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I’m 21, and my friends ex-husband is threatening to kill me (he’s 45). I testified against him in court, because I witnessed him physically abusing my friend on several occasions. Lately he has been way more obssesed with me, and has been threatening my life. I made a report today after he ran into me at a local pool and said he would kill me if I didn’t leave. All they did was tell him to leave, and told me to call the city attorney monday morning. Two other times after that, he told my friend and her parents that If he finds me alone he will kill me. I reported that too, but they told me the same thing. I’m seriously scared, he said he’s having me followed. Police told me not to go anywhere alone, especially at night, which is hard because I go to night school. I don’t know what I can do to protect myself. I’m terrified of him. Any suggestions or ideas? HELP!
Fyi…I live in dallas county texas

Ok, first I want to say this is a long story so I appreciate you taking the time to read it.
I’m a 17 year old girl and about a month ago I met a 25 year old at work. I sack groceries and I just happened to carry his beer out for him. We really hit it off in the parking lot, and talked for about half an hour. I didn’t care that I was supposed to be working, we were slow anyways. We had SO much in common and he added me on facebook, so we could continue our conversation later. Anyways, after I was through talking to him I just had a really good feeling.
The next day I had a facebook message from him, asking if I wanted to meet up sometime and talk. Of course I did because he was very cute, smart, liberal, and a musician. But I was wary about it because I didn’t really know why he took an interest in me, besides having so much in common. I told him that I would like to get together and talk, but that I was without a car at the moment. So he immediately responded saying that he could pick me up.
So that sunday (fathers day = [ ) he picked me up and we went to this really cool restraunt in Dallas. He was so fun and outgoing. He told me he was an atheist and I told him I was unsure of my faith, so he wanted me to watch this movie called Jesus Camp with him. We went back to his apartment (which, looking back on it now was a very DUMB thing to do) and he made me a drink. The drink had some alcohol in it, but I only had one, and I didn’t even finish all of it. Within minutes he told me he wanted to show me something in his room. I followed him in there, and was already kind of dizzy. He playfully pushed me onto his bed and we started to make out. I think you can guess what happened next. I don’t remember everything that happened, but I remember enough of it. It was very, very painful because I was a virgin. I just wanted it to be over with, but it was like I was paralyzed or something and I never told him to stop. It was hurting me really bad so I tried to push on his stomach and I remember him sort of pinning my hands down. It was hard to move and when it was over I felt really dirty and in pain. I tried to stand up but I was so dizzy and couldn’t walk in a straight line.
After he dropped me off that night I just went home and layed in bed. I was so shocked and confused…it’s still hard to believe. But I feel like I made some bad choices by going back with him, and me being so naive thinking we would just watch a movie.
I was sore and bleeding the next day, and bruises were staring to form on my wrist from where he was holding my arms down. It’s been a little over a month and I’m still not sure what to think. I wish I could just get over it but I think about it every single day. I haven’t told anyone about it because I feel like a dirty little..whatever. I don’t want my life to revolve around it anymore. I just can’t stop thinking about it.
Will someone please tell me if it was rape. I don’t think I was really forced and I don’t think he meant to hurt me. I’m just so confused and I feel like I’m going crazy because I have these random crying moments when something remind me of it.
I love life and I don’t want to be unable to enjoy it because of this. How can I get over it?
Can someone please tell me that not all guys are bad..
Thanks for reading this, I know it was long.

Keep in mind this was written back in 2007 before Kobe led the Lakers to back to back to back Finals appearances and Back to back Championships. Also before he won 3 MVPs (1 reg, 2 finals).

So do you agree or disagree?

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/070326

Kobe Bryant is better than Michael Jordan.

Not more successful.

Hasn’t had a bigger economic impact.

Hasn’t won more MVPs.

Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images

Kobe Bryant did something Michael Jordan never
did — score 50-plus in four consecutive games.
Hasn’t won more titles.

But he’s a better player.

Kobe can do everything Michael did, and even a few things Michael couldn’t do.

Kobe is just as good a defender. His killer instinct is just as pronounced. He can shoot, finish and explode. And just like Jordan, the more he’s pissed off, the more unstoppable he is.

At the very least, Kobe’s scoring spree over the last week should put to rest any lingering doubts that he’s the best player in the NBA. Yes, better than Steve Nash, who is the best point guard, but not the lethal force that Kobe is. Yes, better than Dwyane Wade, who is certainly closer to the Kobe-Jordan level than LeBron James, but D-Wade’s game is not as polished as Kobe’s.

