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Hello.
My name is Lilian Owoka, i went through your profile today at www.advicenators.com and i wish to continue relationship with you if nature will permit we have a long way to go.
to tell you more about myself and including some pictures of myself too. I will like you to get back to me through my private email (lilianowo@yahoo.com)
Thanks from Lilian
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No problem Lilian. However, I am not looking for a relationship, business opportunity, or lending money. If you would like to chat that is good .


Today,randomly.my computer wouldnt accept my password.i kept typing it in and it would say it is incorrect and i know it wasn't ! I needed to gain access to my computer but it wasn't letting me.Finally,i gave up and was going to do a system recovery on it and try and save all my files but it said it would take like 9 hours and 9 CD's and i needed it quicker.So I skipped it and it redid everything and everything is erased.Im not so worried about my documents ,etc.Im more concerned with all the music i had on there. Is there any way to get it back? Like through my ipod...to my computer? Help! (link)
Is this a laptop? If it is , I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that the blue fn key was enabled and the num lock was on so every key you pressed that has a blue operator on it was putting in that. Hold the blue fn key while you type you pw and see if that's the case.


Where's a good place to find free (and legal) song downloads? I've tried Limewire but it really slowed down my computer and kept coming up as a virus/spywear thing. Thanks alot! :^) (link)
Here is the greatest legal music site of all time
http://www.grooveshark.com
the big downfall is that you can't actually download the music.
However you can take a ton of music and put it into a playlist then export the playlist into one of their widgets and then copy the code for it and put it into a notepad as an html document. I have 35 full albums on on list and it's like 350Kb I put it on my ipod and an then whenever I have wifi I open it and I can stream the playlist.


im just wondering if there is anyway to download microsoft word onto my macbook laptop. could someone please give me step by step instuctions on how to download it free of the internet???
thanks XD (link)
Well you can purchase office for mac for some exorbitant price or you can simply go to http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ and download open office for the mac for free.
open office has 98% of the functionality of MS office pro but zero% of the price.
Have fun and good luck


I have a mac and when i google something it will show up the previous things i googled. for example if i type v victoria secret will come up because i previously searched that. how do i make it so it doesn't do that (link)
Well I think the previous person answered the question. Also if you go an clear your cookies , your previous searches will be gone.
Google will still suggest though.


what is a really good, really professional voice editor and song maker program for computers? (windows, not mac) like, you can compose your own songs, and edit singing voices to make them sound alot better and proffesional. ive tried a few, but havnt found a great one. any suggestions? (link)
Audacity is a great open source (free) program for audio editing.
You can layer tracks and cut and add tracks , take the vocals out and add your own and do lots more stuff with it too.
I made a whole cd of other songs that I took the lyrics out and put my own then I made ringtones out of them. It's a great free program.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/


i have an iphone but i don't have a cable to transfer files. is there another way to tranfer music and pictures without the cable to my laptop. my laptop doesnt have bluetooth either. is there another way? (link)
Yes you can transfer files without a cable.
First you need to jailbreak your iphone.
I am not sure if you know how this is done, but with a quick google you can figure it out.
Then cydia installer will have TONS of stuff you can install. Go into the network stuff and get the ssh client.
Then you will be able to transfer files wireless via ssh.
There are also a few other programs and apps there that will let you do it.
If this is too hard though, you will need to just go buy the cable.


Basically, my volume will work for whenever I use itunes, or windows media. But if I try to listen to someone's myspace song, or if I try to watch a youtube video, my volume won't work.
I've checked all my music options/etc. that i can think of, and everything seems normal.
HELP?

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That sounds strange. In your audio properties do you have wav turned up? I am thinking that that might be the issue. Open your audio properties and go to options then properties. Make sure that there isn't another volume control that you just don't have visible.


What are some classic Christmas songs?
Thanks :) (link)
Here's a few that they missed:
The little drummer boy.
Silver Bells
We Three Kings of Orient.
I think with the other posts that that's about all I can remember


I was in a parking lot today and hit the back of a car, which resulted in relatively little damage to the car, but a dent in the front part of my bumper. I was so shaken up I drove off, but I realized there was a lady behind me who saw me hit the car. I highly doubt she even had time to take down my license plate number, but I am getting really worried that something might happen...

Any thoughts?? I live in California, btw. (link)
I am definitely not trying to advise you to break the law, but you already did. If you turn yourself in now, or contact someone about it; I believe you WILL be charge with a hit and run.
It might be sort of a cowardly way to deal with it , but I think I might just leave it alone and see what happens.
I don't know , now that I read what I just said, maybe you SHOULD contact the owner or the authorities.
I am just relatively sure that you will now be charged with a hit and run...even if you come clean.

sorry this was not good advice.
I wish you the best of luck with this and I sympathize with your situation.


I've been knowing my boyfriend since august. we FINALLY just started goin out thxgiving.

he's not a virgin.
I am.

I think he's attempted to finger me, but I've stopped him before because we weren't going out yet.

I've finnally did STUFF w/ other ppl before we went out. it was fun. lol.

howww do I get him to do stuff? Just straight up tell him? or when were kissing just go for it? as you know it took him 4 months to ask me out, & also he took forever to even kiss me!!

