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In addition, make sure you clear your history. If a site isn't well protected, sometimes clicking on the address in the address field (when you start typing, it displays a dropdown of similar addressses), it can bypass the passwords and take you straight in. My computer is set to clear history every day.

This came up in another thread, but it's a separate topic, so I figured I'd start a new thread without the emotional issues of the other. Please don't bring that thread into this one. My own experience was, after I got my A, I got invited on jumps that I shouldn't be on. Someone who just got their A shouldn't be doing 9 ways or more. I think some of it was guys wanting to meet the new girl. However, I was lucky that I had someone with tons of jumps keeping an eye on me with regards to safety. I had someone I could ask about anything I was unsure about, and I can't think of a time where I didn't follow his advice, or that his advice was wrong; it was always very conservative and safety conscious. If it wasn't for that person, I'd probably have made a few jumps that I wasn't ready for, just because I wouldn't have known better. However, I think that person's mentoring wouldn't have happened if I wasn't female. I don't think we'd have taken the time to get to know each other. So, yes, based on my experience, I think sometimes women are treated differently, and sometimes that can be dangerous, and sometimes very helpful. What does everyone else think?

What someone did decades ago is generally a poor indicator of who they are now. Goes for Bush and Kerry alike. Grades are also a poor indicator of intelligence, since there are so many other factors, such as extracurriculars and boredom or just not liking school. When I was in junior high, I had barely a C average. When I was working on my master's, I had a 4.0. The difference wasn't in my intelligence, but in my interest in the subject. In junior high, I was bored out of my mind with school and extremely busy with karate, so I didn't do homework. Straight As on tests and straight Fs on homework equalled a C average. In grad school, I enjoyed what I was doing, and there was no busy work, so naturally, my grades were a lot better. So, I don't put much weight on anyone's GPA, especially one from decades ago. It just isn't relevant now.

I figure that probably the only people a program like that may "work" for are bisexual anyway, so the program wouldn't make any difference with regards to changing someone's sexuality, just changing the outward expression of it. For homosexuals, programs like that often just artificially push them into a hetero environment such as a hetero marriage, which either makes both people miserable, or ends in divorce when the homosexual of the pair decides to be honest with him/her self, or cheats with a same sex partner. And "But I'm a Cheerleader!" is a great movie!

Go to Kanaka Kava. It's a little kava bar on the main beachfront street in Kona. It's near the back of one of the walkways, so you have to look for the sign. Kava, if you've never had it, tastes terrible, but causes an incredible relaxing feeling. I like their "juice kava" which doesn't taste nearly as bad as the other stuff. Their kalua pig and other munchies are really good. It's a great place to hang out at night, and everyone is really friendly. A lot of locals go there as well as tourists. www.kanakakava.com Wasabi's sushi is right next door to Kanaka Kava. They have a lot of local fish sushi, and it's all very good! They also have a pineapple green tea iced tea. Yum. There's a restaurant called "Kona Style Fish and Chips". do NOT eat there. 'nuff said. On the way from Kona to the volcano, don't miss the Punaluu Bake Shop Pick up some lunch to eat at the volcano. That was probably the best sandwich I've eaten in my life. Take the night time manta ray snorkel. It's awesome. Scuba dive if they'll let you. The view is better from below. They launch out of Kona harbor Visit the volcanoes. Take the short hike out on the lava just before sunset and stay there til after it's dark Go horseback riding through the Waipi'o Valley Eat at Merrimans (Waimea). Go there at lunch. Dinner is really pricey, but lunch isn't bad, and the food is wonderful! Go stargazing with a guide near the observatory Get a massage at the King Kamehameha hotel (ask for Lisa, she's wonderful) Go to the Luau at King Kamehameha Hotel. They put on a great show and the food is wonderful. Make sure you bring an umbrella. The Kona Brewing Company has excellent beer and really good pizza. It's open later than most of the other restaurants. It's fun to go in there and split a beer sampler. We had a wonderful picnic at Laupahoehoe (between Waipi'o and Hilo). hope that helps! I just got back from Kona a little over a week ago.

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Disneyland is always fun. other stuff: Venice Beach Boardwalk Universal Studios Hollywood Catalina Island Melrose 3rd Street Promenade Sea World San Diego Wild Animal Park Knott's Berry Farm Medieval Times and tons of other stuff I can't think of right now.

Look on the bulletin boards of local universities (LMU, USC, UCLA, CSUN). A lot of people in LA have duplexes and rent one out. Also, a lot of times there's notices up for rooms to rent, and those can be around $500. Another good place to look is around Venice. There are a lot of older apartments there that are cheaper, but definitely not as nice as others in the area. If work doesn't require you to be in the LA area, the further inland you go, the cheaper it gets.

