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Can anyone guide me to a site that has the collection of photographs of popular crafts made out of waste..pls. I need this immediately.. so pls help me.. i need to prepare a collection of photos that exhibits how waste can be used whether technically or creatively.. pls suggest some best site..

What is the attraction of this section in Yahoo, that makesit the most popular? Is it the low intelligence exhibited by the religious folk, or the insults flung by both sides?

Would this definition pretty much describe Democrats & their relationship w/ their politicians? Codependence is a popular psychology concept. A "codependent" is loosely defined as someone who exhibits too much, and often inappropriate, caring for persons who depend on him or her. A "codependent" is one side of a relationship between mutually needy people. The dependent, or obviously needy party(s) may have emotional, physical, financial difficulties, or addictions they seemingly are unable to surmount. The "codependent" party exhibits behavior which controls, makes excuses for, pities, and takes other actions to perpetuate the obviously needy party's condition, because of their desire to be needed and fear of doing anything that would change the relationship.

How does my essay into sound? Almost every person in the World celebrates a special holiday at one point in the year. They may hold small gatherings with close friends and family or large parties involving neighbors and peers as a way of honoring these holidays. They may use these holidays as a time for quiet remembrance or as a time to exhibit wild behavior. For whatever the occasion and however large the celebration, there are often deeper reasons that people rejoice on certain holidays. People often celebrate holidays for cultural or religious reasons, to display a favorite theme, or to simply follow the tradition in whatever environment these people may reside in. Three popular and virtually universal holidays include Christmas, Halloween, and Valentines Day.

Is there a standard size for model trains? Sine I was a child I wanted to collect model trains. Recently my gf bought me a model train for my bday. I have seen different sizes in the hobby shops and I was wondering if there is a "popular" size. I do not care for the large ones (no offense to those who do) and I do not want "tiny" trains... Is "NH" a common size? My intention is to build one of the monumentous train "towns" you see in exhibits. I do not want to spend years collecting sizes that may difficult to keep up with. Thank you to all of you for answerting. This has reeeeeealllly been helpful. YES, it is worth 10

Where can I find out what the most popular sport in America is? Is their a website I can go to, to find out what sport is the most popular in America? Also, I am doing a History project on the rivalry between Red Sox and Yankees. Would it be appropriate to add on my exhibit "Did You Know's" like Did you know the Yankees is the only baseball team to have 24 World Series wins and Babe Ruth is the first pleyer to hit 60 home runs? Sorry about that. I was using an old timeline. okay. Heres my new question. What sport is most opular in response to a poll?

Does "The Book of Abraham" prove Joseph Smith (Founder of Mormonism) was a fraud? In the 1830's there were a bunch of travelling circuses running around all over the country. One of the more popular exhibits were Mummies imported directly from the tombs in Egypt. With these mummies was usually found a papyrus that said who the dead guy was and what he did for a living as well as a blessing for the afterlife. In Joseph Smiths day nobody but him could read Egyptian. The Gentiles did not learn to translate Egyptian till the 1900's. One such circus crossed Josephs path and they brought him the Papyrus to translate. The result of this translation was the "Book of Abraham" in the Pearl of Great Price. The facsimilies of these papyrus are also included in the POGP for everyone to see. The original Papyrus ended up in a Museum where they were re-discovered in 1966. After being studied by qualified Egyptologists, they were determined to be the funeral papers from the mummy and nothing to do with "The Book of Abraham". If Joseph was right in his translation I am sure the church would be loudly proclaiming this as evidence the church was true because it would shut the church critics up once and for all. Unless Joseph really just made the whole thing up and really didnt know how to read Egyptian. How ironic that a travelling circus was in possesion of the "Book of Abraham" and just happened to run into the only man in the world who could read it. Hmmmmm. To all you Mormons, I am not a "Mormon Hater". I just like U.S. History Remember, this is the same guy who "Translated" a stack of "Golden Plates" given to him by an angel. He put 2 stones in a hat and put his face up against the hat and the translated words magically appeared. That is how he got the "Book of Mormon". Unfortunately we cant examine these plates because when he was done "Translating " the Book of Mormon, the angel came back and took them up to heaven. 12 million people are now paying 10 percent of their income to this church of the golden plates. LDS After further research I discovered that if the paprii that were used to "Translate" the Book of Abraham were authentic, they would have been the most priceless ancient documents ever discovered eith an immeasurable impact on humanity. At 4000 years old they are twice the age of the Dead Sea Scrolls which were only about 2000 years old. Not only that but Joseph claimed they were written by Abraham himself, the Patriarch of Islam, Judaism and Christianity, clearly one of the most influential humans who ever lived. Yet the museams treated them as common funerary scrolls from Egypt. Mormon_4_Jesus: Apparantly you are saying that the Book of Abraham Papyrii were authentic but somehow got lost and nobody has them now. So a travelling circus really did have in its posession the worlds greatest archaeological find of all time and sold it to the church (along with a couple of mummies) and then the church apparantly not knowing what they had went and lost it. By the way, 4000 year old scrolls DONT ROLL UP . What a wishy washy answer. You should have stuck with the one about the angel taking it up to Heaven with him. It worked for the Golden Plates of the Book of Mormon. Which BTW would have been the most massive archaeological find ever if true. Poor LDS church. They keep getting all these cool discoveries only to lose them so they would not have any evidence the church is true . Hmmmmmm.

Have you heard about the latest Creation Museum exhibit? The other day I picked up a copy of Creation Museum News, thinking I might get a chuckle or two, and I wasn't disapointed. It had an article about a proposed new exhibit. It would be a depiction of a desert landscape, and would have "satan" sitting on a John Deere backhoe, wearing a hardhat, digging a good sized hole. It will have artificial diesel "exhaust" coming from the backhoe, and the recorded sound of a tractor engine. Nearby on a pallet are some artificially aged, fake dinosaur fossils (one of them can be seen to be a T-Rex skull with a mouthful of bovine-like teeth, used for eating ferns, grasses, and on occassion, artichokes). On another nearby pallet is a big pile of paper sacks, each one labelled "360 million year old 'rock' -- just add water." Dr. Julian Spade, in charge of the new exhibit said; "we think this may be our most popular exhibit, even better than the robotic talking snake reciting the words to 'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree With Anyone Else But Me.' "

Can someone give me suggestions on my research paper? Thesis is: Debussy's experimentation and unconventional ways have revolutionized the art of music, influecning many later composers and sparking new forms of music such as jazz

What are the people watching? Young Harry was sauch a cautious fellow that he was reluctant to pay for his admission to the circus until he knew how large the circus was. He is shown here asking the man at the gate to tell him the number of the horses,rifers, and animals owned by the circus. The gatekeeper,somewhat ashamed of the meager display of wonders within the tent as compared to the glowing pictures on the posters outside,feigned ignorance of the exact number of the marvelous attractions. He explained that in addition to the horses and riders, who possessed altogether 100 feet and 36 heads, there was a collection of African jungle animals which brought the sum total up to 56 heads and 156 feet. We asked our readers to tell the number of horses and the number of riders owned by the circus which seems to be the most popular exhibit in the circus zoo.

Can a law that bans or restricts ownership of a breed of dog protect a community? According to experts, the answer is no. Why? Popular breeds come and go. When ownership of one breed of dog is outlawed, those who want a dangerous dog simply turn to another breed. The Doberman pinscher—known as the dangerous dog breed of the 1970s—was replaced in popularity by the pit bull in the ’80s and the rottweiler in the ’90s. Breed-specific laws require that someone be able to prove that a specific dog is a member, or a mix, of that breed—not always an easy task. Boxers and bulldogs, for instance, may be mistaken for pit bulls. Any medium-large sized black and tan dog with a long tail may be mistakenly labeled as a German shepherd. Breed-specific legislation doesn’t acknowledge the fact that a dog of any breed can become dangerous. The law should protect your community from any such dog. Breed-specific laws are difficult, costly, and sometimes impossible to enforce. It’s one thing to require that every rottweiler in your community be muzzled whenever outside of the home; it’s another to fund and support adequate animal control staff to ensure that this happens. In 1987 the Cincinnati City Council banned all pit bulls within the city after a series of severe maulings and one human fatality involving the dogs. The ban was passed even though the state of Ohio and the city of Cincinnati already had statutes that allowed authorities to seize any dog known to have injured or killed a person or another dog. Nearly ten years later, the council’s law committee recommended that the ban be repealed, saying that it was unnecessary. The council recommended that pit bulls be handled like any other dogs and that owners be prosecuted only when the dogs were unrestrained or exhibited dangerous behavior. It made this recommendation in part due to the cost of enforcement. Confiscated dogs spent up to five months at the city’s contracted shelter while the cases against the dogs’ owners were being litigated. Many of the confiscated dogs were family companions with no history of aggression. Legislation that restricts breeds may actually create a population of dangerous dogs within your community. When a community imposes strict regulations on a specific breed of dog, owners of those dogs may end up chaining or caging the dogs for long periods of time. Dogs so chained or caged can be so desperate for activity that they become uncontrollable should they escape. Restricted dogs often receive little veterinary care because it is difficult for their owners to transport them to a veterinary facility without violating restrictions. Most importantly, restricted dogs who don’t get to experience normal opportunities for socialization and training will undoubtedly act in an unpredictable fashion when exposed to the real world

Can someone help me plan a 10-14 day RV vacation? Starting from Long Island, NY, along with my wife of 30 years and a few friends, I intend to explore America by RV next Summer or Fall, via unconventional roadways. I want to visit sites of interest (historical landmarks, beautiful vistas, etc.), stop at little-known-local-popular eateries (where we can visit with non-tourists), attend local events in parks and theatres (artisitic, musical, cultural), and plenty of diversity. I want to experience America as-it-is. I'm looking for many people to respond with simple answers - one or two suggestions - like one diner/restaurant that you think is outstanding but you won't find in a Zagat's rated book or some travel related magazine article, its best dish and the location; or one event, like an undiscovered, annual Summer concert-in-the-park that people look forward to seeing, its location and date/time; or an annual Street Fair, or Art Exhibit, its location, and date/time. I have no itinerary; I'm starting here with an idea and a question.

