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off road pictures question by Luann: Should children be exposed to graphic images of abortion?
A “Right to Life” organization in our community, in my opinion, has gone too far. This evening as people were getting off work and going to dinner, they lined themselves up along the sides of the road in our “restaurant” district and in front of grocery stores, holding human-sized pictures of bloody, dismembered infants. People coming in and out of each establishment (with their children) were forced to look at these horribly grotesque images. We’re in a small town, and this road was THE main road through town… and you can’t get from one end of town to the other without driving it. People couldn’t avoid it.

As a parent, I feel this is taking “freedom of expression” too far. How would you even explain these graphic images to your child?

What do you think? Is this taking it too far? And as a parent, what would you do?

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Answer by leena W
definitely!! this is wrong I think they are robbing children from their innocent childhood

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off road pictures question by janie: I need help to get some info to a relative who just had all his toes cut off and is going blind from diabetes?
he is currently in a veterans nursing home.

I have some dvd-r that are excellent on people and treatments that have improved or reversed diabetes that I would like to send to him.

However, being in a nursing home, he only has a regular tv, not a computer or dvd player.

He does have a cd player.

Is there any way to transfer the DVD=R content to the CD so he can play it. Even if opne cannot get the pictures, if I could get the sound only transferred to a cd or something that can be played on a cd player, he could hear it.

He does have a great deal of money and may be moving to a better nursing home or might be able to buy something to play it if they make any kind of portable plug in devices that play dvd-r that are not a computer or need connection to a DVD-R but I do not know if they make such a thing.

I could maybe tape the words with a tape recorder but not sure if he has a cassette player attached to his CD player and he is hard to reach, (Ican’t call out, I have no long distance and am poor and noone can get off the phone with him in less than 3-13 hours so I can’t afford a phone call) and also have noone there to help him until someone drives to his state maybe down the road.

any advice on how to get this info to him would be appreciated.

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Answer by Stephen
Download and install audacity (free). Then use it to capture the sound when you are playing the dvd on your computer. Once it is finished recording you can then save the audacity project as an mp3 ready to burn onto a cd.

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off road pictures question by : Parties aside, are there any folks thinking maybe we’d have been better off with McCain after all? Read on.?
I’ve started to hear a few comments on TV & internet over the past month about this. The following is some of what I’ve gathered, mixed in with my opinion of course.

The aftermath of the Feingold-McCain bill seems to have made just a few folks and reporters wonder as we’re all fed up with the Jr. High mentality that’s been running DC, even before Obama. No limits on Union & Corp donations to campaigns has raised a red flag for some apparently.

I can’t figure out why the Republicans didn’t get some McCain stories out besides the prison camp – it was very clear that Obama’s campaign was far superior, regardless of the contents.

From more than one source, before & after the elections, I’ve learned that McCain was ripped off & lost all his campaign funds about 6+ months before the primary. He started with nothing from scratch. Didn’t dip into the wealth of his wife’s family. Bought a coach plane ticket to NH, was met by some local yocal of the Party, and started walking the streets again to rise like a Phoenix from the ashes. But we didn’t hear about it then.

Whether we like the guy or not, that shows character. He is actually relatively moderate, so he couldn’t have been as offensive to folks as other more extreme platforms were during the primaries.

It also has come up that he could have paraded the pictures of his non-white adopted child to hang out the race card, but he declined parading his family in front of the media – that’s a good protector of those he cares about. I want someone like that to care about me & mine.

After the campaign, the news outlets revealed that George W.’s administration did NOT favor or like him, but he was thrown in with Bush. If he had W’s camp behind him, he probably would have won.

My editorial: The only contender, besides Biden, who had a strong reputation for reaching across party lines, persevered staying relatively clean for years (I was poly-sci major back in his earlier days), had the contacts in DC to pull strings to get things done, and we let this go? I was hoping for a McCain/Biden ticket, or someone to cross party lines and bring us back together.

I think, don’t know for sure, Rush Limbaugh referred to McCain as being “a slower road to Socialism”. He didn’t like him, so there goes the ultra conservative accusations.

This is no offense to Obama, or any party member, I’m a boring, yet not on-the-fence moderate. A voter with no party – worked in HR, hiring & training employees. The “resumes”, and how they were presented during that campaign, don’t make sense at all to me. I think the Republicans had one of the most moderate, candidates, with a proven track record (whether you agree with his policy or not), they’d seen in decades.

What do you think? I like all perspectives, please be nice – it’s Sunday.

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Answer by Demsmierda
Yes. Big Difference.

McCain is about 50% Democrat.

Obama is about 75% Communist.

I didn’t like McCain.

But Obama is Destroying the Future for our kids and grand kids.

