Baby Center Store Knowledge Base

Baby Center Store coupons? where can i get Baby Center Store coupons ,coupon codes,promo codes and free shipping offers.

Can I pump in the Baby Center at Disneyland? Even if I don't have my infant with me, can I pump breast milk in the Baby Center at Disneyland? If so, will they let me store it in their fridge? I am going for a weekend trip, and won't have the baby with me. If not, is there another out of the way place that I could pump inside the park, besides in a bathroom stall?

I bought a Beanie Baby in the atlanta store in cnn. What should I do to get the tag? I bought a Beanie Baby Penguin In the Atlanta store in Cnn Center in Atlanta,GA.The Only Problem is, I got ripped off.Somebody tore the tag off so couldn't Play with it online. What Should I do to get a tag?

Any suggestions on baby products or business ideas for my baby store? I've currently opened a store kiosk in the Manhattan Village Shopping Center in Manhattan Beach, California called Best Nine Months and I'm finding it a challenge in offering the right product mix for baby related gift items. My target audience is medium to high end markets. What are some of the popular baby gift items on the market today people are noticing? I'm looking for unique and cute gift type like items. I'm seeking name brand baby clothes, diaper bags, baby shoes, nursing pillows, plush toys and etc. My website is www.bestninemonths.com. Any suggestions on baby products or business ideas is greatly appreciated. I would like this store to be successful and one day accomplishing my dream of owning a chain of name brand baby stores.

Best way to get from Affinia Hotel Manhattan on 7th Ave to Izod Center in Jersey (with a baby) in the evening? First time in New York and a little aprehensive about getting around with a 7 month old baby in tow. Something fast and convenient. Bus? Train? Cab is out of the question as we would be left with a car seat and no place to store it at the Nets game we are going to.

what store in scarborough town centre can i get echo red and baby phat tops? 10 POINTS BEST ANSWER!? okaay does anyone know where i can buy echo red or baby phat tops in scarborough town centre? because before there was an athletes world now its gone :( and there was also a illicit i believe but thats gone 2 PLEASE HELP :(

need info about baby club sign up to receive coupons? Hi Can you all share any information in regard to joining baby clubs of super centers or phramacy centers or any other store that carry baby products, apparel,furniture and so on.I am a regular customer of walmart and publix.I already signed up for publix baby club. Please give me some more names to register.I also need to buy a few products from babysrus, but how can I get coupons from babysrus and also from costco or sams club? thanks

How can I have my baby's umbilical cord stored in the umbilical cord bank in USA? How expensive is that? Specialy If I give birth in a Birth Center (not a hospital) how it is possible to do it? How much it costs? Do I need to do anything about it before my baby is born?

Where can I buy a Toyota Sienna Center Seat? I need a front and center seat to go in 2005 Toyota Sienna. It is the seat in the middle row, in the center, between the two captain's chairs. We are having a new baby and would love to just buy the extra seat and not a new van. I would love it to be in gray leather, But would take cloth. The 04, 05, 06, 07, & 08 models all have the same seat that would fit mine. We called the dealership and they offered to order all the parts and to put it together for a small sum of $3,000.00. Have called some of the used auto parts stores and none of them have this one in particular. Any idea's on where to get one?

I am pregnant and I am interested in what everyone thinks I should buy before the arrival of my baby I don't have a lot of money, but I would like to know what you think I should buy before my baby is born and what can wait. In particular I am interested in knowing if you think I should buy a changing table and a separate dresser/chest or if I should use a changing table/chest combo. The baby's room is 12X14. I have all ready purchased 20 onesies, (I got them for. 25 each at a thrift store), 6 pairs of socks, 3 pairs of pants (I don't know if I am having a girl or boy), a bath tub, baby toiletries, 2 baby sleep blankets, 12 receiving blankets, 2 changing pad covers, 4 boxes of diapers, trash can for dirty diapers, a baby rocker and swing, tummy time center, 2 sleepers, a sweater, and 2 cans of formula. I do all of my shopping at thrift stores so I am at the mercy of what other people no longer need. My husband's coworkers are buying us the travel system. I know that I will need to buy the mattress at a retail store.

Have you heard of a baby bedding brand named (i think) "Kids Center" out of California? I was in a Kids thrift store and saw this cute crib set with blanket, bumper, mobile, wall decoration things and a light switch cover, It had teddy bears and it was mostly blue with patches of silky material and couderoy like material. I did not want to buy it because I was thinking I could find it online and get it new - but now I am regretting it because I cannot find anything online. I beleive the brand was "kid center" or maybe Kidz center" but they are in california, does this sound familiar to anyone?

I was charged with shoplifting for baby clothes (1st offence) with AUS$475. will i have criminal record? I was charged with shoplifting for baby clothes and a bottle of eye gel 2 days ago in Myer worth approx. AUS$475.00. This is my first offence and I need to go to court later. I am working but pay majority of my income to child care thus not much spending money left. My baby's birthday is coming in Oct so I stole some baby clothes from the store, of course this is a huge mistake! Since my mother in law always come to look after my baby when she is sick so I wanted to give something nice to her, so i stole that bottle of eye gel. I am working in call centre. I feel sorry about my stupid mistake and so afraid of what will happen in the court. I also don't want to affect my family and my baby's future. Will I have a criminal record on it? What is the most common court decision on my situation? Please help me.

Expired product at the grocery store. What's your opinion? I work for a grocery distributrion center(union), and one of our independant stores has repeadidly had expired baby food products on it's shelf. I've alerted to store employee's but this is a continuing problem with this store. I finally wrote a letter to the editor about this. Do you think I was right or wrong in doing so since i'm an employee of their supplier or not? And Why? I just got a reply from the newspaper, and they refuse to publish my letter

What stores or adoption centers can you get bunnies at? Any kind of pet store or an adoption center that carry bunnies that are babies or young! NO adult bunnies though! I live in Victorville, California!

mom leaves baby home alone? My neighbor has a 9 month old son and about once a week...I see her go out for about 20 minutes...without the baby. she is going to the cornor grocery store cause when she comes back, she has bags from that shopping center. I know the baby naps during a certain time and it is in that time slot that she goes out so she is leaving the baby asleep alone for 20 minutes...should i call the cops or leave it alone? Is it called neglect...to me she is a good mother o her son. she is always playing with him in the backyard..this is a small detail i have a problem with though and i do not want to confront her with it plus size diva...I can not help her out...I have my own kids...8 and 1 yrs old....and during that time frame, my son is sleeping as well...I can't very well disturb his sleep cuz of this mother who leaves. It's not my responsibilty...my kids are!!!

WHY AM I ALWAYS THE CENTER OF ATTENTION WHEN I GO TO THE STORE!? I THINK IM UGLY I DO NOT LIKE MYSELF BU GROWN MEN, GROWN WOMEN,BABIES,LIL KIDS,TEENS GIRLS, TEEN BOYS ALOT OF PEOPLE I CANT TAKE IT EVEN WHEN I HAVE MY COOL SUNGLASSES ON YOU CAN SEE HOW I LOOK ON FACEBOOK liviasofunny wilkins thx!

I broke my baby toe but was still able to walk, it did not hurt, and I was super chil and relaxed about it.? I broke my baby toe at the store because I had my new glasses and was not used to them so I ran over my toe with the cart. After it happened it sort of hurt but it did not hurt a ton. I continued walking and buyign stuff. I also caught the bus to my university campus and walked to my dorm. Then I went to the campus health center becasue I was worried I had broken my toe. Please answer these questions. 1. While I'm glad, it did not hurt, it is odd it did not hurt, I've been told broken bones hurt. Why did mine not hurt? 2. How was I able to still walk around? 3. How come I was supper chill and relaxed about it even after campus health confirmed it was broken? It was not a serious break. They just taped it and said I will recover in three weeks.

What should I do with a baby bird-not a fledgling-to keep it alive until I can take it to a wildlife rehab? I rescued the bird from my cat. It seems unhurt. I tried to put it back in a nest I made in the tree and it keeps jumping out. Judging from pictures on the internet, it is about 6-8 days old and not a fledgeling. Its feathers are too underdeveloped for flight. I know baby birds have to eat frequently-but I can't even get baby bird food from the store. My problem is that it is 12:30 at night-no place is open. If I were to leave it outside, it would die inevitably. What can I do to help it's chance of surviving through the night to be taken to a wildlife rehabilitation center?

Need about 5 cheap baby dolls? My dad recently got some vintage baby clothes from our local thrift store for me. (75+ years old) Now I'd like to make little doll sets and then sell them. (like one year for a pregnancy center auction my dad and I made a Easter baby... We put grass in a basket and put the baby in an Easter dress and painted some Easter eggs then put them all in the basket) I'd probably sell them on Ebay or something. But anyways, I'm looking for some cheap baby dolls. I'd like to buy them directly instead of ordering them, but if I have to order I'll live. The cheapest I can find at Walmart or Target is $20, which is kind of expensive to get 5 or 6 of them plus everything I need to make the set. (toys, baskets, beds, etc...) So I have all the clothes and shoes, I just need the dolls now! So my actual question is, does anybody know where I can get 5 or 6 baby dolls for really cheap? ($5 or $10) We have a Walmart, a Target, a Joanne Fabrics, and I have access to a Michael's. And a Dollar Tree and a dollar store... But last I checked they didn't have any dolls big enough.

How do you care for an orphaned baby gerbil? I found a baby gerbil in a shopping center parking lot today. It was all alone, and squeaking it's head off. Since there was some nesting material near by, I'm guessing someone dumped him there, and I couldn't leave him. The people at the pet store recommended I feed him kitten formula through a dropper, but were otherwise just as lost as to how to care for him. I think he's about two to two and a half weeks old, and since he isn't hurt and is pretty fat, I think he's healthy, more or less. I just need to know how to take care of him! How often should I feed him, and how much? When do I stop hand feeding him, and what do I feed him once he doesn't need to be hand fed anymore? Please help! I'm so lost! Forgot to mention, his eyes are still closed, but he has all his fur, so he's definitely still a baby.

I'm trying to find a certain knitted baby blanket pattern. I hope someone can help me with this.? This pattern has been around for years - my mother made one for my daughter when she was born and I made one for my granddaughter when she was born. It's done on ciruclar needles and is lacey looking except for the center, which is probably a garter stitch. It really has a crocheted look but it's much better than a crocheted blanket because the holes that make it lacey looking are very small. When I made mine I found the pattern on the label of the baby yarn I used - but I can't remember the brand name of the yarn. I'm sure it was purchased from a craft-type store - not a specialty yarn shop. If anyone can help me with this I'd love it.

Weaning a baby House finch!? This baby House finch i found on the side of the road with no nest near by has been on baby bird formula from the pet store and hes thriving but now hes learning to fly and all grown up. i don't know how to wean him and wat to wean him on!! please help!! P.s- we have spoken to a wildlife person and she said taking him to a wild life center was out of the question, based on the birds situation. Please help and no mean answers please!!

Has anyone had a bad baby shower experience? I asked...NO, I begged my mom not to throw me a baby shower. I hate being the center of attention and everyone in my family always complain about how broke and jobless they are. AND we have so many moochers in my family. Well saturday, I thought I was going to a retirement party, but it was a surprise shower. I didn't get upset or anything, I was excited b/c I was really surprised and caught off guard. I had no idea. Well, my mom and aunt invited like 30 ppl, only 9 ppl showed. They booked this fancy hotel and all. Out of those 9 ppl that showed, I got 3 gifts. My Uncle's wife came, but she didn't bring a gift....she won like 3 prizes from playing games. We couldn't play all the games b/c we didn't have enough ppl. My mom and aunt cooked a whole bunch of food that ppl just ended up taking home. It was horrible. To make things worse, my mom has this problem with eating corn starch. She eats it right out of the box. From the time she wakes up, until she sleeps...she's eating corn starch. While playing games, she pulls this big tub of cornstarch out of her purse, plus a spoon, and starts eating it in front of everyone. It was so embarrassing. I cannot believe she did that. She had powder all over her face and clothes, but she didn't care. I can't say I had fun, BUT the food was AWESOME and my aunt put a lot of work into it, which leads me to believe that she loves me a bunch! The gifts I did get were cool. Has anyone else had a bad baby shower experience? Also, should I get my aunt a gift card to her fave store to say thanks? 8 more days until my scheduled c-section!!!!! I'm so excited! Okay Smarty (which I am sure is an understatement), I am not ungrateful. I bought everything for my child about 4 months ago, so I didn't need nor want a baby shower, which is my prerogative. I don't like being on display, sorry, that's just me. My mom didn't even have money for the shower, she just helped cook the food..so I wouldn't say she was a planner. Ppl are so quick to judge with little information.

How do you deal with all of the attention while pregnant? I work in a very populated grocery store. In the deli department there are always about 10-15 people on shift at a time. I am so sick of every body's comments and jokes. I have never liked being the center of attention. Now that I am pregnant the comments from people are constant! For example I was getting a cup of coffee this morning and a younger girl (who has never been pregnant) walks by and says: "Don't drink coffee it is bad for the baby" I can't stand it anymore! How to deal with this? Also I answer the question about what names I have in mind about 10 times a day! These people don't have bad intentions, they are being kind enough but it is really excessive the amount of attention I am getting. I just want to quit!

For the babyboomers who did not grow up with computers, what would you like the retailers to do more? There are so many consumer electronics and computer products on the store shelves. Most people don't even know what those products do for them. Do you think the retailers or manufacturers should set up a demo center for selective products to explain the features and benefits the products they carry if they want to sell to the baby boomers?

Is a guinea pig from Earl may ok? I wanted to get a baby guinea pig. At earlmay they just got new baby piggys. Thats the only pet store near me. I don't have any adoption centers. The closest adoption center is 2 hours away. I don't want to drive anywhere. Any suggestions There are pets at earlmay too

Baby Einstein Exersaucer or Precious Planets Jumperoo? I am looking into getting either a Baby Einstein Exersaucer or Precious Planets Jumperoo. These are the only two I can find in stores where I live. My baby boy is almost four months old and has great head control. Which one would you recommend? Thanks! http://www.walmart.com/ip/Baby-Einstein-Discover-and-Play-Activity-Center/7976533 http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=12960795&findingMethod=rr

plz read / oddler n baby? sometimes i ask my 3 yr old if she wants a baby sister i am due in another 6 weeks and she says yes that she is going to hold the baby and help with her. says she is going to feed her and help change her. and that the baby can sleep with her(even though she isnt going to sleep with us-she'll be in a bassinet by the bed) but sometimes she says she isnt going to share and she doesnt want a baby sister. and when i let her watch baby shows on like youtube of newborns and they cry she yells SHUT UP BABY. And takes her fist and says i hit you. Think she will hit the baby when she cries. I told her that she cant hit the baby that its mean and that she will hurt the baby. And she says yah huh. Baby Cry and that the baby is mean.... my mom asked her today if she wants to bring the baby home and she said "not going to happen" so i thought i didnt have anything to worry about but seems like closer to the time the more it seems like as if she is jealous or something. maybe she thinks the baby isnt suppose to scream or yell / cry. I dont know if she thinks that is bad or not. or if she just wants the baby to shut up. ??? I dont understand because instead of going into stores and picking out toys she wants to go in and shop for newborn stuff and says "aww look cute mom" and if she see's a baby she says look mommy a cute baby. Even when i tell her to go pick out a toy for herself she likes picking out baby stuff and says its for sissy. I dont go to a store without getting both the kids stuff. Even though the newborn isnt here yet we have been trying to do for both so that she doesnt feel left out. we are going to have her a BIG birthday party this year right before the baby is born because her bday is just a week b4 i am due and i want her to be the center of attention. I am not going to have picks in my children but i know i will be the one who gives my toddler attention while everyone talks about the baby and holds her. My mom says that my daughter will always be her pick (even though we both know its not true) she said that its her first grandbaby and they are so close. So she will have alot of attention still . so should i worry? how do i get her to understand? And it will probably be easier after the baby is born to get her used to the baby but what are things i could do now to make sure she will be good to the baby. NOT TOO MANY BABIES AROUND SO WE CANT PRACTICE. maybe a baby doll that cries? plz help

These baby dreamsi keep having? For over a month now ive been havign baby dreams.The first one i had was : i was going to a store to buy some clothes . i parked my car int he shopping center. i shopped and when i was comming back to my car there was a young girl id say arouns 2-3 years beautiful golden locks and with a pacifier ( not sure if its spelled like that lol sorry ) as i tried to mind my own bussines and ignore i saw she moved quickly without moving her feet.. She was dead..she was a ghost baby. and she spooked me .she never hurt me but everytime i tried gettign n the car shed move closer towards me and id move farther scared like crazy. then i had a dream i was having a baby and i had a belly n i was so dissapointed in myself because im so young and the baby wasnt w. the man i fell inlove w. and in a way in my dream i didnt want the baby but i refused by all means to abort. the other one i can remember was me holding and taking car of a baby idk if it was male or female but it was adorable n i was carrying it his/her head was on my shoulder and his/her chest on ym chest i was holding its back with one hand and my other hand holding right under its butt by the legs n i was very happy...ive had other baby dreams i just cant remember all of it .. why all the baby dreams? can someone help pls

These baby dreams i keep having? For over a month now ive been havign baby dreams.The first one i had was : i was going to a store to buy some clothes . i parked my car int he shopping center. i shopped and when i was comming back to my car there was a young girl id say arouns 2-3 years beautiful golden locks and with a pacifier ( not sure if its spelled like that lol sorry ) as i tried to mind my own bussines and ignore i saw she moved quickly without moving her feet.. She was dead..she was a ghost baby. and she spooked me .she never hurt me but everytime i tried gettign n the car shed move closer towards me and id move farther scared like crazy. then i had a dream i was having a baby and i had a belly n i was so dissapointed in myself because im so young and the baby wasnt w. the man i fell inlove w. and in a way in my dream i didnt want the baby but i refused by all means to abort. the other one i can remember was me holding and taking car of a baby idk if it was male or female but it was adorable n i was carrying it his/her head was on my shoulder and his/her chest on ym chest i was holding its back with one hand and my other hand holding right under its butt by the legs n i was very happy...ive had other baby dreams i just cant remember all of it .. why all the baby dreams? can someone help pls And NO. im 100% not pregnant

has any tasted baby food? ok....has anyone actually tasted baby food.....its tasts soo bad I never gave it to my kids...I made my own...at our community center we often do blind taste tests with homemade and store bought and homemade always wins..... its really easy to make...... make sure everything you will use(blender or food prossesr,utensils etc.)are clean.... you take a vegetable..... a sweet potatoe you cook like a baked patatoe.... carrotes,broccoli,green beans,peas...etc...you steam a squash you cut in half and put on a lined cookie sheet and cook till tender.... after the vegies are tender you put in a blender add warm water that has been boiled...till it is a consistency of smooth baby food..... for fruit its about the same thing for meat I cook slowy in water till very tender and often blend it with vegetables to make a smooth puree you make enough to freeze....put in ice cube trays and when they are frozen put in dated bags....meat lasts not longer then 3 months and fruits and veggies 6 months

Is it too late to transfer to a birthing center instead of hospital? This is my first child and have always wanted a water birth. But with money issues and being pressured by my family, I have been currently been seeing a obgyn at the big hospital near us. During this whole pregnancy I have felt cheated out of a wonderful experience of learning about pregnancy and what is going on with my body and baby during this time. I feel like my doctor could totally careless about me and my baby. I think if I were to run into her at the store she wouldn't even know who I was, and I have been seeing her since day one. Well the closer I get to my due date the more it bothers me about having my child at the hospital. I did some research and found a birthing center that offers water births and excepts the insurance I am on. It just seems like a more intimate and calming setting. So my question is, is it too late to transfer at 36 weeks? Would insurance be able to transfer? Or do most centers require you to start from the beginning of the pregnancy?

Baby Shower Opinions Needed.? Okay. So... to make this short, I'm stuck planning my own baby shower...Yeah, I know tacky, sorry. I have no other choice because everyone has backed out on me. (Great friends, right?) Anyway, I got my invitations made and sent them to about 30 people. I don't expect that many people to show up. I would be more inclined to think that about 15 people MIGHT show. This is my first time really planning anything, and I've only been to 2 baby showers in my life, so I'm trying my best here. I don't have a theme, but everything is going to be pink and brown because I got all of my other friend's decorations from her baby shower last month (which is a huge help!) I do not intend on spending a lot of money on my shower, because to be honest, I think showers and such are quite overrated and a waste of money when you go too far out of your way. So I'm keeping it simple (since i'm paying for it and organizing it myself.) My shower will be in the middle of october, from 2 - 4 pm. If that matters. For my food menu, I want to keep it to simple finger foods that are CHEAP, easy, and not incredibly messy. I'd also like it to be cute, so I will do my best to "dress it up" with matching plates and cups, napkins, decorations...ect. That's not a problem. Here's my food menu: Cake (of course) Sandwich fourths (with toothpicks for easy grabbing) Cheese and Crackers Chips and dip variety Cookies A bowl of hersheys kisses A bowl of either mixed nuts or trail mix and off to the side, (this may sound crazy) but I want to design a flower out of jello and pudding pie. My plan...for the center of the flower, make a chocolate pudding pie (to match my chocolate napkins and plates) and for the petals, pink jello in individual clear cups. (The jello cups will design the petals around the pudding pie...and yes I know the effect won't last once people start taking the cups of jello...oh well) It's cheap and easy... Any other suggestions?? For drinks, I want to do something simple. I will have punch in a large punch bowl. People will also have the option to have a cup of coffee (my family is full of serious coffee addicts!) and of course water if the guests prefer. For games, I would also like to keep it simple. Most of my guest (I think) will be adults who won't be interested in silly little games, but moreso grabbing a cup of coffee and talking. I do have some guests my age that are coming who insist on games, so I have to attempt to please both groups. My games aren't going to be anything silly like "smelling the diaper and guessing the chocolate." Here is a list of the games that will be played at my shower: 1)Guess how many m&m's are in the bottle. 2) Baby Raffle - each guest will take a miniature sized plastic baby with a number on the back. Whoevers number is called gets a prize. (May call two numbers??) 3)Measuring game - each guest has to guess how big around I am using special measuring tape. The closest guess gets a prize. 4)Index card game - Each guest is asked to write down on an index card, her best piece of advice for me (pertaining to having a baby) and write her name on the back. When everyone is done I will go through the cards and pick the advice that I find most useful. Whoever's name is on the back wins a prize. As far as prizes for the games, I also want to keep this very cheap! The prize for the bottle game will of course be the bottle of candy, lol. Other prize ideas are things such as candles, lotions, chocolates, perfume...stuff that I can pick up for a very reasonable price...(any suggestions!???) Dollar store maybe??? And finally, for party favors, I would like to make cake balls and put maybe 5 or so in each bag (not sure what kind of bag I will be using) and give them to the guests that show up. Does this sound like a decently planned baby shower?? Anything you would change/add if you were me?

36 weeks, is it too late to transfer to a birthing center? This is my first child and have always wanted a water birth. But with money issues and being pressured by my family, I have been currently been seeing a obgyn at the big hospital near us. During this whole pregnancy I have felt cheated out of a wonderful experience of learning about pregnancy and what is going on with my body and baby during this time. I feel like my doctor could totally careless about me and my baby. I think if I were to run into her at the store she wouldn't even know who I was, and I have been seeing her since day one. Well the closer I get to my due date the more it bothers me about having my child at the hospital. I did some research and found a birthing center that offers water births and excepts the insurance I am on. It just seems like a more intimate and calming setting. So my question is, is it too late to transfer at 36 weeks? Would insurance be able to transfer? Or do most centers require you to start from the beginning of the pregnancy?