Should space research be redirected to the preservation of humanity? The case has been made for accidents and violent crimes being the products of an energy deficit (1), that is a decline in Daniel Atkinson energy charge which is reflected in the tissue pH (2). It might be instructive to consider the problem very broadly in terms of the entropy paradox confounding the second law of thermodynamics. The second law states that systems always progress from states of lower to states of higher entropy or more specifically never progressing from states of higher to states of lower entropy, entropy being a measure of the degree of disorder in a system. Living organisms are said to progress from states of higher to states of lower entropy in violation of the second law thereby creating an entropy paradox. Fred Adams, popular science writer and Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan, claims that the second law is not violated by living organisms for the universe as a whole still progresses to a state of higher entropy. In his book, "The Road to Reality", Sir Roger Penrose states that the entropy paradox is merely the delay in the inevitable progression to a state of higher entropy with ageing and death, the delay being cause by the ability of organisms to generatetheir own energy from from the consumption of nutrients and oxygen. If one accepts Sir Roger's explanation of the entropy paradox does that not mean that the sun, earth and all the other planets must also be living organisms? James Lovelock has proposed just that in his Gaia hypothesis which has been well received certainly in the popular science press. As Sir Roger points out the sun is in thermodynamic equilibrium with the earth transmitting as much energy to earth in the form of high energy bosons or photons in sunlight and receiving an equal amount back in a larger number of lower energy bosons (infrared waves) during the day and night. The inference is that the sun, earth and the planets all generate their own energy, the sun doing so by nuclear fusion of hydrogen. Humanity may be viewed as a giant organism populating an even larger organism, Gaia. In which case is the energy all of humanity generates progressing to a state of higher or lower entropy? That would seem to depend upon whether one considers all of humanity to be a thriving infant or an ageing adult. James Lovelock's accounting of the state of Gaia in his most recent book, "The Revenge of Gaia", leaves little doubt that humanity is an ageing adult. In which case global injury and violence may be a direct consequence of it the brain being most sensitive to a decline in energy charge as clinical experience of the critically ill has established. Perhaps one should take Fred Adams's view of entropy and conclude that humanity is progressing to a higher entropy state as a whole but exhibiting different degrees of entropy paradox in different communities and segments within those communities. In which case human conduct and energy charge are intimately related and all of the factors that might compromise the energy charge of all of humanity. These include the rapid growth in the population, the failure to meet all nutient demands, the failure to provide the gaseous environment conducive to optimizing oxidative phosphorylation, and the environmental toxins inhibiting oxidative phosporylation. Leplace determinism allows causes of past events to be determined and future events to be predictive with reasonable degrees of statistical confidence provided the initial conditions can be defined. The methodology has been refined for determining events at the Big Bang. It might be constructive to construct models with the future of humanity in mind. I doubt that the model will include global warming, nuclear war or any of the other Armageddon scenarios depicted in the popular press and entertainment industry. 1. Every driver needs metabolic testing and the information needs to be stored in a "black box" Richard G Fiddian-Green (22 July 2004) eLetter re: R A Shults, D A Sleet, R W Elder, G W Ryan, and M Sehgal Association between state level drinking and driving countermeasures and self reported alcohol impaired driving Inj Prev 2002; 8: 106-110 2. Richard G Fiddian-Green Irreversible shock, gastric intramucosal pH and energy charge. http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/78/2/155#1417, 12 Mar 2005 www.cmaj.ca/cgi/eletters/174/5/620

DO you now why professional Athletes make so much money than,say,professional teachers? take a look :? Rich Athletes, Poor Teachers By Dan McLaughlin Posted on 7/11/2007 | Subscribe or Tell Others | Top professional athletes regularly sign multi-million dollar contracts, with signing bonuses and lucrative product promotion deals. Why do professional athletes make so much more money than, say, professional teachers? Do people really value sports more than they value education? Teachers provide a service that is generally accepted as contributing real value to the development of society. Some people view sports, however, as superfluous. They think of it as something that society could function well without. It doesn't seem to make sense that work deemed important by most people could be valued far less than that which may be unnecessary or seen as frivolous to many. This is similar to a paradox of old: Why are diamonds so expensive and water so cheap, when water is absolutely essential to the life of every human, and diamonds are basically luxuries that every person is capable of living very well without? The answer is scarcity. When some item is widely available in abundance, such as water in most inhabited areas, the next unit acquired will be relatively inexpensive, the value applied to it by users will be low. If you don't take one gallon now, there will always be more where that came from. If something is scarce, diamonds for instance, buyers will bid the price up because many people want the few gems available. The value to the chooser of the next available unit is the only thing that matters in decision making. The more readily available the supply, the lower the price will be. The higher the demand, the more people who want the item, the higher the price will be. The price eventually agreed upon is a balance of both forces, supply and demand. When we talk about the value of athletes versus the value of teachers, we are talking about particular choices with limited scope. We don't have to make the choice between all athletes or all teachers. We are not selecting the profession of sports to the exclusion of the profession of education. The real choice made in every day life is how much the employer values what this particular teacher offers, and how much the team values what that particular athlete offers. There are some very good teachers, but teaching in a typical classroom is not generally a route to superstardom. There are relatively limited classroom positions in any geographic area, and usually plenty of competent and capable people willing to fill the spots. They are similar to water in our example. They may be necessary; they may be very good; they may provide a valuable service; but they are also abundant. Aspiring athletes get to be superstars because they have some type of rare talent. Top athletes can do things that mere mortals can't. Most have paid a heavy personal cost to get there. Many more try, but don't even come close. Only a tiny fraction actually make it to the big time. The level of ability and dedication it takes to be a superstar is, indeed, very rare. That rarity makes athletes the diamonds in the realm of professional endeavors. They have millions of adoring fans willing to pay money to see them. The supply is extremely low and the demand is extremely high. They command a high price for the same reason that diamonds are expensive. $15 An exposition that has never been superseded. All athletes, however, are not diamonds: some are rubies; some are quartz; some are coal. Those who are not diamonds command less pay and may play at lower levels, farm teams, semi-pro or amateur leagues. There are also different levels in teaching. While some are not called "teachers," they still need to be included for comparison. Some are called professors, consultants, professional trainers, public speakers, writers, etc. The level of pay for any of them depends on the perceived value of the skill each individual exhibits in relation to the skills of those that would replace him or her. Hence, a renowned consultant or professor with a significant reputation, someone who is a popular writer or has taught many thousands of people, may actually make millions of dollars. He or she is just as much a teacher, and, though called by a different name, can be thought of as a superstar of teaching. In the case of both athlete and teacher, the rarity of the skill and the number of people who benefit from the individual determines the level of pay. Scarcity in relation to the level of demand determines value for all things. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan McLaughlin is a former corporate financial officer and is currently a columnist for The Post Journal.

Can someone give me revisions suggestions (clarity, organization, details, order of paragraphs, etc) Thanks? sorry for the ambiguous paragraph breaks. Thesis is: Debussy's experimentations and unconventional ways have revolutionized the art of music, influencing many later composers and sparking new forms of music such as jazz.

Is there an expectation that elected representatives must exhibit a level of consistency in their judgment ? Or, should they simply vote based on what is popular?

Doing my MBA i have chosen marketting &Finance the problem is i am an introvert.Can i be a good manager? I need ur advice.I am well regarded among students as a knowledgeable guy.And help my friends when ever need arises.But i am a bit inward looking guy.I cannot befriend people immediately and it takes time.i do make good friends but it takes time.And i dont know if it is a problem with my looks or so people dont thing so highly of me in our first meetings but eventually they give me respect. It is not in my nature to jump into something with out thinking and some people say that i dont exhibit much leadership qualities. Due to my nature i am not so much popular with my teachers also They easily get me lost among other students .Because i study in a college where they dont give the necessary training to build up the personality. Before joining the course i worked for an auto dealership where i was an ordinary sales man who was never short of ideas. Can i become a good manager?

Why yahoo displays the "lower your billsAD' which shows a naked man and woman dancing immorally? This is bad. Yahoo is one of the most popular websites and search engines. Millions of kids are using yahoo daily. How can you let such pornographic dance be exhibited on the front page. I'am sure that in days to come you'll be in trouble for that if you don't remove that immoral AD detail. Thanks for understanding.

