Question #1:
veteran starting business capital?
I am a war on terror veteran and want to start a small business but dont have the capital for initial rent and things of such nature. Anyone know of any grants or programs that can help me start this? I am in CA. and an active duty veteran with a 30% disability rating.henry you're the man...
Question #2:
Are people really devoted to freedom and independence or is that just a myth?
I came across two examples that suggest the opposite.The first is the position of many of the former colonies of the old European powers(mostly small islands) whose people have absolutely no desire to be granted independence(even though many of their sovereign states would be only too glad to dump them) since life is much easier and more comfortable under the aegis and economic support of a foreign power.
The second is in benevolent dictatorships like in the case of the kingdom of Brunei. They get free education, healthcare, insurance, etc. over there by the govt. since it's a tiny nation with vast oil reserves and so has a massively disproportionate amount of wealth as compared to it's population and so the govt takes care of all the people's needs. But the king has absolute authority in the state over the judiciary and govt. He can do as he pleases. No one minds since they have such comfortable lives there.
In some ways it reminds one of God in that people are happy to "surrender" themselves to His Will in the hopes that that will grant them eternal peace and happiness. In other words, we don't seem to mind being (essentially) slaves as long as we can lead comfortable lives.
So is the claim that every human being has a burning desire for freedom and self-determination just a myth propogated to make us seem somehow deeper and more admirable as a race than we actually are? Are we simply interested in shallow pleasure and willing to sacrifice our supposed cherished desire for emancipation to whosoever is willing to provide us with the good life?
Question #3:
Is yahoo making a monkey of itself?
I just saw this news report on yahoo.Click Here
And was struck by how wrong it is?
"There are thousands of differences between chimpanzees and humans; a tail, hair all over, big ears and the ability to climb trees, but what really elevates man is the often taken-for-granted ability to have a good natter, a chit-chat, or to put it more simply, to talk"
A tail? Really yahoo? You do know the difference between a monkey and an ape don't you? Also on a side note, wouldn't I be right in saying that chimps do actually converse, albeit using a much smaller vocabulary than our own?
@ Lee, those links were really interesting, cheers!
@ Jonny Red, I do understand what your saying, I guess I just assumed a company like yahoo might try a little harder to avoid such blatantly ridiculous mistakes.
Question #4:
Have you read any of these books? if so what would you rate those particular books?
The Sheltering Skyby Paul Bowles
The Fox in the Attic
by Richard Hughes
Mrs. Bridge
James Salter, by Evan S. Connell
One Hour
by Lillian Smith
The Makioka Sisters
by Junichiro Tanizaki
Blankets
by Craig Thompson
O, Juliet
by Robin Maxwell
My Life in France
by Alex Prud'Homme, Julia Child
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
Katherine
Philippa Gregory, by Anya Seton
Wives and Daughters
by Elizabeth Gaskell, edited by Angus Easson
The Romantic Movement: Sex, Shopping, and the Novel
by Alain De Botton
The Lost Diary of Don Juan
by Douglas Carlton Abrams
The School of Essential Ingredients
by Erica Bauermeister
The Magicians
by Lev Grossman
Complaint: From Minor Moans to Principled Protests
by Julian Baggini
The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Masochism, and Murder
by Stephen Elliott
Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainabilityby David Owen
Stitches: A Memoir
by David Small
Generosity: An Enhancement
by Richard Powers
Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading
by Lizzie Skurnick
Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future
by Sheril Kirshenbaum, Chris Mooney
Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
A Friend of the Family
by Lauren Grodstein
The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter
by Jason Kersten
Sag Harbor
by Colson Whitehead
Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
Love Is a Four-Letter Word: True Stories of Breakups, Bad Relationships, and Broken Hearts
Neal Pollack, edited by Michael Taeckens
Zeitoun
by Dave Eggers
