My dad hasn’t had a job in 8 months, and we are ‘supposedly’ moving back to massachusetts (we live in nevada). he talks as if we’re moving at the end of the month, but it never happens! anyway, he has a new “plan” as he calls it….to not pay for the house!!! i’m so worried! if he doesn’t pay the morgage on the house, how long until they kick us out?!?!

the reason that he’s “doing this” is because he bought the house for 300,000 and now it’s worth 100,000 and he owes like 200,000 on it…something like that.

what can i do!!???

i’m only 15, and i don’t have ANY realities on the west coast!
*relatives

My mother owns the house and the tenant lost her job. The tenant wants to break the lease because she can’t afford to pay the rent. What is the tenant/landlord rights on this in Massachusetts? The lease ends in May/June I think.

ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL(meaning equal resume, experience etc) Who would u hire?Shaniqua or Emily? Why?

http://www.chicagogsb.edu/capideas/spring03/racialbias.html

In the study “Are Emily and Brendan More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal?” Marianne Bertrand, an associate professor at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and Sendhil Mullainathan of Massachusetts Institute of Technology use a field experiment to measure the extent of race-based job discrimination in the current labor market.

The authors find that applicants with white-sounding names are 50 percent more likely to get called for an initial interview than applicants with African-American-sounding names. Applicants with white names need to send about 10 resumes to get one callback, whereas applicants with African-American names need to send about 15 resumes to achieve the same result.

I lived since 1997 in Usa, state of Massachusetts unfortunately illegaly, not because I want to, On that time I was young, had no much experience of life and my country, BRAZIL, it is difficult to get a job even if you have a Bachelor degree as me, so I went to USA, left my work at the Bank in Brazil, my salary was $ 300,00 per month and try to make a better life in USA. When I get there I subject myself in work in any kind of jobs like, cleaning, factory even lke that I was happier, I could have a independent life, no financial problems. I always pay my taxes with my ITIN, I had a legal Driver’s license from Massachusetts , a had a excellent credit and everything, all of my dreams never were realized, I wish that I had the chance to be legal in USA some day because I love USA with all my heart, I learned how to speak,write and thinking in english, communication wasn’t a problem for me anymore. But right now with the economic trouble that Mr. BUSCH with so many wars and wrong ideas putting the USA into a large recession made me get back to Brazil, but I’m still crying, USA lives in my heart, I will always think about your country, it never was mine, but I wish was. I went to see 5 lawyers, THEY SAID THERE IS NOT IMMIGRATION LAWs at this moment, what is the problem? We don’t want to take any american job, we want to fill the empty spaces, that’s all. My dream and I pray everyday that if Obhama open a immigration law bringing everybody back I will go, because I love your country even more then mine.

So my top Choice School is UC Berkeley and i was wondering how much of a chance i had with these credentials. I live out of state in the Boston Area of Massachusetts and i plan on becoming a Chemical Engineer:

Academics
Berkeley (weighted) GPA: 4.2
AP classes: U.S. history and Chemistry Jr.year (got a 4 and a 5 on exams respectively) Physics, Calculus, Statistics, Economics Sr. year
6 total/8 available at my school
SAT:
Math:720
Writing:700
Reading:570
1990 total
Activities/Clubs
President of Interact Club (Community Service)
Sr. Editor Of the Yearbook
Treasurer of the Student Council
Other Clubs (fully participated in): National Honor Society (community service), Chemistry Club, Science League, Model UN, Environmental Club
Sports:
3 years of Soccer, 2 years of Track, 3 years of Varsity Tennis (Captain)
Awards:
CRC book award (chemistry), Sawyer Medal (Academics), Harvest Meals Award (Community Service)
Misc.:
I’m African American.
I have 2 Jobs during the year.
I have close relatives who have gone to UC berkeley out of state.

So what are my chances/what do i need to change? (If its my SAT reading score, what do i need to bring it up to?)

