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RE: Witch came first?The chiken or the egg?Come on you smart Atheist profeesors'Answer this challange

Thanks! I was not sure b/c it was a bit confusing to read.

RE: It's Friday night...

It's my Birthday and a quiet one with Furbabies.

RE: Witch came first?The chiken or the egg?Come on you smart Atheist profeesors'Answer this challange

Besides, I asked you if I was right?

RE: Witch came first?The chiken or the egg?Come on you smart Atheist profeesors'Answer this challange

I am not that BAD!!!

RE: Witch came first?The chiken or the egg?Come on you smart Atheist profeesors'Answer this challange

The stike out did not show up well, that shouild read 3,4,5 which is a right triangle. Oh geezeeee

RE: Witch came first?The chiken or the egg?Come on you smart Atheist profeesors'Answer this challange

So if I under stand your answer to this portion, then you are refering to 3,4,45 which is a right triangle and used to square corners?

RE: Witch came first?The chiken or the egg?Come on you smart Atheist profeesors'Answer this challange

6,8,10 = .5

Ok here is my reasoning.

6,8,10 have in common that they are divisible by 2 which gives

3,4,5 which makes them 1/2=50%=0.5

So if I under stand your answer to this portion, then you are refering to 3,4,4 which is a right triangle and used to square corners?

Also, recall:

A Greek Mathematician, named Pythagoras, developed a formula to find the side lengths for any right triangles.



Pythagoras treated each side of
a right triangle as if it was a
side of a square. He found that
the total area of the two smaller
squares was equal to the area of
the largest square for every right
triangle.


The three sides of a right triangle are represented by the variables a, b, and c. The variable c always represents the longest side. You can write the formula used above as:

a^2+b^2=c^2 .


This is the formula of the Pythagorean Theorem.


If you want to have more fun with the numbers 6,8,10 Check out the Megapixel Myth. . . .





I'm Bad today. . . .

RE: If god is all powerfull?

RE: Obama Flunks

For mr it was NOT good b4 Obama. NOw it Still is not good BUT ALL change takes time. Repubs had along enough to make change and they made worse, IMHO.

So I will continue to wait longer than a year b4 passing judgement on Obama.

He got the wost mess in the history of this country upon taking office.

RE: How can a person profess love when they haven't even met?

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It prevents marriages that are based on pure impulses. It is a marriage that may not be about love but about what is best for the couple’s future.


Often, in love marriages, the couple is too blinded by love to see the faults of one another and their incompatibility. In arranged marriages it is the parents that decide and they offer an unbiased opinion on the character of the couple. They know what will be good or bad for their child.



On the other hand, love marriages happen when it is the couple who decides who they marry. The marriage happens after the couple get to know each other. They base their decision to marry not on their parent’s opinion of their future spouse but their own opinion of their future mate.

Proponents of love marriages argue that in love marriages the contracting parties have free will and whatever the outcome of the marriage will be; the parties can only blame themselves for choosing the right or wrong mate.


Others argue against love marriages as it is superficial. The future spouses are forced to act and look their best before the marriage. It is only after the marriage that each gets to see the real character of his/her mate.


In the end, the success of a marriage is based not on who chose who your partner will be, but on the level of commitment and respect that you are willing to show the other person. Marriages, arranged or not, fall apart because of the failure of one or both to stay true to their commitment to be faithful, loyal and caring to each other till death. In the end, only the contracting parties themselves can determine if they will choose arranged or love marriages.

RE: How can a person profess love when they haven't even met?

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As such, chances of not gelling well with the partner are very high. If either of them thinks absolutely contradictorily to what the other believes in, there would hardly be a mutual level of understanding between the two and life would be merely a compromise for the two.

The only way an arranged marriage can succeed is through acceptance. One has to accept the other the way he/she is and look for striking a mutual level of understanding.Present Scenario


Progressively, the concept of arranged marriage has changed considerably. Today, parents are concerned about the life of their child and take the consent of their kid, before deciding the marriage.

Over the time, people have understood that marriages can only be successful when the parents do not force their children to marry someone he/she doesn't want to marry.

Good arrange marriages happen when the parents support and help their children to find their life partners according to their desires and likings. Mutual consent and understanding are the only ways a marriage can sustain.


>>>>>>>>>>The Pros and Cons of Arranged and Love Marriages


There are still some societies today, as well as religions, that follow the tradition of arranged marriages. In some communities, arranged marriages are the norm, and future husbands and wives are matched up from childhood.



Some people view arranged marriages as backward and wholly unnecessary, especially in this age where women are treated, or at least fighting to be, equal with men.



But is there something about arranged marriages that are better than love marriages? What are the advantages and disadvantages of arranged and love marriages? I hope that by going through this article you would be able to answer these questions and other issues related to marriages.


