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LegalView Launches Revamped Ketek Information Portal with Details

A French company, Sanofi-Aventis, manufactures Ketek, also known as telithromycin. The drug treats upper respiratory infections including bronchitis, community acquired pneumonia, streptococcus and sinusitis and is a ketolide antibiotic, the first of its kind to enter clinical use, according to a case report article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in February 2006. The case study also suggested that the development of hepatotoxicity among patients taking Ketek may be a risk, according to the case reports conducted on the drug. Individuals who feel they may be at risk for ketek liver damage may want to seek legal advice and should search for knowledgeable ketek lawyers who can offer assistance in developing potential pharmaceutical-based litigation.Additionally, an article on July 19, 2006 from The New York Times detailed concerns from several FDA officials regarding the drug. more

Tata to produce its first electric vehicle

Luckily help is at hand as the Indian car manufacturer Tata set its sights on producing its first ever electric vehicle. Expected to available by the end of the financial year, the environmentally friendly vehicle will use ion batteries for high energy and power density, the approximate range of the vehicle will be two hundred kilometres.

In January 2008, Reuters announced that Tata had signed a development contract with Chrysler LLC to produce an electric version of Tata's mini truck, the Ace that would be sold only in the US.

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Search starts for top talent

The coveted Entrepreneur of the Year award is presented to the person who has led their business to strong growth in revenue and profits through innovation, teamwork and leadership skills. This award recognises the talented and committed individuals who are running Scotland's most successful growth businesses.

The Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year award is judged with one eye on the future and goes to the person who has demonstrated that he or she is building a business of outstanding potential.

Last year Martin Lightbody, managing director of Lightbody Celebration Cakes, won the Entrepreneur of the Year award and Emerging entrepreneur was Ana Stewart, chief executive of Fife-based I-design. Lightbody won the award in recognition of his achievement in turning the Hamilton-headquartered bakery business into one of the UK's leading producers of specialist cakes. more

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This week's hot 5 list - Arizona Daily Star

... Awards for his trouble, Walt is a high-school ... series' best episodes, on Friday beginning at 8 p.m. This is a series that has a lot to say, and it says it in surprising, wicked ways. 'Tapped' at the Loft Cinema The mighty big business of the ...

LA woman paroled in deadly fire deported to Mexico - Huffingtonpost.com

With the help of a law clinic for women at the University of Southern California Law School, she got the state parole board to recommend her release ... Last week, prison officials told Sanchez she would be released to her daughter, also named Rosie ...

How to create the best-built brand in the world - Irish Times

THE IRISH TIMES/ERNEST & YOUNG Business Studies Series - Week 10: The process of creating a brand is more complicated ... Finally, best of luck to all the primary and secondary school students participating in the Fingal Student Enterprise Awards ...

Janitor Jock Proud to Mop Floors He Once Ruled: Scott ... - BusinessWeek

... to school. “Dean’s list,” he says. Maybe rich and famous aren’t the best benchmarks for determining who gets honored and who gets ignored. Maybe it’s time we recognize a guy like Headd, who, based on ability alone, had no business ...

Cape Town B-School Embraces Social Entrepreneurship - BusinessWeek

... Chinyanga describes his childhood in Zimbabwe as fairly standard, working in the fields every morning before walking to school ... for international business schools. Cape Town's GSB also is ranked by the FT as the second-best value for money ...

Winfrey due in Philly for 2-week defamation trial - San Francisco Chronicle

... Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls school in South Africa. A federal judge this week refused ... was let go because, at best, she disregarded ...

AIA cutting costs by slicing tournaments; holding down ... - AZCentral.com

The Arizona Interscholastic Association is in the business of running high school sports. Unfortunately, it's the business side of things that is causing ... Last week the AIA executive board unveiled a proposal that would reduce the number of ...

Plymouth finance board mulls 2.3% school increase - Bristol Press

Superintendent of Schools Anthony Distasio and Business ... hearing in the third week of April, before the budget will then go to a referendum on before May 3. In Distasio’s presentation, he told the Board of Finance that if the school district ...

Pepsi Says No To Soda Sales at School - Wall Street Journal

Asked if it would expand its policy to secondary schools, Coca-Cola said in a statement that authorities "should have the right to choose what is best for their schools ... American Beverage Association reported last week. The industry voluntarily ...

Swiss Gruyere best cheese in world; Wisconsin takes ... - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The biennial competion held this week at Monona Terrace drew a record, 2,318 entries from 20 nations all over the world. The field was narrowed Tuesday and Wednesday to the best in each ... dean of the Wisconsin School of Business, the release said.

Open Question: How can I, or should I make my ex friend my friend again?

I had a friend. We've been friends for about 5 years now, but she is a user. What I mean by that is, she always wants someone to drive her around all over the place, and always needs somebody to pay for her when she goes out, and her best friend is always the person who is doing the most for her (at the moment). She will go out of her way for men though. She gets welfare and will give her boyfriends money and buy them things with that money that is meant for her son, but when she is broke, the men will have sex with her and not even make sure she gets food! Recently, one of her main men got locked up. She got on the train to go out of her way to go see that man twice in one week. But then when she needed to go to the doctor to get forms for her son's school she kept callin and pressing me to come pick her up and take her to do that. I got irritated with her priority organization so I told her very bluntly how I felt...I told her she needs to get on the train and go take care of her son's business before she goes to see a man! We had our words and we haven't spoken since. That was about a month ago. I am kind of feeling like maybe I was wrong. Was I? Should I reach out to her, or just leave her alone? more

Open Question: Please advise me about this course?

Hello every body, i need to take a business English course in UK next month for 4 weeks i really need it so much especially at work ..iam going by my own so please advise me which is the best English school i can join there?? or the one you have experience with Thanks for your advice more

Open Question: Alternative to a raffle? Fundraising question?

Hi, I work in an SEN high school and I'm organising a fund raising night. We are saving for a mini bus so have alot of fund raising activities coming up in a short space of time. I am organising a fund raising dance with a band etc. but there is also another fund raising event (quiz night) for our school 2 weeks later which other members of the committee are organising. It's not ideal having them this close together but this couldn't be avoided due to venue availability. The issue is....we usually hold events once every 2 months and run raffles and auctions etc. to get extra cash in on the night. However with these 2 events being so close I don't think it's a good idea to ask for items for a raffle/auction from people at 2 events so close together, or to split the items between events as it won't be fair if one event is heavily donated to and the other event isn't. Plus alot of local business won't want to donate to 2 so close together. So I'm quite happy to let the quiz night have the standard raffle (bottles, smellies etc.) and auctions but I'm trying to think up other alternatives to get extra cash on the night. One thing I thought of was a raffle with just afew bottles to win which I would donate myself, but then some cash prizes which will depend on the amount of money taken . So say £300 is taken in raffles. There could be 5 prizes of £20 each, which leaves the school with £200. However in a standard raffle all the money would go to the school since items were donated so that seems slightly problematic to me. Does anyone have any ideas? Best Regards Graham more

Open Question: I feel like everything in mine&my families life is going wrong!? & i swear things are just getting worse! :(?

Basically, my life hasn't been it's best.This is before i was alive by the way. My mom had a really really bad childhood, her mom didn't care about her, bad private things happened, then things started to look up for her, she got married to a wonderful man, had a great job and then wanted children but was told she couldn't have them. She left her husband with no money and no home just because she couldn't have children. She then got pregnant after having IVF but was with a man that she didn't want to have a child with, and she didn't know she could have children so when she found out she was pregnant it came as a complete shock. Years past and she met my dad, had me. They were never married and she left him shortly after having me and lived in a tiny caravan because she didn't have a job and no family to look after me. Luckily my mom and dad are friends and my mom goes to visit like every other day. She then met my brothers father, and he needed someone to sort out his work for him because he had his own Business so my mom then had a job which was great. She then got pregnant with my brother and again things started to look up. My brothers father looked after my from when i was really young, like a couple of weeks old and treated my like his own daughter, even when my brother was born. He was about 10 years older than my mom, and when my brother was 4 (i was 9) he died of a heart attack. That really made life BAD, because one my brother had lost his dad & my mom had lost her partner, and she was working for him so then she had no job & had to try and look after 2 kids. Then we moved into a flat until i was about 10 or 11. We then moved into a really nice house where we are currently living now. (I'm 13 nearly 14 now). After my brothers father died my brother turned EVIL! And when i say that i mean really really bad behaved. My mom got to the point where she nearly took him to a care home. He was so bad to look after and just didn't help me or my mom at all and made our life hell! Now, in 2010 things aren't that good either. My moms job is too clean for old people and sometimes take them out. The one women is in hospital and my mom and her family have been told that she might not live till the weekend. The other women has a brain tumor and isn't doing well at all either. They're my moms jobs, so now she's basically lost her jobs because their in hospital. My mom is good enough to not want to go on benefits so she might be working as a dinner lady at my brothers school, which yeah, isn't good money but it's better than nothing. Also, my mom looks after 2 little boys before and after school about 3 times a week and so she's fortunately still got that! But i just feel that everything is going wrong! If i'm honest, i'm not happy. I don't enjoy school, and when i come home, threes always some sign of bad news. Me & my mom feel that we have been through SO, SO much & could really do with some good news or something good to happen. Even winning the lottery would be pretty good as that would mend our money problem. I would love to move to another country and start over again,- but i know it won't happen :(- and my friends and other people at school are annoying me aswell, so that just adds to the list. I don't know what to do! My life is like a living hell :'( more

Open Question: Which academic summer school/camp should I choose?

Hi, I'm a freshman in high school in US (Los Angeles, California) and I'm aiming for top universities like Harvard, MIT, Stanford, etc. I am taking all the advanced classes I can and receiving top grades, and I want to get new experiences this summer at educational camps. I took the PSAT and received offers to go to summer school at Brown University, Oxford/Cambridge Prep Program, National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC), and Academy of Business Leadership. I researched these programs and asked my counselor about them, but I'm having a hard time deciding which to choose. I will have to pay tuition and transportation myself plus non-refundable registrations fees ~$500 each. My family's not very rich even though we can afford them, but I want to make sure they are worth it and hope to get scholarships when available. If you can please take a minute and help me it would be GREATLY APPRECIATED, seriously. If you have personal experience to share that would be AWESOME. Here's a brief description of the programs. Brown University in Rhode Island offers a lot of courses on their campus and the tuition is ~$2000 a week. There's basically every subject imaginable to choose from. The deadline for scholarships is already past. The Oxford/Cambridge Prep Programs will be held on the respective campuses in UK and it's ~4 weeks for $6895. You choose a major and a minor to study, kind of like in college. Scholarships application also ended. NSLC has a site at UC Berkley which is ~5 hrs away from me. Classes are more focused on business, law and medicine. It's ~2500 for 10 days and scholarships applications are due March 26. Academy of Business Leadership's program Summer Business Institute (SBI) has various college campuses close to me so it is most convenient. The 7 week program cost ~$5500, 4 week ~$3700, I don't think there is a choice of courses. Scholarship deadline unknown. I believe the UK experience would probably be most fun/interesting and look best on paper or something, and the SBI program is probably most convenient. There is, of course, no guarantee that I will get in any of them, though I did receive invitations. If you have any thoughts about them, PLEASE share them with me. I'm not sure which one to go to, if any, is it too early or too overrated? Again, any help would be appreciated. I didn't expect my question to be this long, sorry but thanks in advance!I haven't decided my major in college or what my career will be. I'm thinking Psychology, but it's not my focus yet. I think business related knowledge will be useful in life anyway, and all the programs offer that. more

Resolved Question: What's your opinion on my story start? Just looking for a bit of guidance :)(its short!)?

