Mann Act

Question: Why would a man wear a ring on his marriage finger when he claims he's not married? Recently my boyfriend started wearing a ring on his left hand on the finger next to his pinky. He claims he's not married. Whenever i bring it up he keeps saying this ring is always in the pawn shop. He and i had a huge argument on October 16 2009. This was the main reason. It makes me wonder if you're wearing a ring and i'm not wearing one, who is. It makes me think that maybe he made a commitment to someone. Who's wrong here?

Answer: He is married. more than likely and trying to not let you go! how long have you been dating? do you know his friends? ask them.

Question: Men wearing engagement rings before marriage bad luck?If so where do I put it? I already gave my girl her engagement ring and I wanted mines to since I got her's but my co workers say it bad luck 2 wear it like u already married...she wears' her on her left hand and so do I is that wrong?

Answer: Each day I hear about 5 more things that are "bad luck" to do before your wedding. Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. If you want to wear an engagement ring and show your commitment to your fiancée, go for it!!

Question: Palmistry - Marriage Lines? I know it's not something to take too seriously. But I'm curious. I'm left handed and my marriage/love line seems to be so different I can't find any kind of description about it online. It's a deep long line, it has two branches that point up and one branch that points down into a tiny fork. It also has about 6 little vertical lines beside it. Any ideas?

Answer: try this site it should help you. http://www.astroyogi.com/palmreading/

Question: What does it mean to have a ring on your middle finger? I've seen many people wear a ring on their middle finger, what does it mean? I know the ring finger on the left hand means marriage because it's the only finger with a vein going straight to the heart, and the pinky is reserved for success, but why would anyone have a ring on their middle finger?

Answer: Rings on the middle finger are just there for decoration, nothing more. Like wearing earrings, or a necklace. Well . . . actually, that might be not entirely true. It kind of signifies that someone is single, because they can't wear it on their ring finger.

Question: Where is the line on a persons hand regarding marriage? right or left hand & exactly where and if it is a short line does it mean for sure they will get married? (palm reading).

Answer: Both hands. The left hand indicates the number of propositions, relations or marriage you have been asked or potentially will have. The right hand shows what you have had so far. Their is a timespan of about 10 - 15 years between each marriage lines. The lines are situated on the side of the palm betweeen the base of the pinky finger and the heart line. They run horizontally with the heart line and are about 1/2" in length. The longer and deeper the line, the stronger the affection and duration.

Question: Do I have to wear my purity ring all the time, and on my marriage finger? I have a purity ring (well, it's not an OFFICIAL one that says 'true love waits' or anything, but I treat it like one) and I was just wondering: 1) Do I have to wear it ALL THE TIME? Or can I take it off sometimes? 2) Do I have to wear it on my marriage finger? (left hand, 4th finger). 3) Can I wear a purity necklace instead? Thank you :)

Answer: 1. No you do not have to wear ALL the time. Some people do though. It is your preference. I would recommend wearing it on a date though. 2. No, you don't have to wear it on that finger. Once again preference 3. Yes! They also have bracelets, etc.

Question: Gay pride day gay marriage gay adoptions How does this harm you or society ? Do you believe that homosexuality is in-born - genetic - a natural abnomality - ? If 90 % of the world is right handed (as the statistics suggest ) and 10 % left handed How is this different than the 1 out of 10 gay vs non gay population ? If it is in born no amount of legislation could convert those people So how is it that recogniseing gay marriage and so forth harms you as the recognition should not increase or decrease the gay population in any way In Canada in the 70's it was ilegal pretty much to be gay the Mounties were employed to find the homosexuals in government and the military or other high ranking places and get rid of them from their posts - Now in Canada the laws have changed to make gay marriage a reality, gay couples may adopt kids and make it ilegal to discriminate against them - The homo sexual population remains stable - About one in ten So how did any of this harm me my society my family or my wife and I directly or indirectly ?

