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		<title>How do I accept I cannot change my brother?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so here is the deal. My brother is one year older than me. We grew up as best friends and were mistaken for twins all the time&#8230; I mean, we were VERY close. We kind of drifted away in the teen years, we ended up going to different schools and had our own liefs, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, so here is the deal. My brother is one year older than me. We grew up as best friends and were mistaken for twins all the time&#8230; I mean, we were VERY close. We kind of drifted away in the teen years, we ended up going to different schools and had our own liefs, he had so much trouble with getting and keeping friends. People were never really nice to him. He used to have suicidal thoughts and he isolated himself from the world.I did what I could (i am sure i could have done more to and i could have tried harder to be his friend&#8230;but i was a stuck up 15 year old with her own friends&#8230;i know it was not nice of me as a sister.) When he was 18 he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Of course that just brought us back to our old selves, It was such a devastating time, I realized that life is short and anybody could be taken from you with the blink of an eye. After his surgery and he was better he had lost a LOT of weight. In a good way. He was over weight and he worked out and became very healthy. With that his confidence sky rocketed. He put out the effort to make friends and he began to be a &#8220;teenager&#8221; he was actually invited to parties and invited to hang out with people. He loved, loved, loved it. The problem is, (in my opinion&#8230;) he was so desperate to be accepted that he took the first group of friends that came his way. Trouble than began. He for the first time in his life got into the pot smoking, heavy drinking at parties, at that is what he saw all the other people doing, so i think in his mind it was cool and all his life he wanted to be cool. This past year things from bad to worse so fast. He stopped going to his annual MRI&#8217;s and check ups and he made friends with a certain guy that is just&#8230; bad news. Together they used to go to this abandoned set of buildings in our town (very famous amongst kids for being &#8220;haunted&#8221;) and one night one of the building burnt down to the ground. I had a gut feeling and asked him and his friend both if they had anything to do with it&#8230; they got defensive and said no. Than I was on my lunch break at work one night and my best friend called me to tell me my brother and his friend were all over the news for being arrested with Arson charges. My heart seriously just dropped to my stomach. He ended up getting out on bail (thanks to my Dad who by the way has never really had a &#8220;strong&#8221; relationship with him&#8230;so it was a big move for their relationship. My dad sold a bike he had JUST bought like a week before for ,000 just to get him out of jail thinking he was definitely going back for a sentencing) I let my brother move in with my and my boyfriend in our apartment. well, the judge have him 3 years probation and 300 hrs community service and no jail time, it shocked us all but it was such a relief at the same time. My brother had a court issued order stating he could NOT SEE HIS FRIEND he got in trouble with. Well&#8230; few months later we find out there is a warrant out for his arrest for being seen with his friend. He announced on mother&#8217;s day he was turning himself in and going back to jail. He was out within days. This past weekend I hosted a BBQ for my mother&#8217;s birthday and my brother told me he would be there (at this point he now staying at my dad&#8217;s house) he never showed, so i text him at about 9:00p.m. asking him when he would be there&#8230; never got a response. My dad called me yesterday to inform me that the reason my brother did not show up was due to the fact he is back in jail. He was riding his bike around late at night, an officer told him there was a warrant out for his arrest, my brother said &#8220;no, sir my stuff has all been taken care of&#8221; the officer searched him and found marijuana. I am so heart broken. I know for a FACT my brother is not this guy. My brother is a kind, funny, sweet person. He just wanted friends so bad, and yes these choices ARE HIS. Not his friends. But I mean, every single time he is in jail I cry every night till I sleep, my thoughts are consumed of him. &#8220;Is he cold? Is someone hurting him? Is he scared? Is he lonely? Does he feel bad and realize his mistake?&#8221; I mean I am just at a LOSS! It&#8217;s like I am watching him do so many things that are ruining his life and putting himself in danger when i know more than anybody this is not him. Maybe something is Truly wrong with him in the brain, maybe there is damage since the tumor. I don&#8217;t know. Last time he was in jail I was almost in the hospital with a panic attack&#8230; i woke up not breathing and felt like i was trapped. Its just bad stuff. I suffer from severe depression and anxiety and have NO health insurance&#8230; I am 19 and trying to live on my own so money is very much an object for me. I don&#8217;t want to feel this way, it&#8217;s possible he is going to be away for a long time and I just do not know how to deal. Straight up&#8230;. help??</p>
