Your Best Friend Hanging With Your Girlfriend

We got a call from a listener concerned about his best friend who has been
hanging out with HIS girlfriend!! They both told him he's overreacting and
that there's nothing going on! We started arguing about this. We think
this is wrong! Way wrong!! But my female partner has done this a lot and
doesn't think there's a thing wrong with it! This best friend is totally
breaking guy code!!! The phones went nuts!! Most listeners agreed with us!
Tomorrow we'll have the 3 people on the show.

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Five facts about Michael Phelps' five gold medals
By Chris Chase

1) If Michael Phelps were a country (Phelpsylvania, perhaps), he'd be
third overall in gold medals won.

2) In the total medal count, Phelps would be tied for 13th overall

3) India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, Mexico and Bangladesh (appx.
combined population = 2.1 billion) have earned a total of four Olympic medals
in Beijing. Phelps (appx. population = 1) has six.

4) Phelps has won six of the ten gold medals awarded in the men's swimming
competition.

5) Excluding the United States and Australia, the rest of the world has
earned a total of nine golds in the men's and women's swimming competition.
Phelps -- well, you get the picture.

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This poll showed the Top 10 Terms Of Endearment
with your significant other:

1.Honey, 48%

2.Baby, 44%

3.Sweetheart, 41%

4.Dear, 39%

5.Lover, 32%

6.Darling, 31%

7.Sugar, 24%

8.Angel, 20

9.Pumpkin, 13%

10.Beautiful, 6%

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Top 10 Peeves

women ranking men's manners in order of annoyance...

10. their fascination with lesbians

9. Changing the channel (constantly)

8. the fact they hate talking on the phone

7. they assume every other guy that's not one of their oldest friends is a loser.

6. they have to win at everything

5. they never have any dirt on their best friend's love life

4. they never put their dirty socks in the hamper

3. the obsession of action films

2. All the power tools they have....and they can't change a light bulb

1. (as if you didn't know) they leave the toilet seat up
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Parents Angry Over Disney's 'Dive In' Underwear for Young Girls

http://www.thesun.co.uk

 “High School Musical” underwear for young girls have sparked outrage — because they have the words “Dive in” on them.

A British woman bought a packet of five pairs, with a “Disney-approved” design promoting the hit movie, for her seven-year-old granddaughter.

“When she put them on, myself and my daughter thought, ‘Oh my goodness.’ It is inappropriate because it is sexually suggestive,” Sue Ralph, a 57-year-old civil servant, said. “You just never know who could see that and think it was a bit too enticing for a young child to be wearing.”

Sue is demanding the $7.50 packs are removed from her local Asda supermarket in Broadstairs, Kent, where she bought them.

The underwear has also angered the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a British children’s charity.

NSPCC said: “This is part of a worrying trend of inappropriate clothing marketed at young children.”

“The design was approved by Disney. It was completely innocent and not meant to cause offence,” Asda said in a statement.

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Ex-Cop Sentenced for Pulling Woman Over for Phone Number

AP- BLOOMSBURG, Pa. —  A former part-time Pennsylvania police officer has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for pulling over a woman while he was off duty — just to give her his phone number.

Steven Klinger, 32, was charged with official oppression, or acting outside his authority as an officer.

Police said he used red and blue lights mounted on the dashboard of his pickup truck to pull over a woman in Berwick in eastern Pennsylvania in April 2007. The woman became suspicious when he began asking her if she was married or had a boyfriend, police said.

Klinger was also sentenced Tuesday to three additional days in jail and fined $1,000 for driving drunk in July 2007. Police said he had a blood-alcohol level of .40 percent, five times the legal driving limit.

Klinger last worked for the Dallas Police Department in northeastern Pennsylvania. He is currently unemployed.

He apologized for his actions, and told the judge he had checked into treatment for alcohol abuse.

