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Resolved Question: Why did White southern Europeans dominate world exploration?
White southern europeans(Spain,Portugal,Italy).The only reason the northern europeans did some exploration was due to complete jealousy over the FACT that the southern europeans were taking over so they simply were followers!
9 Jun 2010, 12:21 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Why isnt Turkey inducted into the EU? Is it because they're Muslim?
I look Turkey is a pretty huge economy, and a robust one, along with that they're a secular democracy....sooo why doesnt the EU induct them already they beat little countries like Greece, spain, portugal and so by a mile, is it simply because they're muslim and EU dont want to associate an islamic nation with Europe? I hear that one a lot. how would i know? how would you know, you probably dont know any muslims and receive your news from fox news which fuels your opinion about them.
9 Jul 2010, 1:30 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Check this text please?
Hello, im learning english. Could you help me to check this text. Thanks Many people are considerably important and unforgettable in our lives because they have changed something important for us or simply for every the moments we’ve been through with them and even though they won’t be with us forever we shall never be able to forget them. A certain nice of people talk to us and we ignore them, others hurt us but doesn’t affect us but there are people who appear just one second and mark our minds and thoughts forever. Teachers have the very important responsibility of shaping the lives of youth, impressionable kids. The person I want to talk about is my ex-history teacher, her name is Nieves, although she was born in Portugal, she moved to Spain when she was barely five years old. She might be forty five right now, she‘s married and got two kids. She has travelled to many countries, there is no important place in this world where she has not been to. She is an admirable person for me, although she was a teacher, we had good relations inside and outside the school. She taught me during three years and I learned many things from her, I used to feel like I was talking to myself: she hear to me and then she advised me to take the right way, I was very confident to her. Also, she helped me into taking important decisions in my life, without doubt, she was and actually keep being a important support for me. I remember she once gave me a poster which said: "The choices we make, not the chances we take, determine our destiny" Meaning when you have made a choice, go with it, don't regret it, cause its the destiny that you chose, and it’s a very appropriate quote in my life due to there has been many radical changes over my short life. Right now, this is the most important phrase in my life and it has taught me very important things giving me significant values about how life works. She was not only important for being a remarkable support for me, she certainly was the best teacher in her subject. The experience she had from her entire life over the world made history a interesting subject even though always history seems to be the worst at school. Every single topic, such as Life in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, were a trip. I also went to Paris with my classmates and her, and obviously we had a lot of fun there. Although we haven’t met for long time for various reasons, and obviously I’m quite far from where she lives at the moment, I feel very close to her. I very often contact her by the internet which makes distances seem shorter and also many times we talk by telephone or computer, in fact, we are connected through the networks, and of course every time I travel to Spain I meet her. I recently knew she left the school where she was teaching and moved to another one. I consider her the most significant teacher in my years of education and one of the most important person in my life, she has made strong impressions on me and I’m sure she will impress me many times more.
7 Jun 2009, 11:24 am | click here to view more
Voting Question: what 2 do am soooo alone -plz answer w/ anything coz anthing help thanx-?
no friends ..what a shame .. me am a 14 years girl and am not a freak or nerd or something but i can say that when you look me you would think that am little chilly but too proud 4 nothing well the turth i hate myself i really dont like the things i do i feel that the usuall total resoult 4 any verb i do is worse than the other screwing up is becaming my habit my hobby my school mate they are portuguese (cuz i moved to portugal since 3 month) and they think in completly diffrent way they think that am so proud for speaking english -cuz i dont talk portuguese- i dunno what to do and ohh just to mention that am WALKING alone in the school yard thats even worse completly screwed ..if i would wish i would wish to have a shirt w/ screw you go away ..written on it so whats ur mind? if to make new friends -absoulutly what u would say- well the ''kids'' in my school are nt that friendly and they r soo paitentless they cant stand me -cuz the dont talk english fluently.... thats every i can say if u read the question but u dont know the answer simply answer w/ i dunno ...thanx am soooo > < and x x (unhappy n blue) - -
5 May 2009, 12:23 pm | click here to view more
Voting Question: Too many Superstitions going ooooooon (!)?
So I was diagnosed with Depression a few months ago, to be exact, around May. Then, I went to a Psychologist and she said that I had OCD (Obssessive-Compulsive Disorder) and that I was simply "Depressed", because I got sort of 'hooked' on thinking about Death and how it's not worth it to live, since we're every going to Die anyways. My parents have wasted thousands and thousands of dollars already with doctors and medication for me, but none of it seemed to work. So, when I went to Portugal this Summer (came back this Monday), my Grandmother kept telling my Mom that they should take me to this sort of 'Witch' so she could 'examine' me. I thought that it was simply ridiculous, and when we got there, she made this weird sound and started saying that I was cursed by this "ex-pal of mine" that "wanted to seek revenge" and that she "even performed a ritual with a picture of me" and every. What's ironic is that I DID cease being friends with a girl and we stopped being friends, and I have a lot of enemies, but I truly doubt that any of them would perform rituals to "destroy me" or something. So, my mom paid that 'witch' 200 Euros (which would arrive out as about 250 Dollars) for HER to perform a ritual to 'un-do' every the "bad stuff" done to me on that supposed-ritual. When I tried talking to my mom about it, and telling her that it's a sin to do that (because we are Catholic, and I talked to this Psychologist about it and she showed me on the Bible a part where it says that it's not good to perform those kinds of things), my grandma said that she knew that, but that "everyone has already consulted a Witch at least once in their lives" to try to solve a problem and stuff... She's been to a different (guy)-Witch and she ALWAYS consulted him, and he ended up fucking her up and asking for 600 Euros (about 650 Dollars) and he would give them back to her, but of course, he never did. And every my mom said was that even if it wasn't true, she wanted to "relief her conscience". Awkward. And it REALLY annoyed me, because my mom always uses the excuse that "we can't waste money on unecessary things" for almost everything I ask her to buy me.
4 Sep 2009, 7:49 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: World Cup Groups - question for EPL regs - who qualifies from each group?
Group A - South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France. Group B - Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic, Greece Group C - ENGLAND, USA, Algeria, Slovenia Group D - Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana Group E - Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon Group F - Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia Group G - Brazil, Korea DPR, Cote, D, Ivoire, Portugal Group H - Spain, Switzerland, Hondurus, Chile simply answer in the format of Group A - (team 1, team 2) that means, team 1 would be the team you picked who'd WIN their group, team 2 being the one who came runners up in it. By that, i mean enter the country name - not 'team 1, team 2' . look forward to your answers folks. every the best MR ANFIELD ACES ~ " the peoples choice " ~ Suggested Category ' FIFA 2006 World Cup' : ))
4 May 2010, 11:05 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: What does France have that the surrounding countries don't have?
I mean what makes it worth visiting any more than spain or switzerland , germany ,portugal , and so on. france must be great but i never really hear any one saying " i just got back from germany ,darlin'" but people brag about their trip to france. i know europe must have that cultural sort of feel, and i'm not challenging france i simply want your opinion what makes it so great. lol it does sound like i'm challenging france, but i'm not ,j want to know your views. don't duh me, what's the eiffle tower got on anyone it's not that special don't duh me, what's the eiffle tower got on anyone? it's not that special don't duh me, what's the eiffle tower got on anyone? it's not that special oops sorry 4 the repeat! @dml kinda rude but lol
31 May 2010, 9:01 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Why are the Portuguese complaining about Spain when they have cheated more times then John Terry on his Wife?
Wasn't it them who got Rooney sent off...when darling Ronaldo winked to the bench? or did he have some mascara in his eye? Didn't Sold Campbell rise like African with a spear to have a perfectly good header ruled out in Euro 2004 ..simply...because he was brave..Or are there rules banning the Big Black Man from scoring against innocent, shiny Portugirls? Where you complain then.. rolling around on your beds calling no no no ?.... or were you out? holding hands and having sing songs? or at home stroking your Ronaldo Blow up dolls? and banging your glad hands against your Portugal wallpaper?
