Just a quick update on a unique Green Business Opportunity Plug Into Green Profits. There is a ton of information on the internet calling the program a scam and not believing the $135.00 guaranteed income in 72 hours Guarantee. I am here to provide my personal experience and statement that not only is the Guarantee Real but Paul Birdsall and PIGP actually generated the first sale for me in less than 4 hours after I joined then 4 more sales in the next 24 hours! This earned me a $135.00 bonus which I received after completing a simple task to get the funds released.
The reason the company offers the Guaranteed Sales Commissions in your first 72 hours in the business is so they can prove to you that they can do the marketing for you and get results. The program is designed around the premise that most people fail in online businesses and especially in other Green Business Opportunities because they lack the skills to properly market the programs. They offer you 2 solutions to this problem once you become a member.
1) Pay a small monthly fee of only $50.00 and let the experts teach you the skills you need to be able to effectively market their program or anything else you want to market online and know you will make a profit.
B) Pay the company to do the marketing for you so you can create multiple passive income streams on autopilot! I personally do not use this option although I think it has tremendous value for those who either do not have the time or desire to spend time learning how to write articles and press releases, send tweets or master web 2.0, learn copy writing etc.
Participation in the Plug Into Green Profits Program is virtually risk free! The Guarantee they offer virtually insures that at a bare minimum you will be credited the commissions to your account for 5 sales the company will make for you in your first 72 hours in the business. Meet one simple requirement and not only is the initial $135 yours but an additional $125.00 as well! This is also just the beginning and only ONE of multiple income streams the system allows you to generate completely on autopilot once set up. I met the requirement to receive the bonus cash in 24 hours after I joined. I then sent an email to support to let them know I met the requirement and they sent the $135.00 bonus cash to my pay pal account. The only complaint I would have about the entire process is that I had to send a few emails to support before they acknowledge my request and ultimately sent my bonus commission. If I were running the company I would move to a ticket system with a time and date stamp for support requests. With that said the company is experiencing tremendous growth which is most likely the cause of the delay BUT I believe they can improve in this area.
In my opinion PIGP may not be the best green business opportunity but is certainly not a scam. The primary program you will join as a part of the system is a unique eco friendly company with a proven product that will truly help our environment and help consumers save money and increase the value they are receiving in one of the hottest niches in the green economy. There are a number of programs online that will allow you to participate in the go green movement and generate income but, in my opinion, none provide the simplicity, time freedom and multiple passive residual income stream potential as Plug Into Green Profits. I am an affiliate so if you decide to join as a result of my review I will be compensated for it and that gives me a major incentive to help you succeed as well. Just shoot me an email and I will show you how to get into profit quickly. Get more details here .
Apr 10
13
If you are not familiar with the term Be A Green Irene you soon will be because this go green business is sizzling hot! As of this writing over 200 people per month are searching for terms like Green Irene Scam to learn more about this emerging leader in the Green Business Opportunity field. The company was founded by husband and wife team Peter Stafford and Rosamaria Caballero Stafford in 2007.
Their passion for sharing eco friendly products, tools and resources started with a desire to help their family improve their quality of life through saving energy, decreasing the use of toxic chemicals in their home and environment and a host of other positive adaptations to help their family live a healthier life. In my opinion, the company has created much more than a lucrative affordable and prestigious business opportunity. They are on a mission to spread the word about going green through an army of advocates called Green Irene Eco-Consultants.
The company provides detailed and comprehensive online training to make sure their consultants are equipped with the knowledge and tools to effectively spread the word to local communities. The service they provide is increasing in popularity almost at the speed of electricity! To give you an idea of the demand for eco consultants there are over 1000 searches per month for the term eco consulting.This is a huge indication of an emerging industry. The opportunity with the company has a few attributes that make it more appealing than some similar programs on the market and I would like to cover some of the things that stand out in my mind.
The most appealing attribute I see is that the opportunity offers flexibility in many different areas. As a consultant you can participate in multiple income streams that YOU feel comfortable in devoting your time to. You can get paid for consulting services, product sales and even overrides off the sales of team members you refer. There is NO direct commission paid for referring other Green Irene Eco Consultants who purchase a consultant package but there is compensation for mentoring and developing a team. From what I see it is not an MLM business opportunity but has attributes that many mlm business opportunity seekers will like.
I did not notice any real restrictions or mandatory requirements and the company offers a dedicated Marketing Support Team to help you get clients. They even list consultants by area on their website to help you increase your business as well. The company has two options to choose from if you want to become an eco consultant with them. The first is a training and consulting package with a cost of $150 and the second has a cost of $350. They even offer a bonus that will allow you to receive up to $100 of your training fee back after your first 3 green home make overs provided you get them in your first 90 days in business.
My favorite feature of this program is the additional marketing the company does to help you build and grow your business. It is rare to find a company that actually includes marketing to the degree that Green Irene does. I am aware of at least 3 other programs on the market that offer eco consultant type training programs but Green Irene hands down tops them all! I have not even scratched the surface with all this opportunity offers. I will let the website and the company provide the rest of the details. This is my # 2 pick in my list of the best green business opportunity programs. If you are looking for an affordable, professional and lucrative way to profit from the Go Green Economy then you want to visit Be A Green Irene to learn more about this phenomenal opportunity.
This is a unique category of Green Business Opportunities
This would seem to be a niche market without much competition but nothing could be further from the truth. I find the opportunity a bit more costly than some of the others but if you have a passion for golf this could be right up your alley! The company offering the opportunity is called ‘Earth Care Products Inc” They hold the Utility Patent Pending For Golf Carts using the Thin Cell Solar Peel & Stick Solar Panels, wiring, and controller system . They have been in business since 1992 and offer a unique dealer program to qualified candidates.