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism
by Megan Marshall
Gone
by Michael Grant
Hunger: A Gone Novel
by Michael Grant
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
by Jeff Kinney
Graceling
by Kristin Cashore
Fire
by Kristin Cashore
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
by Ally Carter
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
by Carrie Ryan
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean
Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow
Anathem
by Neal Stephenson
Saturn's Children
by Charles Stross
Zoe's Tale
by John Scalzi
Rhetorics of Fantasy
by Farah Mendlesohn
What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction
by Paul Kincaid
Hate Mail Will Be Graded
by John Scalzi
Spectrum 15
edited by Arnie Fenner, Cathy Fenner
The Vorkosigan Companion
edited by Lillian S. Carl
Acacia: The War with the Mein
by David Anthony Durham
Thunderer
by Felix Gilman
A Fire Upon The Deep
by Vernor Vinge
The City & the Stars
by Arthur C. Clarke
Dark Is the Sun
by Philip Jose Farmer
Radix
by A.A. Attanasio
Buying Time
by Joe Haldeman
Consider Phlebas
by Iain M. Banks
Great Sky River
by Gregory Benford
Eon
by Greg Bear
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
The True Game
by Sheri S. Tepper
Wild Seed
by Octavia E. Butler
Carrion Comfort
by Dan Simmons
Master of the Five Magics
by Lyndon Hardy
The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10
by Roger Zelazny
Wizard and Glass
by Stephen King
The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss
A Game of Thrones
by George R.R. Martin
The Anubis Gates
by Tim Powers
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz
Sacred Games
by Vikram Chandra
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
Then We Came to the End
by Joshua Ferris
Tree of Smoke
by Denis Johnson
'Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
by Stephen King
Bag of Bones
by Stephen King
Insomnia
by Stephen King
Lisey's Story
by Stephen King
Duma Key
by Stephen King
Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story
by Stephen King
Alpine for You: A Passport to Peril Mystery
by Maddy Hunter
Arson and Old Lace: A Far Wychwood Mystery
by Patricia Harwin
Candy Apple Dead
by Sammi Carter
High Rhymes and Misdemeanors: A Poetic Death Mystery
by Diana Killian
The Merchant of Menace
by Jill Churchill
Scent to Her Grave
by India Ink
Slay Bells
by Kate Kingsbury
Sticks & Scones
by Diane Mott Davidson
Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth
by Tamar Myers
Vi Agra Falls: A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery
by Mary Daheim
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels
by Jasper Fforde
STEPHEN KING
The Dead Zone
The Green Mile
IT
Tommyknockers
The Dark Tower Novels
Pet Sematary
Christine
Cujo
Different Seasons
Misery
Carrie
Skeleton Crew
The Stand
The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon
Edwin of the Iron Shoes
by Marcia Muller
A Is for Alibi
by Sue Grafton
Indemnity Only
by Sara Paretsky
A Trouble of Fools
by Linda Barnes
Baltimore Blues
by Laura Lippman
Goodnight, Irene
by Jan Burke
Postmortem
by Patricia Cornwell
One for the Money
by Janet Evanovich
Rogue Male
by Geoffrey Household, introduction by Victoria Nelson
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
Falling Angel
by William Hjortsberg, foreword by Ridley Scott, introduction by James Crumley
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis
Mixed Blood: A Thriller
by Roger Smith
Britten and Brulightly
by Hannah Berry
Bury Me Deep
by Megan Abbott
The Good Thief's Guide to Paris: A Mystery
by Chris Ewan
If the Dead Rise Not
by Philip Kerr
Slammer
by Allan Guthrie
The Girl Who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland
Boston Noir
edited by Dennis Lehane
The Way Home
by George Pelecanos
Devil's Garden
by Ace Atkins
Dope Thief
by Dennis Tafoya
A Quiet Belief in Angels
by R.J. Ellory
Tower
by Reed Farrel Coleman, Ken Bruen
Cover Her Face (1962)
The "Commander Dalgleish" series (14 books)
by P.D. James
From Doon with Death (1964)
The "Inspector Wexford" series (21 books)
by Ruth Rendell
Last Bus to Woodstock (1975)
The "Inspector Morse" series (13 books)
by Colin Dexter
The Man With a Load of Mischief (1981)
The "Inspector Jury" series (21 books)
by Martha Grimes
Knots and Crosses (1987)
The "Inspector Rebus" series (17 books)
by Ian Rankin
A Great Deliverance (1988)
The "Inspector Lynley" series (15 books)
by Elizabeth George
A Share in Death (1993)
The "Superintendent Kincaid/Inspector James" series (12 books)