I have 8 itty bitty baby mallards in a box in my room.... help!!? SO.... I was drivin down the freeway today and at the very last minute saw a mama duck followed by her 8 ducklings waddling across the road. Sadly to say, mama duck stepped right in front of my left front tire before I had time to react. INSTANTLY I slammed on my breaks and pulled to the side of the road, I knew she had babies and I couldnt leave them there to die without their mama. So without hesitation I grabbed my huge purse which was mostly empty and ran back to where I had seen them crossing the road. LUCKILY none of the babies were hit. I spent a good 20-30 minutes running all over this orchard trying to catch all 8 of these babies!! I finally got all 8 and took them with me to the local feed store. Unfortunately they cannot take in wild animals, but I was able to get some "turkey starter" (feed) for them for the night. I plan on calling our local wildlife center in the morning to see if they can take them. I've never cared for ducklings and dont know the first thing about it. Or what kind of places would be willing to take in all 8 of these little guys (or girls!). Any advice at all would be very helpful!! Right now i've got them in a medium sized box with a baby blanket across the bottom and a little tupperware dish of the Turkey Starter. I tried puttin a bowl of water in there but in 20 minutes they managed to get the water all over themselves, the box, and the food. So I guess Im just looking for any advice or insight on what I should or should not be doing with these precious little ducklings.... Thanks in advance!! I dont have any kind of heating lamp or blanket and I dont get paid until Thursday. I had 29 cents to my name when this happened, and I spent 17 of it on the feed.... I know there isnt much I can do to match a heat lamp, and hopefully they are only here with me until the morning. I know I cannot take proper care of them here, I live in an apt. In the city... Any other idea of how to keep them warm??? My neighbor said to put a stuffed animal in there for them to cuddle with and sleep under or around.... any other ideas?? another question - should I comfort them and give them attention so they know theyre loved and ok, or keep that to a minimum so they dont get too used to humans??

Afraid baby isn't getting enough.how 2increase milk supply? Need help !? Hello every one! I have a 2wk old almost 3 and he is eating just about every 45 Min's for at least 20mins the lactation's. Center says it ok. Because around now he is going threw his growth spurt. I had this same problem with my son ray. I took some fenugreek pills and I was making more milk within a few hours. This time it seems like its not working. the whole time he is woke the only thing that really consoles him is me nursing him and I simply can’t nurse every 45 mins .every hour or even every half hour is fine .but every 30-45 mins is simply too hard on my nipples .he will take a bottle but he won't take the formula I really don't think he is getting enough because he shows all of the sings of a hungry baby. Constantly sucking at his hands turning his head toward my breast sucking sounds so on and so forth. What can I do until my supply comes in? I change him and he still cries until I nurse him. What can I do to increase my supply quicker? Also what is the best way to store milk for when I start back to work? Need some words of encouragement feel like quitting. 1.What can I do until my supply comes in? 2.What can I do to increase my supply quicker? 3.What is the best way to store milk for when I start back to work? Thanks so much in advance!

My Baby Fancy Corn snake is throwing up the skull of the pinkey. What Could it be? Vet not open yet.? I just adopted a baby Fancy corn (they said about 6 months old) around a week and a half ago. They said they were giving her away because she was aggressive When I got to the store I held her immediately and have handled her quite a bit and and she has never snapped out at me. She seems to take to me very well. She tries to crawl back up my arm when I attempt to put her in her home and stretches out to me if someone else is holding her. Sunday, when I go her out, she cocked back like she may strike. I took it as she was hungry and gave her the pinkie. She went straight for it and ate it. This morning when I woke up I got her out of her home. She had a big bulge in her belly a lot higher than when I put her away last night. I knew she hadn't gone to the restroom yet because there was still a little bit of a bump pretty low in her tummy. This morning however it was almost in the center maybe higher. She threw up the skull of the pinkie after she pooped the rest out. The head was not digested at all. I keep her cage at about the middle of what it is supposed to be during the day for her breed, but at night it is supposed to be 65-70 and i keep my house @ 72 but her cage usually runs about 2 degrees lower than the house. I check the temp all of the time. Her cage is almost brand new. I bought mostly the things that were in the cage at the pet shop so that she would feel comfortable. She Did this the first time that I fed her as well. My questions are: What could be causing her to throw up? Could the pinkies be too large for her? If so what are my other options? Could it be the temp if it is even 1 degree warmer than she is supposed to have and only at night? What could be wrong with my new baby? The care papers that I got with her said that she needs 75-70 day and 70-65 night. I have been watching it and monitoring the temperature and adjusting the heat pad accordingly. I have been feeding her outside in a separate enclosure. I was wondering if she could have some sort of blockage or maybe if it is just to big of a bone for her tiny self to digest. I find it very odd that she pooped the rest out the day that she threw up a fully in tact undigested skull?

Can anyone help with VB Auto Center Project? Hello- I am at my last wits end and about to fail a class. Can anyone help me with a few programming projects? It would be greatly appreciated!!! Assignment: Create an application for the car wash located at VB Auto Center. The form will contain three list box or combo box controls that do not permit the user to type in items at run time. The first list will contain the names of the packages available for detailing a vehicle: Standard, Deluxe, Executive, or Luxury. The contents of the other two lists will vary depending upon the package selected. Display one list for the interior work and one list for the exterior work. Store the descriptions of the items in string constants. You must clear the lists for the interior and exterior for each order and add new items to the lists each time the user makes a selection from the package list. Use a drop-down list to allow the user to select the fragrance. The choices are Hawaiian Mist, Baby Powder, Pine, Country Floral, Pina Colada, and Vanilla. Include menu items for Print Order, Clear, and Exit with appropriate access keys. The print option should send its output to the Print Preview window. Include your name and a heding at the top of the report. The order printout will contain the package name (Standard, Deluxe, Executive, or Luxury), the interior and exterior items included, and the fragrance selected. Use For/Next Loop when printing the interior and exterior lists. Exterior Hand Wash (This item should be available under Standard, Deluxe, Executive and Luxury packages) Hand Wax (This item should be available under Deluxe, Executive,and Luxury packages) Check Engine Fluids (This item should be available under Exe and luxury packages) Detail Engine Compartment (This item should be available under luxury) Detail Under Carriage Interior Fragrance (This item should be available under Standard, Deluxe, Executive and Luxury packages) Shampoo Carpets (This item should be available under Deluxe, Exe and stnadard packages) Shampoo Upholstery (This item should be available under luxury) Interior Protection Coat (This item should be available under executive package) Scotchgard (This item should be available under luxury package). Thanks so much!!!

ATTENTION ANIMAL EXPERTS: How do I care for baby ducks? I just got 2 cute little baby ducklings today. I think that they are a little older than the age you would normally buy them, but I'm not so sure. I've had TONS of all different types of animals, so I'm not completely oblivious on how to care for animals, but just not a duck... Right now I'm keeping them in a big 22 gallon plastic storage bin, (with the lid off of course so they can breathe) about a foot and 1/2 feet tall, so they can't possibly jump out. They tweet like crazy!! I'll leave the room for one minute and they will chirp their little heads off, so I'm assuming they think I am their mother or something, and they don't want to be alone. I researched some things on the internet, and I read things like "give them chopped fruits and vegetables." and then I read another article saying "NEVER feed them fruits and vegetables!!!" So I really don't know what's right and what's wrong! At the moment I'm just feeding them some type of grains the pet store gave me, with a bowl of water. But when I give them the water they just want to splash in it and make a huge mess! (i don't mind the mess at all I just don't know if they are supposed to be swimming in the water this early.) I don't have a smaller bowl that they could only drink out of, i only have deep ones that they could drown in. So I'm giving them a plate that has a shallow bowl type thing in the center, and they love to splash around in that, but I read that when they are done bathing, they need to be dried off thoroughly with a towel. But i also read they need water at all times! If water is in the bin they will automatically be soaking wet. And i realized they need water to moisten their food to eat, so instead of putting separate food and water bowls, i just mushed in the food really liquidy with the water, but they try to bathe in that too! So I'd love the help from an expert, so any advice that you KNOW is true would really help!! Thanks for reading it all!! :)

How do you know when you're ready to have a baby? My fiance and I are both 21 (both turning 22 in 2009). We just purchased a condo in october of this year. Hes finished with school and has an awesome secure well paying job - hes also going back to school (his place of employment will pay for him to go to school for anything he wants, so hes not going to pass up that oppertunity) I have about 8 classes left before I'm finished. I have a job at a childcare center where i've been since I was 16 - I get paid pretty decently (not near as much as my fiance, but its decent for the field).. Lately I've been wanting to have a baby. Not something I'm ready to act on ...but its just strange that its been a strong thought in my mind for the past few months. I've been doing silly things like looking at baby furniture when I go into stores, and thinking about baby names...lol. I know its kinda silly. And to make things even more strange - my boyfriend told me hes going to buy me a safer car for my birthday. When I asked why, he said "becuase I want my child to be in a safe car...i want my two babies to be safe!" .. lol, i replied with "child, we're not even married yet!" lol... How do you know when you're ready to do that though? Like, financially we'd be able to support it, physically we'd be able to do it, mentally we'd be able to do it... but for some reason I feel the need to hold out and not do it yet. I'd like to be married first, and I want to have my classes finished with (which will be in the next year...)...after that, am I good to go? or should we still hold off?? How do you know??

Raising A Baby Bird.? There Was A Baby Bird Lieing By My Pool When I Went Outside This Morning At 7AM. Suprisingly, My Dog Hadnt Attacked It.(And Thankfully, The Poor Thing Hadnt Fallen In The Pool.!) So I Got On Thin Rubber Gloves, Gently Picked It Up And Put It High Enough Where My Dog Could Reach It. 2 Hours Passed And There Was No Sight Of Any Adult Birds Around That Could Care For It. So I Started Looking To See If I Could Find A Nest Or Hear Birds Chirping. Nope. So For The Past Few Hours I Have Been Calling Bird Rescue Centers And None Of Them Could Take The Bird For Whatever Reason, So Now Im Stuck Raising It By Myself, Which I Dont Really Mind Since I Love To Care For Animals. But I Need Help.! I Bought It Baby Bird Formula From The Store And I Have Been Feeding It With A Syringe Every Time Its Crop Looks Empty. What Else Should I Do.? Help.! I Didnt Put It High Enough Where My Dog Could Reach It. ^ Revision - Where My Dog COULDNT Reach It. Im Almost Positive It Is A Barn Swallow, And Its Mostly Fuzzy, So My Guess It Is A Nestling.

Can anyone provide advice on how to schedule meals for breastfed baby for an 8-9 hour day? Here's a little background info: My 10-month-old bub has been out of daycare for 2 months since I took some time off from school. During that time I breastfed the whole time without giving him a bottle. My mom watched him the other day and he completely refused the bottle. He never really liked the bottle anyway, and whenever his caregiver tried to give him a bottle, he'd only take about 2 or 3 ounces from a bottle containing 6 ounces of milk each time. The milk was expressed the day before and stored in containers meant for breast milk. For breast fed babies, my bub's daycare center requires that a minimum of 4 ounces is contained in each bottle. I began to bring only 4 ounces per bottle and my bub still refused to finish the bottle even though he was 7 months at the time. A different caregiver who didn't know my bub's feeding habits scolded me and told me that I should provide 7-8 ounces of breast milk per bottle (which makes sense to me but I know he won't finish it). I began to provide 7-8 ounces of milk after the scolding to find out he still takes around 3 ounces per feeding! When it comes to feeding solid food for my bub, I normally feed him solid food and nurse immediately. He nurses for around 15 min. or so, I'm under the impression that he's taking in about 6 ounces. When he was at daycare, he would completely refuse a bottle after solid food. Should I perhaps schedule a bottle after an hour after consuming solid food? I normally feed my bub solid food and breastmilk around every 3 hours, but sometimes allow him to comfort nurse as he needs (while I'm on break f/ school). With that said, I've tried Medela bottles, Gerber, Evenflo, Avent, Playtex Drop-Ins, and Adiri. He fights me with the sippy cups when we practice too. Ugh! Thankfully he is gaining weight since he nurses like crazy after daycare. Anybody have any suggestions for sample schedules for feedings that I could provide the caregiver? Am I the only one who is going through this? I appear ridiculous when I bring in 4 ounce bottles for my chubby boy who is in the 90th percentile. I'm sick of wasting all that milk!

Play center ideas? I have a spare room (well a couple) tahat I don't know what to do with. One is fairly large (supose to be a playroom but the downstairs is already one), so I want to make it like a "pretend play" room. Anyway, I know it's going to be hard, but I want to change the theme every 2 weeks, so they have some fun things. I'll be honest, it may be the same theme for 3 weeks or 4 weeks, but hopefully it all works out. I want 12 themes already designed and planned, then I can add more if I want to. So far I've though of: - kitchen - baby nursery - vet - school - grocery store - doctor office - space ship - police station (I know it's a little far-fetched, but they can think of some fun ideas with that) Another idea, resturant. Sort of ties into the kitchen idea, so instead I can just add in the tables, chairs, etc. They can create menus and things. And also, what do I get for each one? For example with the kitchen I already have a child's table and chairs set. We have a huge bin set up with food, plus a fridge, stove/oven, microwave, blender, toaster, and a big cabinet. 5 girls, but only 4 will probably be using it (6, 4, 2, and 7 months). We also babysit a lot of I would love it for that reason too. We already have a "book area" for them on the 3rd floor. My husband MADE us do that for their learning. It is on the 3rd floor with the desks. I forgot to tell you guys we have a main playroom downstairs, with the toys, games, art, and music things. I just wanted this one to have entirely imagination. I love the campsite, post office, and bank idea. I've also removed space ship (my girls aren't really into that stuff) and replaced it with fire station.

Why is there still such a stigma on alcohol? in small amounts during pregnancy. We all know that being a drunk while pregnant can harm a baby but why is there so many people that think it is just horrible even in small amounts. I ask this because I suffer from insomnia and my doctor actually told me a glass of wine is better for the baby and I than sleeping medications. I can't bring myself to go to the store because I know how people think of it. I even heard a lady on baby center say she took a sip of her husbands beer in a restaurant while obviously pregnant and the waitress actually came over and asked her if she knew it had alcohol in it. I was curious what others thought on the subject. Just thought I would add, I have only gained 1 pound and I am 20 weeks. I am only sleeping a total of 2-4 hours a night and the doctor is concerned my sleeping pattern may be contributing to my lack of weight gain and gave me an option, try wine or put me on meds.

taking my baby girl swimming? I really want to take her to the aquatic center around the corner and take her to the little kids wading pool and get her friendly with the water and sign up for baby swim classes. This is important to me because I'm not a very strong swimmer and my fiance had his brother pass away from an accidental drowning, so we want to get her used to the water! I was looking at stores, (fred meyers, safeway, walmart), and all the little swimmers are too big for her. I was wondering if there are any other ideas out there, or if you know if they make diapers for the pools for babies 10.5-11 lbs? She is 3 months. The aquatic center around here allows babies and swim lessons to start at 3 months. I just want to take her into the water (the baby wadding pool) and get her friendly w/ the water. She loves bath time and I think she would love swimming =)

Please help me take care of these robins until the wildlife center calls me back!? There were two baby robins in my dogs mouth this morning, they were actually unharmed as far as i could tell, he was just holding them in there?? I took them out and called several wildlife centers but as of yet have not heard back from any of them. In the meantime my husband went to the bird store and bought them the bird mixture they said to give them, and ive been feeding them every 2 hours, they are pooping and seem lively enough, but i believe by looking at pics online they are only about 5 days old. I want to know if im doing the right thing with what i am feeding them, how often etc...I really want them to LIVE! Thats why im hoping these people will call me and let me know where i can take them for the best care possible. Please give me any pointers you know! Thank you !

I have a baby wildlife rabbit! I don't know what to do!? I have three cats and one dog. One of my cats is an outdoor cat and she keeps bringing home dead or half alive animals. A few days ago she brought in a baby sparrow that my mom and I tried rescuing but it died! Today she brought home a half alive baby rabbit! It's breathing fine.. but.. it looks like one of it's legs is damaged! It can't sit straight, it lays weirdly because for some reason the legs are screwed up or something. :( I took it to the vet but they said they didn't accept wildlife animals. So then, they gave me a few numbers of wildlife rehabilitation centers around my area but none of them worked. -_- They didn't seem to care much. :( So next I went to the pet store and they told me to give it some goat milk so I bought that and some droppers and tried to feed it but it didn't seem to want any. So right now it's in my room and it's still breathing but I don't know what to do! I don't want it to die. :( I've been trying to call wildlife rehab centers all day but no one seems to pick up so I left some messages. :( I was willing to pay the vet but even though I'm only 16 and I don't make much money but yeah I don't know what to do! :( Oh yea! And it still has the white star on it's forehead! D: From reading descriptions online I believe it's over 17 days old... D:

baby leopard gecko help!!!!? I'm getting a leopard gecko today. Im going ot pets@ home to get an leopard gecko starter kit and then to my local reptile store to get the crickets and then my local garden center to get the little leo what size crickets should i get and anymore info will be appreciated thanks.....

Am i pregnant,or am i just really bloated..too early to test? Im not sure if im just bloated,because im expectimg my period in a few days.I have all the symptoms,BUT my hubby,and and i had a little accccident on the 13th of this month,and according to the baby center IF i was preggo i would be about 3 weeks..Would it show on a pregnancy test Positive if i buy one today?.I feel a little lump on my left side of my stomach,im not sure if its Bloating or Im preggo.Im going to buy a HPT when i go to the store this morning,but i wanna know if i take it will i get accurate results.Thanx

looking for a 1987 christmas ornament? I had a baby’s first Christmas ornament that my mom says came from a hallmark store it was a plain glass bell with a metal angel in the center if anyone has seen this or knows where I might find one I would appreciate it.

found baby bunnies, what do i do? Need help.? Recently rabbits have been abandoned in our neighborhood. I began to notice two rabbits hanging around my house. About a week ago I began to notice small bunnies. I was very worried about them because there are several stray cats hanging around. I've already seen 2 bunnies get killed and eaten. There are only 3 bunnies now. We got a trap from a pet store, and were able to catch three bunnies before a cat was able to eat them. We also managed to capture the mother as well. Do anyone have any recommendations as to where I might be able to take the rabbits we found. I would prefer a no-kill animal rescue center but our last resort is a local animal shelter. I would be very grateful for any information you can give me. shelters in the San Gabriel Valley, California please. **bunnies are about a month old. they're in a homemade cage about 3x5. been feeding them, cleaning it out, but i can't have them for very much longer. they're not really wild. i mean the bunnies haven't been around people before, but the mom's been someone's pet before. she's pretty domesticated, and all.

Visual Basic, VB Auto Center help please? Hi, I have this project for Visual Basic, the book is Programming in Visual Basic by Bradley. I will put down the description of the project BUT my question is, how should I set up the boxes (I'm using a listbox)? I have the first box, but after that how do I make it so that the certain features are shown when I click a certain package? Assignment: Create an application for the car wash located at VB Auto Center. The form will contain three list box or combo box controls that do not permit the user to type in items at run time. The first list will contain the names of the packages available for detailing a vehicle: Standard, Deluxe, Executive, or Luxury. The contents of the other two lists will vary depending upon the package selected. Display one list for the interior work and one list for the exterior work. Store the descriptions of the items in string constants. You must clear the lists for the interior and exterior for each order and add new items to the lists each time the user makes a selection from the package list. Use a drop-down list to allow the user to select the fragrance. The choices are Hawaiian Mist, Baby Powder, Pine, Country Floral, Pina Colada, and Vanilla. Include menu items for Print Order, Clear, and Exit with appropriate access keys. The print option should send its output to the Print Preview window. Include your name and a heding at the top of the report. The order printout will contain the package name (Standard, Deluxe, Executive, or Luxury), the interior and exterior items included, and the fragrance selected. Use For/Next Loop when printing the interior and exterior lists. Exterior Hand Wash (This item should be available under Standard, Deluxe, Executive and Luxury packages) Hand Wax (This item should be available under Deluxe, Executive,and Luxury packages) Check Engine Fluids (This item should be available under Exe and luxury packages) Detail Engine Compartment (This item should be available under luxury) Detail Under Carriage Interior Fragrance (This item should be available under Standard, Deluxe, Executive and Luxury packages) Shampoo Carpets (This item should be available under Deluxe, Exe and stnadard packages) Shampoo Upholstery (This item should be available under luxury) Interior Protection Coat (This item should be available under executive package) Scotchgard (This item should be available under luxury package). Thank you!

chicco travel system? I am looking at travel sets. I went on consumer reports and baby center. i see that in consumer reports chicco was the one brand that did excellent on the crash test and preg preggo, britax, baby trend and graco did very good on the crash protection. we are thinking of getting the chicco travel set or one of the graco travel sets. I went on baby center to look up recalled car seat. graco had a recall in sept of this year so i am a lil sketchy. its seems like chicco and baby trend are the only brands my local stores have. I was reading the reviews on chicco and some people were please and some were just upset that they paid too much and that the car seat does not fit in to a shopping cart (i think thats scary though) i would like some advice. people that have used chicco baby trend and graco what have been your experiences. what do you reccomend, tips? Thank you, this is my first baby

car seat help, 1st time mommy? am looking at travel sets. I went on consumer reports and baby center. i see that in consumer reports chicco was the one brand that did excellent on the crash test and preg preggo, britax, baby trend and graco did very good on the crash protection. we are thinking of getting the chicco travel set or one of the graco travel sets. I went on baby center to look up recalled car seat. graco had a recall in sept of this year so i am a lil sketchy. its seems like chicco and baby trend are the only brands my local stores have. I was reading the reviews on chicco and some people were please and some were just upset that they paid too much and that the car seat does not fit in to a shopping cart (i think thats scary though) i would like some advice. people that have used chicco baby trend and graco what have been your experiences. what do you reccomend, tips? Thank you, this is my first baby

Can anybody answer some quetions on subordinate cluases and complex sentences? the first person who can answer these problems corectly will get 10 points! type in the main cluase and put a star for the sentence that are complex 1. When it is foggy,driving is very dangerous. 2. Before I start my workout, I always do some warmup exercises. 3. We were suprised when we learned of the arrest. 4. We bought our new sofa during the sale at the local furniture store. 5. Although it rained all day, we still enjoyed our trip. 6. I will help you with your homework after you watch the baby. 7. Jake stared at me as if he had seen a ghost. 8. Whenever the windblows the trees against the windows,the dog howls. 9. Our choir went on a fieldtrip to the senior citizens' center. 10. Oqen felt responsible for the missing book though it was not his fault.

How can I start being a fashion and beauty girl? I'm 13 and I love fashion and beauty, but I just don't know how to be a fashionista/ fashion and beauty girl! I'm doing this for myself, by the way! What magazines do I read, make -up, any recommended stores, clothing lines, clothes, shoes, accessories, purses (I already have a small Coach Purse), what do fashionistas obsess over (except for fashion and beauty duh!), how do they act, any recommended books (fiction or nonfiction), what do they say a lot, what celebrities are their role models, how do I get great fashionista-baby soft skin, any bedroom (bathroom) make-overs, and any other suggestions are cool! I don't want to be self-centered or mean, I am really nice actually. Sorry, that's a lot of stuff, but I just love fashion, just don't know how to put it! Advice would be awesome!