<p>(please no trash talk answers&#8230;)</p>
<h3>Chosen Answer:</h3>
<p>Just ignore the problem.<br />
by: Tommy<br />
on: 20th July 10</p>
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		<title>Had 3 weird dreams, so awful?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[6/22/12 &#8211; 6/23/12 First dream was with Hex and Bajo, (if you don&#8217;t know them, they are TV hosts of a show called good game) they were playing Alex Kidd and near the beginning of the stage they found a secret level by glitching the game, after that they started playing champions online for some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>6/22/12 &#8211; 6/23/12</p>
<p>First dream was with Hex and Bajo, (if you don&#8217;t know them, they are TV hosts of a show called good game) they were playing Alex Kidd and near the beginning of the stage they found a secret level by glitching the game, after that they started playing champions online for some reason.</p>
<p>2nd dream, for some reason Sylvester Stallone was chasing me, i ran into my house and Arnaldo Schwarzenegger was my dad and he was just sitting on the sofa reading the paper<br />
then Stallone came to my house in a helicopter, i grabbed a gun that shoots out rockets and eventually bought down the heli, Stallone walked in my house, i cannot remember what happened next.</p>
<p>This dream was a bit strange and awful<br />
i met this little 8-11 year old girl i think she liked me, asked to me to help with get school project, something about a mosaic. i never showed up, until later because i was fighting Stallone, she forgave me but she got angry with me  a lot screwing up a few time on her project, just then bullies came and started picking on her, of course i stepped in, i don&#8217;t know i felt like i needed to protect her, like a father figure, then they started picking on me, they stole stuff and started playing keep away, i cannot remember much after that point but i had a dream, yes a dream in a dream..it can happen.. i was grown up&#8230;well grown up more and the little girl was not a girl anymore she was like 20 something and i think we dated.. i cannot remember what happened next. just then the dream within the dream ended and we were back to our ages, and i was back with the little girl at the table with her project, just then the bullies came back, but it seemed this scene was the same as last time, so i knew exactly what they where going to do, with the keep away i grabbed the item straight away, they kept trying to steam from us but i wouldn&#8217;t let them and they were angry and surprised. after that school bell rang and everybody was going home, i walked to the bus stop but the bullies kept following me, when i got on the bus the girl was there to, she told me why she was angry and she liked me&#8230;&#8230;.. i cannot remember what happened next (honest)<br />
Just then i was in the dream within a dream again, this time it was at a market place. but this time i wasn&#8217;t my older version me, instead i was my self, and i can see the older version me walk by, (think of back to the future 2) then i heard one of the bully from before called out to the older me, he was an adult too, but my older me didn&#8217;t listen and walked away.<br />
after that i confronted me, and told me i look familiar, he also told me the little girl i was with years ago, well he knocked her up and told me the baby next to him was his, the baby was around 3 weeks old, the baby looked kind of weird, like not a real baby in real life, but a baby is still a baby. this part i hated and wish i never dreamed it<br />
i grabbed the baby and started punching it and punching it, it was bleeding everywhere, the bully didn&#8217;t seem to do anything he was like paused<br />
i then realized what Ive done and i picked up the baby which was crying and i cuddled it and i was so sorry, i gave the baby to the bully, and i walked away and looked through the stalls.<br />
i went to one stall, which had professional looking drawing pencils, i was interested in it, and i asked how much it was, the stall owner told me it was 9<br />
after that i woke up</p>
<p>What does all this mean?</p>
<h3>Chosen Answer:</h3>
<p>Nothing, your dreams mean nothing. To me they all sound like the the combination of that days event. Basically it sounds like the retesting of stuff you&#8217;ve seen on tv or the like<br />
by:<br />
on: 30th June 12</p>