by Deborah E. Crombie
A Test of Wills (1996)
The "Inspector Rutledge" series (11 books)
by Charles Todd
A Catered Halloween: A Mystery with Recipes
by Isis Crawford
Death of a Trickster: A Peggy Jean Turner Mystery
by Kate Borden
The Fallen Man: A Joe Leaphorn Novel
by Tony Hillerman
Hallowe'en Party: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
by Agatha Christie
Skeleton Key: A Gregor Demarkian Novel
by Jane Haddam
Witches' Bane: A China Bayles Mystery
by Susan Wittig Albert
Blind Submission
by Debra Ginsberg
The Book of Air and Shadows
by Michael Gruber
The Secret of Lost Things
by Sheridan Hay
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, translated by Lucia Graves
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks
Three Coffins
by John Dickson Carr
The Judas Window: A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery
Tom Schantz, Enid Schantz, by Carter Dickson
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
The Lamp of God
by Ellery Queen
The Problem of Cell 13
by Jacques Futrelle
The Nine Tailors
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Holy Disorders
by Edmund Crispin
The Mystery Of The Yellow Room
by Gaston Leroux
The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree
by Stuart Palmer
Death on Milestone Buttress
by Glyn Carr
The Christening Day Murder
by Lee Harris
The Draining Lake
by Arnaldur Indridason
Dragon Bones: A Red Princess Mystery
by Lisa See
In a Dry Season
by Peter Robinson
On Beulah Height
by Reginald Hill
Out of the Deep I Cry
by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Desperate Characters
by Paula Fox
Turn, Magic Wheel
by Dawn Powell
84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
Family Happiness
by Laurie Colwin
The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton
The Emperor's Children
by Claire Messud
Dune
by Frank Herbert
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein
I, Robot
by Isaac Asimov
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
by Arthur C. Clarke
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
Catkin
by Antonia Barber, illustrated by P.J. Lynch
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
Hob and the Goblins
by William Mayne
The Indian in the Cupboard Trilogy
by Lynne Reid Banks
The Littles
by John Peterson, illustrated by Roberta Carter Clark
The Minpins
by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Patrick Benson
Mistress Masham's Repose
by T. H. White
Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
by Jean-Dominique Bauby
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
Little Children
by Tom Perrotta
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Mystic River
by Dennis Lehane
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Chuck Palahniuk, illustrated by Chuck Palahniuk
Out of Africa
by Isak Dinesen
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
The Shining
by Stephen King
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by W. W. Denslow
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Artemis Fowl Boxed Set
by Eoin Colfer
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism
by Georgia Byng
The Amazing Flight of Darius Frobisher
by Bill Harley
Tunnels
by Roderick Gordon, Brian Williams
Skulduggery Pleasant
by Derek Landy, illustrated by Tom Percival
Chet Gecko's Big Box of Mystery: Three Hilarious Capers: The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse, The Mystery of Mr. Nice, and Farewell, My Lunchbag
by Bruce Hale
The Secret of Stoneship Woods
by Rick Barba
Warriors: The New Prophecy Box Set: Volumes 1 to 6
by Erin Hunter
The Lost Years of Merlin
by T. A. Barron
The Warrior Heir
by Cinda Williams Chima
Leviathan
by Scott Westerfeld, illustrated by Keith Thompson
The Angel Experiment
by James Patterson
Maximum Ride
by jamse Patterson
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer, edited by Glending Olson, V. A. Kolve
Garden of Eden
by Ernest Hemingway
Pimp: The Story of My Life
by "Iceberg Slim"
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Fiction
by Henry James
Othello
by William Shakespeare
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
by Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen
The Art Of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives
by Lajos Egri
The Architecture of Drama: Plot, Character, Theme, Genre and Style
by Joe & Robin Stockdale, David Letwin
The Library at Night
by Alberto Manguel
Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory
by Roy Blount Jr.
