Question by Book_worm: Do I invite my best friend (who's not talking to me) to my daughter's birthday party?
I'm 23 years old, and I have a 10 1/2 months old daughter. Her 1st birthday is coming up, and this is very important to me... Do I invite my best friend and her 2 year old daughter? She is not talking to me because.... here's the story:
She's started college in January and asked me to let her borrow my $ 200 graphing calculator. I did, but I told her the price, and to take care of it, and that I was going to need it for the summer semester, because I'm going back to school. So In May, I told her I was going to need it by the beginning of June... She wasn't using it, but still didn't give it to me. I asked her many times in the course of 3 weeks. Then, she texted 3 days before class started and said she had lost. That she didnt have $ 200, but that she was gonna "ask her dad or something". I told her, ok. Do that, cuz I need it. Then I asked her the day before class started and she said she didnt have it. I said "well, you could use your financial aid money, and if you find the calc, you can keep it, since you'll need it". She said no. That IF she bought me one it would be a used one. I said "you're very irresponsible. I trusted you would keep it safe". That was it. She got me a calculator (used and written on), and I haven't heard from her since then (almost 2 months). She had me listed as a sister on facebook, and took me off it (my friend told me) and I cant see her wall (I can see pics, info, etc. but not the wall). She didnt delete me, just bloked me. I'm not mad at her for losing my calc. All I said was that she was irresponsible, which is true. She has stoped talking to me before, cuz she wants me to be the one to look for her, but, since I did nothing wrong, I dont see why I would have to apologize.....

Now, back to my question, I was thinking I should send her an invitation in the mail, and maybe that would fix things... I really want her daughter to be there. She's like my niece. I was even there when she was born (in the labor room). My husband said I shouldn't invite her.

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Answer by melissa
i think she's being very immature. I would send and invitation to her, because her daughter didnt do anything wrong and it also shows that you're the bigger person. I wouldn't want to be friends with a person like that though.

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by ell brown

Question by : Do you agree with John Stossel when he says that politics gets in the way of balancing the budget?

http://www.freedompolitics.com/articles/billion-2400-budget-cut.html

The Congressional Budget Office says the current year's budget deficit will be a record $ 1.5 trillion. It also says that over the next decade we're on track for annual deficits of "only" $ 768 billion. I suspect the CBO has hired Rosy Scenario to do the bookkeeping, but let's take that number at face value.

I'm now going to balance the budget, with the help of some experts.

I'll begin with things I'm most eager to cut. Let's privatize air traffic control. Canada did it, and it works better. Then privatize Amtrak. Get rid of all subsidies for rail. That'll save $ 12 billion.

End subsidies for public broadcasting, like NPR. Cancel the Small Business Administration. Repeal the Davis-Bacon rules under which the government pays union-set wages to workers on federal construction projects. Cut foreign aid by half (although we should probably get rid of all of it). So far, that's $ 20 billion.

Oops. That doesn't dent the deficit. We have to do much more.

So eliminate the U.S. Education Department. We'd save $ 94 billion. Federal involvement doesn't improve education. It gets in the way.

Agriculture subsidies cost us $ 30 billion a year. Let's get rid of them. They distort the economy. We should also eliminate Housing and Urban Development. That's $ 53 billion more.

Who needs the Energy Department and its $ 20 billion sinkhole? The free market should determine energy investments.

And let's end the war on drugs. In effect, it's a $ 47 billion subsidy for thugs in the black market.

I've already cut six times more than President Obama proposed in his State of the Union address. His freeze of nondefense discretionary spending would save only $ 40 billion.

But my cuts still total only $ 246 billion. If we're going to get rid of the rest of the CBO's projected deficit, we must attack the "untouchable" parts of the budget, starting with Social Security. Raising the retirement age and indexing benefits to inflation would save $ 93 billion. I'd save more by privatizing Social Security, but our progressive friends won't like that, so for now I'll ignore privatization.

The biggest budget busters are Medicare and Medicaid, and get this: the 400 subsidy programs run by HHS. Assuming I take just two-thirds of the Cato Institute's suggested cuts, that saves $ 281 billion.

How about the Defense Department's $ 721 billion? Much of that money could be saved if the administration just shrank the military's mission to its most important role: protecting us and our borders from those who wish us harm. Today, we have more than 50,000 soldiers in Germany, 30,000 in Japan and 9,000 in Britain. Those countries should pay for their own defense. Cato's military cuts add up to $ 150 billion.