My dad hasn’t had a job in 8 months, and we are ‘supposedly’ moving back to massachusetts (we live in nevada). he talks as if we’re moving at the end of the month, but it never happens! anyway, he has a new “plan” as he calls it….to not pay for the house!!! i’m so worried! if he doesn’t pay the morgage on the house, how long until they kick us out?!?!

the reason that he’s “doing this” is because he bought the house for 300,000 and now it’s worth 100,000 and he owes like 200,000 on it…something like that.

what can i do!!???
i’m 15, and i don’t have any family AT ALL on the west coast. e_________e

Select the appropriate answer for each of the following questions.
1. In the case, Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that
A. the Seminole people had no property values.
B. the Cherokee people be removed from their homes.
C. state officials must honor Cherokee property rights.
D. state officials could not take Seminole property for any purpose.

2. The Whig party, created in opposition to Andrew Jackson’s policies, advocated
A. a stronger federal government.
B. preserving states’ rights.
C. limiting commercial development.
D. lowering tariffs.

3. Andrew Jackson supported the spoils system because he believed it
A. brought into government the country’s most educated people.
B. opened up government to more ordinary people.
C. encouraged good workers to stay in their government jobs.
D. attracted young thinkers into public service.

4. The Second Bank of the United States, which Andrew Jackson opposed, played an important role in
A. lending money to poor farmers, especially Western settlers.
B. keeping the money supply of the United States stable.
C. supplying the gold and silver that supported state bank notes.
D. allowing banks to make loans at a higher interest rate.

5. In 1833 Congress passed the Force Bill, authorizing the president to
A. use the military to enforce acts of Congress.
B. have members of Congress arrested.
C. use the military to enforce new voting laws.
D. declare war without a vote from Congress.

6. Most German immigrants arriving between 1815 and 1860 settled in
A. Massachusetts and New York.
B. Pennsylvania and Ohio.
C. Louisiana and New Mexico.
D. California and Texas.

7. What was one impact of the arrival of many immigrants from Europe in the early 1800s?
A. they increased the number of merchants in America.
B. they mainly moved to the western parts of America, causing population growth there.
C. they provided a large labor force for the growing industry in America.
D. they were completely accepted into American society.

8. The hostility towards immigrants that appeared in some parts of America was known as
A. regionalism.
B. nativism.
C. foreignism.
D. nationalism.

9. The new revivalism of the early 1800s rejected the traditional Calvinist idea that
A. all people could attain grace through faith.
B. only a chosen few were predestined for salvation.
C. only God would choose who was saved.
D. each person contained the capacity for spiritual rebirth and salvation.

10. The impact of the Second Great Awakening led to
A. the creation of new religious groups.
B. the creation of the penny press.
C. the creation of a new political party.
D. the arrival of many new immigrants to the country.

11. During the religious revival in the United States, the people who formed utopian communities believed that
A. society corrupted human nature.
B. humans were basically bad.
C. government must be reformed.
D. people needed more faith.

12. What kind of movement was the Second Great Awakening?
A. women’s rights movement
B. temperance movement
C. abolitionist movement
D. religious revival movement

13. Underlying the prison reform movement was a belief in
A. educating prisoners to make them better citizens when they got out.
B. rehabilitating prisoners rather than just locking them up.
C. relaxing the harsh discipline to make prisons more humane.
D. bring criminals back to God.

14. Tax-supported elementary schools in rural areas did not spread as quickly as in urban areas because
A. rural communities could not acquire the necessary funding.
B. children were needed to help with planting and harvesting.
C. rural families did not value education as much.
D. rural areas could not attract teachers to their schools.

15. Elizabeth Cady Stanton shocked others in the women’s movement by proposing that they focus on
A. equal pay for equal work.
B. getting women elected to Congress.
C. gaining the right to vote.
D. gaining workplace opportunities.

16. To which movement did the passing of the first mandatory school attendance law belong?
A. voters’ rights
B. education
C. abolition
D. women’s rights

17. During the 1840s, more than a dozen states enacted sweeping prison reforms and created special institutions for
A. the underage.
B. alcoholics.
C. the mentally ill.
D. debtors.

18. Supporters of gradualism believed that the first step in ending slavery should be to
A. phase out slavery in the North.
B. phase out slavery in the Lower South.
C. stop new slaves from being brought into the country.
D. stop plantation owners from buying new slaves.