On the Dot: The Speck That Changed the World
by Nicholas Humez, Alexander Humez
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English
by John McWhorter
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
by Ammon Shea
The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers
by Betsy Lerner
A Passion for Narrative: A Guide to Writing Fiction - Revised Edition
by Jack Hodgins
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott
Revision And Self-Editing
by James Scott Bell
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting
by Robert Mckee
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
by Francine Prose
On Moral Fiction
by John Gardner
The Art of the Novel
by Milan Kundera
Techniques of the Selling Writer
by Dwight V. Swain
Solutions for Writers: Practical Craft Techniques for Fiction and Non-fiction
by Sol Stein
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
by Ray Bradbury
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
by Dave King, Renni Browne, illustrated by George Booth
Elements of Writing Fiction - Characters & Viewpoint
by Orson Scott Card
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
by Flannery O'Connor, edited by Robert Fitzgerald, Sally Fitzgerald
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
by Natalie Goldberg
Write Away : One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life
by Elizabeth George
The Lie That Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction
by John Dufresne
A Broom of One's Own: Words on Writing, Housecleaning, and Life
by Nancy Peacock
Becoming a Writer
by Dorothea Brande
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
by John Gardner
Off the Page: Writers Talk About Beginnings, Endings, and Everything In Between
Marie Arana, edited by Carole Burns
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland: The Essential Guide to Fantasy Travel
by Diana Wynne Jones
The Romantic Manifesto
by Ayn Rand
The Tolkien Reader
by J.R.R. Tolkien
How to Write While You Sleep
by Elizabeth Irvin Ross
On Writer's Block
by Victoria Nelson
Dare to Be a Great Writer: 329 Keys to Powerful Fiction
by Leonard Bishop
On Becoming a Novelist
by John Gardner
This Year You Write Your Novel
by Walter Mosley
This Year You Write Your Novel
by Walter Mosley
Before I Die
by Jenny Downham
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
Uncle Bobby's Wedding
by Sarah S. Brannen
Question #5:
How come Obama & Congress don't want to come clean on the real number of unemployed citizens in USA?
U.S. Dept of labor says 236 million are available to work in USA.Plus another 74 million are NOT available to work for total of 310 Million.
2009 IRS filings for business & individuals total around 140 million.
236-140=94million "not accounted for in the 2009 tax system".
So how many of approximate 94 million are income-less in poverty?
Say 30 million are not filing quarterlies, illegally operating a small business,that still leaves 64 million. And the media has been cramming 10% in your brains how long now?
How many legal immigrant citizen-ships have been granted the past 35 years in USA Huh?
This goes into deeper issues one being the Federal govt isn't concerning themselves with Tax base revenues cause they aren't even there to get etc. Yet the Federal govt is coming up with billions & trillions to spend all over the world. Some of you youngsters won't follow this but brace yourselves for the Draft!
Question #6:
Have you offered SALAT al TASBEEH this Ramadan?
For forgiveness of All SinsBenefits of Salat-Ul-Tasbih
Our Beloved Prophet Mohammed (Sallallaho Alihiwassallam) said to his uncle (father’s brother) Sayyiduna Abbass (may Allah be pleased with him) Oh uncle shall I not give you Shall I not grant you Shall I not award you Shall I not do mercy on you When you do 10 things Allah will forgive your sins: of the future and of the past; new and old; those you have forgotten and those you did knowingly; big and small; hidden and revealed. Then he (Sallallaho Alihiwassallam) explained the taught the way to pray Salatul Tasbih and then said if you can pray this salah once a day, if you can not pray once a day then every Friday, and even if this is not possible then once a month and even if this is not possible then once a year and even if this is not possible then at least once in a lifetime (Abu’Dawood & Tirimzi)
How to perform Salatul Tasbih?
Click Here
Question #7:
How can I prevent myself and my wife from contracting Tuberculosis?
Apparently there is a new treatment method for (I think) colon cancer, or something of the sort, in which the patient is intentionally infected with Tuberculosis, which supposedly eats this kind of cancer for breakfast. If this is true (I haven't researched it) it sounds like a potentially beneficial new cancer treatment that could save lives.So, a man in my church has recently been diagnosed with this sort of cancer. He has undergone surgery, which went well, and now the doctors intend to try this TB therepy (if that's what you would call it) to make sure the cancer is gone. This is all good and well.
