feet (2.5 meters) at Hilo. Most Pacific Rim nations however did not order evacuations, but advised people in low-lying areas to be on the lookout. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/quake_tsunami Edit: Is the earth rebelling against all humanity? ( o _ 0 ) more

Resolved Question: Is this paragraph good? I need opinions?

I am a 13 year old girl this is a paragraph from my 4th chapter. This isn't the main story idea. I know it won't be great and the grammar etc is all wrong but can i have some opinions please? Thanks x The wooden front door creaked when I opened it, “Hey Mom I'm home I called out.” No reply, “Mom, Ryan anyone, I'm home.” but I couldn't here my Mom running to ask me how my day was or my sister Kailee asking me to babysit while she went out with her friends. I was so worked up about what to do for our date that I didn't notice that my Mom's blue Jeep wasn't in the driveway. I walked into the kitchen to get a soda and noticed that this mornings dishes hadn't been washed, were was everybody? The house was eerily quiet, it was unusual. I wasn't used to a quiet house. There was a note stuck to the fridge with a magnet, the writing was scribbled and hard to read my name was at the top of it. Hi Zach! We're at the hospital your Mom's having the baby! Baby was underlined to show how excited Ryan was about the baby arriving it was about time too, it seemed like Mom had been pregnant for ever. The rest of the note was just Ryan going on about were to find food if I didn't want to come to the hospital. Ryan was my step-Dad and he had been for only a year but Mom was already married and pregnant with his baby within a year. This would be her fifth child; there was me, my older sister Claire, my oldest sister Kailee and my younger brother Jamie. At first I hated Ryan but now he was alright I suppose he was just a second Dad there for me when my real one wasn't. Dad had left Mom after he had fell in love with a new colleague at his work, he works as a football coach. When I went to Dad's football practice I thought nothing of the way he looked at Cora and the way she looked at him. But I was younger then and now I feel so stupid for not realising, it was so obvious. Cora was at least ten years younger than my Dad, she had blonde hair and blue eyes, she was basically a human barbie doll. Mom always went on about how thick she was for falling for a man twice her age, I didn't really like Cora, but I suppose it's because I didn't know her. I didn't want to take the time to know her. When ever I went to stay at my Dad's I just ignored her only speaking to her when it was necessary, it was her fault that my Mom and Dad had split up and I hated her for it. Claire however loved her, they were so alike and almost the same age, it was weird they only had a couple of years between them and Claire loved Cora's shop Sugar and Spice! It was one of those stores that were only for girls, with hot pink walls that gave you a headache if you stared at them for too long. They sold stuff for girls too, like bikini's for going to the beach in the summer, cloths and make-up. The customers were exactly the same as Cora all pink and girly I hated it. One day my Mom and gone down there to check it out and came back with a load of junk for Claire, she was ecstatic that she had got new cloths from Mom's nosing. Of course Mom would never wear anything from Sugar and Spice! It wasn't her style she was a true Mom, cooking, cleaning and running around after you. I looked around the kitchen, if I stayed I'd need to clean up so I grabbed my keys and ran out the door. more

Resolved Question: Is this paragraph from my 4th chapter good?

I'm a 13 year old girl, can I have some opinions please? This is from a 16 year old boy called Zach's point of view. The book will be a chapter from him then one from the other main character. I know grammar etc isn't great thank you. The wooden front door creaked when I opened it, “Hey Mom I'm home I called out.” No reply, “Mom, Ryan anyone, I'm home.” but I couldn't here my Mom running to ask me how my day was or my sister Kailee asking me to babysit while she went out with her friends. I was so worked up about what to do for our date that I didn't notice that my Mom's blue Jeep wasn't in the driveway. I walked into the kitchen to get a soda and noticed that this mornings dishes hadn't been washed, were was everybody? The house was eerily quiet, it was unusual. I wasn't used to a quiet house. There was a note stuck to the fridge with a magnet, the writing was scribbled and hard to read my name was at the top of it. Hi Zach! We're at the hospital your Mom's having the baby! Baby was underlined to show how excited Ryan was about the baby arriving it was about time too, it seemed like Mom had been pregnant for ever. The rest of the note was just Ryan going on about were to find food if I didn't want to come to the hospital. Ryan was my step-Dad and he had been for only a year but Mom was already married and pregnant with his baby within a year. This would be her fifth child; there was me, my older sister Claire, my oldest sister Kailee and my younger brother Jamie. At first I hated Ryan but now he was alright I suppose he was just a second Dad there for me when my real one wasn't. Dad had left Mom after he had fell in love with a new colleague at his work, he works as a football coach. When I went to Dad's football practice I thought nothing of the way he looked at Cora and the way she looked at him. But I was younger then and now I feel so stupid for not realising, it was so obvious. Cora was at least ten years younger than my Dad, she had blonde hair and blue eyes, she was basically a human barbie doll. Mom always went on about how thick she was for falling for a man twice her age, I didn't really like Cora, but I suppose it's because I didn't know her. I didn't want to take the time to know her. When ever I went to stay at my Dad's I just ignored her only speaking to her when it was necessary, it was her fault that my Mom and Dad had split up and I hated her for it. Claire however loved her, they were so alike and almost the same age, it was weird they only had a couple of years between them and Claire loved Cora's shop Sugar and Spice! It was one of those stores that were only for girls, with hot pink walls that gave you a headache if you stared at them for too long. They sold stuff for girls too, like bikini's for going to the beach in the summer, cloths and make-up. The customers were exactly the same as Cora all pink and girly I hated it. One day my Mom and gone down there to check it out and came back with a load of junk for Claire, she was ecstatic that she had got new cloths from Mom's nosing. Of course Mom would never wear anything from Sugar and Spice! It wasn't her style she was a true Mom, cooking, cleaning and running around after you. I looked around the kitchen, if I stayed I'd need to clean up so I grabbed my keys and ran out the door. more

Resolved Question: Happy Friday R&P, Could he make a whisper out of you? (#10)?

