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Stress-less tips for new entrepreneurs

Answer: One of the biggest surprises that comes to someone leaving the corporate world and entering that of an entrepreneur is just how much there is to do . . . and there is no one else who is going to do it for you. It can easily become both a source of frustration and overwhelm, taking you away from what the passion that brought you here in the first place. In order to keep yourself focused, Janet Neal of The Professional Women's Center in Montclair, N.J. has these tips:

1) Focus. What is your No. 1 priority? If you can identify this (and in a business, it's usually to make the money to sustain it!), you can always use that as a guide.

2) Prioritize. Use a system which helps you decide what absolutely needs to be done today, what could wait till tomorrow and what could wait until whenever you get to it. more

Software helps organizations improve global collaboration.

Support for additional Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) data allows manufacturing personnel to instantly access, view and review important product specifications and ensure that products are manufactured in compliance with design engineering's intent. Supporting Quotes -- "AutoVue is an essential part of our collaboration and design review process as it helps us leverage 3D CAD data across our estimating, research & development, engineering and prototyping departments," says Geoff Alexander, IT Supervisor at Cooper Standard Automotive Canada. "With AutoVue, we can give users instant insight into rich and interactive product information and enable them to quickly and easily communicate feedback and changes in the context of the design to help them work better and faster. more

Value managers' shopping trolleys

Analysis of Moneyweb's Unit Trust Portfolio Tool shows value-fund managers were shopping mostly in the financial and industrial sectors of the JSE last quarter. This even applies to those managers who owe their recent outperformance to resources shares.

One example is the RMB Value Fund, the top performer over the past 12 months in the value sector, according to Equinox data. The RMB Fund had relatively low exposure to banks - even at the end of last quarter. Its performance had been bolstered by high resources exposure, it's largest holding being BHP Billiton (JSE:BIL).

Fund manager Stephen Brown tells Moneyweb that his fund has been buying banks as prices have fallen to more attractive levels. "We think the risk of losing money [on banks] is fairly low," says Brown. more

Plan Gore substitutes pipe dreams for pipelines

The result, as energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens so aptly points out, is a huge spike in the percentage of foreign oil America imports, from 24 percent in 1970 to almost 70 percent today.

Oh, yeah, and while we weren't expanding drilling to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or off the California and Florida coasts, Americans continued to buy gas-guzzling cars as they waited for miracle cars magically to appear. Until one day, prices at the pump jumped the $4 per gallon mark.

Let me be clear: A smart energy policy must include incentives to increase the development and production of wind, solar and geothermal power as well as other alternative sources of energy. The serious advocate for carbon-free, affordable power would include nuclear power, which provides 20 percent of America's electricity, and cleanly, into the mix. more

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Resolved Question: Chances at these colleges?

Hi. I am a junior in high school and I want to know how I stack up. I want to be a business major with possible minors in film studies or history. I have 3.8 unweighted gpa, 4.375 weighted. I have over 200 hours of community service. I am involved with ASB, CSF, NHS, tutoring underclassmen, mentoring underclassmen, theatre, my church, every fifteen minutes, and I am on honor guard (top ten girls in the school based on academics, service, ect.) I also have a job. My SAT is extremely low, 1640, but I am retaking it within the next week. My ACT score is a 28. I have taken a total of 6 honors/ap classes and I am taking 3 more next year. I got a 640 on my world history SAT II test, with a 3 on the AP test. The colleges I am interested in are USC, UCLA, Pepperdine, UCSD, UCSB, Azusa Pacific, San Deigo State, Long Beach State, and Fullerton. If it helps, I would be a legacy at USC. What are my chances of getting in to each of these colleges? Thanks! more

Resolved Question: Is this a good story to you?

*Please continue reading through the additional details. It is quite long story soz for that. (an action man is a doll kids play with) “Let me give you a tip,” he said, watching me carry hanger loads of clothes up to the guest bedroom. At that moment, I was looking more for a helping hand than fatherly advice. He used his pointer finger to motion me over to the guest bathroom. “Do your business. Flush. Wipe. Flush. Finish up, and flush again. And we use two ply so don’t go hog wild. It’s like using double the paper and the pipes aren’t that big.” I assumed at 29 years old I had everything under control in the potty training department. That didn’t mean my father wouldn’t try and teach me a thing or two. He never stopped lecturing so why should bathroom procedure and protocol be an uncovered subject. The month of living with my parents before my condo was finished was going to be excruciating. For years, my father and I fought a silent war in regard to the bathroom. A notorious neat freak, he would “tidy up” my bathroom while I was at school or work. Unlike a great thief, my father always left obvious clues. He’d remove the label from my toothpaste so that the white tube matched the counter top, the soap dispenser, and the rest of the bleached clean bathroom. He left the shower head pointed to the ceiling so all the excess water could drip out, to prevent rusting. He refolded the hand towels to hang neatly from the towel rings bolted into to the retro sun flower wall paper. He squeegeed the glass shower doors to prevent mildew build-up. His specialty? The spotless mirror that he wiped down with paper towel and a few shots from the bottle of Windex he kept attached to his belt like a six shooter. He was like a new sheriff in town. The toilet was the catalyst for most of the wars. I clogged it at least three times a week. Overuse of toilet paper. My father kept the plunger in the garage. I would have to pass him in the living room to get it and bring it back to my bathroom. He kept a mental record of how many times I used it. I think he even knew when I used it when he was at work, pressing the rubber end against his cheek to check for moisture. Most times, I could handle the unclogging myself. On one occasion, I convinced myself it wasn’t clogged, it just needed some additional water pressure to get the paper down. So I kept slapping the handle like a sailor tapping out Morse code. The water rose faster then my erection during mixed gym class and came rushing out of the bowl. I ran past my parents and into the kitchen for a roll of paper towels. My father noticed the roll in my hand and commented to me as I sprinted down the hall. “You wipe your *** with those and so help me God I will use that mop-top head of yours to dry my car.” He appeared behind me as I knelt on the floor and tried to sop up the murky brown water. “Oh for the love of Christ!” he yelled, pushing me aside to clean the mess himself. “Go get the mop out of the laundry room.” That night he forbid me to sh*t in the house anymore. He would leave a shovel and a flash light on the back porch. Walk at least twenty paces then add ten for good measure. The next porcelain bowel catastrophe happened in my senior year of college. I moved back home because I didn’t have enough credits to qualify as a full time student. I took over my old room and bathroom. At dinner, my mother mentioned that the water pressure in the toilet seemed off. I swore this time I had nothing to do with it. I hadn’t gone number two all day. My mother refreshed my memory of the information that need not be shared at the dinner table. After a detailed inspection, my father announced that the toilets were indeed malfunctioning. He called a plumber. After another detailed inspection, this time by a professional, my father found out that the problem was worse then he suspected. The blockage was deep in the pipes. It wasn’t toilet paper. My father came into my room and stood in front of the television to get my attention. “This is going to be your one chance to come clean. What did you stuff down the toilet?” I was enraged. For once, this had nothing to do with me or my carelessness. I thought that my dinner time revelation that I hadn’t sh*t all afternoon absolved me of all guilt. “I think I would know if I clogged the toilet.” I yelled. “What do you think I shoved an Action Man down there?? What am I, eight years old?” The plumber told my father that he would have to snake the toilet to find the blockage. If that didn’t work he would have to find the outlet on the lawn, dig it up, and snake it out from there. This went from a minor concern to a major incident. The only other thing my father obsessed over beside the cleanliness of the house was his professionally manicured lawn.In the twenty five years he lived there, my father single-handedly helped put the landscaper’s three kids through Ivy League schools. Cutting, mulching, spraying, feeding, seeding and watering. Neighbours would come over just to stand on it. Out of respect, dog walkers made their pets pinch their a*ses until they passed by, just so they wouldn’t sh*t on my father’s lawn. It made the 18th at Augusta look like a county park. My mother lit candles on the front porch, praying for the lawn, the toilet, and my father’s blood pressure. The plumber found the release on the front lawn, and opened it with the delicate touch of a surgeon. My father and I peered down the hole over his head. I imagined this was how the rescuers felt as they analyzed the well after baby Jessica did a swan dive to the bottom.My father still wasn’t convinced of my innocence. His stare made me second guess my own innocence. Did I really use the bathroom and forget? I started to replay the entire day in my head. I left the house in a rush. I returned home from class at 2:30 and made a ham and cheese sandwich. I played video games for a half hour until my girlfriend came over. We watched MTV for five minutes. Somehow all of my clothes fell off and we were having sex. We finished our business and I got rid of the condom, the way I always do, by flushing it down the toilet and… Oh f*ck me. more

Resolved Question: Does anyone think this is good?

“Let me give you a tip,” he said, watching me carry hanger loads of clothes up to the guest bedroom. At that moment, I was looking more for a helping hand than fatherly advice. He used his pointer finger to motion me over to the guest bathroom. “Do your business. Flush. Wipe. Flush. Finish up, and flush again. And we use two ply so don’t go hog wild. It’s like using double the paper and the pipes aren’t that big.” I assumed at 29 years old I had everything under control in the potty training department. That didn’t mean my father wouldn’t try and teach me a thing or two. He never stopped lecturing so why should bathroom procedure and protocol be an uncovered subject. The month of living with my parents before my condo was finished was going to be excruciating. For years, my father and I fought a silent war in regard to the bathroom. A notorious neat freak, he would “tidy up” my bathroom while I was at school or work. Unlike a great thief, my father always left obvious clues. He’d remove the label from my toothpaste so that the white tube matched the counter top, the soap dispenser, and the rest of the bleached clean bathroom. He left the shower head pointed to the ceiling so all the excess water could drip out, to prevent rusting. He refolded the hand towels to hang neatly from the towel rings bolted into to the retro sun flower wall paper. He squeegeed the glass shower doors to prevent mildew build-up. His specialty? The spotless mirror that he wiped down with paper towel and a few shots from the bottle of Windex he kept attached to his belt like a six shooter. He was like a new sheriff in town. The toilet was the catalyst for most of the wars. I clogged it at least three times a week. Overuse of toilet paper. My father kept the plunger in the garage. I would have to pass him in the living room to get it and bring it back to my bathroom. He kept a mental record of how many times I used it. I think he even knew when I used it when he was at work, pressing the rubber end against his cheek to check for moisture. Most times, I could handle the unclogging myself. On one occasion, I convinced myself it wasn’t clogged, it just needed some additional water pressure to get the paper down. So I kept slapping the handle like a sailor tapping out Morse code. The water rose faster then my erection during mixed gym class and came rushing out of the bowl. I ran past my parents and into the kitchen for a roll of paper towels. My father noticed the roll in my hand and commented to me as I sprinted down the hall. “You wipe your ass with those and so help me God I will use that mop-top head of yours to dry my car.” He appeared behind me as I knelt on the floor and tried to sop up the murky brown water. “Oh for the love of Christ!” he yelled, pushing me aside to clean the mess himself. “Go get the mop out of the laundry room.” That night he forbid me to sh*t in the house anymore. He would leave a shovel and a flash light on the back porch. Walk at least twenty paces then add ten for good measure. The next porcelain bowel catastrophe happened in my senior year of college. I moved back home because I didn’t have enough credits to qualify as a full time student. I took over my old room and bathroom. At dinner, my mother mentioned that the water pressure in the toilet seemed off. I swore this time I had nothing to do with it. I hadn’t gone number two all day. My mother refreshed my memory of the information that need not be shared at the dinner table. After a detailed inspection, my father announced that the toilets were indeed malfunctioning. He called a plumber. After another detailed inspection, this time by a professional, my father found out that the problem was worse then he suspected. The blockage was deep in the pipes. It wasn’t toilet paper. My father came into my room and stood in front of the television to get my attention. “This is going to be your one chance to come clean. What did you stuff down the toilet?” I was enraged. For once, this had nothing to do with me or my carelessness. I thought that my dinner time revelation that I hadn’t sh*t all afternoon absolved me of all guilt. “I think I would know if I clogged the toilet.” I yelled. “What do you think I shoved an Action Man down there?? What am I, eight years old?” The plumber told my father that he would have to snake the toilet to find the blockage. If that didn’t work he would have to find the outlet on the lawn, dig it up, and snake it out from there. This went from a minor concern to a major incident. The only other thing my father obsessed over beside the cleanliness of the house was his professionally manicured lawn. In the twenty five years he lived there, my father single-handedly helped put the landscaper’s three kids through Ivy League schools. Cutting, mulching, spraying, feeding, seeding and watering. Neighbours would come over just to stand on it. Out of respect, dog walkers made their pets pinch thIn the twenty five years he lived there, my father single-handedly helped put the landscaper’s three kids through Ivy League schools. Cutting, mulching, spraying, feeding, seeding and watering. Neighbours would come over just to stand on it. Out of respect, dog walkers made their pets pinch their a*ses until they passed by, just so they wouldn’t sh*t on my father’s lawn. It made the 18th at Augusta look like a county park. My mother lit candles on the front porch, praying for the lawn, the toilet, and my father’s blood pressure. The plumber found the release on the front lawn, and opened it with the delicate touch of a surgeon. My father and I peered down the hole over his head. I imagined this was how the rescuers felt as they analyzed the well after baby Jessica did a swan dive to the bottom.My father still wasn’t convinced of my innocence. His stare made me second guess my own innocence. Did I really use the bathroom and forget? I started to replay the entire day in my head. I left the house in a rush. I returned home from class at 2:30 and made a ham and cheese sandwich. I played video games for a half hour until my girlfriend came over. We watched MTV for five minutes. Somehow all of my clothes fell off and we were having sex. We finished our business and I got rid of the condom, the way I always do, by flushing it down the toilet and… Oh f*ck me. more