Answer: Personally, I think gays should be allowed to adopt. I find the lifestyle distasteful, and personally the flamers and screamers annoy the heck out of me, but then again so does Paris Hilton and TV evangelicals. So there will always be some form of annoyances, but that doesn't mean we should outlaw them, especially when there are many children who need loving homes. At this point in time we need to think - would the children be better off rotting in orphanages or going from foster home to foster home, or having the chance to be with a loving family even though the parents may be gay.

Question: Is it weird for a guy to wear 2 rings? (niether of them a marriage ring)? I like to wear 2 rings. One on the middle finger of my right hand that has my name carved into it, and another on the middle finger of my left hand that has the alphabet carved into it. Is this weird? and I'm not gay

Answer: uhm kind of. but not really as lonq as their GUY stylish you qood to qo.

Question: Do all marriages of every religion do this? Does the wedding go on the 4th finger in the left hands in any marriage?

Answer: As far as I know....Yes. The reason being that by tradition, its believed that the fourth finger contains a vein thats directly connected to the heart. Later, when medical science found out otherwise, the tradition continued to present day.

Question: Which fingers mean what when a ring is worn on it? I know that the ring finger on the left hand is engagement and marriage, but what about the others? Do each of the other ones having a special significance for a ring?

Answer: As far as I know, no

Question: what is the mann-elkines act?

Answer: For inter state realtions act. Try links : Mann-Elkins Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia7 Mar 2009 ... The Mann-Elkins Act (61st Congress, ch. 309, 36 Stat. 539, enacted June 18, 1910) was a United States federal law that is among the ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mann-Elkins_Act_of_1910 - 22k - Cached - Similar pages The Mann-Elkins ActIn 1910, Congress passed the Mann-Elkins Act to strengthen the Interstate .... The administration regarded the final version of the Mann-Elkins Act as a ... www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/1633/mann.html - 18k - Cached - Similar pages

Question: Is Mann Bracken a third party debt collector? Is Mann Bracken, LLC a Third Part Debt Collection Company, do the Purchase Debt OR JUST ACT AS INVISABLE MIDDLEMEN?

Answer: Yes they are, they are also one of the worst as described by "Bud Hibbs" Read more about them at this link http://budhibbs.com/debtcollectorpages/mann_bracken.htm Hope this answers your question.

Question: What do you think Nine Guatemalans Charged with Sex Trafficking of Minors? Six members of a Guatemalan family and three associates have been indicted for their roles in a sex trafficking ring that recruited young women in Guatemala with false promises of high-paying jobs, smuggled the victims into the United States, and forced them to work as prostitutes to pay smuggling fees. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned a 50-count second superseding indictment, which was unsealed following the arrest of a new defendant involved in the sex trafficking scheme. The superseding indictment, adds allegations of sex trafficking of minors; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; violations of the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate or foreign transport of minors for prostitution; and importing and harboring aliens for purposes of prostitution. The indictment details alleged abuses of the women including guarding the victims to prevent their escape; threats of violence to the women and of harm to their families in Guatemala; and beatings to coerce and force the victims into working. According to the indictment, leaders of the conspiracy sometimes helped each other by selling a victim to another defendant who could better control her and by jointly beating a victim who had tried to run away. “The crimes alleged in this case involve the exploitation for personal gain of young girls rendered vulnerable by their age and desire for a better life,” said United States Attorney George S. Cardona. “The defendants played on these vulnerabilities to operate a highly organized trafficking ring in the very heart of Los Angeles for several years, counting on their victims’ fears to prevent their discovery. We hope these charges address these fears by demonstrating that, with the help of the Human Trafficking task force that has been established here in Los Angeles, we will work quickly to protect those who step forward to reveal such rings, and will prosecute those responsible,” he said. read more at http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?dc047ecc-642a-40ad-a9bf-108e3f642910

Answer: Sad taking advantage of you own people like that. i see 9 people/future inmates going live off US taxpayer expense for life?

