Deaf History Books

Question: Who can match the books to the synopsis part two? Winner gets 10 points!? I'll give a brief synopsis, you name the book. Whoever gets the most right gets ten points. Tiebreaker is who posts first. Ready? Going easy to hard..... 1- I am a little fellow named Bilbo Baggins. I live in a hole like my neighbors. One day a group of dwarfs and an old man knocked on my door and took me on a long journey that is now famous in literary history. 2-I'm a young attorney, fresh off the bar exam, who has partnered up with an ambulance chaser to try to make a living. One of my first cases involves a boy dying of cancer and an insurance company that will not pay his claims. I meet a girl in the hospital who has an abusive boyfriend. She kills him. And I beat the insurance company for a record settlement... 3- My name is Keller. I have a friend in White Plains that I call Dot. Every once in a while she calls me and I fly across the country to do a little job. It helps pay for my stamp collection... 4-I'm deaf. I'm on a bus one day (see additional) with my classmates when we are highjacked by some criminals. We are taken to a warehouse and held hostage while a famed negotiator attempts to get us released. My story is full of twists and turns and it turns out I'm not as innocent as I at first appear And we have a winner! "Itstheendofthe..." nailed them all. I'll pick it as soon as I'm allowed to. Good job!

Answer: Tolkien's Hobbit and Lord of the Rings The Rainmaker Hitlist A Maiden's Grave http://www.chinatattler.com

Question: Congress is speeding down the road to ruin with trade protectionism and a raft of untimely tax hikes? Seventy-seven years ago, members of Congress erected a tariff wall aimed at protecting American business concerns. The result was a stock market crash followed by drastic retaliatory tariffs and a shutdown of the global trading system. The 1932 Revenue Act made matters worse by massively raising marginal tax rates on domestic incomes. These blunders set the stage for the Depression and world war that followed. Current members of Congress appear to have let their history books collect dust: A raft of anti-China currency and tariff legislation is now widely supported by both political parties as the exigencies of political grandstanding subvert the ideals of sound policy. At the same time, Chinese government officials have threatened to dump some of the government’s $1 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities if Congress continues its currency bashing and tariff threats. This fiscal folly couldn’t come at a worse time. Financial markets have been reeling over the last several weeks as hedge funds deleverage from wrong-way bets on mortgage products. It certainly doesn’t help matters that a tone-deaf Congress, led by a bi-partisan coalition of the economically obtuse, is attempting to advance legislation that would raise tax rates on investment companies as part of a “fix� for the alternative minimum tax (AMT). Has anyone in Congress ever stopped to contemplate why London has once again become the financial capital of the world? Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the rest of the world is lowering corporate tax rates and trying to moderate regulations while the U.S. is stuffing Sarbanes-Oxley down the throat of its businesses. If that weren’t bad enough, the 2001-03 tax cuts on incomes and capital are essentially on the chopping block, set to expire in several years time unless Congress and the president act to extend them. The current Congress isn’t disposed to extending the tax cuts, while online futures trading points to a Democrat sweep in 2008. In other words, there’s a high probability that tax rates are going up. Some politicians argue that the current anti-trade sentiment has been driven by wage inequality and poor income growth, “tax cuts for the rich,� and high energy and food prices for the poor. But the data refute this. Personal income has grown at an average pace of 6.2 percent since 2004, despite large swings in reported GDP growth; personal income is up 6.1 percent year-over-year as of June, right in line with the average of the last few years. And thanks to a low unemployment rate and a tight labor market, real non-supervisory wages are growing faster today than they were at this stage of the last cycle (1.6 percent vs. 1.3 percent, year-over-year). In fact, low-end (non-supervisory) real wages have grown at about twice the pace for this cycle compared to the first 23 quarters of the last expansion. A broader measure of real non-financial compensation per hour also shows superior wage growth during this cycle (1 percent per annum average vs. a 0.3 percent per annum average at this stage of the last cycle). So to call this a “wage-less� expansion is utter nonsense, despite the fact real GDP growth has averaged 2.7 percent per annum this cycle versus a superior 3.3 percent average at this stage of the last cycle. Attention protectionist stooges: Since the implementation of NAFTA in 1994, real non-supervisory wages have grown at an average pace of 1.2 percent per annum, triple the 1971-2007 average of 0.4 percent per annum. Inflation-adjusted household net worth has jumped $22.2 trillion since NAFTA was implemented while non-farm payrolls have increased by 24.9 million. Manufacturing output, far from falling, actually stands at a record high, and is up 62 percent since 1994. Undoubtedly some have been left behind by the global economy. But free trade, China, and Wal-Mart for that matter have dramatically increased the standard of living for most people, just as protectionism, a trade war, tax hikes on investment and work, and the absence of Wal-Mart would sink living standards for most people. While the global boom continues on the back of pro-growth policies around the world, Congress is speeding down the road to ruin with trade protectionism and a raft of untimely tax hikes. It’s time to take a detour and think about the hugely anti-growth consequences of turning our backs on the global economy and pro-growth tax policy.

