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I recently found out that it is possible to make alcohol from raw fruit, but theres some way of filtering it to get out the bacteria...does anyone have directions as to how? or any other ways of making alcohol that are not to complicated?



In case anyone wanted to know I am of drinking age...but alcohol is very expensive (link)
No, no you aren't of legal drinking age. Paid users can see all questions asked by a user who posts a new question.

Please preserve your brain cells, you will need them later, promise.


Apologies if this is in the completely wrong category. Anywho
Ive heard a few people around saying this word.
Im pretty for sure positive that it means something similar to
'not romantically inclined' as in
"i love her! in an un romantically inclined way"
I think that should be right.
And I could almost swear that it started with the letter P as in PAT. I keep wanting to say prosaic but thats probably not even close.
For the record, I did practically powersearch Google, Thesaurus.dictionary.com, any website I thought would be helpful.
Any ideas? (link)
Advicenators word for the day:

Platonic.


Platonic dictionary definition:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/platonic


Platonic Wikipedia page covering origins of the word "platonic" as well as a brief study of Platonism:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_love



DN,

I'm not sure if you've been busy and that's why you haven't seen my emails, but a few of us are having problems getting on Advicenators. It gives some "403 Forbidden" message. Here are the other users whom I know are experiencing this same difficulty:

Matt
LaUgH_OuT_LoUd_x0x

and myself, obviously.

The way I'm getting on here is through a proxy, which I didn't even know could work.

Thank you so much! =] (link)
Hello there,

One e-mail, and not from anyone listed. What I need to know is what you were doing when the anti-spam bot blocked your IPs.

I have a record of each IP blocked and what it was blocked for, I just need your IP from the time it was blocked.

If you would go to http://www.whatismyip.com/

... and tell me what your un-proxied IP is, I would then be able to look it up.

Thanks for the help, and sorry for the inconvenience.

DN.


My poster must be finished by tommorrow and all I need is this font to make it perfect but I can't unzip it!

http://www.dafont.com/rough-typewriter.font

Is there any way someone else can download it to me and send it to me?

I don't need to be dramatic but this is a huge part of my grade and if i don't have THAT font my life is OVER! (link)
You don't mention the trouble you are having unzipping things, but the usual trouble is: Not having a program to unzip a zip archive.

If you have WindowsXP or newer, you already have a program to unzip this:

Right click on the file and select any option with the word: "Extract."

Typically "Extract Here."

If you don't have this option, or are using another operating system type your operating system and the word "unzip" without the quotes.

If you have any kind of Windows OS, you can download WinZip which has a free trial. You can start downloading WinZip here:

http://www.winzip.com/downwz.htm

Someone might have been able to send you the file, but you included no way for them to do so. Questions here are anonymous, this is important to remember.

Even if you found another way to get this handled, you really will, in the future, benefit from the knowledge of how to unzip a file.

Hope all went well with the project.


these two songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5thRHK75d4&feature=related

(the first song they dance to)

and

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


are those two songs original? andjust for jabbawockeez copyrighted? (link)
It is unlikely. If you check these videos:

JabbaWockeeZ Dance Compilation Video (Part 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLv1N_O-Mjw&feature=user

JabbaWockeeZ Dance Compilation Video (Part 2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyoVVRF4QYc&feature=related

... you will see that they seem to use established DJs mixes.

The best place to ask this question would be the "How do I e-mail the jabbawockeez?" link:

http://www.jabbawockeez.com/contact.html


how many jabbawockeez are there currently performing?

how come in the season 2 live auditions der were only 5 of then that performed?

i heard that jeff nguyen was the 1 hu quit?
okay WHAT THE DEAL HERE? (link)
There is no evidence that Jeff Nguyen has quit. The website lists him an an active member of the Jabbawokeez:

http://www.jabbawockeez.com/thefamily.html

If you want to ask the Jabbawockeez crew about this directly, you can find the fan club / fan mail e-mail address here:

http://www.jabbawockeez.com/contact.html

Please ask them the question only they can answer. I see you have quite a number of questions about them.


wat happened to one of the member sin jabbawockeez (Jeff Nguyen) how come he doesnt perform with the jabba anymore?


