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Is Anxiety different from stress or depression? and How?

anxiety is feeling nervous, stress is feeling under pressure/overworked, depression is feeling really sad.

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Well since Christmas is coming up soon, and new years too. I want to throw a party. I’ve got everything planned… but I have 1 little problem-

You see, I met these 2 girls last year. Amy and Laura. Well, I did something really stupid.
I like both of these girls as friends, but then this year, we separated into different school classes. Amy and I have classes together, but then Laura doesn’t see us at all in school.

Well, there are some things that Laura has done, that Amy didn’t like. So pretty much, Amy hates Laura, but Laura still likes Amy.
Now here comes my stupid thing- I told Amy that I didn’t like Laura either! I don’t know why I told her that.

But whenever I do see Laura in school, she thinks I like her, and I do! So we talk to each other, but then whenever Amy comes, I have to lie and tell her that I don’t like Laura.

Well, My problem is… I don’t know what to do about the party. Should I invite both girls?? If I invite Laura, Amy will get mad and will hate me because I lied to her. But if I don’t invite Laura, she’ll find out about the party, and will hate me because I didn’t invite her. I’m really stuck in the middle!!!!!!

I don’t know if I should tell Amy that I’m friends with Laura, but then risk my friendship with Amy. Or just keep lying to Amy?

HELP!

Signed, confused!

either pick one, or tell amy the truth before the party

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Ok I'm in to computer tech and I wanna learn how to do some kind of computer programming. I wanna start with this GIF thing that some people use on their myspace. I googled it and I found a site but it said the picture I wanna upload has to be a .GIF file type thing. How do I make my pictures .GIf files?

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you use a converter, or a program like irfanview to open and then save as a different format. That dosn't have anything to do with programing, though, it's just a file type, like BMP(bitmap), PNG(portable network graphic), or JPEG. Programing is languages like C, java, HTML, or javascript. A nice guide to HTML is at http://w3schools.com/

You can download irfanview at http://www.irfanview.com/ Open the file you want to convert, then go to file>save as. Then save it where you want in whatever format you want. To make an animated GIF, take a look at this tutorial: http://tinyurl.com/jlocv

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would it be possible to make your own internet service if you have a server. Like withought paying an internet company could you access the internet with your own service? if so how would you make one?

if you mean, be an internet service provider for yourself or others, no. You need to buy up the physical cable/phone/fiber optic to be an ISP. It would cost many hundreds of thousands of dollars per city. If you want free internet, you can get free or really cheap slow dialup, do a search for free dialup.

If you mean host a website, yes, that's actually pretty easy.

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I'm trying to expand my horizons,so I'd like some suggestions.I'd prefer Trance or Acid Techno,but any type of electronic music would be fine.

http://liquid.fm plays that kind of thing

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Whenever i view movies on Internet Explorer, it automatically plays it in Windows Media Player. Problem is, my wmp doesnt work, and i wanna make Quicktime my default player. How can i do that?

only windows media player can play .wmv in a browser. QT can only play .mov and some audio formats in a browser. To make QT the default for all the files it supports, go to QT preferences(right click Q logo in lower right); then browser tab and make sure "play movies automatically" is checked. Then go to the "file types" tab, and make sure everything is checked. QT will now play all the files it supports.

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how do I know if the poem I wrote is really a poem? I think it's pretty good, but it's more of a short, flowy sounding, deep story. It doesn't rhyme or anything and i'm wondering if I should consider it a poem or a story?

there's no set definition, you can pretty much call whatever you want a poem. Typically they are descriptive, emotional, about one specific thing, with some kind of rhythm, and almost always in lines.

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I made a wikipedia page and it says that it needs a reference and they will delete it if doesnt get a reference. The thing is I used this book, I just dont know where/how to put it in...
help meee!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources

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ello. i asked a question bout my sound. it wouldn't play anything. i have been trying to figure it out. i got a sound card. but it says that there is no audio device. how do i fix this problem? and if you can fix it by downloading one, what is a good site i can get it from? thank you:)

if you meant to ask everyone instead of just me, click "give advice" on the upper left.

Audio device is your sound card. Probably you didn't install your sound card driver. Usually it comes with the sound card/computer in a floppy disk(with other drivers if it came with the computer). Ask me another question or email/IM me with the exact model, including brand of the sound card and I'll find the driver online.

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I have a really really important question. It's gonna be long,,sorry, but plz answer!! I will rate.