Hi Everybody. Well, we're inside the top 20 on my Top 101 Mix Tape Rules countdown. "Mix tape rules" simply means that I limited myself to one song per band/artist. Here are the recent selections: 25. the Smiths - Handsome Devil 24. John Lennon - Watching The Wheels 23. A.C. Newman - On The Table 22. The Roots - The Seed V. 2.0 21. Wilco - Theologians 20. Grandaddy - Chartsengrafs 19. the Folk Implosion - Natural One 18. the Decemberists - the Tain 17. Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (Beatles Cover) 16. Tall Tales and the Silver Lining - Born Down By the Side 15. Belle and Sebastian - Simple Things 14. Dr. Dog - The Beach 13. the Pixies - Alec Eiffel 12. Dr. Octagon - Earth People 11. Elvis Costello - The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes OK, so we've arrived at the top ten and my favorite solo artist. I've mentioned laboring over decisions, but this one was another that was particularly tricky. The result of my loving Elliott Smith's work so much is that though the spot officially goes to Condor Ave. I'm going to go ahead and link up Independence Day as well because, well I didn't do a song yesterday and I just felt like in this case more is more. Don't worry, I'm not going to do this the whole rest of the way. #10. Elliott Smith - Condor Ave. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp57HFtY5Ns Bonus: Elliott Smith - Independence Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8iWDrln8AY So, what did you think? Which one do you like better? What's your favorite Elliott Smith track? Thanks a lot everybody. I hope your having a great week and it goes right into a great weekend.Hey CR. Actually, I'm glad that you didn't make it to Phillie because Trevor and Seth didn't make it either. I shot Trevor an e-mail the other day and it turns out that the whole thing got cancelled. I hope you don't mind, but I mentioned "a friend of mine that I know from the internet from back east" and told him about how much you liked his stuff and the Understanding particularly and it made him really happy to hear. Anyhoo. I have one of the Fruit Bats records (Mouthfulls) and I do like it very much. I've been on the verge of buying something else, but I just never seem to remember it when I'm actually in the process of buying stuff. I'll have to grab the Ruminant Band. I havent heard of Rocky Votolato. The link you put up goes to Condor Ave. Which song were you linking up? I definitely recommend Roman Candle. It's a really good release. Thanks a lot man.Hi TL. Thanks man. Christian Brothers particularly is another favorite of mine. Great stuff. Thanks TL. Hey Beatle. Thanks a lot man. Hard to say, most of his stuff leans towards the mellow, but here are a couple tunes. Southern Belle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNN57ZP8dJk New Monkey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfbP7pR-m_c Baby Britian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lnHybH_I6Q Don't Go Down http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lheT4wqn9c Stupidity Tried http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSDu73XlB78 Those are just off the top of my head, trying to go at least in a couple different directions. Hope you like them. Happy Friday man.By the way CR, great Fruit Bats tune. I really dug it. Thanks for the tip. I'm definitely going to add that record to the list. Let me know about Rock Votolato if you see this. Thanks again.Thanks a lot Smoochy. Truth be told, I was glad to dig back into some ES this morning. It had been a little bit for me too (been looking into a lot of new things lately). I'm glad you dug Condor Ave. Take it easy man. Happy Friday.Oops. bad keystroke above. The last song in the other batch of his stuff is called Stupidity TrieS, my bad.Hi Mason, Sorry I forgot to comment. Looks like a nice collection of tunes there. Solid mix. Thanks for chiming in man. Have a good one.Thanks Captain. Glad you liked it man. Have a great weekend.Hey CR. Hope you dig Swell. I really enjoy that record a great deal. I will say, and it's absolutely nothing against In The Dark which is a good album, but if it clicks with you and you're looking to go further back I would go to their old label and basically work backwards chronologically. The Tree EP is really great, and I believe Blackbird sells it really cheap. They're just one of those bands that keeps evolving in a positive direction. I'm psyched for whatever they put out next. My friend is producing it and the couple of cuts he has shown me are very cool. Anyhoo. Hopefully the tour will be rescheduled and they'll come back around. I know they were really excited to have that opening slot. Thanks a lot CR. If you do go see them let me know and I'll figure out some inside joke or something to catch at least the drummer off guard. It'll be funny (plus, the name Prof. Anger won't mean anything to them). LOL. Have a good one man.Hey Beatle. LOL. Man, you're talking to the only person on the planet who doesn't like the Flaming Lips. I've got terrible taste too (insert smile face). Hi Lindsay. Thanks a lot for that. I hope you enjoy the list the rest of the way. You're right, at least in my book, nobody has the sheer consistency of Elliott Smith. I'm still a little bit convinced that the dude never wrote a bad song. There are skipable Heatmiser tracks, but to my knowledge none of them were his (though I haven't heard Yellow #5). Thanks a lot. Have a good one. Hi Buzzkill I've actually given that tribute record a listen, and where on the whole I didn't love it I thought there were a couple of good cuts in there. I liked that Needle In The Hay that you posted. I thought it was a nice version, and I liked the Decemberists version of Clementine a lot. I seem to remember there being a hip hop version of a track that I thought was pretty intriguing. I'm just not a huge tribute record guy in general......though. They just always seem to lack consistency, no matter how good the line-up ends up being. Wonderful choice with Cupid's Trick by the way. That one actually made the final cut of like 5 of his tracks to get to the final decision (Tomorrow Tomorrow and Southern Belle were the other 2 just to put it out there). Either/Or is just a fantastic record. Thanks Buzzkill. Hey Punch. It's funny. I can actually totally understand the wiped answer thing. It's happened to me a bunch. Isn't that the worst when you've written a really good and a little lengthy answer, put in the work, just to see it totally wiped. Twice none the less. I'm glad you didn't get discouraged. What a great answer it was. I got to see him a couple times as well, but never in the darker period. I heard though, a friend of mine went to some awards for some LA thing (was it the times?, not sure). Anyways. He just looked sickly and incredibly confused. He's a big fan also and really was saddened by all of it.It really is sad. Everything I've read about him as a person speaks to this amazing personality that if it only wasn't for whatever was haunting him had such a lightness about him. My favorite part of Autumn DeWilde's book was hearing about him being the kind of guy who would push a funny joke to the point where it wasn't funny anymore, but then keep pushing it until it was funny again. Actually, that was second. My favorite was the joke he made about Helter Skelter and how McCartney totally out Lennon'd Lennon. I'll screw it up but it cracked me up. Anyways. I know what you mean about the inevetibilty. I remember when I heard about it I was sad at how completely unsurprised I was. I think in a way I was waiting for that headline. Incredibly sad. I never had the fortune of being able to meet him, but I can say that he sure was an amazing talent and from all accounts a great guy. That's really awesome that you got to meet him. Anyways, it must be Monday for that ramble. Thanks Punch.Hey Sweet Adeline, That's a cool demo. I've heard the Pretty Mary Kay version of that from New Moon, but I think I prefer that one to it. Thanks a lot for linking that up. I do know Heatmiser's stuff. I really like Mic City Sons a lot, great record. Cop and Speeder has some really amazing moments too. I remember, and if you read this you may want to check it out (it's on youtube) Doug Martsch did this great tribute song at All Tomorrow's Parties right after he died. He did this really nice solo cover of Antonio Carlos Jobim. It was really moving stuff. Thanks a lot SA. Have a good one. Hi Mr. Bernstein. Thanks a lot man. Yeah, we've definitely talked on this subject before. It was really sad, like I was saying above hearing about that image of him at the awards show. That whole thing towards the end. It sounded like he got so close too. I remember hearing about him getting clean and turning it around. It's just very sad. Onto happier things though. Hopefully the end of the...list won't disappoint. I will say that Sebadoh and GBV have already appeared (Sebadoh with Homemade and GBV with Bulldog Skin). Top 9 to come. Hope you're doing really great man. more

