Shanna

Where I'm from everyone goes ten to fifteen over and truthfully I've just gotten used to driving at that speed and not getting in trouble for it. I was pulled over in a speed trap for going 50 in a 35 mph zone but the officer knocked it down to just ten over. The ticket doesn't say what the cost will be but it lists it as a misdemeanor on the ticket. What does that mean? I live in Utah if that has any effect. It's my first ticket and first time being pulled over (which was mildly terrifying for me) and I have a background check coming up soon for a future internship. My record is completely clean besides this and I doubt they'll care all that much about a speeding ticket, but it still makes me feel like a bad person and the fact that it says misdemeanor on the ticket freaks me out. I think I can take a driving course to remove any points from my record, but I'm not even sure how points really work or how my insurance will be effected. I'm 20 so I know in Utah I get double points since I'm under 21. Can someone explain points?

I don't plan on fighting it in court because I WAS speeding and while I know that I could fight it or go to court over it, it's such a hassle and I don't know what I would argue since I know full well I was going over. It really sucks though. Guess who's going to be driving the speed limit from now on?

I was being an idiot and riding a scooter on our really smooth concrete basement floor when it skidded as I went around a corner. I fell and hit my head on the floor really hard- so hard that I had whiplash and my neck and shoulders were super sore for the next few days (worse than when I was rear-ended). I felt super nauseated and dizzy that night and almost threw up but didn't. I decided not to go to the hospital because the next day I felt fine besides the sore neck. I would tilt my head to the side or back and get a bit dizzy though. The world would spin, etc.

It went away for a few days and now a week later it's back and it might be getting slightly worse, I have no idea. I tilted my head back to look at something above me and felt super dizzy. I get dizzy basically when I move my neck and head too fast.

I feel like I should get it checked out, but it's not that bad and I don't even know what they would do for me. Plus I hate going to the doctor because I feel like a whiner and they usually just send me home saying "I dunno what's wrong, but it's not threatening." Is the dizziness a sign of something bad?

I'm making a birthday cake for a friend and I want to make a fun shape/something interesting, instead of just a layered cake. I have three rounds of the same size and a square that is slightly larger than the circle. Any ideas? Can I cut and shape them into anything interesting?

I just moved into a new apartment (off-campus college-approved housing) and transferred the gas bill into my name. I paid an 8 dollar transfer fee and gave them my SSN and address and everything.

However, I'm not sure if I'll be building credit because if I didn't transfer the bill into my name, the bill would go to the management company of my complex. I didn't start the service or pay a deposit or anything, just transferred the bill.

I really hope I'm building credit though because I'm 19 and I simply don't have any credit right now at all. If I am building credit, how much would I be earning? I set up autopay, so I'll never have a late bill (and I will ensure I have sufficient funds in my account at all times).

I'm on a study abroad in Paris and everyone in the group takes a lot of pictures that feature themselves. At least, it feels like they do. They always have someone else in the group take a picture of themselves in front of every new building or place. I don't like doing this at all for some reason and haven't asked them to take any pictures of me. I'll pose in group shots if they want me to, but I'm just not a big fan of pictures of myself. I guess I'm a bit self conscious and my mother refused to be in any pictures growing up, so that might have played into it, but is it really that big of a deal? The other girls seem to think it's really bizarre.

I just like to see the place and I hate holding still for pictures and having to go through this long process every time where each girl rotates and has someone take her picture. It takes forever. :P

I was driving today and stressed and merged into a crowded right lane. I went to merge into the left lane because no one was there, but when I was halfway into the left lane, I noticed that a car that had been a couple cars behind me in the right lane had sped forward into the left lane and was intent on zipping past me. It was too late to hold still so I continued pulling into the lane thinking the driver would slow down and let me in, since they had been merging themselves. Instead, the car sped up, swerved wildly and finally settled behind me. It was kind of scary and my fault I suppose for not being entirely sure that the lane was clear before I merged. I'm not sure if she just didn't see me merging or if she really had been in that lane all along and I had just horribly cut her off-- which would make it completely my fault.

As we pulled up to the light in front I noticed in my rear view mirror that she was screaming at me, flipping me off and gesticulating wildly. She also honked several more times to get my attention while we were stopped at the light. I ignored it because I felt awful and I didn't want her to mistake me mouthing sorry and giving her a half wave as a retaliatory gesture.

I guess I kind of just feel really embarrassed about it and really bad and I wanted to talk about it. How do I stop feeling so sensitive about stuff like this? I messed up and I hate feeling so guilty and so ashamed. She was seriously so angry and I'm so not comfortable with that level of anger. Ugh. Live and let live I guess, but it still makes me wince a little.

