Friday, June 14, 2013

Could someone help me with this myth/legend?

Could someone help me with this myth/legend?
I watch the Marblehornets videos on youtube, and I joined a facebook group discussing the different characters and who they are. One of the characters is called Slenderman, and he is a very tall man dressed in a suit and tie. Where his face should be there is just blank, empty skin. He isn't real, of course. These videos are made for entertainment. But someone left a comment on that facebook page that said, "I think the Slenderman myth is based on one of several inter-dimensional beings that came through a rift in central Connecticut a few hundred years back. The rift itself is on heavily guarded land now." I thought this sounded very interesting, and I tried to google it to read more about this rift and what supposedly came out of it, but couldn't find anything. I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about it or give me some keywords or maybe even the name of the rift so I could search for it and read about it. Or even if you know any information about this and would like to share it with me that would be awesome. Thank you! *I went to this person's page to send them a message asking them about it, but they have a note on their info section saying that they won't be able to get back on facebook until September.
Mythology & Folklore - 1 Answers
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Why don't you ask the person who made the comment? Surely they would know where to get more information about it.

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Friday, June 7, 2013

Could someone please help me with this myth/legend involving slender man?

Could someone please help me with this myth/legend involving slender man?
I watch the Marblehornets videos on youtube, and I joined a facebook group discussing the different characters and who they are. One of the characters is called Slenderman, and he is a very tall man dressed in a suit and tie. Where his face should be there is just blank, empty skin. He isn't real, of course. These videos are made for entertainment. But someone left a comment on that facebook page that said, "I think the Slenderman myth is based on one of several inter-dimensional beings that came through a rift in central Connecticut a few hundred years back. The rift itself is on heavily guarded land now." I thought this sounded very interesting, and I tried to google it to read more about this rift and what supposedly came out of it, but couldn't find anything. I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about it or give me some keywords or maybe even the name of the rift so I could search for it and read about it. Or even if you know any information about this and would like to share it with me that would be awesome. Thank you! *Also, I went to this person' page to send them a message asking about this rift he spoke of, but there was an away message on his page stating that he wouldn't be able to get back on facebook until September.
Mythology & Folklore - 2 Answers
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its possible you wont find anything about the rift, because there are still people that dont believe in paranormal occurences, and dismiss it as fantasy or psychosis.
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There are many rifts and vortexes that have appeared and closed throughout the years. The Slenderman is actually based on a spirit that was said to haunt a light house in Conn. He was a tall man skeletal in shape and had a blank face. As the story goes if you saw his true face you died soon after. I am not sure how true this is but I have heard the story.

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Saturday, June 1, 2013

Why was this teacher suspended?

Why was this teacher suspended?
Old news yeah but I just found it and am a bit concerned.. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/02/16/1250606/facebook-venting-ensnares-teacher.html Reading the -entire- article you can see that the teacher was clearly the victim here. She is teaching science not mythology. She did nothing wrong. Being harassed can drive anyone insane. Teachers are no less human than any of us and everyone has a breaking point. Those brainwashed hellions drove her up the walls and should be expelled for mental abuse of a public servant. They clearly were forcing their beliefs on her, not much different from any other incident in history, for example, the Salem Witch Trials, the Spanish Inquisition, and other atrocious events in human history. I encourage anyone who experiences such oppression to alert the proper authorities if applicable and request that action be taken to prevent such an incident again. The teacher should not suffer any penalty in my humble opinion. Perhaps sending them to the office for asking about 'gods' role in evolution was a bit much but that can easily be addressed without firing/suspending her. The kids should be suspended and reassigned to another teacher, or they should be expelled. This sort of abuse is often overlooked because it is minors harassing an adult. But anyone can be abused by anyone. It is a fact. Age should not be a reason for special privileges if said offender has a rational level of thought and action. These children clearly do. All religions should have the same limitations. Telling others about your faith is one thing, oppressing them into conversion is another, and should be put to a stop wherever, whenever, it occurs, regardless of the faith in question. Religion should be kept entirely out of schools unless you are attending the proper class. Mythology or any other class that discusses myths/legends/fairy tales are a different story. NOTE: I am speaking from my own views based on FACTS and things that are tangible. I have read physical evidence that states that this occurrence has happened. Quoting unproven scripture from unproven cults is not going to answer my question. My information is based on logic, not unproven stories/teachings from mythological figures. Please refrain from dogmatic preaching. I do not want or need it. If you have an answer that is based on non religious logic/reasoning and is on topic, I highly anticipate your answer, She was -not- discriminating. You are a biased christian yourself! Read the thing and you will see that yes, she may have mad a few mistakes, but she was being harassed. Think about it logically. Breaking points. We have them. Continuous harassment causes such points to be breached, as is the case her. You do not have the religious right to continually harass someone. That is unethical, regardless of what your god tells you. And what she says on her facebook, out of school, on her -own- time is her business and should not be grounds for termination. Since when do the rules of a single establishment apply to its employees personal opinions and views when they are expressed during off duty hours and off of school grounds? It's ridiculous!
Law & Ethics - 5 Answers
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Child molestation, what else.
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Dude tmi what r u writing a novel?seriously like no one will read this,try summing it up a bit
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No the teacher deserves to get fired. The kids have a freedom to religion and she said she treats them differently and went into detail about it. That is religious discrimination. Further more she was belittle the kids and judging them by their families political opinions. I bet if you look deep into this one she unfairly down graded christian/conservative kids grades. Souly because of that. The teacher a religious bigot.
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As a science teacher at the high school level, I understand the ignorance of some parents and students. However, you should never talk about your students on a public Facebook page. Period. That is just plain stupid.
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Those students were blatantly teasing and antagonizing her just because she isn't religious, and were disrupting the class with their hymn singing. Questions about God and "creation" have no place in a science class, and I could understand her getting annoyed when they kept putting Bibles on her desk. She had every right to discipline those little turds. Unfortunately, the Christians in the American south can pretty much get away with such religious harassment.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Why is neither the left or right reporting this news about the WH crashers and Obama connection?

