How does clay become a hand material?

How does clay become a hand material? Cos i know that when it is raw clay, it is quite squishy and delicate. So how does it become the right consistancy for it to be clay and therefore allowing the person to mould it?

Ideas on a car for a tight buget?

okay so ive been in the market for a new car but since im heading off to college i dont have much of a pocket. ive been looking for a nissan 240sx but thier a bit old and cant find any in good shape up in new england in my range. i guess im looking for 6-8k. looking for somthing dependable but has real potential. Hoping to do a little time attack once i can put in the wrench time. so what should i be looking at? again i love the s13/s14 but dont have the money nor time to restore one. honda civic, or integra type r, acura rsx? not really honda fan. the subaru impreza wrx is nice but just out of reach. mitsubishi eclipse but from what i know thier engines arent the best, girly too. then theres the evo or lancer but again bit too high. toyota mr or celica (girly cars)? lol supra might be nice? any ideas? and no, not lookin for some ricy car. thankyou

Help? i wan to know if my sister is ok?

my sister lives in lone grove and was one of the victoms of the tornado. Im trying to find out if sh eis ok and have not got nay information does any one have any ideas on how i can find out if she is ok

Can anyone think of some questions about the show 'Being Human' I can ask? (For work experience)?

I am 15 years old and am doing my work experience next week with the BBC, working on the set of a show called Being Human. In order to express my interest in the show I tink I need to come up with some questions can ask while working there but my mind is blank, so I was wondering if anyone can think of any questions I could ask to any members of the cast or crew? It can be literally anything! Thank you so much in advance for any replies!!!

Chicken pox/shingle advice please...?

Well, you don't just get one shot like the babies do. They recommend that anyone over the age of 13 who hasn't had chicken pox get two shots, 28 days apart. Your mom has shingles because her body was not able to fully fight off the virus in the first place, and now it's woken up again. But unless you are helping with changing a bandage, chances are you aren't going to be exposed to it this time. There is also the chance you actually did have a mild case at some point, or you have some natural immunity to it. It's your call to take the vaccination or not. It won't hurt you, it might prevent you catching chicken pox in the future, and it would give you some peace of mind. Unfortunately it might not actually prevent you catching the disease either, although if you get chicken pox after immunization, you do tend to get a very mild case. If you have been exposed, from your mom, you won't have time to form the antibodies from the vaccination to help, unfortunately. I think your final decision really would have to depend on the amount of exposure you will get from your mom- and if breathing the air is it, you haven't much risk. It would probably be worth it to take, but just don't count on it sparing you entirely. And be prepared to take two shots, one now, one in 28 days, before you have the best immune response. If it were me, I think I might risk the shot, and hope for the best. Chicken pox as an adult just isn't that funny.

I'm American but I don't have a Birth Certificate?

I'm from the Aleutian Islands. Needless to say, most people there are a handful of Aleutian Natives who rarely ever really do any legal doenting. One island I grew up on, we only had one school and I've never heard of there being more than 15 children enrolled at one time. It's a small place where technology isn't an important thing. Anyway, my dad's family are Aleutians and we never registered my birth. I wasn't born in a hospital (or even in a city technically). When I was growing up, we rarely even spoke to the townspeople. The biggest industry there is commerical fishing and my dad's family doesn't like all the problems that the fishermen and we pretty much lived as traditional Aleutians. I've never attended school or anything like that. So anyway, I would like to go about getting out in the world now and I can't do anything without an SSN which I can't get without a birth certificate. I don't really know a lot about my parents. I know their names but that's pretty much it. I haven't seen my dad in a few years and I'm not really sure where he is right now. My mom is living with her family. I don't have any of their full names or my mom's maiden name. So I really have no information on them. I'm not even sure if they have SSN or birth certificates either. I'm also not sure if my father was born in Brazil or in the USA (he is half Brazilian/half Aleutian). Different family members say different things. I do know my mother was born in America. Will that affect me? What do I do to go about it?

Self-Publishing vs. Selling To A Publisher?

You get to keep the name of your novel when a publishing company publishes it. You could try talking to them about the cover. The cover can't have copyrighted pictures, and it needs to look professional :)