Resolved Question: Happy Friday R&P, Don't you know fate has a funny way of coming around? (#14)?

Resolved Question: Help/assistance for broke mentally disabled addict in California?

Hi, I'm not sure where to turn so I'll go to the internet and see if anyone has any advice/knowledge about this sort of thing in California. My 60 year old mother has been plagued by mental disability and severe meth addiction for most of her adult life. About 10 years ago, she cleaned up from the street drugs, but is now, I believe, addicted to painkillers, and her brain is essentially fried from years of drug use (still hallucinates, crazy conspiracy theories, etc.). She actually held a job for a few years about 8 years ago, but when another relative of ours died and left her a substantial inheratance, she got fired/quit/who knows in order to live off the free money she was to receive--of course in her mind the money would never end. I was named the trustee. This inheratance, though substantial, coudl have lasted her about 9 years tops if she was extremely prudent with her money--as it stands, it looks like it will last her about 6-7, and here we are. She is in as bad a shape as she's ever been in, and though I've pleaded with her to get a job for the past decade (honestly my entire life), she is burning through the money so fast without a thought to consequences. I don't believe she'll even qualify for social security because I doubt she has enough quarters. She has honestly never worked for more than 6 months at a time since I've known her, almost 40 years now. She has gotten by on charm and charity, but both wells are drying up for her as she gets older and more tired and has no more stones to bleed. I don't think she could even hold a job at this point as she is just too broken. I'm a new father and my wife and I get by but we just get by and certainly can't support her. Not to mention we live across the country, and at this point, my relationship with her is so shattered, I can't muster the energy to do much besides point her in the right direction at this point, or make some phone calls on her behalf. I've done the rest already for 15+ years, setting her up in countless apartments which she then gets evicted from, flown out there, rescued her from homelessness, etc., given her tens of thousands of dollars for rent, and I just can't do it anymore, particuarly now that I have a new baby. It's not that I won't. I can't. I don't have the time or money anymore. And she couldn't live with us. I wouldn't endanger my child by having her with us, and I honestly don't think my wife nor I could handle it (and we live in a two bedroom if we're talking practicality). She has no other family. Everyone else is dead or has written her off for dead. So that's where we are... What does she have to do to get assistance? Is there anything available for her, and can I call on her behalf? Please understand that she is probably PAST the point of getting a job, though that would be ideal. But who would hire her? I'm pretty sure McDonald's isn't looking for 60 year old ex-meth additcs with no employment history, and I don't even think at this point that she could physically do menial labor... Is there anyone I can call on her behalf who will help her? She lives in downtown Long Beach. I need pracitcal information, preferably from someone in social services or someone who was on the street and has made a better life for themselves. I don't need judgment or sympathy. I just need phone numbers/idea/names of agencies that can help her and what those people can do for her so I can make one final push to get her the help she needs. I would really like her to meet her grandchild someday, but I just don't see how that will be possible if she doesn't get help from someone. Thank you for assisting me on this complicated topic. more

Resolved Question: FEEDBACK ON MY COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY..pleasee?

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Resolved Question: I had a dream and couldn't wake up, any ideas?