Question: why does this Leo guy act like a Cancer in relationship...!!!? he's a Leo ...moon in pisces ...venus in virgo ...mars in cancer ...mercury in leo but ughhh he acts like a cancer in love. sulks like a girl.... sensitive... gives silent treatment... when hurt expect me to guess myself why he's upset... hides/disappear whenever he feels rejected. ..he cant seem to show his anger aggressively when he's with me physically.hmm tough on the exterior....but mann...silently acts like a baby! or are leos like that?but this guy couldnt show his anger like typical leos.

Answer: Well, he has a Pisces Moon (VERY emotional placement), Mars (libido sign) in Cancer and Venus (love sign) in Virgo... Overall, I'd say he's more "feminine" than "masculine" when it comes to feelings, love and romance. BTW, Leos and Cancers are somewhat similar when it comes to relationships. They're both very loyal and they protect their loved ones with a passion.

Question: Can Michael Mann now expect to receive an apology from the deniers? A few months ago Virginia State Attorney Ken Cuccinelli instigated proceedings against the climate scientist Professor Michael Mann, alleging fraudulent misuse of Virginia taxpayer’s money by the scientist. This led to a wave of accusations from climate change deniers who branded Mann a criminal, even before the papers had been filed at Court. Last week Judge Paul M Peatross Jr dismissed Cuccinelli’s actions stating it lacked objectivity and that there was no evidence to support a reason to believe that Mann had misappropriated any funds. The outcome was inevitable given the fact that Cuccinelli invoked the Virginia Taxpayers Against Fraud Act and that Mann has only ever received federal funding or funding from his university. 1) Can Mann now expect to receive an apology from his accusers? 2) Will Cuccinelli now prosecute himself for wasting Virginia taxpayer’s money? 3) Will Cuccinelli prosecute the deniers for defamation? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/30/AR2010083004405.html

Answer: >>>1) Can Mann now expect to receive an apology from his accusers? 2) Will Cuccinelli now prosecute himself for wasting Virginia taxpayer’s money? 3) Will Cuccinelli prosecute the deniers for defamation?<<< In order: BAHAHAHAHAHAHA*, according to his own logic he should, and of course he won't. *From precedent. Let's review, shall we? - Climategate - Phil Jones' defamation during Climategate - IPCC's credibility, in regards to the IAC - Unfounded defamation of Hansen - Various other smaller false accusations made on here, ranging from calling us "socialists/communists/Marxists" to falsely asserting that there's an agenda to tax people to death.

Question: Debt Collector Mann Bracken Files for Bankruptcy; What Now for Accounts Under Collection? A Collection Agency that was pursuing me for a debt, Mann Bracken, has filed Bankruptcy and fired all its employees. What now? Am I to assume that: - If Mann Bracken was acting as an arm of the original Creditor, the original Creditor will eventually re-assign or sell the debt to another agency? - If Mann Bracken was acting as a third party to which the debt was sold from the original Creditor, it will eventually be sold to another agency as part of the bankruptcy process? I figure either way, it buys me some time to gather settlement funds. Does this buy me any leverage with my negative listing in my Credit Report? In other words, if Mann Bracken and not the original Creditor initiated the listing, do I have any grounds for a dispute and removal of the negative item?

Answer: There is no guarantee that whatever other agency eventually acquires the debt will be willing to accept a settlement. They may insist on payment in full. The bankruptcy does not give you any legitimate grounds for a dispute. However, if you dispute the negative item for any reason, then the information must be verified within a certain number of days or be removed. If the firing of the employees of the collection agency prevents the information from being verified, then the item might be removed temporarily, until someone can verify it.

Question: Is Spitzer a typical Hillary "super delegate"? If he had not resigned would he have been impeached? Should he be prosecuted on several counts (at least 20) for violations of the Mann Act?* That is a Federal felony. *Transporting prostitutes across a state line for immoral purposes.

Answer: She is the one who got him elected. Hype for Hillary was very high at the time, and we really wanted someone better than Pataki at the time. That is the only reason he was elected. We bought into the bulls--t about Democrats being better than Republicans and we were wrong. That is why I am independent today. So, yes, they are likely all just as ignorant, at least, as Spitzer.