Okay so here it is, just comment, give critizim. but it is an early draft so grammar may be an isue. NOTE: I block out my main characters last name (which is only mentioned once) and the City's name because they are ficional and i want them to be my own :) The everlasting tang of Blossom-pink Bubble Chew lingered in Hilary ______'s mouth. The piece of goo floated around the insides of her plaque-free gums and straight, white teeth, moulding into a lumpy outline of her teeth as she chewed. It would be her last piece of the addictive gum that would be eaten at her own free will for quite some time, and although she wanted the flavour to last for aeons, she didn’t mind all that much. Hilary’s eye lashes were locked together as she listened to the distant sound of the limousine’s wheels gliding along the roads of _____ City. Every lasting detail of the trip was familiar to Hilary, as she had travelled it so many times before. But nothing brought boredom to the seventeen year old girl who was long and slim, tall for her age. Every one of those details elated her – she was heading back to school. The Pungent smell of the fine, leather seats and the occasional whistle which escaped from the chauffeur’s mouth failed to become annoying. Anything seemed acceptable to Hilary after spending two weeks at home with her mother, in the high peaks of Audrey Hills – one of the more lavish suburbs of _____. Hilary opened her eyes and her beloved city came into view. Alec had driven them further than Hilary first thought, the city centre was looming quickly, the skyscrapers poking holes in the white clouds. The small limousine cruised with the stream of cars flowing along the highway which snaked past a huge body of water. _____ was situated on the border of the ocean, and it surrounded a huge inlet called Water’s Edge. It was a populated area, hip and modern. The best dining experiences were found along the well-kept walking paths and short grass strip, before the land dropped off into the reflecting water beyond. On the opposite side of the main road, and a bridge length from Water’s Edge, was the city centre – the business part of _____, the hustle and bustle. The modern building and black stoned paths mixed in with the dirty alley ways and cramped low-rent apartments. Anything felt possible in _____. To one side the city climbed up a hill edge, the hill suddenly dropping down into the ocean at its sides. This was the part of _____ Hilary knew so well, yet it was it, Audrey Hills, that she was so glad to be leaving behind. there you go. and no whining about the blank bits :P Also, I understand it's more... descriptive at the strat. but pretty much straight after this bit, i go into actionOH, and don't think you're going to offend me. any comment is helpful more

Resolved Question: Did I do something wrong to this girl or does she just hate me for being me?

Ok I'll be totally honest about this. Ever since the end of November in 2009, this random 7th grader named Diane just popped into my life with no reason whatsoever. Stole my boyfriend (Alex Birdsong) for about two weeks right before my birthday, which I really think is very harsh. At first, I didn't think it was her fault. But as I thought about it, it was both their faults, but when you're blindly in love, you're not gonna notice these things sometimes. When I did, I called her a slut. I swear, that was probably the worst I did to her. I got really mad so I cheated on Birdsong . . . with his best friend and two other guys. At the same time, my friends told me he was cheating on me too. That was my way of getting revenge, I suppose. Kinda stupid, I admit. It's been over for almost three months now. I'm currently dating Birdsong's new friend, Richard. Its been a month and we've hit it off from the start, but he's not too affectionate or perverted as Birdsong. Now, Diane is hitting on Richard, like slapping his a** and shiz. But at least he's not the least bit tempted. Just yesterday, her friend, Morgan, used my friend, Nkechi's, phone and started cussing at me. Diane's picked a fight with me before and Morgan might in the near future. Sure, if I wanted to, I can just beat em up but that wouldn't be very nice. Can anyone tell me what I did wrong to them?!?! Few facts about me that may (possibly) just make them hate me when they look at me: I'm a nice scene/emo kid. I rarely get pissed but if I reach that point, I lose control. I mind my own business; hang out with my own friends, friendly with everyone, being with Richard&& savoring every moment. I'm a good 8th grade student (my teachers would agree). I don't cause any trouble at school, but people do make conclusions about me. Most people underestimate me or misjudge me by my appearance. And I am fairly intelligent. Is there something about me that just makes them hate me?? more

Voting Question: bad depression problem need some advice?

This probably isnt the best place to ask for help on my dillemma but i have no one else who understands me.Here we go..Im 20 years old and at the moment trying my hardest to get back on my feet financially due to being unemployed for a while and my last two jobs had terrible bosses so i left all my life ive suffered financial disadvantage which has left me in bad/complicted situations i don't even have a drivers license yet nor a learners permit because i still havent been able to afford it.Im at the moment studying (doing a course) which is 4 days a week and am on centrelink (government payments) for studying and they paid for my course.Im struggling to afford train fairs because i dont get enough because i pay board money i live out of home.So ive had to do only 4 days a week studying.There are days ive had off of school due to no money and i lie to the course co-ordinater and say i can't make it because im ill.I have been in and out of home since i was 14 years old due to my stepfather being abusive towards me and my mother ( she is still with him).I only recently moved out of home again because of his interference with my personal relationships asking questions about my sex life and the erotic modelling i used to do at a time of desperation (payment).I can't live under the same roof as him because of the snicky nosing and him being very greedy.He claims everything in the house including my mums money is only his.And during the years when major arguments have happened he has broken belongings of mine (that ive bought myself) or my mums.And recently he smashed my computer up so i now use my friends and on that night took all of mums money for himself before leaving.Whatever foods he wants for dinner mum cooks it to avoid arguments and him going wacko,at times we'd eat the same thing (mum and i) to save her cooking different meals each night.When i was living at home mum told me not to have any conversations with him because he tries to turn it into an argument he thrives on them.And that he didnt like to be left out.I never invited friends around because i was embarressed because he big notes himself and tries to impress.He hasn't many himself because he's not very liked by people.The only ones he has are marijuana smokers like himself.I know the truth is my mum will never leave him and it hurts alot.And that i couldn't live back at home again because of the way he is in alot of aspects including the safety of my privacy and belongings (he talks about my personal business to his friends).Lately i have been boiling my eyes out like crazy and just can't stop.Im also more or less having suicidal thoughts!!I think about how nice it would be being away from my family and no more pain and sadness.I have been really trying to keep my chin up but failing to do so.I don't want to have these horrible thoughts anymore and want to move on.But can't.My life is just dull and ive had a bad run of luck in it and money has contributed to most of my problems.Without seeing a counseller because i can't afford and im too embarressed to discuss all of this in person what can i do to improve the way i feel???? more

Resolved Question: My Boyfriend is having problems with his daughters mom, what should we do?

I just started dating this guy about a week ago but ive known him since i was little but we reconnected and adore one another so much he is my best friend as am i. However he has a 3 mth old daughter with another girl that i am ok with since i have two kids of my own, he has made it clear to me that he doesnt want her any more and only wants to see his daughter and be in his babies life however since the mom has found out that me and him are dating she has deleted her facebook and changed her number and says that he cant see the baby any more. Obviously she still wants him but just wont say it but oh well but the other problem is he is attending school in texas and i live in florida as well as his daughter and the mother and his parents as well,seeing as every one is here he thinks he should come back to florida and straighten things out as far as the baby with the baby's mom so that he can be in her life. I am thinking that he should just stay in TX since he has a good life and job as a business networker set up there and just take her to court for visitation or partial custody and just let the courts deal with it since she wants to be nasty, i dont want this to come between me and him either but im going to back him all the way with whateva decision he makes but what do u think would be the best route for all of us to take? Thanks in advance! more

Resolved Question: How can I make friends, when nobody really likes me?

First of all, I'm not trying to whine or anything, I just want some advice and second, I'm not going to be like everyone else and say "omg everybody hates me", because I doubt anyone really hates me just nobody really likes me and has ever given me a chance. Okay, so I'm in grade ten, fifteen years old - almost sixteen. I just moved to a small town from the big city and the school and people are very different, and I have trouble even finding people that I fit in with, so that might be part of the problem. I had a lot of friends at my old school, a lot of good friends. I wasn't popular and people did dislike me, but I had good friends that I could talk to and I always had something to do. This school has a lot of cliques and drama because its a small school in a small town, but I managed to get off pretty well when I started at this school. I was best friends with this girl, but she was constantly with her boyfriend and although we stayed friends, I started hanging out with another girl sometimes and had two best friends. Well anyways, my first best friend got mad because she thought that I was ditching her for the other girl, which I wasn't but she decided to turn against me. Now, that would've been all fine but her boyfriend got involved, who is pretty well liked even though he's kind of a d*ck. He tried to turn everyone against me, and it worked with most of the people but then another girl came along who had always been trying to get in with my best friend and I, and we were friends with her but we never really hung out with her outside of school. Well, she started making up more rumors about me, and saying that I was talking behind people's backs when I wasn't which turned the remainder of the people at my school against me except for the second girl that I had been best friends with. About a week or two after this all happened, my old best friend and me had a talk and the second girl saw this happening and asked me what we had talked about, and I told her that it was really none of her business. The next day, she was all mad at me too and her and the girl that had been making up things were all of a sudden best friends. I thought this all would blow over eventually, but it didn't. It's been almost six months since it all happened and I hate being alone and having no friends. I'm always at home with nothing to do, and the only people I really have are my boyfriend and his friends, who would all be gone if something happened between my boyfriend and I. I've tried to make friends but it just doesn't work, and most people have stopped making up rumors except for occasionally except for that one girl who kept talking sh*t - she's still going and every time that she sees me with someone, she makes up some more stuff to turn them against me and it always works. She's even tried to turn my boyfriend against me, but luckily failed with that. Is there anything that I can do to make everything better, and find friends or am I pretty much SOL? I really hate not having anyone to talk to about thing ever.sorry that it's so long, but i figured that i should explain what happened. more

Voting Question: Did you ever have to ruin your relationship with your parent for your own family?

Hello, I have been married for now 3 years. My husband and I have a year and half old daughter and been very happy as a family. As we all know, this harsh economy has affected soo many families including us. we are still very thankful because we still have roof over our heads and money to buy food each month. I am not going to lie, it's hard because we barely have any extra wiggle room to do anything fun anymore. Economy affected my mom before it hit us. Her business was slow and ended up closing down. She is barely paying her rent for her place and have barrowed about $6000 from us. First she started to barrow few hundred dollars for her payment and such. Over the past 8 months she ended up owing us almost $10,000. So far she have been on a payment plan. She was giving our family about anywhere to $800 to $1000 each month. deal was that we no longer can give her money because we were stuggling pretty bad ourselves. Starting 3 months ago she has stopped giving us the money. So she is left owing us about $6000. My husband is great. He never got angry at me for letting my mom barrow his hard working money. If anything he was on top of everything trying his best to get my mom back on her feet. Just few weeks ago my husband started to get little annoyed by my mom. He never expressed it to me but I can tell.... He has been stressed to meet ends meet every month. For the first time in our marriage he had told me that my mom was a burden to our family. I never wanted my mom to start depending on me again. She became a single parent when I was young. I started working early and have helped her until I got married. I battled trying to get myself a life forever, i no longer felt that it was healthy for me to be under control even when I was on my own. I hate her so much. For putting my family through this. Some weeks I have very little money to buy our food. It sucks not being able to buy what my daughter likes to eat because i don't have enough money. I am not talking to her anymore but in the back of my head, I keep feeling bad for her. She has asked me little before I stopped talking to her about our tax return. She wanted to barrow money again. But I didnt tell my husband. because i know he has had enough already. I feel like our marriage has gone bad. we argue alot about financial status. I just think that if we had that extra money we wouldnt be in such a bad situation. My younger sister has stopped helping our mom ever since she moved our after high school. She is almost completely out of my moms life. Whenever I talk to her, she sounds soo happy. Soo happy to be out of our moms control. I am married with a baby and I feel like it's going nowhere. I do want my mom in my life and want to keep in touch with her, but I know I am just being selfish... *sigh* I don't really have a real friend to talk to.. and just felt like I needed to spill my gut somewhere... thanks for readying and any advice will be appreciated,,, thank you =) more

Resolved Question: My Parents are making me wear diapers!?