30 Jun 2010, 2:31 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Are modern immigrants simply to well off to qualify for the Huddles Masses status, offered by the New Colossus?
Today's immigrants are driving new SUVs and paying Coyotes thousands of dollars to guide the way. Or in my tiny farm town they buy thousands of acres of land.Or foreclosed Homes to convert into Grow Houses. This is a lot different from the Latina people from Italy, Romania, Spain, and Portugal that arrived below the shadow of the Statue of Liberty 100 years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCruiSyDVfM&feature=related
30 Apr 2010, 10:56 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Is it true that some Irish people are descended from the lost tribes of Israel, including the tribe of Dan?
I have read account of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Gaelic for Tribe of Dan, but I have also read that this are really the Danes of Denmark. Then I have also read that the Danish were actually the tribe of Dan. They were said to be part of an ancient Israelite invasion/migration. But back then the Israelites were known as Gauls or Gaelic, because they had arrive via Gallilie in Northern Israel. Some sailed across the sea, while others moved rapidly across the land mass from the Balkans and Turkey to Eastern, then Cental Europe until they reached Northern Europe and the British Ilses. Also the tribe of Dan of Israel settlled in Tyre, Lebanon amongst the Phoneicians, as the book of Joshua in the Old Testaments of the Bible tell us. The Phoneicians then sailed out of the Mediterranean, after founding Carthage in modern day Tunisia. They had ports and communities in Spain and Portugal. From there they colonised Ireland and the Scandinavain penninsular, which is the land mass including Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Some of these Israelites / Danites / Phoenicians then influenced the local blond, brown and red / ginger haired farmers and fishermen to build seagoing vessels, and these people later became known as the Vikings, a word simply meaning "Pirate". Is any of this actually true. It does read well I know, but is there any archaeological, historical, linguistic or genetic evidience to support this migratory theory? Please send in your thoughts and answers. Thank You.
3 Oct 2009, 12:27 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Do you think Portugal will move on past Group Stages in the World Cup?
They are in the Group G with Brazil, Cote D'Ivoire and Korea DPR. Personally I think that they might receive upset by Cote D'Ivoire simply because no one has played them yet in this group and they might arrive out and be a surprise and surpass at least Portugal. I think that Brazil and Cote D'Ivoire will move on with Cote D'Ivoire surprising Portugal right out of the qualifacation rounds
3 Jun 2010, 1:45 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Living in Australia and New Zealand?
Ok I am 16 but I have time to think about the future. I live in England but I hate it. It's full of crime, it's crowded, stupid people, corrupt politicians who don't know what they're talking about. I know what it's like living in Portugal, it's stunning, awesome, I grew up there as kid, so I would consider living there. But I believe there's alot more out there. I'm going to visit Aunty in Aussie soon :). So tell me what is it like living in Australia, or New Zealand? I heard people are really nice, and I am a people person, and I like to live simply too... where time seems slower. I heard '' Kiwis '' from NZ are some of the nicest people ever. I would adore that. Thanks for reading :).
29 Mar 2009, 5:08 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Now Released: New World Order Inquiry.?
Now Released: New World Order Inquiry. Is Barack Obama's Choice as President a Manipulative Part of the Agenda for Ushering in a Masonic One World Government? "3 years ago we were commissioned by a religious institute to investigate the growing rumor that Barack Obama’s rise to presidency was carefully crafted and manipulated to help facilitate the coming of a New World Order....The result of this controversial inquiry is now available to the public and has now been made available for you to download. " It is important to know that within the last 15 days that there have been attempts to ban the report. Some have cited it as content which is simply too controversial to be readily accessible in the public domain. If you want to download it now, click the download button now! If before you download the report, you would first like to look our support video introduction, then watch the 10 minute preview below. Watch our 10 minute support video for our report which has the following features: Over 200+ pages of secret information on a plan so sinister most bible prophecy teachers and Christians are not even aware of it. Over 200 different footnotes and additional Information for extra research. Shows you the absolute deception and deceitfulness of how the New World Order will be accepted. Examines why Christianity was previously used as and is still being used as a camouflage by the Masonic objectives. Includes uncensored 4 Hour Video Footage that you wont have seen before. It Is Important to Understand The Following! Since release, over 30,000 people have downloaded the report and many are now taking its content to their local communities, churches and social networks to help expose the sinister developments taking place at a government level across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Germany, Netherlands and other masonic led countries. There is damning evidence of subliminal messaging introduced into Kids TV entertainment. The conspiracy involves frightening revelations on how the Movie Industry including some of Disney's most popular kids movies have been encoded with significant symbolism and hidden messages to indoctrinate young kids from a very early age. Every Parent Must look this! Many bible prophecy ministries are pro Israel yet many of them are ignorant to the fact that many of the political leaders of Israel are high ranking members of Masonic lodges whose belief structure is influenced by the Talmud and its apostate Babylonian origins. Instead of celebrating the idea of a rebuilt Jewish Temple why should we instead be asking the question "why is the rebuilding of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem being financed by several Masonic lodges"? Is it a mere coincidence that the annual Bilderberger conference for 2010 was held in Greece? Yet we have every seen the Greek economy recently implode sending shock waves through the European Union and Triggering a significant financial crisis within the European Zone. Is it a plan of the Bilderbergers to totally bring down the world economy via a European crisis which will soon engulf Spain and Portugal as a means to further justify the need for a new one world economic currency? Which companies have raised their ugly heads again this year after nearly going insolvent when their project trialing mark of the beast microchip test implants totally imploded when serious and deadly side effects emerged which were then leaked to journalists of a major nationwide media group? What is the Islamization of Europe and the United States? In September 2009, thousands of Muslims descended on Capitol Hill for day of prayer. What is happening in America below the leadership of Obama and why is a coming war between Islam and the West something which is a necessary part of the Illuminati and Masonic Agenda for establishing a one World Government? Click Here to Download The Full Results of This Shocking Investigation Report Customer Testimonials I must agree that popular Bible Prophecy like the left behind series barely scratches the surface of a plan so sophisticated that even so called prophecy experts will be caught off guard.” Margaret Bartley, Minnesota "I thought I knew everything I needed to know about the Antichrist until I obtained your report and then realized how much I didn't know. Thanks for a massive massive resource." -- Leon Roach, London, England "My whole thinking on Zionism has changed. Whilst I understand the good that men like John Hagee are doing for Israel I now realize how they are part of a much bigger plan without even knowing they are fulfillings it bad end game motives." -- Liz Miles, Cleveland, "I voted for Barack Obama because I thought he had Christian roots and was a voice of wish. I was demoralized reading some of t
29 Jun 2010, 12:30 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Why are White Hispanics(those who are of pure European ancestry)treated differently in the USA Census?
White Americans of European ancestry receive to classify themselves as White yet White Hispanic-Americans must identify themselves as simply "Hispanic",yet you look the term" White-non Hispanic" in the Census tend to exclude White Hispanics from picking their race.Hence they are both,racially White and ethnic wise Hispanic.As an example many Argentinian-Americans are of pure European ancestry mainly from Spain,Italy,Portugal etc..yet they are treated differently by the USA Census.Race is Race,regardless of where you were born.Simply because someone who is of pure White European blood is born in Latin America does not make them any less White than someone born in the USA or Europe.
