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• Got my hourglass! posted (11 months, 3 weeks) ago
  I’m so proud - I just noticed I finally got my “long time user” hourglass on here…

• How do I financially help someone anonymously? posted (11 months, 3 weeks) ago
  One of my best friends needs financial help badly. I have the money to help her, but I know she w…

• Interested in opinions from everyone. posted (1 year) ago
  Our 15 year old was invited by her boyfriend’s family (he’s 16) to go skiing during the…

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• (1 vote) Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize.
  

  Nominations were due on February 1st, 11 days after he took office. What could he have possible done in those 11 days? And to overlook the achievements and sacrifices of so many human rights activists from China, Congo, and many other countries to award it to Obama is ridiculous. That is my main problem with it. It’s not about Obama - he didnt’ award it to himself. See the link below for an article by the San Francisco newspaper on those who were more deserving:
  
  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/06/international/i221517D07.DTL
  
  - written 1 month, 1 week ago – voted for by agaperoot

• (1 vote) I am so torn.
  

  As ameliaearthlin says, there are a lot of therapists out there. Your friend set you up with this one to get you started, but if you need to see a different one, your friend should be supportive. I think he/she just wanted you to get help! Good luck with this, and you should be proud of yourself for getting help.
  
  - written 3 months, 3 weeks ago – voted for by Meg Z

• (1 vote) I would like to kill myself
  

  And a very wise man once wrote (yes, I saved this):
  
  Donʼt take what you have for granted, for there is nothing to gain, and you might lose it all together. Itʼs much more fun to love what you got than get used to it. At the same time, do not praise the lord for everything you have, or youʼll feel undeserving, which is almost as bad as not having blessings at all.
  
  You have blessings and you deserve them. Do not take what you have for granted.
  
  There are many who love you. And know what? There are people who are alive who will love you that you haven’t met yet. This is not what is supposed to happen. . .
  
  It is not your destiny.
  
  - written 6 months, 1 week ago – voted for by GoingGreen2

• (1 vote) I think my girlfriend might be pregnant; I need help.
  

  Yeah, that’s the first thing you need to do is answer the question. Travel by bus or cab or whatever you can to get the test. The tests are usually available in grocery stores, too, as well as pharmacies and discount stores like Target, Wal-Mart, etc. - is there one near your school or home?
  
  Because until you have that question answered, you won’t know what to do. And you may be worrying about something you don’t need to worry about. If the test is negative, then use this as a wake-up call to start using protection EVERY time. If the test is positive, then you will have to tell both your parents and come up with the plan for that. If you need help figuring out the best way to go about that given your situation, come back and give us some more details about your family situation. Also, sometimes, telling another adult that you trust first, and having them with you when you talk to your parents may help, too.
  
  I know this is so scary for both of you, but you need to get an answer as soon as possible, so you can make the best decision on what to do next.
  
  - written 10 months, 3 weeks ago – voted for by ¡ʎuɐɟɟıʇ

• (1 vote) The Dratted Apostrophe
  

  OK, while we’re on the topic of apostrophes, let’s talk about your and you’re.
  
  “Your” is like my - your dog, my dog.
  
  “You’re” is a contraction of “you are.” You are going. If you can substitute “you are” when you type “your,” then “you’re” wrong!!!!
  
  - written 10 months, 4 weeks ago – voted for by ____________________

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• Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize.
  

  Nominations were due on February 1st, 11 days after he took office. What could he have possible done in those 11 days? And to overlook the achievements and sacrifices of so many human rights activists from China, Congo, and many other countries to award it to Obama is ridiculous. That is my main problem with it. It’s not about Obama - he didnt’ award it to himself. See the link below for an article by the San Francisco newspaper on those who were more deserving:
  
  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/06/international/i221517D07.DTL
  - written 1 month, 1 week ago

• like i need some help about homecoming.
  

  I think you have a very mature view of things! Maybe an old teammate wouldn’t cause the drama though. Have a great time no matter what you decide.
  - written 1 month, 3 weeks ago

• Help
  

  From Wickipedia - you might want to check on John Rock’s work and see what animals he used - I do know this had been done with livestock for many years before it was tried in humans.
  
  History
  John Rock was the first to extract an intact fertilised egg.[18] The first pregnancy achieved through in vitro human fertilisation of a human oocyte was reported in The Lancet from the Monash team [19] in 1973, although it lasted only a few days and would today be called a biochemical pregnancy. In 1977, Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards successfully carried out a pioneering conception which resulted in the birth of the world’s first baby to be conceived by IVF, Louise Brown on 25 July 1978, in Oldham General Hospital, Greater Manchester, England [20][21] followed by Courtney Cross on 16 October 1978 and Alastair MacDonald on 14 January 1979. This was then followed by the birth of Candice Reed in Melbourne in 1980. It was the subsequent use of stimulated cycles with clomiphene citrate and the use of human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) to control and time oocyte maturation, thus controlling the time of collection, that converted IVF from a research tool to a clinical treatment.
  
  This was followed by a total of 14 pregnancies resulting in nine births in 1981 with the Monash university team. The Jones team[22] at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia, further improved stimulated cycles by incorporating the use of a follicle-stimulating hormone (uHMG). This then became known as controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH). Another step forward was the use of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRHA), thus decreasing the need for monitoring by preventing premature ovulation, and more recently gonadotrophin-releasing hormone antagonists (GnRH Ant), which have a similar function. The additional use of the oral contraceptive pill has allowed the scheduling of IVF cycles, which has made the treatment far more convenient for both staff and patients.
  - written 1 month, 3 weeks ago

• like i need some help about homecoming.
  

  Yes, you are really pretty. You have a great smile! So just curious, why do you not want to bring one of your friends from hockey??
  - written 1 month, 3 weeks ago

• Post your real needs.
  

  Hi, Stevethemeve. Not sure what you’re talking about with your parents, but I can tell you what our parents do for us is a debt we don’t (and can’t) pay back. It’s paid forward with our own children! Good luck with the Air Force! I don’t think there’s anyone who has made a 4 year (right?) committment of that nature who didn’t have some second thoughts. Just focus on the reasons you decided to join in the first place!
  
  Now my needs:
  
  1) to learn to let things be and not be such a control freak
  2) to figure out what I want to be when I grow up (I’m 46 now though, so maybe it’s too late???) ;o)
  - written 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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