So I was at school last Monday and my friends and me were daring each other to do things (like randomly screaming in the middle of class, etc.) and they dared my to pee my pants in class. I didn't want to, but my best friend told me he'd give me $10 for it. So I did it and I was sent down to the nurse to get clean pants. My mom was at work and my dad was on a business trip and the nurse had no clean pants so I had to wear my pee soaked pants for the rest of the day. My mom called my dad and told him that I had an accident in school. When he came back from his Business trip on the next day he asked me about my "accident". I explained that I was dared to do it and did it on purpose and he got really mad for some reason. Basically to shorten it what he said was: "why the hell would you piss in your pants deliberately?! If you want to act like a baby I'll treat you like a baby!" Then he leaves for a while and comes back with a pack of pampers size 7 diapers. I was thinking "wtf?" and he tells me that I have to wear those pampers diapers for a week and I'm not allowed to use the bathroom at all. He and my mom locked all the bathrooms and threw out all my boxers so I couldn't take off my diaper and put my boxers on. Soon after this I really had to pee. I held it in for as long as could because I didn't want to go in the diaper. I didn't know what else to do so I just peed in the good nite. It filled up like a sponge and got really heavy. The diaper was really soaked and I hated it but I didn't know where to change myself because the bathrooms were locked and I didn't know where my underwear or even the other diapers were. My dad soon found out and he was still mad. He said "Come here Marcus. Let me change you like the baby you want to be since you pee in your nice clean pants on purpose." I didn't want him to change me like a baby but my soaked pampers were really bothering me so I went along with it. I layed on the plastic sheet thing on his bedroom floor. I really didn't like that but I was glad to at least have something clean on. The next morning, which was Wednesday, i woke up to a wet diaper and I was honestly surprised that it hadn't leaked onto my bed. I didn't want to be changed like a baby again so I decided to not tell my parents and just get used to it. Later in the day I realized i really had to go pee. I was NOT going to do this in my diaper in front of my parents so I begged them to let use the bathroom but my mom just said: "If you don't want to be treated like a baby next time don't stain your nice clean school pants by peeing in them." I begged and begged them and I could feel the pressure growing. Then I just gave up and five minutes later I couldn't hold it any longer and I started peeing. My diaper absorbed it all. Later I was still wearing the wet diaper and I peed again and it still didn't leak. Those things are really absorbent. A little while later my dad asked if I wanted to be changed yet and I muttered "yes" so he took me and changed my soiled diaper and put on a new one. That was my first full day that I wore size 7 pampers and was not allowed to use the bathroom at all. Today (Sunday) was the 6th day of my diaper punishment and I heard my mom and dad talking and my dad was saying that he'll probably let me off from wearing diapers one day early (My punishment was supposed to end Tuesday, but they are thinking about ending it tomorrow). But the problem is that I actually like wearing diapers now. It's a lot more convienient than getting up to go to the bathroom and now I'm starting to like going in my pants. I like the nice warm feeling and it reminds me of when I was little. And it's helpful because, I admit, I still have an occasional accident even though I'm 13. I don't want to go back to wearing regular underwear and going to the bathroom in a toilet. I want to keep wearing diapers and have my parents change me. How can I convince them to let me keep wearing diapers? I was thinking I could just go to the bathroom in my pants when I go back to wearing regular underwear. What should I do? more

Voting Question: Am I the only teenager who thinks this?

I was having a great day today, a beautiful one. Then I found out something that really upset me. I come from a very nice area in the countryside, I go to a good school. Then I found out that 2 girls from my old school have had/are having babies. One of them lives really close to me and she must have been 14 or only just 15 at the time of conception. This really upsets me. I am sixteen (I was fifteen last week though), and innocent as anything. I enjoy being a child, I like going to the woods, swimming, freedom. Even though I have almost lost contact with these girls, and my grammar school does not have teenage pregnancy, I felt personally hit by their behaviour. I am not against teenagers raising children, but the fact is I know that this girl cannot. One can't even spell, and she has no idea about how to look after herself. She got pregnant because ''she lost her pills for a bit''. I'm glad that she was in a long term relationship, but I can't help thinking that she's ruined her childhood and she isn't even thinking about the future. So she is stuck in this painful present that is lasting forever. To get over it, she pretends like it is not a big deal. I don't want to get in a huge ETHICS argument. I know many teenagers have sex, and it is unfair to blame those who are unfortunate enough to procreate on the mistakes of many. But I feel so shaken. All those people out there trying for children who can't have them, and all these people at the rough school nearby with unwanted babies being dragged into the World. Some people need to be mothers, and others don't. I know that bringing life into the World shouldn't be a bad thing; .but I just can't see how this can turn out good. And maybe this isn't so much my business because the girl and me haven't been best friends for a while now. I just feel so childish and unaware in comparison. I'm naiive about the World, and when I hear about things like this I become upset. We are only children, really. Am I a bad teenager to be thinking in this way? xxxxxxxx P.S. I mean no offence to any Teenage mothers / Former teenage mothers out there. I hope you can prove me wrong and tell me great success stories because that would be lovely. more

Resolved Question: Can you please offer objective advice for myself and my wife?

I am a full time student, studying to teach. My wife is disabled due to severe Bipolar depression and some other health related things. I am on disability right now due to severe OCD. My wife has applied for disability, but it may be a few years before she can obtain her SSDI. Up until December 2009, we had a little money coming in. She and I both worked cleaning houses, businesses, etc. We worked as janitors. She has a B.A. degree in Anthropology. I do not have a college degree yet, but I am working on it. My wife has gotten progressively more despondent. She doesn't feel motivated. I often have to do household chores because she doesn't feel well often. She and I both have a severe weight problem. Right now, I am stressed out majorly. We live in her parents basement, but they're moving in a couple of months. We have to get ready to move. We also need to do our taxes. My wife is accustomed to going on trips to Florida, the mountains, etc. She also is a little spoiled, in my opinion. She really enjoys dining out- it is something she looks forward to doing very much. But because we make 700 bucks a month, we don't have extra money right now. We have an opportunity this week to go to the mountains with her best friend. But we already owe her BF hundreds of dollars, and we will have to owe her a few more hundred by going on this trip. I really want to go. Spring break is this week. But we only have a little money for food. We don't have money for anything else. I am considering letting my wife go with her BFF, and I could remain here at home, doing my studies and college work. I am behind a little, and I have many projects coming up very soon. But I am tired and burned out from constantly studying. I may let my wife go on the trip- but I am worried about their safety if they go alone. They will be in the mountains by themselves. I am just concerned for their safety. I want to enter a little contest to possibly win a new car- the raffle ticket costs $50. Should I enter it? I also sponsor a poor child in Honduras- but this month, money is tight, and I may not have it. I have been sponsoring the child for a while now, and this would be the first time I have ever missed a payment. What should I do? My wife is upset with me because she wants to go out to eat. So do I, actually. But we are very low on money. We usually spend all of what little we have at the beginning of the month, and then for the last two or three weeks during the month, we end up being broke. It is VERY frustrating. So this is one reason why I am trying to be tight with our money. My wife likes to spend immediately when she gets any money. I like to save. I don't want to continue to worry about not having money for the last half of the month. What should I do? I am mentally exhausted. Should I go on this trip? Should I enter the car raffle? (I need a car- my wife has her own car, which I use to go to school with) How can I speak sensibly with my wife so that she understands that we have to be careful not to squander what little money we have, in order to have some left over for the rest of the month? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! more

Voting Question: How can my wife and I work out our differences?

Resolved Question: My wife and I are having some quarrels over finances- how can we be peaceful towards one another?

Voting Question: My hubby is so mean!!! what do u think?? am I wrong?

I need help with my hubby! He is soo mean he always accuses me of being a hoe he acts like since I dont work and just go to school that the house should be clean no excuses he should have breakfast lunch and dinner made for him and nothing that he would eat if single like roman noodles for lunch which I thought he loved(when I worked he ate it all the time for lunch)! He expects the house to be clean but we also have a 2 yr old and 6 yr old and I have school which on average I have 10-13 chapters of work to do a week and even tho its just hist, econ, and spanish and math he says those r too easy and I shouldnt have to be into it that much! He says he doesnt have to so im just a dumba$$! he says instead of letting men come fu*k me I should get off my back and do something like clean and why arent I ahead in school! Thing is he also expects me to clean cook and do all the running around for bills and things! he is also trying to start a business and expects me to be able to do least 4 hours a day of work on top of the other stuff for the company and that if I werent a lazy a$$ b*tch I would have everything done! I have no idea what to do! I get up with him in the morning get the girls ready to go plus me then leave for school get back home at noon which I have to spend that with him for his lunch and that last till 1 or 130 then I am able to get started with the above cleaning running around then at 330 I leave to get my girls get home at 4 that gives me an hour to do the above till 5! so tell me am I crazy????? I feel that Im doing the best I can now to keep up in school I do the dishes I sweep vaccum dust fold clothes wash clothes put them up run to do errans then try to study for school test are every week sometimes 2 and thats per class~ Just tell me what can I do to make him see I do the best I caN??? i TELL HIM JUST LIKE THIS AND HE JUST YELLS~~ YEA U DUMBA$$ TOLD U NOT TO WRITE IT OUT CUZ U PISS ME OFF MORE WTF U BEEN DOING U NASTY A$$ B*TCH???? Help me or am I really lazy and can do more!!! What TO DO???? I dont have time for any of my friends or family they miss me but I dont have time yes I have no job but I have worked all my life he decided it would be best to focus on school! so Im trying now he says I use him and asking to get somenew shoes with m income taxes was being very selfish of me! I need help! Some wit personnal experience! tell me is this abuse? he just says I am stupid when we argue he says I dont make since and Im just a lying hoe and Im not! He tried to throw me out today and then grabbed me and kept me from leaving I have bruises all over my arms and he will say thats cuz I was willing to go cuz Im a hoe ready to get fuc*ed by some dude! and truth is I dont know what to do everything I say he says im lying if I tell him to leave me alone get out of my face he gets mad I cant talk to him he says whatever and im dumb and Im so lazy! I give up really! and sux at 5 today cuz itll be fight time again! more

Resolved Question: When to start applying for a summer job?

Hey I'm a college student and I don't get out of school till the second week of June. I wanted to get a summer job working a restaurant somewhere but have no idea when would be the best month or week to apply. I can work earlier while in school but would not like to really be hired till the end of may if possible. with this in mind when do you think I should apply to restaurants and still have a chance of getting the job? any advice is truly helpful. I was thinking middle april? Any one else have advice especially if you know the part time or even restaurant business? please help more

Voting Question: Will I be able to get into a good college? Or medical school?