I need help combining 2 sentences to make 1? Example: He landed on a flower bed beneath. Fortunately it was soft because it had just been spaded. Fortunately he landed on a soft, newly spaded flower bed beneath. The house was green.It was sold. The green house was sold. ____________________________________________ Question: Sarah bought a new car. Her old car had been run 90,000 miles. We were delayed. Our train had been caught in rough weather. The art exhibit was very popular. We waited a long time in line to be admitted. i cant conect them with because in the middle the point is to make them 1 sentence without using because or so

Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince? who are some people from tv, movies, popular culture, politics, etc. who exhibit machiavellian traits? and how do they express these traits? thanks! :D

Machiavelli- The Prince? who are some people from tv, movies, popular culture, politics, etc. who exhibit machiavellian traits? and how do they express these traits? thanks! :D

When should a breed BE IGNORED? WHEN BREED SHOULD BE IGNORED Can a law that bans or restricts ownership of specific breeds of dogs—called a “breed-specific law”—protect the members of your community from dog attacks? According to experts, the answer is no. Why? Popular breeds come and go. When ownership of one breed of dog is outlawed, those who want a dangerous dog simply turn to another breed. The Doberman pinscher—known as the dangerous dog breed of the 1970s—was replaced in popularity by the pit bull in the ’80s and the rottweiler in the ’90s. Breed-specific laws require that someone be able to prove that a specific dog is a member, or a mix, of that breed—not always an easy task. Boxers and bulldogs, for instance, may be mistaken for pit bulls. Any medium-large sized black and tan dog with a long tail may be mistakenly labeled as a German shepherd. Breed-specific legislation doesn’t acknowledge the fact that a dog of any breed can become dangerous. The law should protect your community from any such dog. Breed-specific laws are difficult, costly, and sometimes impossible to enforce. It’s one thing to require that every rottweiler in your community be muzzled whenever outside of the home; it’s another to fund and support adequate animal control staff to ensure that this happens. In 1987 the Cincinnati City Council banned all pit bulls within the city after a series of severe maulings and one human fatality involving the dogs. The ban was passed even though the state of Ohio and the city of Cincinnati already had statutes that allowed authorities to seize any dog known to have injured or killed a person or another dog. Nearly ten years later, the council’s law committee recommended that the ban be repealed, saying that it was unnecessary. The council recommended that pit bulls be handled like any other dogs and that owners be prosecuted only when the dogs were unrestrained or exhibited dangerous behavior. It made this recommendation in part due to the cost of enforcement. Confiscated dogs spent up to five months at the city’s contracted shelter while the cases against the dogs’ owners were being litigated. Many of the confiscated dogs were family companions with no history of aggression. Legislation that restricts breeds may actually create a population of dangerous dogs within your community. When a community imposes strict regulations on a specific breed of dog, owners of those dogs may end up chaining or caging the dogs for long periods of time. Dogs so chained or caged can be so desperate for activity that they become uncontrollable should they escape. Restricted dogs often receive little veterinary care because it is difficult for their owners to transport them to a veterinary facility without violating restrictions. Most importantly, restricted dogs who don’t get to experience normal opportunities for socialization and training will undoubtedly act in an unpredictable fashion when exposed to the real world

Any favorites? I just wanted to post this to see what people think of my photos... I have an exhibit coming up and I could use feedback about which images people like the most. In order for me to know which photos are popular, you'll have to leave comments for, and or rate the photos you like. http://wysardphotofolio.smugmug.com Thanks for the help! Hope you enjoy!

Can you please help me?!? 10 points! just some questions? Please help with these, you don't have to answer all of them, just all that you know: 1) The amount of light utilized by a telescope is proportional to the _______ of the _______ of the aperture. 2) The largest aperture telescopes are reflectors because they require a _______ focal length. 3) The problem of a colored halo around an image formed by a simple lens is called _______. 4) True or False: The principle of magnification depends upon the relative area of light admitted into the eyepiece. 5) True or False: Refraction of light is due to the bending of light rays going through different density mediums. 6) What is the f number of a 15 cm diameter, .9 m focal length lens? 7) One parsec is equivalent to about _______ trillion miles. 8) The most advanced astronomical observations indicate that the universe exhibits a(n) _______ which is not _______ by the popular Big Bang theory of origins. Thanks in advance!

A few questions (telescopes mostly).......? Please help with these, you don't have to answer all of them, just all that you know: 1) The amount of light utilized by a telescope is proportional to the _______ of the _______ of the aperture. 2) The largest aperture telescopes are reflectors because they require a _______ focal length. 3) The problem of a colored halo around an image formed by a simple lens is called _______. 4) True or False: The principle of magnification depends upon the relative area of light admitted into the eyepiece. 5) True or False: Refraction of light is due to the bending of light rays going through different density mediums. 6) What is the f number of a 15 cm diameter, .9 m focal length lens? 7) One parsec is equivalent to about _______ trillion miles. 8) The most advanced astronomical observations indicate that the universe exhibits a(n) _______ which is not _______ by the popular Big Bang theory of origins. Thanks in advance!

Why do people insist on thinking dogs are tame wolves, when experts have determined this is not so? From: http://www.4pawsu.com/dogpsychology.htm Dogs are not tame wolves. The domestic dog is a separate species that evolved from wolves as much as 100,000 years ago. Dogs exhibit behaviors that wolves do not, such as taking directional cues from humans. Basing dog training on wolf studies is like modeling our parenting methods after those of chimpanzees. In Dogs: A Startling New Understanding of Canine Origin Behavior & Evolution, Ray and Lorna Coppinger write: "Today, the popular dog press seems to feel that if dogs descended from wolves, they would have wolf qualities. But the natural selection model points out that the wolf qualities are severely modified. Dogs do not think like wolves, nor do they behave like them...To say that dogs are descended from wolves does not make them wolves. To say we are descended from apes does not make us apes. To say we have 99 percent of the same genetic makeup as chimps does not mean we should raise our kids as if they were chimps.. More from the website: From Coppinger: "To say dogs have 100 percent the same genes as wolves does not mean we can treat them as if they were wolves. Dogs are not wolves, no matter what you call them." Biologists now know that leaders control assets more often than they control individuals through the use of force. As stated by Myrna Milani, DVM, author and veterinary ethologist: Thus the mark of a true leader is the ability to control without force. And, in fact, wild animals who rely on brute force to maintain their status typically get eliminated from the gene pool because this approach requires so much energy. Humans are neither dogs nor wolves. So when we try to replicate the behavior of either, we are genetically doomed to fail. We lack the proper physiology, timing and accuracy with which to deliver the same types of signals and corrections that dogs use with one another through tooth displays, tail, ear and body carriage. The use of dominance to explain a behavior problem not only reveals a poor understanding of behavior, but implies that dogs are plotting to take over the household. However, dogs are not that complex; dogs simply do what works. If they bark at us and we jump up and get them a cookie, the dog does not think, "Yes! I am totally dominant!" More likely he thinks "Cool! Now I know how to get a biscuit!" And yet, simply by not reacting to the dog's demand, the human remains in control. The final problem with dominance theory is that it often contradicts itself. For example, if a "dominant dog" is acting aggressively and the solution is through "calm-assertive" energy which makes the human the "dominant pack leader," wouldn't a dominant dog act calm-assertive instead of aggressive? Mental stimulation, through obedience, tricks, agility or other working activities satisfy a dog's needs for both mental and physical exercise. Walking a dog on a short leash may is more enjoyable for the human, but gives the dog little exercise (since dogs walk at a much faster pace than we do) and does not allow the dog to gain the mental stimulation from exploring his environment with off-leash activities. Forced Exercise. Running a dog on a treadmill might satisfy a physical need to run, but does not give ththe option to run, nor does it provide mental stimulation, socialization or interaction with the owner.

Would you be preserved in plastic? "My family can go to Tahiti for the price of a funeral," she said. "Why celebrate me in a box when they can go out and have fun?" The process was made popular by Gunther von Hagens' "Body Worlds," a controversial anatomy exhibit that puts real human specimens on view. Most are flayed and dissected, revealing their organs.

Help!!! Logic problem trouble! I am desperate!http://www.mysterymaster.com/puzzles/TheFloppies.html? The five Floppies are Felix the Grump, the "banana-lovin' beast", the one with blue fur, and those given life by Jim and Ms. Dix. Neither the "karate-kicking krazy" nor the character who lives in a closet is the black Floppie. Lopes (who is not Georgia) is not the one who plays Tiny Turtle. Melanie (who does not don the red costume) is not the one who portrays Felix the Grump. Tony does not play the Floppie named Bertha. Bertha's "bestest friend" - who of course is not Bertha herself - is orange and is played by a woman. Neither Frank's nor Tony's character lives in a closet. Mr. da Vinci's black Floppie is not the popular Ernestine. Green-hued Tiny Turtle (who is not Melanie's character) exhibits no particular hankering for bananas. The "gorilla next door" (who is not Felix the Grump) is not played by Tony. The Floppie who practices karate (who is not red) is not played by Lopes. Beard's character does not live in a closet Thank you RJ!!!

Have you ever been co-dependent or a co-dependee? - and have you dealt with it now and how? Codependence (or codependency) is a popular psychology concept popularized by Twelve-Step program advocates. A "codependent" is loosely defined as someone who exhibits too much, and often inappropriate, caring for persons who depend on him or her. A "codependent" is one side of a relationship between mutually needy people. The dependent, or obviously needy party(s) may have emotional, physical, financial difficulties, or addictions they seemingly are unable to surmount. The "codependent" party exhibits behaviour which controls, makes excuses for, pities, and takes other actions to perpetuate the obviously needy party's condition, because of their desire to be needed and fear of doing anything that would change the relationship. thanks champagne, you were lucky to meet someone so knowledgeable and understanding on the subject to help you recover as well Hi LG thats really interesting as these sorts of relationships seem inconsolable unless both parties face up to their individual issues otherwise its a no win situation, someone will always want the control.