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'Monster mom' -- how to avoid being one

CNN- "I think it's only natural that parents are going to act that way initially," the 37-year veteran said. "You're talking about something that is probably the most important thing in their life. Indirectly they're threatened because their kids have been threatened."

But believe it or not, abominable parents are not the norm. In fact, the vast majority is pretty reasonable, he said.

So if you have a reputation as a "monster mom," this year can be different. Follow these "dos and don'ts" to ensure the upcoming school year is a positive one.

DON'T ignore the material sent home.

Every year, Daniell Middle School teacher Helen Arrington gives out a packet of information, which her 7th grade science students are required to have their parents sign.

And every year, she says, half of the parents sign the paper without even looking at it. Then when there is a problem, many of those same parents say, "Oh, I didn't know you had help sessions."

DO make contact early, whether it's at the school's open house or just with a simple phone call.

"Even if there's nothing wrong, make that contact," Thompson said.

Arrington agrees that even an e-mail to say, "How can I help?" can go a long way toward kicking the year off on the right foot. Sometimes it even improves behavior when students know that line of communication is already open, she said.

DON'T send an email when you're mad.

Or make a threatening phone call. Or storm into a teacher's classroom during a lecture -- a situation Bryant Primary School principal Patrice Moore says happens frequently.

"Going directly to a classroom to question a teacher pulls time away from instruction, goes against most school visitation policies and can cause a parent to be permanently banned from being on campus," Moore said.

Her suggestion? Take a few hours to calm down after your child tells you about a problem, then set up an appointment.

DO remember there are two sides to every story.

Thompson, Arrington and Moore all say your child will tell you only part of the story -- leaving out the stuff that could make him look bad.

"I did that when I was a kid," Thompson said with a laugh. "You don't want to get in trouble, so you don't exactly lie but you don't exactly tell the story as it was."

In your initial phone call to a teacher, be clear that you want his or her side of the story, Arrington said. And take your child's perspective into consideration.

When Arrington's daughter Nancy came home one day and said her teacher hated her, Arrington immediately called to get the teacher's point of view.

"The teacher said, 'I just thought I knew Nancy well enough to tease her.' She didn't realize that Nancy was interpreting it that way," Arrington said.

DON'T bring old problems from the past into this school year.

If parents didn't have a good experience with the school system, or a past teacher, they shouldn't assume the same problems will crop up again, Thompson said.

Also, allow for a bit of leeway at the beginning, when teachers are often most strict to set the ground rules for students.

"I always say, I don't care what they say about me the first day of school, but what they say about me at the last day of school," Thompson said.

And if you still don't see eye to eye after a few months?

"Chalk one up for education," Arrington said. "If the teacher thinks differently than your parental philosophy, your child is learning more than you can teach her."

DO follow up with higher-ups.

If things didn't go as you would have liked and you still think the teacher did something unprofessional, feel free to contact the administration.

"If something doesn't feel right, take it to the principal and ask that they conduct an investigation," Moore said. "Give the school a chance to get to the bottom of the situation and find a solution."

If everything is resolved, follow up with a thank-you note.

And most important: DON'T forget that everyone is on the same team.

Everyone -- that's you, your child and your child's teacher -- are working toward the same goal. Fostering a sense of cooperation will get everyone working together instead of pulling in opposite directions.

"Teachers want parents to be involved," Thompson said. "Problems occur with a lack of information or miscommunication."

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Dump the guy -- but not this way

CNN- Color me cynical ladies, but let's face it -- no matter how great your relationship might be going at the moment, chances are it's going to end. And while breaking up is never pleasant, why make the inevitable anymore painful than it has to be?

Since there are very few "great" ways to dump a man, we're going to list all the ways you shouldn't go about kicking your once-loved to the curb:

• Getting poetic: "Roses are red/Violets are blue/Garbage is dumped/And so are you!" You don't want to put the poor boy off haiku and limericks for the rest of his life, do you? The lady who delivered this sendoff is one cruel -- albeit fairly funny -- cookie and now any time this poor schmo tries to buy a greeting card he's going to be reminded of this humiliating moment.