You guys probably get a ton of questions like this here. My apologies if I've just added to the great cycle of worried high school kids asking questions. Anyway, I'm sixteen years old, a junior in high school, with the end of the school year rapidly approaching. I haven't always made the best choices in my life, and unfortunately, school is contained in the category of "life". My grades freshmen year were average at best, my math scores probably a bit low. Things slipped majorly the first trimester of my sophomore year, as I go either a failing grade or a D- in my Business Management class. This was primarily my fault, as I'd missed the two weeks of school immediately following the first (I'll get to that in a bit). My performance improved dramatically the second trimester, and I finished the year with almost all As, and a B+ in my Geometry course. The first trimester of this year, I got all As and Bs. This current term is almost over, and the case will most likely be the same. And honestly, that's not very good for me. I am, by no means, a stupid person (nor am I an overtly arrogant one), and I could probably get all As if I bothered to actually do my homework, rather than rely on test and quiz grades to get me through. I know that colleges don't look solely at grades when considering applicants. The thing that I didn't quite mention is that I have a juvenile record, comprised of two counts of second degree home invasion, which I acquired my sophomore year. Will having this blemish on my history disqualify me from receiving student loans? Would a fairly prestigious school still consider me, in light of my past actions? Overall, is it still possible for me to get into a great school if I get above-average scores on my ACT exam next week, and continue to get decent grades? It sucks that I even have to ask this question. Sadly, the governor of my state, Michigan, eliminated the "Promise Scholarship", that guaranteed money to kids who did well on their MEAP tests. And my social studies scores were literally better than over 99% of other students in the state. I heard something or another about how I was within the top 700 in the nation, in regards to the aforementioned category. I'm not bragging there. I'm venting. Ruddy economy.No offense Tim, but you obviously don't know anything about the legal system... more

Resolved Question: Does this means she likes me?

I know this is a long story, but I have to provide context so you can see the general picture. I want to know whether or not this girl likes me despite what we went through. I'm a 21 year old male, graduating from college in December with a specialized business degree. I was friends with this girl for a good 4 months last year. I’ll call her Natalie. I knew her since high school, but we started running into each other a lot in college. By my junior year, we became good friends and took the time to sit down and get to know each other. I always liked her a lot but never expressed it. She and I went out for coffee and had a great time.. But because I have been so heavily focused on setting up a career and she was busy with her own obligations, she wanted to make sure we were just friends. It's hard to say if she had a romantic interest in me, I know she never messed around with dating even in high school so I can't be sure. She’s gorgeous though and has no reason to not be single. But we had some good times, went out for coffee, we saw eye-to-eye on everything, and I loved being around her. We really clicked for four months. Then one day, she got bitchy all of a sudden. Not just at me but towards everybody. I don't know what her problem was, but I was having my own problems at the time too. My brother almost died at the hospital, and it put endless trauma and stress on my parents. I live at home, and my parents became impossible to deal with during my brother’s recovery. I subsequently became bitter and angry too (I never understood why divorces happened so often to families with kids that had cancer, I understand now). Anyway, Natalie and I both took our problems out on each other. We started bickering a lot. She one day sent me a message on Facebook accusing me of telling people we were dating, and that I broke our agreement. I retorted "Where did you get that idea?" and I blocked her on Facebook. I was sick of her and I was angry at everything in my life. Like I said, I was irrational and had problems. I stopped talking to her; I was determined to put her behind me. About two weeks later, there was an instance on campus where we were in seeing distance of each other and I noticed in my peripheral she was looking at me. When I glanced at her, she looked away and had a very sad remorseful look on her face. After that I could not stop thinking about her. I went on for 6 months wondering if I was wrong to cut her off, and I could not move on or forget about her. I became depressed. 6 months later, I started a new semester. She and I were both in the same class of 30 people. She tried not to look at me for two weeks. Finally, one day we crossed in the hallway, we couldn’t ignore each other. She gave an awkward wave and smile and I said “Hi Natalie, how are you doing?” as I kept walking, followed by her “Good, how are you?” “Good.” The next day, we crossed again in the hallway. I actually stopped and made conversation with her. Natalie smiled and looked in my eyes the entire time. She seemed really happy I was talking to her. We caught up; I did not hesitate to tell her all about the many final job interviews I was booked for with some major corporations. I even told her about my trip to Malibu for a final interview for a corporate position. I was not trying to be arrogant; I was trying to impress her and I guess I was trying to win her back. I wanted to prove myself to her. And she was very impressed, she kept building me up and flattering me. I sent her a message later saying that I know we had our fighting in the past but it is inevitable we were still going to see each other at school. I did not want to put us in an awkward position, so I suggested we be professional and not have to be best friends. She replied that she definitely wants to put the past behind us but she wants to be friends again. So we became friends again; good friends. It’s strange because we have been friends again for about one month and she has been nothing but sweet and kind to me. She gives me so much moral support and encouragement when I am going to a job interview or am stressing over something. She always wants to do class assignments with me even though I’m not in her work group. We text each other daily. She is always encouraging me and giving me moral support in everything I do, especially when I’m stressing over my career decisions. I have really strong feelings for her again. I wish I could spend time outside of class with her but I’m so busy going through final interviews and waiting for job offers. We did arrange a "date" but I had to cancel so I could fly somewhere for an interview. Still, she is sweet and kind to me. I want to find out if she has feelings for me, but it’s hard to when I can’t keep a date with her due to my schedule. I may ask her out later, but I would like to get settled on my career first which could take months. Does it sound like she has feelings for me? ShouldOh yeah and I forgot to add, after we made amends on Facebook, she told me later how much my message meant to her, and she gave me a heartfelt "thank you."Yes, my brother is great now. He's much healthier now. Thanks for asking : ) more

Resolved Question: Huge fight. Flowers. Not willing to forgive. Help? Long, complicated. If any one reads this...thanks you!?

Okay. So I posted a previous post about how me and this boy who I didn't know if I was going to give a second chance or not. After some insight from Yahoo! Answers, I decided to give him another chance. Things go great and we don't have a fight or argument that is serious for about a week and half. Then, he reminds me his birthday is on Wednesday and the only thing he wants from me is for me to be his girlfriend. I still don't trust him enough to be committed to him, so i told him I just needed time and liked things the way they were. He accepted that and things were good again... until last night (Friday night) .....We will call this boy *Tommy*. So Tommy figures out that me and my friend are going clubbing on friday night. All friday at school he is being moody and distant. Me and Tommy's brother *John* are really close, so I ask him whats wrong and he tells me Tommy is upset that me and my friend are going clubbing tonight. I confront Tommy about him and ask him why that upsets him. He denies being mad about it. So I take him home, help him inside with all his art show stuff and ask him if he wants me to stay. He says "I don't care." So i repeat, "Do you want me to stay, it's up to you?" and he ignores me and starts walking into his kitchen. So I just leave, drive away. I get a call from him about an hour and a half later where he states "I don't like you anymore, and don't want to see you again." Then he hangs up. I wasn't really effected, so I just kept doing what I was doing. Then I get another call from his house phone. It is his brother, he says, "He didn't mean it." then I hear Tommy scream in the background, "John hang up the phone I f****** meant it," and then I hear John say the same thing again, and hear Tommy come and tackle him, and the phone hangs up.... I get a call from my best friends *Rachel* and *Nicole*, they ask me to do them a huge favor. I ask what, and they say John is locked out of the house and is really upset. They live a while away from John, so they asked me to go check on him and make sure he's okay. I told them I would, I they said they were on their way also. I get to John & Tommy's house, and see John standing on the porch grasping his hand. I park my car and run up to him and ask if he's okay. His hand is cut and bleeding. I ask him what happened and he proceeds to tell me that Tommy got really mad at John for calling me and saying Tommy didn't mean what he said, so Tommy called me a slut and John told him he didn't mean these things and he was just upset. So Tommy and John get in a fight, a glass falls off the counter, and breaks. Tommy then proceeds to chase John out of the house with the broken glass. Resulting in both of them having slices on their hands. Tommy must have heard us talking, because he opened the door and told John to get his a$$ inside. So I follow John in, because I'm not going to leave him alone with Tommy. Tommy then asks why I'm there and tells me to leave. I say "I'm not leaving." He looks at me. Pauses for a minutes, and says in this awful tone. "You need to leave. I'm serious. It's not safe for you here." So I about burst into tears and walk out the door and sit in my car to wait for my friends to get there. I start crying and call Nicole. She says they are almost there. Tommy comes outside and asks why I'm crying and then says him and John are better now and its safe for me to come inside. I asked him why he was so mad and how things were magically okay now. He tried apologizing. Anyway, I went inside for John's sake, and to wait for my friends. When Nicole and Rachel come in and Nicole starts yelling at Tommy for making me cry. Tommy gets upset again and throws his drink at Nicole. I get really pissed and start crying again. So Tommy tells Nicole to F*** off and mind her own business, and to get the hell out of his house. So me and my friends leave and tell John to come with us. But John won't leave his brother alone.... LONG STORY SHORTENED... we leave, and tommy calls me later that night to apologize. I told him he really scared me and I can't be with someone like him. I was busy, so i told him we might talk later. So I hang up. THIS MORNING...(SATURDAY) I here my doorbell ring and see Tommy standing on my porch with a dozen yellow roses. I am too scared to answer the door or face him, so I run downstairs and ask my older sister to answer the door. Now I just don't know what to do. Am I wrong for not wanting to forgive Tommy for this? more

Voting Question: Is my book good so far?