Have your read that Walmart is going to celebrate Christmas this year instead of "happy holidays"? Good story Liberty Counsel NEWS RELEASE Contact: PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT - 800-671-1776 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 9, 2006 An Important Battle is Won in the War on Christmas Wal-Mart Will Stop Censorship of Ads and Greetings Orlando, FL - Wal-Mart has finally admitted that censoring Christmas is not a good idea. After experiencing a backlash last Christmas season from unhappy customers and facing frustrated employees, some of whom turned to Liberty Counsel for help, Wal-Mart retreated from its use of "Happy Holidays" and will let employees greet shoppers with "Merry Christmas." "We, quite frankly, have learned a lesson from last year," said spokeswoman Linda Blakely of Wal-Mart in an interview with USA Today news. Blakely claims Wal-Mart will say "Merry Christmas" early and often. Wal-Mart will be playing Christmas carols now through the end of the year. The world's largest retailer told its associates at a recent conference that it will bring back the Christmas pitch in an attempt to be the leader in this year's sales. Wal-Mart's advertising will announce "Christmas" and its decorations department will change from "The Holiday Shop" to "The Christmas Shop." Liberty Counsel, a nationwide, public interest civil liberties law firm, launched its fourth annual "Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign" this year and is already receiving many consumer complaints about stores refusing to recognize the Christmas holiday. On its web site, www.LC.org, Liberty Counsel offers a Help Save Christmas™ action pack, which includes educational legal memoranda to educate government officials, teachers, parents, students, private businesses, employees and others that it is legal to celebrate Christmas. The action pack also includes a very popular "I LOVE CHRISTmas™" button. Anita Staver, President of Liberty Counsel, commented: "We are glad that Wal-Mart stopped censoring Christmas. Wal-Mart should have realized it cannot censor Christmas and would have avoided the wrath of the public. To those that claim there is no war against Christmas in America, Wal-Mart is 'Exhibit A' in our 'Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign'. We are having a tremendous response when we ask the public to report a 'grinch' in their community. Wal-Mart has been removed from our 'grinch' list." Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, noted: "Last year our 'Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign' ignited a movement to restore Christmas. Retailers that attempt to profit from Christmas while pretending it does not exist will no longer be patronized. The tsunami of voices fed up with the secularization of Christmas was heard loud and clear, from city hall to the world's largest retailer. I am pleased that Wal-Mart will recognize Christmas this year. Now that the number one retailer has abandoned its generic 'Happy Holidays' greeting in favor of 'Merry Christmas,' other retailers no longer have an excuse to run from Christmas." ### Liberty Counsel - Post Office Box 540774 - Orlando, FL 32854 - Phone: (800) 671-1776 - Email:liberty@LC.org - ©1995-2006

Be honest, is this the absolute WORST essay you have ever read? The question was: To what extent did the natural environment shape the developement of the West beyond the Mississippi and the lives of those who settled there? This is my Essay( i had to use 2 documents): Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, many Americans considered the lands west of the Mississippi as the “Great American Desert” and unfit for civilization. However, by the mid-1840s, migrants from the eastern United States transformed this Great American Desert into a fruitful land awaiting settlement and civilization known as the “frontier.” The development of the frontier was the result of the mass population of the many different regions of the Far West. These regions were diverse in climate as well as in natural resources and, as a result, attracted different types of settlers. The wide-ranging natural landscape of the Far West offered promising lifestyles to those who chose the occupations of farmers, cattle ranchers, and miners. These groups helped to develop the western United States. Farming quickly became a popular occupation for migrants from the eastern United States. First, farming became an attractive occupation because of the successful cultivation of the Great Plains. Settlers were attracted by the shortgrass pastures for cattle and sheep, the sod of the plains, and by the meadowlands of the mountains that could be found in this region. An influx in rainfall after the 1870s turned the formerly barren plains into workable farmland. The initial journey westward for farmers was by wagon or cart. These journeys were often very difficult and dangerous. A detailed account of such a journey can be read in Document C of the DBQ. L.R. Hafen was a hard cart pioneer on an 1846-1847 trek to Salt Lake City. The development of the railroad made the idea of farming much more attractive. Second, the idea of the farmer’s lifestyle was that of the sturdy, independent farmer. However, as drought and debt plagued the farmlands of the Great Plains in the late nineteenth century, fewer farmers sought to be independent and more sought to be commercial. The lifestyle of the commercial farmer was reasonably better and less self-sufficient than that of the independent farmer; however, they were still plagued by overproduction and economic distress. Third, the settlement of farmers contributed to the development of the west in different ways. Farmers helped to create new markets and new outposts of commercial agriculture in the Great Plains for the nation’s growing economy. The independent farmer began by cultivating the land and selling to national markets while the commercial farmers expanded farming and sold cash crops in national and world markets. Farming was a reasonably established occupation in the Great Plains; however, cattle ranching also became very prominent in this region. Initially, the vast grasslands of the Great Plains were attractive to cattle ranchers. The open range was a huge domain wherein cattle raisers could graze their herds free of charge and unrestricted by the boundaries of public farms. In Document A of the DBQ a map of the Western United States can be observed. This map exhibits the vast open ranges of the Great Plains on which cattle ranchers would roam. This occupation was particularly appealing to veterans of the Confederate army and African Americans who had been dislocated after the Civil War. Next, the cattle ranchers enjoyed a life of solitary adventure among the vast plains. Every cattle rancher operated from a permanent ranch. These ranches started out small but grew and became more defined as the cattle ranchers were forced to compete with farmers for possession of land in the Great Plains. Finally, the cattle ranchers contributed to the economic development of the west by connecting the cattle industry of the west to the markets of the east. Ranchers combined their herds and drove them on “long drives” for profit. Cattle ranchers began to expand farther west and created a sturdy relationship with eastern corporations that funded them. Cattle ranching was a prominent occupation in West in the years after the Civil War; however, mining also offered substantial and quick profits to settlers. To begin, miners were first attracted to the West by the description of mineral-rich mountains and plateaus. Settlers hoped to make quick fortunes by finding precious metals. The ideal mining areas of California, Colorado, Nevada, and South Dakota were in particular attractive to mass groups of miners. Next, the lifestyle of a miner was hectic and unsound. Very few miners every really “struck it rich” and because mineral deposits were exhausted so quickly boomtowns substituted as the mining community. When one deposit was exhausted the town would pack up and travel to wherever the next mineral boom had sprung up. The lifestyle of a miner depended solely on wherever the next mineral vein would be discovered. Lastly, the settlements of western miners largely contributed to the economic development of the west. Many successful mines were uncovered and made large profits in the markets of gold, silver, quartz, copper, zinc, and other valuable minerals. Boomtowns explored the frontier and expanded Anglo-American settlement while contributing to the growing industrial economy of the East. Farmers, cattle ranchers, and miners truly helped to expand the development of the western frontier by tying this region to the growing industrial economy of the East. The promising natural environment attracted these settlers with its fertile farming areas, wide-open ranges, and rich mineral deposits. Settlers adjusted to their environments accordingly and worked the natural environment to successfully develop the Far West. The many natural attractions of the West during the mid-1840s were significant to the settlement and development beyond the Mississippi.

Biology help please..? I don't understand anything about biology! It's my worst subject! If I think about it I'm not at all good at predicting things and biology, well, let's just say I do not want to be a biologist someday. :o) Please help me. Snapdragons are popular garden plants that produce brightly colored flowers. When a plant that is homozygous for white flowers is crossed with a plant that is homozygous for red flowers, all offspring are pink. Snapdragons are an example of a plant that exhibits an inheritance pattern called incomplete dominance. 1. Determine the genotype of each parent plant and write them below. Use W to indicate the allele for white flowers and w to indicate the allele for red flowers. Genotype of homozygous parent plant with white flowers: Genotype of homozygous parent plant with red flowers: 2. Next, think about the gametes each parent plant will produce. List the alleles in each gamete. Parent plant with red flowers: Gamete 1: Gamete 2: Gamete 3: Gamete 4: Parent plant with white flowers: Gamete 1: Gamete 2: Gamete 3: Gamete 4: Thanks so much in advance for all your help. Thanks, you both have really helped me. I just don't understand biology. To all who are a biochemist or biologist -what's the difference,I don't know; but you all must be very intelligent. Thanks for all your help.

Please reread this for me, check for mistakes for me also. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!? Longtime residents of San Marcos, Texas can remember Aquarena Springs by the mermaid performers in the submarine theater. By far, the most popular attraction was "Ralph, the Famous Swimming Pig." Ralph swam around Aquarena Springs performing tricks and dives until the early 1990s, when he retired.Other features of the park was a Swiss Sky Ride (a Von Roll skyride), an observation deck that moved vertically 220 feet above the lake and rotated 360 degrees. Paul Rogers developed a hotel there and introduced glass bottom boats on the lake.Texas State University purchased Aquarena Springs in 1994. Aquarena Springs was founded by A.B Rogers, and was operated as an amusement park until 1996, when the park was closed and converted by the university to an environmental learning center, now known as Aquarena Center. The center still offers glass bottom boat tours, now it also includes environmental education tours, an endangered species exhibit, Wetlands Boardwalk, natural aquarium and scientific diving training. THANKS JOSH! it helps alot! and the other dude, I asked can you please reread this for me, and also I just wanted to make sure I did it right, I never said to write it for me.

Home Work PLEASE reread, check Grammer, spelling ETC. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!? Longtime residents of San Marcos, Texas, can remember Aquarena Springs by the mermaid performers in the submarine theater. But by far, the most popular attraction was "Ralph, the Famous Swimming Pig." Ralph swam around Aquarena Springs performing tricks and dives until the early 1990s, when he retired. Other features of the park were a Swiss Sky Ride (a Von Roll skyride), an observation deck that moved vertically 220 ft above the lake and rotated 360º, They also developed a hotel there and introduced glass bottom boats on the lake. In 1994, Aquarena Springs was purchased by Texas State University. Aquarena Springs was operated as an amusement park until 1996, when the park was closed and converted by the university to an environmental learning center now known as Aquarena Center. The center still offers glass bottom boat tours plus environmental education tours, an endangered species exhibit and natural aquarium and scientific diving training. Thank you all, and to the person who said it was boring... live in San Marcos if you think that was boring. LOL. THANKS Roxy, WILL DO! THANKS badgirlinblack, I really mean it. thanks ♥cняiѕтїŋ..., ok, I got it, THANKS ALOT MAN! this REALLY helps! THANKS Amber! It looks better already! p.s at the end should i put ''Aquarena Springs will be missed by the residents of San Marcos, Texas.'' ????.... or how should I end it?