Before we get into a few details about the dealer program here is a testimonial on their product.
“The first course ran the EZGO RXV with the Peel & Stick Top for 5 rounds over a 4 day period. At the end of the test, the car was still 50% charged. The second course ran the same car 8 rounds (144 holes) over a 5-day period and the car ended up at 25% state of charge. Two of the days were cloudy! ”
Aug 2009 (Both of these test were ran without plugging in a charger)
Test Conducted by: Little Egypt Golf Cars,Ltd. Neal Smith President Salem Illinois E-Z-GO Golden Circle Award Winner 20+ years in business and two independent Golf Courses.
Here are some of the benefits of their product.
Here is a short video you can review to learn more about the company and the product.
Becoming a dealer is pretty easy and straight forward. You have to complete a dealer application
and submit a $35 application fee. They claim to have a duplicable system and a very intriguing
one on one coaching program in place to virtually insure your success even if you have little experience.
If there isn’t any more cost than a $35 application fee this may be one worth investigating further.
the dealership.
renewal energy development, environmental clean-up, and other ways to make life on Earth more sustainable. What are some opportunities for small businesses to make profits in this area? What advantages might small businesses have over large businesses in pursuing these opportunities?
Apr 10
26
what is a green business incubator and what is an example?
I am down in Phoenix for a little while and want to know a wonderful golf course to play based on opinion AND memorable experience/stuck in your mind positively. I want a special round because when I head back home to where it is much I colder I won’t be touching a club for at least 2 months.
I’ve heard of the top golf courses in the area (Troon, We-ko-pa, Grayhawk, Gold Canyon)…and MANY more courses. Too many to list. I am willing to play the higher-end/more expensive course.
THE problem is I DON’T want to be ’swindled’…play a high-end course only to realize they just want my dollar and didn’t live up to it’s price. NO ONE wants that.
Give me your honest advice on that course in Phoenix that made it memorable for you; from pulling up to the clubhouse to having a beer at the 19th hole and adding up the score. Obviously service, condition, green maintenance, views, memorable course, and ‘replay value’ come to mind.
Unfortunately, I will be playing by myself on this trip, that does not bother me, but I would love a place to recommend to other business partners and friends when they visit AND a good golf experience to take my mind off work and have a smile on my face as I return to the cold northern US.
THANK YOU for your time and honest advice.
Below is a few paragraphs about Libya’s government. If you can, please help me summarize the details of it. It’d be greatly appriciated!
Libya’s political system is in theory based on the political philosophy in Qadhafi’s Green Book, which combines socialist and Islamic theories and rejects parliamentary democracy and political parties. In reality, Qadhafi exercises near total control over major government decisions. For the first 7 years following the revolution, the Revolutionary Command Council, which included Colonel Qadhafi and 12 fellow army officers, began a complete overhaul of Libya’s political system, society and economy. In 1973, Qadhafi announced the start of a "cultural revolution" in schools, businesses, industries, and public institutions to oversee administration of those organizations in the public interest. On March 2, 1977, Qadhafi convened a General People’s Congress (GPC) to proclaim the establishment of "people’s power," change the country’s name to the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and to vest, theoretically, primary authority in the GPC.
The GPC is the legislative forum that interacts with the General People’s Committee, whose members are secretaries of Libyan ministries. It serves as the intermediary between the masses and the leadership and is composed of the secretariats of some 600 local "basic popular congresses." The GPC secretariat and the cabinet secretaries are appointed by the GPC secretary general and confirmed by the annual GPC congress. These cabinet secretaries are responsible for the routine operation of their ministries, but Qadhafi exercises real authority directly or through manipulation of the peoples and revolutionary committees.
Qadhafi remained the de facto head of state and secretary general of the GPC until 1980, when he gave up his office. Although he holds no formal office, Qadhafi exercises power with the assistance of a small group of trusted advisers, who include relatives from his home base in the Sirte region, which lies between the traditional commercial and political power centers in Benghazi and Tripoli.
In the 1980s, competition grew between the official Libyan Government, military hierarchies, and the revolutionary committees. An abortive coup attempt in May 1984, apparently mounted by Libyan exiles with internal support, led to a short-lived reign of terror in which thousands were imprisoned and interrogated. An unknown number were executed. Qadhafi used the revolutionary committees to search out alleged internal opponents following the coup attempt, thereby accelerating the rise of more radical elements inside the Libyan power hierarchy.
Dec 10
15
I was tired of the cliche vampire stories & so decided to try & write 1 myself. There are no hunter loves vamp, vamp warring factions, here. there is a human girl and eventually 4 male vampires. The vampires are all "related" as in there’s an elder, who makes the "father" who makes the "son" who makes the "grandson".
These 4 vampires are each from a different time in history. The story is about who they were in their time, what drives them, how they feel about things, what makes them unique, what they value and why, etc.
So is hopefully a historical character study. My intro, however takes place in the present, and may be too boring to begin the story.
I’m trying to start my own vampire story, but can’t get any reviews on it. It’s at http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1727185-Pulse—story if anyone would like to review it.
summery of plot so far:
human girl/young lady has her own accounting business because she’s very independant, and doesn’t like being told what to do by a boss. She’s also a workahoilic and very shy.
she does however like original music.
story starts, she’s at home late one night and finishes up a clients work which was tedious and boring, so she looks at her watch, it’s 11pm on a Saturday. She decides to go out to her favorite night club for a change of scenery. when she gets to the club, there are cars and people everywhere. many more than she’s ever seen in all the times she’s been going there.
she has never heard of the band that’s playing, nor ever seen them. So she hopes it was worth all the additional trouble to get in the club. I describe the band, the frontman, what he says, etc trying to make clear, that this band is good and has a big following. I put footnotes in reference to whom I based the characters on, 2 real front men, real song title, etc. maybe I’m not supposed to do that.