Pregnant women: Do you worry about eating certain things? Although listeria is rare I am constantly worried about what I should and shouldn't be eating. Last night I ate snow crab and I noticed a slight ammonia smell in one of the claws (after I'd already eaten the meat). I panicked about that. I avoid eating sandwiches now because if the meat isn't steaming hot I could get listeria. I'm cautious when eating cheese because it may contain a 'soft' cheese that I shouldn't be eating. This morning we had breakfast at work and someone cooked sausage links and patties. I kept breaking them open trying to make sure they were done. I saw a slight dark brownish/pinkish color in the middle of the links I had on my plate, but they didn't appear to be raw. My friend broke her sausage open and it looked the same way. Around the 4th of July I got an e-mail alert from Baby Center that said it's not safe to eat pre-made potato and macaroni salads from grocery stores as they may contain listeria. They said it's better to eat salads made at home where you know they were stored properly. However, are you really sure if it's safe to eat when other relatives make the dishes. I also read something yesterday that said pregnant women shouldn't eat from salad bars. This is all new to me.

last baby name game of the night? guess that names!! first names only please. 1. I'm looking for the actors first name. He is the hottest member of the Ocean's crew, and just recently played in a movie with the star lead as a man name Benjamin, that apparently likes buttons :) 2. I'm looking for the name of the of the person inside the costume. The costume appears on a kids show where millions of children gather everyday to watch this kid-freindly dinosaur use his imgaination, with his human and dinosuar freinds. 3. This man is a famous famous famouse scientist. he once quoted "Never lose a holy curiosity. He did something important in WWII and apparently he didn't own a comb. 4. This actress/singer/designer has her own line of clothes, jewerly, and purses at any Khols store. She also has the same birthday as myself and has the same name as one of the former president wifes. Wait, no no no. She wanted president. But let's just say that wish wish will NEVER be granted. Obama '08. :) 5. This name is three letters long. It's not common but it's over used. I guess i'm just another average _ _ _. 6. This is a actor on a medical show on TV. He is self-centered, but apparently one of the best diagnostic docter around, acorrding to Cutty. Excellent show. 7. This is my Kid brothers name. It start with a J. It's used in the bible, and I think it's one of the most common names from the past five years, if not the most common. and no, it's not Jesus. 8. This is an island on lake erie. It has 5 letters in it and the first part rhymes with "bell". 9. Ever have breakfest at Tiffani's? What's the name of the fashion goodess of 50s, 60s, and 70s. and today? her name start with an "A". Oh, and I think she celebrates Roman Holiday's?? 10. This is a color but it can also be a name. It's a collor of pink. If you have ever seen Little Bill, it's his cousins name :) 2. It's Barney. But this name was also in the bible a lot. And I think some sort of Jewish star is named after him? The star of _ _ _ _ _. :) better?? 8. Whats another words for a stomach? not tummy, the other one. :) Take away the first letter, and add a "K". theres your answer :) 10. It starts with "F". The first three letters the word is one more then a couple. and the end is up to you!! 7. IT'S NOT JOSHUA. 7. OR JOSEPH.

moms i feel almost guilty and sneaky here? ok. my fiance, my son and i live with my inlaws and my 15 year old sil. we pay for everything seperatley. my fiance pays for the whole water bill for the house, due every 3 months. we also put in some for groceries. like if were going to the store for baby food and the house is outta milk, eggs and bread, we pick those things up. also about once a week we buy some groceries for the house that we like to eat, but we share with every one. (whatever they want, they are welcome to.whatever we want we are welcome too.) now my inlaws and fiance buy certain foods they take for lunch to work. we eat 1 meal a week cooked by me, my mil or fil usually together. the rest of the meals and the rest of the times everybody just grabs whatever and heats it up, or whoevers home and not working or out cooks together something small/instant (fish sticks, fries, frozen pizza) so my fiance and i eat seperatly for the most part. but bills are very tight now. my fiance and i went down to this local food pantry/distribution center. we filled out the paper work and it said number in household and i put 3. (me, greg and myself) this is pretty much true because even though we share an address with my inlaws, we are still our own family living within the house. we cook, clean ect. our own messes and use different areas of the house. we are our own family doing for ourself. h owever, this place was packed and i couldn't really ask the woman working if it was ok that we put that 3 members in the household. well i shopped and everything and came home but now i feel kind of bad. like was that totally illegal? am i going to get prosecuted? should i call the pantry tommorow and tell them or just forget about it? i meant hunter, greg and my self not me greg and myself lol zizzer, i am worried about my integrity. i feel kind of bad bout going and putting 3 ppl. like i said we eat seperatley except for once weekly. occasionley twice weekly to be totally honest with u. we do eat seperatly and the food pantry food will be consumed mostly by us 3 only. for example, my sil or something might have a glass of juice or snack on some chips or what ever. but 95% of the food will be eaten by us 3. is this wrong? not a well behaved woman- you think because i don't have a mortgage to pay specifically that we do not have anything to pay? we pitch in on all the household bills, we contribute food to the house that everybody eats ,as well as our own meals. my fiance has to drive and hour 1 way to work because that is the closest good job around here. he pays car insurance, gas, phone bill, credit cards,car payment and food. he also buys diapers, wipes baby food, everything our son needs out of his own pocket, bringing in around 350-400 a week. we also buy our own toliet paper for the spare RR and our own shampoo, deoderant ect.tolietries.our sons clothes and everything depends on his 1 single check. and did i mention he pays the entire water bill for everybody in the house? when my sil's friends stay over and shower here almost each weekend? when i have a 2nd sil whose a crack addict and pops in now and then to shower, do laundry and get something to eat? my fiance has been in tears countless times trying to figure out how to pay the bills and still keep everyone fed, clothed and happy. you have no business judging me and my "needs" that isn't even remotely what i asked. i do NOT need people like you thinking that b/c i live with my inlaws i don't deserve any aid. i have the us gov't that pushes that opinion on me enough. did you ever consider that maybe we live w/ parents b/c we have no choice? hmmm

Am I unreasonable to expect my parents to leave my 20yo brother home alone to come visit me after I give birth So, my parents were going to come visit us immediately after our first baby is born (due late August), but now my mom says that they won't be coming until fall break (mid Oct) because my mom doesn't want to come for just a week but rather for 2 weeks and she doesn't want to leave my 20yo brother home alone for 2 weeks because he's got PDD-NOS (kinda like Asperger's). He's been home alone for 4-5 days in a row before and did fine, so I don't really see what the problem is with 2 weeks. He goes to an autism center during the daytime 5 days a week, so he gets plenty of social interaction... He knows how to go to the store and he can cook come meals for himself. His IQ is 130+. They've got a computer with internet and a tv and he knows how to go to the library alone so he can get all the entertainment he wants. He rarely ever gets in trouble. He used to get in trouble at school when he was 12-13, but he's 20 now and afaik he's been doing fine. To be continued... The last/only time they've come to visit us was in Dec '04 for my wedding. We went to see them last winter, and that's it. We bought a house a little while back and they've seen pics but never been there, and well, it'll be our first baby and their first grandchild and I thought that they'd be excited to see him immediately after he is born. I thought that they would help us out with helping teach me to breastfeed the baby and such, and by helping cook meals/do laundry while I recover from the birth. The only other people that could come visit us would be my in-laws, but they know my husband really doesn't get along with his mom, plus his mom is so clueless about practical stuff. I'm feeling really disappointed I guess but I'm not sure whether I'm reasonable or not, because I've got pregnancy hormones and probably have Borderline Personality Disorder. Opinions? Thanks... He does know how to shower and brush his teeth... if given the opportunity he'll do so slightly less often than most people would, but not to the point of being unhygienic or stinking or anything. You know how guys are... As to why he's not coming with them... he doesn't want to come. I think because he's not too fond of crying newborns and he won't have anything to do over here and my parents would be spending all their attention on me and the baby probably. Aside from that, the autism center has very strict rules on when they can go on vacation, and their set vacation time is about 6 weeks before my due date. They don't have any friends my brother could stay with I think, although one of my aunts/uncles could probably come over during the weekend between week 1 and week 2 to check up on him, which might be acceptable to my parents... it's just that my mom didn't even seem to care to try to find a solution other than waiting till fall break... I'm 22yo btw. I absolutely cannot afford to hire help... my parents raised me to believe that family is there to help each other out when they need it: my mom goes and visits her parents all the time to help them (and they can afford help and don't need much help), much more than her 6 siblings do. Also, it's not just about the practical help... she's my mom... why doesn't she care? I'm also worried about my brother... if they never give him the opportunity to grow up, how will he ever do so? Whenever he does something inappropriate they just let him, saying that it's okay because he's autistic. It's one thing that they don't punish him, but they should at least point out that certain things aren't appropriate... He's 20yo! Plenty of people with Asperger's live on their own. Argh... he always gets away with stuff because of his issues, whereas my issues are always my problem. It's not fair. :(

want to buy or adopt a pregnant guinea pig? i have 2 female guinea pigs that are almost 3 months and i cant breed either one of those so id like to buy or adopt a female that is already pregnant. i know its wrong to breed (thats why im not breeding the ones i already have) but i figured if theres a female thats already pregnant then i could just get her. so where do you think i could find a pregnant female guinea pig? would a pet store or adoption center sell me one that was already pregnant? i know sometimes they mess up and sell you one by accident but i want to buy one that i know is already pregnant. also dont worry about where they babies and mom would go. i have a huge cage that could fit a lot of guinea pigs but i would prolly keep the mom and maybe one baby and i already have homes for the other babies. thanks! p.s. i live in the Boston area of Massachusetts if anyone out there has a pregnant female and wants to get rid of it.

Does this scare you? Republicans registering as Obama democrats with the intention to unseat Clinton? Obama's young backers twist parents' arms By yankinulster - Apr 8th, 2008 at 5:31 am EDT Also listed in: 10 groups Comments | Mail to a Friend | Report Objectionable Content Great article in today's New York Times: "Obama's young backers twist parents' arms". I'm still working on my mom, who was offended by Barack's comparison of his wife with Jacqueline Kennedy. Both mom and dad (and everyone else I talk to) agree Hillary Clinton's bid is finished. Yet my family focus group would plump for McCain, so there's a lot at stake! Obama's Young Backers Twist Parents' Arms By JAN HOFFMAN The daily phone calls. The midnight e-mail. And, when college lets out, those dinner table declamations? Oh, please. Senator Barack Obama’s devotees just won’t give their parents a break. As the race for the Democratic presidential nomination continues, youthful volunteers for each candidate have been campaigning with bright-eyed brio, not only door-to-door but also at home. But the young supporters of Mr. Obama, who has captured a majority of under-30 primary voters, seem to be leading in the pestering sweepstakes. They send their parents the latest Obama YouTube videos, blog exhortations and “Tell Your Mama/Vote for Obama!” bumper stickers. Megan Simpson, a Penn State senior, had not been able to budge her father, a Republican. But the day before the deadline for registering for the coming Democratic primary in Pennsylvania, she handed him the forms and threw in a deal-sweetener as well. “I said, ‘Dad, if you change your party affiliation in time to vote for Obama,’ ” recalled Ms. Simpson, 22, an Obama campus volunteer, “ ‘I will get you the paperwork the day after the primary if you want to switch back to being a Republican.’ ” Thus did Ralph E. Simpson Jr., 50, construction company owner, become a newly minted Democrat. “I probably will switch my affiliation back,” Mr. Simpson said, “but I haven’t decided who I will vote for in the general election. If Meg keeps working on me, who knows?” No poll has counted Obama supporters who made their choice at the urging of their children. But combined exit polls for all the primaries so far (excluding Florida and Michigan) show that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has edged out Mr. Obama, 50 percent to 46 percent, among voters ages 45 to 64 — those who are old enough, and then some, to be the parents of Mr. Obama’s young supporters. But even politicians are mentioning the persuasiveness of their children, either in earnest or as political cover, as a factor in their Obama endorsements. That list of Democrats includes Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Gov. Jim Doyle of Wisconsin, Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota. While politicians inevitably invoke children and the future, rarely have the political preferences of children themselves carried much weight with their elders. On the contrary: when baby boomer parents were the age their children are now, the ideological and social gap between generations was more pronounced. Parents were, by definition, authoritarian. Their children were, by definition, anti-. But the sharp distinctions between generations have eroded. Parents now are exponentially more entwined with their offspring, inclined to place their children’s emotional well-being ahead of their own. Even when students live away at college, many parents call them and send text messages every day. The Obama campaign was well positioned to capitalize on this veritable seamlessness. From the outset, Mr. Obama eagerly sought out young voters with his Internet operation and a widespread, efficient campus network. Those efforts are paying off: in all Democratic primaries to date (excluding Florida and Michigan), about 6 in 10 voters under age 30 have supported him, according to exit polls conducted by Edison/Mitofsky. For some waffling primary voters, the relentless push by their children was good enough reason to capitulate. Eager to encourage their offspring’s latest enthusiasm, they have been willing to toss up their hands and vote for Mr. Obama, if only to impress their children. “Our kids are probably more precious to us than any previous generation of parents,” said Dan Kindlon, a Harvard child psychologist. “We have fewer of them, we’re relativists, and we’re more swayed by them. A lot of parents are a little afraid of their kids.” For many parents, this campaign season also feels like a fond flashback: in their children’s unvarnished idealism, many see a resurrection of their own youthful political passions. “It’s something you can brag to your friends about,” said Professor Kindlon, who writes about child-rearing and adolescents. “ ‘My kid is involved in politics.’ ” Donna Wall, 50, an elementary school teacher from Roanoke Rapids, N.C., had been a supporter of Mrs. Clinton. But her son, Drew, 21, a college student and Obama volunteer, would not let up until his mother switched allegiances for the coming primary. “I’m glad they’re interested in something other than their own self-interest and partying,” Mrs. Wall said. Curtis Gans, a staff director of Eugene J. McCarthy’s 1968 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, pointed out that the youthful enthusiasm in this primary did resemble that of 40 years ago. But he said that while Mr. McCarthy’s temporary success was largely due to the support of college students and middle-class mothers, they had been aroused more by the issue of the Vietnam War than by the candidate’s charisma. “People are enthused by the fact that young people are engaged and excited again,” said Mr. Gans, director of the Center for the Study of the American Electorate at American University. “They think that’s really healthy, and they’d like to sustain it. But at this point, it is temporary and it is about Obama.” There’s no telling whether these youthful importunings on Mr. Obama’s behalf will tip the balance for the nomination, or follow him into the general election should he be nominated. Certainly Mrs. Clinton is not without her own fresh-faced vanguard. Rachel Mattson, 18, a freshman at Wellesley, called her mother, Michelle, in Memphis daily, pressing her to vote for Mrs. Clinton in the Tennessee primary. “I don’t see a huge difference between the two candidates,” said Michelle Mattson, 45. “But Rachel never let it go. You’ll be sitting at the dinner table for an hour going over this stuff! Her enthusiasm and what it means to her inspired me.” She voted for Mrs. Clinton. While Mrs. Clinton has a national network of student volunteers, Mr. Obama’s network is far more extensive. Web sites like Kids for Obama and YrMomma4Obama urge youngsters to talk up the candidate to their parents. The two adult sons of Governor Doyle, 62, both black and both adopted, spoke to him with fervor about Mr. Obama’s vision of a multiracial country. Then Mr. Doyle’s young grandson piled on. “He’s a complete Barackomaniac,” Mr. Doyle said in a phone interview. “When I asked him why, he said, ‘I think he’s really going to work hard for us.’ I thought, that’s it through the eyes of a 7-year-old. ‘He’ll work hard,’ and ‘for us.’ ” The stealth campaigning was more persistent in the home of Senator Casey, 47. Mr. Casey, who was going to remain neutral, noticed how excited his four daughters, ages 11 to 19, were about Mr. Obama. The autographed Obama posters on the bedroom walls. The self-imposed hush in the living room when Mr. Obama would give a televised speech. His daughter Julia, 13, would say, “Dad, when are you going to endorse Obama?” Mr. Casey recalled in a phone interview. “My response was, ‘I’m thinking about a lot of things, Julia.’ And she’d laugh and say, ‘Dad, answer my question.’ ” Not all parents have been overjoyed to see their children donate countless unpaid hours to Mr. Obama. Bader ElShareif, 52, who immigrated from Gaza 31 years ago, was appalled that his daughter Ami, 20, a student at the University of Wisconsin, worked almost seven days a week last summer in Chicago for the candidate. Mr. ElShareif, who was leaning toward Senator John McCain, was annoyed that she did not have a salaried job to defray college expenses. “I’d be exhausted, but I’d still want to debate with him,” Ms. ElShareif said. “Then he’d start calling me up and saying, ‘Hey, did you hear this about Obama? So and so endorsed him!’ ” In the Illinois primary, Mr. ElShareif voted for Mr. Obama. His daughter, thrilled, sent him an Obama sign, which he displays in his convenience store near the University of Chicago. “The neighbors and the students come in now and say, ‘We like your sign,’ ” Mr. ElShareif said. “Maybe these young people know something we don’t.” Dalia Sussman contributed reporting. http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/yankinulster/gGBrH7 Wolf and other non readers of the article. The source of the article is Obama's Campaign. If you click the link it goes right through. Obama is PROUD of bamboozling the system--are you going to continue to be bamboozled?