28 Jan 2010, 4:10 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: ALL DRUGS SHOULD BE LEGAL?
let's be real here. IS THERE A LEGITIMATE REASON FOR DRUGS TO BE ILLEGAL?<==(every people against drugs answer this question) The most common response is that it is bad for you...... are you serious? how can you penalize a grown person for doing something that is simply bad for him, not even harming other people. can you make it illegal to receive sick, or eat dirt? The thing no one notices is that the government is going after the drug CARTELS, but the common person against drugs is against the USER! can you tell me this is wrong? why would the government try to cease the cartels? this would be because of the violence, kidnapping, and felonies associated with them and their power over the people with their drugs. if we legalize every drugs, overall these would go down because the drug cartels lose their power and money. Drug use would actually decline, as been proven in portugal. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.html another thing is, why would we want to spend our tax money to keep people i jail for using drugs. we use somewhere around 10 times the amount of money on our jails than our schools. and guess what the most common reason someone goes to jail. drug related problems. imagine what we would keep from that alone, plus we gain money from selling and taxing drugs. tell me i'm wrong. another reason the "its bad for you" excuse doesn't work is because our government or whatever sends people into war and death. hypocritical for the government? another reason the "its bad for you" excuse doesn't work is because our government or whatever sends people into war and death. hypocritical for the government? (read the fourth answer, this disproves it ) when your a kid you do the things you think are OK? no when your a kid your attracted to the whole hype on the things that your parents don't want you to do. you can't tell me that's wrong. "Drugs are illegal for a reason, one is that yes they are bad for you, but they are bad for society, how many other people would take drugs if they were lega, and how would this impact on the NHS, alcohol and tobacco misuse already costs the NHS millions and they are legal." is it me, or did you say drugs are illegal for a reason then gave me two bad reasons? When every drugs were legalized in portugal the drug use went DOWN, and the amount trying to quit (via rehab) went up. ACTUALLY READ MY LINK BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING untrue!
27 Jul 2009, 3:35 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Why are North Africans and Middle Easterners classified as White in the USA census?
In my opinion the only people that are White are the original peoples of Europe(Spain,Portugal,France,Italy,Britain,Germany etc...)and those of European ancestry throughout the world who are not racially mixed.North Africans and Middle Easterners are Black not White,simply because many of them pocess White blood,due to race mixing with Europeans,does not make them White,Much the same way that many if not most African-Americans pocess some White in them,yet they are still racially classified as Black,regardless of their physical appearance or how light their skin is.Race classification should be fair to every,North Africans and Middle Easterners should be classified as Black,if the one drop rule applies to African-Americans,it should also apply to the North Africans and the Middle Easterners.
27 Jan 2010, 2:53 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Group holiday - where should we go?
We want culture, sun, beaches and scenery, and we don't want to have to travel around to receive it. We've more or less crossed Italy off the list because there's too much to do and we won't have time to simply relax... We want to like each others company, and we every sort of decided against it. Here are the places that we have expressed interest in... Barcelona or southern Spain Egypt Portugal Cypress Morocco 1. If you have been to any of these, please describe your experience and how you liked it. 2. Which is best for culture? 3. Which is best for scenery? 4. Which is best for a hot climate? 5. Which do you think we, a group of about 6 girls (we'll be 18), should go to as a celebration of the end of A Level exams and why? Thank you!
27 Feb 2010, 9:23 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: How many lives would be saved if the marijuana prohibition was lifted?
Marijuana costs 400 dollars a pound to produce, but sells for 2500-3000 a pound. It is such a profitable crop to sell and traffic, simply because it's illegal. If it were legalized and regulated (no being noticeably high in public, no driving while intoxicated), the profit margins would be much less, and violent drug cartels wouldn't have nearly as much money from marijuana trafficking and dealing (this absence of profit would NOT be spent on guns, transportation for trafficking other harder drugs, or otherwise furthering their illegal, violent lifestyles.) Here's a couple excerpts from an article I just read about what happened when Portugal legalized not just marijuana, but other illegal drugs such as cocaine, meth, and heroine. The paper, published by Cato in April, found that in the five years after personal possession was decriminalized, illegal drug use among teens in Portugal declined and rates of new HIV infections caused by sharing of dirty needles dropped, while the number of people seeking treatment for drug addiction more than doubled. "Judging by every metric, decriminalization in Portugal has been a resounding success," says Glenn Greenwald, an attorney, author and fluent Portuguese speaker, who conducted the research. "It has enabled the Portuguese government to manage and control the drug problem far better than virtually every other Western country does." http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.html?imw=Y Dancing smurf - Marijuana has never been proven to cause cancer of any nice, actually recently, it has been proven to reduce tumor growth: http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5307VK20090401 It also does not guide to suicide, or paranoia, at least not in the long term. People can be paranoid and anxious while high, but this is often because of a subconscious guilt they feel when they smoke.
27 Apr 2009, 12:11 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Mr. LFC Anfield Reds EPL reg questionaire/poll survey/thing ?
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26 Jan 2010, 5:32 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Why is it that blacks become bi or multi racials when it involves a non black mother?
Since Portugal started the slave trade in the 1400's there has been African females impregnated by European males. Since then millions of African females were raped and gave birth to what we now call black people in the USA. Many Africans married or got pregnant by Native Americans and also gave birth to what we call blacks in the USA. After six hundred years of this, we are what we are. Why is it when white and other women began to have black babies, they became biracial? If anyone is really biracial, should it not be the white man's baby? Male carries sperm and females just fertilize. Why is it that six hundred years of mixing by force and by choice produced blacks and a few decades of sleeping with black men by white women produced biracials? Is the difference is the white lady? Blacks can be genetically traced to both Native and European blood regardless of his color. I simply want to know what is the difference? For those who say that we should simply change our title, no thank you! There is absolutely nothing special with knowing your grandmothers were raped by the trash of Europe. Besides, no culture has the history of Africa. It is a historical fact that Europeans were living in caves with no real culture when Africa was designing mail, sewer, transportation systems and the likes. Even math started there. I say this because many blacks, negros or African Americans think it started with Kunta Kante. I just want to know what is the difference? Where I am from, many of the blacks can pass for any race. This mixing took place over five centuries ago, but we married and had offsprings.
25 Jun 2009, 5:11 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: screwing up in the f*cken school AGAIN !!! dealing with ice age school pals?
am i screwing up my question is extremly simple warning if ur impaitent receive ur azz out 1// made out of shit class// am the new girl in the class and ohhhh i HATE them i v moved to portugal since 3 months i dont talk portuguese i dont talk that f*cken langauge ..its not my falt ..so they were like trying to receive rid of me or standing me 4 few more minuts n leave me burning in the middle of hell and ohh they dont talk english WELL.. i mean they know a few words..but they dont wanna learn shit.. 2//amor amor crap // there are 3 boys who they think i like them! and i know tell me this pick ! thats not the problem its that there is a boy am walking with and both of us admit that we r just friends ..but i cant understand the portuguese culture the WHOLE school was trying to embarass me and him /they think we r shy to admit we r a couple ! what the f*ck !! r we living in the ice age! any thing ..making fun and stuff but SHY !!! any ways each one of the 3 dudes had a way to handle it but really the boy amwalking with hes a true pal hes the only one who hear to me in the world/god help him ..i know 3//not enough NEVER hahah/// am working on my personality and seriosly i wanna be better i mean am good now but not enough for myself ,so tell me this ! let me guess ! u would say just be ur self do what ever u wanna do and i will say hell noooooooo cuz i need the characteristics of a chilly person ..simply tell me how would say that girl 4 example is hot or cute.. by the way after my super rudy details i wod like 2 say that am gonna feel the same if u were cross with me ..and i wod consider any any comment and i wod nt pay it back with somethin rudy so trust me and answer!! i wod answer urs if u put it on ur answer too ohh /i never close up i know that too/if u dont wanna answer it every u can answer a one issue ..cuz iv write 3 example..number 1//made out of shit class// SO do u think am screwing or my school is jerky or life stinks
24 Apr 2009, 4:18 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Travelling through US from Canada...help! 10 points!?