Answer: Let me ask you this...do you favor tainted tooth paste, lead paint on childrens' toys, harmful chemicals in animal feed and in people food? Something has to be done to regulate what China is sending us. Nice rant without evidence cited but nice rant anyway. Dismissed. One final question for you...Have you enlightened Congress to these facts? If not, perhaps you should. Perhaps they can learn from your great (yeah right!) wisdom. Complaining to us on YA will do nothing. You need to write letters to the editor, to Congressional reps and even to some of the radio talk show hosts to get your point across. Otherwise you are merely blowing smoke. Your money and your mouth remain separated.

Question: what are some good points for this year 7 debate??? please help!!!!? the topic is "books are no longer necessary" I got the topic today and the debate is tomorrow!!! I have: Blind and deaf people can read books librarians would loose their jobs if books went away we use books in school when looking through a dictionary, we see other words and learn them along the way books are more reliable books were used to record history and yeah thats it but its still not long enough!!! please help me I'm 2nd speaker. thankyou

Answer: Books are portable, so they can go to the beach, or in the bathtub, or to bed with you. They can go camping, or for a walk at lunchtime to a park bench. They are good on journeys and in waiting rooms. They are low-tech and work in a power outage. They do not require an infrastructure to operate, so even the poorest nations on the globe can use them. They are physically fun to handle and look at -- especially when they have beautiful illustrations, good typography, or rich bindings. Things you see in a book are more memorable. Everyone can picture certain pages (often pictures) from favorite books or important books -- but imaging a web page is much less likely to occur. You can interact with them by marking them, writing your own comments, highlighting passages, etc.

Question: Would you rather? Questions to make you think Be 4'1 or 7'9"? Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? Lose your legs or lose your arms? Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Be blind or deaf? Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? End hunger or hatred? Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? Be forgotten or hatefully remembered?

Answer: 7'9 drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid lose my arms beautiful house and ugly car deaf say everything on my mind Be able to hear any conversation End hatred tell my parents the truth Write the worst book in history one very close friend Be forgotten

Question: Would u Rather.........l? Be 4'1 or 7'9"? Live without music or live without T.V.? Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? Lose your legs or lose your arms? Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Be blind or deaf? Live in Antarctica or Death Valley? In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? Be spanked or be put on a restriction (on your favorite thing to do)? Eat sushi or liver? Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? Meet the president of the U.S. or Billy Graham? Find true love or 1 million dollars? Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? End hunger or hatred? Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? Be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy? Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Get even or get over it? Always lose or never play? Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Know it all or have it all? Always get first dibs or the last laugh? Give bad advice or take bad advice? Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Own a ski lodge or a surf camp? Forget who you were or who everyone else was? Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? Give up your computer or your pet? Be the sand castle or the wave? Overthrow a dictatorship or lead one? Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? Have half days everyday or no homework forever? Wear all pink or all purple to school? Take a math test or do a lab in science? Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? Bake cookies in cooking class or do art projects in art class? Run the mile or give a speech for English? Have a pie-eating contest or a wheelbarrow race? Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? Not be able to talk or hear for one day? Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? Wear a school uniform or last year's Halloween costume? Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? Be a professional baseball player or a champion horse breeder? Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? Snowboard in the winter or swim in the summer? Pick your own nose or someone else's? Be a tree or live in a tree? Write a mystery or a poem? Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? Be forgotten or hatefully remembered? Last but not least... Would you rather be doing this quiz or doing something else? =P

