Anthony Castro, 37, says he’s always used his lucky coin - a spiritual coin with the Holy Trinity on it - when he plays Idaho Lottery scratch games. On Sunday, he used the coin to play Idaho Millions, and found that he had won 0,000.

He bought the ticket at the Jacksons store at Maple Grove and Ustick roads in Boise.

"This is just a gift from God," said Castro, who was still in shock, disbelief and excitement over his windfall Tuesday morning. "I stayed up all night (Sunday). I got two and a half hours of sleep, and then went to the Idaho Lottery headquarters Monday morning."

"I’m as happy as can be," Castro said. He’s moving to Portland at the end of the week for work. He’s an insurance agent for Primerica Financial Services.

After taxes, Castro took home 8,000 (federal taxes amounted to ,500, while state were ,500, according to Idaho Lottery spokesman David Workman).

Castro said he has already donated 10 percent of his winning, or ,800 to his church, Calvary Chapel, and invested ,000 in mutual funds. He also agreed to pay the veterinary bill for his ex-wife’s dog, who has an injured leg. The rest of the money is in the bank, where he plans to keep it.

"Don’t waste the money on anything stupid," Castro advised others.

Castro grew up in the Bronx, where he was shot in the head by a gang member at 19. He moved from New York State to Idaho seven years ago because of fear after the 9/11 terrorist attacks - he witnessed the World Trade Center Towers collapse from a bowling alley in the Bronx. He came to Idaho with little money and ended up in a shelter for about three years until he could get on his feet.

"God was telling me, you need to get out of New York," Castro said.

Castro said he’s been playing lottery games, particularly scratch-offs, for many years, spending as much as 0 at a time on games. But he said Sunday’s game was his last.

"Why be greedy," he said. "I’ve won my share. I’m investing, I’m set. Why would I need to play anymore lottery? I’ve gotta give it to the next person."

The lottery winner says he plans to spend more time bowling and playing pool and tennis.

Castro is the second 0,000 winner of the Idaho Millions scratch-off game; there are four 0,000 prizes still available. For selling the winning ticket, Jacksons Food Stores will receive a bonus worth ,000.

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okay…this is gonna be a long one.

My fiance and i have been dating for two years and two months now and were both freshman in college, and the whole entire time, my mothers hated him for no reason…she even hated him before we started dating….(we’ve know eachother for four years now and when i asked to stay at his house once before we started dating she said "no, cause he’ll rape you."….right in front of him and the other people who were going to be staying there…so its not like i would be alone with him)

My fiance is not a bad person, he held his high school job for 5 years (which i never could) and hes going to college to be a powerline man, so he will be able to support me in the future if needed…he also is going for autobody technician…so he will have two sources of income for us. hes never gotten in trouble, not even a high school detention…and he was always polite and respectful…if not shy…

When i told her that we started having sex….(we were both juniors, and i wanted to start on the pill to prevent any pregnancy’s, and i needed our insurance.)…she cried allot and stopped letting me see him…and i could only see him at school, and that lasted for like 2 months….i finally started telling her i was going to another persons house or football games and instead snuck over to his house.

During this time i changed my mind on allot of things…(like any other high school girl)…and she attributed all of these changes to my fiance…she said that i havent changed my mind about those things since i was five, then i started dating him and "everything" changed…

Before we both went off to college he asked me to marry him (about two weeks before our two year anniversary). But when i told my mum, she said that i cant get married unless hes going to pay for the rest of my school and all my expenses, and i have to go to veterinary school (so eight + years of college)…and i dont want him to have to do that because we need to save our money for a house, and a wedding, and for our future kids (we planned ahead)….