I've been in Canada for 6 months on a temporary resident visa. I have a US B-2 tourist visa, which expires until 2016. My passport and every other travel documents are in order. My flight from Honduras to Canada had a cease in Houston, TX which forced me to go through US immigration. My flight back to Honduras will also make the same cease. I am a Honduran citizen, which leads to be concerned about having exceeded my 'permitted' time. Apparently the US considers my stay in Canada as having stayed in the US, just because I transitted through the US to go arrive here to Canada. On http://www.guidepicker.com/article/city/europe/portugal/distrito-de-faro/canada/6/how-to-receive-to-canada I read this: If you are travelling to Canada from the United States and you are not a citizen of either country, you need to be careful to satisfy the US on any subsequent trip that you have not exceeded their limits on stays in North America. Your time in Canada counts towards your maximum allowed United States stay, (as does time elsewhere in North America including Mexico). For example, if you are going to stay in Canada for six months, and you transit through the US on a visa waiver, then the US will regard your six months in Canada as not allowing you to return to the US without leaving North America first, as you have stayed more than 90 days in North America in total. Note that in this scenario, you have not done anything wrong by visiting the US and then staying in Canada for a long time, simply that the US will not allow you to return directly from Canada, you have to reset their clock by leaving North America. My country does not participate in the Waiver Visa Program. Help please! I'm worried I might lose my flight back to Honduras, or even worst that I will lose my US visa. I'm wondering if I'm just worrying over nothing here, or if in fact I might need to make some changes.
23 Jun 2010, 1:38 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Wouldn't it be great if Ghana advances? The only African nation?
S Africa: 4 points, eliminated already Nigeria: 1 point, eliminated already Algeria, 1 point, eliminated already Cameroon, 0 points, eliminated already Cote d'lvoire(Ivory Coast), 1 point, 99,99 % change of elimination. Advances if wins 9-0 or better against Korea DPR. Portugal's 4 points +7 goal diffrence is simply impossible to beat. Ghana: Leads its possess group with 4 points, Germany is second with 3 p. Still have to face Germany and win or draw against them, since Serbia probably beats Australia and goes to 6 points.
23 Jun 2010, 12:08 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: who do you think are the candidates to be the biggest surprises and failures in this world cup? and why?
I have a good amount of picks. surprises South Africa (below dogs but they are still the home team and I'm sure they'll receive ref bias to their favor) round of 16 France (many are writing them off.this is good for France) semifinal Argentina (again many are writing them off.they have the best player in the world and I completely believe this is a huge advantage for Argentina) semifinal maybe final. South Korea (many don't know how good they are) round of 16 U.S. (legit darkhorse who are fully capable of upsetting any elite and are still being underrated, this is good for them) round of 16 or perhaps quarterfinals Ghana (good players poise to make a good run) round of 16 Cameroon (world class striker and great central defenders in an otherwise easy group.also they are coming in below the radar) round of 16 or maybe quarterfinals dissapointments Mexico (overlyhyped team with underwhelming talent.have been on a big decline in the last 3 yrs) 1st round leave England (good team but not half as good as they are hyped to be.major controversy is ruining their cohesion) round of 16 leave Italy (decietful tactics may not work this time,diving pretending to be hurt.you know how the italians play etc.)round of 16 leave Portugal (probably finish 2nd which means Spain will eliminate them) round of 16 leave understand I am giving no guarantees with these picks.they are simply candidates for biggest surprises and biggest dissapointments. who are yours?
23 Apr 2010, 2:19 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: What will happen when Greece defaults?
Greece will have to default on its debt. Its headed for a depression; the numbers simply don't add up. It remains unwilling to clip back its social welfare programs; and it has no currency to devalue so as to lift exports. Greece will be forced to default; what will happen to the Euro? What will happen to Spain or Portugal? Will the EU, having been sliced in its belly, collapse? Please no comments about the USA and its debt!!! We're in a completely different situation. I am worried because the markets don't seem to be responding well to the attempts to keep grece so far. I am no longer invested in europe. Thankfully, I survived the stock market accident of 2:45 pm!
22 May 2010, 4:46 pm | click here to view more
Voting Question: As much as anyone hates 2 banks of four (bus parking), don't you think the best teams and players should be?
able to receive better of teams. Especially a very awful low ranked team as Greece. I mean it is ridiculous complaining about parking the bus. The best team who have the best attack should have any trouble. This Argentinian and Barcelona attack are a over rated as it can receive. Messi, what a disgrace to be known as the best player in the world let alone the best ever. Unbelievable. You might have just forgot the Brazilian team of 2002. It's fair to say they were the best attack at their time. The bus - parking techniques did not work by any teams that faced them. Ronaldinho, he was the man that can comfortably receive beyond any 2 banks of four. Messi, by this performance today, not even close. The only modern player right now that can receive through teams that have a player man - marked on them or team that have 2 banks of four is Cristiano Ronaldo by far. He has by far much quicker feet than the gay Messi. And having 3 players on him will not cease him. And the only modern team that can receive beyond the 2 banks of four is Manchester United. They managed to defeat teams time and time again that defend parking the bus with ease. I won't say every the names but one example is Wigan. Messi is getting done by one of the most unknown players in the tournament today. And he is called the best player in the world let alone the best ever. The likes of Maradona didn't have any trouble against the same tactics messi is below. Nor did Pele. Nor did Zidane. Then why should Messi be the best today ? Over rated scumbag. Argentina are a useless team with one of the worst attacks in history for a great footballing nation. I don't care how good your attacking players are. But if you cannot receive past a low ranked teams defence as Greece, then simply your not the best. Despite the bus parking techniques. So far as now, Ronaldo>>>>>>Messi (gay whiner) Brazil & Portugal > Argentina. Manchester United >>> Barcelona. If this wasn't a question. The let me ask this. Which great teams do you know of and player that can perform great and easily breakdown 2 banks of four with comfort and ease apart from Manchester United ? Surely not Messi, surely not Barcelona or Argentina.
22 Jun 2010, 3:15 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Can you recommend Portuguese/Spanish/Italian music for me?
I found this really amazing band called Os Mutantes from Brazil and I'm now on a mission to find more chilly bands like them! I'm not sure how to go about searching for bands.... myspace music used to have a great search facility where you could simply select a country and look what came up. I used to find so much great music that way. Well anyway they seem to have changed the format so I thought I'd arrive on here an ask. Can anyone recommend a site? Or just some chilly bands? (Os Mutanes are 60s psychadelic tropicana rock hahahaha could it receive any more specific! Doesn't have to be the same just something really different. To give you an idea I like - The Strokes, Giant Drag, Interpol, The XX, Pepe Deluxe, Portugal The Man, Deerhoof, The Unicorns........and more!) Thanks guys!!
22 Jun 2010, 11:42 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: I Pray For A Holland-Chile Final...Plus Thoughts On Teams (Compare,A Must Read!)?