I've now cut enough to put us $ 2 billion in surplus!

Can we go further?

"Repeal Obamacare," syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock said.

Reason magazine editor Matt Welch wants to cut the Department of Homeland Security, "something that we did without 10 years ago."

But don't we need Homeland Security to keep us safe?

"We already have law enforcement in this country that pays attention to these things. This is a heavily bureaucratized organization.

"Cut the Commerce Department," Mary O'Grady of The Wall Street Journal said. "If you take out the census work that it does, you would save $ 8 billion. And the rest of what it does is really just collect money for the president from business."

As the bureaucrats complain about proposals to make tiny cuts, it's good to remember that disciplined government could make cuts that get us to a surplus in one year. But even a timid Congress could make swift progress if it wanted to. If it just froze spending at today's levels, it would almost balance the budget by 2017. If spending were limited to 1 percent growth each year, the budget would balanced in 2019. And if the crowd in Washington would limit spending growth to about 2 percent a year, the red ink would almost disappear in 10 years.

As you see, the budget can be cut. Only politics stand in the way.

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Answer by Politika
No, politics affect budgets directly, not indirectly. Without politics, there would be no budgets to be set nor regulated.

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Question by : What should I do? Girl issues?
I'm gonna make this as short as possible.

A week ago a girl (Lacie) started talking to me on facebook, and we hit it off, later we exchanged numbers, and we text'd the rest of the day (Wednesday) and the next day she was like "We needa hang out" I was already gonna ask her this, but wanted to wait a bit longer before asking her out on a date, just to get to know her a bit more, but anyways I agreed, and was very excited about it, and so was she.

So we decided to make the date on Friday, just two days after we started talking, as I talked to her a bit more I found out she had to go to her uncles funeral on that Friday, and that she had added me on Facebook awhile back, and has had a crush on me, and was always scared to even speak to me. But as we txt'd more she would use smiley faces non-stop, txt me constantly, and would send me pictures of her smiling, and saying how happy she was that we were talking.

Anyways as the date went on, we got along great, she flirted the whole time, kept telling me things we need to do on other dates, talked non-stop had a good time, and at the end she told me how it was the best Friday night/Date she's ever been on, so as I walked her to the door, I decided to just give her a hug, didn't wanna rush anything by a kiss, and right before I got back into my car she yells "Text me when you get back home, so I know you made it home safe." Cause I live 40 minutes away.

Anyways I txt'd her once I got home, and we talked for a min. and she told me "Text me as soon as you wake up!" So I do just that, and she didn't really talk much, she said (I'm having a bad day) So I told her I'd text her later, and I did, and once again she wasn't saying much, so this was at about 6 P.M. so I just decided not to text till she did, she texts me the next day (Sunday) and says "Sorry about yesterday I was having a bad day." So I tried to comfort her and tell her it was all good, and asked her for a second date, and she agreed to it, with many smiley faces.

But after that she stopped talking to me again, (About 1P.M.) so I hit up my Friend Ashley, who is also Lacie's best friend, to ask her if Lacie has talked much to her, and Ashley said "No, she hasn't, something seems to be wrong, idk what it's from, she had her uncles funeral, shes graduating from school, and having some family problems, so just let her know that you are there for her, and that'll you do whatever it takes to make her happy."

So I sent her a email, doing as Ashley said, and she sent me a text saying "Thank you so much for the email, you are sooo sweet!:):):):)" and once again she stopped texting me after that.

So now to today (Monday) I have noticed she hasn't done anything on facebook except poke me and comment on my status's, so I texted Ashley (Lacies friend) and asked if Lacie has said much to her, and she said "Nope, not really, she only seems to be talking to you but just a lil' bit, she's kinda shut everyone down a bit." So I tried sending her a txt and didn't get a reply ha figures.

Then later on FB she finally posted on her wall, that she went on another date with another guy, and yes I realize she ain't tied down, but at the same time, I just don't know if she led me on to a point, or what I should do, is she just stressed from all that has gone on, orrrrrr lol I just don't know...

So any advice as to what to do, or what you believe I did wrong would be great! Cause I'm completely lost at this point, and once again I'm sorry for the novel. ha
**Also I'm guessing it would be best to follow through with the second date even though she went on a date with another guy today, and since she hasn't spoke much to me as of late? Yeah I like her quite a bit actually, it's been awhile where a girl has been on my mind non-stop.