It was so weird, I fell asleep in real life around ten, ten thirty, and I remember it was like watching a movie. I walked into someones house with a couple of friends and some lady gave us papers to fill out. Well once that was over everyone crowded into one bed and we all fell asleep. Well I had a dream while I was in that dream(I hope you know what I mean), and while I was in that dream, I realized I was dreaming(Lucid dreaming) because I saw two sinks and then there was one. So I was pinching myself trying to wake myself up but I didn't work, I was stuck. And so this girl realized i was trying to wake myself up when I started slapping my face(Which btw, I was almost awake then) so she attacked me. I spent awhile fighting her off and then I ran to a fimiliar bathroom and locked the door. I could hear her trying to break through so I remembered in a lucid dream, I could close my eyes and imagine somewhere else. So I closed my eyes and pictured a beautiful beach and opened my eyes back up. I was there, and by then I was fully aware that I was dreaming, almost as aware as I would be awake. So I walked the beach and there was a party. I closed my eyes and changed my appearance and body type and my cousin found me. Then we walked to where the people who I fell asleep next to in my base dream and I went to go talk to them, although they didn't realize they were dreaming and soon enough they faded away because they woke up in the base dream. I once again tried to wake myself up but failed so I just walked down the beach til some guy stopped me and told me to go to the opera with him. So since I couldn't really think of anywhere else to go I just went. Well we were at the very top of the theater in the balcony and the girl who tried to stop me from waking up was playing a bird in the play and saw me. Looked me dead in the eye and grinned, and then she landed on the balcony where i just flicked her off(Not in the middle finger way) and then she came back so I took the rope that was holding her up and began to twirl it over and over until she fell out of the harness and onto the floor. I knew she was going to come get me so I closed my eyes and once again imagined myself somewhere else. I made myself go to Germany and walked around this quiet neighborhood until I walked into this large house. A lot of drunks were in there but they were dressed well. I didn't want to be there so I closed my eyes and put myself in a very nice hotel, where I became frustrated and started to try anything to wake up. I began to bang my body everywhere I could because when I felt my shoulder it felt as though there was a bruise there and I was getting worried about what was happening in real life. When I didn't wake up, I pictured an open window, and ran and dove out of it. While I was free falling, the song Running up that hill by Placebo began playing and right when I was going to hit the ground, I finally woke up in the main dream. I was still lucid so I made sure everyone else was up, and I pinched myself about eighteen times before I shot my eyes open in real life. I know this is a lot, but I've had double dreams countless times before, it's just never had I had one where I couldn't get out of it. Is there some kind of meaning? I mean I remember a lot of it perfectly. It's just so weird and I kind of got freaked out. So can you please help with any ideas? I would be extremely greatful! more

Resolved Question: looking for my soulmate free in manchester for dating: charity ebay recycling freecycle jimmy carr dolphins?

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Resolved Question: Lebanon, would you rather...........?

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I read this book was I was like ten, about seven years ago. I can't remember the title or the author of the book, and remember very little about the story line. But, I can remember what the front cover of the book looks like and I'll try to explain it the best that I can. In the distance, but not too far away, there are two children looking up at this tall, circular, lighthouse kinda building that is very tall and is cut off from the top of the book. leading up to this light house like building is a small narrow flight of steeps that are irregular distances from the next step, and the steps appear to be very thin. This building is not on a beach, but a green Field that is raised, like a mountain in a way, but more like a strangely shaped large hill.. The children are a a thin girl, with black hair and a pink shirt (I Think) and a fat boy with a blue shirt on (Once again, I think.) But what I just described is not the first thing you see when you look at this book. Much closer, in the bottom left hand side of the book cover is a cave, with two yellow eyes and a creepy monster hand coming out of it. Like I said, the area is kinda mountainess, so the cave is kinda built so that if the kids would look that direction, they would not see it because they are standing on a raised portion of the mountain, the cave slightly below them. If it helps, the building is on the left side of the book and the kids are starring at it, but the cave and the monster are starring straight ahead, at the reader. So if you know the author or title, that would be really great. more

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Surfing magazines make California one of the top ten surfing destinations in the world. For Christmas, I bought my husband and I a weekend trip to California, but our trip is short. What is the best surfing beach close to the LAX airport and the coolest town in the area for quaint pubs and funky restaurants? Any thoughts? more

Resolved Question: What am I?? Can others relate? Am I going about this the wrong way?

It's gettin closer to that time of year again. Those who know me on here know something about my situation. So therefore, I wont bore you with that. But the holidays for most, is a time of joy or sorrow. For me, it's both sorrow and anger. I reflect back on my dip Chit father who died of lung cancer at the age of 46 when I was ten. Here is my rant... I hate you dad. You were not THAT good of father. Yes you may have been a good person. Thats not for me to judge. All I CAN say is that you are a crappy father. Made me afraid to look at the naked female body with the threat that I was gonna get hit upside the head if I glanced at the boobies in "Point Break". You and mom put the fear in me and made me uneasy around girls. Thanks! You degraded me and treated me like secondary. I literally had to beg you how to teach me how to throw a fishing line. Thank you for showing me and taking a few seconds of beer break to show me. You even forced me to hang out with kids I did not like.Go have another drink asshole!! I remember when we were watching the Jean-Claude Van-Damm movie, "Cyborg" which I taped off of channel 11 one night. I remember you telling me to turn around real quick during the scene when the chick was about to remove her top on the beach. You had that look in your eyes as if you were waiting to beat me if it was a nude scene. Thankfully, channel eleven cuts out nudity! It's ok old man. You don't have to turn your fists. Now use your hand and tak another swig of that good ol budwiser. Who am I? Why do I hate my father who has been dead for almost 20 years? I am glad he died nowadays. I wish it was me that killed him for the little things others had growing up. I'm 28. However, lung cancer is more painful and slow. You die from the inside!! DAD!!! I TOLD YOU NOT TO SMOKE ANY MORE CIGARRETS!!!! NOW LOOK AT YOU!!!! HAHAHAHAHA I HATE YOU!!!! note.. I am not a potential murderer even though I sound like one. I'm displaying my feelings and hatred towards the holiday season. I'm glad others can enjoy it.to answere ninjaa, no I'm not gay in any way. lol. I'm just pissed and wonder why my dad was the way he was and I'll never know. more

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Resolved Question: What are your top ten saddest films.?

(1 being the saddest and so on) Here are mine: 1. black beauty 2. fluke 3. meet joe black 4.. titanic 5.i am sam 6. beaches 7. lion king 8. passion of the christ 9. forrest gump 10. edward scissorhands There are loads more i find sad too such as : green mile shawshank redemption magdalene sisters sixth sense and loads i cante even mention i love sad films more

Resolved Question: I have a question about Provincetown Cape Cod?

I'm thinking of booking a week long vacation this summer to Provincetown, Cape Cod. I have been looking on Home away.com And have found a few however, one of the rentals described provincetown as this: "Provincetown is a particular draw for gay and lesbians" from around the world but everyone can enjoy this small town that features shopping, dining, theatre and nightlife in a beautiful physical setting. The summers are mild because of the cool Atlantic Ocean. Herring Cove Beach is consistently ranked as one of the top ten beaches in the US. This vacation is geared towards kids... Im not sure how I feel about this statement? is it true that provincetown a particular draw for gay and lesbians? Cause if so then I will have to pick a different place to go. Idea's? more

Resolved Question: Am i a great author? would i get published one day?