Kobe’s streak of four straight 50-points-plus games is something none of those players can do, and it’s something that hasn’t been done since Wilt Chamberlain, who had an NBA-record seven straight 50-point games. Truthfully, Kobe should have tacked another 50 on Golden State on Sunday night.

Of course, the idea that Kobe is better than Jordan — or even the best player in this league — is as repugnant to some folks as a rectal exam. Even though Kobe has proven himself under pressure countless times, he gets the A-Rod treatment.

Kobe can’t please anyone. And it doesn’t help that most people suffer from revisionist history when it comes to Jordan, forgetting that he was just as poor a teammate and a ball hog and that he ran off coach Doug Collins like Kobe ran off Phil Jackson the first time.

In fact, you could argue that Jordan was even worse. Far as we know, Kobe hasn’t jacked up any of his teammates the way Jordan punched out Steve Kerr and Will Perdue at practice.

Kobe will never be forgiven for Shaq’s departure, but you’re delusional if you think Jordan wouldn’t have had any ego issues playing alongside a player with Shaq’s star power.

The best-player argument shouldn’t be determined by personal dislike. But if you want to take it there, fine. Jordan was hardly the ideal husband, but only the tabloids were brave enough to venture into his personal life. And what about those gambling issues? If Jordan’s life had been covered like Kobe’s, we would have an entirely different opinion of His Airness.

Besides a different level of media scrutiny, there was definitely a difference in the level of competition during Jordan’s heyday compared to now.

AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

We ask you to step back and take an objective look. Isn’t Kobe the best player in the NBA?
Yesterday’s NBA player certainly was more fundamentally sound, but there’s no question that today’s player is bigger, stronger and faster. When Jordan played, he was a singular force that could not be equaled. Jordan was guarded by the likes of John Starks and Joe Dumars, who were fine players but weren’t nearly as skilled or physically imposing as LeBron, D-Wade, Tracy McGrady or even Vince Carter.

The NBA is tougher now.

Kobe, like Michael, is surrounded with mediocre to below-average talent, and Phoenix, Dallas and San Antonio are all better than the Utah, Portland and the Charles Barkley-led Phoenix team that Michael met in the NBA Finals.

Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson and Patrick Ewing will be among the best centers ever, but none of them affected the league the way Shaq and Tim Duncan have. There are two two-time MVPs in Kobe’s own conference (Duncan, Nash), which is a problem Jordan never faced during his championship runs. Seven-footers weren’t launching 3s back then. Magic Johnson and the Lakers were on a downward spiral, and the Pistons were on their last legs. It was Michael and everyone else. That’s not the case for Kobe.

The shame of it is that Kobe might finish his career without a MVP, even though his ability can be compared only to that of Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain. All this time we’ve been looking for a player who is better than Jordan, but most of us can’t get beyond whether we like or dislike Kobe as a person to recognize his contributions to the game.

Ultimately the MVP award will go to either Nash or Dirk Nowitzki, who are deserving this season, but neither are as good as Kobe. Dallas and Phoenix are strong enough to make the playoffs without their stars. The Lakers, however, are a lottery team without Kobe.

Ok, last night i was reading the book and 2 pages from the end i burst into tears. It took me ages to stop crying. Every time i read the book i cry even though i know what happens, and i just thought that it was amazing that someone can feel so connected to a character in a book that they cry when something happens. I felt so sorry for Johnny because of the quality of life he had. Constantly being belted around and not being cared for by his parents and always feeling unwanted except when with his friends. And then for Dallas who because of his past had turned cold and resentful. He opened his heart again and Johnny was the one thing in his life he cared about more then himself. He loved Johnny more then anyone in his entire life and to have him taken away like that was heartbreaking. When Dally is shot it’s horrible because you remember that he was like Johnny once. That he cared about other people but it was stripped away from him until he did’nt feel anything anymore and he just 17. Its horrible in the movie too because they are all yelling ” he is just a kid”.

Have you ever felt a strong connection with a character in a book that you feel like you almost know them???

No joke answers cause i will report you!
What character in what book did you feel connected to?
What are B And A people?

Brown not going to ring of honor ceremony
Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown still has a pretty nice stiff arm. Brown, considered the greatest Brown of them all, informed Cleveland president Mike Holmgren he will not attend the Sept. 19 ceremony when the team unveils its new ring of honor.