Voting Question: My chnaces of getting into these colleges?

What are my chances of getting into these colleges? -New York University (Stern school of business) -University of Chicago -Georgetown University (Mcdonough school of business) -University of Maryland @ College Park - University of Florida I have: -30 ACT composite -3.7 unweighted GPA, 4.4 weighted -top ten percent of class -internship at a business -AP U.S history (score of 5), AP English language (score 4) -Currently taking AP english literature, AP gov. and politics, AP Macroeconomics, Calculus Honors, everything else is also honors - Play piano -500 service hours -NHS and HRC (i dont have many clubs) more

Resolved Question: WQ: Who's you favorite to win the Royal Rumble? + HWE Velocity Results?

I'm hoping CM Punk, but I highly doubt he'll win. Beat the Clock Challenge Fallen Diablo vs Fabian Phenom FD started the match with a Running DDT. He then started stomping on FP. FD got FP up and set him up for a Northern Lights Suplex, but FP kicked him in the stomach before doing so. FP gave FD his own DDT, and then went for the Lionsault. It was good, and he went for the pin. 1... 2... KICKOUT! When FD sat up, FP gave him his signature Enziguri. FP got on the top rope and tried to do an Elbow Drop on him, but FD got out of the way quickly, even before FP jumped. He ran towards FP and punched him in the head, making him groggy. He set him up for a Superplex. FP tried to prevent it by punching him in the stomach a couple of times, but FD gave him a Headbutt to calm him down. FD set him up for the Superplex again and got it with no problem this time. He went for the pin. 1... 2... KICKOUT! FD got FP up and Irish Whipped him to get him ready for his finisher, the Styles Clash, but halfway, FP gave him a Hurricrana, sending him outside the ring. When FP saw FD by the apron, he sprinted towards him and did a Suicide Dive, knocking them both out. It wasn’t long though when they got back in the ring. FP Irish Whipped FD and gave him a Flapjack. FP got on the top rope and was getting ready to give FD his finisher, the F-Bomb, but FD countered it by getting his knees up. FD got up and Irish Whipped FP for the second time, and gave him his finisher, the Styles Clash. He went for the pin. 1... 2... 3! FD beat FP in 4 minutes and 23 seconds. Winner: Fallen Diablo Time to Beat: 4:23 Risky Business vs Dark Demon This match started off with a medley of punches and kicks. Both men were eager to win. RB Irish Whipped Demon to the turnbuckle and started giving him some chops. He then got above him and started punching him in the head. But when he got to around 6 hits, Demon got him up for his signature Powerbomb, and he did it! He then got RB up for his finisher, the GTS, which turned out well too. He set RB up for the Crippler Crossface, and he tapped out within ten seconds. Winner: Dark Demon NEW Time to Beat: 1:09 Justin vs Charlie Scene Both Justin and CS were quick in starting the match and getting to the moves. They only had about a minute to have a chance to compete for the Canadian Title. CS ran towards Justin and tried to give him a Clotheslines, but was dodges by Justin, and instead, CS got a German Suplex from him. Justin did a Standing Shooting Star Press, and went for the pin. 1... 2... KICKOUT! Charlie’s desire to win the match quickly recovered him and got him up from the mat. CS kicked Justin in the stomach and gave him a Fisherman Suplex. Two seconds later though... the bell rang. It was a no contest Winner: No Contest Still Time to Beat: 1:09 Tony Riot vs Compton Made Punk Tony and CMP lock up. They both go for school boys. Both attempts are unsuccessful. 27 seconds have passed in the match. Both men are panicking. The both try to gain advantages by quick submissions, and swift strikes. Times running out. Compton Made Punk trips up Tony and locks in the andaconda vice. The clock just hit one minute! Tony holds on for a bit longer and time expires. Winner: No Contest Winner of the Beat the Clock Challenge: Dark Demon Main Event: The Phenom, Cameron Hart, Adam Moon, and Clarice vs ScarFace, Selena, the Odd ONe, Kawajai w/ Special Guest ref Phyz All the participants are in the ring. Adam Moon starts off against ScarFace. Adam and ScarFace locks eyes. The Exchange shoves and pushes. But then Scarface falls back into the special ref PHyz. Phyz gets pissed and DQ's him. Then ScarFace gets in Phyz's face and the go at it. Both teams fight and the show goes off the air in hectic pandemonium. Winner: No contest more

Resolved Question: WHICH FIELD IS BETTER....MEDICINE OR BUSiNESS?

Right now i'm a junior in High School and i'm trying to decide on my career path. Right now i have a thing for corporate fianace. Investment banking, fundmanaging etc. all seem to call my interest and it seems like a sector where you can make a profitable honest living ($250k plus) but it seems like for one you better be an MBA from a top ten business school and B. its competetive so your job is not secure....With medicine I like it too. I was thinking about radiology because I like orthopedics and such and it seems like an interesting career and they too make a very good salary. What it comes down to is I'm most confident with my ability to suceed in business because I understand it so well but it seems like if i don't get into the BEST univeristy theres no advancement for me whereas in medicine if i were to attend my state school (UCONN) which at the present moment my grades are in line to get in I could suceed as a M.D. I'm not going to lie this decision stuff is scary. more

Resolved Question: BUSINESS OR MEDICINE WHAT IS THE BETTER FIELd?

Resolved Question: what do you think of my stories?

I'm writing a 2 stories and I want to know what you think of the first chapter of each one and which one you prefer. 1) Chapter 1- New life I woke up feeling tired, it took me a minute to realize where I was. I was at my Nan's house, I had only moved in yesterday because my parents had died yesterday. I was seventeen and now an orphan. “Yasmin?” my Nan called softly opening my door. “Morning.” I yawned. “Oh, are you feeling okay?” she came and sat on my bed. “Yeah, but I didn't know where I was when I woke up...” I looked around the purple room which once was my mother's. “Well, how about you eat some breakfast and unpack your clothes.” she stood up and walked out of the room. I stood up and walked into my bathroom, I washed my face and brushed my teeth. I walked out and unpacked a few clothes so I could change. I sighed as I looked at the top, my mother had given to me for my sixteenth birthday. I missed her, only yesterday morning had I gave her kiss and walked out of the house, only to come back and find my house in pieces and my both parent's bodies being pulled out. Tears started to roll down my face. I didn't know how I was going to get through the day without sobbing. I pulled on my jeans and the purple top and brushed my long black hair. It took me ten minutes to fix it, I had a really bad night last night, I couldn't stop crying and I kept having nightmares. I wiped my tears and ran down the stairs. “Morning Gramps.” I greeted, sitting in a chair next to him. “Morning kiddo.” he gave me a hug and went back to his newspaper. “Gramps! I'm not a kiddo anymore! I'm seventeen!” I managed to hold a grin. I pulled out a carton of cereal and poured some into a bowl. After pouring some milk in I settled down and ate it all. I got up and washed the bowl in the freezing water. “Yas, dear, why don't you unpack your clothes and all your other things?” Nan suggested. I nodded and walked up the stairs. I looked down, there was only one bag. I sighed and unpacked the few clothes I had left. I pulled open the wardrobe door and it was half full of clothes already, I gasped, they were all my size. I remembered that this used to be my mother's room and that these must be her old clothes. I pulled a black pleated skirt and a black designer top out. I tried it on and it fit perfectly showing off my figure. I grinned and carried on putting my own clothes in. I looked underneath and there were all off my mother's shoes and sandals. I knew they were my size so I didn't bother trying them on. I pulled my phone, Ipod and laptop out. I had these on me yesterday, as I was taking them to my friends house. I sighed, there was a new message on my phone. I clicked on the inbox and opened the message. Be safe.... Mom...x Tears immediately started to trickle down my cheeks. If only she had followed it herself, she and my Father wouldn't be dead. I curled up on the bed and started crying. I never really saw my Father, he was a business man who traveled to promote products. He used to come home and give me presents from all around the world, but now they were all destroyed. Nearly everything in the house was from different places, I remember on my ninth birthday, my father came home and gave me and my Mother matching gold necklaces, I never took mine off. My Father had come home yesterday after a month of being abroad. I gave him a massive hug and left for my friends house to pickup my laptop, which she had borrowed. At least I got to say a proper goodbye. I hadn't planned for my parents to die this early, they were only thirty-seven. I didn't think I was going to have to live with my Nan either. My Nan's house is a three hour drive away from my burnt house, I would never feel less at home then now. If course I loved the fact that it was my Nan and not an adoptive Mother but I missed my friends and school. I had to go back to get my things from the school tomorrow for the new school I would join the day after, I dreaded it. I looked up from my flash back and wiped my eyes. I jumped off the bed and looked into the mirror, my eyes were an odd shade of purple, I had no idea why, in my baby pictures I had turquoise eyes, which turned to lilac, which soon turned a true shade of violet. I never understood it. I was still wearing my Mothers old clothes. They had creased. I looked at my pitch black hair, my father had it too, I longed to have my Mothers light brown hair. My Mother also had dimples which I had and pale skin. My smile was a replica of my Father's. I looked away from the mirror and at my phone, some of my best friends had no idea what had happened. I called my closest friend, Lilly Clemence. “Hello?” she answered. “Hello? Lils?” “Oh, Yas, where were you today?!” she sounded worried. “Lils, chill, theres something really important to tell you.” I started. “What is it, are you okay?!” “I'm fine, well, not really, look, yesterday went I came over to yours to get the laptop, I came home more

Resolved Question: Top Ten Rappers of All Time?