Anyway, she likes the band, but they are actually from a town about 2 hours away, one way, so to see them there, would be a 4 hour trip. So she wants to buy a CD, so at least she can hear them when she wants too. but there are no CDs left. The merchandise seller "razzes" her (basically humiliating her) because the CDs are sold at shows only, and she can’t get to any other shows and doesn’t know if or when they’ll ever play this club again.
A roadie hears the merch man razzing the girl, goes onto the tour bus where the band is waiting to leave and asks if any have an extra CD. One band member gets mad, comes up with a CD and storms off the bus. (the reason he’s mad will come up later in the plot) he finds the girl trying to exit the club in distress, and he blocks her way, so she has to acknowledge him. She looks up and sees who it is, the bassist from the band. He ends up hugging her, and getting a bit carried away (it’s been a long time since he got close to anyone) because he gets in the moment, and has a flashback of holding his own girl, whom he got separated from. The girl in the club gets anxious, calling Sir, Sir! urgently (she doesn’t know his name yet), and he open his eyes and looks into hers and sees that her eyes are not the sky blue color of his girl’s eyes, and he realizes it was just a dream. He is the "son" vampire. She doesn’t know it, but finds some things odd about him.
He is a bassist in the current time, he is actually from the 1800’s. He is Kiowa (mother) and Scottish (father). He looks like a lithe, native man about 6" tall, oval face, strong features, long black cape-like hair, except that he has startling, translucent green eyes. They were his downfall in his time. He is a loner, he doesn’t speak much at all. He communicates more with his actions. He was an outcast in his time. His mother, couldn’t accept a baby with green eyes, as it had not been her choice, to be impregnated by the Scottish trader. He was raised by another married native lady who had just had a stillborn son. His mother didn’t want him and was relieved when the other lady took him. His father was done with his native "toy" and left to go trade elsewhere. So essentially an orphan,he’s not accepted by the Kiowa tribe, nor the whites. He is, however very smart and observant. He learned to be a great fighter, and non really could best him, at the time. He had a native name in the past. as a boy about 8, he came upon a young white girl (about 7?) picking flowers in a meadow. The girl studies him, and he her. This girl didn’t run away shrieking like all the others. This is the girl in his flashback. They became secret friends, she taught him English, and he taught her Kiowa. This was his soulmate, as they grew up together. she was the only one to accept him as he was. He has a "father" and "grandfather" vampire, and will h
…have a "son" vampire. I go into the stories of the others and how they turned each other and why. I don’t have the whole plot down yet, only pieces.
So what do you think of this story plot?
This is a SUMMARY. It’s not written here in story form. I don’t know how to answer people. but this isn’t Interview with a Vampire Style. It is more of a biography style.
The vampire element is there, to make the story more interesting by merging many centuries together in the lives of these "people". The story is about how they lived (in their own time) died (in their own time) had their paths cross with the others (life after death). about changing and growing with the times. and so on.
Shael is Gideon’s (the bassist) vampire father. Shael is more a compassionate type. Gideon has a lot of rage inside, and it is only tempered by the fact that he won’t allow anything defenseless (such as himself when he was young) to be humiliated (as he was), or attacked without just cause.
Otherwise, Gideon doesn’t give a darn per se about humans. His band mates are just co workers to him. Gideon has been alone for a long time, all the vamps have. Using their powers to play with humans do
…humans does get boring after a while. The vamp must each stay in their own territories like most predators do. They can visit & help each other, but generally don’t hang in each others territories 4 2 long.
The grandfather vampire, is a Gaul-(ancient barbarian tribe) who speaks Gaelic & taught the others.
The girl meets Gideon’s "father" by chance as well, through her work.
Most of the story centers around them. It includes how Shael was turned by the grandfather & why, why he turned Gideon, & why they turn Gideon’s son.
Shael was a medieval knight in the 15th century. Who was he in the 1800’s to be in the same time as Gideon?
“U.S. corn ethanol "was not a good policy"-Gore”
Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:24am EST
* U.S. ethanol consumes about 40 pct corn crop
* Impact on food prices "real"
By Gerard Wynn
“ATHENS, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said support for corn-based ethanol in the United States was "not a good policy", weeks before tax credits are up for renewal.
U.S. blending tax breaks for ethanol make it profitable for refiners to use the fuel even when it is more expensive than gasoline. The credits are up for renewal on Dec. 31.
Total U.S. ethanol subsidies reached .7 billion last year according to the International Energy Industry, which said biofuels worldwide received more subsidies than any other form of renewable energy.
"It is not a good policy to have these massive subsidies for (U.S.) first generation ethanol," said Gore, speaking at a green energy business conference in Athens sponsored by Marfin Popular Bank.
"First generation ethanol I think was a mistake. The energy conversion ratios are at best very small.
"It’s hard once such a programme is put in place to deal with the lobbies that keep it going."
He explained his own support for the original programme on his presidential ambitions.
"One of the reasons I made that mistake is that I paid particular attention to the farmers in my home state of Tennessee, and I had a certain fondness for the farmers in the state of Iowa because I was about to run for president."
A food-versus-fuel debate erupted in 2008, in the wake of record food prices, where the biofuel industry was criticised for helping stoke food prices.
Gore said a range of factors had contributed to that food price crisis, including drought in Australia, but said there was no doubt biofuels have an effect.
"The size, the percentage of corn particularly, which is now being (used for) first generation ethanol definitely has an impact on food prices.
"The competition with food prices is real."”