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off road pictures question by Aaron: Best Offroad Tires for 98 Jeep Wrangler?
I have 33×12.5 that are bald I need to know what you think is the best tires for all terrain im not looking for strickly mud just a good thick tread thats good on and off the road! prolly a 31-33×10 let mew know…can include links or pictures

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Answer by mike c
Goodyear silent armor mtr. They have awesome grip and can be used on the street with little vibration

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off road pictures question by babycakes: How can I convince my parents to let me get my braces off?
When I got my braces on in May 2008, I was told I would only need to wear the for 18 months, tops. Now here I am, about to be a sophomore in high school, and my orthodontist is saying I should wear them for nine more months. He says the only thing wrong with my teeth is my bite, and if I don’t fix it now there is a small risk of impaired eating 20-30 years down the road.

I’m very insecure about my appearance because of braces. I hate going out, and I don’t smile in pictures. I hate the way I look because of braces. I’m 15, but I look like I’m 12 because of these dang braces! I can’t start school with them, I just can’t. My orthodontist says he’ll take them off if I really want to.

The only problem is my parents. They feel like I should keep them on until my teeth are perfect. I feel like they already look good, it’s just my bite. I’m all about living for today, and braces are negatively affecting my life. If I have problems with my teeth later, I’ll deal with it then. How can I convinve my parents that I have to get them off now?

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Answer by H is for Hello
Oh calm down. Its just braces, I think youll be able to survive. Many, many kids have braces and they deal with it. Youll be able to get them off by the time you enter grade 11 and to be honest, I really doubt anyone else notices whether you have braces or not.

If its going to affect your eating down the road, then its important that you keep them on. You realize “dealing with it” when you end up having problems means youre going to have to have braces when youre 30 or 40 years old right? I think thats a little worse than having them when youre 15.

You should feel lucky that you have braces in the first place. There are tons of kids who are embarrassed of their teeth and wish they could get braces but their family cant afford it.

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off road pictures question by Mina: Has a classical piece ever induced any extremely vivid pictures or circumstances in your mind?
Hello, everyone…

I was just browsing Youtube and came along a Scriabin Impromptu I hadn’t heard before. I closed my eyes and listened, and along came the most intense and distinct scenario in my head. I won’t go into all of the details, as I tend to babble on when it comes to describing things, but the main theme of this ‘vision’ was a girl in a black hood walking down a road. She was carrying flowers and had tears in her eyes, but was holding them back calmly. She turned, entered a cemetery, and walked towards a gravestone. Then, right at about 1:25 in the video where he breaks out into that distressful, building tone, the girl burst into tears as she read the name on the grave, and then sat there, crying, and remembering, for the rest of the piece.

Now, I know that this is probably not what Scriabin had in mind when writing this, but the whole scenario was so vivid! It’s odd – I do very often feel emotion in a piece, and sometimes get ideas and pictures floating into my head when I’m listening. But, such a distinct vision hasn’t really happened before! There is a link to the piece below, do you guys get any images when listening to it as well? What feeling does this piece evoke in you?

Scriabin – Impromptu Op. 12, No. 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XesrMXFGfeg

Even if you don’t feel emotion for this piece, has any other piece gotten a reaction from you like this piece did from me?

Also, do you think the vision was a direct induction from the piece, or simply the result of a wandering/daydreaming mind while listening to it? I’m leaning towards the latter, as I’ve been doing some creative writing lately, but I still just can’t get over how vivid this scenario was! Please share your thoughts and experiences, if you wish?

Take care,
Mina

** Note: I’ve searched and found the reason that my links appear unblue and unclickable – Yahoo doesn’t want people posting spam, so blue and clickable links are off-limits to those in the community who are a measly level one. -.- But, there is hope – either copy and paste the link into your search bar, or simply write the name of the piece and composer into Youtube. It should be found pretty easily!
Sorry for the inconvenience… but it’s worth it, even if you don’t want to answer the question! Scriabin is so incredible and intense, and this piece is practically candy for the ears!
Thanks everyone for answering! Unfortunately I still have to pack tonight, so I won’t be able to reply to everyone. I’m sorry if you didn’t get a response!