Arranged marriages happen in different ways for different societies and culture. Some families arrange the marriage the moment the children are born. Others wait until the woman is old enough to bear children, which is usually around 13 to 14 years old. Others do it to consolidate political or financial power.



Whatever the reason, nearly all of the arranged marriages are planned by the parents. The children, that are supposed to get married, have no opinion on the matter, often meeting his or her future spouse just before the wedding or even at the wedding day itself.



The precise lack of choice is the downside of arranged marriages. Couples have no choice but to marry whomever they are told. It is like being forced to be with someone you barely know, let alone love, for the rest of your life.



Some people that are in arranged marriages cannot truly say that they love their spouse, but others fall in love after the marriage.


The main argument for arranged marriages is that they offer security and stability. The parents will only choose a partner that is best for their child, and they know that their child will be safe with his or her spouse.


Con't

RE: How can a person profess love when they haven't even met?

The Following maybe helpful in explaining this:::






>>>>>Those of us who live in countries where falling in love is the path to marriage may be surprised at some of the pros and cons of arranged marriages.



Though they’re not for everyone, arranged marriages do have some advantages that you may not be aware of. At the same time, they have some very real disadvantages too.

In countries or cultures where matchmaking is the norm, people are very aware of the pros and cons of arranged marriages. One of the strongest reasons for arranged marriages is finding a partner who is compatible ethnically, religiously, socially and culturally; in fact, this reason is the primary reason arranged marriages occur in some immigrant communities in Western countries. In ethnic or religious communities where assimilation is frowned upon, such as Greek expatriates or Orthodox Jews, arranged marriages are looked upon as a way to perpetuate the faith or culture.

At the same time, when discussing the positives in the pros and cons of arranged marriages, some of the following may surprise you: arranged marriages tend to have a much lower divorce rate than marriages based on romantic love.


There are several reasons for this, including the aforementioned cultural compatibility. For one thing, cultures that practice arranged marriages are often very close-knit, and tend to provide individuals and families within their system with more support than the average couple receives in the Western world.

For another thing, when marriages are arranged, great effort is made to pair up couples with similar social standing and financial status, so these couples may have fewer reasons to argue than romantically paired couples.


Finally, many couples who had arranged marriages say that love grows over time and stems from meeting the challenges that any married couple faces together.

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RE: How can a person profess love when they haven't even met?

Some

RE: How can a person profess love when they haven't even met?

I am not the only one. This is a, um, for lack of a better word, concept for many Cultures where Arranged Marriages is the Norm.

It involves being willing to accept and make a commitment to another sight unseen. I DO admit, in today's western world, it is a rather archaic concept.

I have a hunch if som of the Women from those Cultures were willing to post here more, you would get more input.

There are many that read but don't post for various reasons in their culture, (I call them CS Ghosts). I wish my friend, Ladyinwaiting was still here, she would have good input, on this topic as would others like Voyager007. But they are not, here and it is a hard to explain topic when you did not grow up with first hand knowledge of others that had been matched in this way.

I have an idea, let me get som information and if I get what I am looking for I will post here again- be back in a bit.

RE: How can a person profess love when they haven't even met?

Spring Break. But I HAVE been Studying. Thanks for asking.

RE: How can a person profess love when they haven't even met?

You are 100% correct in all you have said. There is much to be said for what you see in another's eyes, looks, touches, everything.

Yet, There is also much to be said for learning to love another person w/o meeting them.

In part, perhaps much of my views are Cultural upbringing - I am Old World and Old Culture, as well as, Old Fashioned. This how I was raised - with the examples of people whom were essentially strangers, except through letters, or knowledge from their Parents telling them about their mate and they made Marriage work, and learned to Love, also.

Yes, they were Blessed. But I am also equally sure that for every successful Marriage there were others in the past that were miserable.

Arranged Marriages happen in some families. Some from early ages. Some much later. My Family has been no exception to this. Mom was hand-fasted to a guy a couple years older than her when she was 4 yrs old, like her Mom, Grand Mom and so forth back on her Mom's side.

They did not marry as adults b/c Her Betrothed's Parents moved to Florida where he was raised and the young man told his Parents that He wished to marry a girl he grew up with and to ask my GrandFather to let him be released. They did grow up being told about each other and the expectation that they would marry as adults and with writing to each other.

Like I said, it did not happen to her and him, as it would have in the Old World. New Cultural values cause changes in the way Families look at life. I know His parents were very embarrassed for their Son not Honouring the Arrangement. But, I think Mom was relieved, as she then had a chance to build her own life w/o causing shame. I know my GrandFather was angry for a time, but when he talked with my Mom, They decided to let her enjoy being part of the New World.

Con't

RE: Being Bald

JAN_is: I don´t know, but there are a few great female, bald role models.

Have to say that you look awesome in the beret you´re wearing in your profile though.






Good for you!!! I hope all is well now. I think we all have things to deal with that, if others canna aunderstand then it is their loss, JMHO.

