Planning Your Vacation Online

Open Question: Who can help me? Homework reading?

Living Dangerously People cross continents to bungee jump off the Victoria Falls in Africa Bungee jumping is not new. Millions of people have jumped from high places with elastic tied to their ankles, but until recently, not me. There are plenty of places to try a jump, some no great distance from my home. Unlike my friends, however, I was looking for a better view than that from crane in a London suburb, so I chose one of the world's classic bungee location; I jumped from the bridge which crosses the Victoria Falls in central Africa. And I learned something from the experience: I discovered that I am scared of heights. At the falls, one of the world's top bungee operators arranges for a steady stream of tourists to throw themselves off the bridge. They even have to queue for the privilege. This queue, you might imagine, would be a good place to build up your confidence, as you watch the brave people ahead of you successfully complete the challenge. In practice. it gives you time to lose your nerve. Not least because those in front, as far as you can see, jump off the bridge and are never seen again. I discovered later that they are pulled back up and clipped on the lower part of the bridge, out of sight of those waiting to jump. The jumper in front of me, a young girl, was obviously terrified. Two employees helped her toward the jump point, but while her feet were edging forwards, the rest of her body was saying, chicken out and sat down to get her legs untied. Although her refusal had been recorded on video camera, she didn't appear ashamed more relieved as far as I could see. My sympathy for her increased as my turn got closer. All loose possessions were removed from my pockets, and a harness was tightened around my body. This is just for your security, I was told, but I didn't feel greatly reassured. Then it was my turn sit down. My ankles were tied together and the length of elastic was attached. The waiting, at least was over and for that I was grateful. Helpers on either side led me to the edge. Looking down, I suddently felt real fear. The water of the River Zambezi were far below, one hundred metres below according to the brochure. Although I never once let go of the grab rails, my helpers encouraged me to gradually move my feet forward until I reached the edge of the metal step that stood between me and the drop. At this point, if I'd had the courage, I might have backed out. There were only 30 people watching, none of whom I was likely to see again. I could live with the disappointment and I knew the employess weren't allowed to push me. But my rational mind talked me around. Thousands of people had done this jump and survived to tell the tale. I took a deep breath, spread out my arms and toppled forwards. I found myself dropping face forwards into space. Then, there was a tug on my legs. Slowing me gently as neared the river's surface And then I was being pulled back up again - and then dropping again, and so it continued. Strangely the fear hadn't gone when a man on rope pulled up onto the safety of solid ground. Luckily, I landed on the Zambian side of the river, where I was staying in a hotel. I was glad that I didn't have to walk across the bridge. Even though it was wide, with a high railing, I just didn't want to go anywhere near that one hundred metre drop ever again. 1. According to the writer, what was the disadvantage of the queue? A. You could see how people felt after they'd jumped. B. It meant that other people were waiting for you to jump. c. You could see how confident the other jumpers were. D. It meant you had the change to change your mind. 2. According to the writer, how did they young girl seem to feel about her experience? A. Embarrassed by her lack of courage. B. Glad that the whole thing was over. C. Pleased that her attempt had been filmed. D. Disappointed to have wasted an opportunity. 3. How did the writer feel while the equipment was being fitted? A. Relieved that this turn had come. B. Impressed by the safety procedures. C. Grateful for the help he was given. D. Concerned about his possessions. 4. What are the "grab rails" line (line 48) designed to do? A. Stop your feet slipping. B. Keep you moving forwards. C. Provide you with support. D. Stop you looking down. 5. What made the writer jump the end? A. It was better than being pushed. B. He realised that he had no real choice. C. It was better than looking silly. D. He realised there was no great danger. 6. "it" in line 66 refers to. A. A feeling of fear. B. The bridge. C. A feeling of safety. D. The rope. So, this reading exercise is my homework, but it's too hard to me, because reading exercises confuse me even though I understand this test perfectly. If I did a typo please don't judge me =)

Open Question: What should happen next in this story?