I also changed my mind on where i want to go to college, and the college i want to move to just happens to be only an hour away from where my fiance is going to school…she also thinks this is because of him, which its not…im just not happy with where i am…im also paying like 35,000 to go to school where i am…and the other school is so so so so so much cheaper…so youd think she would have no problem with that…since id be getting the same level of education.

and i would like to get married now, and not have to have him pay for everything of mine…i dont want to be the one old lady whose kid is in 5th grade…and i dont want to loose all of my youth and chances to have fun with the person i love….

what should i do to make her see that its okay to be married and not have your spouse pay for everything…. especially when youre only 19…if we were out of college and had jobs i could see her point…or if wed only been dating for a year and never knew each other before then…but we’ve known each other and been with each other for four and a half years now…you would think she would see how much we love each other…

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I am getting married summer 2010, after being together for 5 yrs (he will be 22 and I will be 23). We are both late bloomers for going to college. I did get certified to be a veterinary assistant, but decided to go to more schooling for more lab work. I am in my first year taking my generals to be a Clinical Lab Technician, I will graduate when I am 25 in yr 2012. He is going to school to be an Electrical Engineer and already has his first year out of the way so he also will be graduating yr 2012, at the age 24 (he may go on to grad school but isn’t sure yet). We also both said that we would like to have children at a younger age. Plus, his school has daycare for students with kids. My older sister and her husband are both in college and we have seen how they live and what they spend there money on from there student loans. My sister even said that if she got pregnant right now it would be hard but they could manage if they had an unplanned pregnancy. Her spouse and her are paying rent, a car payment, they bought new furniture, new TV, they go on cheap vacations, and have 2 cats; she only works in the summer, and he only works part time during the school year and full time in the summer the rest of there money comes from student loans. So here is what my fiancee and I were hoping to do: we want to get pregnant during our 3 yr of college so that the baby would be born in the summer going into our last year of college, and we would spend our money differently from what my sister and her spouse are, we would have daycare through his school and insurance too. My fiancee is guaranteed a job right after he graduates because he is getting his schooling paid for through the ROTC program and will have to serve in the Air Force for 4 yrs after he graduates. I feel this is a good time to start a family. We have talked about it and he said the answer isn’t a no, it is a maybe because he said he isn’t sure I’m ready to take on the responsibility. ANY SUGGESTIONS?? Would this be a good time to start a family? Does it sound like we have it planned out right?
We talked about it more and we found a way that I can possibly graduate in 2 to 2 1/2yrs instead of 3yrs. We were actually pregnant with an unplanned pregnancy while I was going to school to get certified as a veterinary assistant (plus I feel I have that to fall back on if need be). The pregnancy ended with a miscarriage though. So, I went through being pregnant and a miscarriage all while in school already (and I came out with a B 3.0 GPA didn’t drop any classes or anything) so we aren’t really worried about me being pregnant and being in school cause we have already had experience with that. Thank you for your comments everyone. We have decided that unless we can find a way for me to finish school sooner than 3yrs we will wait. My whole last semester of school would be an internship so my whole last semester wouldn’t consist of a lot of studying for me. We are hoping that I can at least be able to finish my classes in 2 1/2yrs then we don’t have to wait.

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Hello,

Could someone please give me a quick run down of the living expenses for a married couple living in Toronto Canada?
We are looking at renting a house in Pickering and eventually we would like to buy a home as soon as we know how we are financially.
So I’ve composed a list of monthly bills. I just need someone to enter the amounts for me.

1. Mortgage Payment or rent, for a reasonably sized 3 bedroom house in a nice safe area such as Pickering. $

2. Heating per month. $

3. Electricity per month $

4. Other utilities, such as phone, internet. etc. $

5. Groceries & other essential items $

6. Automobile loan, for a reasonably priced car $

7. Gas $

8. Insurance, if we opt to pay it monthly $

Is there anything else I’m forgetting? And let’s assume both my husband and I are earning ,000 per year… how much would we be left with after the taxes have been deducted?

My husband is a computer engineer, I work as a Veterinary assistant.

Thanks.

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Hello,

My husband and I are thinking of moving to Barrie, Ontario. My husband was born in Canada, but left when he was a teen. He currently works for a computer firm as a computer technician, with 10 years experience. I am a Veterinary assistant, although I haven’t had any formal training. I have also worked in an office environment, and have a great reference from my former employer. We would like to know what our chances are if we were to move to Canada. Would we be able to live comfortably with average incomes? What would we be left with after taxes have been deducted from our salaries? Would it be enough to cover our rent, and other expenses? And how much is car insurance, on average? At least one of us will need a car. My husband has been driving for 15 years, and has a clean record. We would like to rent first before buying our own home. Would the mortgage payments be too high for a modest home? We will have ,000 CAD for a down payment.