* and I am comfortable with him & we can talk about anything. this is a little new to me though. thaanks. (link)
I am thinking that since you stopped him before; he is just trying to abide by your wishes.
You will most definitely have to either make the first move or tell him that you only stopped him before 'cause you weren't a couple , but now that you are a couple , your body is his playground. :D
Have Fun!!


can i take breaks in between situps? im jus a begginer
like 20, then stop.
and then another 20.
?
thanks,also
i run and do situps i want a flat belly,
if i run often and do situps
ill get a flat tummy rite? (link)
You sure will. The running is much more important though. Sit-ups(crunches are more productive)tend to build stomach muscle though not make your stomach flat. However muscle requires more energy so the more toned your muscles become the faster your metabolism will work. If you keep running and eating healthy you will get a flat tummy. If you keep running, eat healthy, and do crunches you will get a defined/developed flat tummy.
Good Luck!!!


the other day one of my frineds said that if you take tablets once a day or something like that it makes your penis smaller or stop it from growing
is that true?
if if is or if it isnt can i have some information regarding your answer (link)
I watched this show once , it was called "Penn and Teller's Bullshit" I don't know if you have seen it or not?, but basically they find things that are popular or contraversial and they call bullshit on them. Once they did a show on male enhancement. It pretty much boils down to , you got what you got. No pills , exercises, or stretching is going to change the size of your penis.


Ok i have Vocal Tourettes so i make noises, and have hiccups 24/7, I hate it, ppl look at me all the time and sometimes laugh. How do i deal with it?? its hard sometimes (link)
I don't know if there is something in our local water supply or something, but I actually can name 5 people with tourettes. One of my friends has really bad ticks. He doesn't actually swear or say any real words. What he says sounds like "Sutt" , but I know if he tries to suppress it , he gets a very noticeable physical tick.
I also noticed with ALL of them that if they are uncomfortable or feeling nervous that their tourettes go crazy.
One thing you will have to do is to get comfortable with the fact that this is how your body works now.
If you stress out about it it's gonna be a catch 22. You will actually make your tourettes act up worse by worrying about it.
I know it bothers you that people look , but you will have to get used to it. I don't know what advances have been made regarding medicine for your condition, but regardless the solution to this problem is in your hands.
I think acceptance is your only real recourse. People are going to look. What can you really do?
Most people now days are familiar with tourettes so maybe it will make you feel better to know that 20 years ago my friends dad beat him over his ticks. He thought he was just being a smartass. At school I was his only friend cause no one knew about tourettes at all and just thought he was a spaz.
Keep your chin up and be confident in yourself. Your tourettes is a part of you but it doesn't define who you are.


Does anyone know if Kellan Lutz has an official Myspace? (link)
This one says it's the "official page" but I don't think he runs it.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=354774299


should you use a condom when giving a handjob? (link)
I think it's not necessary, but I would however make sure to wash my hands properly under HOT water afterwards.


i need names of german techno artists ( or maybe european techno) it's not rammstein, its another artist and i can't remember the name! (link)
Tangerine Dream
Kraftwerk
Liaisons Dangereuses
Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft
Die Krupps
Scooter
Xavier Naidoo
Blümchen


there is this guy at school that is obssessed with me and i really want him to stop that becausee hes freaking me out i told him that i hate him but he says he will love me till the last day of his life what should i do?
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It sounds to me like if you ignore him , he will only pursue you more. I think you may have to confront him.
I think it's in you best interest to make sure you are in public and be extremely polite when you talk to him.
You will have to tell him (nicely, cause you are dealing with feelings of rejection here) that you understand how he feels , but you have been very clear about your feelings, and ask him to stop pursuing you. If he insists on continuing , you will have to tell him that if he doesn't stop, you will take it to a higher authority and have some kind of restraining order put on him.
If that simply means taking it to the principal then that is fine.
Remember though to be cautious of destroying his feelings. Even though you have been clear, lots of time guys think that if they continue you will change your mind.
Good Luck


I have to write a rhetorical (persuasive essay),- and I was wondering if it would be appropriate to put some narration at the beginning of my introduction for lighthearted humor. I want my essay to be sophisticated but creative at the same time. I want it to stand out in a good way. Is that OK? (link)
The only place that that is appropriate to do is directly at the beginning of the essay as a grabber, but it must be before your thesis statement.
Like say it was on procrastination or something you could say; "Oh I'll just do it tomorrow" I told myself, but when tomorrow came it was a day late and a dollar short. I have always been a procrastinator until that day. I have always thought procrastination helped me to be more relaxed, get more things done, and do things at a higher quality, but just the opposite is true........then thesis.
Do you see what I am trying to say. If you do that as a grabber it's ok , but if you do it after the thesis it is no longer relevant in the essay.
So in short yes you can do that as long as it's at the very beginning of the essay.

Good Luck.


I learn really well by listening to things over and over again. I have big tests and exams in a week and a half and was wondering if it was possible to record myself making study notes then put that onto iTunes and get it to my iPod or something like that? I have an 8GB iPod Touch that I bought from Apple recently. I also have a Dell computer (I love Dell computers and iPods).

Would I need any special programs if I can do this? Would my Dell computer already have the required program or would I need to buy and download something?

Thanks! (link)
Absolutely, the other poster's response will work great. Audacity is a great free program.
Good Luck




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