After 2 and a bit weeks here are my world cup thoughts for the Teams.The end of each teams sentence is where i predict they will end up. France i was backing to make at least the Quarters but with a Manager as big of a shambles as Domenech i should've known.Prediction 3rd,however if they receive 2nd then Quarter Finals. South Africa i feel have underacheieved and i was hoping for them to do better.Hopefully France and SA will still qualify.4th Place. Mexico are a Force,but not a force enough.2nd or 3rd,then if they finish 2nd Second Round. Uruguay have exceeded every my expectations and have really suprised me,the dynamic duo of Suarez and Forlan being faithful.1st,then Quarter Finals. Argentina have a strong squad but how the senile man of Maradona can possibly take a Fizzy Pop League player is Guiterrez ahead of Zanetti i don't know.They will storm the Group then accident out in the 2nd round after some uneseccery substitutions and crazy tactics.Luckily no naked running around Buenos this year. Nigeria are already out,completely shocked.Would've thought 2nd round. South Korea,also underachieved and they will go out.3rd. Greece have overachieved,and i can look them surpassing Uruguay in every honesty in the 2nd round,but the Semis is too much so Quarter Finals. England have utterly shocked,before the tournament they were genuine contenders but now they are cannon fodder but will just scrape through and they receive to the Semis if lucky. USA are a fighting team and will join England in the next round,but lose to Germany in the 2nd round for sure. Slovenia have put up a battle but England will overcome them eventually.3rd. Algeria i tipped to make the 2nd round,they are a strong side and nobody expected them to hold England (But i did) but its too tardy.4th. Germany are far too strong to finish anywhere else but 1st in the group,but eventually will lose their pace and out.Semis. Ghana are strong,however not strong enough.Essien is not fully fit and he would've been a turning point.2nd round. Australia are an ok side with plenty of battle,however the next round is too much.4th. Serbia are strong and resiliant however the loss to Ghana was the blow that will send them out.3rd. Holland,ah i feel this is their year.Strong attacking,strong defensively.1st,and then Final. Denmark will of course join them,however Paraguay will overcome them.2nd round. Japan are simply too weak.3rd and Cameroon i expected to challenge for first but they have been terrible.4th. Italy have been a shadow of 2006 and will be lucky to finish 2nd.2nd,then 2nd round loss to Holland. Paraguay are one of the teams to beat and i expect them to do well.1st,then lose to Chile in the Quarters. Slovakia have been weak but New Zealand oh my,what a battle.But there is simply no space.Slovakia 4th,NZ 3rd. Its difficult to look past Brazil after their first two games.1st,then lose to Holland in the Quarters. Portugal proved themselves today,however this will not continue.2nd,then 2nd round. Ivory Coast i was hoping to do well,however that dream is over.3rd. North Korea never had a chance.How did they even qualify for the world cup? 4th. Spain have been overconfident and every this hype is for nothing.2nd,then lose to Brazil in 2nd round. Chile are my tip to reach the final.Strong,dependent,a good manager,and a solid team.The team to beat.1st,then Final. Honduras are too needy but will show spirit in their final game.4th. Switzerland i have admired but they are simply too beaten down after the loss to Chile.3rd. So the Final will be Holland-Chile,and i expect a 1-1 draw and Holland win on Penalties. Well thats my boredom gone,so your thoughts? Please no critizisms by the way,these are just my opinions
21 Jun 2010, 11:39 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: How did North Korea do so badly ?
They played well against Brazil, even managing to score a goal, which a better team than Portugal yet lost so badly to Portugal.. I thought they stood a chance simply because they had heart but what happened to day, really?
21 Jun 2010, 10:49 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Why are there so many people here who supported Portugal?
Aren't they simply awsome?
20 Jul 2010, 2:37 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Am I the only one who felt that Ronaldo was simply a DIRTY player when watching the Champion's League Final?
It was the same way I felt when watching Portugal vs. Netherlands in WC 2006. I really felt he was a typical scumbag from 2006 when watching the CL final. Did you?
2 Jun 2009, 12:41 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Only smart FIFA users that dislike Cristiano Ronaldo answer, who's better this decade? CR7 or Ronaldinho?
1950's- Di Stefano 1960's- Pele 1970's- Beckenbauer 1980's- Maradona 1990's- Romario/Zidane/Ronaldo 2000's- Ronaldinho There is no doubt Ronaldinho is the best footballer of the 2000's. Only Zidane, Thierry Henry, and Ronaldo arrive close last decade. Ronaldinho has 10x more skill than Cristiano Ronaldo, and 10x better character. Ronaldinho could flip-flap, back pass, no look pass, back heel pass, rabona, hocus pocus, chop backwards, juggle, out run, double step over and kill his opponent, bridge, nutmeg bridge while standing backwards, scoop turn, bicycle kick it, volley, curl free kick etc. Cristiano Ronaldo, every I look is 6 stepovers and nowhere, chop, trick pass, juggle, dumb corner tricks, and nothing else, oh wait, a dumb free kick that exposes his crotch. Ronaldinho...a maestro, a winger, a striker, a sambafoot, he was a Brazilian sambafoot combined with a European maestro. Imagine Pele and Zidane...combined, that was Ronaldinho. Cristiano Ronaldo is a wannabee of Luis Figo or Garrincha that plays by himself and hardly uses his teammates. He's so desperate, it's unhappy. Ronaldinho has an amazing character, he's fun, when he plays it's for fun, his personality is every-friendly. CRonaldo, arrogant, kicks people, pushes people, always looking for a battle, he even says he wants to be the best in history...lol he will never compare to Pele, Zidane, Ronaldo, Maradona, Cruyff, or Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho has 10 individual international awards (not including XI nominations) and CRonaldo has 9. Ronaldinho had a weak squad but made the best of it and won La Liga in 2004-05, and won Champions League and La Liga in 2005-06. Ronaldinho won the FIFA U-17 World Cup, Copa America, FIFA World Cup, and the Confederations Cup with Brazil, and he was extremely important in every of his competitions. CRonaldo has won NOTHING for Portugal, even Euro 2004, Portugal lost to Greece!!! There is no question Ronaldinho is the best of last decade. Even at youtube, Ronaldinho schools Cristiano Ronaldo. Don't receive me wrong, CRonaldo has alot more to prove but for the 2000's, Ronaldinho is simply on top, no one else compares, not even Zidane or Ronaldo. You don't look Ronaldinho headbutting Italians, hanging with cross-dressers or kicking a car door glass on a 17 year-old girl. Ronaldinho truly exemplifies the best of 2000's, needless to say. @Laura: Character is EVERYTHING in football. If you have great skills but a bad rep lie CRonaldo, I have less respect for the footballer. Yeah he deserves credit but he shouldn't expect from other footballers that are defending him. If he doesn't receive something his way, he whines and complains and makes excuses, he can't take it, he's a brat. You never saw Ronaldinho complain when Barcelona lost, infact, Barcelona lost more with Ronaldinho than Man U did with CRonaldo. What do you think footballers are, robots with foot skill and they every have the same character traits. lol, some footballers are classy (Pirlo, Xavi, Iniesta), some are humble (Pedro, Messi), some just have fun (Ronaldinho), some are brats (Gerrard, CRonaldo, Robinho), some are just weird (Zidane, why did he headbutt Materazzi, that's where I lost my respect to him, no matter what skill he had). Character is where you draw the line between legendary footballers like Ronaldinho and temporary ones like CRonaldo. @La Pulga: Are you kidding me? Barcelona's squad wasn't the strongest even in La Liga, Real's squad was better but Ronaldinho outshined the first quote is true. I have watched Garrincha, Cristiano Ronaldo can't even touch his boots. Why are you saying every this stuff Figo and Garrincha did? That's just proving my point. Yes, basically, but did Ronaldinho have as much as success as both of them, no? Zidane, not that special, I understand why people even put Ronaldo Lima over Zidane.
2 Jan 2010, 7:08 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: i have issues ! and am confused about my life?!?!?
im an exchange student in portugal and since day one, i've been really confused about my host family. i go through periods of being so mad at the whole thing because we aren't a good match, im not fitting in at school, and i live in a very dangerous area. yet i feel awful because they go out of their way sometimes to accommodate me. to put it simply, i am not as glad as i think i could be if i switched families. my counselor ignored my plea for a switch so i dont know what else to do. even though we dont receive along very well, i dont want my family to receive hurt in the process. can anyone help me figure this out? hahaha these answers made my day
19 Oct 2009, 1:58 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: I have issues ! and am confused about my life?!?!?
im an exchange student in portugal and since day one, i've been really confused about my host family. i go through periods of being so mad at the whole thing because we aren't a good match, im not fitting in at school, and i live in a very dangerous area. yet i feel awful because they go out of their way sometimes to accommodate me. to put it simply, i am not as glad as i think i could be if i switched families. my counselor ignored my plea for a switch so i dont know what else to do. even though we dont receive along very well, i dont want my family to receive hurt in the process. can anyone help me figure this out?