• Antisocial networking. Did you hear about the guy who proposed to his girlfriend over Twitter? Yuck. Talk about the dork version of the Jumbotron half-time proposal! By the same token, breaking up with your boyfriend over Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or, perhaps worst of all -- via your blog -- is inexcusable.

• Hate mail. Only slightly less cowardly than those who send Dear John e-mails are those who make the mailman do their dirty work. My research suggests that men are especially talented at this:

• I H8 U. Text message breakups are tacky and should not be utilized by anyone over the age of twelve.

• "This is a recording." While slightly less of a jerk move than the "IM dump-and-run", leaving your date a heave-ho message on his voicemail is pretty weak and cruel. If you must do your ditching over the phone -- at least wait until you get him on the line.

• The disappearing act. Passive-aggressive be thy name -- if you're not woman enough to actually show someone to the curb, you're not lady enough to date. Vanishing into thin air is possibly the most over-utilized ditching technique and is only excusable if you've been out with him less than four times or are actually afraid of him.

• Make him do the dirty work. You're too chicken to pull the plug yourself, so instead of being honest, you force his hand. Maybe you show up for your romantic weekend getaway with a hickey on your neck -- not from him. Or perhaps you giggle at the size of his baby-making parts, or call his grandmother an old hag.

Any way you cut it though, bad behavior is just cruelty to save you from looking like the bad guy. That's beneath contempt. And guess what -- you still come off as the jerk.

So the next time you want to end a relationship, do it with dignity. I find a simple "It's not you, it's me," works every time.

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SERIAL BURGLER SHARES SECRETS WITH POLICE
In order to get his jail sentence reduced, a notorious Los Angeles serial burglar has agreed to create a training video for the police detailing the secrets to his success. Ignacio Pena Del Rio, was sentenced Tuesday to seven and a half years in prison for stealing more than $16 million worth of merchandise from multiple locations in Southern California. LAPD Detective Bill Longacre said Pena Del Rio will get six months shaved off his sentence because he shared information such as how he chose victims and how he was able to talk his way out of tight spots on occasions when he was nearly caught.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/08/13/Burglar_
shortens_sentence_with_video/UPI87211218663295/  

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WORLD'S TALLEST WOMAN DIES
Sandy Allen, the world's tallest woman, died early Wednesday morning at a nursing home in Shelbyville, Indiana.  She was 53.   While no cause of death was given for the woman who stood 7'7" tall, she had been hospitalized for a recurring blood infection. she also had diabetes, breathing trouble and kidney failure. Allen has appeared in the ****ss Book of World Records with the title of world's tallest woman since the mid-1970s. She weighed only 6.5 pounds when she was born, but by the age of ten, she stood 6'3".  She was 7 feet tall by the time she was 16. Her height was due to a tumor in her pituitary gland that  caused it to release growth hormones uncontrollably. At the age of 22, she underwent surgery to correct the condition. But she was proud of her height and used it to educate people that it was ok to be different. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402741,00.html

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OLYMPIAN COLLAPSES IN UNBEARABLE PAIN
This is a scene you may not forget once you watch it... Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai's first Olympics ended in sheer agony when he dislocated his right elbow.Baranyai was trying to snatch 326 pounds in his third lift in the men's 77kg division, when his elbow popped out of its socket. No longer able to support the weight of the barbell, his right forearm bent backward. The 24-year-old fell to the floor in shock, shaking and crying out in pain. Hungary's coaching staff and competition officials rushed to Baranyai's aid as he lay trembling on the floor, his arm twisted out of position. Baranyai was rushed by ambulance to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment.

