It literally means "He is very cute" but could also mean "It's very cute." Mignon typically is used to mean "cute" but also means "darling"

As a note, freetranslation.com is great if you don't want to wait for someone to answer you!

Well I'm a fan of wikihow.com, so I'm going to give you a link to the page "How to Have Good Manners."
http://www.wikihow.com/Have-Good-Manners
I think it summarizes anything really crucial in order to have good manners.

Also, google is a great tool if you use it properly. Search using key words. I just searched "good manners" with the quotations of course, and I found tons of useful links. Here are a few of them:
http://www.sideroad.com/Etiquette/good-manners.html
http://www.modelcitizenship.com/
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1128773959902042566&q=%22Living+Smart%22

I hope this helps!

Hmm... What about something in another language? for example, on Advicenators my username is Aucunu. This is French for "Without U" since my name is commonly misspelled with a "u" and is a common source of annoyance for me. Plus I speak French and love anything French-y. You could use freetranslation.com to translate something personal to you.

Maybe you could have your name + phoeneticized middle and last name initials. For example, Anne C R would be AnneCeeArr

Some other ideas...
[your name here] Couture
Peppy Brunette
[your mascot] Fan [graduation year]

I also found a site that has ideas on making up a screen name if none of these ideas suit you: http://forums.theideaweb.com/f40-screen-name-ideas/t3107-how-think-up-screen-names.html

Your nose is shiny because of all the oils. You may consider looking for a face wash or lotion that is specifically made for oily skin. It will help combat this shininess.

Also, you could go to the nearest make-up store (sephora is great if there's one nearby) and ask someone at the counter what he or she suggests for hiding the shine. Most likely you'll be given an anti-shine powder. That should help!

Well, first off, don't worry about what you want to major in. Many students don't have any idea what they want to major in, even when they start college. But you could think about what you're interested in. Do you have an interest in technology? Math and Science? the Liberal Arts? If you have a specific field of interest then you have a starting point for your potential major.

If you go to collegeboard.com you can fill out your information into a match maker. At the end of this survey you will be presented a list of colleges that fit your responses. I took it and among the results was a long-time dream school -- the school I attend now! So it definitely is a great tool. The location is here: http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/adv_typeofschool.jsp

Some things you should consider when selecting a school include:
1) location - do you want to be near your family? Do you prefer city life or living in the country? etc.
2) Name - you mention wanting to aim for an Ivy. So perhaps you want a school that is highly regarded. You should consider some schools that are comparable to the ivies. My college is a private institution that has been compared to Harvard, for example. Just remember that you can get a great education at a number of colleges and universities, to include state schools.
3) Extracurriculars - are you an athlete? a musician? etc. If you want to continue anything in college, check to see if the schools offer those activies.

You don't have to pre-schedule tours. Actually all you have to do (at any school I've heard of) is show up at the campus center, sign up for the next tour (my school offers them on the top of every hour), and voila. In the fall you should consider spending a night in a dorm. That wasn't feasible for me, since I didn't live in the states when I was applying. So it's obviously not a 100% necessity. But it would definitely give you a feel for the school that campus brochures and scripted tours wouldn't.

As a last note, make sure you don't get caught up in the gimmicks. Sure, an all-you-can-eat buffet would be fantastic. But is it necessary? Make a list of the most important things that you need. Then decide on schools from there.

I hope this helps you out!

I've never used it but I've heard and read really great things about it. The fact that it is eco-friendly is definitely a plus in my books. Plus it's so affordable! Maybe I'll have to try it ...

And yes, Essence of Beauty brushes are synthetic too.

In music theory you learn about the fundamentals of music (eg, staffs, scales, music notation, chords, etc). It can get as rigorous as you want it to be. I think it's an essential class for anyone who wants to advance in music, since in performing you should understand every bit and piece of your music. Plus it can be a lot of fun. In some classes, students write their own music scores!

If you don't want to take it, my suggestion would be to see your counselor and ask if there's any way to switch to a different music class.

Hope this helps.

Some that I've heard include:

Simple Simon
Jealous Judy
B*tchy Betty
Sour Sarah
Callous Cathy
Chatty Kathy
Moody Judy

I found a pair at Fred Flare that look like the exact same pair. http://www.fredflare.com/customer/product.php?cat=348&productid=1962

I don't know where you could buy them aside from online, unfortunately.

I hope this helps!

1) I think that because you've already read it, you've got a pretty good background on the book. You should focus on reading books that you haven't read already, so you'll be ahead on those as well.

