Amityville Horror, the

okay well I was playing at a basketball game and the ref told us we couldn’t wear headbands (you know like the elastic ones not the hard plastic ones) and they don’t even have metal in them. I have bangs this is a big problem.. my hair will be in my face the whole game!!! HELP IF YOU ARE A REF PLEASE EXPLAIN MY SCHOOL IS IN THE TSSAA. lol this is kinda a stupid ? when u think about it.

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Just braid them with the rest of your hair. Or cut them off lol

92 Dream Team (LBJ for MVP) | Dec 01, 2008

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The reason that headbands, wristbands, and any type of jewelry is disallowed is that it is possible that someone’s fingers or hand could get caught in the band and break them or injure them. It is a stupid rule and most referees are fine as long as you wear the thin, tight fitting kind and not the large cotton ones that have a strip of elastic on the inside.
Louis C | Dec 01, 2008

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I have a great suggestion that u have to try. U can find it at a lacrosse store and at other places. it is called pre wrap. it is semi like a headband and foam mixed together. you should really try it. i always use it and it keeps the hair out of my face when i am in the game.
Shands T | Dec 01, 2008

Will the Los Angeles Lakers Add to Their Frontcourt Before the Playoffs?

One of the greatest misconceptions about this Lakers team is that they have incredible depth.

I don’t know if it’s because people forget that they made two-for-ones trades like Maurice Evans and Brian Cook for Trevor Ariza or Kwame Brown and Javaris Crittenton for Pau Gasol or that they traded Chris Mihm to the Grizzlies last February for just a conditional second-round pick.

The Lakers did add to their bench last season when they made a one-for-two trade

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try here it is free and easy
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Dan W | Jun 06, 2006

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why?
so you can beat the crap out of us

and yeah I m a sex offender SO WHAT?
nk_rso | Jun 12, 2006

ok so today (this century) we call halloween halloween and some people call it all hallows eve….why?

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Hallows means "holy." All Hallows Eve was the Day Before All Saints Day. both the eve and day were to commemorate the Saints, including those whose lives went unrecognized. All Souls Day (to commemorate all Christians who had passed away) was then established to follow All Saints Day These "holy days" were established in the Middle Ages by the Church to be a Christianized version of the more ancient Celtic pagan holiday Samhain (pronounced like Sow-en), which was a harvest festival that celebrated the end of one year and the beginning of another. At this time, people honored their ancestors and believed that the barrier between the worlds of the living and the dead were opened. They both did things to honor the dead and also to scare away evil spirits (such as wearing frightening costumes or carving vegetables like turnips and beets into little monster faces. [pumpkin carvng was a much later American invention in Halloween celebration, which became more of a cultural holliday and mostly lost its associations with pre-Christian or Christian religious ideas.]).

philosophyangel | Oct 31, 2008

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cus its at night i think cus like Christmas eve during the night i guess?
connie | Oct 31, 2008

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All Hallows Eve was a Christian tradition that was meant to scare evil spirits away. Tommorow is All Saints Day. which is the second day of this holiday. Halloween is a day of the dead, and All Sainst Day is to remember the saints in heaven who died and are with God now.

"Drill, Baby Drill!" | Oct 31, 2008

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omg i just learned about this in school today lol it was in my AVID class lol well yeah what the 2nd girl said
TheBlondeElphie | Oct 31, 2008

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wikipedia.org is a good place to answer your questions its weird I wanted to know why it was called halloween and I looked it up in there and it told me about all hallows eve to
GMAN | Oct 31, 2008

I was told to complete the Variable Annuity and Suitability, Direct Business Applications, and the transfer of asset form and I did not have my series 7 or series six license. Two people told me I could not complete these forms, but my boss told me to continue completing them.

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No, you can not handle this business without the proper licensing.

primericaisbad | Jan 23, 2009

I originally asked this question in the philosophy section but no philosopher there thought that was funny, so nobody answered the question.

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Yes, The Yogi Book, but the subtitle is the key: "I Really Didn’t Say Everything I Said."

bookish | Sep 22, 2008

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The Yogi Book
Trick | Sep 22, 2008

brain?

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Bupropion is the closest, acting as a NorEpi/Dopa reuptake inhibitor in the brain. It does not however, have any significant ability to induce their release from the presynaptic terminal, which is one of the more significant characteristics of amphetamine like drugs. Chemically, bupropion has passing similarities to the core structure of an amphetamine, however it is modified to such a degree that they are not chemically very similar.

Strattera is also similar in mechanism of action, however acting with significance only at norepinephrine reuptake transporters.

Selegiline is an older drug which is chemically very similar to methamphetamine, however it shares no mechanism of action, acting instead as an irreversible inhibitor of MAO. It is similar enough that a major metabolite is the L-form of methamphetamine, which is largely inactive.

Az R | Jun 25, 2009

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Bupropion?
mdGreg C | Jun 25, 2009

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umm my ex would know this I was thinking that Adderall is equivalent to speed.
Jonny Dangerously | Jun 25, 2009

Please tell me how you got it as well, I am having trouble with these for some reason!

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f(x) = (8/t^4) = 8t^-4

Multiply by the exponent, and decrease the exponent by 1.

f’(x) = (-4)(8t^-5) = -32 t^-5 = (-32)/(t^5)

MamaMia

Where are all of the NASA places? Is it just in Florida and Texas or other places too? I think I heard something about them being in California too.