Question: Why are the Alarmist trying so hard to get rid of the Medieval Warm Period? Also I would like to ask why we can't get temperature stations that meet the requirements so people like Mann, Briffa, Jones, etc... don't get to act like they know how to adjust the data?

Answer: Because we are learning that information in the past was misunderstood and geologist do have their own ideas and paint pictures, of their own reasoning. Sometimes these reasoning have to be studied and updated. Science is a constant flux, meaning each new bit of information, makes the picture look a little differently. Sometime a human instinct is to push your ideas or manipulate them, to appear correct, usually because you innocently think they are correct, but can be wrong or right.

Question: Gov. Spitzer loves to kiss the sexy ladies, okay, agreed "kristen" was absolutely gorgeous, suppose he weren't Married and just loved to kiss gorgeous young ladies at huge hourly rates, why not let him alone? And please, for heaven's sake, do not bother me about the Mann Act, and legal or biblical platitudes. Just a reasonable explanation why a wealthy man in power can't enjoy a lovely, lovely girl when there's consent?

Answer: If his wife and family are okay with it, I guess there's no reason why he shouldn't. But that can be a problem...

Question: IF the science of AGW is settled, why are scientists opposed to a REAL investigation of Michael Mann? Shouldn't we taxpayers .... the ones who fund most of the climate change research.... know that what we are paying for to the tune of $Billions$ each year.... is legitimate?? Ken Cuccinelli v. 810 academics “There is simply no room in science, academia or public policy for manipulation, falsification or fraud. Academic freedom does not confer a right to engage in such practices, and both attorneys general and research institutions have a duty to root them out, especially in the case of climate change research. “Scientific debates should be played out in the academic arena,” insists University of Virginia environmental sciences professor David Carr. “If Michael Mann’s conclusions are unsupported by his data, his scientific critics will eventually demonstrate this.” Carr and 809 other Virginia scientists and academics signed a petition launched by the activist Union of Concerned Scientists, protesting Commonwealth Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s investigation of former University of Virginia professor Michael Mann. The American Association of University Professors likewise opposes Cuccinelli, who is seeking documents from UVA, to determine whether there are grounds to prosecute Mann for violating the Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, by presenting false or misleading information in support of applications for state-funded research. Mann is the former UVA professor, whose “hockey stick” temperature chart was used to promote claims that “sudden” and “unprecedented” manmade global warming “threatens” human civilization and Earth itself. The hockey stick was first broken by climatologists Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas, who demonstrated that a Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age were clearly reflected in historic data across the globe, but redacted by Mann. Analysts Steve McIntyre and Ross McKitrick later showed that Mann’s computer program generated hockey-stick patterns regardless of what numbers were fed into it – even random telephone numbers; that explained why the global warming and cooling of the last millennium magically disappeared in Mann’s“temperature reconstruction.” The Climategate emails revealed another deliberate “trick” that Mann used to generate a late twentieth-century temperature jump: he replaced tree ring data with thermometer measurements at the point in his timeline when the tree data no longer fit his climate disaster thesis. During his UVA tenure, he employed other sly statistical tricks to generate a purported, and truly unprecedented, CO2-driven warming of 2-4.5 degrees F per decade (1-2.5 degrees C). That extrapolates to as much as 45 degrees F per century! Not surprisingly, he refused to share his data, computer codes and methodologies with skeptical scientists. Perhaps worse, Climategate emails indicate that Mann and others conspired to co-opt and corrupt the very scientific process that Carr asserts will ultimately condemn or vindicate them. This behavior certainly gives Cuccinelli “probable cause” for launching an investigation. As the AG notes, “The same legal standards for fraud apply to the academic setting that apply elsewhere. The same rule of law, the same objective fact-finding process, will take place.” Some witch hunt. These assertions of climate crisis are being used right now by Congress, states, courts and the Environmental Protection Agency to justify draconian restrictions on energy use and greenhouse emissions. They would shackle our freedoms and civil rights and hammer our jobs, economy, health, welfare and living standards. If the science is wrong – or far worse, if it is manipulated, fabricated, fraudulent and covered up – then grave damage will be done to our nation, liberties and families, before the truth gets its boots on. As to “scientific debate” over global warming, there has been virtually none in the academic arena. The science is viewed as “settled,” debate has been squelched, and those who seek to initiate debate are attacked, vilified, harassed and shipped off to academic Siberia.” http://www.cfact.org/a/1745/Ken-Cuccinelli-v-810-academics