Some Thieves Steal Much More Than Money
Often, things get stolen that don’t mean much to the police or even to the thieves — but mean a lot to the victims. For many who are robbed, it’s the baby pictures, passed-down jewelry and downright odd mementos that are missed the most.

every day at least three people on YA ask what new tv show he/she should start watching. so once and for all tell us what shows you recommend…. if you have some time to spare…

copy this list twice, go through the fist list and delete everything but the shows you like. now go through the second list and delete everything but the show you’ve seen and didn’t like. you can mark the best/ worst shows with a *. then publish both lists in you answer.

10 Things I Hate About You
30 Rock
3rd Rock from the Sun
4400, The
7th Heaven
8 Simple Rules
90210
According to Jim
The Addams Family (sitcom)
Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Alias
‘Allo ‘Allo!
Ally McBeal
American Dad!
American Idol (reality)
Angel
Arrested Development
Babylon 5
Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Beetleborgs
The Big Bang Theory
Big Brother
Blossom
Bones
Boston Legal
Breaking Bad
Brothers & Sisters (2006)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Burn Notice
Californication
Caprica (Battlestar Galactica prequel tv series)
Castle
Charlie’s Angels
Charmed
Cheers
Cheez TV
Chuck
The Closer
Cold Case
The Contender
Criminal Minds
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dallas
Dawson’s Creek
Day Break
Dead Like Me
Deadwood
Desperate Housewives
Dexter
Dexter’s Laboratory
Doctor Who
Dollhouse
Early Edition
Ellen
Eleventh Hour (US)
Entourage
ER
Everybody Loves Raymond
Family Guy
Felicity
Firefly
FlashForward
Forever Knight
The Forgotten
Freaks & Geeks
Friends
Friday Night Lights
Fringe
Futurama
Ghost Whisperer
Gilmore Girls
Gimme a Break
Glee
The Good Wife
Gossip Girl
Greek
Grey’s Anatomy
Hannah Montana
Heroes
House
How I Met Your Mother
Human Target
iCarly
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
JAG
Jeremiah
Jericho
Joan of Arcadia
Judging Amy
Keeping Up Appearances
Kim Possible
Knight Rider (2008–2009)
Kyle XY
La Femme Nikita
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Leave It to Beaver
Legend of the Seeker
The Legend of Zelda
Leverage
Lie to Me
Lizzie McGuire
Lost
MacGyver
Mad About You
Make It Or Break It
Making Fiends
Malcolm in the Middle
Malu Mulher (Brazil)
MASH
Medium
The Mentalist
Modern Family
Moonlighting
My Name Is Earl
My So-Called Life
NCIS
NCIS: Los Angeles
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Nip/Tuck
The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
Northern Exposure
Numb3rs
Nurse Jackie
The O.C.
The Office
One Tree Hill
The Osbournes
Oz
Ozark Jubilee
Parks and Recreation’
Party of Five
The Pretender
Prison Break
The Prisoner
Psych
Punk’d
Pushing Daisies
QI
Quantum Leap
The Real World
Rescue Me
Robin Hood (2006)
Robot Chicken
The Rockford Files
Rome
Roseanne
Roswell
Route 66
Royal Pains
Run for Your Life
Sanctuary
Saving Grace
Scrubs
Seinfeld
Sex and the City
The Shield
Sister, Sister
Six Feet Under
Skins
Smallville
Sons of Anarchy
The Sopranos
The Soup
Southland
South Park
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present)
Spooks
Sports Night
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Infinity
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Universe
Starsky and Hutch
Star Trek
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Supernatural
Taxi
That ’70s Show
‘Til Death
Torchwood
Touched by an Angel
Trauma
True Blood
The Twilight Zone
Twin Peaks
Two and a Half Men
V
vampire diaries
Walker, Texas Ranger
Weeds
The West Wing
Will & Grace
the wire
The X-Files
Xena: Warrior Princess
Yes, Dear
Ugly Betty

I live out in Dallas and what’s known as a “luxury” apartment complex. The only reason we moved in was because we had heard such great things about it and the price was worth the space. It started out with not being able to move in after we were given our keys because it was a roach house. Our white walls were specked with brown, crawling, scattering creatures. It was disgusting and impossible to kill and clean. I shouldn’t have had to sweep up dead roaches every morning before I left for work. This moved on to an ant infestation, followed by window leaks with moldy smells during that period of torrential, non stop rain (for anyone living in the Dallas area if you remember those really floody two weeks). We were then over run by bed bugs which they refused to take care of for two months because when we had first complained it was contained in one bedroom and they wouldn’t do anything unless it was all over the apartment so I was bitten to death and went to work swollen, red and looked like I had been abused by my boyfriend. After that, we were great for about a month thinking all our problems were solved. The next nightmare started with faulty wiring causing our electricity to trip every time we did something. Being nerds we’ve got our computers running at all hours but as normal humans, we also like to take showers, watch tv, cook, have the lights on and generally live a normal life. We were told that it was our fault the electricity kept going out because by cooking, having the tv and computer going with one of us taking a shower we were tripping the wires and causing our electricity to fail. I filed complaints for over a month with a rude maintenance man telling me it was their fault and the wiring was frayed and old, having never been changed. It took a new tenant moving into the building and having the same problem to get this fixed. (3 month period) We actually used flashlights and candles when we came home from work because we were too scared to turn on the electricity.