What qualifies you for unsubsidizedstafford loans is: US citizen No drug convictions/felonies enrolled in a degree program Doesn't matter if someone is claiming you as a dependant. My parents are claiming me this year because they're paying my car/health insurance, and I have no income other than what I get from selling the occasional air bear. For subsidized stafford loans, those are need based as well as the other qualifications above. You're more likely to meet the need based qualification if you're on your own and claiming yourself on your taxes (rather than your parents claiming you), but I qualified for the subsidized loans as an undergrad, and well, my dad has worked very hard to make sure money isn't something we've ever really had to worry about. So, if your parents are still claiming you, so long as your parents aren't millionaires or something, you can probably still get the subsidized loan as well. Go to www.fafsa.ed.gov/ and fill out a FAFSA form. Select your school, and the dept. of education will automatically send the results of the FAFSA to your school for you. From their site: To be eligible to receive federal student aid, you must meet certain requirements. You must be: * A U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen * Registered with Selective Service (see www.sss.gov for more information) * Attending a participating school * Working toward a degree or certificate * Making satisfactory academic progress Also * You must not owe a refund on a federal grant or be in default on a federal education loan * You must have financial need (except for unsubsidized Stafford Loans) * You must not have any drug convictions __ Also, if those don't cover all your expenses, many banks have loans that are specifically to cover living expenses while you're in school. I use Bank of America's "education maximizer" loan. If you're not working, it requires a co-signer with good credit, though. Edit: If at all possible, use grants, scholarships and student loans to pay for your education. Student loans are MUCH cheaper than credit cards, and student loan companies are a lot more willing to work with you on how and when you pay them back. Maxing out credit cards is NEVER a good way to go. It's a good way to ruin your credit and if your credit isn't good, you have a hard time buying a house, renting an apartment, or buying a car. A loan is a much better way to go, plus, you don't have to pay back a student loan as long as you're in school. A credit card will make you start paying immediately, and at a much higher interest rate. (most credit cards that are offered to students have an interest rate of over 20% after their initial sign up period. Even if you have a really good credit card, you won't find much better than 9%. Most student loans are less than 5%. Stafford loans are even cheaper.)

Talk to the financial aid office at your school. They probably know of a lot of local scholarships that you wouldn't find online. They're usually only a few hundred dollars each, but it adds up.

I bought DocMarten boots 12 years ago for over $200. Best shoe purchase I ever made. While on my feet, those shoes have: walked across a good part of Ireland trudged through ankle deep mud for miles at a dino dig site to find shelter from pouring rain, lightning, and flash floods hiked through most of Yellowstone and a good portion of Glacier NP. worn on my first tandem jump hiked through canyons, natural arches, and native american ruins wandered aimlessly through the French Quarter in New Orleans Walked over an active volcano and a ton of other stuff I can't think of right now. Best damn shoe purchase I ever made, and after all that, with a bit of polish, they look pretty much brand new. Average cost: less than $20 a year.

Last pair of shoes I bought was over $100. course, they were birkenstocks, so I don't know if the price and the brand would cancel each other out. Otherwise, if they fit and look like they'll last a long time, they can be $20 or $200, because comfortable feet are a must! Uncomfortable shoes, especially dress shoes, can ruin a whole evening. I usually won't buy really cheap clothes, but mainly because i've discovered that a lot of times, the pricier brands last longer and fit better. So, overall, I probably spend about as much as people that buy a lot of cheap clothes, because I have to replace them less often. I usually buy pretty classic styles, so I've got suits and dresses that I've had since high school that look fine and still fit fine...damn...I just realized I graduated 9 years ago. I feel old. Jewelry-wise, I'll spend a lot if it's something i'm planning on keeping for a long time, but if I'm just looking for something for a single evening out, I'll usually just go to Claires or something. I don't really dress up or go out often enough to justify owning a lot of expensive jewelry. I wouldn't have occasion to wear it enough to make the cost worthwhile. Hair-wise, I've spent over $100, but it was to have my stylist dye my hair, and my hair at that time was a couple of inches past my waist, so it took her about 4 hours. Beyond that, I usually spend about $30-$40. Art wise, I like looking. Clownburner and I wandered through a few galleries last week in Kona, but I usually don't buy, mainly because I'm not home often enough to enjoy it. My apartment furniture is mostly ikea, mainly again, because it's cheap and I'm never home long enough to care. Basically, I guess what it comes down to is that i like being outdoors, but I also really appreciate my creature comforts. I've worked on dinosaur digs with no running water (no showers!) for weeks, but when we got back to town, I'll admit to picking the nicest hotel around and ordering room service. Comfortable clothes and shoes are a must, but I like them to look good too.

Doesn't bother me any. I've seen way worse. New York and Venice Beach come to mind...

Ah. that makes a little more sense. It sounded like you'd arrested the guy and searched his car just 'cause he didn't have his lights on. Thanks for clarifying.

Why would someone be arrested for driving without their lights on... I thought that was just a ticket? Any time I've gotten a ticket, nobody's ever searched my car. Was there anything beyond the no headlights thing?

I agree that organizations should be able to take in anyone they want... but I'd add "so long as they're not tax exempt." If they're tax exempt, they should have to follow government non-discrimination standards. Ditto with the boy scouts. If they want to be tax exempt, they should accept gays and athiests. If they don't want to accept gays and athiests, they shouldn't get a government tax break.