Do You Really Know Why You Hate? Elisabeth Hasselbeck? No, you don't but I will explain why I don't defend Elisabeth Hasselbeck becuase I'm a conservative, because I'm not a conservative nor am I a liberal. I defend her because she's smokin' HOTT and has nice juggs and am fine with that reason. Only a gay man, a jealous woman (the word jealous exists you know, woman can exhibit jealous behavior FYI!!) or one who's mind is so limited that he/she has to use politics to clearly identify his personality would be against not looking at Elisabeth Hasselbeck. If she were a liberal, or if being conservative was the way you defined your personality (which is rarely the case since being conservative is not popular) then you would love Elisabeth and her beautiful juggs just as much as I do. STOP using politics amongst other things to better define your personaliy!!!!! The reason for my first paragraph was to prevent responses like "this is the republican BS that supports bush and his war of murder!" I never said that it was shallow to define someone on their political beliefs or morals. yes while it may be shallow to define someone by their physical appearance and boob size, I still appreciate Ms. Hasselbecks morals. ButI love defending her cuz she's hott, thats the real deal. I pointed out jealousy in case someone would identify another or themselves as jealous to veer away from the point of this question which is that people use politics to better define their personality. Please Read and Don't miss the Point. The reason for my first paragraph was to prevent responses like "this is the republican BS that supports bush and his war of murder!" I never said that it was shallow to define someone on their political beliefs or morals. yes while it may be shallow to define someone by their physical appearance and boob size, I still appreciate Ms. Hasselbecks morals. ButI love defending her cuz she's hott, thats the real deal. I pointed out jealousy in case someone would identify another or themselves as jealous to veer away from the point of this question which is that people use politics to better define their personality, and that they don't really mean what they say about someone, they do it because they have no personality so they use politics. Please Read and Don't miss the Point. The reason for my first paragraph was to prevent responses like "this is the republican BS that supports bush and his war of murder!" I never said that it was shallow to define someone on their political beliefs or morals. yes while it may be shallow to define someone by their physical appearance and boob size, I still appreciate Ms. Hasselbecks morals. ButI love defending her cuz she's hott, thats the real deal. notice I said "I'm fine with that" I pointed out jealousy in case someone would identify another or themselves as jealous to veer away from the point of this question which is that people use politics to better define their personality, and that they don't really mean what they say about someone, they do it because they have no personality so they use politics. Please Read and Don't miss the Point.

How many Christians believe that these are the actual bones of the wise men? Published: 12.09.2007 Wise men's bones part of Catholic relics exhibit By Stephanie Innes ARIZONA DAILY STAR The history Epiphany, a Christian holiday celebrated Jan. 6, commemorates the day the Magi visited the newborn Jesus. In Latin-American tradition, the day is known as Three Kings Day. The Bible doesn't say how many Magi followed the star until they found Jesus, but through the years the number three has been adopted in Christian tradition because they brought three gifts — gold, frankincense and myrrh. The story says the Magi — or wise men — came from the East and followed the star in search of the newborn king. The three men are believed to have been astrologers, and their submission to Jesus often is viewed as the submission of magical arts and superstition to the Lord. Because the Magi apparently arrived after Christ was born, the date of Jan. 6 was adopted in about the fifth century. Various cultures adopted numerous Epiphany traditions through the years. One that's popular in Europe includes blessing homes by writing the year, with the symbols C + M + B, in chalk above the front door of homes, a practice sometimes called smudging. Next year, that symbolism would read: 20 C + M + B 08. Some believe the letters stand for the names of the three Magi later adopted by tradition: Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. Others say they symbolize the Latin phrase "May Christ bless this house" — Christus mansionem benedicat. If you go The "Relics of the Three Wise Men" exhibit will be at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 8650 N. Shannon Road, 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. today; and at St. Augustine Cathedral, 192 S. Stone Ave., 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Tiny fragments of bone believed to be remains of the three wise men who visited the newborn Jesus will be on display in Tucson for two days this week. The Catholic relics tour, titled "Come Let Us Adore Him," will be at the Northwest Side's St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church today, and at Downtown's St. Augustine Cathedral on Tuesday. "This is the closest I'm going to get to God in my physical lifetime," said Arizona Knights of Columbus spokesman John Garcia. "And since this is a time of Christmas, it puts us closer in touch with the birth of Christ." The Arizona Knights of Columbus, a Catholic men's group, and the Apostolate for Holy Relics, a non-profit organization, are co-sponsors. The exhibit is also expected to feature relics from the manger, fabric from the Virgin Mary's veil and Joseph's coat, and a bone fragment from St. Elizabeth, who was the Virgin Mary's ninth cousin. "It's a tangible thread between heaven and Earth," said Thomas Serafin, a lay Catholic who is president of the Apostolate for Holy Relics. "It allows us to gather as Christians and sometimes as non-Christians, put aside the man-made differences, give thanks, and ask for intercession for our lives and our families," he said. The relics, which come from a collection in the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) in Cologne, Germany, were on display in Phoenix Nov. 30 and Dec. 2 and will return to Phoenix and Gilbert after the Tucson exhibit. Arizona is the first stop on the relics' international tour. The next stop is Guam. Though the authenticity of the relics hasn't been scientifically proven, Garcia, the Arizona Knights of Columbus spokesman, said they have a long history of being venerated. "Remember that this was a time when they needed something physical to believe with. It was a time of coming out of superstition," he said. The Apostolate for Holy Relics says Emperor Flavius Zeno brought the Magi relics from Persia to Constantinople in the fifth century. Believers say the relics later appeared in the Basilica of St. Eustorgius in Milan, and then were taken to Cologne in 1162 after Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa of Germany invaded Italy. The display in Cologne is called the Sarcophagus of the Magi. The exterior is seven feet of gilded silver and jewels, and inside are three golden-crowned skulls believed to belong to the Magi, or wise men. "If my faith is what it is, it allows me to believe these articles really do go back to the point and time when they touched the Lord and Savior," said Tucsonan Antonio Otero, a parishioner at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and marshal for the Arizona Knights of Columbus. "That's why I'm so excited — it's something tangible that I can see with my eyes, and my Lord's eyes gazed at them as well." Otero said he's not sure what turnout to expect. It is a busy time of year and it's difficult to gauge interest in relics, he said. But he added that the relics are coming during the season of Advent, the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas, an important time of year to reflect on the Christmas season. Serafin's organization has sponsored similar relic tours in Tucson. In October 2003, about 2,000 Tucsonans saw the Tilma of Tepeyac relic, a half-inch square of cloth that Catholics believe was part of a tilma — an Aztec word meaning a poncho-like cloak — worn by St. Juan Diego in 1531 when the humble Aztec peasant spoke to the Virgin Mary on Tepeyac Hill outside Mexico City. In February 2005, at least 1,200 Tucsonans saw the Relics of the Passion, said to be from Jesus Christ's last hours. "We do need tangible things to make our minds work," Serafin said. "Scientific testing isn't as important as the meaning in the hearts of the people who visit the relics." The history Epiphany, a Christian holiday celebrated Jan. 6, commemorates the day the Magi visited the newborn Jesus. In Latin-American tradition, the day is known as Three Kings Day. The Bible doesn't say how many Magi followed the star until they found Jesus, but through the years the number three has been adopted in Christian tradition because they brought three gifts — gold, frankincense and myrrh. The story says the Magi — or wise men — came from the East and followed the star in search of the newborn king. The three men are believed to have been astrologers, and their submission to Jesus often is viewed as the submission of magical arts and superstition to the Lord. Because the Magi apparently arrived after Christ was born, the date of Jan. 6 was adopted in about the fifth century. Various cultures adopted numerous Epiphany traditions through the years. One that's popular in Europe includes blessing homes by writing the year, with the symbols C + M + B, in chalk above the front door of homes, a practice sometimes called smudging. Next year, that symbolism would read: 20 C + M + B 08. Some believe the letters stand for the names of the three Magi later adopted by tradition: Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. Others say they symbolize the Latin phrase "May Christ bless this house" — Christus mansionem benedicat. If you go The "Relics of the Three Wise Men" exhibit will be at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 8650 N. Shannon Road, 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. today; and at St. Augustine Cathedral, 192 S. Stone Ave., 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. ● Contact reporter Stephanie Innes at 573-4134 or sinnes@azstarnet.com.