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		<title>Help! this questions is about my sexual health please serious answers only.?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am 18 years old and am still a virgin, Lately my hormones have been sky rocketing and you could say i get really excited and aroused vary easily, and when this happens I tend to do really stupid things, for example I did something I thought I would never do in my life I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am 18 years old and am still a virgin, Lately my hormones have been sky rocketing and you could say i get really excited and aroused vary easily, and when this happens I tend to do really stupid things, for example I did something I thought I would never do in my life I went online and typed in Illegal porn, underage and stuff like that, I never really watched anything I don&#8217;t think it sent me to an actual site that hosts Child pornography they seemed like they were legal sites and I&#8217;m a little nervous because I searched it twice, one out of curiosity and the second because I just became stupid like I said never really saw anything all that showed up were pictures of 18+ legal sites you could say and I feel horribel about it because of the fact that i tried seeking it out, I&#8221;ve always been known as the strong one with my morals and I fell to temptation I&#8217;m scared am I becoming a pedaphile or is it because my hormones taking over? Im not attracted to younger girls like 16 and under I&#8217;m atracted to people who are my age 18+ and sometimes 17+.This has never happened to me until now, and sometimes i get random thoughts in my head about stupid sexual stuff and it seems like its just happening? is it because im sexually frustrated? I would never follow through with any acts like that.  I guess at the time i might have tried searching for pictures and stuff that were around my age I feel really bad I tend to beat myself up over things like this and I dont know is this normal? all of this stuff just seems to happen when okay im going to say it when i get Horney and then when it subsides i seem to think straight. Please Help!</p>
<h3>Chosen Answer:</h3>
<p>This is common. In general adolescent people have such imaginations quite often. They dream a lot in several ways just to please themselves and spend their spare time like that. There is nothing extra or special in what you have experienced, which is likely to excite people. If you still have any genuine doubt, please consult a  professionally qualified doctor. Doctor will diagnose and treat. Doctors can only help.<br />
by: Naguru<br />
on: 16th August 12</p>
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		<title>Sudden loss of drive?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple days ago I was hosting a party. Later into the night I saw the girl I&#8217;m attracted to making out with the first girl I&#8217;d ever kissed. This memory keeps flashing through my mind. Now I&#8217;ve noticed I have no drive to do ANYTHING with one exception&#8230; I don&#8217;t want to game. I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A couple days ago I was hosting a party. Later into the night I saw the girl I&#8217;m attracted to making out with the first girl I&#8217;d ever kissed.</p>
<p>This memory keeps flashing through my mind.</p>
<p>Now I&#8217;ve noticed I have no drive to do ANYTHING with one exception&#8230;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t want to game. I don&#8217;t want to work out. I have no drive to really attend any of my classes in college. And no drive to keep looking for work. And lastly I have no desire to masturbate.</p>
<p>However, my desire to have sex seems to have sky rocketed.. to the point now that when I see any type of public display of affection I start to become aggressive..</p>
<p>any ideas on what&#8217;s happening? Or how to fix it?<br />
I&#8217;m also single, and never been intimate (aside from that first kiss)</p>
<h3>Chosen Answer:</h3>
<p>You are feeling a little like you loved and now lost. You are just feeling a little blue for now. Going to the gym would help you bounce back, so I suggest you get to the gym. Take your frustration out on the treadmill. The strong sex drive can be contributed to feeling lonely and you just want someone to show you some affection. If you go to the gym and workout this should curb your aggression. Don&#8217;t just find someone to take your sexual aggression out on, because you will be hurting that person and you know how it feels to be deceived. Good luck<br />
by: Nettajay<br />
on: 29th November 09</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was over there a couple days before going to Europe, was there during the 4th of July, and we couldn&#8217;t find any fireworks stands anywhere in the London/Metro area, WTF? We were totally pissed off-(no bottle rockets, lady fingers, black cats, snakes, roman candles, sparklers, etc) Asked a couple people to help us out to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Was over there a couple days before going to Europe, was there during the 4th of July, and we couldn&#8217;t find any fireworks stands anywhere in the London/Metro area, WTF?  We were totally pissed off-(no bottle rockets, lady fingers, black cats, snakes, roman candles, sparklers, etc)  Asked a couple people to help us out to find the stands and they either yelled at us or we couldn&#8217;t understand anything they said, in English??  Some dude seemed like he wanted to fight, not cool.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s up with that, why don&#8217;t you celebrate the 4th and why were those British people so angry and mean towards us?  Also no grand finale firework show at night, was totally bummed out.  The Brits aren&#8217;t very good hosts.</p>
