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what are some sites for driving games??
[free]

http://www.trackmanianations.com/indexUk.php TrackMania Nations. Good game, good graphics and lots of tracks. And it's free too.

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are witches real??
or even magic?

Yes and yes. Do I need to elaborate or will that answer do? Really, not trying to be a smartass. What do you want to know?
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Ok since you want more information. Witches are real, they practice a religion called Wicca. Most witches are "closet" witches meaning they practice the craft in secrecy. The reason why is, the majority of folks don't understand and would criticizes their beliefs or even ostracize them. You see, witches believe in two gods, one being a female and the other being a male. They don't believe in Satan or the Devil but they do believe in karma. As far as magic being real, it's real to the extent of, if the person really truly believes it is real to themselves then it is real. If you believe in something, no matter how hard someone tries to convince you otherwise, you are not going to hear what they say.

To see what is up in today's world of Wicca and for further reading I recommend Silver RavenWolf's "To Ride a Silver Broomstick"
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You replied; "So like if you go to the mall or the store would you be able to point out a witch? or like how would you know? [also how do you know so much??]"
No, you wouldn't be able to spot one. They dress as normal as anyone else. Although some may decide to wear a pentacle (not to be confused with a pentagram) necklace, earrings, ring or other forms of jewelry. These are usually the ones that are open in their religion. However, just because someone wears something like this doesn't make them Wiccan. You really wouldn't know unless they told you.
Someone I know is Wiccan.

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every time that i upload a video onto youtube that i make with windows movie maker, it wont upload because it says that its an improper file or something like that. i tried saving it in my picture file, but it still wouldnt work. any adivce?

You are not exporting the file. You'll need to go under "finish movie" and go to "save to my computer." After entering a file name and a saving location, when you click next it will give you an option to change the quality. It will save it to a WMV file that you can then upload to youtube.

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Is it true the pullout teqnique doesn't help to not get pregnant?

Also is it true if you're a vegitarian then you have less of a chance getting pregnant?

The first question was answered and the second, it's absurd to think just because you are a vegetarian it will decrease your risk of getting pregnant. If anything it may actually increase your chance. My friend's wife who's mother and father are vegetarians have eight children.

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OK i was listening to K-Love and i heard this song, it was really creepy and was talking about mornings or waking up or something, but i liked it and i dont know the names. its a band playing with a guy singing if it helps. please tell me the name, its really annoying not knowing

You know what I do when I am listening to a song on the radio and the DJ doesn't give the name? I call the station up and ask them! It's worked several times! So, get on the phone, get the DJ and describe to him/her what you heard and they'll give you the answer. Believe me, they've heard those songs many many times.

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My wife and I had been married for over four years.
I have ADD and high anxiety which I'm not taking medication for.
I had a pretty good paying job but was laid off early 1n 2007.
My eyes started giving me problems before the lay off but I did get them checked out while I still had insurance.

Found out this year that both of my eyes have cataracts. I've attempted working at three jobs but my eye sight prevented me from passing the probationary period.

Here's my issue. I had a step daughter that had always found a ways into getting into trouble. Everything you asked her not to do, she went ahead and done. The computer she would stay on Instant messaging, My spacing all her friends till early morning.
I gave her so many chances but she proved to me she didn't care.
Her mother and I constantly fought about her because every time I tried to lay the Law down, the discipline was always to severe.
Even if it was just a few weeks without the computer.
Then she started on the phone..the same thing.

My wifes daughter wouldn't barely do any thing in the house.
And after her mother and I told her we expected more from her since she was 16, like washing clothes, doing the dishes...she made sure she washed only her stuff when begged, ( and if she washed three loads of clothes, it would take over three days and then you'd never find them put away) until I got so tired and fed up with her and the way me and her mother fought all of the time because how she ran the house, I made her move out when she turned 18 and graduated.
My step daughters every other word was profanity, and I don't think that she once told her mother or me the truth.
And Lord if you found her in a lie ( which was always ) she would cover it up with another one. She never admitted to anything she done. From bringing guys over when her mother and I were gone, to finding a ways to explain why she messed around with her best friends boyfriend.