Many people may have problems with the list i have compiled, and if you do, rather than posting that my list is garbage, or that i'm not a real hip hop fan, name a few songs by artists you feel I have overlooked, and i will check them out. Before the list, i just want to tell everyone about my experience with hip-hop. I am 19 years old, and attend university, where I am majoring in Philosophy. Growing up, i heard some hip-hop on the radio, and playing on my older brothers stereo, but for some reason it never really appealed to me till I got to high school (coincidentally, i also discovered weed at this time). The first CD i purchased was Game's the Documentary, and i still love that CD, although Game doesn't quite make the cut for top 10. I later got Ice Cube's Laugh Now, Cry Later, Young Buck's Buck the World, the greatest hits CDs of Biggie and 2pac, and a couple of subs in the trunk. I've been hooked ever since. In the last few years, I have made an effort to diversify my listening, within the rap genre. Just a year ago, I discovered Outkast, and even more recently, I began listening to R.A. The Rugged Man, Bone-Thugs, and Clipse to name a few. Anyway, enough back-story, heres my list. 1. Eminem Top Song(s): I'm Back, Business, Rainman, Old Times Sake, Elevator, The Real Slim Shady 2. The Notorious B.I.G. Top Song(s): Juicy, Niggas Bleed, Notorious Thugs, Who Shot Ya?, The Warning 3. Scarface Top Song(s): The White Sheet, On My Block, Big Dogg Status, G-Code 4. Tech N9ne Top Song(s): Low, I'm a Playa, Midwest Choppers, the whole Everready CD 5. Ice Cube Top Song(s): Today Was a Good Day, Growin' Up, Hood Mentality, Why Me? 6. 2Pac Top Song(s): Hit Em Up, Trapped, Me Against the World, Hail Mary 7. Jay-Z Moment of Clarity, Justify My Thug, Big Pimpin', Renegade 8. Nas Illmatic(CD), Destroy & Rebuild, Ether, Hate Me Now, Got Urself a Gun... 9. Andre 3000 (Lets pretend the Love Below never happened) So Fresh, So Clean, Ms Jackson, ATLiens, Two Dope Boyz in a Cadillac, Rosa Parks 10. 50 Cent In Da Club, Bloodhound, Patiently Waiting, I'll Still Kill, Curtis 187, Flight 187, Ghetto Qu'ran, Corner Bodega Please give me input in any changes you'd make,. and recommend some listening, I am always looking to expand my knowledge of hip-hop. A lot of you may throw out guys like Rakim, KRS-One, Mos Def, that whole underground East Coast style. And I do enjoy that, but I often find the beats lacking, more

Voting Question: What should I do about following a girl to college?

I need some advice, because some of the decisions I will be making in the next few weeks could have a major impact on my future. I am currently a freshman at a college in Tennessee, and I am planning on transferring to Texas A&M University for Fall 2010, because of my girlfriend. Here is some background information: My girlfriend, who is a senior in high school, is a family oriented, very intelligent beautiful girl. We have been dating for a little over 2 years, never broken up. We are both pretty intelligent, rational thinkers and are very in love. Her parents are quite wealthy, and everyone in there family attends/graduated from Texas A&M. She applied to/got accepted to many other colleges, but didnt really have a choice because it just made sense for her to continue the legacy at Texas A&M . They have lived in tennessee all of her life, and are building a new house on a golf course right outside Texas A&M. She will be moving in the summer, because she got accepted. I am applying as a transfer student and I just want to make sure it is the right decision. I have prayed about it, I have thought about it as much as possible, and I have support from both her family and my family. It is such a big decision because it involves large amounts of money in tuition that I would have to borrow, and It is just a big commitment in general. Just recently, I found out my parents were getting divorced, and It shook me pretty hard. I want to get away from it all, and start a new life in Texas. My girlfriend lately has gone into protective mode, where she is sort of distant. I asked her about it, and she said she thinks it was just her preparing herself for if I don't get accepted. I re-assured her that my credentials are good enough, and that I will get in one way or another, and now she is back to normal. I know that if I do move there, we will get married after we are both through college. I am a business major, and i am applying to Mays school of Business, which is one of the top ten business schools in the nation. I just want some advice/feedback as to what other people would do in my situation. It feels right, but it just so un ordinary. Most girls follow guys, you know? A few of my close friends know my situation, and agree that it is a good choice, and a few say that I am crazy. Let me know what you think, because this is really important to me. more

Resolved Question: What do u think of Ron Paul's article: " Keynesianism Delivers a Decade of Zero "?

" Texas Straight Talk A weekly column Keynesianism Delivers a Decade of Zero This past week we celebrated the end of what most people agree was a decade best forgotten. New York Times columnist and leading Keynesian economist Paul Krugman called it the Big Zero in a recent column. He wrote that “there was a whole lot of nothing going on in measures of economic progress or success” which is true. However, Krugman continues to misleadingly blame the free market and supposed lack of regulation for the economic chaos. It was encouraging that he admitted that blowing economic bubbles is a mistake, especially considering he himself advocated creating a housing bubble as a way to alleviate the hangover from the dotcom bust. But we can no longer afford to give prominent economists like Krugman a pass when they completely ignore the burden of taxation, monetary policy, and excessive regulation. Afterall, Krugman is still scratching his head as to why “no” economists saw the housing bust coming. How in the world did they miss it? Actually many economists saw it coming a mile away, understood it perfectly, and explained it many times. Policy makers would have been wise to heed the warnings of the Austrian economists, and must start listening to their teachings if they want solid progress in the future. If not, the necessary correction is going to take a very long time. The Austrian free-market economists use common sense principles. You cannot spend your way out of a recession. You cannot regulate the economy into oblivion and expect it to function. You cannot tax people and businesses to the point of near slavery and expect them to keep producing. You cannot create an abundance of money out of thin air without making all that paper worthless. The government cannot make up for rising unemployment by just hiring all the out of work people to be bureaucrats or send them unemployment checks forever. You cannot live beyond your means indefinitely. The economy must actually produce something others are willing to buy. Government growth is the opposite of all these things. Bureaucrats are loathe to face these unpleasant, but obvious realities. It is much more appealing to wave their magic wand of regulation and public spending and divert blame elsewhere. It is time to be honest about our problems. The tragic reality is that this fatally flawed, but widely accepted, economic school of thought called Keynesianism has made our country more socialist than capitalist. While the private sector in the last ten years has experienced a roller coaster of booms and busts and ended up, nominally, about where we started in 2000, government has been steadily growing, because Keynesians told politicians they could get away with a tax, spend and inflate policy. They even encouraged it! But we cannot survive much longer if government is our only growth industry. As for a lack of regulation, the last decade saw the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the largest piece of financial regulatory legislation in years. This act failed to prevent abuses like those perpetrated by Bernie Madoff, and it is widely acknowledged that the new regulations contributed heavily not only to the lack of real growth, but also to many businesses going overseas. Americans have been working hard, and Krugman rightly points out that they are getting nowhere. Government is expanding steadily and keeping us at less than zero growth when inflation is factored in. Krugman seems pretty disappointed with zero, but if we continue to listen to Keynesians in the next decade instead of those who tell us the truth, zero will start to look pretty good. The end result of destroying the currency is the wiping out of the middle class. Preventing that from happening should be our top economic priority. Posted by Ron Paul (01-04-2010, 01:36 PM) filed under Monetary Policy "vani he had the solutions BEFORE the crash last year, but people like you wanted him to shut up about the problem. Isn't it time to start listening?Heather, it is amusing. They tend to emit a cloud of technical jargon designed to confuse the listener, which refers to models only necessary -- or even relevant -- if you accept the Keynesian principles to begin with. more

Resolved Question: From a third-tier university MBA program to Ivy League Law School?

I was just wondering how realistically I would have a shot at going to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, or Cornell Law School? I have a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Memphis with an undergraduate GPA of 3.3. I also have 5+ years of professional work experience in the area of technology. I have since gone back to get my Masters of Business Administration from the University of Memphis and plan to graduate with a 3.85 GPA. After I obtain my MBA, I am going to join the peace corps for two years. After my peace corps service, I aspire to go to an Ivy League law school. Will my undergraduate grades or third-tier status of my college severely hurt my chances? I am not worried about the LSAT, I've always scored in the top ten percentile of any standardized test that I've taken. I was hoping my graduate school GPA would overshadow my undergraduate work. more

Resolved Question: YAEWF Blaze Episode 1!! Results - Star and Promo - Who will win the Royal Rumble?

YAEWF Blaze Event 1: The GM of Blaze, Mike Adams, comes out to the ring to a huge applause. He welcomes everyone to the very first episode of YAEWF Blaze! He says that we have a great card in line for tonight, where all the championships will be decided. He then says that it is an honour and a privilege to run this new efed and he then introduces the participants of the first match. Match 1: Total Extreme Championship – Extreme Rules match Raven vs. Blue Voodoo King vs. Cory Pearce Winner= Blue Voodoo King after he hits the Tornado DDT on Corey Pearce, Cory stumbles by the ropes and Raven clotheslines hits him with a steel chair, sending him flying through the ropes to the arena floor, BVK then runs up behind Raven and locks in a school boy for the 3 count. New Total Extreme Champion – Blue voodoo King Event 2: Backstage interview with King Cliff, the interviewer asks him what it is like to be here at YAEWF. He replies by saying that it is an honour and that he intends on making his mark quickly and efficiently. Match 2: Domination Championship – Steel Cage Match Kurt Angle vs. Shyno Winner= Kurt Angle, the match ends when Shyno hits the Gore on Kurt and then starts climbing the cage to escape. But Kurt manages to catch up to Shyno, he grabs hold of his leg and then out of nowhere hits the Angle Slam from the top rope and gets a 3 count. New Domination Champion – Kurt Angle Event 3: Video promotion hyping our very first ppv here in YAEWF, Bloody and Broken on January 7th. The GM Mike Adams comes down to the ring and hypes our main event which is a Six Pac Challenge match to crown the first ever World Heavyweight champion. Match 3: Divas Championship Lita vs. Trish Status vs. Cameron Dianna Hart Winner= Cameron Dianna Hart, she wins the match after Trish Stratus avoids a clothesline with her matrix style move , Trish then turns around and kicks Lita straight in the head, sending her careening to the floor. Cameron Dianna Hart then hits the Eye Candy Crusher on Trish Stratus for the 3 count. New Divas Champion – Cameron Dianna Hart Match 4: Tag Team Championships Beast King and Ace D. Vs. Dylan Klein and Kas Money Winners= Beast King and Ace D. The match ends after Ace D hits the Ace of Spade on Kas Money, Beast King then runs into the ring and dropkicks Dylan Klein off the ring apron while Ace D acquires the 3 count. New Tag team Champions – Beast King and Ace D. Event 4: The new tag team champions cut promos about being the most dominant tag team in YAEWF and the entire world for that fact. They then say that they plan on holding onto the tag titles for a very long time. Match 5: Pure Light Heavyweight Championship Justin (Serj Tankian Edition) vs. Jeff Hardy Winner= Draw, the match ends as Justin and Jeff Hardy fight it outside the ring. Justin nearly makes it back into the ring before the ref makes the ten count, but first Justin sends Jeff flying over the security rail and that costs him the match as both men get counted out. After the match Justin grabs a microphone and demands the GM gives him the Pure Light Heavyweight title because he was only just on the outside. The GM Mike Adams then walks out to the ring and says that he was close, but not close enough, but he will grant him another match next week, a no-count out match for the Pure Light Heavyweight title. Pure Light Heavyweight Champion to be decided next week in a rematch. Match 6: NO-DQ Match Icon vs. Ted Dibiase Jr Winner= Icon after a Big Boot followed up by an Iconic Splash onto a trash can for the 3 count. After the match Ted Dibiase attacks Icon with a steel chair multiple times, he then pulls out a table from underneath the ring and hits the Dream Street on Icon through the table. Main Event: Six Pack Challenge – World Heavyweight Championship King Cliff vs. Risky Business vs. Goldberg vs. Adam Moon vs. The Dark Demon vs. Chris Jericho Winner= King Cliff, he wins the match after he hits the Tombstone on The dark Demon, he then throws Chris Jericho, who is the only other wrestler in the ring, to the outside. He then pins Dark Demon. New World Heavyweight Champion – king Cliff After the match King Cliff poses with the World Heavyweight championship until the show goes off air. Thank you and don’t miss next week’s episode of YAEWF Blaze!If you weren't featured on this weeks episode of blaze then you will be on next week. more

Resolved Question: Top ten business schools(universities) in UK?