<h3>Chosen Answer:</h3>
<p>Oh good grief!  Can&#8217;t you troll better than that?</p>
<p>No cookie for you for this sad attempt.<br />
by:<br />
on: 3rd September 12</p>
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		<title>Will they always attack Israel?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many think if Israel did this and that blah blah, the Hamas terrorists would stop shooting rockets at israeli civilians, but would they really stop? Why don&#8217;t people get that they dont shoot Israel because its &#8220;Israel&#8221; or for it&#8217;s political movement. they do it because its not a muslim state. They did the same [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many think if Israel did this and that blah blah, the Hamas terrorists would stop shooting rockets at israeli civilians, but would they really stop?</p>
<p>Why don&#8217;t people get that they dont shoot Israel because its &#8220;Israel&#8221; or for it&#8217;s political movement. they do it because its not a muslim state. They did the same to us in lebanon, Palestinian militias were killing christian arabs just because they were NOT MUSLIM!</p>
<p>And NO we didnt take their land or speak hebrew, we hosted them in OUR land and spoke arabic just like them but still chose to start a war that till now lebanon is hurt from.</p>
<p>So is it really about Israel political system or It purely a &#8220;holy war&#8221;?</p>
<h3>Chosen Answer:</h3>
<p>hi shahira, havent seen you here for a while, good to see you back. </p>
<p>@tobemo&#8230;. i agree with you that the current situation is destroying both the palestinians and the israelis as the fight goes on backwards and forwards, and the argument continues about who did what to who first, or last. </p>
<p>however, israel cannot afford to take the risk of the 2 state solution if there is not some guarantees in place or even some outside force as a buffer perhaps. i dont know if you realise just how small israel will be between gaza and the west bank and how utterly vulnerable. israel cannot give that solutione and wait to see if it brings them peace as one attack against israel could be the demise&#8230; and believe it or not the palestinians rub their hands together in glee knowing this and that they will then be able to accomplish what they have always wanted. to wipe israel off the map. </p>
<p>personally i would agree to a 2 state solution with some international force as a buffer that has the right to attack the palestinians very strongly and the rest of the world to revoke all aid once and for all to the palestinians.. if even one rocket is sent into israel.</p>
<p>you have to look at gaza as an example of what has been and the best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour. israel gave back gaza in a treaty whereby the palestinians agreed to cease all rockets once and for all. BUT the very next day after they got back gaza, destroyed all housing that could have been used by their own people, destroyed all farms that could have fed the supposed &#8220;starving&#8221; ( sorry but if any rational person was starving wouldnt they use the green houses and farms to feed themselves)&#8230; perhaps they arent really starving.  well the very next day they shot rockets into israel AGAIN. </p>
<p>nothing deters the palestinians. they are not concerned with killing themselves in the name of martyrdom or &#8220;freedom&#8221;. they pay terrorists bonuses according to how many israelis they kill. their own governments pocket millions in aid to keep their people poor so that killing israelis seems a good way to make money.<br />
by: curious1<br />
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		<title>how do i accept I cannot change my brother&#8230;. and how do i cope? (long..but please read/answer.)?