For more than twenty years Elma has been known all around Redville village as the "Oracle". Whenever she walked in the streets of Redville or even a neighboring town, people would dash at her and demand that Elma would unfold their futures. "Help me," an old man said, kissing Elma's bony hand, "will I die anytime soon?" "No, me first." Another lady said from behind Elma, "will my son live in battle?" "I'm sorry," Elma patted the old man's hand and smiled at the lady. "I'll have to go, I can't predict anything that has to do with life and death. I'm sorry." Some People in Redville doubted Elma's powers and said that her inability to predict life and death made her look like a phony. "She says that she can predict anything, but she couldn't predict my husband's death. She's just so bad." Whenever Elma heard these accusations, she'd frown and wave at her ears. She believed in what she did. When a young boy once stopped her on her way back home and asked her why she works as an oracle she replied. "I just wish to make a difference in people's life." Then she disappeared into thin air. But things changed on a cold, rainy night. Elma sat at the top of her tower resting her chin on the black stoned fence. After some minutes of gazing aimlessly at the pouring rain, she screwed up her eyes and watched the stars. Thick clouds drifted slowly, isolating the stars from Elma's sight. And the frequent thunder that cracked through the sky added to her agitation. She kicked the chair's leg and elbowed the door of the tower, but before she went down the stony staircase another bolt of thunder boomed across the sky and Elma collapsed on her back. Feeling sudden heat at her palm, she raised it to her face. A blue light flickered inside her palm lines, as if electricity was going through them. She knew what that meant. Whenever a prophecy falls over an oracle unintentionally her palms go alight. She held her head up high and breathed in twice. Then she smiled at the smell of the beach that she grew ten years ago down the garden of the tower. Slowly, She cleared her mind, knowing that if she didn’t concentrate in the coming ten minutes, the prophecy would escape her powers and she won't be able to retrieve it again. Red light flashed in her head and all of a sudden she found herself in a room with a wide bed, surrounded with a filmy, grey curtain and an open window where the moonlight poured. A boy squatted on a carpet, crying over the body of a faceless man. Although Elma couldn't recognize the boy, she felt like he resembled someone she met before. The boy's wet, brown hair that was pulled backwards, his aquiline nose even his bright blue eyes, where all signs that made Elma connect this boy to someone she knew a long time ago. In front of the boy there was a man with black hair growing at his chin, but that man had something else that made Elma recognize him immediately, his eyes glimmered with two different colors, one red and the other green. He was Vladimir, the ruler of Redville. The boy shouted something at Vladimir, his bony cheek bones swooping forward, and then Vladimir took out a wooden handed dagger and dipped in his left chest. A voice in Elma's head kept on repeating the name. "The Gustavs. Tell them. The Gustavs" She knew it. Elma had know Edward Gustav since a long time and when she saw the boy's face she thought that he might be Edward's son, but she wasn't sure until she heard that voice. This prophecy belonged to the Gustavs. But why will Vladimir kill himself? Why will the Gustav's boy be there when Vladimir kills himself? And who's that faceless dead body? Elma didn’t want to cram her head with more questions. She went down into her room, dragged her cloak and dashed down Redville dark streets on her way to the Gustav' house. I'm not self conceited, i wrote the question this way just to attract your attention. more

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Resolved Question: Boy help... can u tell me what u think?

Hi! Ummm.... this is going to be very long, im very sorry. lots of history to catch up a little to give u a better view. Please bare with me. Thanks Ok so i like this guy and i dont if he liks me. how would i find out? some info: he lives in Georgia and i live in florida but he comes down every year and stays at his uncles house. his younger sis is my best friend. she is my age (15) and he's (17). when ever we get the chance to hang out im always myself around him when there are people around but when we end up alone im quite and he is too kinda. also when ever my brother has his b-day. he always invite the guy i like and at night around 10, we all go out to play manhunt and we always have a lot of fun. it all started about 7 or 8 years ago. i met him for the first time and even if i was 8 i couldn't believe that i would like the guy. even if i didn't really know him. it was kinda Love at First sight. ever since i have been trying to be like unnoticeable, b/c i start to talk a lot and laugh a lot around him. Ok so every year they came i always hanged out with him and his sis. whenever they came we always went to the beach together. when i was 9 or 10 that was the first time i let myself be myself around him and it was so easy, it was like we have always knew each other. that day at the beach we were digging the biggest hole ever.(the three of us, me, him, his sis) the hole was going to be next to the lifeguard thingy and so someone had to constantly bring water so it was easier to dig. so his sis would be the one to dig and me and him would carry our big water matters and try to fill the top with water and bring it back without dropping it. btw it was very heavy. and yeah we would drop it some time but it was him most of the times. he would always laugh when i laugh and i would get really quite at that time but then i would get over it. i didn't really know that i fell in love with him yet. all i knew was i was always trying to impress him. idk y but i tried. anyways so, like it would get really hot sometimes so we would run to the water a splash around. and that was the first and last time he really put his arms around me. it was kinda a hug and then tackle kinda thing. it was so cute!!! i remember trying to tackle him back but it didn't happen he would always end up putting his arms around me and tackle me again. as the years went by we started growing up so to say and we never flirted really. at least not i front of people. well i flirted but idk about him. i first realized that i like him, well actually loved him was bout 12 or 13. i had the biggest crush ever on him and i still do. i think he's the hottest guy i ever met. like compared to me school, on a scale of one to ten. there would be like 2 guys maybe that made it to 9 or 10 but my guy made beyond that. if it were possible he would be 15. trust me....!!! i usually don't fall for guys, i mean i have a lot of guy friends but no, not once in my life did i like anybody as much as i do my guy, i probably thought a guy was cute but not hot or anything. cause i knew there was a hotter one ( the guy i Love.) anyways about two years ago it was my bros b-day and we were playing manhunt(never gets old) and when we went out side he hide under the truck. as the tagger was counting i told the girls to follow my b/c i knew where the best hiding places were. and guess what they were going to go behind the house and i was going to go under the truck!! when i was walking by he grab my ankle and scared to crap out of me, at first i thought it was some hobo under the car trying to get me but then when he found out he said that was hilarious but he was sorry and didn't think it would scare me that bad. b/c i usually can take anything. after that my dad yelled at us for screaming later on and told us to go inside. we ended up playing checkers and i won against his sis and when i played him. i tried not to look at him too much but i couldn't help it sometimes and i would catch myself staring at him. but when he would catch me staring he would smile and i would smile and we would be like that for a little until i notice we weren't the only ones in the living room everyone who was playing manhunt was on the couches watching us play. when they left that night i only had the nerve to say bye to his sis, but i didn't have the guts to say it to him, and i regret that. i wish i can go back and say bye. the next year rolled around and they came down. at church i was surprised that he said Hey first i was so happy that i said Hi a little to loud, but luckily it was before church started. last year i was going to make up my mind that that i was going to get his email or something. it was just for the start, b/c then i was planing to get his # in the email. so that no one would think i liked him. the thing is that he walked away too soon and i didn't get the chance to ask. they were already leaving the next day back home so i was out of luck. by that i thought that more