Answer: 4'1" Live without music drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid traitor to your country Lose your legs Have a beautiful house and ugly car Be deaf Death Valley save a sibling Be spanked Eat sushi webbed feet Billy Graham Find true love Always have to say everything on your mind never talked about at all eyes in the back of your head bionic hearing Be able to hear any conversation End hunger make a movie on your most embarrassing moment Get caught singing in the mirror a cat named Fluffy with someone I hate get over it Always lose? tell your parents the truth Know it all Always get first dibs take bad advice Have sand in your shorts your sunglasses Kiss a jellyfish surf camp Forget who you were three wishes granted in 10 years Give up your computer Be the sand castle Overthrow a dictatorship Write the worst book in history free potatoes forever Have half days everyday Wear all pink lab in science 10 friends Be a deep sea diver Bake cookies in cooking class Run the mile Have a pie-eating contest one very close friend Not be able to talk Be nervous but excited o Wear a school uniform the ocean Be an actress/actor in a big movie Have an ugly, loyal dog Be a professional baseball player meet Winnie the Pooh Go to an amusement park Have a kangaroo make less money with a job you like my e-mail swim in the summer Pick your own nose live in a tree Write a poem? travel to outer space Be forgotten Last but not least... doing something else =D

Question: super fun would you rather!!!!? Be 4'1 or 7'9"? Live without music or live without T.V.? Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? Lose your legs or lose your arms? Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Be blind or deaf? Live in Antarctica or Death Valley? In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? Be spanked or be put on a restriction (on your favorite thing to do)? Eat sushi or liver? Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? Meet the president of the U.S. or Billy Graham? Find true love or 1 million dollars? Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? End hunger or hatred? Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? Be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy? Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Get even or get over it? Always lose or never play? Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Know it all or have it all? Always get first dibs or the last laugh? Give bad advice or take bad advice? Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Own a ski lodge or a surf camp? Forget who you were or who everyone else was? Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? Give up your computer or your pet? Be the sand castle or the wave? Overthrow a dictatorship or lead one? Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? Have half days everyday or no homework forever? Wear all pink or all purple to school? Take a math test or do a lab in science? Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? Bake cookies in cooking class or do art projects in art class? Run the mile or give a speech for English? Have a pie-eating contest or a wheelbarrow race? Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? Not be able to talk or hear for one day? Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? Wear a school uniform or last year's Halloween costume? Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? Be a professional baseball player or a champion horse breeder? Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? Snowboard in the winter or swim in the summer? Pick your own nose or someone else's? Be a tree or live in a tree? Write a mystery or a poem? Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? Be forgotten or hatefully remembered?

Answer: Be 4'1 live without T.V Eat a bar of soap Neither, but I guess the racist one lose your arms (i can still play soccer) Have a beautiful house and ugly car Be deaf Live in Antarctica In a fire, save a stranger (i'm an only child) Be spanked Eat sushi Have webbed feet? Meet the president of the U.S. Find true love Always have to say everything on your mind Be gossiped about Have stars in your eyes Have bionic hearing (x-ray vision sounds perverted) Be able to take back anything you say End hatred Publish your diary Get caught singing in the mirror Be a dog named Killer Be stranded on an island with someone you hate Get even Always lose Be forced to tell your best friend a lie Know it all Always get the last laugh take bad advice water in your ear Forget your sunglasses Kiss a jellyfish Own a ski lodge Forget who you were Have three wishes granted in 10 years Give up your computer Be the wave Overthrow a dictatorship Write record the worst song in history Get free chocolate for one year Haveno homework forever Wear all pink do a lab in science Have an apartment with 10 friends Be an astronaut? Bake cookies in cooking class Run the mile Have a wheelbarrow race Have a big group of friends Not be able to talk Be nervous but excited Wear a school uniform Spend the day surfing the internet Be the director? Have an ugly, loyal dog Be a professional baseball player Be saved by Superman Go to a family reunion Have a koala as your pet Be rich with an unhappy job Not be able to use your phone swim in the summer Pick your own nose live in a tree Write a mystery travel to outer space Be hatefully remembered