This gentleman also intends to continue his daily and weekly activities despite this illness. Apparently his doctors approve of this. He will be taking several percautions to prevent spreading TB to others he is around: wearing a mask, sanitizing any rest room he uses after he uses it, and probably several other things as well. He also intends to continue to attend church during the time of his infection. Everyone is cheering him on. In my heart, I am too. But I have some concerns about the situation.
I am no expert on TB. I do know these things: It's bad and its contageous. I know it can be spread through the air, and it can be spread through contact with bodily fluids, including sweat and saliva. If we attended a large church, with a balcony that this man could sit in or something of the sort and plenty of open space - I would probably be marginally concerned. But we attend a very small church. The sanctuary has limited space, there is only one restroom, and add to that that we have a potluck lunch every afternoon after service in the same room.
Add in that I live in redneck country. Granted, I tend to be a bit OCD about sanitation, but I feel that many around me, especially the older folk, lack awareness of sanitation. For instance, I usually only get one helping of food because of those who might tap the serving spoon on their plate as they serve themselves, which is a common practice around here, even when they get seconds and have residue of their saliva on the plate - which I find rather gross. I love my church family, and I mean them no disrespect, but I nonetheless cannot help but wonder how well they will practice the necessary sanitation to prevent the spread of TB in such a situation. Even if I can avoid infection with my over-cautiousness, I am concerned about someone else contracting TB and transmitting it before we become aware.
If it were just myself on the line, I would be only mildly concerned. I cannot afford to get sick and miss work, but I also have a strong immune system that eats germs for lunch. My wife, however, has been ill in the past. She also tends to get jobs working with children, such as daycare, which you cannot do if you have a positive TB skin test (meaning that you have ever had TB). If she got sick, it would endanger her ability to work at what she loves. She is also planning to start helping another friend of ours who is very ill and has virtually no immune system at the moment. Accidentally transmitting TB to her, I would speculate, could be fatal.
I am all for a person fighting to continue their routine when faced with illness or injury. I am cheering this man on for his courage, but I am also very concerned for the health of myself, my wife, and my church family. And since I know little of TB, I feel very uncomfortable not knowing what I'm dealing with, or being able to objectively determine if my concerns are justified. On one hand, the doctor seems to think it will be alright. On the other hand, doctors have been known to be wrong, I do not kow the individual doctor who said this or his reputation, and I would LOVE a second, third, and fourth oppinion on something this important and potentially problematic.
I would appreciate any information, sources, suggestions, or personal experiences anyone may have on this matter. Links and references are welcome. Thanks for any answers in advance, and God bless!
Wow... 2 hours and no answers. Someone out there HAS to have some knowledge in this area.
Question #8:
BF taking me for granted?
I love my boyfriend however I am beginning to wonder is he taking me for granted or is he just egotistic. Anyway I am always doing small things for him (and he does things for me) like taking his dog out when he cant make it to his house on time (I live 30 min away) or buying him dinner or small things if I think he would like it or it would look good on him. I NEVER get a thank you. I know he's appreciative however he will only say it when it is VERY obvious that he needs to. Also I dont think he says I love you either. Would you consider him just a prick or is he taking me for granted?Question #9:
Starting a graphic design business and looking for advice.?
I know a similar question has been asked before, but mine is a bit more specific. I am in a bit of desperation so I will keep this as short as possible. Graphic Design is what I LOVE. I find myself even depressed when I don't have any projects. I want to do this as a part time living, completely freelance. I am not looking to become wealthy doing graphic design, but instead just a little more financially secure. I don't have an hourly rate or locked fees. I let people tell me what they think my time and work are worth to them. People tend to give me much more reasonable offers this way than I previously thought. My question is THIS. Should I continue to just work from my house and continue doing things by e-mail and phone? I would really like the personal interaction with my clients and have an office for them to stop by whenever they feel and be able to talk with me about their ideas. The population in this town is about 6500 -7500 and as this is not a big town by any means. I live only an hour away in any direction from the nearest big towns. I don't even have a lot of clients, but they are loyal ones that is for sure. I have a website already that I use just as an online portfolio because I didn't see the need to make it anything else. I even started a Guru freelance account and was doing some work and marketing there, but receiving my payment from the escrow service they have is like pulling teeth. With all of this in mind (very sorry for the length), should I definetly consider getting a small SBA loan to establish an office to work from or should I just work from home like I have and wait until I move to a larger city to get an office?(Also, I heard there were grants given to business owners who renovate old buildings into their place of business by updating everything. Any information on maybe obtaining one of these grants would be great as there are a LOT of nice older buildings here that I could use for an office.)