I'm a 19 year old female and recently I've been discovering that I have some trouble making sense of things. I'm a writer and I used to love to write, and I wrote fairly well. This is not to brag, but to explain my problem as closely as possible. I scored a 35 and a 33 on the English and reading parts of my ACT. I was completely comfortable with the English language.

Within the last year though, I've noticed that my grammar has gotten awful. Things don't sound write. When I read books and articles I struggle to make sense. It's not a huge struggle, but I have to go back and more carefully pick apart fairly basic sentences to make sure that it actually makes sense and reads correctly.. I re-read facebook posts, texts and essays over and over again because it just doesn't sound right, even if it is. I struggle to remember and utilize simple grammar and spelling principles. For several weeks I just couldn't remember if the punctuation went inside quotation marks or outside. I had to constantly recheck. Like right now, I couldn't say with complete certainty where it actually goes. And I still read and write just as much as before.

I also struggle to remember things. Words don't come to me as quickly and easily as they did a year and a half ago. I have way more trouble talking now. I mix up my words often or just plain don't say the right thing. It's not a huge thing to the point where my family or friends are concerned or really notice a huge difference because I usually just laugh it off and blame it on the fact that I'm excited or thinking too fast or something like that. But it's become a mainstay in my communication within the last year and a half and it bothers me. I don't feel like I'm at my peak anymore, but I'm young, so this can't be too normal, right? Sorry this is long.

I met him on the tinder app for Android. He goes to my college and we've been texting for about two weeks. He seems really cool and we're FB friends and we've talked and gotten along well. But I am SO nervous. I'm 19, he's 25. I trust him not to be a serial killer, but I'm so worried he won't like me when we meet. I only have three pics of myself on FB because I'm not very photogenic and it's hard to get a cute photo of me. I'm so afraid he'll see me when he comes to pick me up and think I'm ugly or I misrepresented myself. I'm chubby (not in plus sizes and no rolls of fat, but I'm still fairly solidly built) and average looking and we're going hiking, so it's like I can dress up to make myself look super cute...

Help meeee... I feel like jumping off a cliff or having someone run over my leg because I'm so nervous. He gets off work in like ten minutes. We haven't specified if it's a date or just a hang out, so I'm treating it as us just hanging out and getting to know each other but my nerves are killing me. What can I do to calm myself down and deal with rejection?

I bought a dress the other day and it was a little big on me. It was the only one left, and I convinced myself to buy it even though it really is too big. I took the price tag off, but I still have it and the receipt. Is it still returnable? I don't care if I can only get store credit, but I would like to return it all the same.

She does this all the time. It's a new guy every other weekend and she's cheating on all of them. Trust me, it's slimy. I get home every night and she's with someone on the couch or all over the living room floor cuddling, cooing or just staring into each other's eyes in weird silence.

I want to go into my kitchen without feeling awkward or weird. What are some things I can do to get them to leave? Preferably without touching them. I'm a TA (teacher's assistant) for the guy she's with right now and it would be awkward to say the least to see him in class if one of you suggested I jump on him or something.

They're making out and intertwined on the couch and so far both have completely ignored me.

I am not a picky eater and I can usually eat anything without comment, but I just don't like blueberries and strawberries. I love the flavors in smoothies (I just blend up the frozen berries and they taste great to me!) but when I eat them fresh, the tartness and texture just turns me off of them. I really want to like them because everyone I know loves them and they're good for you, but I'm this way with a lot fruit. It's super tart to me. Same with raspberries. I love every single vegetable, but fruit is a different matter....

Any ideas?

I have the following math question--- it's the only one I have left. Please do NOT give me the answer. I just need someone to walk me through what I need to do to solve it, or at least point me in the right direction. I really want to understand this calculus problem and it's really cold and snowing really hard outside, otherwise I would walk to the math lab on campus and get some help. If you could guide me for the first few steps or offer any help, I would appreciate it!

A spherical balloon is being inflated and the radius of the balloon is increasing at a rate of 2 cm/s.

Express the radius of the balloon as a function of the time (in seconds). You may assume that at time 0, the radius is 0.

If V is the volume of the balloon as a function of the radius, find the composition "Vor" (like finding f of g, but with v of r, and r being radius)

Note that Vor represents the volume of the balloon as a function of time.

So there's technically two questions, but if I understood the first one, I could do the second one easily I think, since it's just a composition of functions. Thank you!