Please advise! Thank you

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okay…this is gonna be a long one.

My fiance and i have been dating for two years and two months now and were both freshman in college, and the whole entire time, my mothers hated him for no reason…she even hated him before we started dating….(we’ve know eachother for four years now and when i asked to stay at his house once before we started dating she said "no, cause he’ll rape you."….right in front of him and the other people who were going to be staying there…so its not like i would be alone with him)

My fiance is not a bad person, he held his high school job for 5 years (which i never could) and hes going to college to be a powerline man, so he will be able to support me in the future if needed…he also is going for autobody technician…so he will have two sources of income for us. hes never gotten in trouble, not even a high school detention…and he was always polite and respectful…if not shy…

When i told her that we started having sex….(we were both juniors, and i wanted to start on the pill to prevent any pregnancy’s, and i needed our insurance.)…she cried allot and stopped letting me see him…and i could only see him at school, and that lasted for like 2 months….i finally started telling her i was going to another persons house or football games and instead snuck over to his house.

During this time i changed my mind on allot of things…(like any other high school girl)…and she attributed all of these changes to my fiance…she said that i havent changed my mind about those things since i was five, then i started dating him and "everything" changed…

Before we both went off to college he asked me to marry him (about two weeks before our two year anniversary). But when i told my mum, she said that i cant get married unless hes going to pay for the rest of my school and all my expenses, and i have to go to veterinary school (so eight + years of college)…and i dont want him to have to do that because we need to save our money for a house, and a wedding, and for our future kids (we planned ahead)….

I also changed my mind on where i want to go to college, and the college i want to move to just happens to be only an hour away from where my fiance is going to school…she also thinks this is because of him, which its not…im just not happy with where i am…im also paying like 35,000 to go to school where i am…and the other school is so so so so so much cheaper…so youd think she would have no problem with that…since id be getting the same level of education.

and i would like to get married now, and not have to have him pay for everything of mine…i dont want to be the one old lady whose kid is in 5th grade…and i dont want to loose all of my youth and chances to have fun with the person i love….

what should i do to make her see that its okay to be married and not have your spouse pay for everything…. especially when youre only 19…if we were out of college and had jobs i could see her point…or if wed only been dating for a year and never knew each other before then…but we’ve known each other and been with each other for four and a half years now…you would think she would see how much we love each other…
I did not change where i want to go to school based on him, if that wouldve been the case, i wouldve gone there in the first place. Im going to Iowa State University…and its a very large and very competitive school…and i would do better and get farther in a smaller school. thats why i changed my mind….not because hes closer.

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I felt like maybe i’d gotten something in my eye on my way to work yesterday morning but then i blinked a few times and it seemed okay. (i wear extended lenses but i’d only put them in about a week ago-maybe less, though i do reuse them because of money but i disinfect them with solution.) anyway, i didn’t feel like anything was wrong the rest of the day then last night i woke up in the middle of the night for a different reason and removed my contact since there was eye crud. when i woke up, its red but not itchy or swollen but it kinda stings. i don’t have insurance to go to an eye doctor and the only eye stuff i have is just a protective ointment.(veterinary at that) is there something i could try over the counter that might help? even if i could afford to get to an eye doctor, i cant afford to miss work. assuming my boss would even let me. (he won’t) i will be lucky to get to a walgreens on my lunch but again, i live week to week and cant afford to waste even if its not going to help any.

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Hello,

Could someone please give me a quick run down of the living expenses for a married couple living in Toronto Canada?
We are looking at renting a house in Pickering and eventually we would like to buy a home as soon as we know how we are financially.
So I’ve composed a list of monthly bills. I just need someone to enter the amounts for me.