RE: Noahs Ark

There are some who theorize that Noah's Flood preceded the melting of the ice cap. They point out that at times there was a lot more ocean water on land because the capacity of the ocean basin was smaller. Putting more water into the system during those times would definitely create a "great flood." In fact, Northern Europe was flooded about thirty million years ago, and Italy didn't even exist---it came out of the ocean relatively recently. Any kind of additional water, therefore, becomes suspect for a universal flood. But was it Noah's Flood?

It is said that if Noah's Ark were found tomorrow, believers would say, "We told you so," and skeptics would still doubt. There is a curious coincidence, though. The collapse of the ice cap, the flooding of the Florida Indian caves, and Plato's story of the sinking of Atlantis all have the same date...approximately 11,000 years ago. Although the scientists are divided, they do agree on one fact: through 200 generations of folklore and legend, mankind has retained the memory of a prehistoric, universal flood

RE: Noahs Ark

The fossil record also shows a universal global flood. Worldwide fossils of animals and fish have been found buried in swimming positions---suddenly and catastrophically preserved in a moment of time. Rhinos, zebras, and hippos have been found buried in volcanic ash in Nebraska in swimming positions. The Beresovka River mammoth of Siberia was discovered half-kneeling, half-standing with buttercups in its mouth. In Scotland, tons of fish have been found in positions of terror with their fins extended and eyes bulging. Another fossil graveyard in Germany shows a mixture of plants and insects from all climatic zones. When these kinds of fossils are found together, it is usually indicative of global flooding and rapid burial.

Other independent geologists have found evidence of the Great Flood, too. One geologist went to Mt. Ararat four times searching for Noah's Ark, and confirmed that the mountain was once covered with water. Finding great volumes of salt at 14,000 feet, he determined that the water level had to have been much higher than 14,000 feet. Furthermore, at 13,000 feet he found conglomerate rock, which he said was rounded and formed under water. He also found pillar lava all up and down the mountain. Pillar lava is a unique formation that occurs only when molten lava emerges from the earth below water and is quickly frozen. This alone indicates that it was once under water. He could, of course, have been off by a million years, if it weren't for the folklore legends of the Great Flood.

In the early 1970's, by measuring oxygen isotopes in the mud of the Gulf of Mexico, a professor of geology at the University of Miami discovered that almost 12,000 years ago, fresh cold melt water suddenly flowed across North America into the Gulf. Professor Cesare Emiliani further reported that a sea level rise in the Gulf would have created a catastrophic effect on the entire world's oceans. He estimated the peak flooding down the Mississippi Valley during the ice melt to be ten, perhaps twenty, times larger than peak flooding during any historical times.

Emiliani's theory was confirmed when Florida scuba divers found human skeletons in a cave dwelling under water. Warm Mineral Springs, a popular health spa, contains a 250-foot deep sinkhole. In this sinkhole, divers stumbled upon an ancient community, proving that it was at one time dry. Sonny Cockrell, a Florida state underwater archeologist, found an 11,000-year-old human skull perfectly preserved by the oxygen-free mineral water. His discovery offered a possibility that the Indian was a witness to the rising of the oceans at the end of the ice age.

Geologists now believe the collapse of the ice cap was, in some places, devastating. When glacial Lake Missoula broke through a huge ice dam, parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana were scoured by a 1,000-foot high wall of water in a single day. Was this Noah's flood? Possibly, but the experts really don't know.

RE: Noahs Ark

Sorry, it never happened.


As the geologists explained it, the earth's axis had shifted many times, most recently between about 8,000 and 15,000 years ago. The obvious consequence of such an action would have been a dramatic change in atmospheric conditions. The polar ice caps, suddenly transposed to the temperate belt, would melt, and the level of the oceans would rise accordingly. Volcanoes would erupt, suddenly filling the skies with ash. This protective canopy of vapor would react like a greenhouse ,and the resultant condensation would cause torrential downpours. The entire earth would be exposed to the full fury of waters above and below the earth...just as recorded in the Bible.

The scientists estimated that when the last ice age melted, the oceans rose 300 feet. They have also theorized that this could have happened very rapidly and was the basis for Noah's Flood. And they cite effects on North America from the melting polar ice to prove the global flood theory.

When the ice cap had thinned out considerably, it seemed to have collapsed and produced a giant flood down the Mississippi Valley. It also created giant floods in the western United States. According to Dr. Henry Morris, an expert in geology and the flow of water, and the founder of the Institute of Creation Research at San Diego, California, the earth's crust, from both above and below, was eroded, transported, and re-deposited. It was destroyed in its original form and a new world emerged after the flood.