Well, My father and mother passed away with cancer. And I made sure that no body smoked in the house. My wife and I don't smoke.
My wife invited her brother over ( or he invited his self ) and in both houses we used to live in, he smoked in each one, not caring.
And my wife let him and to this day, if he wanted to visit...I'm sure the same thing would have happened.

Well again, on Christmas eve of 2007, her daughter wanted to spend the night with us, to be there on Christmas. She smoked.

When I went down to visit my family in Alabama, mysteriously as it sounds, my wife let her daughter move back in knowing full well we never got along. Knowing full well her daughter never listened to one rule of the house, never helped out.
Then one day out of the many fights that broke out in the few months her daughter stayed there, my wife asked me to leave. And I did.

Amy, was I asking to much? Showing respect seems to be a thing of the past in today's society, but the way my wife handled each situation, and the way her daughter and her whispered and told there secrets, was it fair or justified at the way things were handled?
It seems as though the many things I accused her daughter of doing, my wife finally told me that yes, she did smoke pot, yes she was smoking in every room in the house when she ( her mother ) was in the hospital, yes, she fooled around with boys when we weren't there.

But instead of digging in deep and finally sticking up to her guns
and giving discipline to her daughter, it was easier to let me go.

What are the parameters of a marriage? Just because a person has children, does that erase the morality or any since of any opinion I may have had? I love her mother very much, but would I be asking for more heart ache if I tried pursuing this marriage. I don't want to walk away from this marriage. To me I think the Lord gave her to me, I'll get counseling and change anything I can.
But if I'm going to be the only one who'll attempt to change, will
this be visible?

Thank you

My best answer and yes I was married once to a women and had 4 stepchildren. I am married again and have my own kids. Without going into a WHOLE bunch of detail, both her sons ended in jail, one for murder and the other for armed robbery. The two girls, one left at the age of 16 to live with a guy in his 30s and the other had a baby at 17. I tried my damnedest to be a good dad and support them but obviously they wouldn't have any of that. It all boiled down to the wife thought I was being to controlling and restrictive. It was much of her fault, because I was the only one trying to instill some discipline in her kids lives. What I later learned, years later after a divorce is that I married her and her children. Meaning that if I couldn't accept the way things were going I should have left. There's nothing holding you down. Yes, you can find reason in the bible to divorce. Heck I once walked in on her having sex with another man but yet I stuck with her, because I didn't want to disappoint God. Although I beat her and her sex partner to inch of their lives and spent a few days in jail, the truth is, the bible says that you can divorce your wife when she is unfaithful. It was obviously too much stress for me to handle so I feel your pain. God is not going to strike you down for leaving this woman. She's still going to be doing the same thing even when you are gone. Remember, it takes two to make a marriage work and if she is not pulling her weight then you are wasting your time even trying. I tried the counseling thing and it worked for awhile but I was on outsider, like you are.

My best and sincere advice and you can take it or leave it, is to get out while you are still young enough, stick to yourself awhile, hangout with your male friends, leave the dishes piled up, have a few beers and date younger women. That's what I did and I couldn't be happier! My wife now, is 23 and I could have asked for a better woman!

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I need some help I havent been able to fall asleep sleep in 4 days!When I eventally fall asleep I only get 4 hours of sleep. I need some sleeping tips I will rate if you anwser. Anything will help.

Thanks,

Thanks for the rating!

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i have a 1995 mustang, with dynomax side exit exhaust. i'm looking for a little bit more rumble, so i'm looking at buying some longtube headers. it's a 5.0L GT, and the only long tubes i can find are for 1996 and on or 1993 and older.

they have to be long tubes, i wont fiddle with shorties.

another question is, is do they come in sets of two? or do i have to buy one for each set of four cylinders?

Check out Jegs.com or Summitracing.com


They are sold in sets. One for each side. I'm a Chevy guy but Hooker and Flowtech (made by Holley) I believe make long tubes for the 5.0L You can always order after market headers through Autozone too. You may have to order long tubes for a truck, just be sure they'll fit.

