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Hi, I need help on a project i am doing would anyone know of any other Russian literature that is simmilar, in themes, to Anna Karenina or know where to find any speeches by the Tsar?

Join the campaign! It's like 80s terrorism. Operation Hoff Bomb. Everyone needs to do their part to help get the David Hasselhoff Super Fantastic Activity Fun Book out into the wild.

Yeehaw, we've been granted a snow day here in the midwest. Actually, we currently are under "blizzard conditions" - 20-30 mph winds (sorry, can't concentrate enough to change that to klicks/hour right now, but I'd guess around 60km/h) and still heavy snow. And lemme tell you, it's gorgeous!

I got to nuke school a little over a week ago.

I have been working with some experiments recently and in the process I found that one experiment is actually ALOT of fun! That is if you enjoy creating your own universe! With working gravity and functioning galaxies. How to build your own function scale universe. Supplies: *1 glass cassarole dish or other type of large flat see-through container (to hold water and cooking oil). *Water *Cooking Oil - the thicker the better, the clearer the better. *An eye dropper or equivelint device. Directions to construction: Place your Glass container on your work station. Proceed to fill the container with cooking oil 1/2 full. (be careful…

I have taken seminary algebra that needs a scientific calculator, rather with graphing capabilities. Is there one for the TC that anyone here might recommend…????

I want it but there is no way im paying 599 US Dollars for a console. They are going on ebay for like $2500 and people arouns where I live have been standing in line since tuesday to get one. I think I'll wait till it comes down on price.

sorry, i'm a long time lurker here, here's my situation. I am taking an OSHA class as part of a work-study program at Empire state college. Part of this class has to deal with writing a large research paper with an occupational health focus. Based on anecdotal evidence (talking with various ppl who work in the electrical industry) many electricians seem to suffer knee and joint problems. Because of this, I've decided to analyze and write about knee pain among electricians. I am corrolating bureau of labor studies occupational health data alogn with personal interviews, local polling among electricians, and additional statistics obtained locally. What I am missing…

But I laughed so hard from this. http://runboy.ytmnd.com/

Here is a picture of the background image I used on one of my web sites: It is supposed to be blue with navy stripes. I can see it very clearly on my LCD monitor, but it appears to be solid black on my other computer with a CRT monitor. The only way I can see it is if I turn the brightness on the monitor to almost 100%. I think this is strange, because other images do not appear too dark on my CRT monitor. What does your monitor show when you look at the picture I posted above?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061122/od_nm/life_dissection_dc A dissection kit, with a real frog?! What is this world coming to???

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=20620 weird liquid/solid stuff. iirc, you can make something similar out of household items... cornflower and water, maybe? anyhoo, thought it was interesting.

This is chemistry related but i don't think it would be appropriate in the chemistry section because it isn't really science. We all know of the whole Dihydrogen Monoxide thing and how many people fell for it, so, why don't we pick a couple of chemicals, apply a scary sounding (but still accurate) name to it and see if we can do something similar. So, the rules for submission of suggestion will be: 1. MUST be essential to life. 2. Should have lots of bad effects due to excess or lack 3. MUST be real. i'm going to nominate oxygen for this. This dangerous chemical(dioxide) was responsible for chernobyl when it got into the reactor core and has been involved i…

I'm doing some research about the use of brain machine interfaces (communicating with computers via an implant) and would be greatful for anyone willing to fill out a survey (quick and clean 3 yes or no questions) Survey Thanks.

hello... ive been having an arguement with mates... is it actually necessary for yacht to be spelt the way it is defined in teh dictionary... or ... in how ever the english language began.. what would of been the consequence of spelling it "yot" for example. or replacing "ph" with f everywhere. e.g phone with fone. i dont see the big deal.. but me mmates say.. bla bla the structure of the language an all this shit. so yeah someone smart fill a brother in!!!!!

