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I have recently shingled what used to be a flowerbed. One of the plants that was removed was a big Fuchsia bush, all that was left of the Fuchsia was a couple of stalks sticking out of the ground after it had been cut down. What I found interesting though was that every day there was a moist patch around these stalks even though we had no rain and all the other ground was bone dry. Any ideas as to what was causing this? |
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| The fuchsia probably has long roots. Even if the soil on the surface is bone dry, there would be water at lowers levels. All trees and plants use the underground water for their sustenance. The roots of the fuchsia, doing the normal function brings up the water from the underground. In the absence of leaves on stems or branches this water moistens the ground around the stalks. There is no mystery around this. |
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Will I get married to my love. I Am to worried? |
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| Worrying never helps either to solve the problem or to find the answer. It is clear that you love that person. Find out if the feeling is really mutual. Work on it. Get the families involved, if that is the right thing with you. Do your best and wait in hope. I think you will get married to him if he is the right person for you. |
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I am a 2-digit number. The difference between the product of me and myself and the sum of me and myself is 99. What number am I? |
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Warren Jeffs has been arrested. He is charged with many crimes against the people of the U.S.A. and Texas. I want to say right here that I understand that rape is a crime, pandering is a crime and human trafficking is a crime. I concede all of that. My question does not breach anyone's understanding of these crimes. However, I have only one question for you people. Mr. Vempeny, Craig Brownell, Tartrazine, David Becker and my love, of now our five year anniversary, Anne Telle. Can you explain to me why in religion terms multiple wives are set to be such a sin? Then, please do not connect religion to politics for a bridge to your answer but tell me how in this country, this has become a crime regardless of religious appeals to righteousness? Should the government be involved in our personal arrangements? And please tell me what harm is coming to us when we allow people to behave as they wish in this matter? Remember as you answer, if the harm that comes is already covered by another law, it is probably the breech of that law that is the stumbling block and not this topic. Finally, could there be a situation that could arise between free people where they may elect on their own free will to marry and cohabitate in a situation that is unorthodox, however not be a threat to the rest of the countrymen, in regard to multiple wives? For everyone else, I invite you to answer along with these proven experts of logic. The men I admire most in their opinions. I call them out by name only to challenge them to bring their talents to this issue for me as a favor. Please answer, if you will, to match the product of these exceptional minds. Thanks and in highest respect, Warren Ingalls Anne Telle, I love you more today than ever. Happy Anniversary this month. You are a Superwoman. |
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Dear Warren, This wasn't posted to me but I stumbled upon it by chance. Since I was one of the *elected* I feel I must respond. (Thanks for the honour.) Polygamy existed in the African societies. Here usually the first wife would take the initiative for getting other wives as they could be of help in *working* on the land. Rich rulers who could *afford* many wives had their harems. There were societies that considered polyandry as normal as well. I do not think these conditions do exist today anywhere. In India Muslims are allowed by law to have four wives. But doesn't the Holy Quran stipulate that this must be with the consent of the first wife? Today I doubt if any wife would give such a consent except under duress. Having said these I share the views expressed in the last lines of the first answer. People find one wife a handful. Most people even wont dream of having a second one. One last word. I do not feel polygamy is worse than divorce. |
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It has been a little over a year that my lips have been burning, itching, dry and peeling. What can be causing this and what can I do to get rid of this problem? doctors have not been able to help - just have put "bandages" on the problem! |
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| Have you tried keeping the lips always protected by a coating of PURE VASELINE PETROLEUM JELLY usually known as just Vaseline. This is the best remedy I can think of. |
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With 27 million human slaves working around the world, one must ask "What people would allow such a thing?" I asked myself that question. There is no religion that forbids it. Ghandhi himself addressed it in his lifetime. "There is no shame in being a slave, there is only shame in owning a slave." But still there is no religion set against it. There are only ideals. Even in countries that have such ideals, there is still slavery. Which countries are free from slavery not just by law but by actual absence of slavery and a population that abhors the idea? Don't say U.S.A. I know that one is a current slave country. http://freetheslaves.net |
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There are different types of 'slaves'. One: Those who work for a master who owns you and who does not pay you but provide food and shelter of some sort. This is true slavery. This kind of slaves are rare today. Most countries do not have this kind of slaves today. Do you have such slaves in US today, Warren? Two: Those who are forced to do hard, unpleasant work for for unreasonably low wages. This type is prevalent today in most parts of the world. I do not think we can help this as long as poverty and unemployment is there. Three: Most people are slaves to 'something'. That 'something' could be Mammon, fashion, ideologies. I don't think there are countries where such slaves do not exist. Comments :  My friend, look at this. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/world/slavery/default.stmConservitives in US won't believe it unless it comes from Foxnews... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198694,00.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197311,00.html A hundred other reports all show the same 
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The recent talk of the definition of the term 'planet' has made me think of a question. I believe one of the requirements was that the object had to be of sufficient size to become a sphere - my question - why and how does a large object of the size of the earth become spherical, is this inevitable and how long would it take, and is the process continuing? |
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| In the process of planet formation the matter that comes together by the force of gravity becomes a spherical body by the result of a meltdown at the center. This happens due to the heat produced by the force of gravity when the total mass of the accreted matter is beyond a certain limit. If the mass is less there won’t me a meltdown and the body remains like an asteroid or planetoid, irregular in shape. If the accretion goes on and the total mass becomes much more than that of Jupiter the body becomes a star as the extreme heat at the center causes nuclear fusion and hence radiation of energy to begin. |
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Why is water transparent? |
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Every substance in this world has properties that some significance to life, to comfortable living. Glass is transparent and so we can use it for windows to see through or for spectacles. Wood and stone are opaque so we can use them for walls of our rooms to provide privacy. Water has many properties that are unique and essential for life. The fact that it has maximum density at 4 degree Celsius and that ice floats on water prevents the oceans from freezing over totally destroying all life. Transparency of water is essential for the subsistence of the higher aquatic forms of life, for vision, to see through. This vision is necessary for finding food as well as for defence or protection from predators. Everything has a meaning. Comments : Having selected the category "physics" for this question rather than "religion", or indeed "just so stories", I had hoped for something a bit more reasoned and physically based rather than a teleological and Micawberesque appeal to the rightness of all things.
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Why do we have to sleep? |
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| All our body systems need rest and relaxation for efficient functioning. All our systems are controlled by the brain and the brain can work efficiently only if it gets regular rest. We know what happens if we tax our brain for continuing activity for more than 24 hours. |
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What does Quantum Physics tell us about time? |
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| Quantum physics and the theory of General relativity are at the two extremes of physics, the microscopic (nanoscopic?) and the macroscopic. Relativity puts time as one of the dimensions of our universe, the space-time continuum. Physics says that time is relative - it has no existence by itself, independent of space and matter. The main thing to remember is that physics - at all levels - cannot define time. All that quantum physics says about time is that the smallest measurable time -Planck Time - is 10 to the power of 45 seconds. |
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