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the expiration on my condom box says 2012-08.
What date does that mean it expires?



My other box says that it expires 05-2009.
what is the expiration date on that box?

can anyone tell me how to read expiration dates on condom boxes?

2012 is the year and 08 is the month. On the other box, 05 is the month and 2009 is the year.

Most condoms contain a spermicide that has a peak effectiveness for a certain amount of time. Therefore, it's better used by the date stated.

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ok so my family isn't like religious and my boyfriend goes to a congregational church? so what does that mean..? like what is a congregational church and what do they believe? im pretty sure its like Christianity? but i have nooo idea

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregational_church

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okay quickly tell me how to do the following.
it has wifi so it picks up connections.
it also has firewall.

- put on mozilla
(i downloaded it but it wouldn't connect to the internet, only ie did)

- put on limewire
(that wouldnt download properly so it kept aborting)

- get on msn
(the internet wont go to that either)

- and lower and raise the volume



thanks :}

Sounds like a firewall setting. It doesn't recognize the other programs as "safe" but Internet Exploder err...I mean Explorer is marked as safe.

To set the volume, look at the task bar (where the clock is) do you see a little speaker icon? If you do, adjust the volume there. Otherwise, go to "Start", "Control Panel", "Sounds and Audio Devices" It's the speaker icon. Under the "Volume" tab you can place the icon on the task bar or adjust the volume there.

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my computer is doing like a slow motin thing when i scroll and move windows around the computer its like slow motion. and when i scroll down pages its in like slow motion..help?!!!

There's a few things you can do. All these tips apply to Windows XP.
1. Defrag Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Disk Defragmenter
2. Press and hold the Windows logo key while pressing the pause/break key. In the system properties box click the Advance tab. Under the performance tab click settings. This brings up the performance options menu. On the visual effects tab, adjust those settings. (It's self explanatory once you get there)
3. You can download Ad-aware and Spybot Search and Destroy, scan your hard drive(s).
4. Still slow? try downloading a registry optimizer/cleaner. Here's a free good one: http://www.download.com/TweakNow-RegCleaner-Standard/3000-2094_4-10262639.html?tag=lst-2

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I had to reboot my computer and all kinds of things because our harddrive kept messing up. Now everything is fine, but the sound doesn't work? Our speakers are fine, the computer is just not outputting sound? Help!



Also...When i scroll down on a webpage or anything it like goes slow and breaks up and scrolls down. Like it scrolls down and then a line comes over the whole screen and goes down like refreshes it-if you get what i mean please tell me how i can change it to a regular scroll :)

The first problem sounds like a corrupt sound card driver. What OS are you using? Do you know the model of the sound card or is it on board?

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ok so does anybody know if hammocks that you hang in your bedroom have any specific name? like, i'm redoing my room and i want to put one in, but i don't know what they're called or where to get them.

I think you may be referring to a stuffed animal net.
Such as this: http://www.leapsandbounds.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=680

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okay well about the ipod and the water well the water was mixed with a cleaner and i blew the water out of the ipod but i still think that it is damp, more than likely it did short circut but since it was cleaner do you think it was any chance that distilled water will still help? (spic and span was the cleaner if you know it)

It's possible. I mean it's pretty much useless now to you so, it's worth a shot in my opinion. Just remember to take out the batteries and leave it in a warm place to dry. It may take a week or two and you'll probably need to turn it every now and then to coax the water out. It'll help too if you can remove the case or at least open it up to allow the water to evaporate easier.

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okay well i was at my job (i clean) and i had stuck my ipod in my shirt real quick. well i forgot it was there and when i bent down to dip my rag in a bucket of water it went tumbling out of my shirt and into the bucket. It worked fine for about 5 minutes and then the backlight went out. I wiped off all the water and set it face foreard to let the water drain. When i went back to loof at it it told me the firewire couldn't be found and to hookit up to my usb cord. well i was at work so i couldn't by the time i got home it was black and it won't charge or anything. i was wondering if when it dries out will it work again or am i probably going to have to get a new one.