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so here is the deal. My brother is one year older than me. We grew up as best friends and were mistaken for twins all the time&#8230; I mean, we were VERY close. We kind of drifted away in the teen years, we ended up going to different schools and had our own lifes, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, so here is the deal. My brother is one year older than me. We grew up as best friends and were mistaken for twins all the time&#8230; I mean, we were VERY close. We kind of drifted away in the teen years, we ended up going to different schools and had our own lifes,  he had so much trouble with getting and keeping friends. People were never really nice to him. He used to have suicidal thoughts and he isolated himself from the world. I did what I could (i am sure i could have done more to and i could have tried harder to be his friend&#8230;but i was a stuck up 15 year old with her own friends&#8230;i know it was not nice of me as a sister.) When he was 18 he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Of course that just brought us back to our old selves, It was such a devastating time, I realized that life is short and anybody could be taken from you with the blink of an eye. After his surgery and he was better he had lost a LOT of weight. In a good way. He was over weight and he worked out and became very healthy. With that his confidence sky rocketed. He put out the effort to make friends and he began to be a &#8220;teenager&#8221; he was actually invited to parties and invited to hang out with people. He loved, loved, loved it. The problem is, (in my opinion&#8230;) he was so desperate to be accepted that he took the first group of friends that came his way. Trouble than began. He for the first time in his life got into the pot smoking, heavy drinking at parties, and  that is what he saw all the other people doing, so i think in his mind it was cool and all his life he wanted to be cool. Than, this past year things from bad to worse so fast. He stopped going to his annual MRI&#8217;s and check ups and he made friends with a certain guy that is just&#8230; bad news. Together they used to go to this abandoned set of buildings in our town (very famous amongst kids for being &#8220;haunted&#8221;) and one night one of the buildings burnt down to the ground. I had a gut feeling and asked him and his friend both if they had anything to do with it&#8230; they got defensive and said no. Than I was on my lunch break at work one night and my best friend called me to tell me my brother and his friend were all over the news for being arrested with Arson charges. My heart seriously just dropped to my stomach. He ended up getting out on bail (thanks to my Dad who by the way has never really had a &#8220;strong&#8221; relationship with him&#8230;so it was a big move for their relationship. My dad sold a bike he had JUST bought like a week before for ,000 just to get him out of jail thinking he was definitely going back for a sentencing) I let my brother move in with me and my boyfriend in our apartment. well, the judge gave him 3 years probation and 300 hrs community service and no jail time, it shocked us all but it was such a relief at the same time. My brother had a court issued order stating he could NOT SEE HIS FRIEND he got in trouble with. Well&#8230; few months later we find out there is a warrant out for his arrest for being seen with his friend. He announced on mother&#8217;s day he was turning himself in and going back to jail. He was out within days. This past weekend I hosted a BBQ for my mother&#8217;s birthday and my brother told me he would be there (at this point he now staying at my dad&#8217;s house) he never showed, so i text him at about 9:00p.m. asking him when he would be there&#8230; never got a response. My dad called me yesterday to inform me that the reason my brother did not show up was due to the fact he is back in jail. He was riding his bike around late at night, an officer told him there was a warrant out for his arrest, my brother said &#8220;no, sir my stuff has all been taken care of&#8221; the officer searched him and found marijuana. I am so heart broken. I know for a FACT my brother is not this guy. My brother is a kind, funny, sweet person. He just wanted friends so bad, and yes these choices ARE HIS. Not his friends. But I mean, every single time he is in jail I cry every night till I sleep, my thoughts are consumed of him. &#8220;Is he cold? Is someone hurting him? Is he scared? Is he lonely? Does he feel bad and realize his mistake?&#8221; I mean I am just at a LOSS! It&#8217;s like I am watching him do so many things that are ruining his life and putting himself in danger when i know more than anybody this is not him. Maybe something is truly wrong with him in the brain, maybe there is damage since the tumor. I don&#8217;t know. Last time he was in jail I was almost in the hospital with a panic attack&#8230; i woke up not breathing and felt like i was trapped. Its just bad stuff. I suffer from severe depression and anxiety and have NO health insurance&#8230; I am 19 and trying to live on my own so money is very much an object for me. I don&#8217;t want to feel this way, it&#8217;s possible he is going to be away for a long time and I just do not know how to deal. Straight up&#8230;. help??</p>
<h3>Chosen Answer:</h3>