Why is neither the left or right reporting this news about the WH crashers and Obama connection?
I'm puzzled and I would just like some opinions and what is the angle - I can't figure it out! Why the secret service is investigating itself, the white house is investigating and the couple are not discussing that the husband and Obama worked at the Univ of Chicago together and he worked on Obama's campaign - they know eachother and they act like they've never met! There is no way to link so I'll paste, but here's the original stories: http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17310 http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=117478 And cut and paste for the rest of you: "Unprecedented” first state dinner in a tent “Party Crashers” had five-year relationship with Obama before state dinner Judi McLeod Bio Print friendly E-mail a friend Contact Us By Judi McLeod Saturday, November 28, 2009 While the big gun media and American Secret Service are out there investigating “party crashers” Tareq and Michaele Salahi, no one’s telling the truth: Obama knew the Salahis when he was still an Illinois senator. Polo Contacts Worldwide could make it easy for the investigating Secret Service by brown-enveloping them this picture: Hey Secret Agent Man, here’s Obama, the senator flashing his pearly whites with Randy Jackson, better known as a judge on American Idol. “Others pictured are Black Eyed Peas Rock Band; Tareq Salahi the President of the America’s Polo Cup; President Elect Obama, Fergie from Black eyed Peas and Michaele Salahi, posing this time as a former Miss USA and SuperModel.” Interesting little detail for White House gumshoes: As the above photo was published in June 2005, Barack Obama was still Senator Obama and not the President Elect. And with Michaele Salahi yesterday having been caught out—Facebook pompoms notwithstanding—as a bogus cheerleader for the Washington Red Skins and not a model for Victoria’s Secret as claimed, Canada Free Press (CFP) leaves it to FoxNews.com to find out if she ever was a “former Miss USA”. We do know for a fact that among the slew of memberships on charitable boards, Tareq Salahi is a former member of The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP). The only way to know for a fact is because even though ATFP scrubbed all references to Salahi as a board member, he can still be found on Google cache. (Canada Free Press) Sad that White House Secret Service are looking like Keystone Kops in the aftermath of Obama’s very first state house dinner in the tent. While the media is fixated on the hitch in Michaele Salahi’s git-along, there can be no doubt that these recently minted “party crashers” really get around. We take you back to June 9, 2005 when Tom Nelson, operating officer of AARP, was summing up the Rock the Vote Awards night. According to the Washington Post “everyone from Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama to “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson and R&B singer Mya gathered in the National Building Museum’s Great Hall: “You were probably wondering, as you sat down at your table, ‘What the heck is the AARP doing in a Rock the Vote Event?’” Nelson noted. Time would soon tell that the AARP would show up in other fishy places. And if there is anyone who must know that this weekend’s party crasher story is a crock it’s John McCain who was at the Vote Awards Night, and who along with Barack Obama, was honored with the Rock the Nation Award, Obama “for forming a multiracial coalition in winning his seat”. McCain was handed his award for “his work on campaign finance reform”. “Just call me Funk Master McCain,” he told the audience of 1,000 in accepting his award.: (washingtonpost.com, June 9, 2005. Meanwhile, don’t know why Obama’s long time associates possibly could be mistaken for party crashers when they came into the tent with a Bravo Reality TV Show “Real Housewives of DC” professional camera crew and makeup artist in tow unless he was hoping for a Reality gig for wife Michelle, CBS celebrity Katie Couric or Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Obama could end the “party crasher” goose chase for White House Secret Service in a proverbial New York Minute by coming clean on his almost 5-year-old social/political relationship with Tareq and Michaele Salahi. It could save money in these recessionary times and put an end to the drama of Washington’s “unprecedented” first state dinner in a tent WorldNetDaily Exclusive White House 'gatecrashers' tied to terror sympathizer Salahi served in same anti-Israel group as Obama's Palestinian professor pal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: November 29, 2009 5:12 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2009 WorldNetDaily Rashid Khalidi The Virginia couple who allegedly crashed a White House state dinner is tied to Rashid Khalidi, a pro-Palestinian professor who excuses terrorism and has been a close associate to President Obama. Michaele and Tareq Salahi met Obama in To THINK, I'm truly not slamming anyone, since I don't believe the government of either side! Just confused wondering why.
Politics - 5 Answers
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Do tell. Somehow, I knew it was Obama's fault.
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They don't want to let people know that Hussein is hanging around muslim terrorists. They were busy talking about Tiger Woods' fire hydrant. Fox News is far from conservative, it's exactly the same as CNN and other liberal news outlets.
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If that is true, then why didn't Obama just come right out and say so? He is such a wishy washy person and does not like to be clear and precise about anything. And libs on answers support him? the Loons following the Loon I guess.
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Headline News reported they were 0bama's coke connection.
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Well if the guy DID know the President from before and said that then it probably helped him get in. But who really cares? What are they supposed to pay the taxpayer back for the shrimp cocktails they ate?