If you are at all squeamish, do NOT watch this video....
http://nrs.blogtronix.net/evenmore/pages/user/addeditpost/ 
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What to Do When You Don't Like Your Mother-In-Law

How to tell the truth nicely when your mother-in-law starts acting like, well, family.

msn.com

We get this question a lot: "Is it ever okay to tell my husband that I hate his mother?" Our answer — every single time — is "don't!" You don't have to keep your feelings bottled up inside, but you do need to be careful with your words. You can say something like, "I'm just not as comfortable around your mom as I am with mine." Emphasize that he probably feels the same way about your parents. Try to get him to understand that there's just a closeness you feel with your own kin.

But if there's something your mother-in-law is doing that's consistently hurting your feelings (and possibly on purpose), the situation becomes a lot more delicate. In this case, you need to alert your spouse about what's going on. Keep in mind that the best time to do this is when you can be calm. Say something like, "I don't want to upset you, but I need you to keep a lookout for how your mom treats me during our next visit. I don't want to sound crazy here, but I think she might be saying certain things to hurt me."

It's possible that he's going to be oblivious at first. He'll think that there's no possible way the person who raised him to be such a wonderful person could be so hurtful. Get him to at least open his mind that there might be a competitive factor now that you're in the picture; some passive-aggressive (or all-out cruel) behavior could be happening, and one of you might need to say something.

Once he's been alerted to the possibility, create a signal. Tug on your ear the next time she does something rude while you're all together. Then he can determine how malicious her behavior is — and stick up for you when needed.

Whatever you do, try not to create a catfight between the two of you. Let your husband see you as the bigger, stronger person and see his mom in a new light. We promise, it's much sexier this way.

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Study: Sex Doesn't Get Old Just Because You Do

Foxnews.com

We’ve all heard that men reach their sexual peak at 18 and women reach theirs at 28 – so what does that mean for people who are in their 70s and 80s?

Researchers at the University of Chicago studied 3,000 elderly American men and women who lived at home and not in nursing homes. What they found was that more than three-quarters of men and half of women between the ages of 75 to 85 are still interested in sex, Reuters reported.

"It's not age per se; that when you get to 80 it's all over with," sociologist Edward Laumann, said in a telephone interview with the news agency.

"It's driven by more proximate factors such as if you become obese, or you're smoking too much, or you contract diabetes. Medications can depress sexual interest. The aging process itself is not a major factor driving these results.”

A non-existent sex life should also serve as a warning sign, Laumann said.

"If sexual health goes to hell, it may be a canary in the mine shaft. It may be a sign of health problems.”

And there’s always the issue of finding a partner to have sex with – which can be especially hard for the elderly.

Among women aged 70 and older, 70 percent have outlived or are separated from their spouses. Among men in that age group, 35 percent have lost a long-time partner, according to the report.

But, there is some good news on this front. Last month, Swedish researchers reported that 70-year-olds of both sexes are having more sex than they did 30 years ago.

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Wife Tries to Sell Husband's Lover's Underpants on EBay

News.com.au

A scorned Australia woman is airing her husband's dirty laundry on a global scale by auctioning a picture of his mistress' underwear on eBay.

In the spiteful listing, the jilted woman is auctioning off a picture of a pair of lacy black underpants "size humongous" and an empty condom wrapper "size small" found in her bed after her husband allegedly engaged in an extramarital affair with a woman named Kylie.

Originally, the seller, "Anna," had tried to sell the actual underpants and said of the item: "They are so huge I thought they may make someone a nice shawl or, even better, something for Halloween, perhaps."

The eBay listing, which does not name the husband, almost did not make the site, as it was first taken down due to eBay's policy against selling secondhand underwear, spokeswoman Inessa Jackson said. "We let her know about the policy and instead she's now selling a photograph of the offending knickers," she said.

In the room she found the empty condom wrapper under his pillow and "the Tart's knickers ... at the foot of the bed." Anna also promises that this listing will not be the last in the matter, stating that her husband's Harley Hog is "the next item that will probably be sold on eBay."