Is it good to drink milk? The text is too long but worthwhile read....? "MILK" Just the word itself sounds comforting! "How about a nice cup of hot milk?" The last time you heard that question it was from someone who cared for you--and you appreciated their effort. The entire matter of food and especially that of milk is surrounded with emotional and cultural importance. Milk was our very first food. If we were fortunate it was our mother's milk. A loving link, given and taken. It was the only path to survival. If not mother's milk it was cow's milk or soy milk "formula"--rarely it was goat, camel or water buffalo milk. Now, we are a nation of milk drinkers. Nearly all of us. Infants, the young, adolescents, adults and even the aged. We drink dozens or even several hundred gallons a year and add to that many pounds of "dairy products" such as cheese, butter, and yogurt. Can there be anything wrong with this? We see reassuring images of healthy, beautiful people on our television screens and hear messages that assure us that, "Milk is good for your body." Our dieticians insist that: "You've got to have milk, or where will you get your calcium?" School lunches always include milk and nearly every hospital meal will have milk added. And if that isn't enough, our nutritionists told us for years that dairy products make up an "essential food group." Industry spokesmen made sure that colourful charts proclaiming the necessity of milk and other essential nutrients were made available at no cost for schools. Cow's milk became "normal." You may be surprised to learn that most of the human beings that live on planet Earth today do not drink or use cow's milk. Further, most of them can't drink milk because it makes them ill. There are students of human nutrition who are not supportive of milk use for adults. Here is a quotation from the March/April 1991 Utne Reader: If you really want to play it safe, you may decide to join the growing number of Americans who are eliminating dairy products from their diets altogether. Although this sounds radical to those of us weaned on milk and the five basic food groups, it is eminently viable. Indeed, of all the mammals, only humans--and then only a minority, principally Caucasians--continue to drink milk beyond babyhood. Who is right? Why the confusion? Where best to get our answers? Can we trust milk industry spokesmen? Can you trust any industry spokesmen? Are nutritionists up to date or are they simply repeating what their professors learned years ago? What about the new voices urging caution? I believe that there are three reliable sources of information. The first, and probably the best, is a study of nature. The second is to study the history of our own species. Finally we need to look at the world's scientific literature on the subject of milk. Let's look at the scientific literature first. From 1988 to 1993 there were over 2,700 articles dealing with milk recorded in the 'Medicine' archives. Fifteen hundred of theses had milk as the main focus of the article. There is no lack of scientific information on this subject. I reviewed over 500 of the 1,500 articles, discarding articles that dealt exclusively with animals, esoteric research and inconclusive studies. How would I summarize the articles? They were only slightly less than horrifying. First of all, none of the authors spoke of cow's milk as an excellent food, free of side effects and the 'perfect food' as we have been led to believe by the industry. The main focus of the published reports seems to be on intestinal colic, intestinal irritation, intestinal bleeding, anemia, allergic reactions in infants and children as well as infections such as salmonella. More ominous is the fear of viral infection with bovine leukemia virus or an AIDS-like virus as well as concern for childhood diabetes. Contamination of milk by blood and white (pus) cells as well as a variety of chemicals and insecticides was also discussed. Among children the problems were allergy, ear and tonsillar infections, bedwetting, asthma, intestinal bleeding, colic and childhood diabetes. In adults the problems seemed centered more around heart disease and arthritis, allergy, sinusitis, and the more serious questions of leukemia, lymphoma and cancer. I think that an answer can also be found in a consideration of what occurs in nature & what happens with free living mammals and what happens with human groups living in close to a natural state as 'hunter-gatherers'. Our paleolithic ancestors are another crucial and interesting group to study. Here we are limited to speculation and indirect evidences, but the bony remains available for our study are remarkable. There is no doubt whatever that these skeletal remains reflect great strength, muscularity (the size of the muscular insertions show this), and total absence of advanced osteoporosis. And if you feel that these people are not important for us to study, consider that today our genes are programming our bodies in almost exactly the same way as our ancestors of 50,000 to 100,000 years ago. WHAT IS MILK? Milk is a maternal lactating secretion, a short term nutrient for new-borns. Nothing more, nothing less. Invariably, the mother of any mammal will provide her milk for a short period of time immediately after birth. When the time comes for 'weaning', the young offspring is introduced to the proper food for that species of mammal. A familiar example is that of a puppy. The mother nurses the pup for just a few weeks and then rejects the young animal and teaches it to eat solid food. Nursing is provided by nature only for the very youngest of mammals. Of course, it is not possible for animals living in a natural state to continue with the drinking of milk after weaning. IS ALL MILK THE SAME? Then there is the matter of where we get our milk. We have settled on the cow because of its docile nature, its size, and its abundant milk supply. Somehow this choice seems 'normal' and blessed by nature, our culture, and our customs. But is it natural? Is it wise to drink the milk of another species of mammal? Consider for a moment, if it was possible, to drink the milk of a mammal other than a cow, let's say a rat. Or perhaps the milk of a dog would be more to your liking. Possibly some horse milk or cat milk. Do you get the idea? Well, I'm not serious about this, except to suggest that human milk is for human infants, dogs' milk is for pups, cows' milk is for calves, cats' milk is for kittens, and so forth. Clearly, this is the way nature intends it. Just use your own good judgement on this one. Milk is not just milk. The milk of every species of mammal is unique and specifically tailored to the requirements of that animal. For example, cows' milk is very much richer in protein than human milk. Three to four times as much. It has five to seven times the mineral content. However, it is markedly deficient in essential fatty acids when compared to human mothers' milk. Mothers' milk has six to ten times as much of the essential fatty acids, especially linoleic acid. (Incidentally, skimmed cow's milk has no linoleic acid). It simply is not designed for humans. Food is not just food, and milk is not just milk. It is not only the proper amount of food but the proper qualitative composition that is critical for the very best in health and growth. Biochemists and physiologists -and rarely medical doctors - are gradually learning that foods contain the crucial elements that allow a particular species to develop its unique specializations. Clearly, our specialization is for advanced neurological development and delicate neuromuscular control. We do not have much need of massive skeletal growth or huge muscle groups as does a calf. Think of the difference between the demands make on the human hand and the demands on a cow's hoof. Human new-borns specifically need critical material for their brains, spinal cord and nerves. Can mother's milk increase intelligence? It seems that it can. In a remarkable study published in Lancet during 1992 (Vol. 339, p. 261-4), a group of British workers randomly placed premature infants into two groups. One group received a proper formula, the other group received human breast milk. Both fluids were given by stomach tube. These children were followed up for over 10 years. In intelligence testing, the human milk children averaged 10 IQ points higher! Well, why not? Why wouldn't the correct building blocks for the rapidly maturing and growing brain have a positive effect? In the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1982) Ralph Holman described an infant who developed profound neurological disease while being nourished by intravenous fluids only. The fluids used contained only linoleic acid - just one of the essential fatty acids. When the other, alpha linoleic acid, was added to the intravenous fluids the neurological disorders cleared. In the same journal five years later Bjerve, Mostad and Thoresen, working in Norway found exactly the same problem in adult patients on long term gastric tube feeding. In 1930 Dr. G.O. Burr in Minnesota working with rats found that linoleic acid deficiencies created a deficiency syndrome. Why is this mentioned? In the early 1960s pediatricians found skin lesions in children fed formulas without the same linoleic acid. Remembering the research, the addition of the acid to the formula cured the problem. Essential fatty acids are just that and cows' milk is markedly deficient in these when compared to human milk. WELL, AT LEAST COW'S MILK IS PURE Or is it? Fifty years ago an average cow produced 2,000 pounds of milk per year. Today the top producers give 50,000 pounds! How was this accomplished? Drugs, antibiotics, hormones, forced feeding plans and specialized breeding; that's how. The latest high-tech onslaught on the poor cow is bovine growth hormone or BGH. This genetically engineered drug is supposed to stimulate milk production but, according to Monsanto, the hormone's manufacturer, does not affect the milk or meat. There are three other manufacturers: Upjohn, Eli Lilly, and American Cyanamid Company. Obviously, there have been no long-term studies on the hormone's effect on the humans drinking the milk. Other countries have banned BGH because of safety concerns. One of the problems with adding molecules to a milk cows' body is that the molecules usually come out in the milk. I don't know how you feel, but I don't want to experiment with the ingestion of a growth hormone. A related problem is that it causes a marked increase (50 to 70 per cent) in mastitis. This, then, requires antibiotic therapy, and the residues of the antibiotics appear in the milk. It seems that the public is uneasy about this product and in one survey 43 per cent felt that growth hormone treated milk represented a health risk. A vice president for public policy at Monsanto was opposed to labelling for that reason, and because the labelling would create an 'artificial distinction'. The country is awash with milk as it is, we produce more milk than we can consume. Let's not create storage costs and further taxpayer burdens, because the law requires the USDA to buy any surplus of butter, cheese, or non-fat dry milk at a support price set by Congress! In fiscal 1991, the USDA spent $757 million on surplus butter, and one billion dollars a year on average for price supports during the 1980s (Consumer Reports, May 1992: 330-32). Any lactating mammal excretes toxins through her milk. This includes antibiotics, pesticides, chemicals and hormones. Also, all cows' milk contains blood! The inspectors are simply asked to keep it under certain limits. You may be horrified to learn that the USDA allows milk to contain from one to one and a half million white blood cells per millilitre. (That's only 1/30 of an ounce). If you don't already know this, I'm sorry to tell you that another way to describe white cells where they don't belong would be to call them pus cells. To get to the point, is milk pure or is it a chemical, biological, and bacterial cocktail? Finally, will the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) protect you? The United States General Accounting Office (GAO) tells us that the FDA and the individual States are failing to protect the public from drug residues in milk. Authorities test for only 4 of the 82 drugs in dairy cows. As you can imagine, the Milk Industry Foundation's spokesman claims it's perfectly safe. Jerome Kozak says, "I still think that milk is the safest product we have." Other, perhaps less biased observers, have found the following: 38% of milk samples in 10 cities were contaminated with sulfa drugs or other antibiotics. (This from the Centre for Science in the Public Interest and The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 29, 1989).. A similar study in Washington, DC found a 20 percent contamination rate (Nutrition Action Healthletter, April 1990). What's going on here? When the FDA tested milk, they found few problems. However, they used very lax standards. When they used the same criteria, the FDA data showed 51 percent of the milk samples showed drug traces. Let's focus in on this because itÂ’s critical to our understanding of the apparent discrepancies. The FDA uses a disk-assay method that can detect only 2 of the 30 or so drugs found in milk. Also, the test detects only at the relatively high level. A more powerful test called the 'Charm II test' can detect drugs down to 5 parts per billion. One nasty subject must be discussed. It seems that cows are forever getting infections around the udder that require ointments and antibiotics. An article from France tells us that when a cow receives penicillin, that penicillin appears in the milk for from 4 to 7 milkings. Another study from the University of Nevada, Reno tells of cells in 'mastic milk', milk from cows with infected udders. An elaborate analysis of the cell fragments, employing cell cultures, flow cytometric analysis , and a great deal of high tech stuff. Do you know what the conclusion was? If the cow has mastitis, there is pus in the milk. Sorry, itÂ’s in the study, all concealed with language such as "macrophages containing many vacuoles and phagocytosed particles," etc. IT GETS WORSE Well, at least human mothers' milk is pure! Sorry. A huge study showed that human breast milk in over 14,000 women had contamination by pesticides! Further, it seems that the sources of the pesticides are meat and--you guessed it-- dairy products. Well, why not? These pesticides are concentrated in fat and that's what's in these products. (Of interest, a subgroup of lactating vegetarian mothers had only half the levels of contamination). A recent report showed an increased concentration of pesticides in the breast tissue of women with breast cancer when compared to the tissue of women with fibrocystic disease. Other articles in the standard medical literature describe problems. Just scan these titles: 1.Cow's Milk as a Cause of Infantile Colic Breast-Fed Infants. Lancet 2 (1978): 437 2.Dietary Protein-Induced Colitis in Breast- Fed Infants, J. Pediatr. I01 (1982): 906 3.The Question of the Elimination of Foreign Protein in Women's Milk, J. Immunology 19 (1930): 15 There are many others. There are dozens of studies describing the prompt appearance of cows' milk allergy in children being exclusively breast-fed! The cows' milk allergens simply appear in the mother's milk and are transmitted to the infant. A committee on nutrition of the American Academy of Pediatrics reported on the use of whole cows' milk in infancy (Pediatrics 1983: 72-253). They were unable to provide any cogent reason why bovine milk should be used before the first birthday yet continued to recommend its use! Doctor Frank Oski from the Upstate Medical Centre Department of Pediatrics, commenting on the recommendation, cited the problems of acute gastrointestinal blood loss in infants, the lack of iron, recurrent abdominal pain, milk- borne infections and contaminants, and said: Why give it at all - then or ever? In the face of uncertainty about many of the potential dangers of whole bovine milk, it would seem prudent to recommend that whole milk not be started until the answers are available. Isn't it time for these uncontrolled experiments on human nutrition to come to an end? In the same issue of Pediatrics he further commented: It is my thesis that whole milk should not be fed to the infant in the first year of life because of its association with iron deficiency anemia (milk is so deficient in iron that an infant would have to drink an impossible 31 quarts a day to get the RDA of 15 mg), acute gastrointiestinal bleeding, and various manifestations of food allergy. I suggest that unmodified whole bovine milk should not be consumed after infancy because of the problems of lactose intolerance, its contribution to the genesis of atherosclerosis, and its possible link to other diseases. In late 1992 Dr. Benjamin Spock, possibly the best known pediatrician in history, shocked the country when he articulated the same thoughts and specified avoidance for the first two years of life. Here is his quotation: I want to pass on the word to parents that cows' milk from the carton has definite faults for some babies. Human milk is the right one for babies. A study comparing the incidence of allergy and colic in the breast-fed infants of omnivorous and vegan mothers would be important. I haven't found such a study; it would be both important and inexpensive. And it will probably never be done. There is simply no academic or economic profit involved. OTHER PROBLEMS Let's just mention the problems of bacterial contamination. Salmonella, E. coli, and staphylococcal infections can be traced to milk. In the old days tuberculosis was a major problem and some folks want to go back to those times by insisting on raw milk on the basis that it's "natural." This is insanity! A study from UCLA showed that over a third of all cases of salmonella infection in California, 1980-1983 were traced to raw milk. That'll be a way to revive good old brucellosis again and I would fear leukemia, too. (More about that later). In England, and Wales where raw milk is still consumed there have been outbreaks of milk-borne diseases. The Journal of the American Medical Association (251: 483, 1984) reported a multi-state series of infections caused by Yersinia enterocolitica in pasteurised whole milk. This is despite safety precautions. All parents dread juvenile diabetes for their children. A Canadian study reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Mar. 1990, describes a "...significant positive correlation between consumption of unfermented milk protein and incidence of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in data from various countries. Conversely a possible negative relationship is observed between breast-feeding at age 3 months and diabetes risk.". Another study from Finland found that diabetic children had higher levels of serum antibodies to cowsÂ’ milk (Diabetes Research 7(3): 137-140 March 1988). Here is a quotation from this study: We infer that either the pattern of cows' milk consumption is altered in children who will have insulin dependent diabetes mellitus or, their immunological reactivity to proteins in cows' milk is enhanced, or the permeability of their intestines to cows' milk protein is higher than normal. The April 18, 1992 British Medical Journal has a fascinating study contrasting the difference in incidence of juvenile insulin dependent diabetes in Pakistani children who have migrated to England. The incidence is roughly 10 times greater in the English group compared to children remaining in Pakistan! What caused this highly significant increase? The authors said that "the diet was unchanged in Great Britain." Do you believe that? Do you think that the availability of milk, sugar and fat is the same in Pakistan as it is in England? That a grocery store in England has the same products as food sources in Pakistan? I don't believe that for a minute. Remember, we're not talking here about adult onset, type II diabetes which all workers agree is strongly linked to diet as well as to a genetic predisposition. This study is a major blow to the "it's all in your genes" crowd. Type I diabetes was always considered to be genetic or possibly viral, but now this? So resistant are we to consider diet as causation that the authors of the last article concluded that the cooler climate in England altered viruses and caused the very real increase in diabetes! The first two authors had the same reluctance top admit the obvious. The milk just may have had something to do with the disease. The latest in this remarkable list of reports, a New England Journal of Medicine article (July 30, 1992), also reported in the Los Angeles Times. This study comes from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and from Finnish researchers. In Finland there is "...the world's highest rate of dairy product consumption and the world's highest rate of insulin dependent diabetes. The disease strikes about 40 children out of every 1,000 there contrasted with six to eight per 1,000 in the United States.... Antibodies produced against the milk protein during the first year of life, the researchers speculate, also attack and destroy the pancreas in a so-called auto-immune reaction, producing diabetes in people whose genetic makeup leaves them vulnerable." "...142 Finnish children with newly diagnosed diabetes. They found that every one had at least eight times as many antibodies against the milk protein as did healthy children, clear evidence that the children had a raging auto immune disorder." The team has now expanded the study to 400 children and is starting a trial where 3,000 children will receive no dairy products during the first nine months of life. "The study may take 10 years, but we'll get a definitive answer one way or the other," according to one of the researchers. I would caution them to be certain that the breast feeding mothers use on cows' milk in their diets or the results will be confounded by the transmission of the cows' milk protein in the mother's breast milk.... Now what was the reaction from the diabetes association? This is very interesting! Dr. F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, the president of the association says: "It does not mean that children should stop drinking milk or that parents of diabetics should withdraw dairy products. These are rich sources of good protein." (Emphasis added) My God, it's the "good protein" that causes the problem! Do you suspect that the dairy industry may have helped the American Diabetes Association in the past? LEUKEMIA? LYMPHOMA? THIS MAY BE THE WORST--BRACE YOURSELF! I hate to tell you this, but the bovine leukemia virus is found in more than three of five dairy cows in the United States! This involves about 80% of dairy herds. Unfortunately, when the milk is pooled, a very large percentage of all milk produced is contaminated (90 to 95 per cent). Of course the virus is killed in pasteurisation-- if the pasteurisation was done correctly. What if the milk is raw? In a study of randomly collected raw milk samples the bovine leukemia virus was recovered from two-thirds. I sincerely hope that the raw milk dairy herds are carefully monitored when compared to the regular herds. (Science 1981; 213:1014). This is a world-wide problem. One lengthy study from Germany deplored the problem and admitted the impossibility of keeping the virus from infected cows' milk from the rest of the milk. Several European countries, including Germany and Switzerland, have attempted to "cull" the infected cows from their herds. Certainly the United States must be the leader in the fight against leukemic dairy cows, right? Wrong! We are the worst in the world with the former exception of Venezuela according to Virgil Hulse MD, a milk specialist who also has a B.S. in Dairy Manufacturing as well as a Master's degree in Public Health. As mentioned, the leukemia virus is rendered inactive by pasteurisation. Of course. However, there can be Chernobyl like accidents. One of these occurred in the Chicago area in April, 1985. At a modern, large, milk processing plant an accidental "cross connection" between raw and pasteurized milk occurred. A violent salmonella outbreak followed, killing 4 and making an estimated 150,000 ill. Now the question I would pose to the dairy industry people is this: "How can you assure the people who drank this milk that they were not exposed to the ingestion of raw, unkilled, bully active bovine leukemia viruses?" Further, it would be fascinating to know if a "cluster" of leukemia cases blossoms in that area in 1 to 3 decades. There are reports of "leukemia clusters" elsewhere, one of them mentioned in the June 10, 1990 San Francisco Chronicle involving Northern California. What happens to other species of mammals when they are exposed to the bovine leukemia virus? It's a fair question and the answer is not reassuring. Virtually all animals exposed to the virus develop leukemia. This includes sheep, goats, and even primates such as rhesus monkeys and chimpanzees. The route of transmission includes ingestion (both intravenous and intramuscular) and cells present in milk. There are obviously no instances of transfer attempts to human beings, but we know that the virus can infect human cells in vitro. There is evidence of human antibody formation to the bovine leukemia virus; this is disturbing. How did the bovine leukemia virus particles gain access to humans and become antigens? Was it as small, denatured particles? If the bovine leukemia viruses causes human leukemia, we could expect the dairy states with known leukemic herds to have a higher incidence of human leukemia. Is this so? Unfortunately, it seems to be the case! Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin have statistically higher incidence of leukemia than the national average. In Russia and in Sweden, areas with uncontrolled bovine leukemia virus have been linked with increases in human leukemia. I am also told that veterinarians have higher rates of leukemia than the general public. Dairy farmers have significantly elevated leukemia rates. Recent research shows lymphocytes from milk fed to neonatal mammals gains access to bodily tissues by passing directly through the intestinal wall. An optimistic note from the University of Illinois, Ubana from the Department of Animal Sciences shows the importance of one's perspective. Since they are concerned with the economics of milk and not primarily the health aspects, they noted that the production of milk was greater in the cows with the bovine leukemia virus. However when the leukemia produced a persistent and significant lymphocytosis (increased white blood cell count), the production fell off. They suggested "a need to re-evaluate the economic impact of bovine leukemia virus infection on the dairy industry". Does this mean that leukemia is good for profits only if we can keep it under control? You can get the details on this business concern from Proc. Nat. Acad. Sciences, U.S. Feb. 1989. I added emphasis and am insulted that a university department feels that this is an economic and not a human health issue. Do not expect help from the Department of Agriculture or the universities. The money stakes and the political pressures are too great. You're on you own. What does this all mean? We know that virus is capable of producing leukemia in other animals. Is it proven that it can contribute to human leukemia (or lymphoma, a related cancer)? Several articles tackle this one: 1.Epidemiologic Relationships of the Bovine Population and Human Leukemia in Iowa. Am Journal of Epidemiology 112 (1980):80 2.Milk of Dairy Cows Frequently Contains a Leukemogenic Virus. Science 213 (1981): 1014 3.Beware of the Cow. (Editorial) Lancet 2 (1974):30 4.Is Bovine Milk A Health Hazard?. Pediatrics; Suppl. Feeding the Normal Infant. 75:182-186; 1985 In Norway, 1422 individuals were followed for 11 and a half years. Those drinking 2 or more glasses of milk per day had 3.5 times the incidence of cancer of the lymphatic organs. British Med. Journal 61:456-9, March 1990. One of the more thoughtful articles on this subject is from Allan S. Cunningham of Cooperstown, New York. Writing in the Lancet, November 27, 1976 (page 1184), his article is entitled, "Lymphomas and Animal-Protein Consumption". Many people think of milk as Â“liquid meatÂ” and Dr. Cunningham agrees with this. He tracked the beef and dairy consumption in terms of grams per day for a one year period, 1955-1956., in 15 countries . New Zealand, United States and Canada were highest in that order. The lowest was Japan followed by Yugoslavia and France. The difference between the highest and lowest was quite pronounced: 43.8 grams/day for New Zealanders versus 1.5 for Japan. Nearly a 30-fold difference! (Parenthetically, the last 36 years have seen a startling increase in the amount of beef and milk used in Japan and their disease patterns are reflecting this, confirming the lack of 'genetic protection' seen in migration studies. Formerly the increase in frequency of lymphomas in Japanese people was only in those who moved to the USA)! An interesting bit of trivia is to note the memorial built at the Gyokusenji Temple in Shimoda, Japan. This marked the spot where the first cow was killed in Japan for human consumption! The chains around this memorial were a gift from the US Navy. Where do you suppose the Japanese got the idea to eat beef? The year? 1930. Cunningham found a highly significant positive correlation between deaths from lymphomas and beef and dairy ingestion in the 15 countries analysed. A few quotations from his article follow: The average intake of protein in many countries is far in excess of the recommended requirements. Excessive consumption of animal protein may be one co-factor in the causation of lymphomas by acting in the following manner. Ingestion of certain proteins results in the adsorption of antigenic fragments through the gastrointestinal mucous membrane. This results in chronic stimulation of lymphoid tissue to which these fragments gain access "Chronic immunological stimulation causes lymphomas in laboratory animals and is believed to cause lymphoid cancers in men." The gastrointestinal mucous membrane is only a partial barrier to the absorption of food antigens, and circulating antibodies to food protein is commonplace especially potent lymphoid stimulants. Ingestion of cows' milk can produce generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, and profound adenoid hypertrophy. It has been conservatively estimated that more than 100 distinct antigens are released by the normal digestion of cows' milk which evoke production of all antibody classes [This may explain why pasteurized, killed viruses are still antigenic and can still cause disease. Here's more. A large prospective study from Norway was reported in the British Journal of Cancer 61 (3):456-9, March 1990. (Almost 16,000 individuals were followed for 11 and a half years). For most cancers there was no association between the tumour and milk ingestion. However, in lymphoma, there was a strong positive association. If one drank two glasses or more daily (or the equivalent in dairy products), the odds were 3.4 times greater than in persons drinking less than one glass of developing a lymphoma. There are two other cow-related diseases that you should be aware of. At this time they are not known to be spread by the use of dairy products and are not known to involve man. The first is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and the second is the bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV). The first of these diseases, we hope, is confined to England and causes cavities in the animal's brain. Sheep have long been known to suffer from a disease called scrapie. It seems to have been started by the feeding of contaminated sheep parts, especially brains, to the British cows. Now, use your good sense. Do cows seem like carnivores? Should they eat meat? This profit-motivated practice backfired and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or Mad Cow Disease, swept Britain. The disease literally causes dementia in the unfortunate animal and is 100 per cent incurable. To date, over 100,000 cows have been incinerated in England in keeping with British law. Four hundred to 500 cows are reported as infected each month. The British public is concerned and has dropped its beef consumption by 25 per cent, while some 2,000 schools have stopped serving beef to children. Several farmers have developed a fatal disease syndrome that resembles both BSE and CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob- Disease). But the British Veterinary Association says that transmission of BSE to humans is "remote." The USDA agrees that the British epidemic was due to the feeding of cattle with bonemeal or animal protein produced at rendering plants from the carcasses of scrapie-infected sheep. The have prohibited the importation of live cattle and zoo ruminants from Great Britain and claim that the disease does not exist in the United States. However, there may be a problem. "Downer cows" are animals who arrive at auction yards or slaughter houses dead, trampled, lacerated, dehydrated, or too ill from viral or bacterial diseases to walk. Thus they are "down." If they cannot respond to electrical shocks by walking, they are dragged by chains to dumpsters and transported to rendering plants where, if they are not already dead, they are killed. Even a "humane" death is usually denied them. They are then turned into protein food for animals as well as other preparations. Minks that have been fed this protein have developed a fatal encephalopathy that has some resemblance to BSE. Entire colonies of minks have been lost in this manner, particularly in Wisconsin. It is feared that the infective agent is a prion or slow virus possible obtained from the ill "downer cows." The British Medical Journal in an editorial whimsically entitled "How Now Mad Cow?" (BMJ vol. 304, 11 Apr. 1992:929- 30) describes cases of BSE in species not previously known to be affected, such as cats. They admit that produce contaminated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy entered the human food chain in England between 1986 and 1989. They say. "The result of this experiment is awaited." As the incubation period can be up to three decades, wait we must. The immunodeficency virus is seen in cattle in the United States and is more worrisome. Its structure is closely related to that of the human AIDS virus. At this time we do not know if exposure to the raw BIV proteins can cause the sera of humans to become positive for HIV. The extent of the virus among American herds is said to be "widespread". (The USDA refuses to inspect the meat and milk to see if antibodies to this retrovirus is present). It also has no plans to quarantine the infected animals. As in the case of humans with AIDS, there is no cure for BIV in cows. Each day we consume beef and diary products from cows infected with these viruses and no scientific assurance exists that the products are safe. Eating raw beef (as in steak Tartare) strikes me as being very risky, especially after the Seattle E. coli deaths of 1993. A report in the Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research, October 1992, Vol. 56 pp.353-359 and another from the Russian literature, tell of a horrifying development. They report the first detection in human serum of the antibody to a bovine immunodeficiency virus protein. In addition to this disturbing report, is another from Russia telling us of the presence of virus proteins related to the bovine leukemia virus in 5 of 89 women with breast disease (Acta Virologica Feb. 1990 34(1): 19-26). The implications of these developments are unknown at present. However, it is safe to assume that these animal viruses are unlikely to "stay" in the animal kingdom. OTHER CANCERS--DOES IT GET WORSE? Unfortunately it does. Ovarian cancer--a particularly nasty tumour--was associated with milk consumption by workers at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, New York. Drinking more than one glass of whole milk or equivalent daily gave a woman a 3.1 times risk over non-milk users. They felt that the reduced fat milk products helped reduce the risk. This association has been made repeatedly by numerous investigators. Another important study, this from the Harvard Medical School, analyzed data from 27 countries mainly from the 1970s. Again a significant positive correlation is revealed between ovarian cancer and per capita milk consumption. These investigators feel that the lactose component of milk is the responsible fraction, and the digestion of this is facilitated by the persistence of the ability to digest the lactose (lactose persistence) - a little different emphasis, but the same conclusion. This study was reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology 130 (5): 904-10 Nov. 1989. These articles come from two of the country's leading institutions, not the Rodale Press or Prevention Magazine. Even lung cancer has been associated with milk ingestion? The beverage habits of 569 lung cancer patients and 569 controls again at Roswell Park were studied in the International Journal of Cancer, April 15, 1989. Persons drinking whole milk 3 or more times daily had a 2-fold increase in lung cancer risk when compared to those never drinking whole milk. For many years we have been watching the lung cancer rates for Japanese men who smoke far more than American or European men but who develop fewer lung cancers. Workers in this research area feel that the total fat intake is the difference. There are not many reports studying an association between milk ingestion and prostate cancer. One such report though was of great interest. This is from the Roswell Park Memorial Institute and is found in Cancer 64 (3): 605-12, 1989. They analyzed the diets of 371 prostate cancer patients and comparable control subjects: Men who reported drinking three or more glasses of whole milk daily had a relative risk of 2.49 compared with men who reported never drinking whole milk the weight of the evidence appears to favour the hypothesis that animal fat is related to increased risk of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer diagnosed in US men and is the second leading cause of cancer mortality. WELL, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? Is there any health reason at all for an adult human to drink cows' milk? It's hard for me to come up with even one good reason other than simple preference. But if you try hard, in my opinion, these would be the best two: milk is a source of calcium and it's a source of amino acids (proteins). Let's look at the calcium first. Why are we concerned at all about calcium? Obviously, we intend it to build strong bones and protect us against osteoporosis. And no doubt about it, milk is loaded with calcium. But is it a good calcium source for humans? I think not. These are the reasons. Excessive amounts of dairy products actually interfere with calcium absorption. Secondly, the excess of protein that the milk provides is a major cause of the osteoporosis problem. Dr. H egsted in England has been writing for years about the geographical distribution of osteoporosis. It seems that the countries with the highest intake of dairy products are invariably the countries with the most osteoporosis. He feels that milk is a cause of osteoporosis. Reasons to be given below. Numerous studies have shown that the level of calcium ingestion and especially calcium supplementation has no effect whatever on the development of osteoporosis. The most important such article appeared recently in the British Journal of Medicine where the long arm of our dairy industry can't reach. Another study in the United States actually showed a worsening in calcium balance in post-menopausal women given three 8-ounce glasses of cows' milk per day. (Am. Journal of Clin. Nutrition, 1985). The effects of hormone, gender, weight bearing on the axial bones, and in particular protein intake, are critically important. Another observation that may be helpful to our analysis is to note the absence of any recorded dietary deficiencies of calcium among people living on a natural diet without milk. For the key to the osteoporosis riddle, donÂ’t look at calcium, look at protein. Consider these two contrasting groups. Eskimos have an exceptionally high protein intake estimated at 25 percent of total calories. They also have a high calcium intake at 2,500 mg/day. Their osteoporosis is among the worst in the world. The other instructive group are the Bantus of South Africa. They have a 12 percent protein diet, mostly p lant protein, and only 200 to 350 mg/day of calcium, about half our women's intake. The women have virtually no osteoporosis despite bearing six or more children and nursing them for prolonged periods! When African women immigrate to the United States, do they develop osteoporosis? The answer is yes, but not quite are much as Caucasian or Asian women. Thus, there is a genetic difference that is modified by diet. To answer the obvious question, "Well, where do you get your calcium?" The answer is: "From exactly the same place the cow gets the calcium, from green things that grow in the ground," mainly from leafy vegetables. After all, elephants and rhinos develop their huge bones (after being weaned) by eating green leafy plants, so do horses. Carnivorous animals also do quite nicely without leafy plants. It seems that all of earth's mammals do well if they live in harmony with their genetic programming and natural food. Only humans living an affluent life style have rampant osteoporosis. If animal references do not convince you, think of the several billion humans on this earth who have never seen cows' milk. Wouldn't you think osteoporosis would be prevalent in this huge group? The dairy people would suggest this but the truth is exactly the opposite. They have far less than that seen in the countries where dairy products are commonly consumed. It is the subject of another paper, but the truly significant determinants of osteoporosis are grossly excessive protein intakes and lack of weight bearing on long bones, both taking place over decades. Hormones play a secondary, but not trivial role in women. Milk is a deterrent to good bone health. THE PROTEIN MYTH Remember when you were a kid and the adults all told you to "make sure you get plenty of good protein". Protein was the nutritional "good guyÂ”" when I was young. And of course milk is fitted right in. As regards protein, milk is indeed a rich source of protein- -"liquid meat," remember? However that isn't necessarily what we need. In actual fact it is a source of difficulty. Nearly all Americans eat too much protein. For this information we rely on the most authoritative source that I am aware of. This is the latest edition (1oth, 1989: 4th printing, Jan. 1992) of the Recommended Dietary Allowances produced by the National Research Council. Of interest, the current editor of this important work is Dr. Richard Havel of the University of California in San Francisco. First to be noted is that the recommended protein has been steadily revised downward in successive editions. The current recommendation is 0.75 g/kilo/day for adults 19 through 51 years. This, of course, is only 45 grams per day for the mythical 60 kilogram adult. You should also know that the WHO estimated the need for protein in adults to by .6g/kilo per day. (All RDA's are calculated with large safety allowances in case you're the type that wants to add some more to "be sure.") You can "get by" on 28 to 30 grams a day if necessary! Now 45 grams a day is a tiny amount of protein. That's an ounce and a half! Consider too, that the protein does not have to be animal protein. Vegetable protein is identical for all practical purposes and has no cholesterol and vastly less saturated fat. (Do not be misled by the antiquated belief that plant proteins must be carefully balanced to avoid deficiencies. This is not a realistic concern.) Therefore virtually all Americans, Canadians, British and European people are in a protein overloaded state. This has serious consequences when maintained over decades. The problems are the already mentioned osteoporosis, atherosclerosis and kidney damage. There is good evidence that certain malignancies, chiefly colon and rectal, are related to excessive meat intake. Barry Brenner, an eminent renal physiologist was the first to fully point out the dangers of excess protein for the kidney tubule. The dangers of the fat and cholesterol are known to all. Finally, you should know that the protein content of human milk is amount the lowest (0.9%) in mammals. IS THAT ALL OF THE TROUBLE? Sorry, there's more. Remember lactose? This is the principal carbohydrate of milk. It seems that nature provides new- borns with the enzymatic equipment to metabolize lactose, but this ability often extinguishes by age 4 or 5 years. What is the problem with lactose or milk sugar? It seems that it is a disaccharide which is too large to be absorbed into the blood stream without first being broken down into monosaccharides, namely galactose and glucose. This requires the presence of an enzyme, lactase plus additional enzymes to break down the galactose into glucose. Let's think about his for a moment. Nature gives us the ability to metabolize lactose for a few years and then shuts off the mechanism. Is Mother Nature trying to tell us something? Clearly all infants must drink milk. The fact that so many adults cannot seems to be related to the tendency for nature to abandon mechanisms that are not needed. At least half of the adult humans on this earth are lactose intolerant. It was not until the relatively recent introduction of dairy herding and the ability to "borrow" milk from another group of mammals that the survival advantage of preserving lactase (the enzyme that allows us to digest lactose) became evident. But why would it be advantageous to drink cows' milk? After all, most of the human beings in the history of the world did. And further, why was it just the white or light skinned humans who retained this knack while the pigmented people tended to lose it? Some students of evolution feel that white skin is a fairly recent innovation, perhaps not more than 20,000 or 30,000 years old. It clearly has to do with the Northward migration of early man to cold and relatively sunless areas when skins and clothing became available. Fair skin allows the production of Vitamin D from sunlight more readily than does dark skin. However, when only the face was exposed to sunlight that area of fair skin was insufficient to provide the vitamin D from sunlight. If dietary and sunlight sources were poorly available, the ability to use the abundant calcium in cows' milk would give a survival advantage to humans who could digest that milk. This seems to be the only logical explanation for fair skinned humans having a high degree of lactose tolerance when compared to dark skinned people. How does this break down? Certain racial groups, namely blacks are up to 90% lactose intolerant as adults. Caucasians are 20 to 40% lactose intolerant. Orientals are midway between the above two groups. Diarrhea, gas and abdominal cramps are the results of substantial milk intake in such persons. Most American Indians cannot tolerate milk. The milk industry admits that lactose intolerance plays intestinal havoc with as many as 50 million Americans. A lactose-intolerance industry has sprung up and had sales of $117 million in 1992 (Time May 17, 1993.) What if you are lactose-intolerant and lust after dairy products? Is all lost? Not at all. It seems that lactose is largely digested by bacteria and you will be able to enjoy your cheese despite lactose intolerance. Yogurt is similar in this respect. Finally, and I could never have dreamed this up, geneticists want to splice genes to alter the composition of milk (Am J Clin Nutr 1993 Suppl 302s). One could quibble and say that milk is totally devoid of fiber content and that its habitual use will predispose to constipation and bowel disorders. The association with anemia and occult intestinal bleeding in infants is known to all physicians. This is chiefly from its lack of iron and its irritating qualities for the intestinal mucosa. The pediatric literature abounds with articles describing irritated intestinal lining, bleeding, increased permeability as well as colic, diarrhea and vomiting in cows'milk-sensitive babies. The anemia gets a double push by loss of blood and iron as well as deficiency of iron in the cows' milk. Milk is also the leading cause of childhood allergy. LOW FAT One additional topic: the matter of "low fat" milk. A common and sincere question is: "Well, low fat milk is OK, isn't it?" The answer to this question is that low fat milk isn't low fat. The term "low fat" is a marketing term used to gull the public. Low fat milk contains from 24 to 33% fat as calories! The 2% figure is also misleading. This refers to weight. They don't tell you that, by weight, the milk is 87% water! "Well, then, kill-joy surely you must approve of non-fat milk!" I hear this quite a bit. (Another constant concern is: "What do you put on your cereal?") True, there is little or no fat, but now you have a relative overburden of protein and lactose. It there is something that we do not need more of it is another simple sugar-lactose, composed of galactose and glucose. Millions of Americans are lactose intolerant to boot, as noted. As for protein, as stated earlier, we live in a society that routinely ingests far more protein than we need. It is a burden for our bodies, especially the kidneys, and a prominent cause of osteoporosis. Concerning the dry cereal issue, I would suggest soy milk, rice milk or almond milk as a healthy substitute. If you're still concerned about calcium, "Westsoy" is formulated to have the same calcium concentration as milk. SUMMARY To my thinking, there is only one valid reason to drink milk or use milk products. That is just because we simply want to. Because we like it and because it has become a part of our culture. Because we have become accustomed to its taste and texture. Because we like the way it slides down our throat. Because our parents did the very best they could for us and provided milk in our earliest training and conditioning. They taught us to like it. And then probably the very best reason is ice cream! I've heard it described "to die for". I had one patient who did exactly that. He had no obvious vices. He didn't smoke or drink, he didnÂ’t eat meat, his diet and lifestyle was nearly a perfectly health promoting one; but he had a passion. You guessed it, he loved rich ice cream. A pint of the richest would be a lean day's ration for him. On many occasions he would eat an entire quart - and yes there were some cookies and other pastries. Good ice cream deserves this after all. He seemed to be in good health despite some expected "middle age spread" when he had a devastating stroke which left him paralyzed, miserable and helpless, and he had additional strokes and d ied several years later never having left a hospital or rehabilitation unit. Was he old? I don't think so. He was in his 50s. So don't drink milk for health. I am convinced on the weight of the scientific evidence that it does not "do a body good." Inclusion of milk will only reduce your diet's nutritional value and safety. Most of the people on this planet live very healthfully without cows' milk. You can too. 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Does this narrative essay contain philosophical meaning and is it A,B,C,D, or F quality? I am in 11th grade AP English Literature and would like to know if the essay seems appropriate for a coming of age narrative. Also: is it interesting, meaningful, does it bring any questions to mind, believable (in which it is a true personal narrative), clear, or descriptive? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, thank you. A Wild Pack of Wolves The surging air flowed freely from the gaping wound of a door behind me. A blanket of humidity greeted me now with a suffocating intoxication, quickly reminding me how nice the air-conditioned the department store had been. Trudging along, I began my exile through the parking lot to my car. I left the store behind me and filtered through other corpses that stick baked to the asphalt. My skin glistens and reflects the unforgiving yet naïve sun, the same light that gives the moon its shallow glow. The sun seemed to give this day an individual energy and reality, a true ecstasy giving a hope to those banished from the gaiety of life. Any other day I would have hurried to my car, but today I let the sun’s inescapable veracity sizzle and soak me through, as do novelties a consumer. The tint from inside the car induced the purging of what existed beyond the window from out of what withered inside. Bliss, no matter how much I thought I had wanted it, and tried to get, ended in misery. Who was I fooling; I’m no more human than a puppet that will dance with the flick of a social conformist’s wrist. It’s days like this one that the red curtain retreats before me, giving way to life’s actors who seem to dramatize the same play repeatedly while I watch and recite their next words. I could no longer eat of the apple in all its décor of waxy perfection while this picture hung vainly rotten before me like a day’s till. Is having never tasted the sweetness of truth worse than the infinite dream of a false beauty? I twisted the ignition and cranked the air-conditioning, drinking in my artificial air until I was hydrated enough to adjust to the new light of the car. I sat there, fleeing far from the recesses of the parking lot; from where I sat, I could quietly add up my whole life. However this is no more than what could be fitted inside the plastic bag that lay strewn across the adjacent seat. I sat and wondered about past memories, surfaced from spotting The Jungle Book inside the department store. I wondered, if the boy in the story had continued living with the wolves and lived a lie his whole life, would it be better or worse than living with humans. If his life continued with the wolves he would never know responsibility, love, or religion. On the other hand, is living with humans and knowing hate, jealousy, malice, and vanity better? The time for my innocence had come and left, ripped out of my cradle before I knew whom good, evil, Adam, or Eve was. As I drove away from all that wilderness of the parking lot, all the cries and howls of long ago seemingly transmuted into nothing more than the glimmers of light, reflecting from the stream of asphalt that grew longer, until it became nothing more than the infinite luminosity of the sun that trailed past the distant mountains. “Travis…Travis…--oh there you are. Hello my name is Doctor Newton and I’ll be your doctor for the next couple of weeks. Now you just come right through this door and we’ll get started with our first session—O.K.?” I nodded, leaving the quiet emptiness that can only come from a group of people each silently enduring the weekly pain of a not so anticipated doctors appointment. The only detectable manifestation of this pain was the occasional crinkle of a magazine page being turned. As I passed under the ominous arch of the doorframe overhead I prayed silently that I would never have to read any of those magazines again. Doctor Newton’s office was littered with pictures of babies crawling in diapers and clowns with face paint. One clown had a sad face painted on him with a single real tear on his cheek--only the tear had been caked down from all the paint. A long pause passed before the doctor’s and my eyes met somewhere on her desk; I was sitting on some Playskool desk with paper and crayons. “So…” the doctor said, “can you tell me why you are here today?” Another pause passed by without a word. I questioned myself why I was here in the first place and also whether her question was entrapment. Finally, I answered, “I can’t really say, my dad wouldn’t tell me.” After the brief conversing I was told to “draw a picture—any picture I wanted.” So I began to draw the clown I saw earlier and a couple other familiar things. I drew for ten minutes and she complimented me on the art. I began to take quick glances at her eyes, for they said what we both knew but only one of us would admit. I wanted to leave. I could feel a stinging pain on the back of my eyes and a queasy sensation in my abdomen. Doctor Newton cracked the edges of her lips, paused and finally asked, “How do you feel about your mother?” I uttered silently, “I don’t know—fine I guess.” “You don’t have any problems you want to share--you know nothing leaves this room,” said Doctor Newton. I knew she was going to ask, and it came like a reflection in a broken mirror. “Could you tell me a little about your relationship with your mother and how you feel about her illness?” The whine of the Ford in the driveway and the horn blow immediately following the clap of a door usually sent happiness through me, enough to send me sailing towards the front door of the house. This evening carried no such melody, only torture. There I sat, listening to the strikes of thunder from her high-heals tear through my heart, and to an awareness of a screaming ever so true. Yet it filled me like a dream that comes like a shadow and all I could do was sit there, paralyzed on the ground next to the door. I knew something was wrong when it should have been right; I could feel the warmth of harmony’s momentary embrace grow desolate as it covered my eyes as I sat crying. The door slammed shut sending a flash of light through the room and then silently returning back beneath the door from where it had abruptly entered. I know not of money, jobs, worry, responsibility, hate, rape, illness, divorce, and now I know not my mother’s eyes before me. These things were cold and sunken, empty shells of the loving and pretty world through which I learned of good and evil. They were dead, destroyed, from another world I had not learned of but heard so much about. I moved down her face to black rivers that tainted the shores of her cheeks. Further down rested a set of vicious white edges, made visible by the panicked wrinkles that made a martyr of her face. I searched violently for my mother, but the closest thing I would ever find to her would be found only in a mirror. Night came in, relieving shame from the earth and its creatures. I always liked the night for it unmasked the ambiguities of day and gave true shape to what had previously been blinded so childishly by the sun. Tonight I sat in bed and adjusted my eyes enough to see past the glare of the lamp out into the light of night. There was a tall eucalyptus, hunched from the irregularity of its large branches and lack of roots, which grew centered in the lawn and around it was the rest of the backyard lawn. This sanctuary of infinite youthful possibilities tonight would not find relief from the usual cry of laughter, but host the paths of two lives, each tied to survival dependent on the other’s death. The two shadows unveiling themselves, circumvented around the corners of my eyes to find one another at the base of the eucalyptus. There they scratched, bit, tore, and capsized until they became one snarled mess of the same shadow among the sea of grass. I picked up deafly howls and cries, but neither sound belonged to a definite shape. Not until the hissing stopped and one shadow floated erratically back in the direction it had came from could I tell. It was my aged smitten cat Chelsy, but she was the mound of flesh that remained. She had seen night before day, child after parent, prey facing predator, and now she and her tree would see life after death—but never would the roots be less uneven or the leaves greener. “ ‘And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and domestic animals according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the earth was good and He approved it. God said, Let Us make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth--,’ ” “Why did God create us?” “I don’t quite know, maybe God got lonely or maybe he just wanted praise,” Mommy answered. I bent my neck backwards and gawked at her. Her eyes were recoiled and wounded as before, but a little warmth still radiated in the sparkle I always remember her having. I have seen her look at others but the glint of light never shows itself. “Honey why don’t you just let me finish so we can go to bed,” said Mommy exhaustingly. “O.K., but I have already heard this part tell another,” I cheered. “How about this, ‘And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate. Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apron-like girdles. And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden—’ ” “Why did God make the tree? And was God angry at them?” “Honey, how can a parent ever be angry at a child, except for when that child is no longer one anymore. Even then a parent’s love never dies. God doesn’t create bad people only bad situations. If you remember anything I ever tell you remember this, Love is what you don’t give not what you do give. Maybe truth is supposed to be glorious because you know what love is and you are closer to God for it. So maybe Bliss is what defines innocence and choice is what defines love. If a person doesn’t have choice can they ever really know true love?” I was now asleep, only I was dreaming dreams that have no place inside a child. Murky dreams where I could feel my teeth come loose and scrape the sides of my mouth, then dangle from the veins that give them life. All the while I watch helplessly the scene of my Mommy willingly feeding herself to a pack of wild wolves. I feel no pain, no emotion, I only watch while I frantically try to understand why I don’t stop her. Upon waking, I could see the door to my now dark room, it was cracked transcending a long triangular light across my bed and up onto the edge of my pillow next to my face. On the illuminated sliver of my pillow I could see pools of dampness that had been absorbed into the inner depths of the cushioning. I sat there, face down wondering if the wet was from tears or saliva, for I had none on my face. I had already been seated along side the cul-de-sac curb when the shadow of Dad’s Bronco screeched and eased to a halt, blocking the evening sun from my view. The faint circular outline of the moon could already be seen directly overhead. The curb upon which I sat was still warm, the only remnant left of the Sun’s presence in the horseshoe shaped neighborhood that crowned the hill on which it rested. I placed my right hand on the curb for I no longer needed to shield my eyes from the glare angled off from the side-view mirror on the Bronco. The brown cardboard box of memories that lay between my legs lined up with the back tire of the Bronco. These few random objects I managed to salvage before my Dad told me we had to go held no value, but they were the best I could find. A stuffed wolf Mommy had given me for Valentine’s one year sat on the surface of the opened box. Wolves for as long as I could remember had been my favorite animals but now the stuffed sentiment left me with a sickening feeling inside. The sensation wrenched onto my heart, turning it black with blood, until the failure of it all floated down to the pit of my stomach. I flipped the wolf on its face after having seen my opaquely convex reflection in the wolf’s testing eyes. Dad’s words still rung loudly in my fragile skull, forever trapping the question of what my Mommy really was. How could she be? My Mommy of six years could not have a mental illness. Could I still love her? Did she still love me? And ever more troubling, whom could I believe, my Dad or my Mommy? The only truth I could decipher was through the back window of my Dad’s Bronco, for I could see my mother’s face as it grew smaller. She was kneeling down against the garage door, each hand covering one eye; and so the sparkle was gone forever and so was I. Although I could not bear to look up into Doctor Newton’s eyes I knew from her utter silence that she too was on the verge of tears. If she could see through all that saturation she would have found a boy who once knew the sweet clap of a rubber ball on concrete, a boy who could have told her the difference between the way a blue crayon and a red crayon smells, and too a boy that once knew the sweet taste that fruit could give in the shimmering presence of an ice-cream truck’s innocent call. But today she only found what made all those memories so precious. Doctor Newton whispered, “that’s enough for today, you may go.” And so I did, leaving her with nothing to look at but all those frowns of babies and clowns.