2) The "catcher in the rye" is the character from the song. The catcher stands in a rye field and catches kids before they fall from the cliff. Holden feels like adulthood took away the youthful enjoyment of life from him and wants to protect kids from "falling" into the cyncism of adulthood, since nobody ever "caught" him.

OPTIONAL: Well, it's been quite a while since I've read this, so I wouldn't be the best person to summarize events (I'd probably get a few wrong!). There are several study guides that explain everything.
I found a chronology of events here: http://www.geocities.com/deadcaulfields/CatcherChronology.html ... I'll paste them below for your convenience.
Sparknotes is often discouraged, but as a supplement is great. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/catcher/
There is another great study guide here: http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/catcher2.html

SATURDAY

New York City

* Goes to New York City for fencing match (Morning)
* Leaves the fencing equipment on the subway.
* Holden buys the red hunting hat.

Pency Prep. Agerstown, Pennsylvania

* Returns to Pency (abt. 2:30)
* Stands on Thompson Hill
* Visits Mr. Spencer to say goodbye. Spencer lectures him.
* Returns to dorm. Conversations with Ackley and Stradlater
* Goes into town with Brossard and Ackley
* Returns to the dorm to write Stradlater's composition
* Stradlater returns from date with Jane Gallagher.
* Holden has a fist-fight with Stradlater over Jane Gallagher.
* Holden Wakes up Ackley (11:30)
* Decides to leave Pency for New York City
* Sells his typewriter for twenty dollars
* Holden leaves Pency. "sleep tight, ya morons!" (abt. midnight)

OVERNIGHT SATURDAY - SUNDAY

Agerstown to New York City

* Boards train to New York City
* Meets Ernest Morrow's mother, becomes Rudolf Schmidt.

New York City

* Arrives at Penn Station. Calls Sally Hayes
* Grabs a taxi. Asks cabbie about the Central Park ducks.
* Checks in at the Edmont Hotel. Finds the hotel full of perverts.
* Holden calls Faith Cavendish
* Goes to the Lavendar Room. Meets Marty, Laverne, and Bernice Kregs. They stick him with the check.
* Leaves the Lavendar Room. Wants to call Jane Gallagher but doesn't.
* Grabs a taxi to Ernie's in Greenwich Village. Asks cabbie (Horowitz) about the Central Park ducks.
* Holden at Ernie's, which is full of jerks. Meets Lillian Simmons (an old girlfriend of D.B.) and Captain Blop.
* Holden walks two miles back to the Edmont hotel.
* At the hotel he meets the elevator operator, Ernie. Ernie offers to set Holden up with a prostitute for five dollars.
* Sunny, the prostitute arrives at Holden's room. Holden pays the five dollars just to talk.
* Sunny leaves. Holden sits in a chair and talks to Allie.
* Holden goes to bed and tries to pray.
* Maurice and Sunny are at the door. They want five more dollars. Holden refuses and has a fist-fight with Maurice. They take the money and leave.
* Holden pretends he has bullets in his gut. Goes to sleep.

SUNDAY

New York City

* Holden wakes up after a short sleep. (abt.10:00)
* Calls Sally Hayes and makes a date with her for that afternoon.
* Holden checks out of the Edmont.
* Grabs a taxi to Grand Central Station. Stores his luggage in a locker there.
* Goes to a nearby "sandwich bar" for breakfast. During breakfast he meets two nuns. After a conversation Holden donates ten dollars to the nuns and tries to pick up their check.
* Holden leaves the sandwich bar and walks down Broadway. There, he encounters a father, mother, and little boy walking down the street. The little boy is singing "If a body catch a body coming through the rye". (abt. noon)
* Stops into a record store and buys recording of "Little Shirley Beans" for Phoebe.
* Goes to the theater and buys two tickets for the play "I Know My Love" for his date with Sally Hayes.
* Goes to Central Park looking for Phoebe.
* Still looking for Phoebe, Holden walks across the park to the Museum of Natural History. He decides not to go into the museum.
* Holden takes a taxi to the Biltmore and meets Sally Hayes.
* (2:00) They go to the theater to see the play which is starring the Lunts. During intermission Sally meets an old friend, George "something".
* After the play, Sally and Holden go ice skating at Radio City. They have an argument over sodas.
* After the date, Holden stops at a drug store to eat a Swiss cheese sandwich and a malted. Tries calling Jane Gallagher but there is no answer.
* Holden calls Carl Luce. They make plans for drinks that night.
* Holden goes to the movies at Radio City. Watches the Christmas pagent and the movie. Notices a woman crying over the movie, but ignoring her little son.
* (10:00) Meets Carl Luce at The Wicker Bar on 54th Street. They have an argument. Holden stays at the bar after Carl Luce leaves.
* Holden gets very drunk at The Wicker Bar. He calls Sally Hayes and pretends his gut is full of bullets. In the men's room, some flitty guy cautions Holden to go home.
* Holden leaves The Wicker Bar.(abt. 1:00)
* Holden wanders around Central Park. He goes to the lagoon. He drops the "Little Shirly Beans" record, breaking it. Decides to sneak home to see Phoebe.