1. Mortgage Payment or rent, for a reasonably sized 3 bedroom house in a nice safe area such as Pickering. $

2. Heating per month. $

3. Electricity per month $

4. Other utilities, such as phone, internet. etc. $

5. Groceries & other essential items $

6. Automobile loan, for a reasonably priced car $

7. Gas $

8. Insurance, if we opt to pay it monthly $

Is there anything else I’m forgetting? And let’s assume both my husband and I are earning ,000 per year… how much would we be left with after the taxes have been deducted?

My husband is a computer engineer, I work as a Veterinary assistant.

Thanks.

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I’m in a bit of a predicament and am not sure what to do with my day today. In a nutshell, here are my questions? Should I go to work or not? And should I go to the ER?

Allow me to explain: I started noticing symptoms of a UTI yesterday, but I still felt well enough to work so I did. Through the night last night and this morning I’m feeling worse than I did yesterday, though I feel like if I really tried I could tough it out and go to work (I work as a veterinary technician).

I have to be to work in two hours. Should I call them and tell them I can’t make it, or should I go ahead and go in and see how I feel throughout the day? The thing is, our other technician at work is taking all of next week off to be with her kids while they’re out of school, leaving me to "hold down the fort" at the animal hospital. She’ll be there today. I want to be well enough and able to work next week so that she can have her time off — she deserves it.

My bigger question is about the ER. Normally, I really don’t like it when folks use the ER as a walk-in clinic. However, my situation is interesting to say the least. I have no insurance, and I can’t get a same-day appointment at any of the local clinics today — I’d have to wait til Monday. There are "urgent care" clinics around that take you in on a walk-in basis, but they cost an arm and a leg, something I really can’t afford to do right now.

HOWEVER, I do have a CICP (Colorado Indigent Care Program) card, which I believe allows me to visit an ER for only a copayment (I’ll have to check it again — someone correct me if you know better). This is why I’m wondering about going to the ER today.

So, back to my title question: What should I do?

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It gives me this list but I don’t see Speech language pathology. My major is called Communicative Disorders emphasis in Speech language pathology.

Accounting/C.P.A.
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Information Systems Management (MIS)
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Law, Corporate
Law/Lawyer/Attorney
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Medicine/Health - Rural Areas
Meteorology
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Military
Ministry
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Music, Church
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Occupational Therapy
Oncology, Nursing
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Veterinary Medicine
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Water Works (Water Utility Management)
Wood-Based Composites Industry

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I loooove animals but I’m having a hardtime trying to figure out in what kind of Veterinary position I want to major in. There is Assistant, Nurse, Doctor, Medicine and more. So I was thinking about going to Vet Tech…hoping it will help me make a decision…because all this research I’m doing on the internet is not helping me to make a decision. I think going to school and being right there in class and experiencing different things will help…what do you think? I definietly want to work with animals and getting a good paying check. Because there are bills that needs to be paid for, a home I want to own, insurance, and ect.

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i needed to know this because i want to become a lawyer.. and im doin’ a project for my senior class.. along with estimating house cost, estimate property insurance, grocery cost veterinary cost, healthcare, and utilities such as power,water,phone.. etc..

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I want a receptionist job at a Veterinarian Hospital or clinic in Los Angeles, is there a website where they only post jobs in the veterinary field? I have a lot of receptionist and front desk experience. I just left a job at an insurance agency where I was working in the marketing department…I hated it! Insurance is not for me, even though a crap load of ppl in my family has worked in insurance. Anywho, I want to go to school to become a vet tech, which is why I want a job at a vets office : )

Thanks guys! All your input will be greatly appreciated!

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Hello,

My husband and I are thinking of moving to Barrie, Ontario. My husband was born in Canada, but left when he was a teen. He currently works for a computer firm as a computer technician, with 10 years experience. I am a Veterinary assistant, although I haven’t had any formal training. I have also worked in an office environment, and have a great reference from my former employer. We would like to know what our chances are if we were to move to Canada. Would we be able to live comfortably with average incomes? What would we be left with after taxes have been deducted from our salaries? Would it be enough to cover our rent, and other expenses? And how much is car insurance, on average? At least one of us will need a car. My husband has been driving for 15 years, and has a clean record. We would like to rent first before buying our own home. Would the mortgage payments be too high for a modest home? We will have ,000 CAD for a down payment.

Please advise! Thank you

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