Looking for an Photo Exhibit on Hawaiian Plants and Animals at Explorers Hall in DC in 2006? I am looking for any links to a photography exhibit that was at the National Geographic Explorers Hall in Washington DC in early 2006. I attended the exhibit which was fabulous, but cannot recall the photographer or find any information about it. These were huge photos of wildlife (birds, plants, invertabrates) on white backgrounds. I am looking for any links to this information. There was another exhibit on Judas at the same time which was very popular.

help with a summary? Last Rites for Indian Dead by Suzan Shown Harjo What if museums, universities, and government agencies could put your dead relatives on display or keep them in boxes to be cut up and otherwise studied? What if you believed that the spirits of the dead could not rest until their human remains were placed in a sacred area? The ordinary American would say there ought to be a law—and there is, for ordinary Americans. The problem for American Indians is that there are too many laws of the kind that make us the archeological property of the United States and too few of the kind that protect us from such insults. Some of my own Cheyenne relatives’ skulls are in the Smithsonian Institution today, along with those of at least 4,500 other Indian people who were violated in the 1800s by the U.S. Army for an “Indian Crania Study.” It wasn’t enough that these unarmed Cheyenne people were mowed down by the cavalry at the infamous Sand Creek massacre; many were decapitated and their heads shipped to Washington as freight. (The Army Medical Museum’s collection is now in the Smithsonian.) Some had been exhumed° only hours after being buried. Imagine their grieving families’ reaction on finding their loved ones disinterred° and headless. Some targets of the Army’s study were killed in noncombat situations and beheaded immediately. The officer’s account of the decapitation of the Apache chief Mangas Coloradas in 1863 shows the pseudoscientific nature of the exercise. “I weighed the brain and measured the skull,” the good doctor wrote, “and found that while the skull was smaller, the brain was larger than that of Daniel Webster.” These journal accounts exist in excruciating detail, yet missing are any records of overall comparisons, conclusions, or final reports of the Army study. Since it is unlike the Army not to leave a paper trail, one must wonder about the motive for its collection. The total Indian body count in the Smithsonian collection is more than 19,000, and it is not the largest in the country. It is not inconceivable that the 1.5 million of us living today are outnumbered by our dead stored in museums, educational institutions, federal agencies, state historical societies, and private collections. The Indian people are further dehumanized by being exhibited alongside the mastodons and dinosaurs and other extinct creatures. Where we have buried our dead in peace, more often than not the sites have been desecrated. For more than two hundred years, relic-hunting has been a popular pursuit. Lately, the market in Indian artifacts has brought this abhorrent activity to a fever pitch in some areas. And when scavengers come upon Indian burial sites, everything found becomes fair game, including sacred burial offerings, teeth, and skeletal remains.One unusually well-publicized example of Indian grave desecration occurred two years ago in a western Kentucky field known as Slack Farm, the site of an Indian village five centuries ago. Ten men—one with a business card stating “Have Shovel, Will Travel”—paid the landowner $10,000 to lease digging rights between planting seasons. They dug extensively on the forty-acre farm, rummaging through an estimated 650 graves, collecting burial goods, tools, and ceremonial items. Skeletons were strewn about like litter. What motivates people to do something like this? Financial gain is the first answer. Indian relic-collecting has become a multimillion-dollar industry. The price tag on a bead necklace can easily top $1,000; rare pieces fetch tens of thousands. And it is not just collectors of the macabre° who pay for skeletal remains. Scientists say that these deceased Indians are needed for research that someday could benefit the health and welfare of living Indians. But just how many dead Indians must they examine? Nineteen thousand? There is doubt as to whether permanent curation of our dead really benefits Indians. Dr. Emery A. Johnson, former assistant Surgeon General, recently observed, “I am not aware of any current medical diagnostic or treatment procedure that has been derived from research on such skeletal remains. Nor am I aware of any during the thirty-four years that I have been involved in American Indian . . . health care.” Indian remains are still being collected for racial biological studies. While the intentions may be honorable, the ethics of using human remains this way without the full consent of relatives must be questioned. Some relief for Indian people has come on the state level. Almost half of the states, including California, have passed laws protecting Indian burial sites and restricting the sale of Indian bones, burial offerings, and other sacred items. Rep. Charles E. Bennett (D-Fla.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) have introduced bills that are a good start in invoking the federal government’s protection. However, no legislation has attacked the problem headon by imposing stiff penalties at the marketplace, or by changing laws that make dead Indians the nation’s property. Some universities—notably Stanford, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Seattle—have returned, or agreed to return, Indian human remains; it is fitting that institutions of higher education should lead the way.Congress is now deciding what to do with the government’s extensive collection of Indian human remains and associated funerary objects. The secretary of the Smithsonian, Robert McC. Adams, has been valiantly° attempting to apply modern ethics to yesterday’s excesses. This week, he announced that the Smithsonian would conduct an inventory and return all Indian skeletal remains that could be identified with specific tribes or living kin. But there remains a reluctance generally among collectors of Indian remains to take action of a scope that would have a quantitative impact and a healing quality. If they will not act on their own—and it is highly unlikely that they will—then Congress must act. The country must recognize that the bodies of dead American Indian people are not artifacts to be bought and sold as collector’s items. It is not appropriate to store tens of thousands of our ancestors for possible future research. They are our family. They deserve to be returned to their sacred burial grounds and given a chance to rest. The plunder of our people’s graves has gone on too long. Let us rebury our dead and remove this shameful past from America’s future. 0 comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) __________________________________________ Recently Dugg Stories The Covers Project The Covers Project began as a simple idea to help listeners discover new music by showcasing covers of famous songs. Users can search for their favorite artists and listen to different renditions of their songs online. 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People who believe Jesus never existed, what are your thoughts on the writings of Cornelius Tacitus? And also to those who contend that there are no records of Jesus' existence outside of the Bible and to those that contend that Jesus is a fictional character. Below is an excerpt from Book XV of the Annals of Cornelius Tacitus believed to have been written in the early 100's. Tacitus was a former Roman Governor of Britain and of Aquitania and a respected Roman historian known to be reliable. In it he mentions that Christ existed and was executed; that he had followers; and that Emperor Nero, WHO DIED IN 68 A.D., killed Christians, including by crucifixion. Plus Tacitus, being Roman, had no reason nor motive to promote Jesus Christ. In fact he even calls following Christ "evil". "Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty under the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part find their center and became popular. Accordingly, they first arrested all who pleaded guilty; then, upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much for their crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind. Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths. Covered with the skin of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burned, to serve a nightly illumination, when daylight had expired. Nero offered his gardens for the spectacle, and was exhibiting a show in the circus, while he mingled with the people in the dress of a charioteer or stood aloft on a car, Hence, even for criminals who deserved extreme and exemplary punishment, there arose a feeling of compassion; for it was not, as it seemed, for the public good, but to glut one man's cruelty, that they were being destroyed." I know this question has been asked before; but I want to see what excuses people come up with this time. Well Jesus' actual name was Yeshua; the name "Jesus" in an English variation that didn't appear until about the 1500's. Janet: "But I do call into question a story that was written about someone more then 67yrs after their "death"." Ok so then by your logic if someone wrote about, say, former Vice President Charles Curtis today, you would also "call it into question"? To the people who say that it is forged (Taive and Canadian Atheist); like many have argued in the past, why would they still paint Christianity as being so bad for, especially a Catholic bishop like Eusebius? If he or anyone else was trying to fake a writing and pass it off as that of a historian's; then logic would stand to dictate that they wouldn't write that that Christ's followers were committing "abominations" and were "evil". Nor would a Catholic bishop with a Christianity promoting agenda write that Christians had a "hatred against mankind". lainiebsky: Yes of course I know when he wrote it; hence why I specifically mentioned it in one of my opening sentences. The early 100's is still pretty early. While Tacitus' exact date of death is not known; most sources list it as being 120. My point was that so many people are Hell bent on sticking to their contention that there is NO mention of Jesus outside of the Gospels. Nic4: He also mentions the actual person that they follow (although yes it is by title and not by name as skeptik points out; but also it was a common reference to Jesus) and that they were being persecuted. If Jesus supposedly never existed; then how would he have so many followers in 35 or less years after his death and resurrection, enough for Nero to launch crusade against them? Mike K.: "This doesn't change the fact that none of the historians, writers, philosophers, teachers, leaders, etc. alive and aware at the time Jesus was said to have lived never heard of him or wrote of him. There is a complete absence of records of him from that time, and this was one of the most documented eras in human history...and doesn't give any real account on the life of Christus. " Well; as you know Jesus' following was much bigger AFTER his lifetime. Jesus, who may I remind you only had a three year ministry; was not known enough outside of the Palestine area until after his resurrection. What I mean was that Tacitus' job or aim was to write of the Roman Empire; not to write a biography of a Jew. But he DID write of the EFFECTS of Jesus' presence on the Roman Empire; both in Judea and Rome. skeptic: It's obviously an English translation. Seriously some people are ridiculous. If a historian was writing about ANY other figure in the history of time, any emperor or caesar or king or scientist or general or explorer or writer or politician or whatever the writing would never be questioned once. But if it's about Jesus; oh no; gotta be a fake. Gotta be attacked. I agree Tacitus was not an eyewitness; but it IS a mention of Jesus outside of the Bible.

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Non-christian sources that discuss Jesus in ancient times? Did you know this? Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus recorded information pertaining to Jesus, thus removing the only supporting source for His existence as being in the New Testament. In 115 A.D., Tactius wrote about the great fire in Rome, "Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberious at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their center and become popular. Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty; then upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind. Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths, Covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination, when daylight had expired. Nero offered his gardens for the spectacle, and was exhibiting a show in the circus, while he mingled with the people in the dress of charioteer or stood aloft on a car. Hence, even for criminals who deserved extreme and exemplary punishment, there arose a feeling of compassion; for it was not, as it seemed, for the public good, but to glut one man's cruelty, that they were being destroyed." It is believed by some scholars that Tactius gained his information about Christ from official records, perhaps actual reports written by Pilate. Tactius also wrote about the burning of the Jerusalem temple by the Romans in 70 A.D. Thallus wrote about the crucifixion of Jesus. His writing date to circa 52 A.D. and the passage on Jesus was contained in Thallus' work on the Eastern Mediterranean world from the Trojan War to 52 A.D. Thallus noted that darkness fell on the land at the time of the crucifixion. He wrote that such a phenomenon was caused by an eclipse. Though Christ was not proclaimed a deity until the fourth century, Pliny the Younger, a Roman author and administrator who served as the governor of Bithynia in Asia Minor, wrote in 112 A.D., two hundred years before the "deity" proclamation, that Christians in Bithynia worshipped Christ. Only Josephus was called into question and I did not mention him...