WH?Y?? (link)
There is no evidence that he has quit. The website lists him an an active member of the Jabbawokeez:

http://www.jabbawockeez.com/thefamily.html

If you want to ask the Jabbawockeez crew about this directly, you can find the fan club / fan mail e-mail address here:

http://www.jabbawockeez.com/contact.html

Please ask them the question only they can answer. I see you have quite a number of questions about them.


my friend is flying over to see me and i want to have the airlines send me notifications if they are late or anything. but on the site it doesnt say anything about cost. it says you must be able to recive texts. i have unlimited text but no internet and picture sending. i have at&t and the airline is american.. does it cost anything? is it hidden costs? (link)
No mention of any charges. It does say your phone must be able to accept e-mails.

The only question left is does your cell phone service charge for INCOMING text / e-mail messages?

You probably have their number, since you get bills from them. ;-)

As for the American Airlines end of things... if you want to double check freeness (new word) of AA's service:

From the FAQ on their site:

please call the AA.com Web Support desk at 1-800-222-2377, or email Webmaster@aa.com

I hope you have a nice visit.


I need to know of any celebrity who doesn't like soda. It's for a project.

please; i need to know very soon. (link)
Spent some time looking for you, so I figured I would post what I found:

Arnold Schwarzenegger is very much against Carbonated Drinks, especially in schools.

He has been against them for many years.

I am curious to find out what you came up with, so if you wouldn't mind, please tell me in feedback.

Also, there shouldn't be any problem deleting the question, please let me know what error you are getting or what is happening so that I can look into it.


Hey!

A red light just appeared when I went to start my car. It says "Break IP". The brakes are acting really weird and I'm afraid to drive it. What does this light mean and what should I do to fix it? I have a Ford Taurus 99. Please help if you can!

Thanks! :) (link)
Hello there,

First, a general rule of thumb regarding automotive brakes:

If the brakes feel funny, odd or in any way out of the ordinary... pull the car off the road immediately, and come to a stop. Doesn't matter where you are, really, as long as there is a place to pull off to the side. While doing so, be prepared to use your parking / emergency brake.

The reason for that rule is simply that brake failure very often gives VERY little warning it is about to happen. This means that the first sign of brake trouble should be taken VERY seriously, since you may not get another warning.

Now that we got that out of the way... :-)

The "I" you mentioned is actually an "!" unless you have a one of a kind Ford.

Think of the "!" as being interchangeable with "YIKES!"

You now have a car telling you that you have YIKES! problems with your brakes.

The odds are that this was triggered by the brake cylinder reservoir's low fluid indicator sensor.

That would mean that the fluid in your brake system went "someplace."

It is important to remember that the brake system is a "closed" system. What I mean by that is the fluid should stay at the same level. If it doesn't, then you have a leak someplace.

If enough fluid has leaked out to trip that sensor, you probably have air in the brake lines, which could very well be why they feel odd to you.

You could also have a leak in the power brake vacuum assist booster system. This might make the brakes feel like you have to press very hard to stop. It might also be accompanied by a loud hissing noise when you press down on, and or release the brake pedal.

I would not drive the car until you have this taken care of. A qualified mechanic, or a friend you would trust your life to (because this is what you are doing) will need to look into this for you.

If you are an active AAA member, they might cover having the vehicle towed to a shop of your choice. They may also recommend a shop.

Your insurance may also cover the towing bill, since this is a mechanical failure and, hence, a breakdown.

Whatever you do, remember that this is serious business. Brake failure is a terrible thing. I have lived through it, and strongly suggest you don't try your hand at it.