In a story I'm writing, I'm stuck with an ending! It's about a girl called Emily Jones. Her parents abandoned her and she now lives on the streets wherever she can find a safe place. One day she meets a girl called Lily. Still afraid of being discovered, she creates a fake identity; she calls herself Mirabelle Fitzgerald and tells Lily that she lives in a hotel which her father manages. Lily befriends "Mirabelle" and they hang out together. They even make a secret hideout. After a while, Emily wants to show her true Identity to Lily, PLEASE HELP! What should happen next? Something not too dramatic and suitable for kids.

Open Question: What should happen next?

In a story I'm writing, I'm stuck with an ending! It's about a girl called Emily Jones. Her parents abandoned her and she now lives on the streets wherever she can find a safe place. One day she meets a girl called Lily. Still afraid of being discovered, she creates a fake identity; she calls herself Mirabelle Fitzgerald and tells Lily that she lives in a hotel which her father manages. Lily befriends "Mirabelle" and they hang out together. They even make a secret hideout. After a while, Emily wants to show her true Identity to Lily, PLEASE HELP! What should happen next? Something not too dramatic and suitable for kids.

Resolved Question: What is a good title for this story about at street kid?

It's about a girl called Emily Jones. Her parents abandoned her and she now lives on the streets wherever she can find a safe place. One day she meets a girl called Lily. Still afraid of being discovered, she creates a fake identity; she calls herself Mirabelle Fitzgerald and tells Lily that she lives in a hotel which her father manages. Lily befriends "Mirabelle" and they hang out together. They even make a secret hideout. After a while, Emily wants to show her true Identity to Lily, so she takes her to see where she lives. Whilst they are walking there, Emily sees a gang of policeman. They have been looking for her and they start chasing the two girls. In the end, Lily has a massive asthma attack after running for so long an she passes away in hospital. Emily is so upset that she runs away to their secret hideout. There, she finds a small present, addressed to her from Lily. She refuses to open it, still not believing that Lily is gone. The police catch her and take her to a Children's home. Many years later, she opnes the present.

Resolved Question: Did you ever hear of this news scandal?

I think there was a news scandal in the 1990s where a female news reporter went to investigate a news topic and she went to interview a woman, but ended up sleeping with her to get information. They then continued to see each other and continued to have sex in hotel rooms. It was discovered and the female news reporter was fired. Does this still happen?

Voting Question: Can someone explain what my dream may mean?

I just woke up from multiple nightmares in a row. They were very intense, realistic, and in color. It started out with me working in this bar and I walked out after my shift and was tackled and thrown in my car and raped then he stole my money and took my medication. I was freaking out and crying but mostly crying because he had stolen my prescription bottle that had 3 refills on it. Then the next one I am driving and discover they have put some kind of tracking device in my car (all the dreams with them in it is in the dark and towards the end I find out there are 3 men total following me and hurting me) I pull up to a gas station and I see my cat laying on the ground in a ball sleeping I freak the fuck out because my 2 cats are my life. Then I get back in my car the second man tries to attack me but my dog is in the back seat and attacks him and scares him off. As me and my dog and cat are driving back home we are driving on this road where out of no where this giant street sweeping like car comes and is coming full speed to crash in us. As its crashing it turns into daylight and I am healing from my scary wounds of rape and torture and am at some sort of event at a hotel resort. But the 3 men still have complete control over me as I am taking my stuff into the hotel and the men are watching me closely I run into this girl I know (in real life) and I give her a big hug and we are so happy to see each other. We sneak around and she kisses me and I kiss her and I wisper for her to save me and tell her everything. She cries for me and kisses me again. Then everything feels normal again and I wake up. Now This same girl I had this dream of dreamt a couple months ago about her saving my life in another secretive way. So what does this mean? If you can give a full break down of the dream that would be amazing! But bits and pieces are good too. Thank you!

Voting Question: Did u know Identity thieves are not a priority why did illegal get off free stealing SS# of 5 year old?