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finding nemo and it.? did you know that Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are cold-blooded, covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. Fish are abundant in the sea and in fresh water, with species being known from mountain streams (e.g., char and gudgeon) as well as in the deepest depths of the ocean (e.g., gulpers and anglerfish). They are of tremendous importance as food for people around the world, either collected from the wild (see fishing) or farmed in much the same way as cattle or chickens (see aquaculture). Fish are also exploited for recreation, through angling and fishkeeping, and fish are commonly exhibited in public aquaria. Fish have an important role in many cultures through the ages, ranging as widely as deities and religious symbols to subjects of books and popular movies,i like fish do u?

how many of you have tried to comitt suicide? there are so many posts here about killing one's self. Please please please do not do so. There are so many people who love and care for you. Honestly it is hard for loved ones to admit that someone they love has a mental illness because it is something they cannot fix nor understand unless they have been in the situation themselves. If you are exhibiting signs of suicide I would go to the ER immediately the next time you think about killing yourself and tell them you are a suicide risk. In the meantime call your general practitioner and tell him/her exactly what you have told us. the doctor will want to start you on antidepressants immediately (mental note- those take time to work so if you don't see results immediately give it time), but before you let him prescribe you anything ask to be referred immediately to a psychiatrist. They are the only ones with the specialized training necessary to properly diagnose and treat your condition. ________________________ general practitioners are great, but they tend to prescribe meds that are popular during this time- not what would be best for you. that is why a psychiatrist is the best for antidepressants and counseling. “Suicide is not chosen; it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain.” But there are people out there who can be with you in this horrible time, and will not judge you, or argue with you, or send you to a hospital, or try to talk you out of how badly you feel. They will simply care for you. Find one of them. Now. Use your 24 hours, or your week, and tell someone what’s going on with you. It is okay to ask for help. Try: Send an anonymous e-mail to The Samaritans Call 1-800-SUICIDE in the U.S. Teenagers, call Covenant House NineLine, 1-800-999-9999 Look in the front of your phone book for a crisis line Call a psychotherapist Carefully choose a friend or a minister or rabbi, someone who is likely to listen muffinabundant- you are a complete idiot. Antidepressants, properly prescribed, have helped MILLIONS of people including myself.

Okay, please help me! People look down on me now!? ? People considering my sisters look up to me and know that im confident and a popular person.. I didn't know that i will have some conflicts regarding self-esteem issues.. So okay, little by little my self-esteem was going down.. at the same time i exhibited bad attitudes to hide my problem.. but now they can see that im just a person who is acting confident but actually is very self-conscious and insecure and weird. Now my younger sister and some other ppl pay no attention to me anymore since im just a person acting high and all that but actually is very self-conscious and scared. I don't know how to bring they're respect back! I don't know what to do in this type of situation.. im just a weirdo now who is being ignored.

DO you now why professional Athletes make so much money than,say,professional teachers? take a look :? Rich Athletes, Poor Teachers By Dan McLaughlin Posted on 7/11/2007 | Subscribe or Tell Others | Top professional athletes regularly sign multi-million dollar contracts, with signing bonuses and lucrative product promotion deals. Why do professional athletes make so much more money than, say, professional teachers? Do people really value sports more than they value education? Teachers provide a service that is generally accepted as contributing real value to the development of society. Some people view sports, however, as superfluous. They think of it as something that society could function well without. It doesn't seem to make sense that work deemed important by most people could be valued far less than that which may be unnecessary or seen as frivolous to many. This is similar to a paradox of old: Why are diamonds so expensive and water so cheap, when water is absolutely essential to the life of every human, and diamonds are basically luxuries that every person is capable of living very well without? The answer is scarcity. When some item is widely available in abundance, such as water in most inhabited areas, the next unit acquired will be relatively inexpensive, the value applied to it by users will be low. If you don't take one gallon now, there will always be more where that came from. If something is scarce, diamonds for instance, buyers will bid the price up because many people want the few gems available. The value to the chooser of the next available unit is the only thing that matters in decision making. The more readily available the supply, the lower the price will be. The higher the demand, the more people who want the item, the higher the price will be. The price eventually agreed upon is a balance of both forces, supply and demand. When we talk about the value of athletes versus the value of teachers, we are talking about particular choices with limited scope. We don't have to make the choice between all athletes or all teachers. We are not selecting the profession of sports to the exclusion of the profession of education. The real choice made in every day life is how much the employer values what this particular teacher offers, and how much the team values what that particular athlete offers. There are some very good teachers, but teaching in a typical classroom is not generally a route to superstardom. There are relatively limited classroom positions in any geographic area, and usually plenty of competent and capable people willing to fill the spots. They are similar to water in our example. They may be necessary; they may be very good; they may provide a valuable service; but they are also abundant. Aspiring athletes get to be superstars because they have some type of rare talent. Top athletes can do things that mere mortals can't. Most have paid a heavy personal cost to get there. Many more try, but don't even come close. Only a tiny fraction actually make it to the big time. The level of ability and dedication it takes to be a superstar is, indeed, very rare. That rarity makes athletes the diamonds in the realm of professional endeavors. They have millions of adoring fans willing to pay money to see them. The supply is extremely low and the demand is extremely high. They command a high price for the same reason that diamonds are expensive. $15 An exposition that has never been superseded. All athletes, however, are not diamonds: some are rubies; some are quartz; some are coal. Those who are not diamonds command less pay and may play at lower levels, farm teams, semi-pro or amateur leagues. There are also different levels in teaching. While some are not called "teachers," they still need to be included for comparison. Some are called professors, consultants, professional trainers, public speakers, writers, etc. The level of pay for any of them depends on the perceived value of the skill each individual exhibits in relation to the skills of those that would replace him or her. Hence, a renowned consultant or professor with a significant reputation, someone who is a popular writer or has taught many thousands of people, may actually make millions of dollars. He or she is just as much a teacher, and, though called by a different name, can be thought of as a superstar of teaching. In the case of both athlete and teacher, the rarity of the skill and the number of people who benefit from the individual determines the level of pay. Scarcity in relation to the level of demand determines value for all things. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan McLaughlin is a former corporate financial officer and is currently a columnist for The Post Journal.

Any good, free career quizes/tests online? I've always wanted to be an author or a musician. (like, playing in a symphony type musician, not a guitar player in a band) Unfortunately, those are very unreliable careers. I will certainly pursue being an author by attempting to get things I've written published, but the fact is, I can't expect that to earn a stable income for me unless I publish a book that becomes very popular. I'm going to college, hopefully. My mom has always said I am for sure, but money is tight, so I'd have to earn some serious scolarships. I need ideas for a solid, steady career I could have that I would enjoy, just in case none of the more unreliable things I'd like to do work out. I'm fifteen right now. I really like writing, playing music, being creative and doing arts and crafts in general, and animals, just to name a few things. I'm also fascinated with the human mind, and behaviors we exhibit, that sort of thing. I don't think I have the verbal skills to be a therapist or psychiatrist. Oops, I ran out of room. D: Anyway, I was almost done. Does anyone have any suggestions for careers I might like, or links to good tests? I just realized that I spelled 'quizzes' wrong. Sheesh.

This bio site claims to show the bios of each of the present Real World cast member. Have you read their bios? Look here: http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/realworld-season19/cast.jhtml Trisha : "Age: 19 Fresno, California. Trisha is a sharp-tongued party girl from California who enjoys drinking, flirting, and flaunting herself with the popular crowd. Raised as a devout Christian by her adoptive parents... I mean has anything you've witnesses of Trisha lead you to honestly believe that she bestows any true Christian behavior and conduct to you? How is one a party girl and a "Christian" at the same time? This is what MTV shoves down the throats of the youths to mislead them into thinking "Now hey! This is the way a true Christian behaves". What do you think about this? Do you think any of the conduct exhibited by Trisha reflects that of a true Christian at all, or is it more like a piece of trash like any bar or club [NOT CONGREGATION] would welcome into it? Don't you think she should be embarrassed for claiming to be a Christian when she harasses Parisa, and yells & screams as if psycho? CORRECTION: Parisa is raised Muslim so apparently she is Muslim. Why would MTV cast crew put a Muslim in with trailer trash for quality viewing? Again, read their bios: http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/realworld-season19/cast.jhtml Is there anything Christian or self-redeeming about those [NON] qualities? MTV's Real World has lost many viewers but the lack of quality is what has lost me as nothing on that show appears to be wholesome with any Christian or truly spiritual values. Just crazies running around with absolutely no morals and no control; no guidance. Just poor quality television. MTV knows they are negatively influencing the minds of the weak youths. What gives? Kevin S: Sounds like you have an ill-guided crush. Gees, please open your eyes. MTV is propagandemizing false Christianity with those who claim to be true Christians. Trisha is a wild, loose tart, an immoral party girl who frequents the bars making herself available to anyone "I want to have sex with" she said [herself]. Stop making excuses for her, Kevin. She's broadcasting the truth about herself to the world! WE ALL SEE IT WITH OUR OWN EYES, and WE HEAR WITH OUR EARS! She is doing this, not us. Get real, right?