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Bigfoot Trackers Say They've Got a Body

Foxnews.com

 AP

A still from the famous 1967 Bigfoot film, which may or may not show a man in a gorilla suit.

Two Northern California men and two Georgians say they've got a body, a photo and DNA evidence pertaining to the elusive forest-dwelling man-ape — and that they'll reveal all at a press conference in Palo Alto, Calif., on Friday.

"I think you'll find that this is the real deal," Robert Barrows of Redwood City, Calif., told the Bay City News local wire service.

Matthew Whitton, a cop in Clayton County, Ga., and his friend Rick Dyer, a former corrections officer, say they recently found the body in the woods of northern Georgia.

Veteran Bigfoot tracker Tom Biscardi said he's examined the body, and that scientists will get their chance soon.

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What Do I Bring?! A Guide On How To Pack For Your Freshman Year

Coedmagazine.com

Here are some tips they have learned on how to pack for college:

1. Take a breath and calm down! You’re finally going to college. This is going to be the most exciting time of your life, so stop stressing out and just enjoy the fact that you’re starting a new part of your life.

2. Write down what you have and what you need. Like I said before, LISTS. If you have something, you don’t need another one. I made lists of what I have, what I have that I need to replace, what I need, what I can get when I arrive at school, and what my roommates are bringing. I promise you, lists will keep you so organized when you’re packing because you actually see what has been done and what you still need to get.

3. Communicate with your roommate(s) Talk to them and coordinate who’s bringing what. That way neither of you have to bring as much, and this will make moving easier. My roommates and I talked about what each of us had, and decided we’ll go together to get stuff we still need as a bonding trip when we’re at school next week.

4. Bring only what you need. I’m lucky because I’m only going three hours from home, but even if you’re far away, don’t pack a ton of stuff. You can always get something while you’re at college; generally college towns have stores. You don’t need everything in your room, and chances are you won’t have space for it in your dorm room, anyway. But if you’re like me, you can always drive home to pick stuff up. Don’t bring all of your winter clothes right away - wait until fall break to pick them up or have mom/dad ship them to you. There is nothing more exciting than seeing that package slip in your dormroom mailbox.

5. STORAGE. Get trendy storage bins to help organize your stuff. Try looking at the Container Store or Bed Bath and Beyond, or even Target. These bins will give you a lot more space and can act as a table/bedside table if you get the flat surfaced ones.

6. Buy your school supplies when you get there. There’s no sense in bringing notebooks, pens, highlighters, and all those other school supplies right when you move in. In most cases, classes don’t start until a week or two after you move in, so you’ll have time to go to an office store or the campus shop.

These tips have definitely helped me in my packing endeavors, and now my room is pretty much spotless. Everything is packed away in their specific bins and boxes and ready to go.

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Beer goggles really do work, new research suggests

www.ctv.ca

Anyone looking for a mate in a bar, take note: Beer goggles really do make people appear more attractive, British researchers say.

Scientists at the University of Bristol found that study subjects who consumed alcohol considered people to be about 10 per cent more attractive than did people who did not consume alcohol.

The researchers asked 84 subjects to drink a lime-favored beverage that either contained alcohol or did not. The amount of alcohol equaled a large glass of wine or one-and-a-half pints of beer.  About 15 minutes after consuming their drinks, the subjects looked at pictures of men and women on a computer screen and rated how attractive they found each person.

Both the male and female subjects not only found members of the opposite sex more attractive, they also found members of the same gender more attractive, too. The researchers also found that men deemed women to be more attractive for up to 24 hours after they consumed alcohol.

"A region of the brain called the striatum is involved in the processing of faces and in particular the attractiveness of faces," lead study author, Dr. Marcus Munafo, told CTV.ca. "Alcohol consumption stimulates activity in this brain region, so this might explain how alcohol effects how we process faces generally and attractiveness in particular. Though social factors might modify this effect in real life."