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

My first love....please I need advice!?

My first love....please I need advice!?
Without going into a life story let me just try to keep this to an overview of a few of my thoughts and feelings....I met my first love back in my teenage years, it was a night I will never forget. The night started out like any other night as a teenager, no real plans and not looking for a girlfriend at all. I arrived at the local skating rink on a Friday night, met up with friends and the night started. It was not long before this brown hair brown eyed beauty caught my eye...but she was way out of my league. I watched her throughout the night scared to death to actually approach her. After much convincing from my friends talking me up and telling me if I really liked her to go talk to her I did, knees shaking, stomach doing circles trying to remain calm I approached her to ask her to skate with my for the slow skate. She told me she was waiting for another guy she was supposed to meet up with during the second session but she would skate with me. The song was You Are Not Alone by MIchael Jackson I remember it like yesterday! The night went on and we really hit it off, completely inseparable from one another. This other guy finally arrived and was late and her lost the chance at the only girl that has touched my life like this. We talked on the phone that night and many nights to come falling asleep talking to one another on the phone at all hours of the morning. Fast forward a few years we have dated a few times by now and it has finally stopped, she has fallen for someone else. We remained friends and we went to one another to talk about all of our problems included relationships, we got eachother through a lot of tough times. It always killed me to hear she was dating someone else. Now skip another 8 years to Valentines day this year, my wife and I go into buy a couch and who is the sales person that comes up to us......yep you guessed it. We have not talked in probably years to this point, although I literally think about her daily and wish it would have never ended. I really understand the meaning of love and it is thanks to this girl I got it, however I have never felt it with anyone else...I miss her and think about her 24/7 I know some of you will say let it go you both moved on, but truth be told I don't think I really ever have. I added her on facebook a few days after running into her again and we chatted for a little while she started telling me about problems with her marriage and then just stopped and asked why she was telling me all of this...it was like time just went back a decade there for a minute and we were talking about our relationship problems again. I love her and I am married, I just need some advise. If your advise is "you are married, drop it with her" or anything of that sort then save it and keep it to yourself. I hate to be mean here but I really cannot leave the thought of us getting back together alone it has been over a decade and I long to see her, hear her voice and just think about her EVERY SINGLE DAY. I have no one I can tell this too or talk about with so you guys are it. Please help me. I wrote an annomous note the other day telling her all of my feelings for her with an email address to reply to if she is interested in figuring out who it is from. I am going ot leave it on her car for her to find, she can then do what she wants with it...but I really hope I hear something back. Comments and advise are welcome...............please you are all I have as I cannot even discuss the thought of all of this with anyone in my life, and it has been consuming me for over a decade. This is just not some random girl but more like what I believe to be my soulmate! Thanks guys!!!!
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story time!! summerise pls.
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First, I would like to know if you have any kids. I know you didn't mention them, but that doesn't mean you don't have any. I'm not going to lie, I think it's a bad idea. Are you completely sure of your feelings? Could it be that maybe you just didn't get closure? Maybe you've idealized her beyond and realistic standards. I've done that before and it was horrible. It came to the point that there was no way she could meet up to what I imagined being with her would be like. I'd hate to know that you threw away a marriage for that. You need to think logically about all of this. I know that would be hard to do, but sometimes emotions get the better of us. If you are absolutely sure of what you are feeling, well, it's not fair to your wife. But you should know there is a VERY good chance that she will hate you for this. Just don't go off half cocked. Think everything out. Be patient and make sure this is what's right. I hope you have the best of luck with whatever you decide.