(Reporting by Gerard Wynn; editing by Keiron Henderson)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idAFLDE6AL0YT20101122?sp=true
Slug Rock….. you might try enrolling in a comprehensive reading class. You’re coming off as a Moonie.
Nov 10
11
I just need some opinion on this. Any criticism is appreciated
And PLEASE; if you don’t read it all the way through, DONT COMMENT. I Don’t need useless opinion by someone who didn’t get past paragraph 5.
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Where’s the Little Limping Girl?
As a high school teacher, I was used to seeing kids as they passed through the hallways; trudging, running or dancing their way to classes, often making it just before the bell sounded. There were the kids who sagged, the ones who had more piercings than they did hair, the ones who held all their books in one arm and their notebooks in the other. And then there was the Little Limping Girl.
I never found out her name; she was just another student traveling down the glossy laminated path. But even with the hundreds of kids passing through in a small time span, you get an inventory of the notable ones. She was in none of my classes; she only passed through my hall once a day. The only thing truly notable about her was her subtle limp.
Bearing short brown hair, a backpack and a binder, she was nothing near as strange or as unnatural as the guys with the lime green Mohawks. But it was the way her gait differed from those around her that caught my eye day after day.
I often tried to note her expression in comparison to how she moved. Some days I couldn’t get a glimpse, but others I could clearly see a grimace of pain, or maybe a very slight smile and an almost normal walk. One day she was walking with someone, a friend I assume, and the limp was completely gone. Masked. After a few more times of this, I realized that this gait was a secret.
Was she afraid of how people would label her? Kids can be harsh. It wouldn’t be hard to imagine even the most decent of kids softly joking about House, the witty crippled doctor, while she went home and lay in bed, wondering if that’s what they really thought of her. Or perhaps she was almost denying it existed, thinking that if other people didn’t acknowledge it, she didn’t have to either. But for some reason, I always imagined her to be fearful of the weakness it gave her. It may have been because of my own experiences in high schools that I assumed this. But whatever it was, it is what I always thought was the reason for her to keep her disability a secret.
Her mask answered my questioning thoughts on why she wasn’t allowed a cane or crutches at school, but it did not answer the question of why. Why her leg was twisted as it was, why it caused her pain. As a history teacher, I had never been adept at science and did not know much about the human body or mutations it was capable of. Was it just that; a mutation from birth? Or had she been injured, and it healed over in an improper fashion? Perhaps a mix of the two?
I found out after a few months of school that the Little Limping Girl knew one of my students. I was tempted to ask who the girl was, but decided against it after a few days contemplation. I didn’t want to give away the girl’s secret, so how else would I approach? And wouldn’t it be a bit strange that I paid so much attention to a student I’d never even had as a student? It wasn’t much of my business anyway. So I let the Little Limping Girl keep heading her way, day after day, down the hall with no interference from me.
About a month later, the Little Limping Girl has a bruise on her nose. It was a dark purple, and swelled to the base of her nose. I overheard her say that she “got bopped”; but there was hesitation in her voice, even edge. I wondered where the bruise really came from. Not a week later, she had another on her cheek. It was then I began to question whether or not it was best for me to stand in the background, or if I should make an appearance.
It was another week passed, and suddenly the Little Limping Girl seemed to be in pain every day when she passed by. She held her head as if she was having a migraine, and her limp was considerably worse. I hesitated. Should I say something? Ask her if she needed help? But by the time I had made up my mind to say something, she was disappearing among the looming crowds of kids.
The next day she was not there. I figured that after the hard week of trudging down the halls and to other classes, she didn’t feel well enough to come to school. But then the next day she wasn’t there again. What had happened to the Little Limping Girl? Where had she gone?
It was two days later that I found out there had been a bus crash on Douglas Street. Route 10. Three students had been killed, seven injured. I never saw the Little Limping Girl again.
Nov 10
11
Well, for one I’m only fourteen, so it’s difficult getting a teacher’s perspective just right. Adults; any advice on perspective?
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Where’s the Little Limping Girl?
As a high school teacher, I was used to seeing kids as they passed through the hallways; trudging, running or dancing their way to classes, often making it just before the bell sounded. There were the kids who sagged, the ones who had more piercings than they did hair, the ones who held all their books in one arm and their notebooks in the other. And then there was the Little Limping Girl.
I never found out her name; she was just another student traveling down the glossy laminated path. But even with the hundreds of kids passing through in a small time span, you get an inventory of the notable ones. She was in none of my classes; she only passed through my hall once a day. The only thing truly notable about her was her subtle limp.
Bearing short brown hair, a backpack and a binder, she was nothing near as strange or as unnatural as the guys with the lime green Mohawks. But it was the way her gait differed from those around her that caught my eye day after day.
I often tried to note her expression in comparison to how she moved. Some days I couldn’t get a glimpse, but others I could clearly see a grimace of pain, or maybe a very slight smile and an almost normal walk. One day she was walking with someone, a friend I assume, and the limp was completely gone. Masked. After a few more times of this, I realized that this gait was a secret.
Was she afraid of how people would label her? Kids can be harsh. It wouldn’t be hard to imagine even the most decent of kids softly joking about House, the witty crippled doctor, while she went home and lay in bed, wondering if that’s what they really thought of her. Or perhaps she was almost denying it existed, thinking that if other people didn’t acknowledge it, she didn’t have to either. But for some reason, I always imagined her to be fearful of the weakness it gave her. It may have been because of my own experiences in high schools that I assumed this. But whatever it was, it is what I always thought was the reason for her to keep her disability a secret.
Her mask answered my questioning thoughts on why she wasn’t allowed a cane or crutches at school, but it did not answer the question of why. Why her leg was twisted as it was, why it caused her pain. As a history teacher, I had never been adept at science and did not know much about the human body or mutations it was capable of. Was it just that; a mutation from birth? Or had she been injured, and it healed over in an improper fashion? Perhaps a mix of the two?