They've always fascinated me, and I've decided to finally treat myself to one for christmas The question is though, which should I buy? I'm looking for one which has the following two features: A good enough magnification to see things like BED BUGS, FACE MITES, and RED BLOOD CELLS. (Would this require more than 1000X magnification?). Also I'd like to be able to see larger things in good detail, such as, the face of a housefly, (For something like this you'd need about 40X magnification, wouldn't you?) The ability to link up to a computer and allow me to move images of what I magnify onto it. The larger and clearer these images, the better. I have a…

Yay! It's mah birthday and I'll cry if I want to, smoke if i want to, eat if i want to lol

LOl.... Im still a quark. And i dont know all these science terms and vocabulary, but i have many, MANY pectulations Man!!! Im still a quark...

[/center] My dear nation! The day we promised came sooner than we hoped and faster than we reckoned. The first good tidings on the manifest victory have been heralded, healing our chests and pleasing our souls and friends, while infuriating our enemies. Here is the state of Islam in the land of two rivers, whose structure is getting stronger, whose flagpole is raising higher, and whose banner is fluttering with the might of the Exalted as a sign of disgrace to the humiliated. Here are your enemies staggering from the adversities, tribulations, and agonies that befell them like mountains to the extent that they stand helple…

So this guy thinks he's figured out how they did Stonehenge, and he's made some videos that show how he thinks they did it. He's using the approach to build a full-scale replica on his farm. Cool story and video from YouTube: http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1162736381.shtml The guy's own web site: http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/

Hey, I wasn't sure where to post this. Ideally, it would suit a sociology forum I suppose. I recently posted it on a philosophy forum but alas, the discussion quickly degenerated into a debate about the ethics of homosexualism. So I thought I'd repost it here in the hope of a more meaningful discussion. However, in the light of some of the more pertinent posts on the other forum, I'll ammend some parts for lucidity, and others for accuracy... While the following idea may apply to all gender diversions from the polar hetero-homo extremes, for the sake of brevity, I'll just concentrate on male homosexuals. I want also to stress that this is centered around the idea …

Yesterday, I had this crazy idea in my head from no where. My thoughts stated that everything is done for or within a reason. For example: We have to go to the bathroom to dispose our wastes We have bookbags to carry our materials We walk to go from point A to B I sat down to watch TV, or play computer These are some of the examples, and I want you guys to try to prove my silly theorem wrong. An example that something is not done for or within a reason. Good luck.

People get freaked out when they walk into my room and see books strewn about everywhere with various cards, bookmarks, page folds, or other assorted objects acting as placeholders. At any given time I'm actively reading 2-3 books and what books I'm presently reading tend to change quite frequently, with some of those various books strewn about the room swapping into the rotation at various times. All of the books I'm reading are presently nonfiction, usually "dumbed down" approaches to complex topics (i.e. not horribly permeated throughout with specialist jargon or any higher level ideas) Given this approach, it usually takes me about a month or two to finish…

I was watching 'when stunts go bad' the other night, some of it was really quite harsh...including a guy falling to his death doing a tight rope walk between two buildings. The programme specifically said nobody died in any of the scenes they filmed, and then they go and show that. Anyway, it made me think of some of the great death scenes you get in movies (not implying that the tight rope guy scene was great) so are there any particular scenes that particularly make you grimace, is there are drawn out scene that makes you go oooooh, arrrrrrrrr, eeeeeeee. Or is there a satisfying scene when the bad guy gets what he deserves. There's quite a few I can think of, b…

Do not read this rant if you are the least bit easily offended… I don’t know why, but apparently election day is my day to rant about the pussification of the American male. They almost made me late for work, so I’ve spent most of the morning already cursing at them. The last few decades of liberalism and feminism and way overrated sanctity of human life have contributed to the pussification of the men in this country. Now, they’re in slacks and dress shirts with a funny feminine aroma permeating their proximity. Call it cologne, and suddenly it’s ok to smell like roses and fruitcake and still think of yourself as a man. They’re driving 10 mph under th…