Joshua Haines: That’s really interesting… But I see how you can get that from the piece. Great answer!
Tanya968: I found the whole ‘brain connection’ idea and the medical aspect really interesting… I actually just read a medical book (can’t for the life of me remember the name) and there was this bit on synesthesia, or ‘connected senses.’ It said that indeed, sound can create and be ‘connected’ to images, and vise versa. The book stated that we’re all synesthetic to some degree, so maybe that explains the things you saw/heard? I have to read up more on that!
Alberich: That’s what makes classical music so beautiful – its connects to our emotions, with only sound, on a level that nothing else does. I think you’re right when you say I simply must have been daydreaming, sometimes I forget I’m still a teenager! As for my affinity with Scriabin, I think it might be a phase. Although I’ll always appreciate him, I am going through a ‘religious change’ period in my life and am fascinated at the religious influences in his work. I have been scanning the bookstores for a biography on him, but none seem to have any… I might have to order online. Ah well, it’s worth it for music Thanks for your answer!
Grim Fandango:
Hahaha… unclean. Well, you’ll have to put up for the dirtiness for a while, I’m afraid… I just started here!
Your vision was so detailed… that’s pretty amazing! And the stamp thing made me smile. Thank you!
Petr B:
Even if you do feel as ‘the odd one out,’ I do kind of see where you’re coming from. The phrase that popped into my head was ‘A Pure Listener’ – someone who hears and sees only what is there… if that makes any sense? I’m not sure… my old teacher always said that I was like a messy eater mixing foods on their plate – I got my music in my art, and my art in my writing, and my writing in my music… I guess you’re more of a ‘neat eater’? Thanks for your answer!

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Answer by sonruni_angel
well, there was this and I felt that the music really brought out the feeling of the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIUZtvLfVlA

have a nice day!

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off road pictures question by : How would the US stop an invasion from China?
Picture this: Some years down the road, the supply of some vital resource gets so scarce that it causes global war. China lands in Alaska and marches down through Canada into the United States. We hold them off for a while but the end is inevitable. The entire western half of the US becomes occupied territory.

Eventually, the survivors in the west are trapped behind enemy lines. Those who headed for the hills in the beginning are using guerrilla warfare tactics on the occupying force. Basically only fighting small battles they know they can win and stying light and mobile.

That would make a pretty good movie or book, huh?

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Answer by garrett
Red Dawn.

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off road pictures question by Cant wait to see my baby!!: is this weird for engagement pictures?
alright so….of course something bad happens, i forgot my shoes–yep… i dont live close to my fiance and i dont live close to where we are getting our pictures taken, no one has the same size shoe as me in their family. and i dont have time or money to go buy new shoes.
we are getting out pictures taken in shorts (the knee shorts for me, not shorty shorts!) and just t shirts, very casual cause we didnt want to be something we arent!
they are being taken by a red antiquey urban wall, a old rock wall, and an old tan wall. and old old old rail road tracks. everything is very rustic and old looking! i love it! but what do you think if we didnt wear shoes lol! i know it is weird but do you think we could pull it off because of what we are wearing and where we are getting them taken? this has stressed me out so bad and i really need some solution–i only have like 2 hours…please help me
what flats would look cute with black knee length shorts with tiny pin stripes

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Answer by Julia B
What about the shoes you are currently wearing? You surely didn’t travel there barefoot… Or go buy a pair, you can get cute cheap flats at Target. They are only $ 20, it’s worth it.

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off road pictures question by : how much would a road trip cost from england to texas be?
some friends and I in england were thinking of going on a road trip to texas and around that region on motorbikes, however we need to know from an experienced person how much it would roughly cost if were staying a month, buying an aeroplane seat, buying a standard motorbike and riding 6-7 hours a day, refilling at local gas stations and stopping off at motels each night, also any ideas on what would be a good tour route that you have taken before in america? p.s i only need the amount per person any tour route map pictures would be nice

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Answer by loki_only1
Buying a motorbike in the States is a little different than it is in Europe. They cost a few thousand dollars, and they arent as common place as a mode of transportation as they are in europe. May i strongly suggest going to motorcycle dealership page and see what you’re getting into. This is on top of flying for the US (could thousand dollars), Gas is almost $ 3.00 a gallon now. and Motels range from $ 50 to several hundred dollars anight, depending on what you want.

And why texas?? Most of texas is flat and dry (i was born there, i know!) Anyways… i say google it

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off road pictures question by Quagmire: THIS CREEPY OLD MAN HAS PICTURES OF ME WHAT DO I DO?
This man is 43, and I am 20. He manipulted me and broke up my family because he was “romantic” and tried to be everything my boyfriend was not. He got really controlling, tried to get me pregnant ASAP and took my cell phone away and wouldn’t let me go on Facebook. He moved in with me and wouldn’t even let me go to the bathroom alone. He works from home so he would take me with him to an office once a week or so and the rest he spend watching my every move. One day over a month ago he went to his apartment to quickly grab something and I snuck out and ran down the road for help, and I never saw him again. He has very close up zoomed-in pictures of my face in a seperate album on his Facebook and refuses to take it off. He also has it on his desktop background and told me he looks at it all day every day. WHAT DO I DO??

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Answer by hello
go to a police station and dont leave untill they help. he basically kidnapped you, if he wouldnt let you leave and you had to run away and scream for help.

also if he made you sleep with him thats rape.

get the guy locked up.