And now Obama will grant her citizenship, who says illegals who Identity thieves , crime does not pay ?Please no complains it's too long. BROOKFIELD — Thousands of illegal immigrants are living in southeast Wisconsin. Some of them are stealing other people’s identities to get jobs. A FOX6 investigation exposes a bustling black market for fake IDs that could put your family at risk. Imagine learning that your five-year-old has a full time job! That’s what a Milwaukee mom discovered when she applied for state benefits. The truth is, her little girl is a victim of identity theft. Rebecca Morales found out about her daughter’s phantom work history when she tried to apply for government benefits last year. A state worker told her that Esperanza (who was seven) and Jacqueline (who was five) both had credit histories that showed substantial income. “When I found out I told her, ‘Where’s my rent money?’” Morales now jokes. “And she looked at me and said, ‘Huh? What mom?’” But it was no laughing matter. Brookfield police traced the identity theft to a Best Western hotel, where they found a maid using Jacqueline’s name and social security number. “They don’t imagine how much they’re hurting somebody when they’re doing that,” Morales says. “I mean, for all I know, how do I know she didn’t take out a house in my kid’s name?” The maid’s real name is Maria Espino-Lopez. Like an estimated 11 million others, she is living in the United States illegally. In a Waukesha County courtroom last fall, her lawyer explained that Maria had escaped severe poverty in Mexico. “She grew up living in homes with dirt floors, no windows or doors, no running water and no bed,” said Elizabeth Murrar, Espino-Lopez’s defense attorney. It’s not clear how she got little Jacqueline’s information, but last June, a Waukesha County prosecutor charged her with felony identity theft. The charge was later reduced to a misdemeanor in a plea agreement. Her attorney says that leaves an avenue open for her to pursue future citizenship. “I only came to find a better life and a better education for my son,” Espino-Lopez told the court through an interpreter. But it’s what happened next that raises important questions about the state of illegal immigration in America. “What she needs to do is leave and go back to whatever country she came from,” says Ira Mehlman, media director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR. FAIR advocates for the deportation of all illegal immigrants, regardless of the circumstances. He blames the federal government for failing to enforce immigration laws. “When they fail to enforce the law, they are creating victims,” Mehlman says. “They may not know precisely who those victims are, but as in the case of the five-year-old girl, there is a real victim and unfortunately there are many people just like her.” Christine Neumann-Ortiz, disagrees. “I think the enforcement-only approach is a failure,” she says. She is director of Milwaukee’s Voces de la Frontera, which leads an annual immigration march through the city. She says that violent criminals should be removed, but that cracking down on those who are simply trying to make a living drives them further underground.http://fox6now.com/2012/02/15/illegal-immigrant-caught-using-5-year-olds-identity-for-work/ What they are saying illegals who steal citizens personal information, should not be arrested or sought.

Resolved Question: If women never invented anything because they have smaller brains then how?

do you account for all of the female inventors recorded in history and at present? Are people who deny the existence of female inventors just as deluded as young earth creationists who deny the facts of evolution? Here are just a few examples, sorry I can't possibly fit them all, there is a 5000 word max for questions: Randice-Lisa Altschul invented the world's first disposable cell phone. Dr. Betsy Ancker-Johnson Dr. Betsy Ancker-Johnson was the third woman inventor elected to the National Academy oF engineering. Mary Anderson Mary Anderson invented the windshield wiper. Anderson was issued a patent for the wipers in 1905. Virginia Apgar Apgar invented a newborn scoring system or "Apgar Score" for assessing the health of newborn infants. Barbara Askins Developed a totally new way of processing film. Patricia Bath The first African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention. Miriam E. Benjamin Ms. Benjamin was the second black woman inventor to receive a patent. She received a patent for an invention she called a "Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels". Patricia Billings Patricia Billings invented a indestructible and fireproof building material called Geobond®. Katherine Blodgett Invented the non-reflecting glass. Bessie Blount Blount invented a device to help disabled people eat with less difficulty. Sarah Boone An improvement to the ironing board was invented by African American Sarah Boone on April 26, 1892. Rachel Fuller Brown Rachel Brown co-invented Nystatin, the world's first useful antifungal antibiotic. Josephine Garis Cochran In 1886, Josephine Cochran invented the first practical dishwasher. Martha J. Coston Martha Coston invented a pyrotechnic signaling system known as maritime signal flares. Dianne Croteau Invented Actar 911, the CPR mannequin. Marie Curie Marie Curie also known as Madame Curie discovered radium and furthered x-ray technology. Marion Donovan The convenient disposable diaper was invented by New Yorker Marion Donovan in 1950. Gertrude Belle Elion Elion invented the leukemia-fighting drug 6-mercaptopurine, drugs that facilitated kidney transplants and other drugs for the treatment of cancer and leukemia. Edith Flanigen Flanigen was the inventor of a petroleum refining method and is considered one of the most inventive chemists of all time. Helen Free Free was the inventor of the home diabetes test. Sally Fox Sally Fox invented naturally-colored cotton. Frances Gabe Gabe invented the "Self Cleaning House". Lillian Gilbreth Lillian Moller Gilbreth was an inventor, author, industrial engineer, industrial psychologist, and mother of twelve children. Sarah E. Goode Sarah Goode was the first African American women to receive a U.S. patent. Bette Nesmith Graham Graham invented liquid paper, also known as White-Out™. Temple Grandin Temple Grandin invented livestock-handling devices. The Man: Frances Gabe (or Frances G. Bateson) was born in 1915 and now resides comfortably in Newberg, Oregon in the prototype of her self-cleaning house. Gabe gained experience in housing design and construction at an early age from working with her architect father. She entered the Girl’s Polytechnic College in Portland, Oregon at age 14 finishing a four-year program in just two years. After World War II, Gabe with her electrical engineer husband started a building repairs business that she ran for more than 45 years.