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You seem to have already made your mind up of what you want. Why did she break it off to begin with when you were dating? I'd take a good look at what you have now and figure out if its worth to risk it on a maybe. First real loves last with everyone that has them, you aren't the only one, but try and be realistic and figure out if it's actually possible before you go putting a mushy note on her car. I wish you luck. You have some soul searching to do that is for certain.
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I had the same problem, but, well, if you don't want to be told to move on, then think of why you married your wife and how hurt you would be if she acted on similar feelings for her first love. It's time to reevaluate your life when these situations arise. Could you live happily without your wife or after you have hurt her? Or would you really throw it all away? Maybe you would, you said nothing about your marriage. I think this kind of situation occurs more than you think.
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I know what you mean I fell for two females I really do love them but they are married we been friends for years, They know I love them their husbands know I love them and I happy they are in my life At some stage in life we really do find true love and have to play the cards we are dealt. I'm now an old man and it's easier for me to be happy that they are where they need to be and well taken care of. It may be a different story if I was younger. She could be your soul mate under different circumstances. I have never felt this close to anyone as I feel to these to ladies. I put my arms around them and it's damn hard to let go but have nothing but their best interest at heart.

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

What is the best course of action for a dispute like this?

What is the best course of action for a dispute like this?
About a year ago, I loaned someone about 200 dollars worth of DVDs (House seasons 1 - 4) so he could watch them. I've been asking for them since and he keeps promising he'll give them to me but he never does. About two months ago, he invited a friend I was with to dinner. When my friend told him he was already out, he wanted me to go, but I had no money -- so he fronted me 14 dollars for dinner. He knows I don't have cash -- I am in so much trouble right now I can't even pay my rent, my car note, my utilities, my credit card bills, nothing. I skipped all my bills this month so I could buy myself food. I DID, however, get a job offer (a NICE one) and I made some comment on Facebook about getting a "sweet job offer." 12am, the guy calls me and I answer the phone and the first thing I hear is, "What job offer?" I respond that I'm not willing to discuss that and chuckle, and he snaps "Like your not going to give me my money like I won't give you your DVDs." He immediately hangs up before I can even explain myself. I repay my debts. But the money just physically isn't there. On the other hand, I've been very kind and patient with him for over a year. That phone call, being treated like that.. enough is enough. I live in Tempe, Arizona. I am NOT familiar with the area or the legal system, but would anyone know how much would it put me out to try and take action against this guy for the return of my DVDs or their cash value? I did not have a contract or anything, it was just a friendly gesture.
Law Enforcement & Police - 2 Answers
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First pay him the $14 so that's out of the way. Then tell him unless he returns the DVD's you will take him to Small Claims Court - if he doesn't, go ahead with it. The local Clerk of the Courts office should be able to help you.
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Go to small claims court and ask if you can petition your discs. Also try and put a dollar amount on theses CD's to give the judge the amount you are out. It sounds like your friend has never attempted to give them back. Also try and remember what order they were in, and a small description of your address book ? Then and only them I recommend seeing a lawyer who like those kinds of details.

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

I don't know what to do...?