I live in manchester so preferably top ten business schools that are relatively close to me..... i know university of manchester business school is a really good one, what else? Thanks... more

Resolved Question: What do you think to my opening?

Before you read on, this is a VAMPIRE story. If you have anything against vampires, then just don't read this. It is in no way like Twilight - I started writing this story before the Twilight craze and have only just stumbled across it. Right, back to business. I am thirteen, and have been writing this story. I wanted to know what you think. Any criticism will be taken in, good or bad. ‘Desired name:’ I have gone through my fair share of names in the past five centuries, but it was only now that I struggled for a different one. For half a century or so, I would normally keep my surname, but I would change my first name at least every decade. This time, I thought, why not? I might as well write down the name I was christened with almost five hundred years ago. Adelaide Panshawe, I scribbled down on the paper in a speed which no human eyes would have noticed. It would have been a scribble, but belonging to a rich family when I was young meant I was forced to be as graceful and perfect as possible in every aspect. It is an ancient name, but I doubt anybody would question its peculiar type much. I didn’t socialise much, I just got on with watching history being made. I found if I spoke to humans more, the harder it was to resist my temptation for what pulsed in their veins. I generally kept my distance, it was the easiest way. ‘About yourself (i.e. background, previous schools/homes):’ I thought about being true about my most recent past for once. I had been spending my last decade in a small town in Italy, making it look like I barely made enough to go by, with working in a petite shop which paid for my flat, which was just as small. Those around me never knew of my mansion which I had built myself, secretively in the woods. I could have bought a mansion ten times the size that I had made, but what would be the fun in that? It gave me something to do over the month I settled in. I wrote down that I had been living in Italy for the last three years of my life, attending a school in the town I lived in which wasn’t known of unless you lived in the town. I doubted that anybody would look into my past – there would be nothing suspicious about me which would cause such measures. I filled in the rest of the form, stating I would be in the last year of high school, which would make me eighteen. My aging froze when I was nineteen, I could barely pass at sixteen – so that age was out of the question. The age in my eyes made it difficult for me to pass as my body’s age, as did the way I spoke. Over time, I have trained myself to speak like the youth of today. It sort of comes naturally, but my aged way of speaking sometimes seeps through; it normally escapes when I’m distracted, as does my accent which is slowly fading as time goes on. I walked over to my fax machine and faxed my new identity to Mr Jackson, the person who has provided things like my birth certificate and drivers’ licence for forty years. I strode over to my open windows and enjoyed the last sunset I would see in Italy; it was a sunset I definitely wouldn’t forget. As my house was quite high up on its hill, I could see over the entire forest. The sun rose over the tree tops alone, with no fluffy clouds surrounding it. The sun set a ray of a collage of colours across the sky – pinks, oranges, yellows, it was beautiful. I exhaled as I turned away from the windows and stared at the study I was in. This had to be one of the favourite places I had stayed, hands down. It was modernised, with the newest technology in every corner you looked in. My fondness or today’s technology was baffling – being from the 16th century, I would be expected to hate anything new, anything that wouldn’t have been explainable back then. But I didn’t, I loved it all. In less than one second flat I was downstairs in my kitchen, looking for something interesting to eat. The fridge was full – the person who I would allow to rent out this mansion while I was away would be treated well. I decided on some cereal, which I downed in a small amount of time. What, surprised that I eat? The fact that I don’t eat is a myth, just like a lot of other characteristics made up about vampires. Yes, I am a vampire. But lately I have been on my best behaviour and have not killed anyone nor drank any blood. Vampires don’t need blood, it is just something which is hard to resist, and makes us stronger and our senses more sensitive. Since I have not drunk any blood in two months, I am starting to get used to not drinking it regularly. Thank you for reading it all, if you do. :) more

Resolved Question: Struggling in college, and need good advice.?

Hi, I'm from a working class family. I just enrolled in an elite public college in my state last semester in the International Studies program to get into law school. I am 21 years old. Before I got into the state school, I was in a community college because wasn't that great of a student in high school and we didn't have any money to enroll me in a university out of high school. I recently changed my major into clinical psychology, after last semester's workload and the nature of their program (too business and economics focused) led me to become disenfranchised with my aspirations to become a lawyer. Every professor I've had so far had said I was very well-spoken, a smart student, and I become emotionally involved with the aspect of the study. When I was in community college, I had a 4.0 average for all five semesters. On top of that, I worked a job and was in the gym more or less for an hour a day. When I got into this university, I was overwhelmed by the amount of work they give the students- who, having been grandfathered into their curriculum out of high school, seem to accept this. Everyone I know studies, has a relatively high GPA, maintains this go-getter attitude, and has time for sports, music, and friends. I only found myself able to effectively complete and understand all of my work pulling all-nighters and absorbing excessive amounts of caffeine. I made a mistake last semester by working. It was my mother's (who is single) mandate that I maintain a job in order for her to give me a place to stay over break. My grades fell from the stellar 4.0 I had before entering to a staggering 2.3. None of my professors here were sympathetic. They all said "Manage your time. You'll get through this. You're smart." And off they went. I barely made it out last semester with the minimum credits for a full-time student. Now I'm taking an extra course to catch up, so in total, I'm taking sixteen credits this semester. I was doing fine for the first month, which is generally a baptism-by-fire type of workload. I still pulled all-nighters and drank coffee. I felt I was lacking in the social department since I had recently dropped going to the gym and decided to quit work to focus on studying and socializing, but keeping expenses to a minimum. I decided to become involved in Greek Life by joining a fraternity. I was hit by the ten-ton hammer that is pledge season. I am so behind in my schoolwork from missing so many consecutive classes due to lack of sleep and low motivation. Now I've hit rock-bottom. I have two B+'s, a C, and a C-. I'm completely unprepared for next week's final exams. I haven't read a quarter of the semester's workload. It seems irrational. The teachers here assign a week's load of work for a day, two of which we have per class. My community college friends who enrolled in other universities seem to be having it much easier. I feel that I've been dealt the wrong hand in life here by choosing to attend a prestigious school; sometimes I imagine transferring to another university, but I feel it's too late being a junior to start over. I don't see myself belonging here, amidst these robotic students with 3.5+ GPA's who eagerly take 18 credits a semester and enroll in organizations while having time for coffee with friends and going to parties. I've even lost interest in playing music, which is something I've always loved. I think this college and its high expectations are taking the best of me. People have said recently I've looked stressed, detached, and cold. I don't know what to do... I'm working 20 hours again to pay off pledge expenses. But now I feel like I'm not going to be able to go to grad school and will end up as a failure in life. How can I survive this next week, and what can I do about next semester? more

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Resolved Question: Do i have a chance at getting into NYU?

I've wanted to go to NYU ever since my Freshman year of high school (im now a senior). Rate my chances of getting into NYU ( 1 - 10 with one being smallest) please?? and i will major in business, if that helps....I just dont know if I can get in cuz theres nothing special about anything that I've done and I'm sure there will be much stronger applicants, both academically and in extracurriculars and other activities. and im applying regular decision - 3.7 unweighted GPA - 30 ACT - top ten percent of my class - scored 4 in AP Language and 5 in AP U.S History - classes this year (senior year): AP English Lit, AP U.S government, AP Macroeconomics, International Relations, Marine Science, Calculus Honors - Marketing intern at a company - 400 Community service hours - National Honor Society, human relations council (secretary) - Participated in National Youth Leadership council in Washington D.C for a week - Play flute and piano - speak 3 languages more

Voting Question: What are some tips in order to get into Yale?

I have great grades. All A's, so I guess a 4.0 gpa (my school does not use a 4.0 scale). I am in the top 10 of my class (not 10%, top TEN people out of over 400). I am an officer of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). There is one problem: I must retain a job to help support my family. With a job, I cannot do much (if any) community service. What tips do you guys have? I really want to get into a good school, University of PA is my backup. Also, what do I do for scholorships? Where are some good places to go? Can I apply while I am a junior? I have so many questions, any tips for success could help me a TON! Thank you a million times! more

Resolved Question: Which college has the best reputation for economics/business?

I am currently working on my application for a study abroad in the USA. Since my grades aren't the very best, I need to persuade the jury with my study proposal. This is basically a 2-page informational essay about the course of my life so far and my future goals, especially in education. I have received an education pretty focused on economics thus far and would therefore like to argue, that it would make the most sense for me to go to a college that has a very good reputation in the economics / business department. However, since, like I said, my grades aren't top notch, it can't be the most prestigious school either. The perfect fit would be a college that is generally seen as mediocre, but has a fine economics / business branch. The list of the colleges available is this: (Platz/Plätze = Number of available places) Duke University (Durham, North Carolina, 1 Platz) Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana, 2 Plätze) Middlebury College (Middlebury, Vermont, 1 Platz) Reed College (Portland, Oregon, 1 Platz) University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois, 1 Platz) University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1 Platz) Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1 Platz) Hampshire College (Amherst, Massachusetts, 1 Platz) Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana, 1 Platz) Rutgers University (Camden, New Jersey, 1 Platz) Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana, 4 Plätze) University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona, 1 Platz) University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1 Platz) University of California System (13 Plätze) (UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz) University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado, 2 Plätze) University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky, 1 Platz) University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland, 1 Platz) University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1 Platz) University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2 Plätze) University of Washington (Seattle, Washington, 1 Platz) So which of these would you recommend? I have to turn in a list of my top ten preferences. THANKS IN ADVANCE!!! more

Resolved Question: MBA - Failing Grade in Undergrad...?

I went to a top ten Undergraduate Business School (Cornell). My GPA stunk, with a 2.85. Even worse, I failed my Managerial Accounting course and it was one of the easier courses I had taken at Cornell. The course was graded off of the midterm and final only. The next year, I re-took the course. I aced the midterm, however, I got very sick when I had to take the final, didn't get a minute of sleep the night before the exam, and ended up getting 60 on it. So, I ended up with a C in the course the second time around. It's been over three years since I graduated. I still look back on this, and am astonished that I let myself fail a course, and then retake it and only get a C, when I could have Aced the course. It's honestly one of the biggest regrets I have in my life. Anyway, how will MBA admissions look at this? I mean, I can easily see them scratching their heads saying WOW he failed an accounting course? Retook it, and got a C? Is accounting that difficult for this guy?? It's depressing to think about! Also, I took the GMAT and scored a 710. more

Resolved Question: Should I pursue a dual major, major and concentration, or simply my finance degree?

