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i weigh 153 lbs and i would like to lose at least 15 lbs by this summer. i will probably do crunches. about how many should i do a day if i am doing them every other day? and how much weight will i lose by may or june? please help. *i rate all 4s and 5s* (link)
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What is it with everyone talking about "crunches" in all these types of questions?
If you want to lose wieght, picking one exercise and performing it every few days probably isn't going to do jack-shit for you.
You want to lose wieght? Then first, analyze your dietary habits. Then examine if you get enough sleep in a night (people who get little sleep tend to be overweight). Then, get a routine down for exercise - don't just pick one exercise and call it good - get a variety of things in. You need to choose some exercises that can help build endurance, as those tend to burn more calories - like running/jogging. Exercise more than just one area of your body - crunches, while great for toning your abs, don't do SHIT for the rest of you. Try involving some free weights, even a few yoga techniques.
As far as how many reps of any particular exercise you should be doing... start easy and see how it goes. If you think 2 sets of 10 would be fine, then start there. If that's too easy, then do more. Learn your body's limits. If you can jog for 20 minutes no problem, then up it to 25, or try picking up the pace. Learn how to push yourself just enough so that you get a good workout, but don't overdo it.
And again, you have to make sure you're eating right, and getting plenty of sleep while you try all this, otherwise, it won't do you a bit of good.
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OK soon im going to Florida. Last time I went was when i was 11..and now im 15. So this time, im hoping to be able to walk around the beach and our hotel resort alone to flirt with guys :)
How should I askk my parents to go alone? I dont want to bring any of my younger brothers and I know they might suggest it. If I do meet someone and we decide to meet up later to hang out..I dont want to ask my parents "hey i met this guy ..so im gona go hang out with him now.." because i know they wont allow it. Any ideas to get around that? Thanks so much! (link)
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Well, if you ever expect your parents to trust you, trying to sneak around behind their backs is horribly unwise. Why not ask them in a rational manner, attempting to explain that perhaps you'd like the chance to be given a little freedom - sometimes parents can be surprising and allow that. But mind you, you're only 15, and while you think that's plenty old enough, it really isn't nearly as old as you think you are (if that makes any sense).
You're always better off not trying to hide things from your parents (yeah, yeah, I know there are some extreme cases out there where this is actually not the case, but those seem to be rare). One reason is that what you're hiding will ALWAYS come back to bite you in the ass. And reason two - generally, your parents are considerably more aware than you think they are - likely that you won't be able to hide things from them.
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do u no what happans to matter when its heated? (link)
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uhh... yeah... it gets hot.
Or perhaps you are looking for "its movement speeds up" - such as heat being caused by vibrational energy of the material in question? Some material will undergo a physical change in state, such as melting, or perhaps just a glassy transition temperature (such as a plastic getting softer as it is heated), or even sublime into a gaseous form.
By heating matter, you are putting energy INTO the material, thus applying some form of radiation or friction. Either way, the atoms that make up the material begin to move with more vigor, as that is what "heat" essentially is. When objects lose heat (radiation), it is because this vibrational energy is being given off into the material surrounding it, like the air around it, or perhaps the table it is sitting on.
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does any body know how to shrink pores on your face cuz mine r really really big. thanks (link)
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wash with cold water, use a facial astringent.
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Hey, this morning I woke up and my eye was crusty. And then I looked in the mirror and it was all red. it still is. My mom said it might be "Pink Eye" but my eye doesn't itch, and it's not really goopy. Does anyone have any ideas on what this is?? I rate all 5's. (link)
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"Pink Eye" is a term thrown around too lightly. Any infection in the eye that results in redness and swelling is termed "conjunctivitis", which is sometimes called Pink Eye. Technically, "pink eye" is a highly contagious bacterial (or is it viral? can't remember off hand, and who cares?) infection that spreads rapidly - it is very common in adolescents. "Pink eye" in small children is usually not pink eye at all, but bacterial infection that has spread to the eye. If your eye isn't itchy, but it is goopy and nasty, this is what you have - a secondary infection that has spread to your eye.