It's called Steps. I am very aware of grammar and spelling errors, please don't point them out unless necessary. CHAPTER ONE Have you ever walked into a room, and felt like someone, or something, was watching you? I had been feeling that way for a long time now. Everywhere I went, it felt like something was watching my every move. It was taking note at everything I did, and surprising me. Last weekend, I lost my car keys. I looked everywhere in the house. I looked on my dresser, first. It seemed like the sort of place where I threw everything. Then I looked in the living room. Then the kitchen. I walked back in my room, and on my desk, sat my car keys. I did a retake at what I just saw. I figured I must be losing my mind, until the next day. That day, when I had driven down to the Minot Public Library. I had an over due book, that was missing. I went there to pay for it, saying it was past the due date and the book was nowhere to be found. The lady looked up at me. She was portly, with red hair curled to her neck and straight bangs. She asked for my library card, and I handed it over to her casually. Once she scanned it, she typed in some kind of code. She pushed her glasses up to the bridge of her nose, while squinting her eyes at the computer screen. "Well, this book was turned in a week ago, right on time. Are you sure you didn't turn it in?" she asked me. "No, I'm positive I didn't turn it in," I had said. I was kind of creeped out. The woman handed back my library card and went on with her business. I walked to my car, slowly. I was trying to remember if I had been to the library at all. I was sure I hadn't gone there at all. "Did either of you turn in my library book for me sometime last week?" I had asked my sister and dad. They both shook their heads no, continuing to eat their spaghetti. My mom was no longer with us, due to her moving away with her true love. Amber and I didn't want a thing to do with her after that. We hadn't spoken since, that was nine years ago. Amber was my sister, loud and bubbly. She was much like me, with the blonde hair and blue eyes, but she put black streaks in her hair. She dressed much different than I, and always put her blonde and black hair into a poof at the back, her bangs hanging forward in her eyes. She didn't always do that. She was very sporty, very into soccer. That all changed when she turned fifteen. She is only one year younger than me, which isn't much. Dad didn't like it much, neither did I, but she threw a tantrum and screamed at us when we begged to differ. "You need to accept the fact that I'm growing up, Dad! And for you, you're just jealous because I'm way more popular than you'll ever be in your sad, miserable, depressing life!" she had yelled, but that was at our old house. My dad said he didn't like the way she was acting and the way she dyed her hair. We moved to Faceland, some very desolate town in Hawaii. It was strange, how my dad just picked us up and left to Hawaii. At first, it was vacation. Now, it was permanent. I didn't think my dad thought it was a vacation in the first place. He packed almost everything we had. When he finally decided to take the Faceland Real Estate job (that he already knew about) he called in a few favors from many moving companies. They flew in our stuff, which must've cost a lot. My dad didn't seem to care. He was rich, anyway. My dad was one heck of a salesman, and a part time best-selling author. He seemed to keep up with us, too. He was always interested in what I was doing. What activities I was in, what good books I've read lately, if I had a boyfriend, if I wanted someone to be my boyfriend. He always wanted to know. It didn't bother me. I liked talking about stuff. When I started school, I didn't know what to expect. First of all, everyone must have the best tan in the world. Second of all, it's Hawaii. I always thought of the beach and tropical fruit and people who wanted to get away. That is how it was, except for the fact that it wasn't so amazing. It was just a place. A very hot place. My smiles were upside down the first week, trying to get used to all the hot weather. When you move from somewhere like North Dakota and you're as pale as snow, it's hard to understand that a place can be eighty degrees year round. North Dakota wasn't all bad, it was just extremely cold. It was cold in summer. The mosquitos were especially horrible in the summer, more so than Hawaii. I know it's hard to believe that last sentence, but I think it might just be true. Faceland High School was just right in front of Faceland Community Beach, that was always crowded with tourists. My dad said there wouldn't be any tourists when summer was over and it would still be warm enough to go there. He made a lot of sense. Everyone would go back to their jobs and responsibilities once more, and tell all their friends about the place I lived in. Third of all, more

Voting Question: I can't stand going to school!plz read<3?

so you already know,i hate high school.im 15 and a sophomore. i know almost everyone is going to say they hate school,but i truly do hate it with a passion.im miserable there. my whole life i've pretty much been a loner and the misfit/outcast.but i actually prefere to be a loner.i have very little interest in other people and i can entertain myself.im not gonna lie,i really don't like people.but the problem with school isn't really that im a loner.i cant stand any of the kids at my school.im already the outcast in all the classes and ppl always have to mess with me.idk why,i ALWAYS mind my own business and never mess with anyone.i get teased sometimes,i always here litle comments behind my back,and some to my face..but really,i consider myself extremly pretty.if you saw me you would think i had alot of friends.but i don't.in fact,i've never even had a best friend.and i dont consider anyone my real friend.not even anyone in my family. each day in school is heII.i live with my grandma.and ive told her how bad i hate it.and all she says is "i know you hate school,but you just have to go"..ugh,i hate those words.she really has no idea how far i take things to cope.she dosent kno i cut myself because of things that happen to me in school.and some nights i cry myself to sleep because i dont want to go to school the next day.and ive had a few breakdowns. somethings that happen at school for example:one time a few years ago when i got off my bus,this girl and 3 of her friends decided they were gonna jump me. and just a few weeks ago when i was walking back to class from lunch.this boys and some of his friends cornered me up the stairs and were laughing,telling me i couldnt pass them.he even put his hands on me and i think he was trying to push me down the stairs.i almost snapped. if i didnt learn how to fight and defend myself through all this ive been through,i would probably be in a mental hospital somewhere. i could go on about how worse it is,but you kinda get the idea.does anyone have any personal stories like mine?any advice?ive been going at it alone me whole life.. it would be very much appreciated<33 more

Resolved Question: My Girlfriend Broke Up with me because of Family Problems?

im 15 in 10-11th grade in highschool. she is also 15 in 9th grade. we had been going out for 3 weeks now and this morning when we got to school she wanted to talk to me abut something and she was really sad or at least kind of confused and she was thinking alot to say something about me, i had a feeling something bad was about to come out of her mouth. Then we go seat down somewhere and she tells me that we cannot date anymore. She was crying and saying that she didnt want to brake up with me ( she said not to call it a BRAKE UP ) because she said she was having family problems and she also said that she wasnt gonna tell me what it was because it was none of my business so i said ok. She was thinking for a while and she was saying that she didnt want to brake up with me because i was her real 2nd Boyfriend that she had. and that she couldnt do anything about it bc it was her parents but i was really confused because i didnt know why she was breaking up with me besides that it had something to do with her parents. she is also Romanian, and her sister came to town yesturday so i dont know if it has anything to do with that. she was born here so i dont think it could be anything to do with culture ... Please help me what should i do i really really like her, she is fun, beautiful, best personality in a girl ... i want to tell her that ill always be there for her if she needs any help with anything , iv been having Breakdown all day iv have o eneergy at all bc of all this, i really dont know what to do please help me out !Thanks . ill just wait for her to figure things out and see what happens.Thanks alot Ulises. i guess im gonna talk to her tommorow and see what she wants to do about it or ill just wait until she is ready like u said. add me to msn if u see this attis_29@hotmail.com more

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Resolved Question: Should I apply (already asked in education, but the people went missing)?

DON'T HAVE TO READ ALL OF IT. I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS. i'm 14 (8th grade) and my parents and i have been considering on me applying to interlochen arts camp for a little over a year now. my family isn't struggling financially, so i can't get financial aid without it being based on some sort of merit. the camp tuition itself, which is $4,325 for 3 weeks (i think), plus airfare, plus uniforms, plus laundry money for washing the goddamn uniforms, plus money for extra food is really expensive. i really want to go to both the summer camp and boarding school though. art where i live is respected, i guess, but i just want to be in the environment where interlochen is. i've also been considering parsons for college (i want to major in either something in fashion or visual arts), but i think i'm just thinking far too ahead. i still haven't done anything more than art contests and art class in school (which sucks) because i know how risky that kind of business is. i don't have very many qualifications. i make good grades. i'm in all pre-ap classes in school and have made 2 b's throughout middle school so far (the rest being a's.) but then again, i'm only in 8th grade. the art competitions i've entered in are: - 2009 houston rodeo (finalist) - 2008 Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows (best in 7th grade) - 2009 gold key in the scholastic alliance for young artists and writers & is being further judged in new york (final results come out in april, i think) here are some of my pieces. there's not much to it though. http://www.flickr.com/photos/36118537@N08/sets/72157614937819698/ more

Resolved Question: Should I apply (more details inside)?

i'm 14 (8th grade) and my parents and i have been considering on me applying to interlochen arts camp for a little over a year now. my family isn't struggling financially, so i can't get financial aid without it being based on some sort of merit. the camp tuition itself, which is $4,325 for 3 weeks (i think), plus airfare, plus uniforms, plus laundry money for washing the goddamn uniforms, plus money for extra food is really expensive. i really want to go to both the summer camp and boarding school though. art where i live is respected, i guess, but i just want to be in the environment where interlochen is. i've also been considering parsons for college (i want to major in either something in fashion or visual arts), but i think i'm just thinking far too ahead. i still haven't done anything more than art contests and art class in school (which sucks) because i know how risky that kind of business is. i don't have very many qualifications. i make good grades. i'm in all pre-ap classes in school and have made 2 b's throughout middle school so far (the rest being a's.) but then again, i'm only in 8th grade. the art competitions i've entered in are: - 2009 houston rodeo (finalist) - 2008 Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows (best in 7th grade) - 2009 gold key in the scholastic alliance for young artists and writers & is being further judged in new york (final results come out in april, i think) here are some of my pieces. there's not much to it though. http://www.flickr.com/photos/36118537@N08/sets/72157614937819698/ more

Resolved Question: Was this fair? (school suspension)?

at my school we have sports during lunch. for today it was a soccer tournament. so me and a few guys were playing against other boys. one of the other teams boys told me before that he was out to get me. he made a point of it during the game by incessantly tripping, shoving and pushing me. having had enough of it after a while, i shoved him back. he did the same and the teacher kicked us both out of the game for half of it. i was pissed (and asked the gym teacher "why the fuck i was disaalowed in the gym. he responded that if i wanted i could get out of the gym). at this point i saw the other kid smiling and telling his friend that he did it on purpose because i was the best player on my team and he wanted to get me out of the game). after we came back to the game,the abuse continued and the other kid got a few penalties. after the game, the kids teammatee comes up to me and starts telling me that everything that happened was my fault, that i shouldn't be mad because I didn't win (it was a tie), that im a bad sport.. things like that. so at this point i got real mad and told him to say it to my face and called him a midjet (im his hight, so it wasnt even a real insult). kid number one goes up to me, shoves me and we argue. ( and asks me if i wanna fight). i shove him back and then (i know this sounds stupid) but the janitor, who was watching the game comes and tells me to go to the office.we were all three guilty and arguing but he specifically brought me to the office for some odd reason. I was complacent but after I realized that he was going to send me to the principal i got mad and told him, "I dont have to (not sure if I said fucking) answer to u. its none of ur business" then, im called into the office and am blamed for everything that happened. (one of the other kids moms being in a high position in the school, i suspect is the reason he didn't get into trouble) the only point he focused on was that i got into trouble in the beginning of the year for fighting and that i cant insult an adult. none of my claims were heared. long story short i got a three day suspension, and whats worse is that it's a carnival week and that im not going to be able to participate in the talent show where i was supposed to sing. ive been practising for it really hard and had a rehearsal today, but he wouldnt change the date of the suspension :( im in secondary 2 and am very upset. i barely got any say in the matter. im bruised up all over, missing school, apparently am dissalowed in the gym from now on, have to write a one page letter to the janitor and am that only one faulted. in your opinion was this fair and how would you have handled the situation? was thisblown out of proportion (boys always argue after sports and right after we insulted each othe we made peace)? all comments are appreciated. thanks more

Voting Question: Help me please?! I walked in on my boyfriend masturbating and this jerk found out, and now he's...?!?!?