I don't know what to do...?
My boyfriend and I broke up about a week ago. It was a really...weird break up though, and honestly I think its one we can easily work through. I went to Utah to visit family for Thanksgiving and the entire week he'd call me every day to make sure I was okay and we'd talk and at the end of every conversation he'd tell me he missed me and that he loved me. Then I get home and we're fine...until we got into our very first 'argument'. There was no yelling involved, it was more like a heated conversation, because his parents don't support us and want him to keep dating other girls, while my family wants to meet him so they're traveling thousands of miles to meet him over Christmas Break, and he tells me that he probably can't go because he has no way to get down there. Its super easy and cheep to get there. My parents are paying hundreds in gas money, and my roommate's boyfriend spent hundreds to travel up here just to see her. My boyfriend claimed that he was really stressed with a lot of things right now, and then suddenly he was suggesting we break up out of the blue. The next morning we broke up. At first I was okay with it, but then with each day that passed I've felt more and more depressed. I NEVER get depressed over a guy. Then a couple days ago he pulls a move that really pisses me off; we both had items that belonged to the other, and I thought we'd do the mature thing and exchange it after a few days of not seeing each other like adults, but instead he gives my item to his friend who gives it to my roomate to give to me, and attached to it is a note. Already pissed off that he did something out of character by not giving me my stuff in person, I read the note. It basically explained that he loved me and he wanted to marry me, but he wasn't ready. He didn't know if I wanted to be friends (I never said I didn't want to be) and how could I forgive him for the break up (It was a really random break up but it wasn't a bad one...I've had way worse) and then he proceeded to be way too hard on himself. I wasn't sure how to respond to that, so I asked my uncle who told me to play the game right back. So I did. I sent a short note basically thanking him for his note, returning his item, and then telling him that I really didn't want to discuss this over a note and that when he was ready to talk to me in person, he knew how to contact me. That was days ago, and I still haven't heard back from him. I've already been on dates with other guys, and gone out with friends to see stuff I normally would have seen with him. Usually, even if I still have feelings for the guy, I get less and less depressed as the days go by. But this time its getting to the point where I don't even want to go out because everytime I do I always think how much I want to be with him, and how I really want to work this out, but when I start imagining what I'd say, more and more I don't know if he'll want to get back together. I know he's having the same issues I'm having because on his facebook (no, I'm not stalking him, his statuses show up on my wall so I don't have to stalk him even if I wanted to) it says that he's miserable and that he's "Confused with life" so I'm not exactly sure if that means he's reconsidering or...I don't even know. All I know is the more I'm away from him, the more I realize I don't want to be. And even though he makes me mad sometimes, I still love him deeply and I want to work things out with him. I would even be okay with starting our relationship again and taking it way slower, especially since I have to go home in a few weeks for a little while to earn money, but I'm not sure how I'm supposed to explain all this when he hasn't even bothered to call me or 'accidentally walk by' or something random like that. And if or when we do talk (because I'm hoping he'll be waiting for me after my class tomorow, but that could just be my own wishful thinking) how am I supposed to phrase all of this? I'm so tired of this 'break up'. It was stupid and something that if he loves me like he says he does, he'll work out with me. Any advice on what I should say/do? Please no rude comments or comments just to get points. I will report you; I am in no mood to deal with people like that right now. Thank you!
Words & Wordplay - 1 Answers
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You would get a lot more answers in the right section - family and relationships, or singles and dating :o) Anyway, I think the key to your problems is probably the fact that his parents are not in favour of his relationship with you and want him to date other girls? If he has already told you how he feels in that note, maybe you could have given him the benefit of the doubt? Maybe it was really hard for him to break up with you but he is being pressured by his parents. How much do you know about his financial situation? How old are you both? Does he fear that if he sees you, he will fall straight back into the relationship? Does he fear that being young, it cannot last so he wants to wait. Your uncle obviously meant well, telling you to play him at his own game - but it isn't a game is it? It is real and you are hurting. Two wrongs do not make a right! You thought your boyfriend was wrong to send your stuff with a note via friends - but then you did the same thing. Be true to yourself, and trust your own feelings. What's to stop you from going to see him and talking it through with him? Is pride preventing you? If pride is stronger than love - it isn't love. And you know, what happens between your friends and their boyfriends, should not make you compare your boyfriend to theirs... his circumstances may be completely different, and he is unique and special isn't he? If you don't think so, then he is just one of a herd. I'm not trying to upset you more than you are already. I am on your side and I want you to see things from a slightly different perspective. Your angle so far is not working the way you'd like and maybe the smallest adjustment will make a big difference.

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