No matter how you look at it, you have an eye infection - usually just a small infection caused by a cold that has manifested in your eye or your tear duct. You'll likely need eye drops and/or a general antibiotic to get rid of it. Go see a doctor - really.
Make sure you wash your hands FREQUENTLY and use every ounce of willpower you have to avoid touching your eye. It is likely that the infection CAN be spread to others.
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hey im working on equations of perpindicular lines. i dont no what to do because i dont know what tehe reciprocal of 2.5 is? what is it? thanks (link)
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1 / 2.5, thus, 0.4
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13/f I've been playing th epiano for 4 years, i have to admit, I'm gettin pretty good at it, but I HATE IT!!!!!!! I've hated it since maybe 2 years ago, but my parents always say: "oh, your getting better" or "the piano teacher will be so upset if you quit". But now, I've just about had it, and my parents are like; give it a chance, one more lesson, but when they do that they'll tell the teacher i wanna quit, and he gets all nice and easy....ugh I HATE IT.
I've always been interested in the drums or guitar....something not very easy, but new to learn. If I do quit though, this'll be a load to drop on my parents [they're the sort of classical, act professional, ivy-league-for-you parents, plus I'd have to get the instruments somewhere!!!!
I just asked my parents a minute ago to quit, and they got all "stop being a teenager....ugh" and "one more lesson" how can I FIRMLY tell them I want to quit, without all this other crap coming up? And how hard is it to play the drums? either question, I'LL LOVE YOU IF YOU ANSWER IT!! (link)
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Drums take a very different coordination than other instruments. You'll find piano will be highly beneficial when playing other melodic instruments, as it is an excellent way to learn the fundamentals of music theory. Are the piano lessons really that bad - I mean, if you're just going through the motions and not really practicing, how is that causing you pain? Also, given your age, by sticking with the piano lessons, you'd be showing them you're committed and able to take learning other instruments seriously. If you really want to look into guitar or drums or anything else, prove to them that you want to do it - and to do that, prove to them that you can take the piano seriously.
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ok the other night i was at a party/sleepover and me and my friend got dared (for 10$ each) to make out with each other. we did it because we figured it wasnt a big deal and we were getting ten dollars each. but then everyone started taking turns doing it and i ended up doing it at least three times. im not lesbian or bisexual but i feel like what i did makes me one now. not that its a bad thing but its just not what i want to be. does what i did make me a lesbian? i dont know what to think about myself anymore.
please help!
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No, it does not make you a lesbian. It does, however, make you permiscous and look rather dumb. Do you not bother to think when things like this come up?
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Wouldn't it be great if when I ask serious questions and really are interested in finding out an answer to a FITNESS question, my question gets deleted and so when I ask it again in simpler words it gets deleted again. If I can't ask questions about how to work out a certain muscle to become in ok physcial fitness, then what are we to ask in a fitness category?!?! (link)
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You can exercise to tone certain areas, but you cannot control how or where your body loses wieght from - how's that for an answer? I don't care how many crunches someone does - doing that won't target your abs for weight loss. I don't care how much you run, it doesn't mean your thighs or ass will get smaller. There are no magic exercises that are able to target weight loss. You can only target muscle development and muscle toning.
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i have a puppy she is about 5 months old and my mom is very alergic to her .. she is now living in teh gaage bcz my mom almost died ! we wanan give her away to a family taht loves her but dont know who my question is .. how could i let ppl know about my dog ??? thank u soo0o much and p.s she is a girl if that helps
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Start with asking your friends and neighbors. If you find no takers that way, put up posters around your neighborhood. You probably can't put up posters at school, but you can let people at school know that you're looking for someone to take your dog.
I can understand the allergy bit... I am generally not allergic to dogs, but I have a horrible time around dalmatians. It is just that breed.
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how do you ban people cuz there is this really annoying person at the chatroom??????????????????please answer this!!!!!!!! (link)
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hopefully a mod in there can fix that for you, otherwise, let me know what's going on in there. Type "/whois" followed by the abusive person's name, and copy the info it tells you.