Well, first off, judges shouldn't be looking to the Bible. That's a first amendment violation, because then you get into the state promoting religion thing. And, well, from reading the writings of the founding fathers, i don't believe that America was at that time, or was ever intended to be, a Christian society. It was intended to be a society where ALL religions could be practiced with freedom. A link from the US census page states that there was approximately 133,377,000 Christians (defined as all church members, their children, and other regular attendees, including, I believe, Catholics and Mormons, as there was no separate classificiation for them) in the US in 2000. The US population is 296,256,380, making less than half of US citizens Christian. It is against the law in most (if not all...Texas?) states to use deadly force to protect property. You can, however, use deadly force if you have a reasonable belief that your life is in imminent danger. You are allowed to respond with force likely to cause death or great bodily harm if you are being threatened with death or great bodily harm. That's pretty in line with the swords in the garden story in the Bible. Have your weapons, but use them appropriately. What I find interesting about "an eye for an eye" is that many people today believe that it was a brutal way of doing things. In actuality, at that time, it was a limitation on violence. If someone killed your brother, you could kill the murderer, but not his whole tribe/family. "An eye for an eye" is about responding to violence and threats in an appropriate manner. People also tend to bring up "love your neighbor as yourself". For some reason, many people believe this is a call to be passive, to not respond to violence, when this is not the case. If you love someone, you're going to do what's best for them, as well as what's best for yourself, and letting someone inflict violence on your person without trying to stop them certainly isn't best for either party. Some Bible scholars say that "love your neighbor" could mean that if your neighbor is being threatened, that you may have an obligation to render assistance, because, after all, that's what you'd do for yourself.

I got the same score. Never been to a strip club, tho.

If I figure out that someone's not charged me for something or that the cashier's given me too much change, I always say something. I used to be a cashier, and I know the hell we got if our drawer was a few cents short.

I actually had someone say to me: "If I could rearrange the alphabet, I'd put U and I together."

When people talk about Christianity and guns, they're usually thinking of the phrase "turn the other cheek". I learned this in a Christian theology class I took in college... The phrase "Turn the other cheek" has to be taken in historical context. At that time period, in that society, slapping someone across the face was an insult, equivalent to spitting on someone or giving them "the finger" today. In light of this context, "turn the other cheek" could be interpreted as a directive to ignore petty insults and not make mountains out of molehills. That passage in the bible doesn't address the concept of self-defense at all. Quote: from http://www.gac.20m.com/self-def.htm "But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also" Jesus specifically mentions the right cheek here , even though a blow from a right-handed person would normally fall on the left cheek. This probably means that the blow is delivered with the back of the hand, since then it would indeed fall on the right cheek. We know for certain that such a blow was considered particularly insulting. The injustice that is willingly accepted here is therefore not so much a matter of body injury as of shame. (H.N. Ridderbos. "Matthew": Bible Students Commentary. Zondervan. p. 113) Its an interesting website. Check it out. it discusses self-defense and gun control in a biblical context. Also, if you look at the Hebrew texts, most religious scholars tend to agree that "Thou shalt not kill" should actually be translated as "Thou shalt not murder", and in the old testament, there is a distinction between murder and manslaughter, to put it in modern terms. For example: "If a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die" (Ex. 21:14) Exodus goes on to say (Exodus 22:2-3) "If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed The difference between killing and murdering is that murdering requires an intent to kill. With self defense, there is killing but no murder, because your main intent is not to kill someone, but to prevent that someone from killing you. In the Bible, God seemed to approve of David killing Goliath. From www.gotquestions.org As with many questions in our lives, I believe it all has to do with wisdom, understanding, and tact. For instance, in Luke 22, Jesus does tell his disciples to get a sword. Jesus knew that now was the time when Jesus would be threatened (and later killed) and his followers would be threatened as well. Jesus was giving approval of the fact that one has the right to defend himself. Now just a few verses later we see Jesus being arrested and Peter takes a sword and cuts off someone’s ear. Jesus rebukes him for that act. Why? Peter was trying to stop something that Jesus had been telling His disciples was in fact going to happen. In other words, Peter was acting unwisely in the situation. He was trying to stop something that was not supposed to be stopped. We must be wise when to fight and when not to. I'm not sure if that answers your question, but it's a start, I guess.

Clownburner and I just got back from Kona, Hawaii. I'd recommend that to anyone. The volcanoes were way cool. I also had fun in Ireland, and in Yellowstone in the last few years.

I haven't been able to see Atlantis. It was on when I was in school, and I suck at programming my VCR, so I figured I'd wait for the DVDs. I've been borrowing the DVDs for SG1 from a friend so I can watch them in order. I've seen most of the episodes, but couldn't really follow the story arcs because they were all out of order on cable tv. I'm halfway through season 2 now. =)

Hehe... some friends of mine got into a debate a while back. They were arguing over who was hotter, Carter or Hathor. The votes were split 50/50. My vote was for Carter, but the guys said that since I'm a girl, I didn't get a vote.

Klingons are way cooler than whatever the heck JarJar is supposed to be (Gungan??). Episode 1 was so bad that I haven't bothered to see 2 or 3. Gimme Star Trek, Babylon 5 or Stargate SG1 any day over the star wars prequels. The original 3 movies were really good, though.