Are their any jobs for a 15yr old? Jobs in groceries, resturants, stores, etc.. not walking dogs, or baby sitting etc. I also wanted to know if the age requirement from all corporate employers in California is 16 years old or does it depend on the employer wether to hire someone under 16 years old? Cuz I almost got a job at Bannana Republic (connections) but since I'm only 15 years old and the requirement is 16, the manager told me he can't do anything because it was company policy. Same thing happened at Mc Donald's and Guitar Center and it sucks.

Could someone put this is microsoft office or something, and tell me how many words it is? When i grow up i'd like to be a photographer.My mom is a photographer, so i've grown up around camera's , and allot of photos. She does wedding's, baby portraits, sweet sixteens, and allot of other types of special events. I've already had the chance to come along, help out, and take pictures, for quite a few weddings, and sweet sixteen Many people have actually used some of my pictures which makes me alway so happy to hear. When i look at a picture that someone's edited, i usually find myself wanting to be able to do something like what i see, and i try to do it as well. I already know basically how to use photoshop, and i can work my way around photoshop pretty easily. I've edited a teen picture to make it look what they say is cool, and they used it in their signing book.I'm always so happy to hear that anyone likes the pictures i took or is using them. Since i've gone to wedding's, and sweet sixteens , i see how different people do things differently , and how allot of people still do the same things. The experience is always a good one. With photography you have to communicate with your customers, and always make sure they're happy, and understand what's happening. I understand how much hard work is put into designing the albums, editing photos, and sometimes getting in the way to get a right shot. My parent's are very successful having their own business together. My grandpa on my dad's said always worked as a photographer, and when my dad grew older, and married my mom, my mom got interested in photography, and so she decided to get involved. My dad, and her opened a store in Union center, and now my mom, and grandpa are photographers, and my dad is a videographer on wedding's and events. In conclusion when i grow up i'd like to get into my parent's buisness,and become a photographer. I hope i can learn how to be better in photography, and i will have gone to college, and maybe learned something more about photography, and maybe how to edit in a more advanced way.

My husband is Air Force and has to go to Kunsan AFB, Korea for a year....help!? I always knew there was a possibility he would have to go somewhere, but iwe have a 3 year old, 2 year old, 1 year old, and I am due to have a baby in June. He leaves in july, I have no family to run home to like most women, no one at this base to help me, and no programs here to help me out, I already called the chaplain and family support center. I don't know how I am going to go to the grocery store when 3 of my kids have to be in a cart, or to the dr office (I have to go once a month for a medical condition). The child care providers on my base can NOT be trusted and our CDC is always full. What am I supposed to do? Whoever said the Air Force is family-friendly is full of crap, they don't care if we make it ok or not. Sorry but I am sick of these people who claim the Air Force is so great for families. my husband didn't volunteer for this and I am afraid after a year of not having to take care of me or kids, he won't want to come back to us! How do I get him out of this!!!??? In response to an answer that was given, I guess I do live in a "vacuum" I just moved here you jerk, and just because you don't cARE about what your wife had to deal with doesn't mean that my situation is easy. It is people like you at this base that make the military SUCK! And also I wouldn't have three kids if the military properly trained their medical personell, I got pregnant TWICE on the IUD because and Air Force doctor put them in wrong. Why are you all such a$$'s?

Yes, another swine flu question about immunity...? So I'm a little confused, as I guess all of us are with this new strain of flu. Not to down play it, but it seems like most U.S. cases have been mild, nothing more than the seasonal flu, but yet there is all this talk about how our bodies don't have any immunity to it and that is why it's so scary, but most people seem to be recovering from it fine. How does that work? I guess I'm trying to make myself feel a little better about the possibility of getting this flu. I have a toddler and baby and it is scary to think of them catching something, but to be honest, I'm a SAHM, and we really don't get out that much, even before this scare. Are you avoiding public places? Like grocery stores, shopping centers, etc? How worried are you? BTW, I'm from Texas, eek!

would you mind checking my grammar or give any comment? In order to concentrate on my studying, I only did a few volunteers or paid jobs for short terms. For example, I joined the Terry Fox Run and school Basketball events; I helped to organize the store output in the Salvation Army-a second-hand store; I collected the fundraising money for Heart and Stroke Foundation; and sometimes, I offered a little help in my community’s women’s resource center and in my friend’s hair salon. From all these experiences, I learned the importance of problem-solving, customer relations-maintaining, and decision-making. Most of my study life, I lived outside with my friends, I learned the importance of caring, tolerating and independence. In addition to help my friends, I tutored Mathematics and baby-sited for more than three years. This helped me to develop my patience, circumspection, and imaginations.

I want to get a guinea pig? I really want to get a guinea pig. My uncle had a baby one and I was holding it and she was so cute and cuddly. I finally convinced my parents to let me get one but I have to buy everything with my own money. I have heard that you shouldnt buy them from pet stores but I cannot find any adoption centers around where I live. Does anyone know of any I live in Selden NY. If you could please let me know and also any information I should know about guinea pigs I would appreciate it. THANK YOU

Being harrased by security guard while food shopping? For the past three years each time I go to the Fresh Grocer food store in Barclay Square Shopping Center in Upper Darby, this security guard follows me around the store like a stalker. He becomes my shadow. I even started taking my great nephew with me for support........one time I let my great nephew (he is 12) use my cell phone and he was taking pics of food and this security guard came up and said to put the phone away that we were not allowed to take pics of the food!!!! The list goes on and on. Well tonite I was in the store and this young kid around 16 came up to me and asked me what to give a three month old baby for a fever....he had two packages of medicine in his hand and I directed him on what was good for a baby. The kid said thanks and walked away. I continued my shopping and guess what??? Here comes the security guard and he comes up to me and says " were you with that kid that was talking to you"?? I said to him in return......."what business is it of yours if I was, and NO I never saw him before in my life!!!! He says well we just put him out of the store for shop lifting!! So I said to him, so what the hell does that have to do with me??????????? I went absolutely nuts in the store..........I called the manager and the manager was no help at all and said that the security guard thought that me and the kid was a "team" and that I was also going to steal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so upset that I just stood there and shook and cried. I called my sister and she came over to the store. I then called the police outside of the store. The cops told me to go to District Court and to file a harrasement charge against him and to consider calling a lawyer. My husband thinks its a waste of time. I know I am definetely called the corporate offices and filing a complaint. I was so upset and still am.