Without the information, I cannot ban them. Only channel operators have the authority to ban in there. I have absolute authority over the chatroom, as I registered it and it is in my name. Without user details, I can do nothing. Mind you, the server the chatroom is on occasionally purges the ban list, so these bastards come back from time to time, but usually get re-banned very rapidly.
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im a beginned guitar player and im starting to learn notes right now (i havent even gotten to chords) and i need to kno if anybody has some trix to remembering all where all the chords and notes are and how you can tell which string is which without looking everytime you need to switch strings. thanx (link)
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The best solution I can offer is to map out the guitar neck by fret position and then list the note at that position:
0__1__2__3__4__5__6__7__8__9__10_11_12
E__F__F#_G__G#_A__A#_B__C__C#_D__D#_E
B__C__C#_D__D#_E__F__F#_G__G#_A__A#_B
G__G#_A__A#_B__C__C#_D__D#_E__F__F#_G
D__D#_E__F__F#_G__G#_A__A#_B__C__C#_D
A__A#_B__C__C#_D__D#_E__F__F#_G__G#_A
E__F__F#_G__G#_A__A#_B__C__C#_D__D#_E
Just remember that G# is the same as Ab, etc (not sure how much music theory you know).
I recommend learning to play your major scales, and be able to play a chromatic scale from 0 (open) to the 12th fret on every string (playing every fret using all four fingers on your left hand on the fretboard, at a steady pace right on up the neck).
Feel free to ask me more guitar things either on here, or directly at sporkopolis2001@yahoo.com
I've been playing bass for 15 years, guitar for about 8 (I think), in case you're wondering. Good luck!
(edited several times to try to get the table to be readable)
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im 18 i have a son and im still with his dad but we fight alot the problem is i have a crush on this guy i grew up with he has a kid too and brings his son to my moms daycare i know he likes me but he has a girlfreind they fight sometimes , i want to tell him how i fell but i think that would be tottaly out of place and wrong what do u think ? thanks (link)
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re-read the first six words of what you typed and ask yourself the question again... You're 18 years old. You have a son. Your responsibility is to your kid - once you had him, your life is forever changed. That means putting teen-aged drama crap behind you. To think about behaving that way is unfair to you and to your son.
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I never understood what the pattern on dart boards is. I researched this left and right, up and down, and I can't find the answer anywhere. The order of dartboards. It's something like 5,20,1, etc. Find it. It has no pattern at all, i've searched clockwise, counterclockwise, and across, and I want to find where the inventor got his placement of these numbers, because nothing in this world is random.
-Confused (link)
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http://wwwcms.brookes.ac.uk/~p0073860/research/dartboards.html
This one intruiged me, so I looked it up. To quote the from the site that I've linked above:
"Suppose we decide that the bigger the difference between numbers of adjacent sectors, the bigger the risk to the player, and so the more exciting the game of darts. Then one reasonable measure of the "excitement level" of a dartboard is the sum of the differences between all pairs of adjacent numbers. Another alternative measure that particularly emphasises bigger differences is the sum of the squares of the differences between all pairs of adjacent numbers. The standard dartboard (below left) does pretty well with respect to both of these measures, but is not the best possible. The arrangement illustrated below right, is an optimal arrangement for both measures of excitement."
So, basically, really crappy numbers (low numbers) have good numbers around them (high numbers). Numbers in the middle have other mid-range numbers near them.
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I am interested in purchasing a new computer for the purpose of gaming. Games im intersted in are half life 2 and Everquest 2. Id like to spend the minimum amount of money required, but id like to buy a system that is able to support these games and run them smoothly, reliably, and in good graphics. does anyone have any advice on a good cheap set up? (link)
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Evercrack 2 is fairly graphics intensive. For that game to look nice, you really should have a fairly beefy video card (newer GForce model or mid-to-high end Radeon). I'm not sure what sort of proc you'll need. I am not all that familiar with the needed req's for Half Life 2. In all honesty, go to the websites for both games and look up the minimum and recommended system requirements for them and then see how tough it might be to get a system to meet those specs.
