Karen

I'm going to live in Rome, Italy for the next year and a half and I've realized I only know the bare minimum about the beliefs of Catholics. I realize that many Italians aren't practicing Catholics but the topic is of interest of me so I'd like to know more that I may be able to continue my understanding while I am there. Can I just get a summary/details (of varying lengths) of different doctrinal points I should know specific to JUST Roman Catholicism? i.e. The Trinity, the Crucifixion of Christ, priesthood keys, Heaven vs Hell . . . Thanks!

When my mom was my age she went skiing for the first time and fell repeatedly. Finally a fall was bad enough that she blew out her knee. She went to the ER but they didn't diagnose her with anything and never returned to the DR. In May of 2009 I wrecked my dirt bike and heard a loud pop and believed my ACL to be torn. But because my knee wasn't as swollen as my mom's had been and because I had no bruising my parents believed me to be okay and I never went to the doctor. A month and a half ago I finally had an MRI and it turns out I had a full ACL and medial mensicus tear and I have gone through re-constructive surgery. Out of curiosity my mom also had her knee checked and her ACL has been torn for almost 26 years. Why is it that our symptoms were so different when our injuries were the same? Why would her knee have been black and blue while mine only swelled? Was it due to the means of injury, that mine was fast and occurred within seconds while her's was from repeatedly twisting the joint from falling until the stress was too much? Thanks! Just curious!

I had ACL reconstrutive surgery last Monday (August 16) so it has now been 9 days. I don't have another follow up appointment with my surgeon for two weeks and I was wondering when it would be alright to remove the adhesive tape over my incisions. I "snuck" a peak under by peeling the tape back and it looks like the surgeon used dissolvable stitches. I'm anxious to be able to shower instead of bathing with my leg hanging out of the bathtub, but I don't want to risk an infection or bleeding by removing the tape too soon. Thanks for any advice!

I had forgotten that my straightener/flat iron was on and ran my thumb along the edge of the heated plate to rub off some residue before i realized the pain. The straightener was heated to 410* F but after about a half hour the pain was gone. It is on the tip of my thumb (about a third of an inch in length) and it hasn't blistered. Instead the outer layer of skin has sunken slightly, is smooth to the touch, and has become transparent. Through the that I can see that the under layers have turned white. Is this a burn I should be concerned about? As I said before I feel no pain so it's not interfering with my life in anyway.

The ends of my hair are really damaged and when I wash my hair in the shower I notice short little ends that break off. My hair isn't very long (right around my shoulders) and I get my hair cut every couple months. Is there a way that I can prevent/repair it? I already use Paul Mitchell's strengthening shampoo and conditioner and I'm due for a hair cut next week but I don't really want this to continue to be a problem.

I've never had problems applying mascara before and having it look clumpy and unnatural. But I recently bought a new brand of lengthening mascara and I can't happen to apply it without it getting incredibly lumpy/clumpy looking. Am I just doing it the wrong way since I've only ever used Great Lash by Maybelline and different volumizing mascara?

Do I need to see a specialist to find out what sort of injury has effected my knee or can any licensed MD diagnose it?

My dirt bike fell while I was riding it and pulled my lower left leg out while I fell to my right. After a minute or two of shock I could limp back to my house but that night and the following day I couldn't put any weight on that leg or jostle it at all without it hurting badly. it's been about a month and a half and I can walk on it now just fine without it hurting but it's not completely stable. It's as if the healing sort of just leveled off. Twice I've strained it too much by turning on my leg quickly and I heard it pop/grind. The first time my knee gave out completely and I fell (two weeks after initial injury) and the second time it hurt for a few seconds before I was able to walk again (just a little over a month after the initial injury). After both incidents my knee became swollen for a few days and was sore but I was able to still walk. Any insights as to what I could have done would be much appreciated! :D

I was riding my dirt bike and I was taking a turn sharp and I start to fall the opposite way that the bike was going so it pulled my left leg out and then fell on it. It's still swollen and until yesterday it's still been swollen and I've been unable to bend it more than ninety degrees or straighten it completely. Last night though I was playing "signs" and I was standing up and spun around to fast on my bad leg and it gave out as everyone else in the room heard it grinding and I fell. I wasn't able to get up for about a minute cause of the pain but after that it was a little achy but I was fine. The strange this is is that now I can bend my knee. It's more sore than before but I have more motion . . . I have yet to go to the doctor so does anyone have any ideas as to what the initial injury was or anything at all? Thanks!