Affordable but cute? Well my baby shower is in 3 months so I wont be shopping until the last minute but I'm having a brunch baby shower at a banquet center and would like to wear a nice dress...I'm petite and I've noticed a lot of maternity clothes are bigger. Does anyone know of any stores or websites with cute affordable maternity dresses that work well for petite women?

Had this dream of this little girl (is long) sorry im very confused though kinda sunny afternoon me-sister-and my mom with a baby in a carriage they seem to keep on moving and im just taking my time, we're under the train station so there's noise...mom is really ahead of me she stops and starts calling me to move on...somehow i go up the hill (it really reminds me of a place i know) idk why but i go into the Chinese store there i saw about three or 4 people and the chinese guy was mad, he kept mentioning his business was much more important...i cant remember i think i was about to leave but before i left i wanted to see what was going on...i saw a really beautiful little girl on the center of the floor..? or sitting down? or a carriage? (idk it was weird that part...but i went over and i smiled kinda played a bit with her, she mentioned daddy?... so after stepping away from her i dont remember myself asking anyone but someone just said what was happening.."she was left here" i was puzzled by "left", so the point in this part is that the girl was abandoned by her father, and in that moment for some reason i got desperate not just felt bad for the little girl but i literally overdid my emotions while everyone else was staring...i ran up front to the Chinese guy since he seemed like the one with authority and told him "please, i'll take her.." he seemed so furious he didnt care about the little girl he cared about his "business" after dealing with the guy i carried her and i told her how great i would treat her, she mentioned daddy (cant remember exact words) i think she mentioned how "daddy" said he'll be back for her, she showed sadness just that instant... during my dream i see my mom going up the hill with the baby stroller and im still very overwhelmed while being with caroline...thinking mom would say no, i pleaded her telling her i would do anything to have her home with us, that my mom wouldnt have to deal with any responsibility at all, i was still kind of tearing and sad...cant understand why i would feel like that while everyone else is calmed and feeling pitty......no one else took action... facts about the little girl: throughout my whole dream she never mentions mami or a mother figure or anything? the only apparent figure was her father who left her, but it seemed like he abused her too? in my dream i get the feeling that he left her because he didnt want to end up killing her (that was my thought in the dream), on our way home my mother kind of nags about how she has to deal with a baby almost all the time and now with caroline too...she doesnt say it in a bad way, the baby in the carriage is the baby that my mother babysits in real life and he's with us for long hours, but i reassured her that i would do anything to keep caroline and to care for her...no matter what once we're home she's really a gracious child yet her eyes to me show sadness and happiness...(on and off) at times she seemed traumatized? (quiet, overly-shy?) while walking around the house im playfully grabbing her by the hand and talking with her, when in that moment before entering the living room, my mother tells me, she wont take her shoes off???? and after such a long time with caroline with me (a whole day or so) in that moment i see she doesnt put her left foot flat on the floor when walking...i ask whats wrong at some point between this she says " i smell like daddy...on my feet" (or at least thats what i understood) i feared that maybe she was scarred,burnt..or idk something he had done to her feet...i sat her down next to me on the sofa, and my mother is sitting on another sofa aside from us, i take both her shoes and socks off carefully as mom tells me to take them off real slow(just in case anything bad is on her feet and not to cause her pain), and while looking at her feet i see a little bloody hole? on her left foot while her right foot is in perfect conditions, the hole looks like it had been big? like if it was now trying to slowly close up, and i could tell it was deep because as soon as her feet was free from the sock i could see blood trying to burst out, once again i couldnt stop being so overwhelmed throught the whole dream, i asked her with tears in my eyes...how? i already figured it was her daddy "" who had done this and somehow i got a flashback while she was telling me ( a flashback of her) she said he did it while he was "SLEEPING" (?) he had stabbed her...in the flashback i saw her lying face up towards the ceiling on the bed while he was next to her...i saw no stabbing i just imagined the place... this is the first dream that has had me so intrigued, this one and one i had before about a death and then my cousin got killed the day after (coincidence maaybe) anyways the point it i recognize the place where i found caroline...but i know no caroline at all, the closest to that is Karla who is my younger sister (who by the way doesnt show up again in the dream when im with caroline) ?... anyway of seeing this? im so very sorry i just woke up from it...the images are still in me...by the way this dream got me depressed makes me think about how i was going to walkaway from caroline without knowing...the only way i found out was because someone said she was abondoned...but what if i would have left (in reality lets say) what if i see one of the hundreds of kids i could see in a day and just walk away from them without knowing,asking, or without having someone tell me they are suffering in their parents care...makes me think so much... facts: while in my house i see my father, my mom,me and caroline, and my younger sister but shes barely there though...is like she just passed by and i just saw her real quick... also when checking her foot i recall my mother comes and we both grab her or i carry her and we starte checking her gums? her mouth on the inside as a way to see if she was cut or if any other bad things rested on her...I was afraid of asking caroline if she was raped, i felt the need of asking her had she been touched by her daddy in hurtful ways, i reflected or thought that if she ahd been raped it ws best not to mention it and better off not to make my feelings even worse (those were my thoughts during the dream, i was completely crushed by her situation) aii this is too long i know...but any help or any way of seeing this can be helpful but what significance does this dream have...anyone knows or sees anything... if u think is too long or anything of that matter or just wasting ur time on answering for nothing then dont do so...simple as that

just want to see if anyone can anwer all these? If an atheist has to go to court, do they make him swear on the Bible? Why don't the hairs on your arms get split ends? Can you get cornered in a round room? Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet soup? If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? Isn't Disney World just a people trap operated by a mouse? Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken over there ... I'm gonna eat the first thing that comes out if its butt"? Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink what comes out"? Why did Yankee Doodle name the feather in his hat Macaroni? If you pay for a vacation and your plane crashes on the way there, do you get you money back? (Granted you lived) Why does the last piece of ice always stick to the bottom of the cup? Are marbles made of marble? Can you breathe out of your nose and mouth at the same time? "Cute as a button" Is that supposed to be a compliment? Since when are buttons cute? Can it be cloudy and foggy at the same time? Can a fire truck park in the fire lane? If the swat team breaks down your door do they have to replace it later? Aren't the 'good things that come to those who wait' just the leftovers from the people that got there first? When French people swear do they say pardon my English? Can you make a candle out of your earwax? Are children who act in rated 'R' movies allowed to see them? If the sky is the limit, then what is space, over the limit? If Hooters were to become a door-to-door service would they have to change their name to Knockers? Why do the numbers on phones go down while the numbers on calculators go up? Do coffins have lifetime guarantees? Why is there a top line on lined paper if we never use it? When people say, "I’m so tired it's not even funny" or "my head hurts so much it's not even funny", why would it even be funny in the first place? Do stairs go up or down? Why do bullies always ask "what’s your problem" when they're obviously not going to solve it? Do they have burglar alarms at Christian bookstores? Can you put a gay man in a straight jacket? If you swallow a burp does it turn into a fart? Why is it that when adults have multiple personalities they are put in an mental hospital, but when a child has imaginary friends it's cute? Do Jewish vampires avoid crosses or Stars of David? Can you still say "Put it where the sun don't shine " on a nude beach? How come French fries are not considered vegetables, since they are just deep fried potatoes? If someone's peeing and halfway through they die, would they keep pissing or stop? Are people who are allergic to nuts allergic to coconuts too? Do the actors in the re-enactments on Americas most wanted, ever get arrested (because they were seen on TV portraying the criminal)? Can a person with no ears wear glasses? If you rented a movie and were late returning it and then you died would someone you knew or a family member have to pay the late fee? If you made biscuits with chocolate milk instead of regular milk, would they taste chocolaty? What if you were to ask a genie to grant you more than three wishes for one of you wishes? Why doesn't baking soda freeze? Do bald people get dandruff? Do the actors on Unsolved Mysteries ever get arrested because they look just like the criminal they are playing? "What was Captian Hook's name before he had a hook for a hand?" If there was a crumb on the table and you cut it in half, would you have two crumbs or two halves of a crumb? When a store has double doors why do they only let you use one of them? How do "do not walk on grass" signs get there? Whats a question with no answer called? Why do we say "heads up" when we actually duck? Are there pink lemons that make pink lemonade? Doesn't a lightning rod on top of church show a lack of faith? How come lotion is colored, but when you put it on, it doesn't turn your skin that color? Are tomatoes fruits or vegetables? Isn't it weird that all year round your parents tell you not to play with fire, but on Independence Day they hand you a package of explosives, a lighter, and say have fun? How come only your fingers and toes get wrinkly in the shower and nothing else does? Why does the Easter bunny carry eggs? Rabbits don't lay eggs. Why is there a little countdown (like 8, 7, 6, 5, 4) near the bottom of the copyright info page in the beginning of many books? If a pack of gum says that each piece is 10 calories, is that amount just chewing the gum, or also for swallowing it? Why do cats like to dig their paws into something before they lay down on it? When an atheist swears on a Bible before they testify in court do they have to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth since they don't believe in God? Is it possible to be allergic to water? What is the point in saying "may I ask" and then follow it up with a question? Why is there never a full English dinner or tea but there is always a full English breakfast? Why don't they make Root Beer flavored ice cream? Wouldn't it be better than root beer floats? If a General is a higher ranking officer than a Major, then why is a major illness worse than a general illness? If a baseball player hits a home run over the fence, but then dies before he can run around the bases, does the home run count? Can a unborn baby fart or burp? Why does jello have a smell when you add the powder in the water, but when it "gels" the scent virtually disappears? Why is it called a soap opera when nobody sings? If French kissing is a big thing in America, how do French people react to normal American kissing? Can you "zone out" and be "in the zone" at the same time? Do you wake up or open your eyes first? Is the vice president's wife called the second lady? If a stripper gets breast implants can she write it off on her taxes as a business expense? If your eyes are crossed, do your tears fall straight? Why do child labor laws not prohibit children from acting in movies? If a vampire were Jewish would his Sabbath start at sunrise? Why do people say "The alarm just went off" when really it just came on? Do they put underwear on corpses? Do bubbles freeze in winter? What sound does a bunny make? If you had only one hand, would second hand smoking effect you? Do suicide hotlines have hold? Have you ever wondered why in the 1500's nude photos/painting were art, while today it's pornography? If you are old and are in a bathtub how would you know if you have been in there too long? If you can see your breath outide on a cold day, could you see your fart? If you wear contact lens and you died with them in your eyes, do they take them out? Why do people call it an ATM machine, but they know it's really saying Automated Teller Machine Machine? Why do you have to "put your two cents in" but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going too ? Why is it when we laugh in school the teachers say do you find something funny? When obviously we do? strangers, yet on Halloween, its encouraged! Why is that ? 364 days of the year, parents tell their kids not to take candy from If all of the Acme stuff doesn't work, why does Wile Coyote keep buying their products? If your name is Mr. Crunch, and you joined the Navy, would you eventually be Captain Crunch? Can you cry under water? Does Hawaiian Punch come from Hawaii? Just what was the "Baby On Board" sign for? Did it help us decide which car not to hit in case of an accident? When a boy is named after his dad, he is called 'Junior,' but what do you call a girl that is named after her mother? Do the air bubbles that are created when you fart in water, smell when they pop? How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? If a bunch of cats jump on top of each other, is it still called a dog pile? Why is Donkey Kong called "DONKEY" Kong if he's a monkey? If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches? If you went back in time and killed your mother would you disappear the moment you killed her? Who gets to keep the pennies in a wishing well? Why do we teach kids that violence is not the answer and then have them read about wars in school that solved America's problems? Do the security guards at airports have to go through airport security when they get to work? Why do they call the small candy bars the "fun sizes"? Wouldn't be more fun to eat a big one? Why is "number" abbreviated as "no"? When there is no "o" in number? Is sign language the same in languages other than English? If you die and you have a broken leg do they take the cast off? Since a running back runs forward, why is he called a running back? Why is it that when babies are born they only weigh like 7 lbs yet the mom weighs 30 lbs more? When something's funny why is it called a "knee-slapper" when you actually slap your thigh? Why is it the TWELVE days of Christmas when there is only one day of Christmas? Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round? How come only car keys are the only keys with teeth on both sides? Why do we wash behind our ears? Who really looks there? How come you pay an extra 25 cents to get something put on your hamburger but they don't take off the price if you get something taken off? If I had my legs amputated, would I have to change my height and weight on my driver's license? Why do they put the names of football teams on baseball caps? Why is snow white and ice clear? Aren't they just different forms of water? Why is Charlie short for Charles if they are both the same number of letters? Did Noah have woodpeckers on the ark? If he did, where did he keep them? Do movie producers still say lights, camera, and action when it is a dark scene? How come popcorn isn't a vegetable? Can bald men get lice?? Why do people say, "You can't have your cake and eat it too"? Why would someone get cake if they can't eat it? Is Jerry Garcia grateful to be dead? Why is it that its good to score under par in golf but its bad to be “under par” in any thing else? If overalls are held up by the snaps at the top, then why do they have belt loops? Why aren't safety pins as safe as they say they are? What happens if your snot freezes in your nose? Why are Pringles curved? If you were a genie and a person asked you this wish, "I wish you would not grant me this wish" what would you do? If the president were gay, would his husband be the first man? Why can’t a baby cry while it’s inside its mother? If a missing person sees their picture on a milk carton that offers a reward, would they get the money? Why did Mary own a little lamb? If mars had earthquakes would they be called marsquakes? Why do all superheroes wear spandex? Why are people allowed to put naked statues outside but why can't we run outside naked? Which way does a compass point in space? Why is the 0 on a phone after 1 and not before 1? Why is a square meal served on round plates? Why is it when some products you have to turn it upside down to read the directions, and the directions say do not turn upside down? Why do you get in trouble for blocking an exit when you're standing in the doorway? In case of an emergency, wouldn't you run out, too, therefore NOT blocking the exit? You know the expression, "Don't quit your day job?" Well what do you say to people that work nights? If something "goes without saying," why do people still say it? Why do companies offer you "free gifts?" Since when has a gift NOT been free? Why do dogs sniff other dog’s bottoms to say hello, why don’t they just bark in their face or something? If your sick for one week and on one of those days they had to cancel school because of snow, do you have to make up that day in June? Why can't you get a tan on your palms? Why is vanilla ice cream white when vanilla extract is brown? Why doos shaped macaroni taste better than the normal kind? Why do you go “back and forth” to town if you really must go forth before you go back? Why is it when we talk to God we are praying, but when God talks to us we are put into the loony bin? Why is toilet bowl cleaning liquid only blue? Do they have girl’s bathrooms in gay bars? Why isn't chocolate considered a vegetable, if chocolate comes from cocoa beans, and all beans are a vegetable? Why is there that little space inside strawberries, as if it was meant for a pit, and then the seeds are on the outside? If heat rises, then shouldn't hell be cold? If a fork were made of gold would it still be considered silverware? How come you play at a recital, but recite at a play? Why is chopsticks one of the easiest songs to play on the piano, but the hardest thing to eat with? What happens if you put this side up face down while popping microwave popcorn? Can mute people burp? Why is it that when you get out of a swimming pool, your urine is hotter when you use the restroom? Why is it that when things get wet they get darker, even though water is clear?? Isn't it funny how the word 'politics' is made up of the words 'poli' meaning 'many' in Latin, and 'tics' as in 'bloodsucking creatures’? Have you ever noticed that if you rearranged the letters in mother in law, they come out to Woman Hitler? Why are the commercials for cable companies on cable but not on regular television? Don't they want the people without cable to buy the cable? Wouldn't it be smart to make the sticky stuff on envelopes taste like chocolate? Why are people so scared of mice, yet we all love Mickey Mouse? Why is it that if something says, "do not eat" on the packaging it becomes extra tempting to eat? How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone? In that song, she'll be coming around the mountain, who is she? Why is it illegal to park in a handicapped parking space but its ok to use a handicapped toilet? If Dracula has no reflection, how comes he always had such a straight parting in his hair? Why do they put "for indoor or outdoor use only" on Christmas lights? Does the President have to pay taxes? Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside? If you mated a bull dog and a shitsu, would it be called a bullshit? How fast do hotcakes sell? If you wore a teflon suit, could you ever end up in a sticky situation? Why is an alarm clock going "off" when it actually turns on? Why are semi-trucks bigger than regular trucks? What is a male ladybug called? Since we see little birdies when we just get knocked out, what do little birdies see when they just get knocked out?? If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down to the core of the earth? Can a guy named Nick have a 'nick'name? Do cows drink milk? How come some Little Debbie snack cakes come in a twin pack and others are wrapped individually? Why is it called football when you hardly use your feet? Why do they call it an escalator if it takes you down? How did the headless horseman know where he was going? If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be? Why is it called a TV set when there is only one? Why would superman want to leap over the tallest building in a single bound if he can fly? How do they get those boats in those glass bottles? If someone can't see, they're blind and if someone cant hear, they're deaf, so what do you call people who can't smell? Why is the name of the phobia for the fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia? Can a hearse driver drive a corpse in the Car Pool lane? Why do they call it "head over heels in love" If our head is always over our heels? Why do they call them guidance counselors when all counselors do is offer guidance? Why do British people never sound British when they sing? How come no matter what color the liquid is the froth is always white? Why do they call it your "bottom", when it's really in the middle of your body? If you tell someone they are being judgmental aren't you being judgmental yourself? Why do they call it a RUNNING BACK when he is running forward? Why does everyone speak different languages and have different accents if we all originally came from the same place? Why is it we have the weight of the world on our shoulders but have to get it off our chests? If you decide that you're indecisive, which one are you? If an anarchist group attained political power, would they by principle have to dissolve their own government? If Luke took a bath, would the water be lukewarm? Why doesn't the glue in the bottle dry up? Why do the call the angel of death an angel if all it does is bring pain and suffering? How do you handcuff a one-armed man? Can blind people be dyslexic when they read Braille? Why do we say "bye bye" but not "hi hi"? Why is it you can walk down a road, even if it goes uphill? If one man says, "it was an uphill battle," and another says, "it went downhill from there," how could they both be having troubles? If you're caught "between a rock and a hard place", is the rock not hard? If your born at exactly midnight is your birthday on both those days? Do the different "M&M's"® colors taste different? Why don't you hear thunder with heat lightning? Why do donuts have holes? Why can't you eat pancakes for dinner? Why do we feel blue? and what color does a smurf feel when they are down? what does the K in K-mart actually stand for? What does OK actually mean? If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into? If you were on a plane going the speed of sound and walked from the back of the plane to the front, would you be walking faster than the speed of sound? In some books, why do they have blank pages at the very end? Why does caregiver and caretaker mean the same thing? Why are things typed up but written down? Why do old men have hair in their ears? Why in baseball is it called the World Series if it is only played in the U.S.A & Canada? How do you throw away a garbage can? How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? Why do they call them "Animal Crackers" when there not even crackers...they're cookies? Why does "closing up" a shop and "closing down" a shop mean the same thing? If it is a 50 mph per hour wind and you drive your car at 50mph downwind, if you stick your head outside would you feel the wind? If you have x-ray vision, and you can see through anything, wouldn't you see through everything and actually see nothing? nearby town, do you have to pay for the property damage? If you own a piece of land and there is an volcano on it and it ruins a If a water spins clockwise when it drains in the northern hemisphere, and water spins counterclockwise when it drains in the southern hemisphere...which way does it spin at the equator? Have you ever thought what life would be like if your name was Anonymous? You'd get credit for everything nobody wanted credit for? If you had x-ray vision, but closed your eyes, could you still see? What do you say when someone says you're in denial, but you're not? Why do they call it 2% milk, if its 2% fat, not milk? Do siamese twins pay for one ticket or two tickets when they go to movies and concerts? Do birds pee? If you are born on February 29 of a leap year, when is your birthday? When a male is elected president and his wife is called the First Lady. What would a lady's husband be called if she were elected president? Can dogs have dog days? Why does blow and suck mean the same thing when we describe something being crap? Why do they call the clock where you punch your time card called a "time" clock? Aren't all clocks "time" clocks? Does anyone actually kill two birds with one stone? Why did Superman wear his briefs on the outside of his tights? Why do people say heads up when you should duck? Why do radio operators say "niner" instead of just "nine"? Do dumped farmers get John Deere letters? Do pigs pull ham strings? On a telephone, why does ABC start on the number 2 and not 1? Do sheep get static cling when they rub against one another? Isn't it scary that the word "therapist" is the same as the words "the" and "rapist" put together? Why do people, such as S.W.A.T or Seals wear the bulletproof vests where you can see them? Wouldn’t people aim for their head or crotch? If Dracula has no reflection, how comes he always had such a straight parting in his hair? Why do they put "for indoor or outdoor use only" on Christmas lights? Does the President have to pay taxes? Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside? If you mated a bull dog and a shitsu, would it be called a bullshit? How fast do hotcakes sell? If you wore a teflon suit, could you ever end up in a sticky situation? Why is an alarm clock going "off" when it actually turns on? Why are semi-trucks bigger than regular trucks? What is a male ladybug called? Since we see little birdies when we just get knocked out, what do little birdies see when they just get knocked out?? If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down to the core of the earth? Can a guy named Nick have a 'nick'name? Do cows drink milk? How come some Little Debbie snack cakes come in a twin pack and others are wrapped individually? Why do people call it an ATM machine, but they know it's really saying Automated Teller Machine Machine? Why do you have to "put your two cents in" but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going too ? Why is it when we laugh in school the teachers say do you find something funny? When obviously we do? strangers, yet on Halloween, its encouraged! Why is that ? 364 days of the year, parents tell their kids not to take candy from If all of the Acme stuff doesn't work, why does Wile Coyote keep buying their products? If your name is Mr. Crunch, and you joined the Navy, would you eventually be Captain Crunch? Can you cry under water? Does Hawaiian Punch come from Hawaii? Just what was the "Baby On Board" sign for? Did it help us decide which car not to hit in case of an accident? When a boy is named after his dad, he is called 'Junior,' but what do you call a girl that is named after her mother? I didnt wonder all these. I found them at bored.com. Theres thousands of them. Why are dandelions considered weeds when daisies are considered flowers? Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? Whenever an adult is kidnapped why isn't it called adultnapped?? Why do blacklights look purple? Did Yankee Doodle name the feather, hat, town, or his pony Macaroni? Why is it that people duck in the rain, do they really think the rain won't hit them? How come the Bible is the most stolen book, and one of the ten comandments is "thou shall not steal"? Why isn't the caps lock capitalized? If there's a hole straight through the earth, from the south pole to the north pole, and you jump through it what would happen? would you keep falling forever, or fall back down when you get to the middle, or is it physically impossible? If someone with a nostril ring takes it out, then blows their nose, do they have to cover that hole as well as their nostril holes so that snot does'nt blow out everywere Isn't it weird that if you rearange the word "teacher" you get cheater

Weird dream, do you know what it means? Ok, First off let me give you the facts. I am 24, married, have 3 boys ages 7, 2, and 15 months. Ok last night I had this dream where me and a guy (could have been my hubby, never saw his face) went to Lowe's (where the food city in town is, looks just like food city, but in dream it is a Lowe's) to buy condoms...weird since he is snipped. We heard there was a police chase in this part of town, I scream, "Oh, no the baby!" and run out to my van. Sitting in my van in a child car carrier, in the front passenger seat no less is a newborn, asleep, strapped in, all of that. It is cold and winter outside, very late and dark. I had the interior lights on in my van and it was running with the heat on. I get in the van, shut and lock the doors, turn off the lights and the van iteself and pray like hell. I'm scared, hunched down in the seat, and looking around. Out of the corner of my left eye (driver's window) there is a guy in one of those big puffy parkas, it was dark brown. He shoots me in the neck. It doesn't hurt, I feel like I am falling down a bottomless hole. In my head I am thinking I am dying, please keep my baby safe, my baby, my baby, let my baby be ok. I fall over the center console and pass out. I wake up in the hospital and I am alive (obviously). I keep asking if my baby is alright and no one will tell me. At this point I force myself out of sleep and sit in bed awake for about an hour scared that if I fall back asleep the dream will continue (which happens to me a lot). I have weird dreams often, but this is one that takes the cake. Oddities in my dream are: I would NEVER under any circumstances leave one of my children in the car unattended, I would not let any of my children sit in the front seat since it has an air bag, Lowe's does not sell condoms, I would not need to buy them anyways since my hubby is fixed, Where the Lowe's was in my dream there is a Food City there in real life. It was really wee hours of the morning in my dream and we were the only car in the lot, so why was the store open? If you can interpret this for me I would be really greatful. Thanks.