I found out after a few months of school that the Little Limping Girl knew one of my students. I was tempted to ask who the girl was, but decided against it after a few days contemplation. I didn’t want to give away the girl’s secret, so how else would I approach? And wouldn’t it be a bit strange that I paid so much attention to a student I’d never even had as a student? It wasn’t much of my business anyway. So I let the Little Limping Girl keep heading her way, day after day, down the hall with no interference from me.
About a month later, the Little Limping Girl has a bruise on her nose. It was a dark purple, and swelled to the base of her nose. I overheard her say that she “got bopped”; but there was hesitation in her voice, even edge. I wondered where the bruise really came from. Not a week later, she had another on her cheek. It was then I began to question whether or not it was best for me to stand in the background, or if I should make an appearance.
It was another week passed, and suddenly the Little Limping Girl seemed to be in pain every day when she passed by. She held her head as if she was having a migraine, and her limp was considerably worse. I hesitated. Should I say something? Ask her if she needed help? But by the time I had made up my mind to say something, she was disappearing among the looming crowds of kids.
The next day she was not there. I figured that after the hard week of trudging down the halls and to other classes, she didn’t feel well enough to come to school. But then the next day she wasn’t there again. What had happened to the Little Limping Girl? Where had she gone?
It was two days later that I found out there had been a bus crash on Douglas Street. Route 10. Three students had been killed, seven injured. I never saw the Little Limping Girl again.
Well, I’m only fourteen so I can’t be sure I’m totally correct on the way I’m making this history teacher veiw the world. This is just the way I think a teacher would look at things. So any advice on perspective, even any on the story itself, would be fantastic.
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Where’s the Little Limping Girl?
As a high school teacher, I was used to seeing kids as they passed through the hallways; trudging, running or dancing their way to classes, often making it just before the bell sounded. There were the kids who sagged, the ones who had more piercings than they did hair, the ones who held all their books in one arm and their notebooks in the other. And then there was the Little Limping Girl.
I never found out her name; she was just another student traveling down the glossy laminated path. But even with the hundreds of kids passing through in a small time span, you get an inventory of the notable ones. She was in none of my classes; she only passed through my hall once a day. The only thing truly notable about her was her subtle limp.
Bearing short brown hair, a backpack and a binder, she was nothing near as strange or as unnatural as the guys with the lime green Mohawks. But it was the way her gait differed from those around her that caught my eye day after day.
I often tried to note her expression in comparison to how she moved. Some days I couldn’t get a glimpse, but others I could clearly see a grimace of pain, or maybe a very slight smile and an almost normal walk. One day she was walking with someone, a friend I assume, and the limp was completely gone. Masked. After a few more times of this, I realized that this gait was a secret.
Was she afraid of how people would label her? Kids can be harsh. It wouldn’t be hard to imagine even the most decent of kids softly joking about House, the witty crippled doctor, while she went home and lay in bed, wondering if that’s what they really thought of her. Or perhaps she was almost denying it existed, thinking that if other people didn’t acknowledge it, she didn’t have to either. But for some reason, I always imagined her to be fearful of the weakness it gave her. It may have been because of my own experiences in high schools that I assumed this. But whatever it was, it is what I always thought was the reason for her to keep her disability a secret.
Her mask answered my questioning thoughts on why she wasn’t allowed a cane or crutches at school, but it did not answer the question of why. Why her leg was twisted as it was, why it caused her pain. As a history teacher, I had never been adept at science and did not know much about the human body or mutations it was capable of. Was it just that; a mutation from birth? Or had she been injured, and it healed over in an improper fashion? Perhaps a mix of the two?
I found out after a few months of school that the Little Limping Girl knew one of my students. I was tempted to ask who the girl was, but decided against it after a few days contemplation. I didn’t want to give away the girl’s secret, so how else would I approach? And wouldn’t it be a bit strange that I paid so much attention to a student I’d never even had as a student? It wasn’t much of my business anyway. So I let the Little Limping Girl keep heading her way, day after day, down the hall with no interference from me.
About a month later, the Little Limping Girl has a bruise on her nose. It was a dark purple, and swelled to the base of her nose. I overheard her say that she “got bopped”; but there was hesitation in her voice, even edge. I wondered where the bruise really came from. Not a week later, she had another on her cheek. It was then I began to question whether or not it was best for me to stand in the background, or if I should make an appearance.
It was another week passed, and suddenly the Little Limping Girl seemed to be in pain every day when she passed by. She held her head as if she was having a migraine, and her limp was considerably worse. I hesitated. Should I say something? Ask her if she needed help? But by the time I had made up my mind to say something, she was disappearing among the looming crowds of kids.
The next day she was not there. I figured that after the hard week of trudging down the halls and to other classes, she didn’t feel well enough to come to school. But then the next day she wasn’t there again. What had happened to the Little Limping Girl? Where had she gone?
It was two days later that I found out there had been a bus crash on Douglas Street. Route 10. Three students had been killed, seven injured. I never saw the Little Limping Girl again.