Does Kuwait have a federal, confederal, or unitary government?

I have an open book quiz due but I can't find my book. If you know any of these answers, they're welcome! :)

When a U.S. company establishes a call center in India that answers its customer service calls, the U.S. is

a. outsourcing, a form of importing services.

b. outsourcing, a form of exporting services.

c. insourcing, a form of importing services.

d. insourcing, a form of exporting services.

2.Countries can expect to gain from international trade as long as they:

a. keep production diversified.

b. specialize according to their comparative advantage.

c. produce only those goods for which they have a relatively high opportunity cost.

d. use trade restrictions to reduce competition for domestic producers.

3.Myopia and Utopia are two countries with equivalent resources. The country of Myopia can produce up to 100 tons of yak butter or up to 5,000 prayer wheels, if it devotes all its resources to yak butter or all its resources to prayer wheels. Similarly, the country of Utopia can produce up to 500 tons of yak butter or up to 3,000 prayer wheels. We know that the production possibility curves for both Myopia and Utopia are straight lines. If international trade exists between Utopia and Myopia, we would expect to find:

a. Utopia exporting prayer wheels and Myopia exporting yak butter.

b. Myopia exporting prayer wheels and Utopia exporting yak butter.

c. Utopia exporting both goods to Myopia.

d. Myopia exporting both goods to Utopia.

4.Crusoe and Friday are the only two inhabitants of an island and produce and consume only two goods, fish and coconuts. For every fish Crusoe catches, he could gather two coconuts. For every fish Friday catches, he could gather one coconut. From this information we:

a. cannot determine who has comparative advantage in either good.

b. can determine who has a comparative advantage in fish but not in coconuts.

c. know that Crusoe has the comparative advantage in coconuts.

d. know that Friday has the comparative advantage in coconuts.

5.The United States imports:

a. only manufactured goods.

b. only services.

c. only capital goods.

d. all types of goods including manufactured goods, services and capital goods.

6.The text mentions ten sources of U.S. comparative advantage. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

a. Wealth from past production

b. English is the international language of business

c. A high ratio of lawyers to the population

d. Extensive natural resources

7.When people talk about U.S. intellectual property rights, what are they talking about?

a. The existence of high quality educational institutions such as the Ivy League schools

b. Ideas and knowledge protected by patents and copyright

c. The human capital of the U.S. labor force

d. The abstract nature of ownership in corporate organizations

8.In May, 2003 the U.S. banned all imports of Canadian cattle and beef after one cow in Alberta was found with mad cow disease. This action is an example of:

a. a tariff.

b. a quota.

c. a regulatory trade restriction.

d. a voluntary trade restriction.

9.The U.S. passes a 50 percent tax on imports of Danish cheese. This is an example of:

a. a tariff.

b. a quota.

c. a regulatory trade restriction.

d. an embargo.

10. The international organization whose primary function is to promote free and fair trade between countries worldwide is the:

a. WTO.

b. IMF.

c. NAFTA.

d. EU.

11. An import quota does which of the following?

a. Decreases the price of the imported good to the consumer.

b. Increases the price of the domestic good to the consumer.

c. Redistributes income from domestic producers to domestic consumers.

d. Decreases the price received by the foreign producer.

12.A quota differs from a tariff in that quotas:

a. limit the volume of imports more than tariffs.

b. do not increase the price of imports as much as tariffs.

c. do not generate tax revenues, unlike tariffs.

d. reduce consumer welfare more than tariffs.

13.The voluntary export restraints on autos by Japan in the early 1980s were

a. prohibited under the TANSTAFFL treaty.

b. unlike a quota and do not affect the price of cars imported .

c. unlike a tariff, and do not affect the price of imports.

d. approved by the U.S. automobile unions since it allows them to preserve union jobs.

