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My friend used to be happy, carefree, enthusiastic and intelligent.

Then, she started dating this guy and things have changed. And not for the better.

My friend, we'll call her Tara, met this guy over a year ago. The two seemed perfect for each other- although the boyfriend was a bit of an oddball.

His last girlfriend had died in a car crash, and he had anger management issues. In public, he seemed like an okay guy, and when they first started dating we, as her friends, supported them both.

But then the break up came and Tara was devastated. Her boyfriend had cheated on her!

We had a girls' night in and brought ice cream and a movie over to her house and tried to get her mind off of the problem.

...except the following week they got back together.

And she began not eating very much.

And she began to spend every single moment of her life with him despite how he hurt her.

Her parents weren't happy. She was scared of losing him again.

And now she is ignoring us, her parents, and glaring at us in the halls because our support of her decisions had wavered.

She isn't talking to us. But Tara and I have been close friends for years now, and watching her fall apart and destroy her own life is painful and difficult.

What can we do to help Tara when she's choosing her boyfriend over her friends, family, schoolwork, and goals?

So I have Pinnacle's Studio Premium, and it is a great all around editing program and is only lacking one thing: special effects.

If I buy Effects Lab Pro, will I be able to edit my movie in Studio and then add the effects afterward or what? How does effects lab work?

I know, a lot of questions. :D All answers very highly appreciated!!

I'm an aspiring film maker and my last camera was a $200 failure. It was a Mini DV Panasonic about two years old and it had a hard time connecting to the computer: It wouldn't show up! After switching the firewire, trying different computers, and finally calling customer support, we gave up. The computers simply didn't recognize it!

So we're getting a new DV camera, and I need advice. What camera should I get? I don't want to make the same mistake like before, and I would love to stay under $500. Any help out there?

Thank you, Yahoo Answers community! Your help is really appreciated by a confused buyer. God bless you!

I am usually an easygoing person- I laugh easily, keep secrets, and am supportive.

But there's this friend.... I'll name her Rachel just for now (that's not her real name) And she can be kind sometimes, but lately she's been getting on my nerves!

Rachel and I were doing a team assingment in Advanced Language Arts and I started. She hadn't given any help for the past ten minutes so I asked her what she thought we should put in the first paragraph. "I don't know. I'm really tired today" she would say, or some lame excuse like that. I would continue on, occasionally asking her opinion or trying in vain to get her to help. When I told her to write, she always would make me do all the work with those stupid excuses. The next time it happened again. If I did not group with her, she got upset. She is constantly asking people "Does my face look okay?" after lunch, very insecure and relies on me to do work in team projects.

This is frustrating! What should I do?

I've heard a whole bunch of people on Yahoo! Answers talk about several programs- some of them including Adobe Premier, Studio 11, and Pinnacle. What software is best for Green Screen/Chroma Keying, and what 'green screen' do you all suggest?

I currently have Intervideo Windvd Creator and Windows Movie Maker but they don't have a green screen editor, as far as my knowledge extends.

Also, what are my background choices? Can I just input any image file and cut out the actors?

Thanks for everyone's help- I'm making a movie and wondering what the Yahoo! Community has to say about programs. I don't want to spend money on a program that is no good for my purpose.

Thanks again!

If you were celebrating you're friend's birthday and you really wanted to make a card that she would remember, what would it look like? What kind of things would you put in it if she was a horse lover, wanted to be a popstar, and was into drama club and is really smart? I'm trying to put a card together for a friend of mine

Seven Kids. Three of which are still in diapers. Three sitters. Six hours. Please help! Me and two friends are taking on this babysitting challenge and I need all the help I can get from the Yahoo Community! Tips on...

-Ideas to keep the kids occupied

-how to keep the kids safely occupied

-How to multitask

We've babysat before... I love little kids but seven of them for six hours?

All answers and contributions HIGHLY APPRECIATED!!!

Name what you think is the best way to become friends with someone else.

Name the best way to prepare for Basketball Tryouts.

Think up the best question you can think of

Best answer goes to the people who type.... well, the most well thought out, best answers to all three of those questions!

I love to write- I write as much as I can, well, as often as I can find a good subject. I love to write funny or sarcastic characters with a moving, suspenseful, action packed plot. Trouble is, I can't find an idea that I really love. I get twenty pages into a story and then it sits somewhere and collects dust. I have over 100 projects in the making.

My problem is that I need a good plot idea or story starter. I've been through so many I'm sick of starting over, but I can't drag myself back to old ideas. My dream is to write and publish a great novel, and I need your help!

So post all plot ideas, character ideas, or story starters that are not too silly or dark. I don't like writing horror stories. Oh, I'm 13 if that helps.

Could you think of a witty, clean joke for us to say at the end? There's three of us, if that helps, and this is our Super Hero episode. Any suggestions?

I'm 13 years old and I have a Halloween Costume problem (who doesn't these days?) the party is today (go figure) and I need costume ideas! (creative ones please) I'm not going to be able to go shopping anywhere so I'll just have to use what I.... well, have. So any and every costume idea the better- the more creative the better.

Last year me and a friend went as scrapbooks. I would like to be able to top that- but i'm getting ready just to take any costume suggestions.

Thanks for helping!

I'm not as outgoing as most other people, but I'm going to a Halloween Party tomorrow. (go figure) Anyone have any tips for me to be, well, in short, the life of the party?

I'm not quiet, I'm (in my opinion) pretty and I'm polite and helpful to everyone I can. I'm in 8th grade and President of NJHS. I love to write and hang out with my two best friends. But what I don't understand is that I'm not exactly.... well known? I think it's my sort of bookworm disposition, but I'm not 'popular'. I know popularity is overrated, but it wouldn't hurt my self-esteem if I knew that a guy had a crush on me or if I had a few more friends.

The popular girls in my grade don't care about school or anything and are always talking and laughing- in class and out. They're surrounded by friends and boyfriends. Why do I get ignored? Mainly because people think I'm too quiet. (Which is a lie! I'm a hard worker) But for some reason I'm unpopular.

Can you please help me figure out what I'm doing wrong? I feel a little bit like I'm on the outside looking in. Why am I so unpopular?