Aug 10
9
I have 8 nieces and nephews, all my older sisters children, ranging from 8 months to 14 years old. They have horrible,horrible living conditions, not only is the home absolutely disgusting but they all suffer from emotional and verbal abuse from the parents. They live in a different state and I hardly ever go to see them because of this. I just came back from seeing them because of a family emergency and couldn’t believe everything I saw. The once light colored carpet has ground in food and god knows what else..most of the carpet in the home has black sticky spots, to cover it up they stapled dark colored blankets to the floor but that is now beginning to collect food also. I tried to vacuum but it was broken. The tile floors have a layer of crud about a half inch thick,the kitchen has flies in it,counters covered with piles and piles of papers and garbage,old food. Dirty dishes were stacked higher than me and all along the bases of the cabinets is dried food or something (not sure what it is). There is mold growing in the cabinet where the garbage can is kept and around the sink. There are stacks of totes all over the house and when i opened one it had garbage in it. The kids find there "clean" clothes by sifting through piles that are every where throughout the home, though they do have dressers but are full. They have a pool in the back with a deck built around it, the pool water is so gross and green that when you throw a pebble in it it stays on the top and doesnt sink. The dog does his business on the once nice big back deck and they scoop it off and throw it in the yard once a month. The smell in the home is horrible, I could barely breath in the house and had to use my inhaler several times while i was there (2 horrific days). The most disgusting thing is that the bathroom in the basement had a toilet that backed up and there is crap and sewage every where(really), the basement isn’t even closed off from the rest of the house. I was told not to go into the bathroom down there but i was curious. I almost vomited when I walked in. They keep the cat in the bathroom in the basement because one of the kids is supposedly allergic. The children always have lice, atleast any time I have ever visited them. I had it and had to give myself a treatment when i got home. My sister and her boyfriend refuse to buy lice treatment because it would be too expensive to treat all the kids, so they buzz the boys hair and dye the girls hair thinking that will kill them. The dog has had fleas the past 3 times I have gone there and they are every where in the house, after 2 days there I have bites around my ankles and feet. The kids do as well so I imagine it’s the fleas. The kids are always filthy, even the 8 months old feet and he doesn’t walk or crawl,he can’t even sit up on his own because each and every child she’s ever had is always kept in a swing,high chair or play pen. All the children were delayed when it came to sitting,crawling and walking. The 5 yr old still wheres pull ups to school,and the 3 1/2 yr old is in diapers still..all day. My sister and her boyfriend have 8 children and have 1 broken down blazer (for the past 4 years) and a 2 door cobalt, so they never,ever go any where all together. I took my 4 yr old niece to walmart with me and she couldn;t believe she was going to get to go on a car ride, when we got to walmart she didn’t even know where she was and said she’d never been there (sad because most kids know what walmart is), she walked inside and was so excited to be there…she had a look on her face like a kid at disney world for the first time. I bought each kid something and when she got her outfit she was the happiest little kid in the world, she walked around carrying the sandles I bought her all day long. The kids get sworn at by both parents and locked in there rooms for a whole day if they don’t listen. My sister will say things to them like "if you don’t clean your mess, I’m going to die" and then she will fake cry. I feel awful for these kids and would take all of them home and just love them, but financially it would be impossible to care for all of them, I have two of my own. I have always wanted to call child services on them, but how do you do that to family? Would dcfs take them away? Warn them? My family and I have cleaned there home before but each time it goes right back to the way it was. There are some hoarding issues for sure. I think the kids would have a better life but fear that since there are so many of them that they would be split up, plus I may never see them again. I don’t know what to do.
Sorry for the long story…but if I wrote everything it would be much,much longer.
dcfs is department of child and family services.
I can financially afford to feed and get the clothes but it’s the daycare that I think about..my fiance and I work full time,plus summer vacation is coming and that means 8 kids in daycare 5 days a week. I only have a 4 bdrm home.I have a boy and a girl, my little girl was once my niece also (from a different sibbling) and she was taken from them (i didn’t call anyone on them)and I adopted her. I don’t know what is wrong with people. I know I’m also hurting the kids by letting this happen.
sorry…10 kids in daycare including my kids
I am doing a college paper on green technology in India. I would be really thankful if you can direct me to green (environmentally friendly/ Energy Efficient) businesses. I already have ONGC, Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) etc on list. They are users of Natural Gas, not totally green. I like to know about companies who use alternative fuels or otherwise those who take different measures to protect environment.
Aug 10
4
Just name (first and middle) based on the descriptions! I’m curious to see!
Use the last name Rackliffe!
Husband: 6′4, Italian Irish, 28 years old, brown hair, brown eyes, buff, silly a big kid, romantic, loves video games and sports a real guys guy and animal lover, wworks with computers. (List a first and middle name for this guy)?
Wife: 5′4, Blonde and black hair (dyed of course) blue eyes, tan, Swedish/Polish, quiet but loud when she gets to know you, funloving, laughs a lot, protective over loved ones, very into fashion, loves to write, works in customer service. (First and middle name for her)?
Baby #1: Boy with dark brown hair like dad, blue eyes like mom, tan, grows up to be the serious, studious one, protective brother, kind of quiet but very intelligent. Will grow up to be an architect. (First and middle name for this boy?)
Baby #2: Boy with blonde hair and green eyes, lighter skin, loves the beach, quite silly and loud, not shy at all, kind of a handful, grows up to be a bit of a ladys man and be a surf instructor. (First and middle name for this boy?)
Baby #3: Girl, Honey blonde hair, blue eyes, tan, girly girl, loves to cook, ride horses, a bit bratty, will grow up to be a stay at home mom who runs her own business from the house (first and middle name for this girl?)
Baby #4- Adopted little girl from China, lovely, sweet, well spoken, also a girly girl, very creative and artisitic (First and Middle name for this girl)?
Thanks all!
I’m looking for a successful business mentor who lives consciously with qualities of wellness, environmentalism, green business, abundant living, works with law of attraction, yogic spirituality, and is open minded..
I’m looking for a mentor in Portland and can assist me with my own business.
Aug 10
2
Does anyone have any ideas on how to secure funding for a startup- "green" business? Banks will not help due to credit score. No grants can be found. If in Peoria il, please reply
Do I need to apply for a special ein or tax id or can I use the normal one?