OVERNIGHT SUNDAY - MONDAY

New York City

* Holden walks home and sneaks into the apartment. He wakes up Phoebe.
* Holden gives Phoebe the pieces of the broken record. They have a long conversation. Phoebe guesses that Holden's been kicked out of school. Holden tells Phoebe his dream of being the catcher in the rye.
* He gives Phoebe his hunting hat. Holden calls Mr. Antolini from the apartment.
* Holden returns to Phoebe's room. He tells her his plans of going out west. She gives him her Christmas money.
* Holden's parents come home. He avoids them and leaves the apartment.
* Holden goes to Mr. Antolini's. They have a long conversation.
* Holden goes to bed on the Antolini's couch. He is woken up by Mr. Antolini petting him.
* Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's very shaken. (abt. 5:00)

MONDAY

New York City

* Holden walks to Grand Central Station
* He sleeps on a bench in the Grand Central Station waiting room.
* (9:00) Holden wakes up and walks up Fifth Avenue. He feels himself dissapearing and prays to Allie. Plans to go out west.
* Buys paper and pen at a stationary store and writes Phoebe a letter to meet him at the museum at 12:15.
* Goes to Phoebe's school. Delivers the letter to the office who will give it to Phoebe. Holden sees the graffitti.
* Holden goes to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to wait for Phoebe. He meets two young boys there. They visit the mummy exhibition. More graffitti.
*(12:10) Holden waits for Phoebe at the museum entrance.
*(12:35) Phoebe arrives. She is wearing Holden's red hunting hat and is carrying a bag. She tells Holden that she is going with him out west. They argue.
* Holden follows Phoebe as they enter Central Park. Holden gives in. He will not leave home. Phoebe follows Holden to the Central Park Zoo.
* Phoebe rides the Central Park Carousel as Holden watches. It begins to pour but Holden will not move out of the rain. Overwhelmed by happiness, he cries.

Toric lenses are special lenses to correct astigmatisms. They're not fully symmetrical, because they have to fix the 'defective' eye. When you first put a toric lens in it can be pretty blurry for about 5 minutes. This is because it's adjusting to your eye.

I have one for my right eye, and a regular lens for my left since only my right eye has astigmatism. Unfortunately the toric lenses tend to be more expensive than regular, depending on what you need done.

Also, I do wear glasses and my prescription does change a bit. I like to get my glasses separately from the contacts 'cause like you I get headaches when they account for my astigmatism!

I think that you need to talk to your mom. Perhaps the reason she brought this up to your friend was that she really wanted to talk to you about it, and deep down inside felt your friend would tell you for her. While I do think that this was an inappropriate move on her part, especially since you're not an adult, what's done is done.

Keep in mind that all people make mistakes. If, indeed, this is true, you may feel resentment toward your father. But remember you're his daughter, and his romantic life and decisions (bad as that one was) are his business. He may have been unhappy with his relationship with your mother, or he may have simply had a very screwed up personal life. Confronting him will not be the best idea.

This is clearly bothering you, and obviously is still on your mothers mind. So talk to her. Don't judge, and don't act like her friend, because you're not. You are her daughter.

I hope this helps.

First off, how old are you? Most parents want people who are older since people tend to equate age with reliability. Typically 12 is the starting age.

Secondly, they may not know you well enough to trust you with their kids. Or perhaps they do not think you're the right person for the job, maybe due to lack of experience. But most likely, they already have reliable babysitters.

I don't see anything wrong with putting up flyers. I think you should ask your parents to mention your babysitting services to their friends. And if you have friends who already babysit, offer to be their back-up babysitter.

If someone wants you to sit, but you do not know him or her, have a parent come along before accepting the job offer. That way if there is a real problem, you'll have an adult to protect you.

Once you get your first gig, they should keep rolling in. I'll use this analogy: would you really want someone to cut your hair if she's never used scissors before? OK, lame analogy I know. But doesn't that make sense?

I hope this helps.

People with astigmatism sure can have color lenses. There are many brands that make color toric lenses. I have a very sharp astigmatism and I was told that I could still have color lenses (though I wasn't interested!).