Please let me know in feedback, what the results of your brake inspection turn out to be.


i HAVE NEVER BEEN S00 C0NFUSED iN MY LiFE!!!!
iM A 16/F AN i WAS TALkiN T0 A B0y THAT WENT T0 My Sk00L...iMA CALL HiM R! S0 yEA i REALLy LiKED HiM BT N0W R iS iN JAiL AN MiGHT B iN THERE 4 SUM TiME...AN RECENTLy i HAVE BEEN KiNDA TALkiN T0 AN0THER B0y iMMA CALL N! i LiKE N AN WE FLiRT AN KiSS AN WE REALLy GET AL0NG GREAT! AS FRiENDS AN A C0UPLE! BT THERE'S A SLiGHT PR0BLEM...HE HAS A GiRLFRiEND!!! i D0NT WANNA B THE W0MAN 0N THE SiDE 0R A H0ME-WRECKER BUT iM REALLY iNT0 HiM! HE SEEMS REALLY iNT0 ME T00! AND 0N T0P 0F EVERYTHiNG i STiLL G0T R 0N MY MiND! i D0NT KN0W WHAT T0 D0!!! (link)
Please write properly. No questions written this way are approved.



hey, i'm doing a project on the great leap forward.
i am doing a scrapbook which i have to do 10 pages on the great leap forward.

so far i have 1. what was it
2. when + historical background
3. mao zedong
and the last page 10. long term effects


PLEASE, i need help, its due this friday and is worth 2/3 of my grade. if you could give me ideas for other pages in the scrapbook i would be forever greatful! thank you. :) (link)
Hi there,

For something that only lasted a couple years, it would be pretty easy to write 1000 pages on this subject, so 10 should be pretty easy to come up with.

You might consider one or more pages about each or any of the following:

It was a disaster both economically and for the people of China.

Millions of people starved to death.

A page on Life in China before The Great Leap Forward, and a page about what it was like after. (These can grow to many pages.)

Things leading up to the 1958 birth of The Great Leap Forward: How about a few pages on all things spiritual and religious being outlawed?

Positive things: Foot binding was outlawed, so was child marriage.

Women were reached out to for education's sake.

====================

How about a page or more on Mao's attempt to increase steel production by assigning peasants to little backyard furnaces all over the country?

Plenty could be said about this. It was a disaster.

Write about The Great Sparrow Campaign. The resulting locust swarms weren't fun to deal with.

You can look into the "Three Bitter Years" also called the "Three Years of Natural Disasters" for more info if you need it.

Start with the Wikipedia page on the subject and follow the link within:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward

Have fun.


can anybody find a video on youtube
of jennie garth (val)
dancing to the wang chung song?
i cant find it :( (link)
Now THIS is a hard thing to find.

I spent over an hour in Google and came up empty handed on the actual video.

My best suggestions would be to go to the What I Like About You fanclub board on IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321018/board

... and ask the same question.

And here is the episode guide if you want to try and find the episode number it happened in:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321018/episodes

... If you know the episode number, you can probably download it off iTunes for a buck.

Also, with the episode number you can search youtube and find it even though nobody might have mentioned her, or the dance in the keywords or descriptions.

P.S. I would send you to Jennie Garth's fan site, but it is under construction. :-(

Here it is in case it is fixed soon:

http://www.jenniegarth.com/


On Yahoo, is there anyway I change my security question? If so, where do I go to? (link)
From the Yahoo site help located at:

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/account/account-02.html

Q: How do I change my secret question and answer?


A: Shhh... To change or update your Password Question and Secret Answer, send an email to:

my-login-request@yahoo-inc.com
For security reasons, we request that you send this information from the Yahoo! Mail account associated with the Password Question and Secret Answer. For the Subject of the email, type: Password Question and Secret Answer.

In the text of the email, include:

Your Yahoo! Mail ID.
The ZIP code you gave when you registered for the account (non-U.S. residents, please include country).
Your birth date.
The alternate (non- Yahoo!) email address listed for your Yahoo! ID.
Your current Password Question and Secret Answer (exactly as you entered them at registration).
Your new Password Question and Secret Answer.
Please Note: The punctuation, spelling, and spacing of your new Secret Answer are important. We copy the Secret Answer exactly as it appears in your email.

When we've received and verified the above information, we'll notify you that the change has been made.


hadouken are my favourite band - can anyone tell me the font they use on their merchandice and album please?


x (link)
Hi there,

The font is called: "Batman Beat The Hell Outta Me" ... no, seriously, the font Hadouken! uses really is called: "Batman Beat The Hell Outta Me."