<p>Honey, I think at this point, there&#8217;s very little you can about your brother, and your priority shifts from what will help him to what will help you. If you aren&#8217;t in the best state of mental, emotional, or physical health, you won&#8217;t be able to help your brother at all. I&#8217;m 19 too, and I&#8217;ve taken on my friends&#8217; troubles and problems for most of my life. Last year, I fell prey to depression and PTSD and discovered that though my intentions were good, I wouldn&#8217;t be much help to my friends if I wasn&#8217;t taking care of myself. I&#8217;ve also had a family member in prison, and it&#8217;s hard, I know it is, to know that it&#8217;s their own fault and you can do little to make them see where they really started going wrong.</p>
<p>My suggestion is to get on medication to help with your anxiety and depression and do what you can to get yourself feeling better and more confident. Then, you can start figuring out what to do about your brother. It may be better for him to just serve the jail sentence and see if it does him any good. If it doesn&#8217;t, it may be time to distance yourself from him and let him do as he will. The missing contact with you could break through the destructive behavior and make him realize what he&#8217;s missing.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know what religion you are or whether you believe in a higher power, but I will be praying for guidance for you and your brother. Sometimes, that&#8217;s all you can really do.</p>
<p>-Giz<br />
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		<title>Is Terrorism the only option for the Palestinians?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat &#8221; He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority,[3] and leader of the Fatah political party, which he founded in 1959.[4] Arafat spent much of his life fighting against Israel in the name of Palestinian self-determination. Originally opposed to Israel&#8217;s existence, he modified his position in 1988 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat</p>
<p>&#8221; He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority,[3] and leader of the Fatah political party, which he founded in 1959.[4] Arafat spent much of his life fighting against Israel in the name of Palestinian self-determination. Originally opposed to Israel&#8217;s existence, he modified his position in 1988 when he accepted UN Security Council Resolution 242.</p>
<p>In 1994, Arafat received the Nobel Peace Prize, together with Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, for the negotiations at Oslo. During this time, Hamas and other militant organizations rose to power and shook the foundations of the authority that Fatah under Arafat had established in the Palestinian territories.</p>
<p>In late 2004, Arafat became ill, fell into a coma and died on 11 November 2004 at the age of 75. While the exact cause of his death remains unknown and no autopsy was performed, his doctors spoke of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and cirrhosis.&#8221;</p>
<p>http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2363740820070623</p>
<p>Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:36am EDT<br />
CAIRO (Reuters) &#8211; &#8220;The bloody takeover of Gaza by Hamas was a &#8216;coup against legitimacy,&#8217; Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Saturday, two days before he hosts a regional summit seen as an attempt to isolate the Islamist group.</p>
<p>&#8216;We regret shedding Palestinian blood by Palestinian hands in clashes that crossed all the red lines,&#8217; he said.&#8221;</p>
<p>http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304721441&#038;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull</p>
<p>Palestinian poll: Hamas support drops<br />
By BRENDA GAZZAR  GAZA CITY<br />
Feb 9, 2009 0:33 | Updated Feb 9, 2009 7:25<br />
&#8220;A Palestinian poll conducted after Operation Cast Lead has found that 56 percent of residents in the Gaza Strip and 48.3% of Palestinians in the West Bank and east Jerusalem believe Hamas is leading them in the wrong direction. </p>
<p>Today, Hamas is supported by only 27.8% of the population in the Gaza Strip, compared to 51.5% in November, said Dr. Nabil Kukali, founder and general director of the PCPO.</p>
<p>Fatah&#8217;s popularity in the Hamas-controlled coastal territory lies at 42.5%, compared to 31.4% in November.&#8221;</p>
<p>http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LU613098.htm</p>
<p>Is al Qaeda opening a Gaza front?<br />
30 Aug 2009 15:26:23 GMT<br />
Source: Reuters</p>
<p>&#8220;Explosions at two sensitive sites in the Gaza Strip [ID:nLU529969] have prompted speculation on Sunday that they were the work of al Qaeda-aligned radicals opposed to the Palestinian enclave&#8217;s Islamist rulers Hamas.</p>
<p>Hamas forces attacked a mosque in Rafah on Aug. 14 [ID:nLF47066] after the leader of a group calling itself Jund Ansar Allah (Warriors of God) declared Islamic rule in the town on the border with Egypt. Up to 28 people, including the leader, were killed. That sparked warnings of a reaction [ID:nLI78639] and speculation that conflict with Salafis could both complicate and foster Hamas&#8217;s contact with the West [ID:nLH515758].</p>