Things were better for a few months until last night. The fire alarms went off at 4 am and were not fixed till around 6 am. All the tenants walked through their apartments to see if any of us had left an appliance on and then were told it might be a chemical reaction in the building. The fire fighters had no idea what was wrong or how to turn the alarms off because the panel was inside a tool shed that was completely locked up. The maintenance man admitted to us last night that the panel to the fire alarm controls had to be changed months ago because they were old. That’s unacceptable to me. I don’t pay 1000$ to live in an apt with faulty wiring and bug infestations.

I tried to talk to the apartment manager but because of the amount of complaints she’s been getting from her tenants, now refuses to work on the weekends. The leasing consultants told us it had been fixed two hours after we went to bed. Sorry, but i don’t believe them. I’m not trying to be rude or bothersome but I think these are hazards that should be taken into consideration immediately.

Sorry for the long story but…is there any way I can file a complaint because I cannot get the manager to respond and the leasing consultants refuse to give any information about fixes or solutions.

I dont know what to do? My fiancee and I have been together for 3 years. I am 24 she is 22. My whole life has been a train wreck. Grew up a white boy in the hood….Got married at 18 to a chick that threatened she would kill herself if I didnt. Two year s later she is pregnant so I joined the military. She cheats on me and I get a divorce. She gets everything and all custody. Courts say “since your stationed overseas you are considered nothing more than a stranger to your daughter.” I meet another chick, with her for six months and have another kid with her. No contact with her eaither. While over in Germany I meet my new girl who I’ve been with for 3 years. I have made a lot of mistakes that have really messed up our lives. I got in trouble with the cops when I was drunk one night because of them having mistaken Identity. If I wasn’t drunk it wouldn’t have happened. This caused me to extend my enlistment so I could deploy. I deployed and got in trouble for theft (when it was the guy I was posted with who stole everything) It was all found in his room, I had no idea. Didn’t matter cause I couldn’t prove my innocence. I got 4 months confinement a Bad Conduct Discharge and 800 dollar fine. I got officially kicked out of the military on December. Since then I moved into Dallas. Still can’t find a job. I am highly qualified, but no one is looking. The census job I applied for it, but got a letter that said how my resume talked about my court martial and they needed more info. More info meant no more job. This was in Jan that I got the letter but I did nothing. Her and I are really financially struggling and she thinks I am irresponsible. I think I am to, but I dont know how to change that. Any helpful suggestions?

Im a guy btw, im on my sister’s account. Okay so i dont really like being the center of attention and never had too many friends so i always hated having birthdays. I havent had a real birthday party since i was like 15 and on july 8(tomorrow) i turn 20. One of my best friend’s birthdays was in early june and we planned a surprise for him and i even got him a $70 dollar nice present. So i was pretty sure no one would plan a surprise for me since i am single and dont have a car and stuff so I had to plan my own party. I only planned a simple dinner and invited 9 people who i am pretty close to or very close to. so one girl has work so she wont make it. Another girl who is a very good friend of mine for some reason is only dropping off a gift and wont come (her boyfriend doesnt like me). My good friend that i bought the present for in june sed he wont come bc it also happens to be his 1yr anniversary. So i understand its an anniversary but we are supposed to be best friends and he cant even spare dinner? i didnt even ask to go out afterwawrds for drinks or anything, just dinner… I even invited his gf who is a friend of mine as well so that they can also spend time together and would interfere with their anniversary as little as possible. today, which is the day b4 my birthday, happens to be the birthday of a girl who is their friend, and they spent the whole day with her and planned a surprise and all. two others girls that i invited happen to be taking the mcat the morning of. one of them apparently told her mom she promised to go home to see her family that day (her home is in a city 1 hr away) and the other apparently is going on a flight to dallas the day after and her parents want her home early that night so she cant come. So 6 of the 9 people i invited are not coming… These are some of the people i consider most important in my life and i even told them about my mental illness (anxiety) this year. Im just disappointed and sad about this. am i being too selfish or unreasonable?