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For launches: Launch Complex 39 at the J.F.K. Space Center in Florida and Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
For landing: The NASA Shuttle Landing Facility located on Merritt Island, Florida. Edwards Air Force Base in California. White Sands Space Harbor, part of the White Sands Test Facility, near Alamogordo, New Mexico (only used once for a shuttle landing, STS-3 in 1982). Edwards and White Sands are only used if there are weather concerns in Florida.

Emergency landing sites:
Campbeltown Airport, Scotland
Lajes, Portugal
Beja, Portugal
Keflavik, Iceland
Gran Canaria Airport, Spain
Shannon International Airport, Ireland
RAF Fairford, United Kingdom
Koln Bonn Airport, Germany
Airport Manching near Munich, Germany
Ankara, Turkey
Yundum International Airport, Banjul, Gambia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory
Hickam AFB, Honolulu, Hawaii
Gander International Airport, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada
Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, near Brisbane, Australia
Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Darwin, Australia
Wilmington International Airport, North Carolina
Bangor International Airport, Bangor, Maine
Orlando International Airport, Orlando, Florida
Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, New York
Lincoln Airport, Lincoln, Nebraska
Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware
Lehigh Valley International Airport, Allentown, PA
Griffiss International Airport, Rome, NY

Sorry for the length.

goblin | Jul 18, 2009

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I’ve never heard of California, but for surely Florida and Texas.
Christina | Jul 17, 2009

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Nasa launches from Cape Canaveral Florida.

Texas is where Mission Control is and is why they say "Houston we have a problem." Otherwise it would be "Cape Canaveral we have a problem." That would sound stupid wouldn’t it.

Now, NASA doesn’t land rockets. NASA rockets fall back into the atmosphere and burn up. Come to think of it, nobody lands rockets. Landing craft are fitted with retro-rockets sometimes but NASA only does that on the moon missions and isn’t very good at it. The Russians have perfected it and are able to land capsules on the ground on Earth, while NASA capsules have to land in the ocean.

The only NASA thing that lands on the ground is a space shuttle. And that’s where you probably heard of California, because sometimes when the weather is bad in Florida, which is a lot of the time, the shuttle will land at California’s Edwards Air Force Base.
kozzm0 | Jul 17, 2009

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Most launches (and all shuttle launches) are from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral (in Florida). The shuttle usually lands there too, or if weather is bad, it can land at an alternate site, which is Edwards Air Force Base in CA. But, if it lands there, it needs to be transported back to Florida, which is expensive, so they try to avoid that.
atstdriver | Jul 17, 2009

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Space shuttles and most unmanned rockets are launched from the Kennedy Space Center shuttle launch facility in Cape Canaveral Florida. After the shuttle or rocket launches, control is handed over to mission control in Houston Texas. Kennedy Space Center is also the place where the shuttle lands as well. If the shuttle is unable to land at the Shuttle landing Facility in Cape Canaveral due to weather or whatever reason, there are several other options for them. They can land at designated air strips in France and Spain as well as Edwards Air Force base in California. Now, speaking of California, NASA also has a launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force base, which is in California, where they launch some of the unmanned rockets.
Chris C | Jul 18, 2009

It is a mix of veterans, middle career guys, and very fine young talent. They finally have young pitching(I think Chamberlain is better than Hughes, but both are dominant). Young offensive players in Cabrera abnd Cano(Cabrera is a future gold glove winner in CF, may even win one this year). Also, Duncan has the energy that can jumpstart a whole team. We know their offense is staggering and their rotation has talent, even though many say it is not good. They have upgraded their bullpen by getting rid of Myers, Proctor, and Bruney(with Chamberlain…duh). Also, Giambi off the bench is just amazing, along w/ Duncan, Betemit, and Molina. They may just have that same energy now that they had in 96′. Steve Phillips is a moron and does not know what the f**k he’s talking about and needs to be fired from ESPN. He said both NY teams won’t make the playoffs(are you for real?). Right now, this team is built to go all the way, and I don’t care what anyone says(thats right Steve Phillips)

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Well, if they don’t it’s not as if they didn’t try…they’re 9-1 in their last ten games but still four games behind Boston BUT, they’re tied with Seattle right now for the Wild Card so, they’ll get to the playoffs one way or another.

YIKES! what the he11 am I doing here?
I’m a Phillies Phan….I’m outta here!

Gene L | Aug 14, 2007

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Being a tribe fan, the way it looks to me is everyone is choking in the AL to let the yanks back in it. I watched the tribe lose 3 straight to the yanks, which I do believe, the yanks swept them twice this year. I’m not watching ANYMORE tribe games. It irritates me to watch Byrd pitch, he looks like he fell off some bar stool some where and rolled onto the mound.

The yanks pitching stepped it up a notch. Especially pettitte and mussina. Melky is having a fine season. Sometimes the yanks defense has botchy moments. Like arod and jeter making infield errors on easily caught balls. And matsui when hes running towards the warning track can’t get his glove above his head to catch fly balls.

I had an mlbtv.com subscription just so I could watch the yank games last year. I enjoy watching all that talent.
But yeah, I think they have what it takes to go all the way.
WhereTheBuffaloRoam | Aug 14, 2007