Ok, well, I'm 16, and I moved to the U.S. from Britain when I was 10. I had been friends with this guy, Ashley (he's 16, too) when I lived in Britain. Our dads worked in the same business, and my dad was offered a job in the U.S., so we moved. I stayed in touch with Ashley a lot, though, and his dad took a job really close to us about a year ago. So as of the end of October, Ash now lives in the same town as me, and goes to the same school. Anyways, we both really liked each other, so we've been dating for a few weeks now. Well, earlier this week, I walked over to his house to bring him his sweatshirt because he forgot it at my house (he lives just down the street) and his mom told me he was upstairs in his room, and to go up to see him. So I went up, knocked on his door, And said "Hey Ash, It's Sara." I didn't hear him say anything, so I opened his door, and said "...Ash?" Well, he was sitting on the edge of his bed, uhmm... beating off. He was sort of frozen, just staring at me, with his hand still on his... uhmm... joystick. lol I could tell he was really embarrassed; poor guy. Well, I sort of mumbled, "Uhmm, I'll just... go," and closed the door and left. It was awkward, but I told him the next day that I didn't care that he masturbates, and that I do it too, and I told him I thought it was sort of hot, and to make him feel better, I told him "It was big..." lol So we're fine, but I told my one best friend (and NO, she'd NEVER tell ANYONE... plus she doesn't even go to our school), because I felt like I just had to get it out to one person. Well, I had the texts still on my phone, and last night, Ash and I were hanging out with some kids from our neighborhood, and one jerk took my phone, and wouldn't give it back. He went through my texts (as I yelled at him to give it back) and he read the ones about the whole incident with Ash... He made a big deal of it, and Ash was so embarrassed. I totally b*tched that kid out, and Ash and I left, but he's still going to go into school tomorrow and tell everyone and I feel terrible. Ash isn't mad at me at all (he doesn't care that I told my best friend.), but I just know they're going to be making fun of him when that kid tells everyone (since he's still new, people haven't really given him a chance, either, so this makes it worse), and I'm really worried. I can just tell Ashley was mortified, because he knew what was going to happen, too, and I don't know what to do... what do I say when they start making jokes at him (or us)? And what do I say to make him feel better?! Please help!!! By the way, Ash is sort of a quiet guy, so that makes it worse, too... more

Voting Question: Help me with my best friend!!?

Last week was my friend's birthday. It was also the same day his mom died when he was 9, now he lives with his father who treats him bad and tells him stuff like he should've been born (his parents were divorced) and that he ruined his relationship with his mom, he also beats him a lot but i can't do anything since everytime i tell my mom she says stay out of everyone's business and my friend doesn't wanna call the police so i need prove but there's no one!! His dad is involved with the police too which makes it harder. My friend is 16 and is really depressed in life. He's been abused ever since his dad had custody of him at 9. And now he's getting into gangs and really becoming violent. He even decided to drop out of school, i'm really worried. I've been his best friend for 8 years and i've always hated to see him like this. When he was with his mom he used to be so cheerful and smiley and now he looks so sad. Everyone at school is afraid of him, i'm his only friend. And it's sorta getting bad since the gangs are now going after me since they know i hang out with him and stuff. Last week he was really drunk and he broke a mirror and wanted to cut himself but i stopped him and he cut me accidentally and now he's blaming himself. What can i do?? I hate seeing him like this i want him happy again, and don't tell me to drop him since he's my best friend and i'd never do that. more

Voting Question: Help me please?!? I walked in on my boyfriend masturbating, and some jerk found out, and now he's...?!?!?

Resolved Question: Please help me?!? I walked in on my boyfriend masturbating, and this kid found out about it, and now...?!?!?

Ok, well, I'm 16, and I moved to the U.S. from Britain when I was 10. I had been friends with this guy, Ashley (he's 16, too) when I lived in Britain. Our dads worked in the same business, and my dad was offered a job in the U.S., so we moved. I stayed in touch with Ashley a lot, though, and his dad took a job really close to us about a year ago. So as of the end of October, Ash now lives in the same town as me, and goes to the same school. Anyways, he's really nice, and funny and great to be around. I've spent a ton of time with him since he moved, because I just love his personality. Well, since he moved here, I've been really attracted to him, and he was always flirting with me, and a couple weeks ago, I finally made a move and asked him whether he liked me as more than a friend, and he said yes, so we've been dating for a couple weeks now. Well, earlier this week, I walked over to his house to bring him his sweatshirt because he forgot it at my house (he lives just down the street) and his mom told me he was upstairs in his room, and to go up to see him. So I went up, knocked on his door, And said "Hey Ash, It's Sara." I didn't hear him say anything, so I opened his door, and said "...Ash?" Well, he was sitting on the edge of his bed, uhmm... beating off. He was sort of frozen, just staring at me, with his hand still on his... uhmm... joystick. lol I could tell he was really embarrassed; poor guy. Well, I sort of mumbled, "Uhmm, I'll just... go," and closed the door and left. It was awkward, but I told him the next day that I didn't care that he masturbates, and that I do it too, and I told him I thought it was sort of hot, and to make him feel better, I told him "It was big..." lol So we're fine, but I told my one best friend (and NO, she'd NEVER tell ANYONE... plus she doesn't even go to our school), because I felt like I just had to get it out to one person. Well, I had the texts still on my phone, and last night, Ash and I were hanging out with some kids from our neighborhood, and one jerk took my phone, and wouldn't give it back. He went through my texts (as I yelled at him to give it back) and he read the ones about the whole incident with Ash... He made a big deal of it, and Ash was so embarrassed. I totally b*tched that kid out, and Ash and I left, but he's still going to go into school tomorrow and tell everyone and I feel terrible. Ash isn't mad at me at all (he doesn't care that I told my best friend.), but I just know they're going to be making fun of him when that kid tells everyone (since he's still new, people haven't really given him a chance, either, so this makes it worse), and I'm really worried. I can just tell Ashley was mortified, because he knew what was going to happen, too, and I don't know what to do... what do I say when they start making jokes at him (or us)? And what do I say to make him feel better?! Please help!!! more

Voting Question: what are my chances at getting into theses schools?

my gpa is around 3.2 and i havent taken the act yet but im guessing i will get around a 22 on it. i wanna major in accounting/finance or business and im from minnesota i also work 6 days a week and am involved in bpa (business professionals of america). and which are the best colleges?? ohio state kansas university california state long beach california state east bay university of colorado-denver more

Resolved Question: Help: I think my past has come back to haunt me?

This was an embarrassing and horrible time for me so please don't judge. When I was around 10 or 11, I moved to a new town. For the first week or so, I was fine... but then tears came. Everyday I would go to school crying and it turned heads for all the wrong reason. Now we've moved onto upper grades, a new school... but people still talk about it. I thought they had forgotten but obviously not. This new girl who wasn't there when it happened has obviously heard about it and now she seems to bring it up... and that is something that I don't want to happen. It is embarrassing! It is... and I want to bury the past and make everyone forget. That's what I'm trying to do! But whatever I do, it will always haunt me. People will always know about it, they will always talk about it. I can't run away from it. I need your advice. What should I do? And if it comes up in conversation, what should I say? Please don't say "it's none of your business" because that won't work. What can I say to make them shut up without threats or anything? Thanks. 5 stars for best answer! more

Resolved Question: what would you do if you found out the "child" you are guardian of may be prostituting?

I began sleeping at my mother's home with my 11 year old son the night that my mom died. My 17 year old sister and 19 year old brother needed guardianship and noone in the family was willing to step in. Children's services came a couple weeks later and tried to take my sister to foster care. They said my belongings were not in the home and my sister needed supervision. She begged me to stay, to completely move in, to sign the guardianship papers. She said she would stop stealing and smoking weed and drinking if I would just let her stay at home. So reluctently I did with terms that my lil sister- who had been physically abusing our mother- (she died after a difficult and painful 8 yr battle with cancer) agreed to go to counseling, stay in high school and do her best to do right. 3 months later she dropped out of school. I keep supporting everything (we own the home and I pay all the bills, food, etc) for over a year. My brother moves out to continue with college. My sister become violently angry and the cops are called out on a few occasions. She spends her days locked in the back studio smoking weed and drinking with many many mexican gang members. I talk to her. I pull the doors off the studio and empty it all out. I call the cops. she promises she will do better. i recently came home to busted out windows and cops again. She gets into it with my fiance and begins making lies about him. She threatens to tell children's services lies to have my son taken away from me. I found a letter in her own writing stating that she was going out to "make a hit" and her prostituting activities. A neighbor's cousin said she solicited him. I found pictures on her computer and business cards from a local strip club. She comes home with bags of juicy couture, guess, etc etc...but she does not have a job. And now she has a car. As a family we want to kick her out....If she wants that life. She says she's not doing anything of the sort and that I am angry that she is finally doing good. (?!?!) So is she prostituting? Or should I stand by her side because she's going through a "tough spell" and lost her mom so young? She hates me, she's attacked me in the past and i feel like my relationship and needs of my child are being hurt. aye, aye. what would you do? more

Resolved Question: Is my life worth the sacrifice? Either answer or tell me it's too long.?

Hi there, I'm an 18 year old male currently in the 2nd term of 1st year university. I have a physical disability (cerebral palsy) affecting my legs but i can walk on my own, i only get tired easily. I am studying math/business at one of the best schools in the world. i won't say which in case people reading can identify who i am. the math here is very tough but i have always loved math since i was a kid so i know this is definitely where i want to be. i've also always grown up with the beliefs of going to university as all my cousins have. sometimes i wonder though, is all of this worth it? I ask because something happened today that made me wonder. I had a week off from school so I went home. I worked hard on assignments the whole week and decided it was Friday night and I should take a break. We moved into a new house so we lost our tv remote and use a digital cable one. I thought I could play Xbox for the rest of the night and then sleep but i find that i can't play without the tv remote to switch between inputs. I was so angry(maybe immature), but it was after working without breaks. Then I figured this may pretty much sum up the rest of my life. Ever since I was a kid, I always felt I was special. I was destined for something great and I was indeed deemed "gifted" through standard testing when I was 8. However, as I went into high school things changed. I went to a middle school with low standards and was told I was wasting my future, though I didn't believe it at the time. My school focused more on behaviour and it was one of the worst schools in the region, I hated the students there to be honest although I did score 90s. Those marks came easy though. I applied for advanced program in high school and got accepted though I dropped out of it after grade 10 because I felt I worked too hard and it wasn't worth it. Alot of others were dropping out of it as well but we stayed at the same high school. I worked so hard in Grade 11 and 12 and while my marks were in the 80s, I still feel like I worked much harder than anyone else. I had friends and believe I was well liked but sometimes I wondered whether i worked too hard in high school. I also had a crush on the most popular girl in school in grade 11 and she eventually found out. She was nice to me and I felt like she tried flirting with me but I never knew she knew about my situtation and wasn't sure what her actions meant. I got jealous of other guys that hung out with her so i'd always argue(jokingly) in class with people to the point where she thought i was annoying. I eventually talked to her about my feelings but I felt stiffed in the situation though i never told anyone. she was nice to me since but i always felt deep down she had a bit of a grudge against me or that it was always awkward seeing her. last time i saw her was at graduation where we had an awkward "hi" as we crossed paths. Then university came and I love the people and new friends I've made. However sometimes I wonder if again I work too hard. People are partying and having fun while I'm studying. I like to be social but how can I when I'm always studying? This week sums it all up. When I logged on to facebook earlier this week, I got an update of people commenting on the profile picture of the girl I used to like. It was a picture of her kissing her boyfriend lip to lip. It sort of shocked me though I don't like her like before. I don't know her bf well but I heard he was a bit of a flirt although she is too. I just felt she was so caring and nice and that I looked better with her but I don't care as much as before. What really ticked me off is the Xbox. I mean i work hard and instead i see my old crush kissing and then no time to relax at all. I finally ask is this all worth it? Maybe to the math nerd but truth is I don't believe I am one. I like to be social, go clubbing, etc. I know about current entertainment and am a big time sports fan. I live in Toronto so I am very passionate about hockey, baseball, basketball, and football. My role model since I was 7 was Mats Sundin(retired hockey player) and I always bring up sports in convos with friends. So I'm no nerd, I like to be social but I thought, I worked hard in high school and now and still don't feel satisfied like everyone else does. I feel like even after compeleting university, I get a job which pays well but I'll still be WORKING!! And somehow, I'll still feel dissatisfied and wish I could have fun. I just wish i could experience things everyone else does. Have the social life, date girls, and find a way to balance my lifestyle but maybe i can never do it. I used to be such a positive guy but the last year or so has changed me. more

Resolved Question: What can I expect at a job fair?