Question #10:
Why don't I qualify for a student loan?
I'm a grown woman with great credit. I'm unemployed and own my own home which I have rented out. I have been going to school under the pell grant and now have a small sub and unsub loan as well and just started nursing school. I need some money to live on while in school, but have been declined by Sallie Mae and Chase. I thought all you needed for a private student loan was good credit? They say it's because I own a house and am unemployed....?! What gives? I'm only asking for $12000 to get me through the last 1 1/2 years of school...I also am single and have rented out my home. I'm living with family rent free....
Question #11:
Am I too old to be wearing skinny jeans if I'm in college? (I'm a guy, 19)?
I guess you could say I'm a bit of a late bloomer, but I never really gave much of a darn how I looked until I entered college- in High School I weared whatever was comfortable, but over the past 2-3 years I've began to for whatever reason care more how I look and enjoy wearing nice clothes and looking nice.Part of the reason is in high school I was poor and didnt have the money to buy nice clothes and now that I've been awarded a good amount of money through my scholarships/grants- I've used it to buy myself nice stuff to make me happy.
The only problem is I wonder if I'm too old to wear skinny jeans in college- Honestly speaking, I see VERY few guys wearing skinny jeans in college. Over half if not more of the people are dressed in more casual attire and every time I board the bus to college in my small town, I feel like the most dressed up guy on the bus.. like I don't blend in...
So I'm just trying to ask myself as much as I would like to wear skinnies to college- what would be my reason for doing so if no one would appreciate the style or that kinda jazz. I mean, the only instance where it would pay to wear nice stuff would be if I had a girl friend and we were going out, or to a concert or something.
But it just feels out of place in a college setting - what do you think?
Question #12:
Can you please help me crack this code?
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Question #13:
I'm granting you a wish DS!?
Gloves off!You no longer have to worry about your house, kids, partner, other pets or time, so.... Which dog you going to chose????
Your dream dog *cue angels singing*!!!
If money/time/everything else was no problem I would have an Irish wolf hound! Bigger than my smallest pony! LIke giant lurchers and so friendly!!
So what you having?
EDIT: In my dream world no dog is abandond or abused, no shelters needed!! :D
King Les your a peach. However Yorkies were originally a type bred to work rats in the textile mills of north England. So I think I'll keep my user name.
Question #14:
How to start a small business with bad credit and generally fixed income?
I filed bankruptcy with my husband 2 years ago, and I receive only disability payments every month that barely cover my living expenses. I no longer have a desire to use credit cards- I use only debit now and checks, or cash, and I have been up to date with bills since then. I'd like to get a government grant to rent a nearby building for an office space/coffee-shop type venture; anything that would involve the process of writing poetry, stories, books...I have no business experience but alot of ideas and dreams. I'd like to be able to 1) rent or lease property, 2)clean up the property (it's been abandoned for years) 3)furnish with couch, chair, desk, computer, shelves,etc. 4)stock with office supplies, snacks, coffee-type drinks...5)have a few employees for accounting & legal help, cleaning & maintenance, and 6)clientele who are artists of the pen and paper (writer's and poets who want to be published, as I hope to be someday)I live in SE WI. Any serious guidance would be welcome...
Question #15:
small business Grants?
Does anyone have any ideas about where I can go to get free information about small business grants ?Question #16:
How can I control the damage?
About a year ago, I acquired–by means of inheritance–a large and exotic Sumatran orangutan, whom I nicknamed Morgue.A joyous creature of simple fancies, Morgue mostly sleeps and eats all day. He is allowed to roam free throughout the house–a liberty I sought to grant him as a token of appreciation for his good behaviour– and is generally on good terms with the servants.
Although quite pleasant most of the time, Morgue is no saint. When deprived of food–for whatever reason–he shrieks in anger and runs amok pelting mushrooms at the hired help, were this not enough, he sometimes proceeds to defenestrate tea cups and small spoons (the latter being, however, rare).