Answer: Apparently you have one of your facts wrong. That is what we get for believing that Phil Jones knows what he is talking about. Mann apparently didn't actually need to use the temperature record. He used cherry picked tree ring data that was selected to fit his agenda. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/05/30/ke… Ross McKitrick says: May 30, 2010 at 2:56 pm First quote is from the article that MacKitrick corrected. "" Analysts Steve McIntyre and Ross McKitrick later showed that Mann’s computer program generated hockey-stick patterns regardless of what numbers were fed into it – even random telephone numbers; that explained why the global warming and cooling of the last millennium magically disappeared in Mann’s “temperature reconstruction.” That’s not true. We showed that Mann’s PC algorithm generated a hockey stick-shaped PC1 even when fed autocorrelated random numbers, which biased the benchmarking for his test statistic, that is, it overstated the significance of the model fit. It also mines a data set for hockey stick shapes and promotes them to the PC1 even when they are minor attributes of the data set, thus falsely representing the (in his case) bristlecones with their outlier shape in the 20th century as the dominant pattern in tree ring records. That allowed Mann to conclude that the hockey stick shape was the major pattern in his data set, even though it is only associated with a small regional subset of data that most observers (including the NAS Panel) caution should not be used for temperature reconstruction. Mann’s algorithm won’t produce a hockey stick-shaped PC1 if fed white noise, or for that matter, his own data set with the 20 bristlecone pine series censored, which is what he had demonstrated in the famous “CENSORED” folder. Since phone numbers are likely uniform iid random numbers, I doubt they would produce a hockey stick either. Also, the “trick” in the climategate emails was used by Jones. He attributed it to Mann, but Mann didn’t actually do what Jones attributed to him. Since Mann’s PC algorithm gave him an upward-sloping tree ring record he had no need to “hide the decline”. There’s plenty to criticize in the world of IPCC science, but you have to be prepared to make the effort to go into the details and get them right. Nothing I have seen yet suggests that Cucinelli has done so, and I have yet to see any credible basis for his inquiry. I expect it will be thrown back in his face by a court. At the same time, UVa’s treatment of Pat Michaels’ privacy rights has been disturbing–I agree their double standard is loathsome and the silence of the UVa faculty is alarming. I hope they understand the precedent their university is thinking of setting, regarding the privacy of faculty emails. But for those who hope for legal remedy for perceived damages arising from illegitimate climate science or faulty regulatory processes, they better be prepared to invest the time and effort to master the details before taking such actions public.'" He also used sediment data in the way that is opposite in how it was intended to be used to erase the medeival warm period or some such thing. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/10/17/iq… Then he had the nerve to say, "The claim that ‘‘upside down’’ data were used is bizarre. Multivariate regression methods are insensitive to the sign of predictors. Screening, when used, employed one-sided tests only when a definite sign could be a priori reasoned on physical grounds. Potential nonclimatic influences on the Tiljander and other proxies were discussed in the SI, which showed that none of our central conclusions relied on their use." In other words it fit his agenda so it was valid to use. He is essentially making the argument that cherry picking is fine science. He also used data that was almost certainly off by decades to smooth the graphs and eliminate the variability until us evil humans came along. Looking at his idiotic graph from several years ago where it went practically straight up shows what and idiotic clown he is. Even his co-conspirator Phil Jones said there was no significant warming in the last 15 years. If that isn't fraud, it is idiocy beyond belief but I would give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he is just a lying political hack. Now the concerned scientists want to save one of their fellow leftists. At least the concerned part of their name fits.