So if you're interested in color toric lenses, you can and should talk to your optometrist about your options.

An address can be filled out as such:

John Doe
1 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

or if there is a P.O. Box then,

John Doe
P.O. Box 2203
1 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

I hope this clears it up!

I looked at two sites that listed jobs for people with degrees in Criminal Justice: http://www.directdegree.com/s/CriminalJusticeCareers.shtml and http://www.elearners.com/guide-to-online-education/careers-in-criminal-justice.asp .

Some of the job possibilities include:
* Airport Security Officer
* Animal Treatment Investigator
* Bailiff
* Body Guard
* Border Patrol Agent
* CIA Agent
* Corrections Officer
* Court Clerk
* Customs Agent
* Deportation Officer
* Deputy Marshall
* Detective
* Drug Enforcement Agent
* Environmental Conservation Officer
* Juvenile Court Counselor
* Law Clerk
* Military Officer
* Paralegal
* Police Officer
* Probation Officer
* SBI Agent
* Secret Service Agent
* Social Worker
* Teacher

Also some of the places and people that employ people with this major include:
* Federal, state and local government agencies
* Military branches/Defense agencies
* Security companies
* Private investigative services
* Businesses and retail stores
* Colleges and universities
* Law firms
* Private probation

I hope this gives you some insight! While I do think that you should've discovered what job options you would have before picking your major, I also believe that majoring in something that you're interested in is key to enjoying what you do. So I hope some of these jobs appeal to you.

Yes it is possible. There are numerous programs out there to do this conversion. The link below is to the one I have used in the past and trust the most.

http://www.topvideopro.com/audio-ripper/mp3-to-midi.htm

I hope this helps

Women's Health has a great article on how to insert a tampon. http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/azhealthtopics/ht/How_Insert_Tamp.htm. I'll paste it below. I hope it helps.

"Here's How:

1. Relax! Try not to worry about inserting the tampon right the first time. If you are tense it will make insertion harder.
2. The best time to practice inserting a tampon is during the heavy part of your period. The tampon should glide inside your vagina easily without any discomfort.
3. Decide if you prefer to insert the tampon standing or sitting. If sitting is your preference, sit on the toilet. If you want to try standing, putting one foot on the bathtub helps.
4. Hold the tampon applicator in your right hand if you are right-handed, or left if left-handed.
5. Use your thumb and middle finger to hold the bottom of the larger, outer tube.
6. Point the tip of the applicator toward your vagina, facing slightly towards the back. The smaller tube should be pointed away from your body.
7. Use your other hand to open your vagina.
8. Place the tip of the applicator at the opening of your vagina.
9. Gently push the smaller end of the applicator in until it is completely inside the larger outer tube. This pushes the tampon into your vagina and out of the tube.
10. With your thumb and middle finger still on the outer tube, release the smaller tube and let the strings dangle freely.
11. Gently pull the two tubes out together.
12. Dispose of the applicator according to the manufactuer's instructions.
13. When you are ready to remove the tampon, gently pull the withdrawl strings down and forward. The used tampon may be flushed down the toilet.

Tips:

1. Lubricating the rounded end of the tampon with a water-based lubricant such as K-Y Jelly can make insertion easier the first few times. Don't use petroleum jelly.
2. Always read the manufactuer's instructions throughly before using any type of tampon.
3. If the tampon feels uncomfortable it is probably not inserted far enough into your vagina. Try again with a new tampon."

It's definitely not, unfortunately. I love the movie too! If you want to see a list of movies that have been released on DVD, you can go to the wikipedia page. Each movie with an asterisk has been released. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_Channel_Original_Movies

Next time Tru Confessions is on TV you could always record it! I've done that with a few movies.

You can also watch the full movie on youtube, though it's not great quality. If you search "Tru Confessions Part" then you'll find all 9 parts of the movie. Here's a link to make it easier on you: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tru+confessions+part+&search_type=&aq=f.

What you want to do is to increase your abdominal muscles. If you have a nearby gym that offers ab workouts, those would be great to take. Or if you're short on time, you could do quickies at home. I have some links I think you'd like.

1) Top 10 Most Effective Ab Exercises
http://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abexercises.htm

2) Killer Ab Workout Video (I did things similar to this during soccer!)
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1544962/killer_ab_workout/

3) 15 Minute Ab Workout Video (This one is great!)
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness_articles.asp?id=675

4) Another Ab Workout Video
http://www.building-muscle101.com/free-ab-workout-video.html

I hope these help you!

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