Dr. Morris reports that wherever one looks all over the world---in the mountains, the valleys---there is evidence of a flood. The entire geological column speaks of catastrophic, hydraulic burial, and this is a flood. He points to the Grand Canyon as one dramatic example of rocks telling the story of flood. Not only in the Grand Canyon, but all over the earth, sedimentary rocks are found in great thicknesses. Further, there is no worldwide time gap or deformity deposited in the sediments, indicating the existence of one single world-wide event...the Flood. As the floodwaters receded, the canyons were quickly carved in the soft sediments. The present Colorado River just simply does not have enough energy in it. There is not enough energy in the dynamics of the water to cut that Canyon even in a trillion years. In other words, the only way you can have that Canyon is for there to have been soft sediments and a tremendously greater quantity of water than there is now, which started as a large mud crack or opening in the uplifted soft sediments. The whole Colorado plateau area, and that Canyon going through it, really speak of catastrophism and not of uniform materialism.

RE: How far would you travel to meet someone?

Yes, I would.

RE: how likely would you be to date someone who was heavier then you?

My Exfiance of 12.5 yrs b4 I joined CS was very overweight, in fact, will say he was obese.

I loved him b/c of him. His heart and how he treated me.

The way it should be IMHO

Decisions and Good Bye

Oh, my spelling! I am tire all will be logging of in a bit.

Decisions and Good Bye

Wow! Thank-you. I will keep you apprised.

Astrophysics is a really facinating world in itself. I have had some classed in Astrophysics. My professors were very informative and futuristic.

As to my pesistence, it has not been easy. I was sick for a very long time. My Dean @ CWRU b4 she retired told me that she had never seen anyone get knocked down so much, as I did and still spring back up and try again.

But trust me, there were some times that I did toss in the towel and then went and had a good cry and sleep only to wake up and trip on that towel, then pick it back up agin with a sigh and step out again.

I never thought that I would be my age and still finishing school. I thought I would be done when I was 22 like all my friends.

I thank you for your encouragement.

RE: Looking??

I am not lookin,g either. Want to take a break from all this.

I think I am being led back to school by a Power Greater than I and it is just as well - this whole dating thing has become, um, disheartening so I guess that means I am not ready to try again, yet.

If you are ready, Dana, then go for it. No one's opinions should matter in this except you and how you feel about it in your heart.

If your heart has healed and you are ready to get back on that horse then, by all means, do so. You are the only one that knows if you have gotten rid of all baggage and are ready to put your heart on the line again.

Decisions and Good Bye

Dana, Sweetie where have you been??? I tried to contact you on FB and we never connected. I am so glad to see you! how are things with you? How is your daughter?

Thank-you for your kind words. You are missed, don;t be a stranger!!! Mail!

Decisions and Good Bye

It is a BS, I am a Jr @ CWRU. I have been into the areas of Photonics, oommunications, Lasers and experimental prototypes in various aspects of the industry both as a student and as a worker.

I am not @ CWRU at the moment, as my F/Aid was too short. I did get some private funding for another University and I will be transfering to RIT/NTID, as I am Deaf and there is more assistance there, than here in Ohio.

All my electives and free easy, (light) reading are in the areas of research involving the experimental aspects of Relativity, particle colliders, etc.

I was blessed to have Professors whom took me with them to observe and or participate while they performed experiments @ NASA and other Laboratories. I have missed out on much of this from having needed alot of surgery.

I really am surprised to be getting the encouragement ot get back into the groove thers so to speak, I rather thought that door was closed, it is nice to see it is not. Most of the Prof's I worked with are retired and some have even passed away. The ones that are now in their places are just as if not more encouraging, for which I am grateful.

I am very glad your Son is doing well and that He is getting Co-op. That is so very valuable. I wish him the best of luck.
Applied Physics is a wonderful area. I like the Theoretical Physics best, though. I think that is why I latched on to the Photonics area.

You are not being nosy. I apprciate your encouragement. Are you in Physics too, What area of Physics do you work in? Or in Finances? I am a little confused on your reference to a related area.

Thank-you so much for your Kind words, felixis. I know our paths have not crossed much here in CS. But I will keep you apprise as to wht I find out. Thank-you again.

Decisions and Good Bye

Sqeeallll, MindFulllLLLLLLL

Where have you been?

No you could never say anything to send me away, you funny Girl!!!

Timing, I think mine is the onethat is off. Thanks for the heads up about RIT, I am sure I will love it up there- I know they have more opportunities for the handicapped than here in Ohio.

How are you and Mickey?

Hugs to you both and Mail!

Thanks again, stay in touch stranger.

Decisions and Good Bye

Dark Knight, Oh my goodness where have you been?

Thank-you, I will miss you too Mon Ami! It is so good to see you. How IS your schooling going?

Decisions and Good Bye

Thank-you. Pixels, I have not seen you here much, but the times I have, I am very inpressed with your straight to the point wisdom and your sensitivity. I f you are relatively new, Welcome and good luck!

Thanks again.