So Im a college student about to graduate with an AA in business and there is a job fair coming up what can I expect? I've been to a job fair at my college once to see what it was like but honestly it was utter chaos people everywhere and most of the employers just handed out packets I didn't understand how they would remember any applicants they had. I know to dress professional and have my resume but do I just walk around and hand them out? How do I know what jobs they have available? Is it more of an informational thing or do they actually conduct interviews? Whats your experience? Also whats the best layout for my resume at a job fair? Should I keep is short and to the point, do I use bullets or short sentences? Is it a good idea to print it out on nice thick paper or just plain computer paper? A good portion of my resume is built around my schooling, highlighting the courses in accounting, business management, and small business management but my only work experience in an office setting was 4 years ago is it still acceptable to have that on there? I learned so much there for only being in high school, I helped out in various postitions in payroll and HR I feel like thats the only thing I have going for me. After the office position I majored in x-ray & was an intern for 1.5 years before changing my major to business. I took x-rays, delt with patients- I did eveything an actual tech would do only I was a student. I went 3 days a week and I was moved to another clinical site every 3 weeks. How can I tie that education and experience into the business field and on my resume better than just listing it? Aside from that I only have 2 other p/t jobs on there but they weren't that great they were just to help me get through college. My actual goal is to open a small business, right now I have one but its just on the side. I want to make it a full-time thing but that takes more money than I have right now- thats why I need a decent job for time being. Is this something to avoid talking about during interviews? Would employers not take me as serious? I know its a lot to answer & a little off topic but thanks for taking the time to read it all!! more

Resolved Question: I don't know how to handle this..?

My best friend is pregnant. We're both 17 and she just recently found out 2 weeks ago. She's SIX MONTHS pregnant. She would constantly say she's saving herself for marriage. We've talked about it soo many times in the past couple months. I was convined she was still a virgin. I was lied to.. and I really don't like it. I thought she trusted me. Everything I knew about her.. I'm not sure it's true anymore. :( She'd usually come to me for advice in everything. She has no reason to be afraid of telling me - I'm definitely not pure - and it just doesn't make sense to me. Apparently, I'm the last to find out. People around school have noticed her stomach getting bigger (I just thought she was gaining weight!!) and been talking about it but I never heard any of it. My friend didn't even tell me.. I found out because another friend asked me if she was. I said no, then after class we asked the teacher and she confirmed it. She told our other good friend to tell me to "mind my own business." I honestly don't know why but I think she thinks I told everyone. I found out yesterday. People have been talking for more than a month. I'm trying to help and be there for her.. but she's ignoring me. Her older sister is pregnant. My other best friend (who is her cousin, she's also 17) is pregnant. They're all due in April. I was the first person her cousin told when she found out. I'm the one she went to until she got up the courage to tell her parents. I'm not directly involved in this but I'm very much effected. I'm stressed out and I have a constant sick feeling in my stomach. I can't concentrate in school or anything. WHY do I feel like this and how can I make it stop???Yup, definitely being selfish because I'm trying to make things right and support a friend who's blaming me for something I never took part of. I know a lot of people would say eff it and move on, soo those people must be right and I'm wrong. And I must also be wrong for wondering what happened to the girl I thought I knew. Totally, you got that one right. Really now? Reread the entire passage because you obviously missed something. I AM upset that I'm the last to know. But that's not the sole reason. more

Resolved Question: My mother is being VERY annoying and unnecessariliy silly?

My mom always criticises me. I personally think I do well in school and sports but she ALWAYS reminds me that I haven't done well in a subject, or I didn't get an A in something. She definately wasn't a bad student, but it's not like she was the TOP student. She always manages to crush my newly built confidence (I was never confident in anything) every time I bring home my report card. She has a thing against my social life. It's not like I go out as often as other girls in my grade do, but when I do go out she always rants about how she doesn't approve. I go to one of the best private schools in my country and there are many rich business family's kids. But I'm not as rich as they are and my friends aren't either. It turns out that my bro's friends are all the rich kids, and he goes out with them almost every weekend whne possible. Even if he's busy she'd make him go for an hour or so to their mansion. BUT when I want to go out it becomes a huuge ordeal, and I hardly go out with friends to socialise! She tells me that I need to stay at home and STUDY for the subjects that I didn't get an A in. That's perfectly normal, but the thing is she thinks that having to study means THE WHOLE DAY and I shouldn't have any time left to go out or check out my FaceBook page or whatever. For example, today I asked if I can go out for a movie (the cinema is just 10 minutes from home, the movie is less than 2hrs). JUST the movie, no dinner, no fooling around...I'll come straight home. She then started that idiotic ritual of hers, where she reminds me that my grades weren't so good (i.e. I got all A's except for 3 subjects) and that I need to study much harder. Yes, I need to study more but that doesn't mean I can't go out. And I'm on a 1 week holiday right now, does she expect me to stay home all week and do nothing? If I didn't go to the movie, it doesn't mean I'd be spending that two hours studying. I'd probably be PRETENDING to study (I'm not the type of person who can sit for hours and hours studying. I've got a limit where I say "Enough!" and can't study after that) by starting at my lovely wall the whole time. So what difference does it make? I can go out and have some fun instead of slowly rotting my brain at home! I am SO sick of her expectations and her control-freak attitude. I'm still 16 so I can't live on my own or anything. I feel so trapped that I desperately signed up for a camping trip in a Thai jungle, even though I'm not a huge fan of camping, let alone in a jungle. I think this is really bad for me, but I have no idea what to do! Talking to her doesn't work because she always thinks she is right. HELP MEEE Sorry this is super long, I'm just fuumiiing here with frustration. more

Voting Question: Best friend is jealous...Advice?

Okay... so my best friend and I are practically sisters, we're so close lol. But last year, I tried to hook her up with my friend, um, I'll just call him Bob, who is in the ninth grade (one above our grade). I've known "Bob" since the fourth grade, but my best friend, who I'll call Abby, has only known him for a few months. So in October, I decided that I actually really liked Bob more than a friend, and it kind of screwed up the "hook up Abby with Bob plan" and eventually Bob, having liking ME for a long time, asked me out, and of course I say yes. ...a week later I find out that Bob has been texting naughty things to Abby (no pictures, just requests for them) and on Halloween night he breaks up with me. While I'm at Abby's house. Of course I'm not mad at Abby, she denied his requests and she told me about it, so I'm thinking, "That's a true friend right there," and we move on, although it was hard to wake up every morning and go to school, for Bob rides the same school bus as I do. Anyways, As things progress though the year, Bob and I make up... I try and forget about the "sexting" incident, and now it just seems as a distant memory now. (practically all of this next stuff was discussed over texting) So moving on, a few weeks before this Valentine's Day, Bob asks Abby if she though if my mom would freak out if Bob sent me roses... later, Abby let me know about it, and that it made her mood sink instantly and I know she probably cried about it... That same night Bob asked Abby if she liked him, and he already knows that she does... but I guess he was just wanting to hear it from her. So I said to her, "Oh, yeah, that was kind of jerkish of him," just to make her feel better by feeling like I'm on her side, like she's not alone... but that next morning Bob texts me and asks if I want to wear his jacket (a lovely, cologne soaked Hollister one if I might add xD) and I say, "Sure, why not?" and I wear it to school for that week. The first day I sit next to Abby with it on, she instantly becomes silent and rather grumpy, and I ask her what's wrong, but she just mumbles that she's tired, so I let it go. But then she starts talking to her other friends about it behind my back... like it's any of their business. So here's what I got so pissed at her about. She starts telling her friends that she's mad at me for, and sorry if this gets a little confusing, but she was mad because that night I had said that what Bob had said was kinda jerkish, and then I came to school the next morning wearing his jacket. The part I was pissed about was that if I was acting a little off because she was acting a bit weird, she would say, "What's the matter?" and I'd reply, "Oh, nothing," in the most convincing tone I could muster. Then, she had the nerve to say, "What, did someone tell you?" "...tell me what?" "Oh okay good..." *walks off* Inside I'm screaming, WHAT THE HELL?? YOU CAN'T JUST DO THAT! but I just frown and move on to my next class. So yeah, sorry if it confused you there. Anyways... to sum it all up, My best friend is jealous of me because I'm supposedly dating "her man". ADVICE? Please! No, "You're too young to be dating! Dump the guy, keep your friend! When he leaves you she'll be the only one left for you to have a shoulder to cry on." Blah blah bah, what, are you my mother? -_- Please be serious, thats the only reason why I'm using Yahoo! Answers, is to get a serious answer for once. (One again, I apologise for the confusion that may come after reading this, I'm too lazy to go back and edit it. :P) more

Resolved Question: What would you do in this situation ?

Here goes : 1. I have been laid off from work for the last 11 months. 2. I work part-time doing some cleaning 3 x per week 3. My wife works Part-Time and goes to Nursing School Part-Time 4. We have a Mortgage Debt of $32,000 owing on a $110,000 home 5. We have small amount of Credit Card Debt = $1,351. Total ( $626 Lowes due by July 7 -2010 The other is $725 owing on a Visa 6. We owe a relative $5,301. for my wife's Nursing Schooling We own a Pick-up truck ( totally paid for - 1998 GMC Sierra ) and a car 1999 Buick Park Ave ( Totally paid for ) We only get $466 every two weeks from Unemployment, my wife gets approx. $280 every two weeks for CNA Nursing Part-Time and I get $255 after expenses for doing part-time cleaning every month. We have a bi-weekly mortgage of $262 and so far we are barely hanging on. Any suggestions, - I have been trying to get meaningful work, but no success so far. It is my first time in my life that I have ever been laid off - let alone for this length of time ( 11 months )........ We are 48 ( me ) and my wife is 52. We sold some land that we had to pay for over half of my wife's Nursing School Tuiton. Other than the obvious answer of myself to get a good paying job ( which would be answer to prayer ) any suggestions of any organizations that would be willing to help us to pay off my wife's realative for her Nursing School Loan ? We have already received some grants ( $4,000 ) which we paid directly towards her tuition. We are not asking for a hand-out - but rather a hand - up - We don't believe in Debt and want to get out of debt as soon as possible Any sensible suggestions / ideas ( we don't want those stupid home-based business ideas or those make a quick buck schemes ) So far we are hanging in there, but honestly it's really hard when it's been going on for over 11 months straight now. My wife is a wonderful lady and she is a very hard worker, but she suffers terribly with Sestemic Lupis and does the best she can. I apply for at least 5 + jobs per week, but so far no success. I have a Associates Degree ( 1993 ) and we are both US Citizens. Just very frustrating when you do the best you can - and still no breaks ! I don't even use a Cell Phone - can't afford it. We just simply do without ANY IDEAS ??? more

Resolved Question: What would you do if you had this situation?

Resolved Question: Screen printing t-shirts.?