The only thing I'm really concerned about me continuing to try and talk to her is, I don't wanna over do it and make it seem like I'm a creep, or something to that extent, I'm not sure where to draw the lines, I'm concerned she is having a troubling time, and I wanna help, but I don't wanna be a bother also...**

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Answer by Jarrod
You haven't done anything wrong, you've played all the right cards and its up to her to sort herself out. She's obviously confused at the moment so keep trying to text her and communicate with her, she might just be feeling confused.

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by Aaron T. Goodman

Question by SavyLeigh: How is this story? Read and Comment. IM NOT DONE YET THIS IS JUST ALIITLE BIT OF THE STORY?
PS.Im going to correct all the typo's and punctuation and misspelled words here is the story just tell me how you like it IM NOT DONE YET. A story about a jew girl and her family going into hiding..comment

Star Of Death

March 23,1933 is when Hitler took power,we had no idea how much a dictator could make such an effect on our world. My name is Chaya,Im 13 and Jewish.Which right now is the worst religion to be,Hitler is against my religion I dont know why we are all so peaceful just trying to live our lives. One morning Jan 15 1941 is when my father told me, my mother,brother,me and hiself were goin into hiding it was to dangerous to stay in Amsterdam anymore. The Getapo was comin everyday taking more and more Jews to concentraation camps or as my mother called the death camps. My grandmother and grandfather had been taken two days ago,thats when my mother and father decided to take us into hiding. My father had found a family who was hiding Jews in Berlin they offered to take us in. They warned us other people might be joining us later in our stay. My father agreed, we let hastly that morning we everything we could put on us,it would look to suspicious if we walked to our destination with suitcases. As we were walking down the street I saw a child not even 6 crying in front of a house yelling "Moma! Papa!" I was about to run to the child and take it to safety when one of the Gestapo came and took the child aggresively,my father pulled me into an alley as to not be seen my the Nazi. When we saw it was safe we continued on our way I could still hear the childs crys. And suddenly I heard a gun and I heard the childs screams no more! My father eagerliy pushed me and my family away from the death scene and we contiuned on our journey to where we would hide till the deadly war was over. When we got to Berlin we had to hurry to Mr. Fravel,the one who would be hiding us. Father said he was endangering his life to protect ours,I thought that was very considerate of Mr.Fravel and his family do that for us, "Chaya come my dear" whispered my father,as he saw a Nazi coming our way. Thankfully the Nazi had not seen me standing there in a daze. I hurried off with the rest of my family as we reached the big white mansion where Mr.Fravel lived. As Mr.Fravel walked out he rushed us into the house and looked around to make sure no one had seen us coming in. "Hello Mr.Fravel" said my mother relived that we had gotten to Berlin unseen and unharmed. "Hello Greta" said Mr.Fravel sounding stressed and nervous. I would have been nervous to if my family's life was on the line. As everyone was greeting eachother I caught a glimpse of Mr.Fravel's son,he was very handsome, barely 15. His gold hair gleamed as the sun shone through the windows,he had a inviting smile on his face,as he walked closer to me my heart started beating extremely fast and I could feel my cheeks flush. "Hello my name is Asael" he said politely. "Chaya" I said shyly,not daring to look up.When I finally met his gaze I was dazzeled by his beautiful blue eyes and at that moment I had never felt so safe. "Please come in" said Mr.Fravel anxiousouly. As we walked down the hall I couldnt help catch a glance at Asael as he stopped in front of a large oil painting on the wall.He and his father carefully lifted up the painting revealing a small door. Mr.Fravel opened the door and led us into a small but nicely furnished room. "Welcome to your new home!" Asael said kindly. I looked around and saw 2 cots out on the main room and I saw a curtain on the other side of the room,I saw a small kitchen and the w.c. across from the kitchen. It was all so compact I felt alittle dizzy, I was relived when Mr Fravel told Asael to show me and my brother our room we had to share. I don't relish the thought of sharing a room with my brother but in our situation I knew not to complain,at least we were safe. Our room was very smallwith only 2 cots and a dresser. "Well we should be going now,we will be up later when my wife returns with your food supplies,and please we do have company often so try to be as quiet as you can..Auf Wiedershen." I heard Mr.Fraver say in the distance,Asael gave us a quick shy smile and walked out. As soon as they walked out of the door,Istarted to take of the bundles of clothes on my body.I heard my father lock the our secret door then we heard a Jewish police car siren which sounded like they had stopped right in front of te house. In a couple of seconds the sirenn faded out and we all took a deep breath of relif. "Everytime I hear that sound I think its the end." said my bother frightned. "Zus..." I said about to yell for him to shut up but then I remembered my bother was only 8 and younger than I,it was my duty to keep him unafraid and happy for as long as I could. "Zus." I said in a calmer voice,"There is nothing to be afraid of,Mr Fravel and his family will take care of us!" as I said that I wrapped him in a hug and rocked him back and forth. He look
Im only 13