At first, these violent outbursts were a cause for alarm, nay, despair. As time went by however, the primate's rage fits became rarer and rarer, and for a long time, peace prevailed.
It was not until yesterday that during a violent storm, Morgue, neglected of strawberry tarts, erupted into a fit of psychotic rage and began pounding at lock on his cage with frightening force.
His attempt to break free was, alas, successful. Morgue armed himself with an old razor before anyone could contain him and, as I type, runs amok jabbing the servants; one of which, lies unconscious.
How can I secure my antiques and make sure Morgue causes no damage to the furniture?
Question #17:
University of Phoenix, is a scam, what do you think about this? Don't go I'd read & pass this along to others!?
Hello I've been in University of Phoenix and have I'm about half way through my associates degree. I was told in the begining, the get go that I could become a nurse. After I got an associates in healthcare administration I could go on to pursue a BSN bachelors in science and nursing. I found out the other day that I cannot do this. You cannot go for a BSN in nursing unitl after you have an RN licence. What was the school thinking doing this too me. I've been wasting my time. NOBODY wants credits from these people. So far I have wasted all my time effort for nothing. I am gonna own University of Phoenx out my bottom now. Why would they tell me a feb. I'm an innocent mother of FOUR small children trying to make my life better, and they screw me like that? I didnt know this until I looked up INFORMATION under the nursing programs and READING the small print. They should have told me this from the BEGINGING. instead of calling me and hounding me to become a nurse. With me being nieve, innocent, scared. They kept calling me to go to school and harrassing me in a since til no tomorrow. I would never recoment this school to ANYONE. They will take advantage of you big time. I just don't know if there is anytime I can do and has anyone else had trouble with this school. I have found websites that people are suing the university. Theres more that one of the websites too as well. I've found two or three different places.Click Here …
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Spread the word around because these people just want to sell buisness NOT even place you in the right direction it is all about MONEY. Money hungry academic counselors and financial advisors. Spend all this money for a dimploma from this school is nothing compared to a traditional college dimploma. You will spend hundreds and thousands of dollar's for nothing. There are some people that are doing well in the program so far. But they wait to BITE you in the BUT when you're about done with school they wont pass you for some reason to permit you from acutally graduating. Stalling and adding more tuitution for you to go to school even longer. Thats the thing with financial advisors and academic counselors. They work together to screw you and to also toy with your money. Just like grants. if you don't want to go on the money they got from the Governemnt. They school KEEPS that money and tells YOU, that YOU owe the money to them and it is allready in their pocket books. I've done a lot of searching information on this school this is just a list of what I found quickly in my favorites section. All needs to get this NOTICED so nobody attends there again. They are a scam just like some junk some websites advertise on TV except they are robbing peopple of there education, time, money, and family. Just think one day there will be a lawsuit a REAL one theres some that went through and their going to owe EVERYONE back they screwed over thats to the Appllo Group that is for-a-profit-organization. Why is this school for-profit anyhow. Most schools ARE NOT for-profit. Not to mention place you in the wrong class and tell me I would do BSN in nursing when I haven't even been a Nurse before. But like I said I looked info up on bsn and thats not right. I cannot pursue that degree. LMAO at those numb skulls. I hope they are all owned and those idiots who WORK FOR APPOLO group. I FEEL abit sorry for them too because thats why they work for them because they got SUCKED into university of Phoenix just like YOU & I did.
Question #18:
Re post: I need more answers! I have a question about early pregnancy symptoms, anybody have advice to spare?
