You could choose either a cartoon or a photo avatar Cartoon, this way is fast, straight forward and easy. Go below, create your avatar and save. Then, click your current default avatar then click edit my preferences and you will see where to check use avatar.
http://avatars.yahoo.com You could also create a personal avatar below save it to you pc then upload it as a photo. http://freeavatarsonline.com http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im... save it to your photos then upload it. Photo Click on your current avatar then click edit my preferences to the right of your default avatar click update photo.
Follow the prompts to upload it from your pc. From Yahoo http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SLN5416&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1353275934913&locale=en_US&y=PROD_ANSW.
Go to view my Yahoo profile, click edit then click change picture. It will tell you to upload a pic from your computer and what size it should be. Just follow the instructions.
Make sure your pulse is not set to private as that stops it from appearing, If this fails then it is due to the glitch many users have noticed. Yahoo are aware of it and are supposed to be sorting it.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.