You can find it at:

http://www.dafont.com

Here is a direct link to the display page for the font:

http://www.dafont.com/batman-beat-the-hel.font

For those people who read this and aren't familiar with the band... here is their MySpace, with a selection of their music:

http://www.myspace.com/hadoukenuk


I found a cool site sometime ago with really cool iPod accessories
They had a pair of earphones with this on them:
http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/123050/2156444/2167343/070614_CB_Radioactive.gif

Anyone know what site I'm talking about? Or have you seen that type of earphones on a site?
Thanks! (link)
Hello there,

Headphones with a radiation symbol sounds like:

ifrogz Earpollution ear buds / headphones.

only search advicenators.com


The radiation / radioactivity symbol on a headphone or earbud is pretty rare, so my guess is this would be what you need.

All this and they aren't very expensive either.

SkullCandy also has some nice headphones, if you decided you don't want the ifrogz Earpollution earbuds after all.





In the beginning of the first episode they play this really dancy song and i wanna know the name! never heard it before and its adorableee (link)
Here is a link to the SYTYCD(So, You Think You Can Dance) community forums / chat boards:

http://forums.fox.com/foxsytycd/start

... The intro song for SYTYCD(So, You Think You Can Dance) should be easy enough for one of the regulars there to identify for you.

When you find out, would you include it in your feedback. please?


whats the name of this song?


http://youtube.com/watch?v=2kSzlvqvAkY (link)
It is a mix of:

Perfect by Exceeder

... and:

Ida Corr - Let Me Think About It

These were remixed by the person that made the YouTube video mashup of the 2007 Victoria's Secret fashion show, I believe, and it rapidly became the unofficial: "Victoria's secret fashion show 2007 song"

Enjoy.


I really want a pair of skullcandys, but I can't site a BELGIAN site that sells them, or any good ones in europe which aren't UK sites.

Any help?

I suck at google O:) (link)
Hello there,

Looks like finding out where to buy SkullCandy headphones in Europe, but especially Belgium, is a common problem:

http://www.skullcandy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=533

From this, I found a site in Belgium. The link was dead, but with a little SkullCandy sleuthing I found that they have many earbuds and headphones available:

http://www.orbit-dj.com/nl/search.html?key=skullcandy&cid=&bid=&mi=&ma=

If that doesn't do it for you, you might post on the official SkullCandy headphones forum:

http://www.skullcandy.com/forum/index.php

If that doesn't fill your needs, you might want to contact SkullCandy corporation and ask about a distributor in your area:


Sales
Address Kabelgatan 5, 43437 Kungsbacka, Sweden

Sales Phone +46 300 30915
Sales Fax +46 300 30916
Sales email sales@skullcandy.se

Service address Kabelgatan 5, 43437 Kungsbacka, Sweden
Service phone number +46 300 30915
Service fax +46 300 30916
Service email support@skullcandy.se

I found this one in the FAQ:

Skullcandy EUROPE

Fiftyseven North AB

Kabelgatan 5

43437 Kungsbacka

Sweden

+46 300 30915

www.skullcandy.no


And this one for everywhere that the others are unsure of:

Skullcandy Rest of the world International Sales HQ
Phone +1 435 940 1545
Fax +1 801 601 3735
Email us int@skdy.com

... Please be careful of your ears when you get these.


i made an account on adsense, and i have a blogger account. I have read the the instructions and I have no clue what I am doing, it seems very confusing. I have no idea how to get ads and put them on my blog page or anything. Can someone please explain it to me, in a way i could understand? It's google adsense.
thanks =] (link)
Hello there,

If you are adding Google AdSense ads to a blogger account, and you are using a standard template for your blog, it couldn't be much easier:

http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=42281

... that has pictures for you click along to which will get you up and running in no time.

If you have a problem with that, you may want to ask a more specific question relating to the exact step you are having trouble with while implementing Google AdSense in your blog.

If you are not using a standard template for your blog, the best guide I could find to putting AdSense ads in your blog would be here:

http://google.about.com/od/googleblogging/ss/Adbloggersbs.htm

... which is pretty straightforward as well.

Please let us know if there is anything more specific that we can help with.




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