19 Oct 2009, 1:57 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Life is making it difficult for me to be happy at the moment.?
You look, my life has been tough, I was molested from the age of 7-13. I'm 15 now. I moved countries when I was 10, I was bullied and had no friends until about 6 months ago. I developed Social Anxiety Disorder at the age of 13, along with depression. I moved schools when I was 13 years old and began what I like to call my 'healing' stage, I now consider myself 'healed'. I recently made my first pal in years, and this provided me with the strength to find happiness within myself. I was glad and content, I had finally arrive to terms with everything in my past, finally settled down here in Portugal and actually began to like it.. actually, I sent an e-mail to my pal just 4 days ago talking about how glad I was here and how glad I was with my life, and a day later, my parents told me that our family has run into huge financial troubles (which I already knew), that my dad needs to receive a job, but because of the terrible economy in Ireland and the UK, he may need to look to places like Singapore for a job, meaning we would every have to move with him. I have lost faith in life. That's as simply as I can put it. Things started getting better and I thought 'Yeah, every those years of suffering don't matter, because there's such thing as a good, glad life and I have learnt so much.' But that good, glad life didn't last as I thought it would, it hardly lasted a few months. I feel as though my life has been a continuous cycle of bad events.. once one bad event passes, another one arises. Once I become glad with my current situation, life throws a little hurdle in front of me at the last second to trip over. I don't feel sorry for myself or anything, and I don't feel bad, but I just feel like 'Well, every those beliefs that kept me going have just been shattered.' and so I don't feel like doing anything at every. I had an active summer planned, but now I don't feel like doing anything. I haven't left the home in a few days. I don't care about school or anything that was important to me before. I don't want this summer to be a repeat of last summer, I really don't =( Last summer I was suicidal, I stopped eating, I didn't snooze for days at a time and didn't leave the home I was so depressed, I don't want that to happen again.. so what can I do to find motivation? It's as though every ounce of motivation I had just got up and flew out the window. Thank you.
19 Jun 2009, 9:26 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Why are southern europeans sometimes labeled "non" White in the USA?
Southern Europeans(Portugal,Spain,Italy,Greece,Romania etc..) are racially White,hence they belong to the same race as Northern Europeans,The skin color variation which is induced by the very warm climate of the south should NOT be confused with race mixing with the Blacks or the Middle Easterners,hence that is simply NOT the case! By the way,In the USA Southern Europeans are classified as WHITE!
18 Jun 2010, 10:31 am | click here to view more
Voting Question: What is the future of the Euro?
What is the future of the Euro? Greece admitted to a much larger debt to GDP ratio than permitted and now is getting bailed out. What happens if other countries like Spain, Portugal, etc disclose a larger percentage of debt to GDP than previously thought? Why would "richer" countries like Germany agree to bail them out, besides the fact that it helps them simply because they both in the Euro zone? What are the banks from other Euro zone countries that have financial ties to the Greek banks going to do? Even if there is not hidden debt within the Euro zone, wouldn't smaller, "poorer" countries joining the Euro zone weaken the Euro?
15 May 2010, 4:20 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Is it ok to wear a shirt with the logo"White European Power!"?
I'm an Italian American and I'm very proud of my Italian ancestry,but also adore Portugal,greece,Spain,Germany etc..,so I would rather wear a universal White European Power shirt than simply a White Italian Power shirt.
15 Jun 2010, 11:19 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Why do people think National Health Care won't work?
It works for the United Kingdom (since 1947), Germany, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Greece, Holland, Beligium, Leuxembourg, and Portugal. Is the assumption that America is simply dumber and more incompetent than those countries? Correraf Those countries every still have NHC. Don't know where you receive your shakey information. Willy. European NHC costs 11% of Gross Domestice Product. American Care costs 15% of gross domestic Product. Case closed, lights out. Misty-China has a billion people. Guess what, they have NHC. Oops! So much for that! We have socialist roads, bridges, streets, schools, libraries, parks, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Police, flame, Ambulance, but if the Insurance Companies can't rob us, suddenly it's bad.
14 Sep 2009, 3:15 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: My shyness is killing me..............?
Hey there. I am 13 years old and I am from Portugal. I am in the eighth grade and got 1 best pal in my class. I have this girl in my class that she is Goth/Gothic and wears black and her make-up is black. We have a lot in common. We are very close and also best friends, I met her like 2 weeks ago and I already give her 2 kisses in the cheek, I'm sorry, I don't know how to translate it, friendly kiss. And I hug her when we hear to music and such, she likes it. Oh, she is 15 years old. But, she complains about something about me. When we are alone, I receive really shy and sometimes don't hug her and I simply don't talk to her, we just go to the school's gate and I don't talk with her, and I don't know why (maybe shyness). I really like this girl, she is really nice but how do I solve this problem, the shyness? I also don't know what to talk with her. What should I talk with her? Thanks. But when it comes to talk, I can't talk, I don't know why, and she is a renascentist girl, she wants me to talk first... I don't know what to do. Also, this is my first time with a girl. But, I don't know what to say to her, I can now talk to her about simple things, she tells me it's shyness but I simply don't know what to talk with her. I don't think it's the shyness anymore, but the question is, what should I talk with her, I don't understand.
13 Mar 2009, 6:10 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: "why is the rebuilding of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem being financed by several Masonic lodges"?
All the politicians are pro Jerusalem but why is that? Why do we have to be on one side and not the other and what makes it so?Is it a mere coincidence that the annual Bilderberger conference for 2010 was held in Greece? Yet we have every seen the Greek economy recently implode sending shock waves through the European Union and Triggering a significant financial crisis within the European Zone. Is it a plan of the Bilderbergers to totally bring down the world economy via a European crisis which will soon engulf Spain and Portugal as a means to further justify the need for a new one world economic currency? Many bible prophecy ministries are pro Israel yet many of them are ignorant to the fact that many of the political leaders of Israel are high ranking members of Masonic lodges whose belief structure is influenced by the Talmud and its apostate Babylonian origins. Instead of celebrating the idea of a rebuilt Jewish Temple why should we instead be asking the question "why is the rebuilding of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem being financed by several Masonic lodges"? You will understand the reason why many bible prophecy experts have been muted regarding the election of Barack Obama. What is it that they know but are simply too scared to say and why do many believe Obama is the closest representation of the coming Antichrist
13 Jul 2010, 11:29 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: ahh the life of an exchange student. But how do i cope with not feeling good about my host family?
I adore being an exchange student in portugal, but im not sure my family is the right fit. I hate to say it, but we just don't like each other.yes, we have disagreements, but it every just boils down to us not liking each other. i mean its not like their abusive or anything, so i dont know if its possible to make a switch, but we just simply dislike one another. these answers are amazing! thank you both so much for being supportive. Im so confused in this situation and don't know how to deal. thanks again!
12 Oct 2009, 8:52 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: I received a DVD, it doesn't play on a DVD player and it wont open on the computer...any online programs?
on the DVD player it says "cannot play disc". and on the computer it simply won't open. I have no information on the dvd like what type it is and such. my grandmother brought it from portugal. are there any software programs i can download for FREE that will play any DVD or...? it doesnt work on windows media player or realplayer either...help!!!