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Answer by Diahann
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Question by : My Cat hid one of her Kittens VERY WELL!?
Okay, Before you say...
"Calm Down, Everything will be fine when She feels they are safe" -_- ...

She hid the Kitten after we (Me and my Family) Bathed them (We had to as they were infested with fleas, We found like 30 on one of the babies we removed them by Hand after using Dawn on them and gave them a second bath to reveal more and more)

Afterwards, We head out for some Supper after a long day work Bug Bombing the house...
We came back after that and finished our meals, BEFORE we finished, My Name went down to finish the laundry and check on the Kittens, They were fine and she killed the Fleas that had fallen off that were still alive...

I went down about... 5 Minutes after that, To move them back into their cleaned and sprayed Sheets, I noticed one of the babies were missing (They were in a BIG Container with their Mother)
On top of the Freezer (In the laundry room) I started to freak out cause Paw (My cat I rescued outside as a little baby) I remember when she carried it from my bed - the floor and it fell cause she couldn't grip it well, She somehow got it out of the Container about a 4 foot drop to the floor... (It worrys me if she dropped the kitten, They are only a few days old...)

I made a really high pitch low volume "Miau" to call Paw (I guess you could call me the Cat whisperer... She came from her hiding spot up inside the ceiling of the laundry room (She gets up by climbing over boxes and then up the wall into the non covered beams and what not...

I am freaking out because thats over a 8 and a half feet drop to the floor if she did bring it up there, Even she fell later afterwards while she was trying to get up.

I am even more worried because it's been about 10 hours since this happened in the afternoon, it is now 4 Am, I have been searching EVERY area in my basement (That's where we keep them) Under the stairs *There are a pile of boxes and stuff, I pulled them out and saw nothing but a few fleas so I sprayed it with RAID and all the boxes i took out...

What's more...
She is a First Time Mother, She likes it when I give her a bath and what not, but when its somebody else, She freaks out and hisses (She is not like that when not giving her a bath)
Blah Blah Blah... More random stuff about this nonsense

She has not even considered to go back to where she put the Kitten to feed it!
I let one of the Kittens out for about 20mins for the result that she would pick it up and hide it because She would think it is unsafe for it to be there, She did, But she was like

"Okay, I'm going to hide my baby in a safe spot now"
So I followed her...
She stopped Midway to the Laundry room looked back at me like she was saying in her Cat Mind
"Shit... hes following me"

Every ones been telling me "it will be okay she will take it out when she feels its safe etc"
But no, I doubt she will, even if it is up in the basement ceiling (AKA the upstairs Floor) How the hell will she get it down as its a 5 foot leap from the wood - Boxes and she has already went headfirst into the wall after trying to jump from the Water Container thing aMabob - the Wood

Urrrhnn... I am so worried that it could be dead My NAN* went down
1: They are only a Few Days (About a Week old)

2: She went missing AFTER we finished everything...

3: I REALLY doubt the Kitten is dead YET as Paw continues to try to bring the rest of them wherever the hell she has hid the other one.

4: I am the only one home and have bee searching for nonstop with a high powered Light source from my stepfathers work as he is a carpenter and what not. Paw is laying down with her babies now, and the laundry is... more Chilly then anywhere else in the basement as its got no vents to gives heat.

(4:30 Am) Now

She JUST took another baby and tried to carry it to the door and I looked she stopped and is letting it wobble around the floor. She knows I can't find the other Kitten, So she knows it's relatively safe to hide them there, I just know it.

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Answer by Daz Das
Now THAT'S a tricky question. I would suggest trying to shorten it if you can, because it was a tad bit tl;dr and that might keep people from answering for you.

First, if you have a way to get the mother cat to meow, do so. If she meows for treats (like a bag of treats, food, canned food, etc.) then bring her to where you believe the kitten is, and tease her to meow. Listen very carefully for a very tiny exhausted mew sound. Then look everywhere you can, avoid moving things if possible. Use a flashlight to try to locate the little thing.