I’m looking for ideas to share with my readers about simple, cost effective ways businesses can reduce their energy, fuel and waste. Do you have simple tips? I’d love to share them with my readers at CaliforniaGreenSolutions.com … and if you have home tips… I’d like to share them with BackyardNature.com
ANSWER IF YOU’RE A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL ONLY, PLEASE!
I’m experiencing psychological troubles. I need an answer/advice from a psychologist or psychiatrist in regard to what I need to do. BACKGROUND ON ME: I’m female, mid 30’s, business owner/manager, divorced & living with fiance,’ one child; age 16, on a scale of 1-10 of stress (10 being the worst) I think based on circumstances of life & my reactions/how I view & handle it, stress level is about a 9. My boyfriend recently ended the relationship although he still resides in my house. Said he has no intentions of working it out. He is actively seeking other women with whom to cultivate a relationship. He said that after my being diagnosed with an illness 2 years ago, that I became too possessive & controlling of him, where he went, who he saw/spoke with, etc. That in it’s self is VERY stressful & adding to my drama in my life = more stress, you get the general idea.
I DO have "panic disorder" for which I take Xanax (1.5 or 2 mg total per day.) I break the tablets & take it 2-3 X per day to avoid an attack. NO other medications. Thought I was BiPolar, was told I was not. Was also given EEG, was told no trouble & no signs of schizophrenia, etc. No ental disorders in my family history.
HERE’S WHAT IS GOING ON: Ever since about the time I was diagnosed with a cancer, I became sort of depressed. I continued to work ful time running my business. Fiance was (still) unemployed so I told him he was a help just helping out in the business wth me. (I lied to save his feeings, he was used to being the bread winner.) Same time frame (2008) my daughter started failing in school and my mother whom is a teacher interfered severely in her education & caused her (and me) alot of stress. She "borrows trouble" and to this day, creates stressful situations in our lives on purpose. I don’t know why she does. It adds more stress.
I found out that my boyfriend was communicating with other women and his ex girlfriend in 2008. I confronted him, he lied about the situation until I presented him with the proof. Then, he admitted what he was doing. I have caught him in several lies. IF I ever question anything he says, regardless of the situation, he tells me "that I am questioning his integrity." He gets VERY upset.
About a year after I caught him talking to these women, he came to me and said, "My mother doesn’t think I’m happy. I don’t think I’m happy. I need space." Then that following saturday he went to visit that ex girlfriend and lied to me about where he was going. I knew where he was going but did not question his integrity. The next night he came home, took me out to dinner, explained the whole thing & apologized. He said he felt guilty & that he wanted to give our life together another try. I reminded him of the fact that about a year after he moved in with e, he started saying thngs like, "I will end up hurting you someday, I always leave relationships…I always look on the other side of the fence & the grass doesn’t even have to be greener. I always find something that makes me leave." He said he would be committed.
We contnued to ive together & evrything was fine, save the fact that he thought I spent too much time working. (Well, I had to because this was our income.) Since I’d caught him in several falsehoods before, I always had it in the back of my mind that he’d might try to cheat. (HE HAS SEVERE TRUST ISSUES THAT STEM WAY BACK WHEN HIS OWN MOTHER PLACED HIM IN A SITUATION TO BE MOLESTED; SHE FOUND OUT & DID NOTHING ABOUT IT & IDEALIZED THE MAN WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME, HIS OWN GRANDFATHER. PLUS, HE HAD ABANDONMENT ISSUES WITH HIS REAL FATHER WHO DIDN’T SHOW UP FOR HIS MAJOR EVENTS LIKE HIS 1ST WEDDING, HIS GRADUATIONS FROM HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE, ETC., ETC.) I thought maybe he didn’t trust me because of these things & that was why he always looked for a reason to get out in any relationship he was in… IS THIS POSSIBLE?
Then, about a month ago he came to me & said he was attracted to other women & wanted the freedom to date whomever he chooses to. he said he would go out & do fun things with me, however he said I am to controlling of the money, the business, WAY too controlling of HIM. I could not understand this thinking, because in MY mind, we had aways had amazing communication. We had (so I thought) an amazingly healthy sense of trust. I had never thrown anything from his past with anyone ese (he’d cheated on his ex-wife) or our past (the seeing his ex thing) ever. I NEVER, EVER BROUGHT UP THE PAST. Either way, he’d decided that he wanted his "freedom" so I gave it to him. He sill lives here, etc.
HERE’S WHAT I AM DOING NOW THAT’S BIZZARE: I started to go on a literal "witch hunt" to "find out the truth" of what is going on. Who he
I think environmental sustainability goes hand in hand with employee rights and earning a livable wage.
A person I know said he was opening a business that typically isn’t known as environmentally friendly as a green business. Typically, such a business hires transient workers, like ex-cons, at minimum wage. The person seemed a bit bothered that I said that he should encourage workers to unionize. Am I wrong?
Yeah, this business would be in the South — but a wealthy suburb of a major city.
ANSWER IF YOU’RE A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL ONLY, PLEASE!
I’m experiencing psychological troubles. I need an answer/advice from a psychologist or psychiatrist in regard to what I need to do. BACKGROUND ON ME: I’m female, mid 30’s, business owner/manager, divorced & living with fiance,’ one child; age 16, on a scale of 1-10 of stress (10 being the worst) I think based on circumstances of life & my reactions/how I view & handle it, stress level is about a 9. My boyfriend recently ended the relationship although he still resides in my house. Said he has no intentions of working it out. He is actively seeking other women with whom to cultivate a relationship. He said that after my being diagnosed with an illness 2 years ago, that I became too possessive & controlling of him, where he went, who he saw/spoke with, etc. That in it’s self is VERY stressful & adding to my drama in my life = more stress, you get the general idea.