12 Mar 2010, 10:11 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Long, Boring...Click if you are up to reading..?
Please don't answer unless you read... I know how long it is.. About two years ago I met a girl at my school - and I instantly crushed on her. She was nice, pretty, and she had a tiny amount of friends. She was also being chased by three guys - Including me. So after being her pal for four months, I took her to formal, as friends. She liked someone else at the time in that way. I told her I understood, and we stayed friends. We talked - but soon I started to realize that my efforts were worthless, and I was spending to much time with her, and I could look my pal nice of disappointed I wasn't paying as much attention to him. So I stopped hanging out in a group (my best pal did hang out with us, but he never seemed to interested) and he confessed he's glad I stopped hanging out with her because he thought it was in my best interest. I told him I agreed, and I'd try not to do something like that again. close the end of the first year (during school), I became closer to this girl again (I rode her bus at the time). I told her I wanted to hang out this summer, she agreed and wanted to as well. Then suddenly my family, who was at the time in Portugal, invited me to go along for two weeks. Of course I agreed - and off I was to Portugal. Before I left, I told her I had something I wanted to tell her when I got back. I was going to tell her I liked her. As it happens - I stayed in Portugal to study abroad, for eight months. I talked to her over the summer through msn, and I told her I liked her. She said she knew when I had told her I had something to tell her, and she said she had wanted to hang out so bad that summer. We talked once every two weeks, but nothing serious. Then I came back to America. When I went to surprise visit them at school - She gave me a jump hug, and I hung out with my best pal and her. I enrolled in school again, and I hung out with my best pal, deciding that I didn't want to make the same mistake twice. She came looking for me sometimes at lunch - and ended up taking me to a school dance (her invitation). We had some good slow dances, and she freaked danced a lot. She also flirted heavily - but apparently she had this "boyfriend in Idaho". I learned later it was a cover - a way for her to claim she wasn't single. So after that night - because I felt a bit stabbed that she would flirt with me and then tell me we shouldn't slow dance, I said fine. I simply stopped making ANY effort to talk to her. If she spoke to me I'd say hi, but that was the extent of it. Then I got a little closer - and I'd hang out with her in the mornings at school before school began, one day she even held my hand. Then I felt like she was playing with me, and stayed away. I just had that feeling. About two months ago, before school was over, my best pal told me, "Nico - I've seen Molly walking arm in arm with this guy every over campus..." he was sure they were together. And he was right, I saw them kiss about a week before school ended. That was that. Two days before school ended I rode her bus again - and when I asked her what was on her mind - she said she felt she made a mistake by asking her boyfriend out. I didn't give in to saying I had feelings for her. Today, I saw my messenger was on, and I saw she was on, so I IM'ed her. She told me after a few minutes about how she had dumped her boyfriend, and we talked. I told her about how things were running pretty good for me - how girls in summer school were flirting and every. Then she asked me to call her in fifteen minutes after she ate. I'm not superman when it comes to phone conversations - but arrive to think of it, I'm not bad either. We talked about life, and how she just wasn't compatible with her ex, and she had to dump him because he was cheating on her. She told me something I didn't know. She lost her best pal, and almost every her other friends. She hasn't even hung out with anyone this summer. I told her neither had I, because my pal is in Basic Training. She invited me to hang out next week Tuesday, I said sure. I pushed things farther (this is about 45 minutes into the conversation, longest I'd had with her was about 5 minutes in the past) and I asked her to the movies. She said yes with enthusiasm, and told me I would have to be ok with her cuddling. I told her of course. Now comes the real question...I thought her voice today was the one I'd heard back on the bus, when she sounded like she liked me, and I feel as if she's liked me for a long time now. She had actually messaged me on Myspace a few weeks ago, but I don't check my Myspace anymore, since I've no close friends other than two or three - none who are in town or close the internet. Now my question - Does she like me, and does she want a relationship with me? She's been a close pal since Portugal - I just never touched up on it. Or does she want to be friends with benefits, or what is she looking for? I'm prepared to just be the pal - but I won't deny the fact that I still have those kinds of feelings for her.
12 Jul 2009, 6:07 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Long, Boring...Please don't answer if you don't read...?
Please don't answer unless you read... I know how long it is.. About two years ago I met a girl at my school - and I instantly crushed on her. She was nice, pretty, and she had a tiny amount of friends. She was also being chased by three guys - Including me. So after being her pal for four months, I took her to formal, as friends. She liked someone else at the time in that way. I told her I understood, and we stayed friends. We talked - but soon I started to realize that my efforts were worthless, and I was spending to much time with her, and I could look my pal nice of disappointed I wasn't paying as much attention to him. So I stopped hanging out in a group (my best pal did hang out with us, but he never seemed to interested) and he confessed he's glad I stopped hanging out with her because he thought it was in my best interest. I told him I agreed, and I'd try not to do something like that again. close the end of the first year (during school), I became closer to this girl again (I rode her bus at the time). I told her I wanted to hang out this summer, she agreed and wanted to as well. Then suddenly my family, who was at the time in Portugal, invited me to go along for two weeks. Of course I agreed - and off I was to Portugal. Before I left, I told her I had something I wanted to tell her when I got back. I was going to tell her I liked her. As it happens - I stayed in Portugal to study abroad, for eight months. I talked to her over the summer through msn, and I told her I liked her. She said she knew when I had told her I had something to tell her, and she said she had wanted to hang out so bad that summer. We talked once every two weeks, but nothing serious. Then I came back to America. When I went to surprise visit them at school - She gave me a jump hug, and I hung out with my best pal and her. I enrolled in school again, and I hung out with my best pal, deciding that I didn't want to make the same mistake twice. She came looking for me sometimes at lunch - and ended up taking me to a school dance (her invitation). We had some good slow dances, and she freaked danced a lot. She also flirted heavily - but apparently she had this "boyfriend in Idaho". I learned later it was a cover - a way for her to claim she wasn't single. So after that night - because I felt a bit stabbed that she would flirt with me and then tell me we shouldn't slow dance, I said fine. I simply stopped making ANY effort to talk to her. If she spoke to me I'd say hi, but that was the extent of it. Then I got a little closer - and I'd hang out with her in the mornings at school before school began, one day she even held my hand. Then I felt like she was playing with me, and stayed away. I just had that feeling. About two months ago, before school was over, my best pal told me, "Nico - I've seen Molly walking arm in arm with this guy every over campus..." he was sure they were together. And he was right, I saw them kiss about a week before school ended. That was that. Two days before school ended I rode her bus again - and when I asked her what was on her mind - she said she felt she made a mistake by asking her boyfriend out. I didn't give in to saying I had feelings for her. Today, I saw my messenger was on, and I saw she was on, so I IM'ed her. She told me after a few minutes about how she had dumped her boyfriend, and we talked. I told her about how things were running pretty good for me - how girls in summer school were flirting and every. Then she asked me to call her in fifteen minutes after she ate. I'm not superman when it comes to phone conversations - but arrive to think of it, I'm not bad either. We talked about life, and how she just wasn't compatible with her ex, and she had to dump him because he was cheating on her. She told me something I didn't know. She lost her best pal, and almost every her other friends. She hasn't even hung out with anyone this summer. I told her neither had I, because my pal is in Basic Training. She invited me to hang out next week Tuesday, I said sure. I pushed things farther (this is about 45 minutes into the conversation, longest I'd had with her was about 5 minutes in the past) and I asked her to the movies. She said yes with enthusiasm, and told me I would have to be ok with her cuddling. I told her of course. Now comes the real question...I thought her voice today was the one I'd heard back on the bus, when she sounded like she liked me, and I feel as if she's liked me for a long time now. She had actually messaged me on Myspace a few weeks ago, but I don't check my Myspace anymore, since I've no close friends other than two or three - none who are in town or close the internet. Now my question - Does she like me, and does she want a relationship with me? She's been a close pal since Portugal - I just never touched up on it. Or does she want to be friends with benefits, or what is she looking for? I'm prepared to just be the pal - but I won't deny the fact that I still have those kinds of feelings for her.