I just bought a single station single color screen printing press. I've been reading into to the whole process a lot and have a farely good idea of what I need to do. The reason for doing this is I have been selling my own shirts through out campus but am not making much profit due to the middle man (screen printing store) I use to do the shirts for me. I have a few questions and any help would be greatly appreciated. 1) How do I get a positive? I've read I can use an inkjet printer, but I believe my logo's are too large to fit on a regular sized printer. I don't believe the shop I've used would sell me positives either since I have done so much business through them they would lose a lot of money. Is there anywhere online I can send my logo's to and they'll send me back the designated transparencies I need? 2) How long can I expect a screen to last? I'm hoping to get a hundred or so shirts done in the next couple weeks. 3) What is the best wholesaler for shirts? I've been using Gildian or Gildan or whatever because they come in the Safety colors which people have been buying up for the neon glow it gets at parties but the cheapest I could find is like 2.50 a shirt? Any better places or brands that might be cheaper? This is a side project with limited funds that I am hoping with bring in some decent income while I'm in school. The shirts basically have been selling out easily I just am looking for cheaper ways to do this in order to get more bulk. Anyways any little tips and suggestions will help, thank you very much. more

Resolved Question: Why are Recruitment Agencies and Employers being so dam ruthless?

why are recruitment agencies and employers being so dam ruthless? I have been looking for a job now for almost a year!! I have lived abroad for many years and have gained a lot of work experience from being self employed in the UK and abroad i have exceptional management experience and have employed many people and have contributed to the growth of four different companies. Now my problem is i have all this experience and transferable skills at senior management level and could be placed into most management positions as i have the skills and experience, but yet when i apply for various positions i can match the job title perfectly and perhaps 90% of the job description in most cases, i just get rejection after rejection. The problem i have is, i have been self employed since i left school at 16, i am now 37 with bags of experience in business, been out the country for over 5 years, i have never needed to do a CV, but due to the crisis over the past couple of years i find myself looking for a job for the first time! My Cv has been checked by various agencies and they say its fantastic some great achievements, all very well, but i am gutted i'm not getting a chance for an interview. So back to my question "why are recruitment agencies and employers being so dam ruthless." I understand agencies work on commission etc, but to meet a 100% of the criteria stated in the job description is almost impossible, not only for me, but for most people i'm sure. I feel if you want to try out a new job in a different industry forget it because every position states you have to have proven experience in that field of work. To me as a former boss it doesn't matter if you feel you can do the job, unless you have been selling cars and you want to be a brain surgeon, then yes, you study for that and then become qualified etc, but, what if you have not studied, perhaps you don't have the money to study, but yet, you have the talent and experience you've gained from working up the ranks from a young age and you can transfer those skills to many different industries. Lets look at sales - sales is basically common sense, it doesn't matter what the product it is, its how you sell it, there is no difference in selling a car as to selling a house just different paper work and procedures, but, "how long does it take to learn those procedures?", not long, a week or so!! So you can see my frustration in these recruitment agencies and employers, they should be more flexible, there is so much talent out there that just doesn't get recognized, millions of people are unemployed, my way of thinking is different as i used to give people a chance to prove there worth even if they didn't quite fit all the job description, they were enthusiastic and determined and well motivated and could demonstrate the will to work, how could i say no!! My conclusion is the recruitment agencies and perhaps the many company's out there seeking new recruits, i say this; don't throw away talent, 3 seconds reading a CV is ridiculous, don't say you don't have time to go through hundreds of CV's i suggest you make time, you might just find the next best employee!!! No disrespect to those who have a degree, there should be new system like for every 3 years of work experience counts for 1 year at university, so someone with 9 years of work experience in their line of work is equivalent to having a degree + you have the added value of having actually worked, this could be fair to those who didn't chose the university route. May be things have to change, the rules are to tight and incredibly competitive, no wonder there are so many talented people out there that just cant get that opportunity with degrees and the many without!!!! To those who are looking for a job, don't give up, Keep the faith!!! more

Voting Question: Why are Recruitment agencies and Employers so dam ruthless?

Resolved Question: is this a good story starter?

ok this is a story im thinking of writing I never thought we would be together, but its a strange thing love is. It started a few years ago as i was walking down that crowded school hallway. i was minding my own business, pondering the cover of one of my text books.it was when looked up because i heard lise, my best friend, calling my name. it was then when our eyes met. those beautiful, blue eyes. his wonderful red hair. i couldn't stop staring at him, and he couldn't stop staring at me. but no. i couldn't be, not for travis. he was terrible. i couldn't fall for him. not now, not never.but my heart was throbbing, my face was turning red.it was to late. he walked over to me, not taking his eyes off me for a second. "hey" "uh... umm. hi travis" "hey. i couldn't help notice how wonderful you look" "don't talk to me." "why not" "because"i whispered. and that was all wee said for a long time. you see, travis and i were friends as kids, but in the 6th grade, we just separated. as we got older, he went out with most of my friends trying to get to me, but i didn't let it happen. he had broken so many hearts, and i didn't want that. that's all there is to it. i didn't want to talk to him because he had a way of reeling you in like a helpless fish with his eyes, and then before you can blink, hes got you under a spell. but i was stronger, until now. the next time we spoke was 2 weeks later. my passion for him growing deeper, but i was trying to ignore it, and it was impossible. it was like trying to fight a battle against millions of soldiers, by yourself. that battle was lost. i caved. and we kissed. this moment lasted forever, in my mind. it was wonderful, and when it was through i slapped him, and whispered in his ear "i love you and you love me, but this love is impossible. you are a heart breaker and that should give you shame. you think you are a big majestic lion, but really, you are a kitten, scared of thunder. there are many things i hate about you, and the thing i hate about you most is the way you make me love you." then, with my dignety i walked away. on the outside i looked like a mighty lion, but on the inside i was that kitten. yep that is just the beggining. im hoping on turning it into a novel, but want to see if it would be succesful first * by the way, this girlis in ninth grade*by the way i am 11 years old and i want to be an author fo r lots of different genres. by the way, i have never read any of the twightlight books.sorry i like writing that way!another thing. if you do happen to like it dont steel it. all it will show is that you are shallow enough to steel from an 11 year old girl! more

Voting Question: Purdue Krannert School of Management or IU Kelly School of Business? and ROTC?

I am a Junior standing student going to a sub school of Purdue and Indiana University known as IPFW University and I am wanting to join the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp program so I have to switch to a school that has that program... My two choices are IUPUI and Purdue University because both have AF ROTC and a well known business school! I have a good GPA but I am distraught over going to IUPUI and having to commute to the main IU campus (1 to 1.5 hours) once a week to attend the ROTC program, plus having to live 10 minutes off campus and commute into campus, OR going to Purdue and being able to walk to all my classes and living right on campus as well as to ROTC. Purdue may sound like a better deal for the ROTC, but Purdue's accounting program looks like a bunch of management degree classes thrown in with 4 upper level accounting courses and there is your accounting degree, whereas IU Kelly has like 4 management courses with ALL the rest being accounting or finance courses that are so valuable! Does the type of schooling you do even matter in the work force after graduation?? Or does graduating and having that "accounting degree" is all that matters? especially when its from a 21 overall ranking management school like purdue... verses IU Kelly having a 7 rated business school and 10'th best accounting program in the nation.... Where should I attend?! I want to serve and the position I want to shoot for is only in the Air Force! more

Resolved Question: feeling lonely & depressed kinda long :-(?

Hello all, I am currently 16w5d pregnant with my 2nd child. This is my 1st child with my current boyfriend. My husband and I divorced a few years ago, and are now best friends. Regardless, I can't stop feeling lonely and depressed. In the beginning my boyfriend was laid off from his job, and then he began working at my job together at a 'family business' because no one was hiring and money was tight. About 4 weeks ago, we both walked out (along with others) on the company, due to it being run by previous owners and the stress and unhappiness it brought on all of us. He then said that I could take the rest of my pregnancy off and go back to work a few months after the baby was born. That he would find a job, and support us over the next several months, which I very much appreciated. He was hired last week at another company, and while I know I should be happy, I am not. I know we obviously can't live a life not working, but I don't know how to overcome this loneliness. I am so used to him always being there and us spending all day and night by each others side. I know that realistically that is not even normal, but it is what I am used to. I am so bored at home, but no one wants to hire a 4 month along pregnant woman, who is just gonna be out on maternity leave in a few months. My daughter is in 1st grade, so she is in school all day. I've bought so many baby things already, that shopping isn't even a necessary right now. I can't work on the nursery until my daughter's new room is finished - which is waiting on new padding/carpet - so I can't do it myself. I spend all day unhappy, lonely, and crying in between. I don't know how to fill that '40 hour a week gap' that I feel I have lost somewhere. I'm tired of watching t.v., etc. Does anyone have any experience with anything like this? Could it just be my hormones? Please no rude comments. Thanks so much, Congratulations & Good Luck to everyone! xx more

Voting Question: Can I Get into Any of These Schools?

Can I Get Into These Schools? So I'm a junior in a nationally-recognized public high school in Cleveland, Ohio... Here's my info- GPA-3.37 Just took the ACT last week, planning on retaking it in June, September, and maybe November AP Classes- US Government Comparative Government Planning on taking either AP Modern European History or AP Stats next year Other Classes- Next year I'm going to take Honors Environmental Science and maybe Honors Spanish 4. Cleveland Economics Human Rights Biology Math Foundations Algebra 1 Algebra 2 Geometry CPE Science Spanish (1-3) Chemistry US History World Studies I'm also planning on doing an in school marketing program which has produced America's first totally green classroom and is Junior Achievement's most successful program ever. Check out the website at www.thegreendream.org Extracurriculars- Golf-1 year JV; 2 years Varsity with 2 letters JCWA/Model UN (Best Delegate at the University of Virginia) Beachcomber (School Newspaper)-Staff Writer B'nai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO) Kenny Novak Junior Golf Tour (Summer) Plain Dealer North Coast Junior Golf Tour (Summer) Here are some schools I'm interested in- Ohio State, Miami University (Ohio), Indiana, Case Western Reserve University, American University, The University of Vermont, The University of Virginia, Ohio University, CUNY Hunter College, CUNY Baruch College, and CUNY City College Possible Majors- Economics, Political Science, Public Admistration, and Business Thank You So Much, Jon more

Voting Question: What are my chances at these schools? Don't be afraid to be honest....?

I'm a junior in a nationally-recognized public high school in Cleveland, Ohio... Here's my info- GPA-3.37 Just took the ACT last week, planning on retaking it in June, September, and maybe November AP Classes- US Government Comparative Government Planning on taking either AP Modern European History or AP Stats next year Other Classes- Next year I'm going to take Honors Environmental Science and maybe Honors Spanish 4. Cleveland Economics Human Rights Biology Math Foundations Algebra 1 Algebra 2 Geometry CPE Science Spanish (1-3) Chemistry US History World Studies I'm also planning on doing an in school marketing program which has produced America's first totally green classroom and is Junior Achievement's most successful program ever. Check out the website at www.thegreendream.org Extracurriculars- Golf-1 year JV; 2 years Varsity with 2 letters JCWA/Model UN (Best Delegate at the University of Virginia) Beachcomber (School Newspaper)-Staff Writer B'nai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO) Kenny Novak Junior Golf Tour (Summer) Plain Dealer North Coast Junior Golf Tour (Summer) Here are some schools I'm interested in- Ohio State, Miami University (Ohio), Indiana, Case Western Reserve University, American University, The University of Vermont, The University of Virginia, Ohio University, CUNY Hunter College, CUNY Baruch College, and CUNY City College Possible Majors- Economics, Political Science, Public Admistration, and Business Thank You So Much, Jon more