A little history about me: I am attending Colorado State University as a Sophomore after leaving the US Navy four months ago with four honorable years of service. I am 24 years old. Since I began college, I found there are many opportunities, resources, and directions that can help me pursue a career in investment/corporate finance. My goal is to find employment/internship with a “Top-Ten” company or a Wallstreet firm. My options: 1. Double major with Finance and Computer Information Systems (additional 39 credit hours): This was suggested by a career advisor at Colorado State University. However, may cost me an additional year at college. (2.5 yrs as opposed to 1.5 years). I am not concerned with the money, but whether the effort is worth my time. 2. Finance degree with a certificate in CIS (21 additional credit hours). This allows me to add more communications courses and more economics and accounting courses to help me become more competitive. 3. Finance degree with no certificate and simply add a load of additional personal development courses, such as: advanced speaking, writing, negotiating, statistics, and additional accounting and economics courses. 4. Finance with a minor in foreign language. This was suggested by a family member involved in finance. However, this program will limit me from taking additional courses, in that, each language course is 5 credit hours apiece and every week day. Feel free to recommend something else, but please explain why you are recommending that route with consideration to making me more marketable to potential employers while being competitive as well. CSU is not an excellent school for business, so consider how I might achieve a position with one of the top ten companies or wall street firms with many of my competition graduating from more prestigious universities (HBS, Wharton, Sloan,...). Thank you for your time V/r, Mathew more

Resolved Question: Career question: Should I pursue a dual major in Finance/CIS for further career opportunities?

Resolved Question: I would like to know if someone can help me decide whether to double major with finance and CIS or not?

Resolved Question: Which job would look better pre-graduate school?

Right now I am a management trainee at Enterprise Rent-A-Car. I am looking at a possible job as a contract specialist for the government. My 5 year goal includes Business School to get my MBA. I am looking to go to a top 10 school and probably would look for something outside of the government when I got out because I am looking to make More than $125,000 by ten years from now. What do you think would be a better job to have on my resume. The contract specialist position would require me to move out of my parents house which is rent free. more

Resolved Question: Navy SEALs and Graduate School Admissions?

I am currently an Undergraduate student and I have three semesters left until I get my Bachelors degree in Political Science and Economics. At the time of my graduation I plan on having a GPA in the 3.4 to 3.5 range along with a long work history and several extracurriculars that i am currently becoming involved in. After I graduate I plan on joining the Navy and take a shot at the SEALs. I eventually want to attend graduate school to complete a joint Law Degree/ Business degree program. My dream is to attend a school that is a top ten school in both of these categories. I was just curious if anyone had any knowledge and/or experience as to the SEALs effect on admissions, and the weight it would carry on my application. If anybody has any information or insight on this issue it would be greatly appreciated. Thank You. more

Resolved Question: What do you think of my story? PLEASE read.?

Prologue If I told you I was a normal teenage girl from Atlanta, I would be lying. There’s really nothing “normal” me. At age six my parents gave me ten bucks to go into the grocery store and get a box of cereal. I bought the cereal and sat on the bench for two straight days, waiting for my parents to return. Finally the store manager called Child Services. I stayed in a lot of group homes and learned that some people don’t care about how old you are before the steal away all your innocence. When I was nine, a teenage boy at a group home in New York raped me. When I told my social worker she told me that sometimes those things just happen. At ten, a nice couple decided to take me in for a while. They even took me to France. Which is where they left, sold me actually. To a man who needed an innocent face to deliver his drugs. That lasted about a year. Soon enough, I snuck away one night. Made it to Paris. There, I survived by stealing. Something I learned I had quite a niche for. First it was just food. An apple from the market, a banana, or perhaps even a biscuit from the bakery. But it got so easy. Pick pocketing, my next step up the latter. Men in business coats who constantly are counting their Euro and buying a ton of coffee, women who wear fur coats and lots of jewelry, teenagers who wear the top brand of clothing and walk with their heads held higher than everyone else. Those are the people I chose. People who could spare some. But still, I got bored. The first time I wanted something and decided to take it by force, came to a shock to even me. I was walking along the side walk and I saw it. A cross necklace. Diamonds on each end. White gold from the cross to the chain. Just like the one my momma had. But I was sure hers wasn’t real. Hers was just a dollar store necklace with some 2 cent rhinestones. This was the necklace I wanted and I was sure going to get. That night, I stayed in the ally way behind the store until 2:21 AM. I slid my backpack inside a crack in the brick wall. There I stood, slipping on my black gloves and spandex. My long black, curly hair was tied into a French roll and covered with a tight black hat. This time I had to be careful. This was a jewelry store. Pulling a medal nail file out of my pocket, I used to it to unscrew the out side vent. Two seconds later I was inside. A can of spray paint, a lock pick kit, and a rope with a harness. I was in, out, and hooking my necklace around my neck in 2 minutes 22 seconds. A start of an epidemic. Now I’m fourteen and one of the top thieves for higher in the world. Just call me Robin. Chapter One Sitting in a desk with my head down, appearing to be asleep, I listened intently to my science teacher. She is explaining genetics. How one is dominate over another. Things I already knew. Here I went by Atlanta George. Get it? Yea, I know, so sly. To my clients I’m known as Robin. But to myself, I realize I have no real name. No one ever called me by a name until a few years ago when I restarted school, and that was just a name I made up. Don’t sweat the small details with the whole parent/ guardian stuff. When you’re a thief, things like this are easy. Anyway, since I’m sure you don’t want to hear about how genetics are past from parent to offspring, I’ll catch you up on my current client. Jeffry Collins is a rich man that needs an unofficial hand getting a hold of some documents to keep his company out of a law suit that could probably take him for everything he’s worth. So he called me. These documents have been removed from every hard drive in his company’s files, but one copy remains. This copy is in a vault in the basement of the Bank of England. A job that will take time a thought. But I have until Thursday. The Bank of England was originally built in 1732 by George Sampson. So everything is old school. Real old school. The vault is in the basement. Each floor has 4 security guards except for the basement; there’s 6. One in each hallway and two in front of the vault. A challenge for a fourteen year old girl, right? Wrong! I could do this in my sleep! The problem is, Thursday night there is a ball. Security will be off the charts. Not only because the American Black President will be there but also the royal family. No children. Normally I can pass for 18-20 but any older I’m really pushing it. This time, I’m not going to be able to just walk in like I normally do with a fake ID and a formal dress. I’m going to have to be invisible to everyone there. So I was thinking, go in threw the vents, weasel into a locked elevator shaft, drop a couple stories, climb in some more vents, set off an alarm on the top floor, get the documents and get out. It’s a lot harder than most of my jobs, but it’s not the hardest. Besides, this man is offering half a million. With that I could- yeah, I don’t know what I could do it. Save it until I am out of school? Buy a private island with all the money I have in my “CollBuy a private island with all the money I have in my “College” saving account? Yeah, I don’t really know yet. Glancing at the clock and seeing it was 3:00, I grabbed my backpack and stood up just as the bell rang. I almost made it to the door before I heard Madam Beaumont’s high voice, screeching my name. “Atlanta! Atlanta!” Spinning around on my toes, I stared at her not attempting to hide my annoyance. “Yes?” I snapped. I was so tired of Madam Beaumont. She wouldn’t bother me near as much if she could learn how to keep her nose on her face instead of in my business. Somehow that seemed to be difficult for her. “Could your parents please come to the conferences tomorrow night? I’d very much like to speak with them,” she said taking a seat behind her wooden desk. Ugh, not this again! I rolled my eyes and tossed my backpack on the floor. “Madam, look. My parents work and they often can’t make it. Tomorrow Mom has a staff meeting and my father is talking to a client about aclient about a problem with their bank account. So don’t get your hopes up.” I knew she had more to say to me, but I grabbed my bag and got out of there. Man she annoyed me. Two buses and a long walk later, I made it home. A small cottage a few miles outside the city was my very first real home. First it was a shack with a broken window and the roof falling in. After my first real job and a hefty payment, I found some unofficial contractor to fix up my home. Amazing what people will do when you pay them ten grand in cash. It was small but it was home. I threw my backpack on the floor, and pulled out my 22 from underneath the couch cushions. Thursday was going to be a serious job, and if I got caught in that vault they aren’t going to hesitate to shoot me in the back a few dozen times. If I was going to do this job, I better get some target practice in. I stacked to hay bales and hung a target. It was a simple dart board design but it served its purpose.The Title is "If Robin Hood was a Woman, He'd Enjoy the Tights" In the first chapter Robin is talking about her most recent job and how she's going to do it, but when she actually goes to the Bank Ball she learns that she wasn't the only one the man hired for this job. He also hired a female grifter to get what he needs if Robin can't get it for him. Later Isabelle, the grifter, and Robin form a bond. For the first time Robin's not on her own and Isabelle is has someone to protect. A mother-daughter bond forms and it becomes dangerous when they get hired to con a mob. What do you think? Be brutal. more

Resolved Question: What are my chances at University of Pennsylvania(Wharton)?

3.85 GPA (4.0 scale) Rank: I'm not sure if I am valedictorian, but I know that I am in the top 10% National Honors Society Sea Scouts(5 years) 8 APs (AP Economics, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Language and Composition, AP Government and Politics, AP Literature, and AP Statistics) All fives on AP tests Internship with Fermi lab Internship with Goldman Sachs People to People Ambassadors Performed for 40 Arab mayors and a Saudi Arabian prince at Arab Festival 33 ACT Fluent in French,Arabic, and Latin Peer tutor for two years NFTE Competition Finalist(National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship) 500 hours of Community Service JROTC Awards:Academic Excellence,Distinguished Cadet, Academic Achievement,and Student Government Class President Chicago Memorial Day Parade and JROTC Parade Mathematics Summer Program(University of Chicago) National Merit Scholar American Redcross member Oxfam Club Member Math Team Math Team (Regionals) Founder and President of student business club Founder and President of student-alumni club Founder of UN Model Team UN Model Team(State Finals) I own a online business that makes tens of thousands of dollars annually and I also make thousands investing in stocks Family Income Range(Total):200,000-300,000 Ethnicity:African American Gender:Male *Sports: I don't play sports for school but I sail, play golf, and play soccer as a leisure activity. Good recommendations and good essays I attend a competitive selective enrollment school *All the classes that I have taken are AP or Honors Any suggestions on how I could better my chances? more

Resolved Question: Could my school be hurting my chances of getting into college?

The school I go to is a Vocational High School, meaning that half the time, we study a 'shop.' Some of these include Culinary Arts, Plumbing, and IT. I am in Business Technology. Because my school has so much emphasis on the vocational study area, we do not get all of the classes offered at other schools. Examples: We have one foreign language: Spanish. The highest level you can go to in here is 4 or 5. We have to AP courses. Calculus, and History. I will only be able to get into history because I took Algebra I freshman year. We have limited science classes. We have biology, physics, and chemistry as the only honors and college prep classes. The rest are lower level/remedial classes. I took honors for the past two years, but in Junior/Senior year you can only get college prep. They do not offer courses like Psychology, which is one of the best for the field I wish to go in to (Special Education). In English, we get Honors, College Prep, and Regular. At the rate I am going, I will have honors all four years (95+ average every term, Outstanding Achievement Award last year) We also do not have the clubs that some schools offer. I recently got accepted into National Honor Society, and plan to join the Aviation Club next year, but nothing else really interests me. We have no drama clubs or anything. My school is one of the top ten Vocational Schools in the country, and everyone passes the standardized tests and whatnot. I just don't know if the lack of offerings in the academic department and extra curricular activities will hurt me. more

Resolved Question: Can anyone edit my Illustration Essay Plz.?