Resolved Question: is it better to love leave or work it out?

im 24 and have a good job and my own place very secure i feel like hell my life is good in some areas and very bad in others im a soon to be single dad in 2 months surfice to say the women has is pregneat with my child has been cooprative with me 100% and has kept me informed all thou her reasons for dumping me are that she wanted a baby all thou she denys it and comes up with a response not worthy of the magitude of the situation with out trying to work things out but sufice to say i have no feelings for her what so ever now and have moved on my self i have tryed and failed and know in my heart what needs to be done in my life. i have a new girlfriend with a little child of her own them to are great she is a really nice person who has been hurt alot in her life she a pretty she is cuddly everything ya want in a bird but untill recently my sex life has gone down hill with her i struggle to keep and erretion and even ejaculate when i meet her she was not on the pill and i have tryed comdoms but feel numb i have even stoped masturbation and feel numb once im inside her and lose erretion so i pull out due to the fear of getting another women pregneat she came on the pill and a week later she told me i can ejaculate inside her it freaked me out i said nope im gonna pull out she started to say then im gonna go off it i feel presured to have sex with her i feel like sex is not enjoyable and she says sex is not sex till i ejaculate and i have that on my mind to top it off i feel shitty about being a single dad soon its on my mind alot now more so then at the start i think its starting to hit me this women im with is great and i love her and her son is growing on me but she has issues of her own she has tryed to commit suicide a few times in her past due to break ups and has had bad times in her life but i do not challenge her past or want it in our future to add on to that she is worrying about me having a child which i do not blame her it must be hard for her for me to be there at my childs birth she even told me she has had thoughts of self harming cause it is to much for her i dont need theses things right now i dont need her telling me this stuff yes i do want to be with her but not with her saying im gonna come off the pill after i have failed to have sex with her hell i went to the beach with her and we had little cash so i said okie how about you and your son have the chips and i will wait till later or share some of yours she just up and walked out the que and said so ya will let me have some and leave me to grow fat she is a size 10 and goes from ten to eight alot if this carrys on it will break me but most of the time its brill what would you do in my situation there are times i dont think im ready for this yet and times i think this is the best thing and is brillalso to note she has looked at my convo history and has had bad experience with blokes and has some trust issues all this on top of me being a dad she is also thinking way ahead into the future more

Resolved Question: Your Top Ten Favorite Albums of the 1960s?

Simple as the title says, I'm going to list mine; the only criteria I've listed in mine is an artist/band is only eligible for one album on the list, you however do not have to follow that if you don't want to. My Top10 Personal Favorites: 1. Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) - The Beatles 2. Pet Sounds (1966) - The Beach Boys 3. Are You Experienced (1967) - Jimi Hendrix Experience 4. In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969) - King Crimson 5. Let It Bleed (1969) - The Rolling Stones 6. The Doors (1967) - The Doors 7. Green River (1969) - Creedence Clearwater Revival 8. Disreali Gears (1967) - Cream 9. Velvet Underground And Nico (1967) - Velvet Underground 10. Shades Of Deep Purple (1968) - Deep Purple Honorable Mention: A lot of them. more

Resolved Question: Am I a good daughter? Read below for more info. Sorry it's so long...?

Alright my dad has been married for a year now. Not only were me and my sister excluded from the fun part of the wedding like the limo, while my dad's wife's son was part of everything, we weren't treated nicely by her the way our dad was nice to her son but oh well on that part. I'm 16 years old, going to 11th grade and I had to move out with my dad when he got married, now I have no room for almost a year now and it just pisses me off, I have to sleep in the living room and on top of everything my dad pays the whole rent for the house. And her son gets the other room, my dad tried telling her to give me that room since her son sleeps in his grandma's anyways and she told him she's not kicking her son out of HER house. She's really mean and crazy. She fights with my dad if my little sister comes on a 9 hour flight to visit him and he buys my little sister something. She fights with him if he takes me and my sister to the park or beach. 2 weeks ago she was like take them to Disneyland when me and my son go somewhere, so he does and when she comes back, she fights with him. On top of everything her son has been and will be a rude little brat and she goes and tells my aunt, uncle, even my own father that it's all MY fault that her son is rude when I don't say anything to her or her son. As rude as she and her 10 year old son have been to me I just deal with it for my dad. Now I want to do something, I'm tired of it! I'm tired of her and her moods! Should I just go with my mom even though she can't work or have a car? Or should I do something about this lady? And my dad, he doesn't care about me, he never defends me when she says rude stuff. Am I a good daughter for not saying anything to her as much as I hate her and for going through this hell when I've seen enough like my dad beating up my mom for ten years, then for a gruesome custody battle? Please help me I don't know what to do anymore! more

Resolved Question: Rented a cottage for ten days...how's my packing list? Am I forgetting anything? Or overpacking?