My best friend told me her deepest darkest secret. Her secret was that she was raped by her cousin as a child.(7 yrs old.) He actually had sex with her, but she doesn't think that he "popped her cherry". She didn't really know what was going on...and she told her parents about it and everything when it happend. (we are 14 now) My question is: is she a virgin?

no

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i have just reboted my computer and when i plugged my ipod to it the little arrow at the bottom right hand corner did not show up... so i can not even safly remove hardware what do i do to get that arro back so i can transfer my music back on to my computer from my ipod?

go to start>control panel>add hardware. The wizard should find it. You can remove things without using the "safely remove hardware" thing

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After your seven-day trial on KSolo, do you have to start paying? If I do, how do I cancel my account after?

if you signed up for a premium account(not the basic account) they will charge you. To cancel you have to contact their support a few days before they charge you at support@ksolo.com

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I need some help finding pictures of good long hair styles.

My current hair is brown beyr long and semi dead ended. I have some supremely long grown out side bangs which I now just part so you cannot tell that I ever had them. I would like to cut my hair- not too drastically- and like the girls hair in the Garnier Fructis commericals. But shorter than most. Can anyone help me out with some photos???


I would prefer none with Nicole Richie or Paris Hilton types because there hair is so overly styled there is no way I could ever do that.

http://www.hair-styles.org/fl1.html
http://hairstyles.free-beauty-tips.glam.com/long_hairstyles.html
http://www.hairstylesdesign.com/long-hairstyles.html
http://tinyurl.com/ycsbyf

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on miniclip.com theres a game called red beard. since 5th grade ive been attempting to get past every level. almost every level is easy, but i CANNOT get past level FIFTEEN! ughh its so hard!!! does anyone know what to do to get past it?! ill rate 5s for any help :]

I made a video for you:
http://upload2.net/page/download/aTJhMADtAAeJyKH/13%2301.avi.html
the first time on that video I die, skip to about 18 seconds in.

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Ok well..
Im a healthy person normally, just like any other teen, I eat lots of chocolate and junk food although I stay very thin.
But recently,
I havent been eating atall..It just doesnt cross my mind too eat,
Im sticking with about half my dinner a day.
And my sleeping pattern has gone totally wrong.
I used too go to bed at around 12-1 2 the latest,
Now im either not sleeping at all or im going to bed about 6am and waking up about 5pm.
This isnt like me...
Im scared Ill lose too much weight, I lose weight quite easily and im already underweight.
Any ideas as too why?

p.s Ive quit college an dont have a job, so life is an all day bore at home on the computer.

if you don't exercise, that's probably the problem. Also, get into a regular sleep schedule, even if you have to lay in bed for hours before you sleep, you need a regular schedule. Don't sleep for more than 9 hours straight, either. Have a regular eating time, too, either 3 large meals or 6 small meals in the day, with no snacks and not too much sugar. If you have a lot of energy from sugar and dense foods, and don't burn it off with exercise, you won't be hungry and you won't be tired.

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hey, my name is justin. just recently my norton firewall keeps telling me that im being attacked when i try to sign on aol. in order for me to sign on, ill have to disable my fire wall. does anybody know why?

if it happens at the same time every time you start aol, then norton thinks aol is a hijacker and blocks it; you have to create an exception for it, but I've never used norton and I don't know how, look in the manual. If it happens at different times you might have some malware you need to take care of.

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What's the average no. of hrs of sleep I should get?

I'm a light sleeper and I get woken up easily by noises. What can I do to ensure uninterrupted sleep?

Any good advice will be much appreciated.

between 6 and 9 hours of sleep. 9 is optimal, but more than 9 can be unhealthy. For the noises, place something with continuous noise in your room, like a fan; it'll cover up other noises, but not wake you up because you get used to it.

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I stumbled across this site by accident. I seriously doubt many of you have the qualifications to give real people proper advice. After reading some of your responses to people's inquiries i was quite astonished as to how teenagers find they are able to give quality advice and information to real people in need with such little life experience. If you ask me you are not in a place to give your "personal opinion" when people truly believe you are giving them the right answer simply because you claim "people think i give really good advice". (eg. i am still at a loss as to how a 17 year old girl thinks she can give advice to someone regarding conceiving a child) I know you try to come across as a "godsend" to poeple who are in some sort of personal crisis and need a fast easy answer but the truth is, in the cases where it really counts, there rarely is one; at least not from you.

people know they're talking to non-experts when they ask a question. If they don't, they don't deserve good advice.

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is CET exam required for fetching admission in the course like "bachelors of computer applications"

requirements for different universities are different, you have to check with them.

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ok well i recently downloaded animator onto my computer. i know how to use it except can someone tell me how i can save my pictures bigger. i know how to make them bigger but when i save them they dont save big. any help?

I've never used animator, but usually there's a thing called "image properties" or "resize". Just go through the menus till you get to something that shows you "width:100 hight:200" or something like that, and change the numbers. If you don't keep the same ratio(in my example 1/2) it will become distorted.

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