14.Trade embargoes are generally implemented:

a. to benefit emerging industries.

b. to help domestic workers.

c. for political reasons.

d. to raise revenue from trade.

15.All of the following are arguments in support of protectionist legislation except:

a. supporting infant industries.

b. preserving domestic employment.

c. increasing global trade.

d. promoting national security.

16.One reason trade restrictions exist is that:

a. workers can be easily shifted from one industry to another.

b. workers cannot be easily shifted from one industry to another.

c. the long-run gains from free trade are small re

a. the ability to pay off a country's debt depends on its productive capacity.

b. the ability to produce output depends on the size of the nation's debt.

c. GDP is always used as a reference point in economics.

d. as long as this ratio remains high, the government will have no trouble repaying the debt.

I have been assigned to write a paper concerning Obama's successfully built coalition to win the presidency. So in your opinion, what characteristics and strategies did he use that helped him gain the support he needed despite the obstacles his campaign faced (inexperience, race, ideology, etc.)? Thanks!

I had a Finnish penpal a few years back and she had given me a CD of some of her favorite songs. Several were by the band Apulanta and my favorite song was Maanantai. Could anyone translate this for me? THANKS!

So I realize this is probably THE most asked question in this section, but here we go . . . so I just began the summer semester at school a month ago, and when I moved up to campus the only person I knew was a friend from high school (let's call her Michelle). I started hanging out with her and I'm always at her apartment complex. Because of this I've become friends with all of her friends. Here's where all the trouble starts. I really like her neighbor (his name will be Tyson), but he likes her, she likes my brother's roommate (I'll call him Chad), and my brother (I'm feeling Steven) likes her . . . a very twisted web, I know. Well "Michelle" was out of town for the fourth of July but I stayed and hung out at her apartment with "Tyson" and some other people . . . We all really get along and now I like him even more, but I don't know what is the best way to show "Tyson".I'm interested considering he likes my friend. If this makes sense I'd appreciate some input! THANKS!

I am fully aware that my sleeping habits are terrible. I stay up from anywhere between two thirty and four every night and most mornings I have to wake up at six for classes. At first I was able to crash in the afternoon and be fine when I woke up, but the past couple of days I can't sleep even though I want to. I will toss and turn for hours trying to get the sleep I know my body needs, but it's no use, I just can't sleep. Even mornings when I can sleep in I still can't sleep past eight o'clock. Why is this? I'm sure if I began with a healthy sleeping cycle it would eventually return to normal, but is there a reason my body won't let me rest? Any thing is welcome!

I've recently been taking vitamins (One-a-Day Women's) just to make sure I get the right amount everyday to stay healthy. But I've heard of some bad things about vitamin supplements and I was wondering if I should stop taking them. Do the pros outweigh the cons? Any input would be great!

So my brother's a genius . . . he's a natural blonde and him and his friend thought it would be cool to dye their hair jet black. As you can imagine, blonde eyebrows don't look the best with that hair color . . . anyways, he's decided to strip the color out. What is a good product he can use from Wal-mart or another store like it?

I just began the summer semester at Utah State and I have been trying to figure out when my church services will be . . . Is there anyway to find out? My roommates aren't too helpful and I've tried the school's and church website but I'm still not sure.

THANKS!

I am LDS and one of my good friends has made friends with the wrong crowd. She spends time at parties where everyone is smoking joints, one of her close friends deals drugs (my friend is sometimes the driver) and she's tried alcohol . . . None of her decisions could ever effect our friendship but I want to help her start making the right choices. I don't feel it my responsibility to change people, but she told me that she wants to do better and she realizes the things she has been doing are wrong. The transition is difficult for her though, and even though I've noticed a change since we've been spending time together, I want to know if there's anymore I can do. What is the best way I can encourage her to be more active in the church and to read her scriptures without making her feel attacked or judged? For those of you who have turned your life around (whether LDS or not) how did you accomplish this and how did you friends help? The last thing I want to do is push her away.