It sems I always forget something...and overpack to some degree. This time I made a list so i won't forget anything but what if i forgot to write something on the list. And do you think I'm packing too much? (There's a washer and a dryer there so i can wash clothes) By the way, I'm 15 if that's useful. ( i really don't know if it is) and my mom is packing some of the stuff like board games (more like BORED games. She thinks cottages are about being together and playing games. i say there about sand, sun and relazation) Anyway, here's my list. Clothes, etc: -6 t-shirts -3 tank tops -3 long sleeve tops -3 pants -3 shorts -4 capris -1 leggings -1 skirt -1 dress -10 underwear -4 bras -5 socks (summertime...don't wear socks much) -5 pj pants -4 pj tops -2 swimsuits -2 towels -1 pair of slippers -2 pairs of flip flops (in case one breaks) -1 pair of shoes -1 mask (swimming mask) -1 snorkle -2 light sweaters -1 heavy sweater (in case of extra cold day) Health/Beauty/Hygene: -1 makeup kit (too lazy to write out all the eyeliner, mascara...i no what i need) -1 toothbrush -1 toothpaste -1shampoo -1 conditioner -1 shave gel -1 body wash -1 razor -1 body spray -1 retainer case (my retainer's usually in my mouth so no danger of forgetting that!) -1 deodourant -1 nail polish case (again, i'm not gonna list every colour i'm bringing. I've got like 30!) -1 hairbrush -1 comb -1 hair straightener -4 hair elastics -2 hair clips -3 earrings -1 necklace (my BFF necklace! my friend has the other one!) -1 bottle of ibiprofun (i think that's spelt wrong...in case u don't know...it's advil) Electronics: -1 cell phone (if there's even reception! UGH!) -1 ipod -1 nintendo DS -1 camera -1 phone charger -1 ipod dock -1 nintendo charger -4 batteries (for camera) -1 battery charger Other: -5 pens + paper -Money (however much i have) -2 bags (one for beach, one for just my normal bag) So...am I overpacking? Underpacking? Forgetting something? Or is my list A-okay! Sorry, but i'm just really paranoid about forgetting something and my mom will kill me if i overpack too much! more

Resolved Question: Top ten northern california beaches?

Looking for a one weekend vacation spot more

Resolved Question: looking for a song some where between 1989 1995?

it was in the mtv i think it made top ten.the video was all done on a beach with very grey skies ,i think the video was all black and white.i think this guy is singing by an old boat shed and waiting for his woman and child to come to him they run over sandhills near the end. the words in the chorus are spanish or something .sounds like seb bas des los wes des cantoni na na na never say die oh oo.keeps reapeating something like that and really gets going when the clouds get darker.been looking for this song for ten years as i have been singing it to my wife and she would love to know what it is. more

Resolved Question: Top Ten Things You'll Do Before Summer Ends?

- Go shopping with bestfriend - Make Videos On Youtube- http://www.youtube.com/user/Nadergej2 -stay up for 24 hrs - water ballon fight with neighbors - watch scary movies all day -take silly pictures -make memories -play street football - go to the beach -do something nice -play video games with friends -sleep outside/ on roof -sleepover at friends house what are you going to do before summer ends? more

Resolved Question: what are the long sea beach in the world according their length?

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Voting Question: Please translate this to German.?

I'm not quite good at speaking German, I learned some at school however I speak English mostly. Where are you from? How are you. How do you know bob. I want to practice my German by talking to Germans. I've always wanted to compete in eurovision, but I don't live in Europe. I love the tacky spandex tight outfits, and horrible singing, I could win for sure. Have you ever had an inkling too compete? I think you could at least come in the top ten. I live on the beach, it is verry nice weather all the time. It it is good to be me more

Resolved Question: Can anyone help me with a summer/road trip playlist??? Please =]?

I'm really struggling right now to complete this summer/road trip/beach playlist. I'm really not a big mainstream type of girl, so I'd prefer a list not chuck full of the top ten songs on iTunes. To give you an idea of my kind of music, and what I already have for this playlist, here's 10 of the songs: 1. Mother We Just Can't Get Enough- New Radicals 2. Real World '09- Rob Thomas 3. Coffeeshop Soundtrack- All Time Low 4. There's a Class for This- Cute is What We Aim For 5. Lollipop- MIKA 6. Real World- Matchbox Twenty 7. Hey Now- Augustana 8. Show Me What I'm Looking For- Carolina Liar 9. Summer Nights- Rascal Flatts 10. Big Machine- Goo Goo Dolls Please, if you can, help me!! It would be so appreciated! =] more

Resolved Question: You'll enjoy answering this one!: Which are the top ten countries you would love to visit before your death?

Hi friends, Theres a lot of hatred and fighting between people of different countries on the net nowadays.Lets do somethin different shall we? Imagine you won a lottery of 10 'all expenses trip of 10 days' each to 10 countries of your own choice. This will be fun guys. Firstly Kindly mention which country you are from then which country you are staying in at present followed by the ten countries you would like to visit(one or two words why) and then please mention the countries you have already been to(cant mention those where you you just saw the airport) I'll show you how when I start with myself India:India 1.Japan (friendly people,bustling tokyo,energy,technology) 2.Australia (sydney,coral reef,kangaroos-havent seen one in real) 3.USA (New york,Florida,Las vegas,Amusement parks...so many reasons!) 4.Egypt (pyramids of course!) 5.France (the luuuv atmosphere,eiffel tower,food) 6.Brazil (beaches ;-) ,carnival atmospheres,just in another continent) 7.Switzerland (beauty of landscape,swiss cheese) 8.New Zealand (Breath taking visuals of nature) 9.Italy (Rome,venice river,history) 10.China (The great wall,Beijing,the energy) UK,Singapore,UAE,Saudi Arabia Cheers GUYS n PLEEEASE GIVE A STAR TO THE QUESTION more

Resolved Question: Is a bikini okay to wear if you're going to the beach with Mormons?