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this is mostly.. to people.. 18+ just because i believe yall may have more experience with things like this but all opinions are welcome.. okay i've been on birth control for about.. a month and a half.. and well me and my b/f recently started having sex.. with a condom as well.. we had sex tonight and the condom broke he had already ejaculated and was "pulling out".. and realized it was broken.. do u think i could possibly get preg... my BC pills say to use a back up method of birth control for the first 7 days but i've been on it like i said a month and a half.. so give me ur opinions.. should i be worried???? (link)
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Depends on the birth control pills you use. I believe (pulling numbers from memory) that the pill is about 96% effective? Which means there's only a 1 in 25 chance that you could be pregnant, assuming that you've ovulated in time, and that his sperm was viable. Add to this that you're a month into use of the pill, and your body should be equilibrated to the new system. As such, I'd guess that the odds are very low. That said, it is still possible... just not very likely that you're pregnant.
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Does anyone know some type of food that would give me more calcium? I heard that the age i am (15) is one of the most important to get more of it. I HATE milk, and dont really like yogurt or cheese. I am afraid I might get osteoporosis when i get older. HELP!! (link)
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Dark green leafy vegetables have more calcium than any dairy product. Orange juice does not naturally have calcium (though everyone keeps recommending it). The only OJ with calcium are the brands where it has been added, and will be listed as such on the carton. Broccoli, spinach, etc are excellent sources of calcium - superior to dairy, and more bioavailable.
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okay..theres this 1 spot on my head thats hurting like really badly!! its swollen and hurts whenever i touch it just like when my hair hits it, it starts to hurt. Any 1 have any idea what it might be??And should i ask my mom to take me to the doctor? thanx
--Alexa-- (link)
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I would hope you'd know if you had been hit, causing a concussion. I'm going to venture a guess that you have an ingrown hair on your head, or even a zit on your scalp - it happens. Other thoughts are that you cut your scalp - and various hair-care products can irritate such a gash, causing all sorts of fun pain. Have someone check it out - odds are you can take care of it easily, but at least have someone like your mom take a look.
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I went to this unity day celebration last sunday in Carlisle Pennsylvania. There were two main speakers there one was from the government of pennsylvania he spoke about Bush and how he is trying to ammend the constitution against gay marriage. Another person was the president of Dickenson College who spoke about the same things. I was wondering in your opinion why would the president of the united states be against gay marriage if logically speaking it has nothing to do with the society rather it has to do with the key individuals going for this right. I mean we created the land of the free, which is supposed to represent freedom to all. But here is a man who supposidly believes in freedom yet wants to take it away. Bush or any other government official will never know what it is like to be different or poor or any of these things simply because they have the money and power to do as they will reguardless of societies limitations. How is he justified in societies eyes??? (link)
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He is justifying his actions as if he is "saving the sanctity of marriage", since, of course, heterosexual people divorcing each other left and right hasn't already destroyed it. Bush clearly makes decisions with moral and religious implications despite the supposed separation of church and state within the US. Current politics are sadly following that trend, which clearly go against the teachings and original decisions of the "founding fathers" of the US.
A close look at the society here in America shows a clear division over such issues, with the religious right conservative "retros" clearly against the thoughts of the more liberal socially progressive "metros". This will be an issue for years to come in the American government and society.
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Hi MFS
Ok, I am a 16 year old female, and I wanted to ask you this instead of asking it to the pool because I wanted to get a real, intelligent answer, instead of a bunch of stupid ones...
Ok, my mom got married a year ago, last November, and we had to move (i had to switch high schools, which i really didn't want to do).
So she married a guy with a 14 year old son and a 10 year old daughter, and let me tell you now, he thinks his kids are the most perfect kids in the world. Now i know every parent thinks that their kids are perfect, or at least wants to believe it, and yeah, his kids are great kids but not nearly perfect (who is?) but he spoils them to death!!! So anyway, we they got married i went to live with my dad (to finish out the school year at my high school, so i wouldn't have to switch in the middle of the year) and ron(step-dad) knew that in the summer, i would be coming back to live with him and my mom and step-siblings, he knew this and he said he was fine with it, he said we were going to find a house for all of us and we would all live together.