History Fair Project? Conflict and Compromise? Me and my partner are doing the history fair and the theme is conflict and compromise. We were thinking about doing Marie Antoinette and I was wondering if she fits in the theme? We want 2 win and we were wondering if she is a good person 2 do r project on? If you dont think she is could u list some other people u think would fit and be a good topic? we r doing an exhibit and if we do marie antoinette my sister thinks that 1 of us should dress as her. should we? and we wanna be individual and do something no one has really done? is she a popular topic? thanks

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Is this Essay good. Found it on the Internet.? The life of one person is a precious pearl of wisdom, passion, love, and guidens which allows us to seek the truth, and refuge of everyday life. The novels “The Black Echo” and “By The Cold River” display the hardship and struggles of abiding by the rules of everyday life which concurs to the beliefs of the criminal life; which eventually leads to a death of an individual. “The Black Echo” presents the rise and fall of an individual in the criminal life more effectively than “By The Cold River”, and is a much greater example of one’s struggle to determine their identity in constant masses of mental suffering which can be seen through the stages of mental and physical suffering, the evolution and the destruction of a characters beliefs through his unimaginable mindset. The justification of beliefs through the process of mind vision alone is tempting to the fact that uncharitable and unreliable credibility can be mounted and brought up to one’s judgment. In the case of Harry Bosch in the novel “The Black Echo”, Bosch deals with a lot of secondary distractions which lead to an excess of uncanny decisions that ultimately leads to his failure as a lone just detective with moral rights. “You mean the window? I’m not here about that.” This quote exemplifies the distress Harry is feeling during the time of his best friend’s death; he can t seem to cope with the loss and is suffering mentally due to seeing the world surrounding him one dimensionally instead of praising the surroundings with open arms. The hardship of having to deal with emotional and mental struggles each and every single day is tedious and harmful to your mental and physical being in every shape and form. From day one the self conceived “Tunnel Rat” Harry Bosch was alone, isolated, and bridged from the rest of society. The belief to air out suggestions and dismantle ongoing connections from his surroundings, has succumbed and strained Bosch to a minimum, with only a few shreds of belongings to his aid. The mindset of philosophical vision can be attributed to such techniques exhibited by Bosch during his outcry, do discover the mysterious death of long time “Tunnel Rat” friend Ralph Cupperd, only to slowly become more devious and hateful to others during his long quest of hardship and delight for others. Stages of mental suffering can vary on the strength of one’s being or self, Harry Bosch manages to deal with his suffering with anger, full throttle, and revenge of others on a prominent case he feels needed to bring himself back to life. The dilemma of a person is an eventful stage in life without sole purpose to one’s sacred being as presented by the setting of the novel, which takes place on the outskirts of New York City. The general idea of post-cold war New York with a delusional and misunderstood Harry Bosch have led him to believe that he is just an illusion of his afterthoughts, or a product of nothing but a set of cold ashes on the floor. The evolution of Harry Bosch’s Character from a smear savvy being to a heartless, vengeful, and fearless being has made him realize the understanding of the setting around him in order to graze and relish the time of luck and charm against tough love, and hard chances on the streets of New York. The high risk of understanding what needs to be done can elude one from the promising challenges in life as attributed to Mr.Bosch’s sense of knowledge and understanding through the struggles of others. “As preposterous as I may look and sound I am the legacy of the department”. Bosch is constantly referring to himself as a generally stable person, and the only hope for the LAPD to solve the crime mystery of his late “Tunnel Rat” friend Ralph Cupperd. It is indeed noted in this passage that Bosch is struggling and going through two stages of mental suffering, he is going through internal/external suffering on the basis of Ralph and himself. In order to pursue a solid goal one must struggle to achieve it; in the case of Harry Bosch that task has been succumbed but, incomplete in the challenge of surfacing a prime case against his usual suspects. Bosch is indeed a mystery of illusions that will only be solved with a few cracks, and twirls in the direction and path of salvation even if it means jumping the gun and hording his own life for the sake of the others in his life. To master a plan one must study, elaborate, and set a goal for it as done by detective Harry Bosch. A parallel of commodities can be justified with a choice of power given to one special person on a basis of a mutual agreement. The construction of a suggested basis agreement can be stacked, and destroyed, dependant on the outcome of the heralded situation through long periods of time. The novel “By The Cold River” by Henry Perkins provides key situations where a character endures extreme limits of both physical and mental suffering as especially attributed to Joey Padilla a young sailor. The climatic point in the novel allows us to view the struggles of Joey, but allow us to observe the rise and fall of Joey Padilla. The identity of a person is crucial in identifying their general philosophical views of their surroundings, and their personal beings. The outcry of success or failure is surfaced by the gesture of completion or incompletion, as indicated by Mr. Padilla's movements through the novel. The attempt to save his own life through others has led Mr. Padilla to absorb fruitful, and sorrow reaction from the patriotic nearby towns people in Leigh Port. It’s the sense of dignity but more so pride that causes the downfall of a central character in the midst of moving up the ladder towards the ultimate goal of achieving strength, will, and freedom. The pride of Joey Padila was his sense of greatness, kindness, and, leadership to others. It is the sense of joy to conquer, to set sail or foot on something of value worth greatness in order to feel the anxiety and urge of knowing the moment of truth within or within the value of life itself. “By The Cold River” within itself presents a classic tale of moral values between many righteous people, and their wrong doings of guilt, shame, and, redemption. It is clearly evident that Joey Padilla views his surroundings rather vividly then the reader by attempting to pursued nearby towns people to respect one another, and help release Puddy the local shopkeeper whom is on the road towards exile. The wishes of our hearts, minds, and soul are just a facet of the mind towards the never ending cycle of life which is mind, and self control over one’s being. Discovering a true passion for life is difficult in making equivalent decisions, and hard sought goals to pattern out. The height at which Puddy takes is risky, but comes with a high reward in knowing the sense of joy in completing a task in a troublesome life which has cost him his past with some effect on his future. Mr. Puddy deals with the struggle of the unknown crime, the heinous deed that he was wrongfully framed for absoloutely no cause of fear, “It is I whom must fulfill the requirements of the jury, and move on with their selection” (page 79). Tony Puddy ensures the townspeople, and his lawyers that the truth will most likely be vanquished within the eyes of the ruthless human being who has kept quiet during the whole ordeal, but demands his supporters to move on with their lives in order to live and forget about the past. It is highly ironic to note that the Padilla confession to Mr. Puddy on page 112 is greatly significant in determining the fate of Mr. Puddy on death row; it is the wishful confession of hurtful rumours that has contained Mr. Puddy to become isolated from the rest of society along with his unimaginable mind knowledge which has unfortunately let him down during the times of his trial. The criminal life can lead to serious distress, and loss of words to one’s self, it can also have a much harmful effect to one person’s identity, causing one to pursue a new identity under a new name. The reality can be surprising, truthful, but effective in a hurtful way. It is well known that Mr. Puddy is a drunken alcoholic in a sadistic virtue, but he is seemingly a character with great prosper, and acquainted knowledge of his surroundings which include the towns people of Leigh Port. It was a crucial decision for Joey Padilla to make; the decision of whether to talk to Tony Puddy again or not, or whether to leave Minnesota forever. Indeed Joey acknowledged his own decision, and set off to Vancouver for a stay which could possibly last for millions. “You must go now, take your belongings, and leave I shall not have any part in this anymore” (page 176). Tony Puddy once again persuades Mr. Padilla and his associates to leave Minnesota to catch a flight to Vancouver, which will save him from the chances of exile, and punishment if convicted guilty during the resurrection ceremony of Mr.Puddy himself. Whether it is Joey Padilla, Tony Puddy, or even Doctor Howry, the opportunity of discovering a self –identity is priceless. Without your identity it is quite difficult to succeed in life, but with a certified identity, and a solid background the future is bright, clear, and very shiny. The comparison between two greater sets of characters is quite understandable in the achievements made during their lifetimes. In the novel “The Black Echo”, Harry Bosch is an undervalued type one homicide detective with little or no understanding of his surroundings, which indicates his isolation in greater parts of society. In complete polar similarities Tony Puddy is a drunken alcoholic with little or no room for extra mistakes, which have led him to become a popular symbol amongst the town’s people of both Leigh Port, and Bryland as he faces exile in his own part of the county. The provocative views of nature along with society has greatly affected both Joey Padilla, and Harry Bosch in an uncanny matter. Harry Bosch is similar to a glowing fire on a candle, just when it looks like it will burn out it stays in tact with the melting candle. During his background check for the usual suspects, Harry blurted out a very hard nosed statement about his local people, “ If you hate me that is one thing, but if you hate what I am doing for the sake of this city then thats another”. It is very clear that Harry is a man on a mission to make New York city a better place to live, and eliminate all drug-related gangs from the streets of the city. Whether it is a goal or not Harry's dream of living a good life shall not be forgotten as it is a need he must fulfil if he must deteriate the crime that sent his fellow “tunnel rat” Ralph Cupperd to death. The case of both Harry, and Joey is quite similar; two men coming from two different backgrounds, but with the same objective of trying to free themselves from the rut they got themselves in. In the perspective of Harry Bosch it is more personal, and theoretical then normal, as he has just lost a close friend, and everday mate he can share his troubles with, while Joey Padilla is more of the accused criminal of the public outcry. This may not be a technical fairytale type tragedy, but this is an elusive figure of what can occur, when a person fights fire with fire, only to later figure out that water must be used. The identity of one person is so precious it is like a box of temptations filled with the most glorifying, and resounding colours within them. Without an identity one may not have the pride, and the sense of knowledge to move forward, and strive for the greatest achievement. The struggle attributed to an identity search is more grueling then a scavanger hunt with extra wheels on track due in part, to its safety policy, and security checks. The foundation of life is a realm of knowledge capable of educating the mind with surreal images of our surroundings which can be linked to the understanding of a person's innerself, and moral being. It is not the case of a lost identity, but a case of hardship, and struggle of discovering the meaning of life. The icing on the cake may already have been added without notice, but a true identity always comes with notice.