Usually when an acidic liquid, such as cola is spilled on electronics, it will stop working even after drying out. What needs to happen is to remove the residue. You can do this by using distilled water. If you can, open the case. If not submerge (take the batteries out first) the unit in distilled water, shake off the excess and put it in a warm place to dry. It may take a few weeks to completely dry but it just might work. Hopefully the thing wasn't on and able to short circuit.

Distilled water does not conduct electricity. It's the trace minerals in the water, such as lead, copper and so on that allow it to be a good conductor. Thus, by rinsing the unit off in distilled water, you are washing away the mineral deposits contained in the tap water. At least this works in theory.

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Is Olivia Thirlby dating Reece Thompson?

According the my magic 8 ball (wife) and inside sources, no. Apparently, Reece has a thing for Mischa Barton.

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So, I don't actually believe my Father hates me, but he's deffinetly not like he usto be. He says I've grown up to be a bitch, and all this stuff and he's always accusing me of things I didn't do. He's accused me of stolen beer, messing with the thermostat and missing packs of ciggerettes- when I have two other older brothers who smoke, and drink! I'm 14, I don't drink, I dont smoke, I don't steal I don't anything and my Dad always yells at me. When I ask him for political help for my homework like the war in Iraq, and Isreal and Arabs he yells at me for being soo stupid I don't know, well that's why I go to him! So he can shead some light on the situation and explain things to me. I dont know why he always yells at me. Last year he had a heart attack and hasnt quit anything that would help him- so yehh I usto be horrible with that yelling at him all the time, and just being horrible. ive stopped swearing at him, but he doesnt give me anything to work with. I want him to be there, but he doesn't wanna be. I cook dinner for him, and he always complains that its cold or something and I always say "Well it didnt stop you from eating it" or " If it was so unbareable you couldve heated it in the microwave it's why we have one!" So I know thats being rude, but come one I cook WAY better then my Mother he should be happy! I want him to be, I want him to stop yelling at me all the time, I want him to care about my school day and be there for me. But he's not. He never will be- It's not fair that my brothers do all this stuff and he doesnt do anyything but I forget to start the dish washer and he'll hold it over my head for like years... I am crying right now because it's so hard living here, and putting up with him. I dont know why he doesnt love me enough to quit smoking and I dont know why he doesn't want to walk me down the ile with I get marride. I cant explain why he's always angry with me! Never his sons because they could get arrested and he wont care. And you can say he expects more from me, or whatever. But I wont buy that. If he really truly cared he'd wanna be here and hed want to hear about my day and tell me he loves me but he hasn't. maybe in 3 months..
He hasnt told me he loved me, or that he appreciates me in anyway. And I cant talk to him about it because he wont listen..
I dont know what I did to make him be like this, but I wanna fix it. So he wont be like this.

You said, "I don't know what I did to make him be like this, but I wanna fix it. So he wont be like this." It's not your fault, it's his and no one can fix the way he treats you but him. I'd highly recommend counseling for yourself. If you have to, talk to the school's counselor or tell your principal (it's all confidential.)Not because you have a problem but so you can better cope with your environment. Sound to me you dad is bitter towards women in general. I'm willing to bet your mother has had some issues and disagreements with him. Speak of which, have you talked to her? Some men get an idea in their head's how women are supposed to act and when they don't act accordingly, whether they are a family member or not, tend to abuse verbally AKA mentally or in some extreme cases, physically. I hope it turns out for the best for you.

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so i though i had xcersise induced asthma .... but i went to get checked since the puffer i have isnt working....................
the doc checked and listened to my heart and lungs and all but he says there is nothing wrong with me in that way so i have to go do some tests and xrays bcoz he suspects a heart condition.... what other symptoms can heart problems cause?

Learn to spell you freak.

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im kind of scared for sex ed because i think it will be embarassing especially learning about it with guys... and im really not looking forward to it. i think it will be akward. is this normal? and can you please share your experiences?

All sex ed was when I was in school was showing diseased genitalia and showing how to put on a condom etc...It was awkward but a lot of folks either laughed or just looked away. Just join the crowd and it will be less awkward.

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