Overcoming the Past It seems to me that so many people like to blame the past on whatever mistakes are made later on in life. After reading the newspaper, magazines, and autobiographies for many years, I get the feeling that people find it easy to recall the past and lay blame. Johnny who is teased unmercifully by his classmates grows up to commit premeditated murder. The blame lies with the classmates rather than Johnny’s poor choices and lack of control. Whether it was an abusive family, physical trauma, or just anything out of the ordinary, the past seems to play a part, especially when it comes to wrongdoing. However, one can get beyond the past. For instance, Oprah Winfrey suffered a terrible childhood. More than one adult abused her sexually. Her mother abandoned her when she was three years old. Relatives told Oprah the story of how her grandmother would “whip” her mother everyday. Then at the age of nine, a cousin raped Oprah, so sexual abuse was ongoing throughout her teens until she was sent to live with her father. Oprah could have used all of the trauma from her childhood for an excuse to sit around her adult life perhaps doing nothing or wreaking havoc on the rest of the world, blaming the past for her behavior. Instead, she overcame the trauma to become one of the most powerful and wealthiest people in the world. Her popular television talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, provides testimony to how she successfully overcame the past and developed a very fruitful life. I know people personally who have lived terrible lives in the past and went on to become successful later on in life. Growing up in the tight, little village in Monrovia, where everyone knew each other’s business, I recall a childhood friend who had a very difficult life. By today’s standards we were all poor. Nevertheless, most of the neighborhood consisted of hardworking parents raising their families, offering any security and love that they could. One little girl named Becky, however, seemed worse off than the rest of us. Her father drank; her mother sat around mostly and smoked cigarettes. Becky always seemed to be in her own little world. She would sit on the cluttered porch in her tattered clothes and worn out shoes when we were not in school. Her sad eyes peered out through her tousled hair covering her face. Sometimes Becky would play with the rest of us. I never remember her mother calling her in to eat dinner or paying much attention to this child. Her life did not seem as good as that of the rest of the children in the neighborhood. And to top it off, when she was about ten years old, her mother died! She was sent to live on another street in the neighborhood with her Aunt Rose. Much sadness surrounded this child, but today she is one of the most successful people in the community as an owner of her own Becky’s Pride dress shop and as a member of the local School Board. She did not let the sadness of childhood hinder her path to adulthood. Determination, strength, and character can overcome life’s traumas. And Becky certainly exemplifies this. Counselors, psychologists, and the media seem to dwell on the fact that trauma in a person’s life is what frequently causes social problems such as crime. Courts are filled with lawyers arguing their cases by using the past environment as a crutch for current poor choices of behavior. And yes, people like Jeffrey Dhamer, Son of Sam, and other notorious people who have committed horrible crimes blame these actions on their past. This seems to be an easy route to take in addressing serious, underlying problems. However, many people like Oprah and Becky have made the choice to overcome the past and have pursued very rewarding lives. They not only have created a productive life for themselves but also have reached out to others with assistance, direction, influence and support. Oprah and Becky offer a beacon of light in the direction of overcoming a difficult and challenging past. more

Resolved Question: What are my chances at University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)?

3.85 GPA (4.0 scale) Rank: I'm not sure if I am valedictorian, but I know that I am in the top 10% National Honors Society Sea Scouts(5 years) 8 APs (AP Economics, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Language and Composition, AP Government and Politics, AP Literature, and AP Statistics) All fives on AP tests Internship with Fermi lab Internship with Goldman Sachs People to People Ambassadors Performed for 40 Arab mayors and a Saudi Arabian prince at Arab Festival 33 ACT Fluent in French,Arabic, and Latin Peer tutor for two years NFTE Competition Finalist(National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship) 500 hours of Community Service JROTC Awards:Academic Excellence,Distinguished Cadet, Academic Achievement,and Student Government Class President Chicago Memorial Day Parade and JROTC Parade Mathematics Summer Program(University of Chicago) National Merit Scholar American Redcross member Oxfam Club Member Math Team Math Team (Regionals) Founder and President of student business club Founder and President of student-alumni club Founder of UN Model Team UN Model Team(State Finals) I own a online business that makes tens of thousands of dollars annually and I also make thousands investing in stocks Family Income Bracket:100,000-150,000 Ethnicity:African American Gender:Male *Sports: I don't play sports for school but I sail, play golf, and play soccer as a leisure activity. Good recommendations and good essays I attend a competitive selective enrollment school *All the classes that I have taken are AP or Honors more

Resolved Question: What are my chances at Harvard Business?

3.85 GPA (4.0 scale) Rank: I'm not sure if I am valedictorian, but I know that I am in the top 10% National Honors Society Sea Scouts(5 years) 8 APs (AP Economics, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Language and Composition, AP Government and Politics, AP Literature, and AP Statistics) All fives on AP tests Internship with Fermi lab Internship with Goldman Sachs People to People Ambassadors Performed for 40 Arab mayors and a Saudi Arabian prince at Arab Festival 33 ACT Fluent in French,Arabic, and Latin Peer tutor for two years NFTE Competition Finalist(National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship) 500 hours of Community Service JROTC Awards:Academic Excellence,Distinguished Cadet, Academic Achievement,and Student Government Class President Chicago Memorial Day Parade and JROTC Parade Mathematics Summer Program(University of Chicago) National Merit Scholar American Redcross member Oxfam Club Member Math Team Math Team (Regionals) Founder and President of student business club Founder and President of student-alumni club Founder of UN Model Team UN Model Team(State Finals) I own a online business that makes tens of thousands of dollars annually and I also make thousands investing in stocks Family Income Bracket:100,000-150,000 Ethnicity:African American Gender:Male *Sports: I don't play sports for school but I sail, play golf, and play soccer as a leisure activity. Good recommendations and good essays I attend a competitive selective enrollment school *All the classes that I have taken are AP or Honors more

Resolved Question: What are my chances for University of Pennsylvania(Wharton)?

3.85 GPA (4.0 scale) Rank: I'm not sure if I am valedictorian, but I know that I am in the top 10% National Honors Society Sea Scouts(5 years) 8 APs (AP Economics, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Language and Composition, AP Government and Politics, AP Literature, and AP Statistics) All fives on AP tests Internship with Fermi lab Internship with Goldman Sachs People to People Ambassadors Performed for 40 Arab mayors and a Saudi Arabian prince at Arab Festival 33 ACT Fluent in French,Arabic, and Latin Peer tutor for two years NFTE Competition Finalist(National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship) 500 hours of Community Service JROTC Awards:Academic Excellence,Distinguished Cadet, Academic Achievement,and Student Government Class President Chicago Memorial Day Parade and JROTC Parade Mathematics Summer Program(University of Chicago) National Merit Scholar American Redcross member Oxfam Club Member Math Team Math Team (Regionals) Founder and President of student business club Founder and President of student-alumni club Founder of UN Model Team UN Model Team(State Finals) I own a online business that makes tens of thousands of dollars annually and I also make thousands investing in stocks Family Income Bracket:100,000-150,000 Ethnicity:African American Gender:Male *Sports: I don't play sports for school but I sail, play golf, and play soccer as a leisure activity. Good recommendations and good essays I attend a competitive selective enrollment school *Also, my father was accepted to MIT but never attended MIT. Would that still increase my chances of getting into MIT? *Classes that are not AP are all honors more

Resolved Question: What are my chances for University of Pennsylvania(Wharton),Chicago(Booth), and MIT(Sloan)?

3.85 GPA (4.0 scale) Rank: I'm not sure if I am valedictorian, but I know that I am in the top 10% National Honors Society Sea Scouts(5 years) 8 APs (AP Economics, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Language and Composition, AP Government and Politics, AP Literature, and AP Statistics) All fives on AP tests Internship with Fermi lab Internship with Goldman Sachs People to People Ambassadors Performed for 40 Arab mayors and a Saudi Arabian prince at Arab Festival 33 ACT Fluent in French,Arabic, and Latin Peer tutor for two years NFTE Competition Finalist(National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship) 500 hours of Community Service JROTC Awards:Academic Excellence,Distinguished Cadet, Academic Achievement,and Student Government Class President Chicago Memorial Day Parade and JROTC Parade Mathematics Summer Program(University of Chicago) National Merit Scholar American Redcross member Oxfam Club Member Math Team Math Team (Regionals) Founder and President of student business club Founder and President of student-alumni club Founder of UN Model Team UN Model Team(State Finals) I own a online business that makes tens of thousands of dollars annually and I also make thousands investing in stocks Family Income Bracket:100,000-150,000 Ethnicity:African American Gender:Male *Sports: I don't play sports for school but I sail, play golf, and play soccer as a leisure activity. Good recommendations and good essays I attend a competitive selective enrollment school *Also, my father was accepted to MIT but never attended MIT. Would that still increase my chances of getting into MIT?All classes that are not AP are honors. more

Resolved Question: Can I get in to Brown University? (please help!!)?

I am a rising senior in high school in the class of 2010. I recently visited Brown University and fell IN LOVE. If anyone can tell me if I have a chance there, I would greatly appreciate it! And if you can, please recommend any other schools that might be a better fit. Here are my stats: Academic -GPA: 4.0 (weighted 4.480) -Class rank: 6th out of 370 -SAT: 2080 (CR-700, M-680, W-680) -ACT: 32 -Course Load: Full IB student (6 IB courses plus TOK, an extended essay, and community service) Extracurricular -Interact Club (I was the secretary in 2007-08 and the President 2008-09 and 2009-10) -Beta Club -NHS (Treasurer for 2009-10) -French Club -Foreign Language Club (started the club and was later the President in 2007-08) -Member of a prestigious local dance company throughout high school(6-14 hours per week) -Started a non-profit business selling t-shirts to raise money for established charities (Yes, it is a real business with a tax ID # and bank account) Honors -Identified as a top student in the state of Georgia -Asked to be a member of the pre-professional division of a local dance company (2006-07 and 2007-08) -Recognized as a Rotary Student of the Month 3 times -Recipient of a Rotary Scholarship -Top Ten in my class Other activities: -Mission trip to Ghana (2007) -Foreign Exchange Student to Switzerland to speak French (summer of 2008) -Community Service trip to a Conservation Base in Peru (summer of 2009) -Summer program at Brown University for Leadership (summer of 2009) Thank you for your help!I'm ranked 6th with a 4.0 because of the classes I take. Some classes at my school carry more weight than others such as high level languages or high level math. It all depends on how long you have been in the school system to gather up those credits and I transferred in freshman year so I don't have as many as some students. more

Resolved Question: Really depressed and stressed and need some advice?