12 Jul 2009, 3:58 am | click here to view more
Voting Question: Do you need reminding what kind of a Kunt Jamie carragherl is ?
Do you need reminding what nice of a **** Jamie carragherl is ? “Sitting on the England coach as it prepared to steer us away from the World Cup in Germany, I received a text message. ‘F*** it! It’s only England.’ I’d just missed a penalty in the quarter-final shoot-out against Portugal. Around me were the tear-stained faces of below-performing superstars. England’s so-called golden generation had failed. Again. An eerie depression escorted us on the short trip back to the hotel, but as I stared at my phone and considered the implications of the comforting note, I didn’t feel the same emptiness I sensed in others. There’s no such concept as ‘only England’ to most footballers, including many of my best friends.” 2. “Whenever I returned home from disappointing England experiences one unshakeable, overriding thought pushed itself to the forefront of my mind, no matter how much the relax of the nation mourned. ‘At least it wasn’t Liverpool,’ I’d repeat to myself, over and over.” 3. “I confess: defeats wearing an England shirt never hurt me in the same way as losing with my club. I wasn’t uncaring or indifferent, I simply didn’t put England’s fortunes at the top of my priority list. Losing felt like a disappointment rather than a calamity.”
10 May 2010, 7:21 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Short philosophy paper (comment): "those who don't know geometry"?
I'm a first year Philosophy student (in Coimbra, Portugal, by the way), and I'm in this classed called "Methodology (is that even a word?) of The Philosophical Work", which discusses the fields of heuristics, work methods, essence of philosophy and its role in modern world, and instructions on how to make papers for other courses in the future throughout the course. An assignment that has been pendant for ages, is to write a comment, a short one, one page, and gift it orally to the class, and then in writing to the professor. We are every to comment on a sentence, which is engraved in greek, outside of the math college here, which literally translates to "those who don't know geometry may not enter here". I have no clue what to do... I mean I am fresh out of high school and haven't had to do any papers here yet, and so.. i mean, i could write one page about this, of course I could, but then again, i just don't know what nice of text i'm intended to write in the first place i mean, anything i write no mather how cleverly written it is, the prof could just say "well this is simply just not what we were looking for". Any ideas? Any advice what so ever, anything?
10 Dec 2009, 11:09 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: The real purpose of the Party in "1984"?
i need help with a essay just to give me an idea on how to construct and what lil detail to put in the essay ok the question go like this: Read the following passage from 1984.In this passage,Winston is reading a secret book by the so call Emmanuel Goldstein.After reading the following excerpt, DECIPHER THE REAL PURPOSE OF THE PARTY.Be sure to focus onb the diction,syntax and other major elements to help construct your answer. War is Peace George Orwell " The splitting up of the world into three great super-states was an event which could be and indeed was foreseen before the middle of the twentieth century. With the absorption of Europe by Russia and of the British Empire by the United States, two of the three existing powers, Eurasia and Oceania, were already effectively in being. The third, Eastasia, only emerged as a distinct unit after another decade of confused fighting. The frontiers between the three super-states are in some places arbitrary, and in others they fluctuate according to the fortunes of war, but in general they follow geographical lines. Eurasia comprises the whole of the northern part of the European and Asiatic land-mass, from Portugal to the Bering Strait. Oceania comprises the Americas, the Atlantic islands including the British Isles, Australasia, and the southern portion of Africa. Eastasia, smaller than the others and with a less definite western frontier, comprises China and the countries to the south of it, the Japanese islands and a big but fluctuating portion of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Tibet. In one combination or another, these three super-states are permanently at war, and have been so for the past twenty-five years. War, however, is no longer the desperate, annihilating struggle that it was in the early decades of the twentieth century. It is a warfare of limited aims between combatants who are unable to destroy one another, have no material cause for fighting and are not divided by any genuine ideological difference. This is not to say that either the conduct of war, or the prevailing attitude towards it, has become less bloodthirsty or more chivalrous. On the contrary, war hysteria is continuous and universal in every countries, and such acts as raping, looting, the slaughter of kids, the reduction of whole populations to slavery, and reprisals against prisoners which extend even to boiling and burying alive, are looked upon as normal, and, when they are committed by one's possess side and not by the foe, meritorious. But in a physical sense war involves very tiny numbers of people, mostly highly-trained specialists, and causes comparatively few casualties. The fighting, when there is any, takes place on the vague frontiers whose whereabouts the average man can only guess at ...The primary aim of modern warfare (in accordance with the principles of doublethink, this aim is simultaneously recognized and not recognized by the directing brains of the Inner Party) is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living...But when war becomes literally continuous, it also ceases to be dangerous... Those whose attitude towards the war is most nearly rational are the subject peoples of the disputed territories. To these people the war is simply a continuous calamity which sweeps to and fro over their bodies like a tidal wave. Which side is winning is a matter of complete indifference to them. They are aware that a change of overlordship means simply that they will be doing the same work as before for new masters who treat them in the same manner as the old ones. The slightly more favoured workers whom we call 'the proles' are only intermittently conscious of the war. When it is necessary they can be prodded into frenzies of fear and hatred, but when left to themselves they are capable of forgetting for long periods that the war is happening. Even the names of the four Ministries by which we are governed exhibit a sort of impudence in their deliberate reversal of the facts. The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of adore with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental, nor do they result from ordinary hypocrisy; they are deliberate exercises in doublethink. For it is only by reconciling contradictions that power can be retained indefinitely. In no other way could the ancient cycle be broken. If human equality is to be for ever averted - if the High, as we have called them, are to keep their places permanently - then the prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity. THe focusing on major elements is giving me trouble.Please give me some pinpointers on this essay.Please and Thank YOU!! <3
10 Apr 2009, 7:04 pm | click here to view more
Resolved Question: Alright guys, I'm gonna need some help! Care to help?
I have a goal. A musical goal. I wish to hear to (and like) at least one musical artist/band from every 193 countries. So far I have these 26 (I will give a band as an example): Argentina (Los Natas) Australia (Wolfmother) Brazil (Sepultura) Canada (Rush) China (Illusion) Denmark (Royal Hunt) England (Led Zeppelin) Faroe Islands (Týr) [I know it's not a country but it's chilly to list] Finland (Sonata Arctica) France (Daft Punk) Germany (Helloween) Greece (Firewind) Iceland (Sigur Rós) Ireland (God Is an Astronaut) Italy (Rhapsody) Jamaica (The Congos) Japan (Galneryus) Netherlands (Within Temptation) New Zealand (Flight of the Conchords) Norway (In Flames) Poland (Crystal Viper) Portugal (Oratory) Scotland (Nazareth) Spain (Dark Moor) Sweden (Truckfighters) Ukraine (Brilliant Coldness) United States (The Doors) So what I ask for, is simply help. Show me bands, of any genre, from around the world! And please star the question if ya can so others can look my goal too! :) Thanks everyone! Nightlife Commando Oh yeah duh! In Flames are Swedish. Why do I keep thinking they're Norwegian? Oh well, thanks for pointing it out :D
1 Sep 2009, 11:44 am | click here to view more
Resolved Question: what should I do about not getting along with my host family?
so im an exchange student now in portugal. to be honest i don't like my location and the people i've met aren't really the most friendly people lol but its okay. i'm having issues because i seriously don't click with my host family. i have two parents, a brother whose 35 and lives at home and a sister 2 years younger. we are opposites, which is fine, but we just don't connect. its not just a culture thing, its that we simply don't receive along. they are nice people and i am grateful to them, but still..we don't like each other at every. what should i do? i feel uncomfortable when I'm around them which is 24/7 because they never separate, yet they aren't doing anything necessarily wrong. should i switch to another family? apparently the only family member who wanted to host an exchange student was my dad. i dont think they know what AFS is about
1 Oct 2009, 3:56 pm | click here to view more