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I'd like some ideas for a Yankee Swap next week. It's in a classroom with people from around the world, some of whom are religious, so I can only use ideas that are G-rated or PG.

Thanks so much.

My son says that he wants an English tutor for Yr 12 next year. How do I find one?

We live in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Has anyone here successfully found one? Can you suggest some ways to go about getting a quality tutor?

I'd like to know why at least one of the two questions situated at the top of each page has been a question about President Obama with a strongly negative connotation? This has been going on for months.

I'm calling you out, Yahoo. I bet the administrators are Republicans. Just doing their bit for the cause, huh?

...post a question in this Valentine's Day forum in August?

Need to put this on a Spanish teacher's Find A Grave memorial.

I'm trying to compile a list of classic Australian novels for an interested friend, but I can't find anything online that reminds me of ones I've forgotten.

What would you put on such a list?

I've been trying to compile a list for an American friend, but there don't seem to be any lists online that might remind me of some classics that I've forgotten.

What would you put on such a list?

Is the waiting time enshrined in the Constitution?

Hinted at in some other law?

Simply custom?

I can imagine it took that long to assemble all the key players in the days of horseback and slow boat.

But why do we need to wait that long now that we have instant communication and 24-hour flights from the other side of the world?

After voters in a Westminster parliamentary system (i.e. Australia) express their preferences, the prime minister elect is usually sworn in on the following business day.

Isn't this a question that we as a country should be asking in order to avoid lame-duckism in the future?

I guess she can always retreat to one of their other six houses, or buy a really large pair of sunglasses.

I had a 50/50 chance, I gave a reference, and the other answer was imprecise!

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgnLh...

Do your own homework yourself.

Indoor plant, 4 feet tall, low light, drought tolerant

I had two. One started to lean to the side, so I put it outside and bought another one for indoors. Now THAT one is starting to lean! Only my original is still perky.

What am I doing wrong?

Six 16 year olds from a Pentecostal school and their teacher were swept to their deaths in New Zealand yesterday during an act of God.

Why would God act like that?

http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/2008/04/art1000199...

Most income tax systems work off proportional tax. The higher your annual salary, the higher percentage of tax you pay. Most people think this is fair because most people earn very little.

On the other hand, if you are earning a really good salary, you might not think it's fair. Why should you pay 50% of your income in tax? For every dollar you earn you only get to keep 50 cents. It provides a disincentive to earn more and to continue to stimulate the economy.

Put simply, if a couple goes to college, studies hard, works 12 hour days, puts off having children until they can afford them, earns $250,000 / year and pays $125,000 in tax, and the government gives that tax money to welfare mothers and pensioners who never saved for their own retirement, what's fair about that?

...incredibly lame, naive, clumsy, provocative, repetitive and/or proclamative?

...with three double letters in a row?

His "The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series is classic.

What other authors write this sort of book?

Where does Luke say he was born?

Where does Matthew say he was born?

Where does Mark say he was born?

Where does John say he was born?

They seem to give three different answers.

Almost every American high school has cheerleaders. The rest of the school is encouraged to cheer for their guys against the other guys.

Rah rah rah, sis boom bah, we're the best, so ha ha ha.

Has the cheerleading culture blinded Americans to the fact that many other Western democratic nations are appalled at the view of the world held by some Americans?

Has the cheerleading culture stopped Americans from caring how they are perceived, even by their allies?

Has the cheerleading culture caused Americans to stop thinking for themselves?

Example: A Saudi Arabian living in Afghanistan bombs an important American business site, tragically killing thousands of innocents. The reaction is to beat the crap out of innocent Iraqis for nearly five years. Did anyone stop to think about the logic of this? Or did Americans just cheer on their president when he said it was a good idea?

***FOR the soldiers doing their duty, AGAINST the oil barons who chose to send them there.*