This upcoming semester I will be going into highschool. i am in band, so i'll have to go to band camp over the summer, which my parents CONSTANTLY talk about how it'll be so hard for me to manage it and everything else - they do it so often that I want to quit band. I'm first chair in my section in the biggest junior high in my area... I love music, I absolutely love it, so i knew something was wrong when I actually debated quitting band this next year... It seems like my parents are TRYING to make me feel this way, so I won't 'set myself up for disappointment' as they have even said they've tried to do for me before, which doesn't help. I am taking some highschool courses at my school, and I passed the exams, so I want to take a 'p' instead of the letter grade, because I have a low B but a high score... They don't seem to understand that and argued with me over it for awhile... Generally I do okay - not excellent, like all A's perfect attendence - but better than a lot of kids... My parents have been ragging on me for two bad grades I made about FOUR MONTHS AGO... I took the ACT test last year through a program they were trying to develop in our school and I made a 22 on the test. Soon I got lots of pamphlets from top highschools and colleges.. A couple days after I made the bad grade I received another pamphlet from a top highschool up state.. They basically told me 'to forget it' if I keep making such bad grades like that.. It's not much of an excuse, but I was sick when i took those tests. Of course I'm not going to do as great as possible, at least I try. Like every year we have awards at the end of the semester.. My mom got upset that I only received one award while another kid received, like, 20. They're not even for anything that important! It's for the teachers to decide who they liked the best over the year. Besides that, they're borderline mentally/emotionally abusive. I remember once, I had basically had a nervous breakdown after trying them to tell them how depressed I was, and said I wanted to give up (not on life, just give up in general) . I was crying a lot, and they just stood watching me, calling me 'turtle' and other things because I was trying to hide my face because it was so embarassing for them to see me cry. My mom said that 'maybe I should see a counselor', almost jokingly, to which my dad replied,' screw the counselor, she needs a (deleted) shrink,' which I thought was really hurtful. I'm still insecure about telling people my feelings.. I've been to the lowest of low in life, at ten years old.. I'm pretty sure you can figure out what I mean. My grandmother has cancer of the lungs... The hospital didn't know where it had originated from because it'd gotten so bad it got in her blood. They messed up on the scan and then later discovered that it had come from her lungs. Everyone is giving up on her, and it's not fair to her. I know I'm whining about my grades and my parents and I know that will pass eventually, but they are giving up on her! Her son, my father, told her that she will probably die, only a few days after she was diagnosed! They have just started therapy. Apparently she'd had the cancer since October of last year. My father has to stay with my grandfather a lot because he is so old and weak and has heart problems that he can't take care of himself. My uncle on my mother's side has a wife that literally tells him that she hopes he gets hit while he's out jogging, and they suspect she's tried to kill him before, but he can't get divorced because he'll lose his job... He runs a business from home while taking care of the kids. She's 'sick' and manages to take 8 prescription medicines, a few of which cause suicidal tendencies and agression. They have five children all under the age of six, and they know things they shouldn't know. They're four year old tells her father that she hates her mother... It's horrible, and my grandparents on my mom's side have to take care of them a lot and might have to move across the state, which means the only family I'll have down where I live are my parents. It seems my and my family's lives are falling apart.. Lots of them don't know each other's problems because we don't really communicate to each other because of a lot of family fighting, so they settle for the next best thing - me, and that's hard for a 14 year old to deal with along with everything else. Yes, I realize people have it a lot worse than me. I realize this could be taken as whining, and if it is, I'm sorry. I try to be sensitive to others' situations. This kind of happened all at once for me, and it's too much, considering I don't really tell anyone what is going on because I'm afraid. I know I'm not the worst, by far, and I pray for those who have it worse. Honestly, I just need to vent and get some advice, because I'm at the point where I feel like breaking down at the slightest thing.Thanks for reading this.my parents basically call me stupid sometimes - sorry, i didn't have enough room more

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Resolved Question: Do you like my story???????????????

Heres the first part: “Where did you get those shoes, the Salvation Army?” Worshipped and feared mean girl Claire von Ruben strikes again. We weren’t even ten minutes into our junior year of high school and she was already burning out the freshies. It figured. She was, of course, one of the legendary three queen bees of East Heights Preparatory School for Young Ladies. That gave her the right to rule the school, according to her popular-but-not-as-popular-as-her posse of lowly worker bees that would spit shine her shoes for her if she told them to. The fact that her dad was a world-renowned business man had for some reason put her on top at our school. Maybe it was because she could afford tuition, a Mercedes, and the limited Dolce and Gabanna heels that everybody else wanted but couldn’t afford; everyone, that is, except for Giovanna Sinclaire, and Claire’s own twin sister, Olivia. These were the three bees of E.H.P, all powerfully reigning over the school. Claire and Gi were best friends – competitive best friends, constantly trying to out-do each other. Then, there was Olivia, sweet and demure, who held her power with grace instead of using it for evil. So this is basically our high school caste system of cool: 1.The “in” crowd consisting of jocks, cheerleaders, preps, and the riches…definitely the riches. 2.The brains – people who earn A’s and A+’s in every class, but are still beautiful. 3.The nerds – people obsessed with a certain subject (math, computers, science, drama, etc.) 4.Rebels – emo, Goth, etc. 5.Creeps – this one is kind of self explanatory. That’s basically it. I know what you’re thinking: It’s totally shallow. Which it is, totally, but that’s just the way things work around here. As for me, I’m a brain that doubles as the best friend of Olivia. Believe me, being Olivia von Ruben’s best friend does have its benefits, but I really do love her and wouldn’t trade her for her entire closet. Being her best friend also has left me educated on the way that families that are much more fortunate than most operate: Grow up rich, never get to see your parents, have multiple nannies, chefs, and maids, get whatever you want, and make your own rules. Sounds great, right? Well, that’s what I used to think, too.Is this a good continuation? “Oh, come on, Claire. Don’t you think you’re maybe being just a little harsh?” Gi sneered, her voice having a certain serpanty quality to it. “After all, those shoes aren’t half as repulsive as, oh I don’t know, that knock off Chanel bag she’s towing around.” She glanced over at Claire, waiting for her to add something to the package. “Well, Gi, I personally have the duty to point out that those knee highs-” “Personally, I love her outfit,” I couldn’t believe I actually just said that. I just interrupted and disagreed with Claire von Ruben. God save me. “It shows that you don’t have to wear designer brands to be stylish. Her vest complements her blouse perfectly and goes great with her uniform skirt. Her flats have a playful element to them, and when paired with her knee highs, radiate a soft sweetness,” I had fallen victim to a trademark C and Gi death stare. “And the pearls make the entire outfit look very distinguished,"Thank you, Olivia! Claire opened her mouth to say something, but slammed it shut just as the homeroom teacher busted through the door. The aroma of coffee filled the entire room. Or was that the scent of victory? more

Resolved Question: Help me with this please?

“Where did you get those shoes, the Salvation Army?” Worshipped and feared mean girl Claire von Ruben strikes again. We weren’t even ten minutes into our junior year of high school and she was already burning out the freshies. It figured. She was, of course, one of the legendary three queen bees of East Heights Preparatory School for Young Ladies. That gave her the right to rule the school, according to her popular-but-not-as-popular-as-her posse of lowly worker bees that would spit shine her shoes for her if she told them to. The fact that her dad was a world-renowned business man had for some reason put her on top at our school. Maybe it was because she could afford tuition, a Mercedes, and the limited Dolce and Gabanna heels that everybody else wanted but couldn’t afford; everyone, that is, except for Giovanna Sinclaire, and Claire’s own twin sister, Olivia. These were the three bees of E.H.P, all powerfully reigning over the school. Claire and Gi were best friends – competitive best friends, constantly trying to out-do each other. Then, there was Olivia, sweet and demure, who held her power with grace instead of using it for evil. So this is basically our high school caste system of cool: 1.The “in” crowd consisting of jocks, cheerleaders, preps, and the riches…definitely the riches. 2.The brains – people who earn A’s and A+’s in every class, but are still beautiful. 3.The nerds – people obsessed with a certain subject (math, computers, science, drama, etc.) 4.Rebels – emo, Goth, etc. 5.Creeps – this one is kind of self explanatory. That’s basically it. I know what you’re thinking: It’s totally shallow. Which it is, totally, but that’s just the way things work around here. As for me, I’m a brain that doubles as the best friend of Olivia. Believe me, being Olivia von Ruben’s best friend does have its benefits, but I really do love her and wouldn’t trade her for her entire closet. Being her best friend also has left me educated on the way that families that are much more fortunate than most operate: Grow up rich, never get to see your parents, have multiple nannies, chefs, and maids, get whatever you want, and make your own rules. Sounds great, right? Well, that’s what I used to think, too. This is the first part.....Do you think this is a good continuation? “Oh, come on, Claire. Don’t you think you’re maybe being just a little harsh?” Gi sneered, her voice having a certain serpanty quality to it. “After all, those shoes aren’t half as repulsive as, oh I don’t know, that knock off Chanel bag she’s towing around.” She glanced over at Claire, waiting for her to add something to the package. “Well, Gi, I personally have the duty to point out that those knee highs-” “Personally, I love her outfit,” I couldn’t believe I actually just said that. I just interrupted and disagreed with Claire von Ruben. God save me. “It shows that you don’t have to wear designer brands to be stylish. Her vest complements her blouse perfectly and goes great with her uniform skirt. Her flats have a playful element to them, and when paired with her knee highs, radiate a soft sweetness,” I had fallen victim to a trademark C and Gi death stare. “And the pearls make the entire outfit look very distinguished,” Thank you, Olivia! Claire opened her mouth to say something, but slammed it shut just as the homeroom teacher busted through the door. The aroma of coffee filled the entire room. Or was that the scent of victory? more

Voting Question: Could you check my mistakes?

I personally believe that Malaysia is the best country to open a new Disneyland. Malaysia is on top of the list for Southeast Asia most visited nation and 3rd in Asia region just after China and Hong Kong and France being the most visited nation in the world. The total population of Malaysia is about 27 million and is made up of different ethnic groups and races. The population of Malaysia is relatively young and it is very important for Disneyland because young people have great willing to try this kind of services. The 0-15 age group constitutes approximately 39% of the population and 57% of the population is in the 16-64 working-age group. Also, due to the multi-cultural influence here, many Malaysians can speak many languages, like Mandarin, Arabic or English. English language is the second language and is taught in schools. Most of Malaysians speak English fluently so it gives a great advantage over different countries because good understanding of English helps when you dealing with business partners. Violent crime involving tourists and in Malaysia is relatively uncommon. According to the Crime Statistic figures, Malaysia has relatively low crime rate and it is one of ten safest countries. It is very important because tourists must fell safety. The law of Malaysia is mainly based on the common law legal system and it is actually a country that welcomes foreign investments. In Malaysia it is relatively easy to set-up a business. When you are doing a business in you have to remember that sometimes is difficult for people in Malaysia to say “no” or to deliver bad news and they don’t always take the word “yes” to mean “I agree”. You also need to be sensitive to the ethic background of contact. Do not give alcohol or pork-based items to Muslim and avid sharp objects or clocks when dealing with the Chinese. Some provinces observe Friday as the day of rest and close for business so the owner of Disneyland must consider localization of the business. more

Resolved Question: Do recruiters view MBM's equivalent to MBA's?

mbm - master of business management I go to a top ten school and I am planning on getting an mba in the future. However, the mba program at my school often weights work experience very heavily in admissions, and I think i have a better chance at getting into the MBM program, which is offered through the business school in conjunction with other departments. Will getting an MBM instead of an MBA from a top ten school change how recruiters will view my application when i apply to jobs? Is MBM worse? more

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Resolved Question: is it impossible to get into texas a&m business school without being in top ten percent?

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Resolved Question: Any Reason Why I Wouldn't Get Hire Or Wouldn't Want to Become A New Orleans Cop?

I am a male, 24 run like ten miles five days a week. In good shape, shoot a lot. Have a college degree in business from a top state school, no debt, descent credit, no criminal record at all. more

Resolved Question: Serious question for Americans:Top Ten Most crime cities in USA. Pls see details.?