I am a good mom... but help!? My two year old is driving me crazy.He has started running away a lot lately- at the park, at the store, in the parking lot, at the community center (which has his preschool class) He will pull his feet out and drag if I hold his wrist and since I have a baby it is really hard. He has always enjoyed running away at the store, but it is getting much worse lately. I dont make it into a game. Putting him in the cart doesnt work because he either hits his sister, throws stuff out of the cart, or climbs out (while it is moving) I just need some ideas... Oh, he is almost three.

Diaper cake question? I know you are supposed to put something down the center of the cake to hold it all together, but I really don't want to have to go back to the store. Would it be ok if I just brought the cake in peices and put it together at the baby shower? I mean stack the tiers together. It has 4 tiers.

Gestational Diabetes early in pregnancy? I am about 10wks 3days pregnant with my 2nd baby. Today I was in the grocery store and all of a sudden felt like I was going to pass out. I started sweating my heart started pounding like I had ran a marathon! I felt like I feeling like i was going to passout and had to sit down. As soon as I sat, I would be okay for a few minutes, then as soon as I stood up it all happened all over again. And all I did was walk into the store. When I was pregnant with my 1st daughter I developed HypoGlycemia which never fully went away after having her. I haven't had an attack in quite a while though. This was similair to that, but much worse, and not all of the same symptoms. Could this be gestational diabetes? I came across this website....http://body.aol.com/condition-center/diabetes/symptoms...and it seems to be a LOT of the same symptoms that I am having lately. But then again...some may also be just from being pregnant. What do you think?

Person to answer the most of these questions (or all) wins 10 points? don't say something like "you have too much time on your hands" i found this on the internet and simply copied and pasted it, you can tell i didn't type it all because it's far more than 1000 characters, whoever can answer the most or if it's possible ALL these questions will earn 10 points and most importantly, my respect BEGIN :) What's the difference between a novel and a book? How old are you before it can be said you died of old age? If nobody buys a ticket to a movie do they still show it? If someone owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the center of the earth? If you have a cold hot pocket, is it just a pocket? If humans evolved from monkey's/apes, why are they still here? Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? Why is the show called unsolved mysteries? if they were solved they wouldn't be mysteries. Do penguins have knees? Why is it said that an alarm clock is going off when really its coming on? How come people tell you not to stand in front of an emergency exit when if there was an emergency surely you would run through it? Why did Sally sell seashells on the seashore when you can just pick them up anyway? In libraries, do they put the bible in the fiction or non-fiction section? Why are both of Spongebob's parents round like sea sponges while he is square like a kitchen sponge? Does a two-humped camel store more water than a one-humped camel? If you pamper a cow, do you get spoiled milk? Why is it that if someone yells "duck" they are helping you, but if they yell "chicken" they are insulting you? If the FBI breaks your door down do they have to pay for it? If they have angel food cake on earth, do they have people food cake in heaven? If you fart and burp at the same time, would it make a vacuum in your tummy? Do they call a fortune teller who cant see a "blind seer"? Why do you put two cents in when its only a penny for your thoughts? Can you cry underwater? You know the signs on restaurant doors? No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service? what if someone goes in with No Pants? Would the restaurant still have to serve them? If an African elephant comes to America, is it an African-American elephant? Why doesn't flavored gum turn your mouth that color? If a doctor suddenly died while doing surgery, would the other doctors work on the doctor or the patient? Why do we sing "Rock a bye baby" to lull our little ones to sleep when the song is about putting your baby in a tree and letting the wind crash the cradle to the ground? Why do we say we're head over heels when we're happy? Isn't that the way we normally are? If the Wicked Witch of the West melts in water... how did she ever bathe? If bald people work as chefs in a restaurant,do they have to wear hairnets? Why do sleeping pills have warning labels that state :'Caution: May Cause Drowsiness? Do nudists have pin-ups of people with clothes on? How can Darth Vader breathe and talk at the same time? If there's a wheelchair-bound comedian, is it still called "stand-up"? When the French swear do they say pardon my English? Do people who use sign language see little hands in their head when they think about what somebody said, or do they hear the words in their head? How did Walt Disney figure out how to make people pay to stand in lines all day? Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white? Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? Why do they call someone "late" if they died early? Why are the adjectives 'fast as' and 'slow as' often used in conjunction with hell, is hell slow or fast? If the serving size on a can of soda is one can, then why is the serving size on the little can one can, too? Wouldn't the little cans be 2 cans? If a king is gay and marries another guy what is that guy to the royal family? Why are red buttons always the most important? How is chess considered a sport? Why is it when your sleeping it`s called drool but when your awake its called spit? If a hermaphrodite got sent to a certain gender prison, which one would it get sent to? If a teacher were to teach a younger grade than they were teaching before, would they be "degraded"? If you get chemo-therapy do you lose your pubic hairs? Would you die if you didn't pee? Why does every Abraham Lincoln impersonator sound the same, even though there are no known audio recordings of the man? How's come people tell you to stay a kid for as long as you can. Yet the moment you do anything childish or immature they tell you to grow up. Why does the Easter bunny carry eggs? Rabbits don't lay eggs. When Jewish People go to Court, they can't swear on the bible, can they? If marbles are not made of marble, why are they called marbles? If you dig a hole through the center of the earth, come out on the other side, and then let go, would you be falling down or floating up? Could you be a closet claustrophobic? Could someone be addicted to counseling? If so, how would you treat them? If ketchup is good on french fries, how come it isn't good on mashed potatoes? Where do all the daylight savings hours go? Why doesn't the hair on your arms grow as fast as the hair on your head? What happens if a black cat walks under a ladder and breaks a mirror? Why when people ask you "what three things would you bring with you on a desert island?" no one ever replies, "A BOAT" Why are elderly people often called "old people" but children are never called "new people"? How does Freddy Kruger wipe his butt? Why doesn't broccoli come in a can? Can you slam a revolving door? How young can you be, but still die of old age? What would happen if you found a four-leaf-clover under a ladder? Can a cross-eyed teacher control his pupils? Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? If winnie the pooh was civilized enough to keep his honey in jars, why did he eat it off his hands? Surely he had spoons? What happens if you get a paper cut from a Get Well card? Can you read a picture book? Why does it say "shake well" on ketchup bottles, but not ketchup packets? Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale? Is eating a mermaid considered cannibalism? Why does it say do not use before work with heavy machinery on the back of childrens tylenol? I mean..really could we save that many people by getting those darn five year-olds with headcolds off those forklifts! If mirrors need light to work, what happens if you put night vision goggles on in the dark and look at a mirror? if you're on an American airline, and you land in Canada and stay on the plane, is the drinking age still 21 or does it change to 19? What happens if every team in the NFL goes 8-8? What shape is the sky? If a Jewish person goes to court and is asked to put their right hand on the Bible, do they use a Torah instead? Why is it written "May contain traces of peanuts or other kind of nuts" on peanut butter jars. Are people stupid enough not to realize it themselves? If you only have one eye...are you blinking or winking? If you have a gun and you ask, "can I ask you a question?" and they say "fire away" should you shoot them? What is a chickpea if it is neither a chick nor a pea? Why is it called the People's Republic Of China when China's not a republic?

Things to ponder? What's the difference between a novel and a book? How old are you before it can be said you died of old age? If nobody buys a ticket to a movie do they still show it? If someone owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the center of the earth? If you have a cold hot pocket, is it just a pocket? If humans evolved from monkey's/apes, why are they still here? Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? Why is the show called unsolved mysteries? if they were solved they wouldn't be mysteries. Do penguins have knees? Why is it said that an alarm clock is going off when really its coming on? How come people tell you not to stand in front of an emergency exit when if there was an emergency surely you would run through it? Why did Sally sell seashells on the seashore when you can just pick them up anyway? In libraries, do they put the bible in the fiction or non-fiction section? Why are both of Spongebob's parents round like sea sponges while he is square like a kitchen sponge? Does a two-humped camel store more water than a one-humped camel? If you pamper a cow, do you get spoiled milk? Why is it that if someone yells "duck" they are helping you, but if they yell "chicken" they are insulting you? If the FBI breaks your door down do they have to pay for it? If they have angel food cake on earth, do they have people food cake in heaven? If you fart and burp at the same time, would it make a vacuum in your tummy? Do they call a fortune teller who cant see a "blind seer"? Why do you put two cents in when its only a penny for your thoughts? Can you cry underwater? You know the signs on restaurant doors? No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service? what if someone goes in with No Pants? Would the restaurant still have to serve them? If an African elephant comes to America, is it an African-American elephant? Why doesn't flavored gum turn your mouth that color? If a doctor suddenly died while doing surgery, would the other doctors work on the doctor or the patient? Why do we sing "Rock a bye baby" to lull our little ones to sleep when the song is about putting your baby in a tree and letting the wind crash the cradle to the ground? Why do we say we're head over heels when we're happy? Isn't that the way we normally are? If the Wicked Witch of the West melts in water... how did she ever bathe? If bald people work as chefs in a restaurant,do they have to wear hairnets? Why do sleeping pills have warning labels that state :'Caution: May Cause Drowsiness? Do nudists have pin-ups of people with clothes on? How can Darth Vader breathe and talk at the same time? If there's a wheelchair-bound comedian, is it still called "stand-up"? When the French swear do they say pardon my English? Do people who use sign language see little hands in their head when they think about what somebody said, or do they hear the words in their head? How did Walt Disney figure out how to make people pay to stand in lines all day? Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white? Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? Why do they call someone "late" if they died early? Why are the adjectives 'fast as' and 'slow as' often used in conjunction with hell, is hell slow or fast? If the serving size on a can of soda is one can, then why is the serving size on the little can one can, too? Wouldn't the little cans be 2 cans? If a king is gay and marries another guy what is that guy to the royal family? Why are red buttons always the most important? How is chess considered a sport? Why is it when your sleeping it`s called drool but when your awake its called spit? If a hermaphrodite got sent to a certain gender prison, which one would it get sent to? If a teacher were to teach a younger grade than they were teaching before, would they be "degraded"? If you get chemo-therapy do you lose your pubic hairs? Would you die if you didn't pee? Why does every Abraham Lincoln impersonator sound the same, even though there are no known audio recordings of the man? How's come people tell you to stay a kid for as long as you can. Yet the moment you do anything childish or immature they tell you to grow up. Why does the Easter bunny carry eggs? Rabbits don't lay eggs. When Jewish People go to Court, they can't swear on the bible, can they? If marbles are not made of marble, why are they called marbles? If you dig a hole through the center of the earth, come out on the other side, and then let go, would you be falling down or floating up? Could you be a closet claustrophobic? Could someone be addicted to counseling? If so, how would you treat them? If ketchup is good on french fries, how come it isn't good on mashed potatoes? Where do all the daylight savings hours go? Why doesn't the hair on your arms grow as fast as the hair on your head? What happens if a black cat walks under a ladder and breaks a mirror? Why when people ask you "what three things would you bring with you on a desert island?" no one ever replies, "A BOAT" Why are elderly people often called "old people" but children are never called "new people"? How does Freddy Kruger wipe his butt? Why doesn't broccoli come in a can? Can you slam a revolving door? How young can you be, but still die of old age? What would happen if you found a four-leaf-clover under a ladder? Can a cross-eyed teacher control his pupils? Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? If winnie the pooh was civilized enough to keep his honey in jars, why did he eat it off his hands? Surely he had spoons? What happens if you get a paper cut from a Get Well card? Can you read a picture book? Why does it say "shake well" on ketchup bottles, but not ketchup packets? Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale? Is eating a mermaid considered cannibalism? Why does it say do not use before work with heavy machinery on the back of childrens tylenol? I mean..really could we save that many people by getting those darn five year-olds with headcolds off those forklifts! If mirrors need light to work, what happens if you put night vision goggles on in the dark and look at a mirror? if you're on an American airline, and you land in Canada and stay on the plane, is the drinking age still 21 or does it change to 19? What happens if every team in the NFL goes 8-8? What shape is the sky? If a Jewish person goes to court and is asked to put their right hand on the Bible, do they use a Torah instead? Why is it written "May contain traces of peanuts or other kind of nuts" on peanut butter jars. Are people stupid enough not to realize it themselves? If you only have one eye...are you blinking or winking? If you have a gun and you ask, "can I ask you a question?" and they say "fire away" should you shoot them? What is a chickpea if it is neither a chick nor a pea? Why is it called the People's Republic Of China when China's not a republic?

I cant find a bearded dragon breeder or rescues. Is Petsmart ok? Well, i really wanted to adopt one, but there are none on petfinder, and only one rescue i found that MIGHT be getting one, but i havent heard anything more. I was thinking about craigslist, but it has kind of a risk. What if they mistreated it or something, or it was sick? Well, the last option i want to go to is a pet store, because a lot of times the animals get there sick. Well IF i can convince my parents to let me get one, I might end up going there. :l The only breeder i found has like, the special bloodlines or something, and they are probably REALLY expensive. Well i was in petsmart the other day and i looked at the baby bearded dragons. There was maybe like 6 or 7 of them. A couple of them looked sick; they were small, looked weak, and skinny, and werent really moving that much. There were a few others that looked normal, and there was one big one that looked AMAZING. he had his eyes open, he was running around the cage, he had all of his limbs, wasnt skinny, etc. And he ran up to the cage when i got there and was chasing my finger :) Anyways, the cage looked VERY clean. It had reptile carpet, and a big stick in the center that a few were on, and clean food and bowl dishes. All the animals at petsmart are in good, clean cages. This is the only store i support, since they hold the animal adoptions there :) I'll go with the rescue if it works out, but i really dont want an older one. I want like, less than a year old, so i have a long time with it :) Plus, ive never had like, any puppies or baby animals at all. We've always adopted older dogs around like 2 or 3. I really want a baby beardie so i can raise it myself :) Well, what would you do? I know the pet stores normally dont get from good places (just like puppy mills) but this may be my only chance at getting one. Plus, i just cant stop thinking about that one baby beardie... He just stole my heart <3 Thanks everyone! :) And dont worry, i know what to look for in a healthy beardie and what to check before getting it. :)

Jehovah's witnesses, and those associating with us, what do you think? now, i didn't write this poem. i got it by email. and i thought that you would be interested in it. the title is Farewell to Book study. THE TIME IS COMING TO SAY GOOD-BYE!! Someone wrote a little piece reminiscing about the soon-to-be-no-longer home book-study arrangement. Especially poignant and funny for those who have been around a while. I will greatly miss those intimate meetings in homes with... dim lighting, scant ventilation, no air conditioning in the summer, little heat in the winter; uproarious laughter, big smiles, faces puckered with tears; little ones passing through adolescence into adulthood, young men becoming servants and elders, young girls being held by parents, working first door then pioneering and then holding their own babies; little comments becoming read comments, then heartfelt expressions of faith; the empty seat of one gone to a new assignment, moved away or lost to death. Bouffant, bee hives, perms, blond, brunette, redhead, purple, finally sensible wig pompadours, shaggy look, parted on the left parted on the right, parted in the center, bad toupee, finally bald; short ties, wide ties, long ties, skinny ties, altogether bad ties, long skirt, short skirt, counsel, long skirt again, wrong shirt, wrong pants, wrong blouse, wrong skirt; a new face not quite sure becomes sure, then cheerful and resolute. Goody night, goody night with only health food (yum), goody night with only store-bought desserts, goody night with everything scrumptious, sweet, fattening, and bad for you. The stormy icy cold snowy night not many showed up, the night everyone showed up plus more, the nights no one answered, the night no one shut up, the perfect night, the night I felt like not conducting, the night I wouldn't shut up, the night every one was there and did not want to be, the nights all were there and glad to be, the nights everyone left immediately, the nights no one wanted to leave; the visitor who could not understand English, the visitor who asked questions during the study, the visitor who became our brother or sister. Yawns, sneezes, hiccups, flatulence, sleepy eyes, smiling faces, dead pan expressions, little hands, big hands, nervous hands; good comments, bad comments, long comments, short comments, comments that made no sense, comments on the wrong paragraph, comments that can't even be classified. Studying hard, studying the wrong lesson, studying wrong book, not studying - just underlining something; auxiliary questions that made no sense, answers prefaced with 'I don't know if this is what your getting at, ' 'I don't know if this is what you mean,' 'could you please repeat that question?'; blank looks, falling asleep, wanting to fall asleep,waking up and saying 'amen'; bad readers, good readers, no readers, readers who fall asleep while reading. The sound of the extension of folding chairs, the sound of the collapse of folding chairs, demon folding chairs that collapse on their own, little ones falling through folding chairs, bigger kids tipping over in folding chairs, stacking folding chairs, old chairs from the Kingdom Hall (not used since Memorial of '58), babies crying, babies snoring, babies belching, babies smelling, finally baby removed and changed, baby cooing, hyper kid, sleepy kid, bad kid, good kid, really not sure about kid (my kid).&g t; Cracking gum, tapping foot, clearing throat, nasal drip, gurgling stomach, roaring bowels, heavy breathing, nose whistles, twitches, ticks, tremors, bathrooms too close to the study, no one is reading or commenting while the bathroom is used, the toilet is, plugged, the paper is gone, exhaust fan doesn't work, no scented spray, no towel to dry hands, '(will somebody please close that door!), toiletwon't shut off. Arriving late, staying too long; faithful publishers, faithful overseers, ones who seldom came but struggled to be there; warm 'hellos,' friendly smiles, firm hand shakes, and finally a poignant....... 'goodbye.' ok! that's the end. your opinion please. no negative comments please. this is meant for Jehovah's witnesses and those associating with us only. no bashing (cause some of you don't hear or read) because it took me over 30 minutes to edit it properly for you to read. ohhh, vot thank you for reminding me why i was doing this. fireball it isn't spamming. i got it, and thought that i should share it. she was just privelged to read it, before i got it. oh my God. it is a question, since i asked for the OPINION OF jEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AND THOSE ASSOCIATING WITH US!!!!!!! sorry about the length, but it was harder to read in its original form.

Who's your daddy? Answer's at the drugstore (What Do you Think?? About That. )?

Just 4 Fun? What's the difference between a novel and a book? How old are you before it can be said you died of old age? If nobody buys a ticket to a movie do they still show it? If someone owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the center of the earth? If you have a cold hot pocket, is it just a pocket? If humans evolved from monkey's/apes, why are they still here? Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? Why is the show called unsolved mysteries? if they were solved they wouldn't be mysteries. Do penguins have knees? Why is it said that an alarm clock is going off when really its coming on? How come people tell you not to stand in front of an emergency exit when if there was an emergency surely you would run through it? Why did Sally sell seashells on the seashore when you can just pick them up anyway? In libraries, do they put the bible in the fiction or non-fiction section? Why are both of Spongebob's parents round like sea sponges while he is square like a kitchen sponge? Does a two-humped camel store more water than a one-humped camel? If you pamper a cow, do you get spoiled milk? Why is it that if someone yells "duck" they are helping you, but if they yell "chicken" they are insulting you? If the FBI breaks your door down do they have to pay for it? If they have angel food cake on earth, do they have people food cake in heaven? If you fart and burp at the same time, would it make a vacuum in your tummy? Do they call a fortune teller who cant see a "blind seer"? Why do you put two cents in when its only a penny for your thoughts? Can you cry underwater? You know the signs on restaurant doors? No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service? what if someone goes in with No Pants? Would the restaurant still have to serve them? If an African elephant comes to America, is it an African-American elephant? Why doesn't flavored gum turn your mouth that color? If a doctor suddenly died while doing surgery, would the other doctors work on the doctor or the patient? Why do we sing "Rock a bye baby" to lull our little ones to sleep when the song is about putting your baby in a tree and letting the wind crash the cradle to the ground? Why do we say we're head over heels when we're happy? Isn't that the way we normally are? If the Wicked Witch of the West melts in water... how did she ever bathe? If bald people work as chefs in a restaurant,do they have to wear hairnets? Why do sleeping pills have warning labels that state :'Caution: May Cause Drowsiness? Do nudists have pin-ups of people with clothes on? How can Darth Vader breathe and talk at the same time? If there's a wheelchair-bound comedian, is it still called "stand-up"? When the French swear do they say pardon my English? Do people who use sign language see little hands in their head when they think about what somebody said, or do they hear the words in their head? How did Walt Disney figure out how to make people pay to stand in lines all day? Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white? Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? Why do they call someone "late" if they died early? Why are the adjectives 'fast as' and 'slow as' often used in conjunction with hell, is hell slow or fast? If the serving size on a can of soda is one can, then why is the serving size on the little can one can, too? Wouldn't the little cans be 2 cans? If a king is gay and marries another guy what is that guy to the royal family? Why are red buttons always the most important? How is chess considered a sport? Why is it when your sleeping it`s called drool but when your awake its called spit? If a hermaphrodite got sent to a certain gender prison, which one would it get sent to? If a teacher were to teach a younger grade than they were teaching before, would they be "degraded"? If you get chemo-therapy do you lose your pubic hairs? Would you die if you didn't pee? Why does every Abraham Lincoln impersonator sound the same, even though there are no known audio recordings of the man? How's come people tell you to stay a kid for as long as you can. Yet the moment you do anything childish or immature they tell you to grow up. Why does the Easter bunny carry eggs? Rabbits don't lay eggs. When Atheists go to Court, they can't swear on the bible, can they? If marbles are not made of marble, why are they called marbles? If you dig a hole through the center of the earth, come out on the other side, and then let go, would you be falling down or floating up? Could you be a closet claustrophobic? Could someone be addicted to counseling? If so, how would you treat them? If ketchup is good on french fries, how come it isn't good on mashed potatoes? Where do all the daylight savings hours go? Why doesn't the hair on your arms grow as fast as the hair on your head? What happens if a black cat walks under a ladder and breaks a mirror? Why when people ask you "what three things would you bring with you on a desert island?" no one ever replies, "A BOAT" Why are elderly people often called "old people" but children are never called "new people"? How does Freddy Kruger wipe his butt? Why doesn't broccoli come in a can? Can you slam a revolving door? How young can you be, but still die of old age? What would happen if you found a four-leaf-clover under a ladder? Can a cross-eyed teacher control his pupils? Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? If winnie the pooh was civilized enough to keep his honey in jars, why did he eat it off his hands? Surely he had spoons? What happens if you get a paper cut from a Get Well card? Can you read a picture book? Why does it say "shake well" on ketchup bottles, but not ketchup packets? Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale? Is eating a mermaid considered cannibalism? Why does it say do not use before work with heavy machinery on the back of childrens tylenol? I mean..really could we save that many people by getting those darn five year-olds with headcolds off those forklifts! If mirrors need light to work, what happens if you put night vision goggles on in the dark and look at a mirror? if you're on an American airline, and you land in Canada and stay on the plane, is the drinking age still 21 or does it change to 19? What happens if every team in the NFL goes 8-8? What shape is the sky? If a Jewish person goes to court and is asked to put their right hand on the Bible, do they use a Torah instead? Why is it written "May contain traces of peanuts or other kind of nuts" on peanut butter jars. Are people stupid enough not to realize it themselves? If you only have one eye...are you blinking or winking? If you have a gun and you ask, "can I ask you a question?" and they say "fire away" should you shoot them? What is a chickpea if it is neither a chick nor a pea? Why is it called the People's Republic Of China when China's not a republic?