I'm thirteen (ALMOST fourteen) and I just got this really cute bikini, and its a string bikini from Hollister co. To be honest, its not really a 'modest bikini', but its not insanely slutty like some others at the mall. Its just sort of what you expect from a Hollister bikini; super cute, seagull logo, fits just right, a little 'exposing' but not at all more than any others. I'm only a 36A, so its not like I have any major cleavage going on. I think I look really good in it, because I've finally gotten tan, have a flat belly (yay!), and am pretty slender everywhere else. Anyway, this week my mormon friend invited me to go the beach with her and her church. I asked her what the other girls wore casually, and she just said "I dont know tankinis or one-pieces or something". I really want to go with her because shes one of my best friends and I don't really get to see her because we're in different school districts, but I don't know if I should go wearing a bikini. I mean, mormons frown upon that and I really don't want to go with my friend and all of the mormon kids and adults to see me as a 'slutty girl'. I guess I don't really care what the kids/teens think, but I always want to look pleasing to adults, like a nice kid. And, to be honest, I don't actually have any other bathing suits besides bikinis. I have a black Nike one piece, but its from when I was ten years old and its super tight, and in a way for some reason, I feel even sluttier when wearing it. I don't really have any money to buy a new bathing suit, and my mom just bought me a black bikini for the summer (its a little more modest, but its black....) so I don't think she'd want to buy me another bathing suit. Maybe I should wear a large t-shirt on top of my bathing suit the whole time? I don't know. All I know is I don't think I look slutty at all in the bathing suit, but I don't know what mormons think, and I want to go with my friend really badly. Help!!!!!!!! more

Resolved Question: What do you think of the start to my story?

Please feel free to speak your mind about if you think i have potential, which i dont think i do lol. Thanks :-) It was a perfect sunny day in L.A, the sun was gleaming, and the sky was a perfect shade of blue and not one cloud in sight. I was wearing my favourite outfit for this type of weather a black and pink spotted bikini, lounging it up on the terrace of my apartment, it was sheer bliss. This was nothing like where I used to live, in a small, drab old village in South Wales, United Kingdom, where big, dark, black clouds hung over the town like an omen. There I lived with my older twin brother Cameron, my sister, Stephanie and both my parents, Alannah and James. It goes without saying my brother and I always looked a lot like each other, with dark brown hair and big, bold green eyes. Since we were young we have always been close and although he is only ten minutes younger than me he has always acted as if he were ten years older. Stephanie our younger sister is seventeen years old and we also have two other twin brothers, Jamie and Johnathon who are twenty eight. I hated living in Wales, it was always so cold and wet, where everyone knew everyone else’s business and if they didn’t they would sure find a way. Man it feels so good to be lying here in this blistering heat. ‘’Hey there gorgeous’’ I heard from the right of me. The apartment I live in is beautiful; it has everything a small town girl could have ever wished for, with an outdoor swimming pool on the lower terrace a bathroom I could play baseball in and a bedroom that could fit ten queen size beds, the only downside was that the top terrace and the balcony are conjoined with the neighbours, the only separation being a Perspex wall. I turned my head to reveal a stunning looking guy staring right at me grinning like a Cheshire cat. The guy had tame, light brown curly hair just above his shoulders, dark tanned body, and an athletic physique; he must have been around ten feet tall and was completely dazzling. ‘’Hey’’ I replied in a bored tone of voice, returning my head to its original position. ’Stunning view isn’t it?’’ I turned my head back towards him. ‘’The view, of the scenery’’ he sniggered nodding towards the beach. I let out an uninterested laugh and got up and walked into my apartment without another word or any other acknowledgment towards him, I could hear him laughing to himself and a huge grin spread across my face. In the apartment I started to make myself a Mojito, I grabbed a highball glass from the cupboard and added two teaspoons of sugar to it, three sprigs of mint and lime juice, I then mashed it all up, added the rum and ice, poured the tonic water and garnished it with lime slices, mint and a straw, without being modest it looked and tasted perfect, and so it should now that I have bought a club. The club has proved to be very successful with big celebrity names like Paris Hilton and Rihanna attending. The name is original of course and self titled, ’The Club’. I have never been neither creative nor an inventive person and found this name very necessary. I took a sip of my delicious Mojito, put the T.V on and sat in front of it. It was four o’clock in the afternoon and T.V listings in America were nothing like British T.V, that’s the only thing I miss about living in the U.K along with family, after flicking through nearly every channel I switched it back off and went to run myself a bath, ready for my night out on the tiles. It was so peaceful laying in the bath, no one disturbing me and the only noise being the luxurious bubbles crackling gently around me, I felt like I had died and gone to heaven, I took a big sip of my Mojito and remembered all the times I would have to state an announcement each time I wanted to go in the shower or bath when I lived back at home, and even then I still couldn’t get any privacy. I closed my eyes, I was awoken but a huge scream and what sounded like a few men laughing, I looked at the time it was six o’ clock I had fallen asleep for two hours and the water was freezing, I looked around and could see bits of mint and lime floating around and realised I had dropped my glass into the water. I grabbed a towel off the shelf and got out. An hour later I was sitting fully dressed on the top terrace smoking a cigarette. I decided to wear white cropped shorts; a black top that slouched off the shoulder and black platform shoes, my long brown hair was curly with sultry looking eyes and highly glossed lips. I took a puff on my cigarette and could hear male voices from next door, it was weird I had lived here in Malibu two years and had never had anyone else live next door to me.Yeah I thought I focused on the trivial like the bath and the making of the mojito, and I have been trying to minimise it but its quite difficult lol. I only started this tonight but thanks for your opinions they are more encouraging than i thought they would be, I actually grinned like a cheshire cat reading lmao.Any other details like how to be less chatty would be appreciated thanks :-)Astrobat, you have been the most detailed with the replies, and have helped me quite a deal, I wish there was another way of contacting you, as I said I have only started this tonight and have all these ideas in my head but can’t find a way to get them down like I imagine them. I never wanted it to be chatty but the first chapters are about the character being lonely and I am not quite sure how else to put this across. I have never done anything like this before so it’s a new thing to me as you can definitely tell lol. Thanks again to you all for your constructive criticism I actually thought I would get insults so its appreciated lol. more