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NOT PRETTY ENOUGH FOR CHINA?
While 9 year old Lin Miaoke stood in a red dress and white shoes to sing "Ode to the Motherland" during the Olympic opening ceremony last Friday, according to the Guardian Unlimited, she was merely lip-synching. Seven-year old Yang Peiyi, who was the actual singer, was considered by the highest levels of the ruling Communist Party, to be not pretty enough to represent China to such a wide audience. Even the parents of the children were not initially aware of the situation. Outraged public comments that appeared online especially heated over the cold calculation used to appraise the girls, were eventually stripped from the news site by China's censors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/sports/olympics/13beijing.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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FAT BUT FIT!
A new study has come to the conclusion that it is possible to be fat and fit at the same time. In the national study, researchers at the University of Michigan found that at least half of overweight adults, and close to a third of obese men and women, have normal blood pressure, cholesterol and other measures of heart health. They also found that up to 25% of thin people had risk factors for heart disease or diabetes. The new study, appearing in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that risk factors for heart problems were generally more common in older people, smokers and inactive people. The authors also found that there was difference between the results of overweight and obese people. The ones in the "healthy" category mostly had smaller waists while people with larger waists and bulging stomachs, had high blood pressure, cholesterol and other negative factors. http://www.wayodd.com/study-finds-it-possible-to-be-fat-and-fit/v/9503/

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HEY! BK! NEW SINK PLEASE...
A four-minute video posted on MySpace captured a Xenia, Ohio Burger King employee, self-described as Mr. Unstable, bathing naked in a large stainless steel sink in the back of the restaurant as other employees and a store manager looked on. You know how fast videos travel on the net and in no time, a copy of it was sent to Greene County Health Commissioner, Mark McDonnell who immediately sent staff to the restaurant to investigate the numerous health code violations. In Burger King's defense, the store had already taken steps to clean up, including disposing of all the utensils and sanitizing the sink twice, plus firing all of the employees seen in the video. Health Department officials plan to talk with prosecutors to see if any criminal charges will be filed, but they don't have any plans to issue fines at this time. http://www.wdtn.com/global/story.asp?s=8825514

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China's fast food...
A stroll among the food stalls of Wangfujing Snack Street, not far from Tiananmen Square, offers "fast food" that most visitors have never seen:

goat lungs with red peppers
scorpion brochettes,
seahorses on skewers,
iguana tails,
dung beetles and silk worms on a stick
fried sparrows,
grilled snake
turkey vulture schnitzels
dog brain soup
horse and dog meat stew
centipede
starfish

(Check out the link in Website below for photos of some of these delicacies)

Number of visitors who passed through the Olympic grounds daily so far in Beijing: 40,000

Number of visitors who have in past Olympics, entered the Olympic grounds daily: 200,000

Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong made history by becoming the first players from the United States to reach the last eight of the Olympic badminton doubles. They beat South Africa's Chris and Roelof Dednam in straight sets.
http://nukesylo13.com/component/content/article/19-wierdstuff/842-olympic-fast-food-chinese-style-yum-yum-

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9 mind tricks to get what you want

http://today.msnbc.msn.com

There’s a subtle tactic to make things go your way in your career, love life, and social world —one that has nothing to do with effort or luck. It’s called priming. Research shows that by exposing people to specific words, body language and symbols, they can be affected in a way that benefits you without their even realizing what’s going on. Here’s how to use subliminal moves to get an edge.

1. To seem like a team player at work ...

Put up a picture of your dog (or even a friend’s pup) in your workspace. When people look at shots of a pet dog, they not only tend to presume you’re loyal, but they may also act more loyal toward you. But don’t paper your cube with canines. Research shows that too many personal shots make others perceive you as a less professional worker.

2. To appear more powerful in the office hierarchy ...

Wear a chic all-black outfit to work, and don’t smile as often as you’re inclined. You’ll be seen as assertive and directed. Studies have found that people in black uniforms (like sports teams) are viewed as more dominant figures, while the act of keeping a neutral face is associated with higher status and power in a work environment.