So we found a house and moving in during the summer. Things were going great. I mean, every family has problems but nothing you can't work through...and yes, his kids are very spoiled (more spoiled than most kids) and yes i am spoiled some-what but it has always been me and my mom and me mom isnt rich, so we were use to making sacrafices and couldn't afford the most expensive things, but we got by and we were fine. and him and his daughter have OCD, and ron knows lindsey(daughter, my step-sister) has this disorder but doesn't want to admit to it, and shes 10 and she thinks her obsession over everything is normal.
So i always did the dishes and me and my mom would do laundry and clean the house every other weekend and i would vaccum every week and dont get my wrong this was a big house which takes a lot of work.
Now ron always complains to my mom about me (and isn't mature enough to come talk to me about any of it...) he says im a bad example on lindsey (which i have no idea how i am or what i ever did) and he told my mom to either choose him or me....
he thinks that that is just an easy decision, he told my mom he didnt want to try and work it out with a conselor or anything. He doesnt realize that it has been me and my mom since i was 2, i have never had a real family under one roof...i have never had siblings, and lindsey is either with me or my mom (mostly me) all the time, he never spends time with her. and he never wants to make any sacrafices for me and my mom, he wants us to do everything. i do the dishes every day and clean and do chores and his kids dont do a damn thing!!! i take out the trash, dishes, laundry, and me and lindsey and chad(step-brother) share a bathroom and i always clean it. so when i found out that they were getting a divorce and that ron was saying shit about me and hates that i live here or that im even alive, i stopped doing everything around the house, he goes to my mom and yells at her because i stopped doing chores and my mom told him that his kids didnt do anything so i dont have to....
there is so much more i could talk about that he has done, but i dont want you to stop reading...
the thing is, he wont talk to me, i seriously cant remember the last thing we talked about...i tried talking to him , and its like he wont have it...
and like his mom and his sister knew the problem before my mom had to even say it...they knew that he thinks his kids are perfect and no one else is,
ron was never close to his dad, he hasnt seen him for 10 yrs, and he walked out on him and his sis and, so because he wasnt close to his father, he doesnt want anyone else to be, my grandfather and my mom were very close, our whole family is close and he died a few day after my mom got married and a few days before my moms b-day (it was also on thanksgiving day and that was one of our favorite holidays to spend together ) so there were a lot of reasons for her to be sad about it, so on the day they came back from their honeymoon, she had to go to the hospital and hour away right then and ron wouldnt let her, he said she needed to eat dinner with him first and all he kept talking about on the plane home was how they had to be at his moms on thankgiving (the next day, also the day my grandfather died) and all my mom kept saying was i have to go to the hospital because you could tell that he would go any minute and when she got back , ron would never let her grieve over him, and when she started to cry, he would get mad...
anyway, now you know what kind of guy he is like so i will ask my question now....
i want to write him a letter and give it to him when we move out, just telling him all the pain he caused me and my mom and just tell him all kinds of stuff, but do you think it would be a good idea, i just want to tell him he needs to be more reasonable and make sacrifices for people, like we did for him, i dont know if i should and if it would make it bad for my mom (because he might complainand stuff)
i know thats a lot of info for one question, but i also wanted to know, is there anyway i could make it easy for me and my mom for the rest of the time we have to live here (2 weeks) and how we can just make through...
anything you can tell me will help!!
thanks!
(i know i didnt cap. anything and there are a lot of mistakes sorry!) (link)
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I see no harm in writing him such a letter - but write it in an intelligent, calm manner. Make it sharp and to-the-point as to hopefully allow it to perhaps sink in and make him think. From what you've described, he is unable to think of anyone but himself and will continue down this path of blind disillusion so long as his arrogance goes unchecked. If you're certain you're leaving him and will never have to deal with him and his issues again, then by all means, let him have it. Lay bare to him his own destructive habits as you have for me here. Make it clear, make it real. I wish you and your mother luck in the future - I'm sure your mom will find someone far more deserving of her love.
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