Resolved Question: Was I wrong to do this? Would you have done this?

I met a guy online, who I had been very fond of arranged to meet at a very posh hotel in the city. I arrived dressed in all my finery, only to discover that I had been stood up. The bar staff were looking at me in pity - I was so ashamed. I was about to pay the tab, when a waiter came over with a tray of wine glasses. I took one and I said "oh how much is this?" and he said "compliments of the management". I turned around only to find that there was a work party going on (not mine incidentally!). I paid the bar tab and walked into the main dining area being nosey and slightly intoxicated. I was about to leave, but had this urge to make the best out of a bad situation and I sat down on one of the tables. Suddenly the work party burst in and as they took their seats some of them were looking at me as if to say "who the hell is she?". One person asked me point blank "not seen you around before?" and I don't know how I did it but I just said "oh i'm new, you wouldn't know me - we're training right now! We join next week!". They completely accepted that, and to my surprise there was a three course meal all on the "work's" management and an afterparty. There was free wine on the tables and I just got completely inebriated and had the time of my life. I danced the night away.. I know it was wrong, but was it really that bad? Would you have done it?

Resolved Question: Wife on a nude beach okay or not?

Apparently my husband has been on here airing our dirty laundry and asking questions and throwing the answers in my face, so I feel I should follow suit and actually ask the question from my point of view. Maybe he'll now know what it feels like.. Hubby and I went on a retreat that my company pays for to the Bahamas. Many fellow employees and spouses went. Our first day he went to play golf and I decided to hang out with some female fellow co-workers and check out the beach. On our way we met other co-workers and spouses -male and female- and upon discovering that part of the beach was a nude beach we had a laugh and decided that it was vacation and what the hell, we'd give it a whirl. Yes, I did indeed bare it all. I did it because everyone else was doing the same and not only did I want to NOT be the odd man out, but I felt i might look like I was being a party-pooper or a bit pious by not doing so. Like somehow I would think my co-workers were 'dirty' by me not joining. We spent a few hours on the beach and had some laughs. There was nothing sexual apart from a few off-color comments made in a joking manner. We left and went back to the hotel and I told my hubby because it was really no big deal. He has since flipped his lid. He feels 'betrayed' apparently and can't get past it. He's under the impression my body (Which only he gets access to!) has been 'tainted and 'violated' by them looking at me. Please.... I do feel bad I made him feel this way, but ultimately think it was a harmless action. I'm 40 and anyone wanting to see hotter nude bodies need go no further than the internet. I really don't think my male co-workers give it another thought at the office. I saw some of the 'anatomy' of guys i work with and I certainly don't think about it.. Am I way off base here? And Honey...if you read this..you started it! lol...-L.L Of course 'you can be you', Athena. However I did not see this as a 'Girls Gone Wild' type moment, nor did I necessarily see it as the 'party going south'. It's a naked body. The bikini that my husband was so fond of me wearing the rest of the time didn't leave much to the imagination and wasn't much better...so I don't see how he draws the line so feebly.