I DO have "panic disorder" for which I take Xanax (1.5 or 2 mg total per day.) I break the tablets & take it 2-3 X per day to avoid an attack. NO other medications. Thought I was BiPolar, was told I was not. Was also given EEG, was told no trouble & no signs of schizophrenia, etc. No ental disorders in my family history.
HERE’S WHAT IS GOING ON: Ever since about the time I was diagnosed with a cancer, I became sort of depressed. I continued to work ful time running my business. Fiance was (still) unemployed so I told him he was a help just helping out in the business wth me. (I lied to save his feeings, he was used to being the bread winner.) Same time frame (2008) my daughter started failing in school and my mother whom is a teacher interfered severely in her education & caused her (and me) alot of stress. She "borrows trouble" and to this day, creates stressful situations in our lives on purpose. I don’t know why she does. It adds more stress.
I found out that my boyfriend was communicating with other women and his ex girlfriend in 2008. I confronted him, he lied about the situation until I presented him with the proof. Then, he admitted what he was doing. I have caught him in several lies. IF I ever question anything he says, regardless of the situation, he tells me "that I am questioning his integrity." He gets VERY upset.
About a year after I caught him talking to these women, he came to me and said, "My mother doesn’t think I’m happy. I don’t think I’m happy. I need space." Then that following saturday he went to visit that ex girlfriend and lied to me about where he was going. I knew where he was going but did not question his integrity. The next night he came home, took me out to dinner, explained the whole thing & apologized. He said he felt guilty & that he wanted to give our life together another try. I reminded him of the fact that about a year after he moved in with e, he started saying thngs like, "I will end up hurting you someday, I always leave relationships…I always look on the other side of the fence & the grass doesn’t even have to be greener. I always find something that makes me leave." He said he would be committed.
We contnued to ive together & evrything was fine, save the fact that he thought I spent too much time working. (Well, I had to because this was our income.) Since I’d caught him in several falsehoods before, I always had it in the back of my mind that he’d might try to cheat. (HE HAS SEVERE TRUST ISSUES THAT STEM WAY BACK WHEN HIS OWN MOTHER PLACED HIM IN A SITUATION TO BE MOLESTED; SHE FOUND OUT & DID NOTHING ABOUT IT & IDEALIZED THE MAN WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME, HIS OWN GRANDFATHER. PLUS, HE HAD ABANDONMENT ISSUES WITH HIS REAL FATHER WHO DIDN’T SHOW UP FOR HIS MAJOR EVENTS LIKE HIS 1ST WEDDING, HIS GRADUATIONS FROM HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE, ETC., ETC.) I thought maybe he didn’t trust me because of these things & that was why he always looked for a reason to get out in any relationship he was in… IS THIS POSSIBLE?
Then, about a month ago he came to me & said he was attracted to other women & wanted the freedom to date whomever he chooses to. he said he would go out & do fun things with me, however he said I am to controlling of the money, the business, WAY too controlling of HIM. I could not understand this thinking, because in MY mind, we had aways had amazing communication. We had (so I thought) an amazingly healthy sense of trust. I had never thrown anything from his past with anyone ese (he’d cheated on his ex-wife) or our past (the seeing his ex thing) ever. I NEVER, EVER BROUGHT UP THE PAST. Either way, he’d decided that he wanted his "freedom" so I gave it to him. He sill lives here, etc.
HERE’S WHAT I AM DOING NOW THAT’S BIZZARE: I started to go on a literal "witch hunt" to "find out the truth" of what is going on. Who he
I’m going to be an owner/operator in a biodiesel manufacturing plant and I will have millions of gallons of biodiesel to sell, (if theres anyone looking for a large supply, here i am!) But i am looking to find out what other options are available in addition to what i will already be doing to make money in this area?
Im especially interested in ways to sell back to the power grid.
I do know a decent amount about solar panels and wind, but are there any other ideas out there or really ingenius ways to add to this desire?
What better way to make money helping the earth!
if you’ve got any information or suggestions that cant be posted privately, feel free to contact me!
fantasticreality@aol.com
PS: please make no mistake, this is mostly about my desire to succeed and profit in business within this industry!
i’ve been in the country 6 years as has my husband who’s also on a green card. Do i have to become a us citizen to start my own business?
I have to do a business assignment where i can invent a new technological device. I want to make sure my product is green (as in the whole ‘carbon footprint idea’) as this will help me bring in customers but what does an electronic device need to be green? or what makes an electronic device green?
I have to write a business plan for a green house, but the class has no book. What would the following look like for a green house?
Executive Summary
Products and Services
Marketing
Operations
Financial Statement
Link(s) to a green house business plan(s) would be a life saver.
It’s not as simple as Peter below emplies. I have to turn in an actual business plan.
Also with the advancement in grow lights and heating pads, a green house doesn’t have to be made of glass, brick works.
I am not looking for opportunities, I need to write my own business plan with:
Executive Summary
Products and Services
Marketing
Operations
Financials
I had asked a question on Yahoo a week ago, but it was too complicated and I didn’t get the answer I needed, so I broke it up this time to make it more simple. It’s costing me an extra 30 points, but I need these answers that badly. So please help.
Should I soak my seeds? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081208203301AArnTOJ&r=w
How do I dry seeds for planting? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081208203407AAh8oiP&r=w
How do I trick seeds into thinking they’ve been though winter? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081208221757AA7nSsd
How do I check seed viability? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081208222050AAR97aC
What’s best to use when planting indoors? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081208222556AAke6X0
Greenhouse project for my business class: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081208202127AAArGmg&r=w
My professor hasn’t gone into any details, we have no book, and the due date is quickly approching.