I am afraid I could not find a place where you mentioned age. I'm guessing it's too young to really walk much on it's own? When an infant kitten is left alone, it will search for heat and wobble if possible. They need to be fed about every two hours as well.

And...well I think you'd have mentioned it but just checking, was the kitten missing BEFORE the house was bombed? I kinda assume not, but if so...it's possible the kitten has passed, and the mom relocated it and won't go back because it is not alive and she feels no need to go back.

But whatever the case is, I'd tell your family, "Unless you want to find a rotting kitten in a few days when it starts to smell, I suggest you help me start searching."
Look under things too! And behind things, but do your best to avoid moving anything if possible, because you never know when you might accidentally crush it. Look inside of any open/loose boxes, etc.

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Question by : Is this story good enough to become famous like Harry potter once I build on it?
 Aatu sat alone in her crystalized cave of isolation, she thought about what might happen to her. Will they find me? Her silver and black ears stood up straight and tall, she heard them. She transformed into wolf self and sped towards the other side of the cave and jumped into her emergency exit. As she ran towards the elderly woman's garden, she knew she would be safe. " Grandma, are you there!?" she asked. She looked in the dusty old cabinets and the through the garden and couldn't find a single trace of her. All of a sudden she heard a scratching noise in the wall. She clawed at wall until there was a hole. Aatu ripped pieces of the old wall off until she could finally fit through the hole she made. She could see light at the end of the dark, secret hall. When she finally reached the end of the hall, Aatu was amazed by what she saw. A 20 ft. high maze stretched upon a wide plot of underground land. She sat down against the maze, salty tears streamed down her face. " The wise ones have ruined my life. First, I am forced to live in a cave because no one cares for me accept my nanna, who has no room for me. Second, I am cursed with the powers of the wolf and the wise ones think I've gone utterly insane." She stood up. " I can do this, a maze can't be so hard" She headed towards the start of the bushy maze. She took a step forward and felt more confident. She could smell the pies and cookies her nanna used to smell like all the time." I know she is around here somewhere, all I have to do is follow her scent. Out of nowhere the smell vanished and she could smell old leather and cigar smoke. She felt a cold wind on her leg and then she was pulled backwards. She saw it was her friend, Tala trying to escape from a trap.

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Answer by Taylor
If that's all you care about, no.

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Question by Chris S: Electrical Transformer?
My goal is to create a hand made transformer. I need to power an appliance that plugs into a standard 110v wall socket, but I need it to be mobile. I can power it by simply plugging it into the wall, but that defeats the purpose of what I am trying to do. I am working with a single, 12v Car Battery. I need to convert those 12v into 110v, and I need to do it safely. Being a Jr. in high school, I understand the concepts of a transformer, but not yet the practical application. I need to know things such as, "Is what I'm attempting to do even possible?", "If so, what type of transformer is both economical and will get the job done?". Links to more information would be best, but firsthand experience or knowledge would also be welcome. Answers to few other questions like, "How do I determine the number of coils?", "What materials should I use?", and "How do I make this safe?" would be helpful, but until I have a design, are relatively useless.
A brief overview of my questions, for clarity's sake.

1. "Is what I'm attempting to do even possible?"
2. "If so, what type of transformer is both economical and will get the job done?"
3. "How do I determine the number of coils?"
4. "What materials should I use?"
5. "How do I make this safe?"
A Description of the project.

A team in our school engineering lab is in the production stage of their hovercraft. It uses a small internal combustion engine as thrust, and a small leaf blower to both inflate the skirt, and force air under the craft. Their current plan is to simply use an extension cord to connect the leaf blower to a wall socket, but that defeats the purpose of the gasoline engine, which is only there to create self contained unit. A long term solution I am looking at is attaching an alternator to the horizontal drive shaft, using that to supply power for a battery, and that battery providing Direct Current for the leaf blower. However, from lack of an alternator, the battery will have to do.
Amps are a shaky area, seeing as I don't have access to the leaf blower itself, but I'm going to say between 7 and 12 amps. I'll find the actual number as soon as I can.

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Answer by Drewfuss
you could of course go down to walmart and buy a power inverter. these are commonly available to power someones laptop in the car. the smaller ones just plug up to the cigarette lighter and then you plug in your regular house charger.
That is not nearly so educational as winding your own transformer, but it sure is easier.

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