3. To bond with the boss ...

Offer to get her a hot cup of coffee — even if you’re not her assistant — and chat her up as she’s drinking it.

A recent study showed that just by holding the high-temp liquid, she’ll implicitly assume you’re an emotionally warm person — someone very likable. Just don’t hand her an iced latte or you could trigger a frosty reception.

4. To have "the talk" without making your partner flip out ...

Take him to a restaurant that has soft feminine colors and furniture with few angular lines. Researchers think that simply being in this kind of an environment can influence a person to behave in a more feminine way in terms of communicating. That means that he’ll be more likely to be open and disclose his true feelings to you.

5. To make your crush fall for you on a dinner date ...

Subtly touch the back of his hand as you’re reaching across the table for bread. It’s a proven way to win someone’s affection: Libraries and car dealerships have higher customer-satisfaction ratings when workers imperceptibly touch their clients. Touch activates the human desire to bond.

6. To seem more alluring when you meet a guy ...

Talk about a beach vacation you took using sensual terms (e.g., “The sun felt so fabulously warm against my skin”) to paint a mental picture about the climate. According to psychologists, this seductive I-feel-like-I’m-there speech will make him associate your personality with the lush sensations you’re describing.

7. To impress a guy’s parents the first time you meet them ...

Casually praise someone whom you’re certain his mom or dad holds in high esteem, such as a political figure, author, or celebrity. Experts say that as you talk about their hero in a positive light, your targets start to think about all the qualities they admire in that person. And because they’re looking at you, they’ll subconsciously link you with that person’s positive traits.

8. To make a friend out of an acquaintance ...

Start mirroring her behavioral tics, like touching your hair when she touches hers. We like to see ourselves in other people. Researchers at New York University found that when you’re sitting across from someone who’s unconsciously shaking his foot, if you start moving yours in a similar but unobtrusive way, then the person feels more positive toward you.

9. Your slob roomie to clean up after herself more often ...

Spray a bit of liquid all-purpose cleaner in the air right before she enters the skanky spot in question. A Dutch study recently proved that the faint smell of a cleaning product will spur people to start picking up the area around them. You can also prime her by squirting a little fluid in the bathroom sink before she goes in to use it.

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Woman Asked To Leave Mall Because Of Dress

Wkyt.com

Click here to hear the news story make sure to listen to this hot girl's voice it sounds like Elmer Fudd weird stuff.

Kymberly Clem, 20, says she walked into the Richmond Mall Saturday but was soon escorted out all because of her dress.

"I was walking through and 10 minutes after I was there, the security guard approached me, asked me to step aside, made me completely do a turn around while he stared me up and down and then asked me to leave because my outfit was too provocative and people's husbands was (sic) looking at me," says Clem.

Clem says she bought the dress at the mall just the day before. She says she's worn more revealing clothing before to the mall, but this is the first time she's been kicked out.

Clem now wants answers and says she's been wrongly turned away.

There's no word yet if Clem plans to pursue any action against the mall.

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Married Women Hate Sex

Momlogic.com

Sexless marriage: Millions of moms are in one, yet it's taboo to talk about it. Momlogic asked 2,500 married women to reveal the dirty details about their sex lives after marriage and we were shocked by what we found--half found sex to be a depressing, embarrassing or a hassle! PLUS: Three moms and a deprived husband share their stories of sexless marriage. AND: Expert advice for spicing up your relationship.

50% of women find sex either depressing, embarrassing or a hassle: We also found out that although 77% of the women claim their sex life is somewhat to very important to them, 54% of married women admit they're the ones who don't want to have sex.

According to 29% of married women, they're just too tired: Not too surprising--at least to those of us with young kids-- that this was the main reason women say they don't want to have sex.

What would women rather do than have sex?

• 24% would rather take a bubble bath.

• 26% would rather read a book.