How can I express my dissatisfaction HR with whom I will have to deal with in the future? My company recently consolodated their HR services, removing human resources representatives from the individual stores, selecting a limited number of these supervisors to float from location to location. these floating HRs, along with a newly instituted call center, are how the employees such as myself are to get information on benefits and resolve whatever issues we may have. Unfortunately for me, this change-over happened just as i was beginning to compile my paperwork & information for my impending maternity leave. Upon calling the newly minted hotline, I was directed to speak with the floating HR for my location (of course they didn't have any information on the HR like a name or number to reach them, nor could they tell me when i might catch them at my location.) As luck would have it, I did bump into her a month or two before my due date but she had zero information to give me. I was hoping to find out when i could stop working, how to file for my disability insurance (that i pay into), when i should put in for my vacation etc. Basically I wanted whatever information I needed (to have "all my ducks in a row") to ensure that i would not have to go without a pay check. She kept giving me information for the neighboring state while telling me she was unaware of the company protocal for the state i live/work in. this was of course because she services stores in this neighboring state plus one in my state (my store.) I ended up dragging myself to work up until my due date, working on the sales floor, running around as big as a house and the week I was due i was actually on a week's vacation. Only once I was home on vacation was I made aware of the fact that I could have stopped working 2 weeks prior to my due date as part of my insurance agreement. This was just a case of getting lucky and getting someone on the hotline who actually knew something. (everytime you call you get a different call center rep who tells you something completely different.) Of course finding out I could take 2 weeks, paid prior to the due date was useless since it was after my due date by this time. I came in a month prior to my return date to put in for my remaining 2 weeks of vacation time and iron out my schedule for once I return with my supervisor. My supervisor conferred with this same floating HR to verify that all the necessary paperwork had been filed etc. When I returned to work this week, not only was i sent home because I was not yet entered into the system and the HR has failed to make me (& my supervisor) aware of additional paperwork necessary for my return. This delayed me 2 days returning to work (for which i obviously didn't get paid for) and necessitated my making an additional trip to the doctor to obtain this paperwork (thus spending additional money for an office visit). To top it all off when I finally was able to return to work I did not receive a paycheck for the 2 weeks of vacation time i had put in for a month earlier. this was because I was not entered back into the system (because of her.) I feel this woman is a disgrace to her position. If I were as inept at my job as she is at hers I wouldn't have a job. If i do not know the answer to a query at work, I am expected to research it and get the answer. "I don't know" is not acceptable unless it is followed by "but I will find out and get back to you asap." that's just being professional, which she obviously is not. She is collecting a paycheck for work she is not adequately performing and caused me (and who knows how many other employees) significant hardship. All this may not seem like much but I worked while pregnant 2 weeks after my feet stopped fitting into shoes when i could have been on paid leave, wasted a week of vacation I could have spent later with my baby, worried endlesssly about whether or not all my paperwork was correct and I would actually receive a paycheck or not once i was on leave, returned to work after leaving my baby only to be sent home 30 minutes later, missed 2 days of pay and almost had a stroke when i got an empty paycheck upon returning to work. Mind you, I had to scramble to correct all of her oversights... Obviously i may have to deal with her in the future, since I have no other options, so despite my desire to tell her how inept i think she is, how she should be ashamed of herself --I can't. But I don't think she should get away with her less than professional behavior and below parr performance. Plus it's just plain mean, i spoke with her candidly about my specific and overwhelming worry about making sure money kept coming in at a steady pace and she completely disregarded those worries. Forget that I have been a top sales person for this company since 2001 who has been paying into these benefits without ever using them all this time. I'm just disgusted. I just don't think i can let it go without saying/doing something.... How would you handle this situat How would you handle this situation? What would you say/not say to this woman? Should I even bother speaking with her, or should I speak with her supervisor? or...?

she broke up with me and now what? PLEASE READ? We Both 18, Im Russian, She Is Polish *Dated 3 weeks, Known For 2 Months *Breaks up on week of thanksgiving, With me I was over Protective, seen eachother on a daily basis, and didnt really miss one another but she didnt want a relationship from start, she wasnt ready for commitment but she really liked me. *Girl wasn't an angel but i sure had an influence of change on her, made her realize that people talk bad about her she wanted to change. *Calls me up 4 days later, Wants To Be Friends *So were just friends *week one didnt see each other much texted minimum *week two didnt talk alot but did see her and texted a little bit more, she texted me first actually and we started to talk and flirt a bit. *week three go to rockafella center for christmas tree, we flirted, she held my arm as a couple, she reached out more to me, previous few days calls me sweetie, papi, baby, all these cute names... * At the city she was flirting with me, reached out for me more and we talked, on way back on train we were flirting so i decide to rest on her shoulder thinking i was going for a kiss she kissed me.. Were Just Friends? * I kissed her on lips 2 more times a goodbye kiss and one time earlier for blowing bubble gum.. * don't talk for next few days but she texts me first many like 5 times out of 7 days... * thursday same week, i was at mall asked her to come down to store she did we flirt, gave her a ride home, she drove around, she turns engine off, before hand she reached for my face and pulled it towards her and i did same thing went in for kiss she denied me... * friday was kind of distance in morning, she messages me baby my teacher is out, we decide to meet in hallways and we flirted whole time and all, hugs and few kisses on forhead and were playful.... She mention she's my possession and all that.... she mentions her bed whole week to like im cozy in bed etc... *sunday: we dont talk on saturday and most of sunday until night, met up in dunkin donuts got coffee and talked, flirt and all that, coming into store she would reach for my arm like we a couple. Decided to go home, drove her home, seemed as if she didnt want to leave easily, but i cut it short, reached in for a kiss and she kissed me right next to lip. *monday she messages me first, we flirt a bit and didnt see one another, when writing message she was smiling because her friend told me she was smiling and all.. *tuesday she messages me , gave her a ride home, upon coming into car she kisses me on lips, leaving she does same, but it was a bit longer to leave then before again.... later i see her she kissed me when getting into car, we talked i gave her papers and she was getting comfortable in my car like her legs crossed, her body leaning towards me, she was playing with my face and facial hair. she was biting my hand a bit and all but then her brother came out of no where, since then we didnt talk much, wednesday, thursday,we dont text. friday i see her in school she smiled at me i smiled back, later that day passed through a class she was peaking at me and smiling, i texted her she was smiling when she recieved message, then we talked a bit and we decide to go to movies on saturday or monday, she canceled yesterday which is saturday and she may cancel monday, but question is does she like me and not want a relationship? just to be with me? is she flirting without even knowing it? im sure she isnt teasing me so dont say that. we broke up cause i was overprotective but now that we had space and all and didnt see eachother much we kinda miss one another, when we didnt talk, she said she had dreams about me. thought about me, she started to smoke again cause of stress, but didnt say its cause of me..... Im tired of playing games, i feel like coming up to her and saying how i feel but its a feminine characteristic, i did it before and i was like the girl in relationship, like i really messed up with her :( but i do still like her but does she like me more than a friend? when friend of her are you and him in a relationship cause i always see you together she bugs out like nooooooo we just friends from the summer time and we hung out a few times.... i known her since october :\, she said were just friends and thats all.... She mentioned her brother catching her with guy in a blue subaru which my friend said its david right she didnt say anything, but i think her brother may have influence on her actions towards me but im not sure... SHE HATES THE FACT OF RELATIONSHIP we havent spoke a lot for few days but she cut out sweet names as baby, cutie, sweetie or w.e, I think brother got influence on this

she broke up with me and now this ? please help 3 weeks of info? We Both 18, Im Russian, She Is Polish *Dated 3 weeks, Known For 2 Months *Breaks up on week of thanksgiving, With me I was over Protective, seen eachother on a daily basis, and didnt really miss one another but she didnt want a relationship from start, she wasnt ready for commitment but she really liked me. *Girl wasn't an angel but i sure had an influence of change on her, made her realize that people talk bad about her she wanted to change. *Calls me up 4 days later, Wants To Be Friends *So were just friends *week one didnt see each other much texted minimum *week two didnt talk alot but did see her and texted a little bit more, she texted me first actually and we started to talk and flirt a bit. *week three go to rockafella center for christmas tree, we flirted, she held my arm as a couple, she reached out more to me, previous few days calls me sweetie, papi, baby, all these cute names... * At the city she was flirting with me, reached out for me more and we talked, on way back on train we were flirting so i decide to rest on her shoulder thinking i was going for a kiss she kissed me.. Were Just Friends? * I kissed her on lips 2 more times a goodbye kiss and one time earlier for blowing bubble gum.. * don't talk for next few days but she texts me first many like 5 times out of 7 days... * thursday same week, i was at mall asked her to come down to store she did we flirt, gave her a ride home, she drove around, she turns engine off, before hand she reached for my face and pulled it towards her and i did same thing went in for kiss she denied me... * friday was kind of distance in morning, she messages me baby my teacher is out, we decide to meet in hallways and we flirted whole time and all, hugs and few kisses on forhead and were playful.... She mention she's my possession and all that.... she mentions her bed whole week to like im cozy in bed etc... *sunday: we dont talk on saturday and most of sunday until night, met up in dunkin donuts got coffee and talked, flirt and all that, coming into store she would reach for my arm like we a couple. Decided to go home, drove her home, seemed as if she didnt want to leave easily, but i cut it short, reached in for a kiss and she kissed me right next to lip. *monday she messages me first, we flirt a bit and didnt see one another, when writing message she was smiling because her friend told me she was smiling and all.. *tuesday she messages me , gave her a ride home, upon coming into car she kisses me on lips, leaving she does same, but it was a bit longer to leave then before again.... later i see her she kissed me when getting into car, we talked i gave her papers and she was getting comfortable in my car like her legs crossed, her body leaning towards me, she was playing with my face and facial hair. she was biting my hand a bit and all but then her brother came out of no where, since then we didnt talk much, wednesday, thursday,we dont text. friday i see her in school she smiled at me i smiled back, later that day passed through a class she was peaking at me and smiling, i texted her she was smiling when she recieved message, then we talked a bit and we decide to go to movies on saturday or monday, she canceled yesterday which is saturday and she may cancel monday, but question is does she like me and not want a relationship? just to be with me? is she flirting without even knowing it? im sure she isnt teasing me so dont say that. we broke up cause i was overprotective but now that we had space and all and didnt see eachother much we kinda miss one another, when we didnt talk, she said she had dreams about me. thought about me, she started to smoke again cause of stress, but didnt say its cause of me..... Im tired of playing games, i feel like coming up to her and saying how i feel but its a feminine characteristic, i did it before and i was like the girl in relationship, like i really messed up with her :( but i do still like her but does she like me more than a friend? when friend of her are you and him in a relationship cause i always see you together she bugs out like nooooooo we just friends from the summer time and we hung out a few times.... i known her since october :\, she said were just friends and thats all.... She mentioned her brother catching her with guy in a blue subaru which my friend said its david right she didnt say anything, but i think her brother may have influence on her actions towards me but im not sure... SHE HATES THE FACT OF RELATIONSHIP.

How do you put your foot down on suspected competition between families? Everything seems to be a competition between my mother in law and her three daugthers (no father) and my husband, me and my daughter. Examples: 1. My mother in law "coincidentally" tried losing weight a week after I gave birth. She knew I had a talk with my husband about my weight. 2. She comes to my house, looks around, goes home and buys things for her house that are similiar. She never had an area rug and never cared about furniture, etc. Now she kept our entertainment center that we had stored there because she liked it so much, and bought an area rug, coffee table, lamps, etc. 3. She calls to "update" our family on her job status and her salary. 4.In a convo. with other family, they asked my hubby and me if we were having more babies. I said I wasn't sure. My MIL interrupted and said, "i don't think so, one is enough." She has 4 kids, and I feel like she's competing over who's the better parent. I don't even know if she's aware of how competitive she is. It even goes as far as vacations- who takes a better one- who brings back the most gifts and $$ spent... etc. It gets on my nerves but I don't know how to be proper and address it without feeding into it.

How old is Grandpa??? Stay with this -- the answer is at the end. It will blow you away. One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current events. The grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general. The Grandfather replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before: ' television ' penicillin ' polio shots ' frozen foods ' Xerox ' contact lenses ' Frisbees and ' the pill There were no: ' credit cards ' laser beams or ' ball-point pens Man had not invented: ' pantyhose ' air conditioners ' dishwashers ' clothes dryers ' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and ' man hadn't yet walked on the moon Your Grandmother and I got married first, . . and then lived together. Every family had a father and a mother. Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, "Sir". And after I turned 25, I still called every man older than me, "Sir" We were before gay-rights, computer- dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy. Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense. We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions. Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger privilege. We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent. Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins. Draft dodgers were people who closed their front doors when the evening breeze started. Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends-not purchasing condominiums. We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings. We listened to the Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios. And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey. If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan' on it, it was junk. The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam. Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of. We had 5&10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents. Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel. And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards. You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600, . . . but who could afford one? Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon. In my day: ' "grass" was mowed, ' "coke" was a cold drink, ' "pot" was something your mother cooked in and ' "rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby. ' "Aids" were helpers in the Principal's office, ' "chip" meant a piece of wood, ' "hardware" was found in a hardware store and ' "software" wasn't even a word. And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby. No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap... and how old do you think I am? I bet you have this old man in mind...you are in for a shock! Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time. This man would be only 59 years old

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thing to ponder. ( a lot!!!)? What's the difference between a novel and a book? How old are you before it can be said you died of old age? If nobody buys a ticket to a movie do they still show it? If someone owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the center of the earth? If you have a cold hot pocket, is it just a pocket? If humans evolved from monkey's/apes, why are they still here? Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? Why is the show called unsolved mysteries? if they were solved they wouldn't be mysteries. Do penguins have knees? Why is it said that an alarm clock is going off when really its coming on? How come people tell you not to stand in front of an emergency exit when if there was an emergency surely you would run through it? Why did Sally sell seashells on the seashore when you can just pick them up anyway? In libraries, do they put the bible in the fiction or non-fiction section? Why are both of Spongebob's parents round like sea sponges while he is square like a kitchen sponge? Does a two-humped camel store more water than a one-humped camel? If you pamper a cow, do you get spoiled milk? Why is it that if someone yells "duck" they are helping you, but if they yell "chicken" they are insulting you? If the FBI breaks your door down do they have to pay for it? If they have angel food cake on earth, do they have people food cake in heaven? If you fart and burp at the same time, would it make a vacuum in your tummy? Do they call a fortune teller who cant see a "blind seer"? Why do you put two cents in when its only a penny for your thoughts? Can you cry underwater? You know the signs on restaurant doors? No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service? what if someone goes in with No Pants? Would the restaurant still have to serve them? If an African elephant comes to America, is it an African-American elephant? Why doesn't flavored gum turn your mouth that color? If a doctor suddenly died while doing surgery, would the other doctors work on the doctor or the patient? Why do we sing "Rock a bye baby" to lull our little ones to sleep when the song is about putting your baby in a tree and letting the wind crash the cradle to the ground? Why do we say we're head over heels when we're happy? Isn't that the way we normally are? If the Wicked Witch of the West melts in water... how did she ever bathe? If bald people work as chefs in a restaurant,do they have to wear hairnets? Why do sleeping pills have warning labels that state :'Caution: May Cause Drowsiness? Do nudists have pin-ups of people with clothes on? How can Darth Vader breathe and talk at the same time? If there's a wheelchair-bound comedian, is it still called "stand-up"? When the French swear do they say pardon my English? Do people who use sign language see little hands in their head when they think about what somebody said, or do they hear the words in their head? How did Walt Disney figure out how to make people pay to stand in lines all day? Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white? Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? Why do they call someone "late" if they died early? Why are the adjectives 'fast as' and 'slow as' often used in conjunction with hell, is hell slow or fast? If the serving size on a can of soda is one can, then why is the serving size on the little can one can, too? Wouldn't the little cans be 2 cans? If a king is gay and marries another guy what is that guy to the royal family? Why are red buttons always the most important? How is chess considered a sport? Why is it when your sleeping it`s called drool but when your awake its called spit? If a hermaphrodite got sent to a certain gender prison, which one would it get sent to? If a teacher were to teach a younger grade than they were teaching before, would they be "degraded"? If you get chemo-therapy do you lose your pubic hairs? Would you die if you didn't pee? Why does every Abraham Lincoln impersonator sound the same, even though there are no known audio recordings of the man? How's come people tell you to stay a kid for as long as you can. Yet the moment you do anything childish or immature they tell you to grow up. Why does the Easter bunny carry eggs? Rabbits don't lay eggs. When Jewish People go to Court, they can't swear on the bible, can they? If marbles are not made of marble, why are they called marbles? If you dig a hole through the center of the earth, come out on the other side, and then let go, would you be falling down or floating up? Could you be a closet claustrophobic? Could someone be addicted to counseling? If so, how would you treat them? If ketchup is good on french fries, how come it isn't good on mashed potatoes? Where do all the daylight savings hours go? Why doesn't the hair on your arms grow as fast as the hair on your head? What happens if a black cat walks under a ladder and breaks a mirror? Why when people ask you "what three things would you bring with you on a desert island?" no one ever replies, "A BOAT" Why are elderly people often called "old people" but children are never called "new people"? How does Freddy Kruger wipe his butt? Why doesn't broccoli come in a can? Can you slam a revolving door? How young can you be, but still die of old age? What would happen if you found a four-leaf-clover under a ladder? Can a cross-eyed teacher control his pupils? Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? If winnie the pooh was civilized enough to keep his honey in jars, why did he eat it off his hands? Surely he had spoons? What happens if you get a paper cut from a Get Well card? Can you read a picture book? Why does it say "shake well" on ketchup bottles, but not ketchup packets? Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale? Is eating a mermaid considered cannibalism? Why does it say do not use before work with heavy machinery on the back of childrens tylenol? I mean..really could we save that many people by getting those darn five year-olds with headcolds off those forklifts! If mirrors need light to work, what happens if you put night vision goggles on in the dark and look at a mirror? if you're on an American airline, and you land in Canada and stay on the plane, is the drinking age still 21 or does it change to 19? What happens if every team in the NFL goes 8-8? What shape is the sky? If a Jewish person goes to court and is asked to put their right hand on the Bible, do they use a Torah instead? Why is it written "May contain traces of peanuts or other kind of nuts" on peanut butter jars. Are people stupid enough not to realize it themselves? If you only have one eye...are you blinking or winking? If you have a gun and you ask, "can I ask you a question?" and they say "fire away" should you shoot them? What is a chickpea if it is neither a chick nor a pea? Why is it called the People's Republic Of China when China's not a republic?

questions!? How come people tell you not to stand in front of an emergency exit when if there was an emergency surely you would run through it? Why did Sally sell seashells on the seashore when you can just pick them up anyway? In libraries, do they put the bible in the fiction or non-fiction section? Why are both of Spongebob's parents round like sea sponges while he is square like a kitchen sponge? Does a two-humped camel store more water than a one-humped camel? If you pamper a cow, do you get spoiled milk? Why is it that if someone yells "duck" they are helping you, but if they yell "chicken" they are insulting you? If the FBI breaks your door down do they have to pay for it? If they have angel food cake on earth, do they have people food cake in heaven? If you fart and burp at the same time, would it make a vacuum in your tummy? Do they call a fortune teller who cant see a "blind seer"? Why do you put two cents in when its only a penny for your thoughts? Can you cry underwater? You know the signs on restaurant doors? No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service? what if someone goes in with No Pants? Would the restaurant still have to serve them? If an African elephant comes to America, is it an African-American elephant? Why doesn't flavored gum turn your mouth that color? If a doctor suddenly died while doing surgery, would the other doctors work on the doctor or the patient? Why do we sing "Rock a bye baby" to lull our little ones to sleep when the song is about putting your baby in a tree and letting the wind crash the cradle to the ground? Why do we say we're head over heels when we're happy? Isn't that the way we normally are? If the Wicked Witch of the West melts in water... how did she ever bathe? If bald people work as chefs in a restaurant,do they have to wear hairnets? Why do sleeping pills have warning labels that state :'Caution: May Cause Drowsiness? Do nudists have pin-ups of people with clothes on? How can Darth Vader breathe and talk at the same time? If there's a wheelchair-bound comedian, is it still called "stand-up"? When the French swear do they say pardon my English? Do people who use sign language see little hands in their head when they think about what somebody said, or do they hear the words in their head? How did Walt Disney figure out how to make people pay to stand in lines all day? Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white? Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? Why do they call someone "late" if they died early? Why are the adjectives 'fast as' and 'slow as' often used in conjunction with hell, is hell slow or fast? If the serving size on a can of soda is one can, then why is the serving size on the little can one can, too? Wouldn't the little cans be 2 cans? If a king is gay and marries another guy what is that guy to the royal family? Why are red buttons always the most important? How is chess considered a sport? Why is it when your sleeping it`s called drool but when your awake its called spit? If a hermaphrodite got sent to a certain gender prison, which one would it get sent to? If a teacher were to teach a younger grade than they were teaching before, would they be "degraded"? If you get chemo-therapy do you lose your pubic hairs? Would you die if you didn't pee? Why does every Abraham Lincoln impersonator sound the same, even though there are no known audio recordings of the man? How's come people tell you to stay a kid for as long as you can. Yet the moment you do anything childish or immature they tell you to grow up. Why does the Easter bunny carry eggs? Rabbits don't lay eggs. When Jewish People go to Court, they can't swear on the bible, can they? If marbles are not made of marble, why are they called marbles? If you dig a hole through the center of the earth, come out on the other side, and then let go, would you be falling down or floating up? Could you be a closet claustrophobic? Could someone be addicted to counseling? If so, how would you treat them? If ketchup is good on french fries, how come it isn't good on mashed potatoes? Where do all the daylight savings hours go? Why doesn't the hair on your arms grow as fast as the hair on your head? What happens if a black cat walks under a ladder and breaks a mirror? Why when people ask you "what three things would you bring with you on a desert island?" no one ever replies, "A BOAT" Why are elderly people often called "old people" but children are never called "new people"? How does Freddy Kruger wipe his butt? Why doesn't broccoli come in a can? Can you slam a revolving door? How young can you be, but still die of old age? What would happen if you found a four-leaf-clover under a ladder? Can a cross-eyed teacher control his pupils? Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? If winnie the pooh was civilized enough to keep his honey in jars, why did he eat it off his hands? Surely he had spoons? What happens if you get a paper cut from a Get Well card? Can you read a picture book? Why does it say "shake well" on ketchup bottles, but not ketchup packets? Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale? Is eating a mermaid considered cannibalism? Why does it say do not use before work with heavy machinery on the back of childrens tylenol? I mean..really could we save that many people by getting those darn five year-olds with headcolds off those forklifts! If mirrors need light to work, what happens if you put night vision goggles on in the dark and look at a mirror? if you're on an American airline, and you land in Canada and stay on the plane, is the drinking age still 21 or does it change to 19? What happens if every team in the NFL goes 8-8? What shape is the sky? If a Jewish person goes to court and is asked to put their right hand on the Bible, do they use a Torah instead? Why is it written "May contain traces of peanuts or other kind of nuts" on peanut butter jars. Are people stupid enough not to realize it themselves? If you only have one eye...are you blinking or winking? If you have a gun and you ask, "can I ask you a question?" and they say "fire away" should you shoot them? What is a chickpea if it is neither a chick nor a pea? Why is it called the People's Republic Of China when China's not a republic?What's the difference between a novel and a book? How old are you before it can be said you died of old age? If nobody buys a ticket to a movie do they still show it? If someone owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the center of the earth? If you have a cold hot pocket, is it just a pocket? If humans evolved from monkey's/apes, why are they still here? Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? Why is the show called unsolved mysteries? if they were solved they wouldn't be mysteries. Do penguins have knees? Why is it said that an alarm clock is going off when really its coming on?

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