Please also tell me if St. Louise (Missouri) is also one of the top 10 most crime cities and where does it stand among top ten most crime cities, i.e. whether its number is one or second or third and so on. If St.Louse is among top ten most crime cities, which area/s is/are considered as most crime place/s in St. Louis. Also please advise me if St. Louis is suitable for living, doing business and and which is the best place/s in St. Louis from livingable, security, safety, shopping, medical facilities, schooling,environment, etc. points of view. Your right, honest and frank answer will be greatly important for me in order to decide my future program for moving to St.Louis in near future. Your detailed reply for proper guidance will be much appreciated. Thanks a lot and God bless America. more

Resolved Question: my tribute speech on barack obama?

so for my english class we have to do a tribute speech on someone we look up to and first i chose my mom then i changed it to my dad then i changed it to obama can anyone help me write my tribute speech? or help me with some ideas this is what it has to have... Step 1 (Investigate/Decide) - 250 words; due Thursday, January 8 Yes, you have to do this step, so stop whining. Reflect on a significant personality who has had an impact on our world, or who has personally influenced you. oWhy do you look up to this person? What do you consider worthy of tribute about him/her? oList his/her admirable traits oCreate a list of 5 to 10 interview questions that you would ask this person if given the opportunity to interview him or her. Consider using words and phrases such as: justify, explain, evaluate, “to what extent”, classify, describe, determine, implement, defend, etc. (See list of possible words to use in formulating a question) oIf you had an opportunity to thank this person, what would you thank him/her for? Step Two: (Investigate/Research continues) – due with step 3 Now that you’ve chosen your subject, investigate and record on paper the answers to the following bulleted questions/statements oBiography –origins (background, family life, education, etc) oTimeline – highlight accomplishments oRelevancy- just what is it that makes your subject worthy of this tribute speech? oUse library and Internet as needed (you must have at least 6 sources for this speech. If your speech is about a famous person, you must make sure they are accurate…keep track of them on work-cited page. If your speech is about a person who is not famous, then you must use interviews, old local newspaper articles, old family albums, etc.) Step Three: Plan and Decide (Create Outline of Speech) – due Thursday, January 15 Decide which information you will use from your research. Plan the best way to organize your information into an effective speech. Create an outline of your speech (please put details on the outline) Example of how you might organize speech: oQuote or eye-opening fact; statistic; etc…hook oBiography of Individual oAccomplishments oWhy tribute to this individual? **Step Four: Create Full Written Draft of Speech – Due Tuesday, January 20 Create your manuscript with an introduction, body, and conclusion. Include the stylistic devices listed for objective #5. Cite sources within your manuscript as appropriate using MLA format. You will need a Work Cited page as well. Peer Edit and Revision Step Five •Rehearse—create note cards and time yourself. •Did you remember to cite sources and create your work cited page? Step Six: Presentation of Speeches with Peer Evaluation/Turn in Manuscript. All Speeches due Tuesday, January 20 whether it is your day to present or not! Keep a copy for yourself! Present and Evaluate Speeches (4 to 6 minutes) and this is what i have so far: January 21, 2009 English 10 Barack Obama was born August 4, 1961. Honolulu , Hawaii , USA . His full name is Barack Hussein Obama Jr.; which means “Blessed by God”, in Arabic He was born to a white American mother, Ann Dunham. And a black father, Barack Obama, Sr. they both were students at the University of Hawaii . His father left to Harvard while his wife and son stayed behind. His father went back to Kenya where he worked as an economist. Barack’s mother remarried an Indonesian. He worked as an oil manager. His father would write to him, but due to his business, he visited his son only once, and that was when Barack was ten. Barack managed to go to one of Hawaii ’s top prep academy, which is Punahou School . Then later on Barack attended Columbia University . He became a community organizer for a small Chicago church for three years. He helped poor south side people deal with a wave of plant closing. Then he attended Harvard Law School . In 1990 he became the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review. Then in Chicago he practiced civil-rights law. In 2004 Barack Obama was elected to the U.S senate as a Demarcate representing Illinois . Then in November, 2008 he ran for president as a democrat and won! And now he is the 44th president of the United States and the first African- American running for president. Barack Obama’s greatest accomplishment is his family, His two daughters and wife. He is worthy of my tribute speech because he is the very brave and he is the first African- American president. And because he is Step One- investigate/design I look up to this person because he has done many good things. THANKS =D more

Resolved Question: Who likes Harry Potter? (I do.)?

Okay for you Twilight haters or Harry Potter haters don't bother wasting my time. In my opinion Harry Potter surpasses Twilight but I love reading the Twilight series very much. So don't go bashing them. Whoever does or is thinking about it... grow up. Anyway this is an essay I wrote on Harry Potter that I'd like you to read. It is a VERY rough copy and also pretty long. So you don't have to read it. Let me remind you I'm only in 8th grade. I had to write it on my favorite series to try and convince some students to read it. (Basically haters.) Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If I had the time, I could think of hundreds of different reasons why you should love Harry Potter; maybe even thousands! Many people claim that they don’t like the Harry Potter books. But that’s only because they’ve never read them… These top ten reasons are the first that came to mind, but they only skim the surface. 10)Genre- The Harry Potter books are fantasy. However, when you read them, it doesn’t seem like fantasy. The books are believable. What I mean is that even though there are magic and mythical creatures, it seems real. The way the books are written makes it seem like having magic is a regular part of everyday life; sort of like there’s magic in our world too. Since the books are about the people, not the magic, they hook the reader. So, even people who hate fantasy can enjoy Harry Potter. 9)Humor- A lot of the time the stories are grim and dark. But the author never hesitates to put a little humor in. Whether it’s a stink bomb in the Great Hall or a boy’s embarrassing dress robes with lace; J.K. puts it in. It lightens up the story even if only for a few moments. 8)Magic- In the books the magic is AMAZING! There are fantastic spells, potions, enchantments, hexes, and jinxes. One of my favorite hexes is called ‘petrificus totalus’. When cast, it locks your opponent’s skeleton together. They fall to the floor; unable to move or speak. There are dark spells too, of murder and torture. As the books go on, Harry learns more and more about dark magic. There are three Unforgivable Curses: The Cruciatus; curse of torture, The Imperius; curse of control, and the finally the death curse; Avada Kadavra. He survives all three. 7)Separate Books- Each book in the Harry Potter Series has its own separate adventure. Every one of them has a different story line. They follow Harry as he learns and grows. Each year at school is a different book. Even though it’s a series, the author doesn’t keep you waiting at the end of the book. Something major has been accomplished by Harry and he goes off for another summer at the Dursleys (his evil aunt and uncle).There is a sense of closure to each piece. 6)Team- Harry’s ‘team’ is always with him. Together Harry, Hermione, and Ron, conquer what they couldn’t alone. His friends never falter to appear at his side, even when he doesn’t need them. It’s nice to see the main character rely on them instead of having to do everything himself. The strength of his friendship with them helps him accomplish a lot more. 5)Thinking Ahead- I love how J.K. Rowling makes little things in earlier books become extremely important in later books. Many things that are casually mentioned and are barely noticeable turn out to be of great significance in the books to come. For example; one day Harry, Hermione, and Ron walked into a pub called the Hog’s Head. The pub owner was there minding his own business, wiping glasses. The three children barely took notice of him, except when they ordered their drinks. Then, in the last book, the owner turned out to be very important. He was the brother of Albus Dumbledore, a beloved lost friend. He helped them uncover mysteries about Dumbledore and even saved their lives! 4)Conflicts- Every kind of conflict in literature, is presented in these books. First of all, you can see evidence of Man to Man conflicts. There are tons of battles, and wars, and fights, and duels. Secondly, Man against Society comes into play. The government, or as the magical world calls it, the Ministry of Magic, always interferes with Harry’s plans. Sometimes the government hates him, and sometimes they try to use him as an icon! Next, there’s Man against Self. Harry can never figure out what to do next. Nothing is easy to decide on. Almost every choice he can make leads him into trouble. J.K. Rowling is constantly showing Harry as indecisive. This illustrates him growing up. The fourth conflict is Man against Nature. There isn’t much of this type of conflict, but at certain times Harry finds himself running from famished giant spiders, or being taken down by a ruthless, angry willow tree. Last, but definitely not least, is (drum roll please…) Man against Fate. Throughout the whole series (even though Harry doesn’t know for quite some time), he has to dodge the fact that it is his destiny, or fate, to kill so more

Resolved Question: Chances of getting into Wharton?

I am a freshmen now, but have always dreamed of going to Wharton. I am in 1 AP(Human Geography), 2hrs (Math and Lit),intro to bus, Spanish 2(skipped over Spanish 1), bio(possibly getting moved up to hnrs second semester which would be my third honors. I am going to take around 8 to 9 Ap's mostly dealing with business or economics. AP calculus, AP economics AP accounting AP world History, AP u.s. history AP lit, A modern lit, AP Human Am in the top 3 or 4% out of 550 in a top ten Illinois school. GPA unweighted 5 out of 5 weighted 5.41666667 Cross Country, polar bear club (winter running), track, in junior and senior year NHS, am going to see about starting a business club next year, caddy since 14, lawn mowing since about 9 years old Going to start a mini lawn mowing business during summer. Next year will join debate team, math team, and junior year will try for school president. Also i volunteer 3-4 hours a week at public library. I have a history of doing well on high pressure test. I am not a genius, but i work extremely hard. I do consider myself pretty smart but not a genius. I was also student of the month december(if this means anything) I also will be doing either an internship my senior year or a program called business academy that is a high end business internship in which you have to apply to.(my counselor says i will make it in) I am really good at writhing essays if I have a while to work on them so essay should not be a problem. What should I work on? If Wharrton is out of reach where else could i go that is a prestigious school. Thank You more

Resolved Question: When only Ivy League will do!?

I need some help here. I am planning to go into business academia and I am in the process of applying to different schools. I went for the Top Ten Schools for a PhD in Accounting (6 of them are Ivy Leagues). My friends have been trying to convince me to lower my sights or end up wasting money on application fees. They believe my background isn't solid enough to get me into those schools. I am 26 years old; I earned my accounting bachelor with a GPA of 3.83 and since none of the programs require a MBA, I intend on starting right away with doctoral studies. I have won several honors and scholarships and I was the head tutor of the accounting lab in my university. The only problem is that my GRE scores were a disaster (Quant-700, Verbal-490, Analytical-4.0). My friends told me that people with much better scores and undergrad and grad GPAs of 4.00 still do not get into Ivy League, and therefore I do not stand a chance. I still want to take a shot at it and will like to have the input of the Yahoo community. Thanks for your help. PS: I am currently working as an auditor and I am in the process of earning my CPA license, thus I do not have the time to study to re-take the GRE exam. more

Resolved Question: WHAT COLLEGE CAN I APPLY TO (TEN POINTS)?

Which colleges can I apply to? Hi. I am really hoping you can help me with colleges and I would really appreciate it. See, I moved to America when I was eight from Belarus (a small country next to Russia) and my parents do not know much about colleges; therefore, I am trying to figure out as much as I can. I am currently in 10th grade at a public school which is top ten in New Jersey, my STATS are: 4 years of girls varsity tennis 4 years of multi cultural club – vice preident 4 years of Future business leaders of America – secretary (hopefully will become vice-president) 4 years of varsity club 4 years of science league 3 years of mock trials – vice president 3 years of model united nations 3 years of academic team 3 years of Latin club 9th grade publicist VOLUNTEER/SERVICE; senator's office school library Belarus orphanage (over 800 hours - I have been volunteering since I was 7 during my summer vacation) AP; European history, world history [DIDN'T THESE CLASSES YET BUT I AM PLANNING TO] HONORS; biology, world history, us history I, math, spanish 4 [DID NOT TAKE MATH OR SPANISH YET] ETHNICITY; Belorussian GENDER; female My weighed GPA is 3.989, however, I screwed up my freshman year and hopefully will improve. Also, I will be ranked for tennis in USTA (since NYU is like a DIII school in tennis) Also, I was thinking of starting a non-profit organization - does anyone have any tips on this?! I know my GPA and my classes arn't great - but my extra curriculars and the fact that I'm an immigrant and completely fluent in another language? PLEASE HELP ME :) I give points generously! more