19. Abolitionists argued that enslaved African Americans should be
A. freed immediately, without compensation to former slaveholder

1. What temporary land mass linking Siberia and Alaska is thought to have allowed hunter-gatherers to migrate from Asia to North America?
(Points: 3)
Sibaskan Peninsula

Siberian Connection

Nomadia

Beringia

2. Why is the information available to archaeologists about early Native American cultures very limited?
(Points: 3)
Archaeologists did not recognize the benefits of learning about native cultures until most of the available information had been lost.
Native Americans had no written languages so information could not be located
The nomadic tribes burned all documents and selected artifacts before they moved to new locations, so no information was available.
A pandemic of European diseases destroyed Native American cultures before information could be gathered.

6. What mountain range extends from British Columbia to New Mexico?
(Points: 3)
Sierra Nevada

Rocky Mountains

Ozarks

White Mountains

7. What river flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico and drains almost half of the United States in the process?
(Points: 3)
Colorado River

Mississippi River

Hudson River

Ohio River

9. What did Captain John Smith require of colonists at Jamestown?
(Points: 3)
They provide the Native Americans with tobacco.

They work in order to eat.

They return to England regularly to maintain their sense of culture.

They adopt Native American methods of cultivation.

10. What was the main reason that Jamestown was founded?
(Points: 3)
for religious freedom

to gain wealth
as a base for access to the Chesapeake Bay

to bring honor and glory to the king

11. How did the Mayflower Compact affect the settlement of the Plymouth colony?
(Points: 3)
It defined colonists’ separation from King James I.

It established a colonial government that was free of English domination.

It spelled out the religious beliefs of the colonists.

It served as a basis for passing laws for the good of the colony.

12. “Thousands of English Puritans arrived in Massachusetts Bay as they fled persecution in England.” Which term is associated with this event?
(Points: 3)
the Age of Voyaging

the Enlightenment

the Great Migration

the Great Pilgrimage

13. What was a major difference between the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Rhode Island?
(Points: 3)
Anne Hutchinson served as the first woman colonial leader in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Squanto provided Massachusetts Bay with corn, but refused to do so in Rhode Island.

Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, believed in religious toleration.

There was virtually no difference between the two colonies, since both were founded by Puritans.

14. Which colony was founded by Catholic proprietors on land given to Cecilius Calvert in recognition of Catholic support for King Charles I? (Points: 3)
Delaware

New Jersey

North Carolina

Maryland

15. How did the colony of New Amsterdam become New York?
(Points: 3)
The British king decided to rename the colony after his wife’s family.

When the English captured the territory from the Dutch the king gave it to his brother, the Duke of York.

The Dutch and British agreed on the change as part of a treaty.

The Dutch traded the rights in exchange for trade agreements in India.

16. Which colony was founded as a haven for a religious group known as the Quakers?
(Points: 3)
Pennsylvania

New Jersey

Vermont

Maine

17. What was the Middle Passage?
(Points: 3)
the transition from African to British slave traders who then transported the slaves to America

an agreement that allowed British ships to operate legally

an understanding that southern plantation owners could purchase slaves on a trial basis and then return those who proved inadequate

the second leg of a triangular trip from Africa known for its inhumane conditions

18. Why did slavery replace indentured servitude in the colonies as time went on?
(Points: 3)
The work required on plantations could only be done by slaves.

Slaves were more intelligent and could be easily trained to undertake plantation jobs.

Plantation owners were able to convert slaves to Christianity.

Indentured servants left plantations at the end of their servitude.

19. What did John Locke believe?
(Points: 3)
The survival of the fittest would lead to government by the most able.

Humans were superior to animals.

Natural law required governments to pro

ok well my friend brought in this candy its called either zips or zip sours and i cant find them anywhere i live in massachusetts what stores could i find them in?

I work a full-time and a part-time job and have carried medical insurance through both employers. I no longer want to carry the insurance from the part-time employer. When I sent letter(s) to the main office, I was denied – twice. Can you believe they denied me for insurance that I PAY FOR? They told me I could only make changes during open enrollment. I feel violated. I have since contacted the insurance commission in my state (Massachusetts) and am waiting for an answer from them. Short of quitting the job (which I don’t want to do), can anyone out there offer me any assistance as to what I should do?