Also, according to our survey:

• 23% of the women who have sex do it because they love their husbands and want to make him happy.

• 49% of the women have sex because they want it.

• 26% of the women surveyed say their sex lives took a turn for the worst after they had children.

Even momogic contributor and sex therapist Dr. Shannon Fox was surprised by the results of our survey. "It is sad to see that half of the women polled described their sex lives as depressing, embarrassing or a hassle. That is a lot of unhappy women! That means that even the women who are having sex more often aren't happy with the quality of the sex they are having."

Dr. Fox adds, "It is not surprising to see that the frequency of sex decreased for many couples after the birth of their first child. Many women report less opportunity for sex, dislike for their post-baby bodies and sheer exhaustion as the main killers of their sex lives after children."

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What College Kids Need to Know About Credit Cards

Washington Post

This is just in time for all the college kids who are heading back to campus: Your grades won’t matter if you wind up majoring in PLASTIC. Yes, I’m talking about credit cards. Years ago, it wasn’t until people graduated and had a career that credit entered the picture. These days, 3 out of 4 college students have a credit card. Why? Most adults have more cards than they need and it’s easier to sign up teens than it is to get adults to take on another card. So, companies are aggressively marketing their cards on campuses across the country.

Here’s what every college student needs to know

Plan for payments after graduation. Because you don’t have to repay student loans until you leave school, many students think they can handle a credit card only to find themselves struggling when they head into the real world. If you won’t be able to make both your credit card and loan payments, cut up the card.

Student credit tip #2: Don’t choose based on gifts. A lot of companies offer ‘freebies’ like T-shirts or even iPods to get students to sign up for their cards. If you’re going to get a credit card, research several offers and pick the one with the best interest rate, not the best swag.

Watch your spending. If you get behind on your payments and late fees start piling up, call the company right away and arrange a repayment schedule.

One final thought – and this one’s for Mom and Dad: If you have college age kids, talk to them about credit and how to use it wisely. If you have younger ones, consider this: Every time they see you whip out the plastic, they see it as you getting something for nothing. So, show them the other side of the story by letting them open the bill. It’ll teach them the reality of credit card spending.

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Most Dangerous Sport For Women: Cheerleading

www.sportsbybrooks.com

While it may seem like cheerleaders have all the fun by dating Thad the All-State Quarterback or by getting the glory of being named Prom Queen, as the movie “But, I’m a Cheerleader” has shown, there’s a dark underbelly to the all the gum-twirling and general airheadedness. And in some cases, that underbelly is deadly!

According to LIVESCIENCE, cheerleading “is far more dangerous than any other sport” for high school and college women. And that’s even before taking into consideration the daily dangers of riding in elevators or undergoing excrement-based hazing rituals.

Any jerks out there who still fall under the “cheerleading is not a sport” cloud, take a look at some of these gory stats:

High school cheerleading accounted for 65.1 percent of all catastrophic sports injuries among high school females over the past 25 years, according to an annual report released Monday by the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research.

The statistics are equally grim in college, where cheerleading accounted for 66.7 percent of all female sports catastrophic injuries, compared to the past estimate of 59.4 percent.

Less than catastrophic injuries are vastly more common and they occur at much younger ages, too. Children ages 5 to 18 admitted to hospitals for cheerleading injuries in the United States jumped from 10,900 in 1990 to 22,900 in 2002, according to research published in the journal Pediatrics in 2006.

The breakdown:

Strains/sprains: 52.4 percent
Soft tissue injuries: 18.4 percent
Fractures/dislocations: 16.4 percent
Lacerations/avulsions: 3.8 percent
Concussions/closed head injuries: 3.5 percent
Other: 5.5 percent

The new report released Monday found that between 1982 and 2007, there were 103 fatal, disabling or serious injuries recorded among female high school athletes, with the vast majority (67) occurring in cheerleading. The next most dangerous sports: gymnastics (nine such injuries) and track (seven).