Question: WOULD YOU RATHER!!? I love this game! Let's not be boring and say 'none as they're haram!' Would you rather: Be 4'1 or 7'9"? Live without music or live without T.V.? Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? Lose your legs or lose your arms? Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Be blind or deaf? Live in Antarctica or Death Valley? In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? Eat sushi or liver? Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? Meet the president of the U.S. or Billy Graham? Find true love or 1 million dollars? Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? End hunger or hatred? Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? Be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy? Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Get even or get over it? Always lose or never play? Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Know it all or have it all? Always get first dibs or the last laugh? Give bad advice or take bad advice? Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Own a ski lodge or a surf camp? Forget who you were or who everyone else was? Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? Give up your computer or your pet? Be the sand castle or the wave? Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? Have half days everyday or no homework forever? Wear all pink or all purple to school? Eat a live snake or wear the colour red in one shade, for the rest of your life? Be a buddhist monk or a nun? Take a math test or do a lab in science? Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? Run the mile or give a speech for English? Have a pie-eating contest or a wheelbarrow race? Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? Not be able to talk or hear for one day? Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? Wear a school uniform or last year's Halloween costume? Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? Be a professional baseball player or a champion horse breeder? Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? Be a tree or live in a tree? Write a mystery or a poem? Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? Be forgotten or hatefully remembered?

Answer: My little contribution........ I starred the question :)~!

Question: Would you rather ...1st person to answer correctly gets 10 points!? Be 4'1 or 7'9"? Live without music or live without T.V.? Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? Lose your legs or lose your arms? Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Be blind or deaf? Live in Antarctica or Death Valley? In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? Be spanked or be put on a restriction (on your favorite thing to do)? Eat sushi or liver? Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? Meet the president of the U.S. or Billy Graham? Find true love or 1 million dollars? Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? End hunger or hatred? Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? Be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy? Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Get even or get over it? Always lose or never play? Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Know it all or have it all? Always get first dibs or the last laugh? Give bad advice or take bad advice? Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Own a ski lodge or a surf camp? Forget who you were or who everyone else was? Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? Give up your computer or your pet? Be the sand castle or the wave? Overthrow a dictatorship or lead one? Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? Have half days everyday or no homework forever? Wear all pink or all purple to school? Take a math test or do a lab in science? Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? Bake cookies in cooking class or do art projects in art class? Run the mile or give a speech for English? Have a pie-eating contest or a wheelbarrow race? Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? Not be able to talk or hear for one day? Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? Wear a school uniform or last year's Halloween costume? Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? Be a professional baseball player or a champion horse breeder? Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? Snowboard in the winter or swim in the summer? Pick your own nose or someone else's? Be a tree or live in a tree? Write a mystery or a poem? Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? Be forgotten or hatefully remembered? Last but not least... Would you rather be doing this quiz or doing something else? =P at least answer 10 of them :) for 10 points

Answer: Be 4'1 or 7'9"? - 4.1 Live without music or live without T.V.? - Without Tv ( i couldnt live without my amy winehouse music!) Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? ( god, emm bottle of diswashing liquid ) Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? (racist i dont know what traitor is lol) Lose your legs or lose your arms? (arms) Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? ( ugly car and beautiful house) Be blind or deaf? ( deaf ) Live in Antarctica or Death Valley? ( antartica ) In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? (sibling) Be spanked or be put on a restriction (on your favorite thing to do)? ( spanked) Eat sushi or liver? (liver?) Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? (feet) lol Meet the president of the U.S. or Billy Graham? (cant i choose amy winehouse instead ? =( Find true love or 1 million dollars? ( milion dollars) Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? ( everything to say on ur mind ) Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? ( gossipped about ) Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? ( stars ) Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? ( xray vision) Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? ( hear any conversation )