<p>Most share an agenda with al Qaeda and believe Hamas broke with Islam by taking part in the 2006 Palestinian parliamentary election &#8212; an election which it won, sparking international sanctions. Since Hamas [ID:nLF53592] seized control of Gaza in 2007 from secular President Abbas, Salafis have criticised the Islamist movement for failing to implement Islamic law.&#8221;</p>
<p>Who is there for the Palestinian People? Their homes have been destroyed, Gaza is a Military Compound, rocket launchers, mortars, military stores and weapons all placed in and around public buildings to use the Palestinian Civilians as shields.</p>
<p>How do the Palestinian CIVILIANS get out from under Terrorism, which, for 6 decades has told them they would protect and provide for them, and most important, achieve self determination for all Palestinians?</p>
<h3>Chosen Answer:</h3>
<p>As an &#8220;Option&#8221;, terrorism upon a superior foe- doesn&#8217;t work. The BEST &#8220;option&#8221; for the Palestinians- would be to work WITH the Israeli&#8217;s, through their OWN laws &#038; legal system- so that they would eventually achieve parody WITH Them&#8230; Otherwise, the conflict between the two WILL Go On- indefinitely&#8230;  <img src='http://excellenthostzone.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
by: Joseph the Second<br />
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a complete newbie to volleyball, I&#8217;ve only been to 3 clinics hosted by the school but they really want me to try out. (They lost 7 varsity seniors and I&#8217;m 6&#8217;2&#8243;). I went out shopping today for things like kneepads, a ball, a bag, and shoes. I wasn&#8217;t quite sure as to what shoes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a complete newbie to volleyball, I&#8217;ve only been to 3 clinics hosted by the school but they really want me to try out. (They lost 7 varsity seniors and I&#8217;m 6&#8217;2&#8243;). I went out shopping today for things like kneepads, a ball, a bag, and shoes. I wasn&#8217;t quite sure as to what shoes I should get. After some research on my iPhone I came across that Asics and Mizunos were best. Now, they didn&#8217;t carry Mizunos and the only Asics they carried were Gel-game 2 and some other one. The one that was listed as a good one online (Rocket somethingrather) they did not have. So, I bought the game 2. The people assured me it would be good for volleyball. But, before I rip the tags off I&#8217;m just wondering if these shoes are actually quality volleyball shoes? They&#8217;re originally designed to be tennis shoes.</p>
<h3>Chosen Answer:</h3>
<p>Yes! They are good for volleyball because we use those! Most of any other shoes are VERY bad choices! I should know because i am a Volleyball player! One of my teammates wore regular shoes slipped and busted their butt almost every ball they went after!!<br />
by: Brit Brat<br />
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;does not ONLY show Francis Scott Key&#8217;s patriotism and pride in America, BUT, more importantly it emphasises his recognition and appreciation for God&#8217;s blessings. To those that can recieve: remember, when you hear this song at any ball game, significant event, etc. , this song echoes the sentiments of this great man &#8211; &#8220;GOD IS [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;does not ONLY show Francis Scott Key&#8217;s patriotism and pride in America, BUT, more importantly it emphasises his recognition and appreciation for God&#8217;s blessings.<br />
To those that can recieve: remember, when you hear this song at any ball game, significant event, etc. , this song echoes the sentiments of this great man &#8211; &#8220;GOD IS GOOD&#8221;.</p>
<p>In his forth verse, this &#8220;brother&#8221; wrote:<br />
&#8220;Blest with victory and peace, may the heav&#8217;n-rescued land<br />
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!<br />
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,<br />
And this be our motto: &#8216;In God is our trust&#8217; &#8221;</p>
<p>THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER<br />
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn&#8217;s early light,<br />
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight&#8217;s last gleaming?<br />
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thru the perilous fight,<br />
O&#8217;er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?<br />
And the rockets&#8217; red glare, the bombs bursting in air,<br />
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.<br />
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave<br />
O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave?</p>
<p>On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,<br />
Where the foe&#8217;s haughty host in dread silence reposes,<br />
What is that which the breeze, o&#8217;er the towering steep,<br />
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?<br />
Now it catches the gleam of the morning&#8217;s first beam,<br />
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:<br />
Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave<br />
O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave!</p>
<p>And where is that band who so vauntingly swore<br />
That the havoc of war and the battle&#8217;s confusion<br />
A home and a country should leave us no more?<br />
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps&#8217; pollution.<br />
No refuge could save the hireling and slave<br />
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:<br />
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave<br />
O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave.</p>
<p>O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,<br />
Between their loved home and the war&#8217;s desolation!<br />
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav&#8217;n-rescued land<br />
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!<br />
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,<br />
And this be our motto: &#8220;In God is our trust&#8221;<br />
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave<br />
O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave!</p>
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somewhat enlightened, if that&#8217;s how you &#8220;judge&#8221; this man, that&#8217;s fine, but I was pretty much looking for answers from Christians and those that are seeking God.<br />
tentofidle, He saved the best for last&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.If he had made reference to God in EVERY verse, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;d STILL find reason to &#8220;judge&#8221; him/the song negatively in this regard. No problem.</p>
<h3>Chosen Answer:</h3>
<p>I thought that song was a rip off of some English drinking song.</p>
<p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Anacreon_in_Heaven</p>
<p>?</p>
<p>To Anacreon in Heav&#8217;n, where he sat in full glee,<br />
A few Sons of Harmony sent a petition;<br />
That he their Inspirer and Patron wou&#8217;d be;<br />
When this answer arrived from the Jolly Old Grecian;<br />
&#8220;Voice, Fiddle, and Flute,<br />
No longer be mute,<br />
I&#8217;ll lend you my name and inspire you to boot,<br />
And besides I&#8217;ll instruct you like me, to intwine,<br />
The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus&#8217;s Vine.&#8221;</p>
<p>The news through Olympus immediately flew;<br />
When Old Thunder pretended to give himself airs.<br />
If these Mortals are suffered their scheme to pursue,<br />
The Devil, a Goddess, will stay above stairs.<br />
&#8220;Hark&#8221;, Already they cry,<br />
&#8220;In transports of joy,<br />
Away to the Sons of Anacreon we&#8217;ll fly.<br />
And besides I&#8217;ll instruct you like me, to intwine,<br />
The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus&#8217;s Vine.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The Yellow-Haired God and his nine lusty Maids,<br />
From Helion&#8217;s banks will incontinent flee,<br />
Idalia will boast but of tenantless Shades,<br />
And the bi-forked hill a mere desert will be.<br />
My Thunder no fear on&#8217;t,<br />
Shall soon do it&#8217;s errand,<br />
And damme I&#8217;ll swing the Ringleaders I warrant,<br />
I&#8217;ll trim the young dogs, for thus daring to twine,<br />
The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus&#8217;s Vine.&#8221;</p>
<p>Apollo rose up and said, &#8220;Pry&#8217;thee ne&#8217;er quarrel,<br />
Good sing of the Gods with my Vot&#8217;ries below:<br />
Your Thunder is useless&#8221;&#8211;then showing his laurel,<br />
Cry&#8217;d &#8220;Sic evitable fulmen&#8217; you know!<br />
Then over each head<br />
My laurels I&#8217;ll spread<br />
So my sons from your Crackers no mischief shall dread,<br />
While snug in their clubroom, they jovially twine,<br />
The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus&#8217;s Vine.&#8221;</p>
<p>Next Momus got up with his risible Phiz<br />
And swore with Apollo he&#8217;d cheerfully join-<br />
&#8220;The full tide of Harmony still shall be his,<br />
But the Song, and the Catch, and the Laugh, shall be mine.<br />
Then Jove be not jealous<br />
Of these honest fellows,&#8221;<br />
Cry&#8217;d Jove, &#8220;We relent since the truth you now tell us;<br />
And swear by Old Styx, that they long shall intwine,<br />
The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus&#8217;s Vine.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ye Sons of Anacreon then join hand in hand;<br />
Preserve Unanimity, Friendship, and Love!<br />
&#8216;Tis yours to support what&#8217;s so happily plann&#8217;d;<br />
You&#8217;ve the sanction of Gods, and the Fiat of Jove.<br />
While thus we agree,<br />
Our toast let it be:<br />
&#8220;May our Club flourish Happy, United, and Free!<br />
And long may the Sons of Anacreon intwine,<br />
The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus&#8217;s Vine.&#8221;<br />
by: Somewhat Enlightened<br />
on: 20th October 11</p>
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