So my boyfriend and I had unprotected sex, and he used the "pull out" method. Yes, we are both aware the pull out method does not work. I'm 25 and he's 27 so we're not some young teenagers that don't know about sex and how babies are made. We are quite responsible for whatever happens and we're both ready and willing to have a child, but we aren't necessarily trying to conceive. Anyway, the first day of my last period was August 13 (today is August 29th, for those of you that don't know) and they last between 5 and 6 days. I have a 29 day cycle so I'm due for my period on September 10th. We had unprotected sex on August 18th, 23rd and the 26th (twice each day). On August 27th I started getting extremely thirsty. I couldn't get enough water to drink. I don't typically drink only water but I did for about 5 hours. That same day I was urinating A LOT. I used the bathroom 3 times within an hour and a half. Granted I was thirsty and drinking a lot of fluids. Even when I felt like I had to pee a lot, I would only dribble like a little. Then again, that same night my gag reflex got super sensitive. Even if I seen something on tv or heard something that sounded gross, I would gag. Sometimes if I'm relaxed, not doing anything, I'll move and feel sick. If I eat something and I move, I feel like I'm going to vomit. Today, when I went to work, I was walking around and on my feet a lot, every few minutes I felt like I was starting my period. Not the feeling you get inside, but it literally felt like blood was pouring out of my vagina. So I did the obvious every time and went to the ladies room to find either nothing or a small amount of milky white, somewhat thick discharge. It didn't smell and I don't have any itching or irritation in my vaginal area. I know some women have milky white discharge before their periods or before they found out they're pregnant. Some women say it's stretchy. This wasn't stretchy and it wasn't clumpy, but it wasn't runny either. I honestly don't know what to think. My boyfriend knows everything that's going on. I just don't know how to pass the time before my period starts in 12 days or so. I'm not worried nor excited. I really just need some insight and some other women's experiences. Please help! Shed some light on this for me! Thanks in advance for all the women that answer. It's greatly appreciated. :)Oh also, sometimes when I don't eat for a while, I feel hungry, but at the same time I feel full and nothing sounds remotely good. I don't know what to eat when I am hungry. What's up with that? lol. :)
When I was a teenager I had a few UTI's. I know what they feel like and this isn't one of them.
One more thing, if I'm standing still or sitting still for a moment and I move just my head, I feel dizzy or light headed. =/
I've been bloated more than ever before. Non of the symptoms or anything I listed happen until after my period has started.
My period is definitely regular. My boyfriend and I didn't have sex in May, June or July. So there's obviously no way I could have gotten pregnant then. He was on a trip with his father so when he got back, evidently we were happy and maybe made a baby. :) If I could have more answers and experiences ladies, that would be great. :)
Question #19:
What should I do? Financial Aid for school? Go to class?
Here's my problem, I start classes Monday at my new private college. I am fully matriculated there. I am going there for a Bachelors in Nursing. I am also enrolled in an online college for an Associates in Medical Assisting. I am doing this so I can get an ok paying job to pay for my private college. I recently found out that some schools don't allow you to go to two colleges. I do have financial aid, but it is directed at my private college and the online lets me make really cheap payments each month. That is why I can afford to do the online school. When I talked to the financial aid department at my private college, they said that this might be a problem and I probably won't be allowed to go to class. I won't here anything until Monday, after my classes start. What should I do...should I go to class? Will they charge me if I go to a couple classes and then they tell me that I'm not allowed to be there because of the online school? The problem is, I haven't finished a full semester with the online school and they are refusing to give me a transcript for the 1 credit I completed with them. I can't be fully matriculated into my full private college NOW because I can't get a transcript. I also cannot wait to take classes at the private college in the spring because I have to start paying back on my student loans after six months of under 6 credits. What do I do? Do I go to class even though I'm unsure if they'll let me attend after finding this out at the last minute? Can they take away full matriculation after they grant it? Please help, I'm in tears with worry. I don't see the harm in going to two colleges, but apparently it's a problem. I feel like I'm going to a smaller school to pay for the bigger school. I can't get a job with the skills I have now.Should I drop my financial aid for that school before it starts on Monday?
Question #20:
Free laptop for University student?
Last year my mate told me she heard about people getting a small grant to get a laptop for university but im not sure if this is still available...im not sure who i can contact for this?I understand its for people with low incomes, however on paper im not considered a low income student because i live with both my parents - HOWEVER i have not got a laptop and my mum can't get me one, im studying a course at uni which requires one so im a tad worried about what i can do.
Does anyone know of any organisations that can give small grants for laptops or even really good discounts...im completely against scamming the system or benefit frauders but i desperately need a laptop and right now the future for one is not bright...at all lol :(
Oh and Btw i live in lambeth (south London) and im going to Birmingham city university
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