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Columnist Christopher Elliott has experienced almost every non-Hollywood ending to a vacation you can imagine. They feature, death, destruction and a couple of pink slips. Who better to offer advice on how to avoid sad finales to trips? More: continued here

June 17, 2008 was a huge day in the life and time of America's demented old lefty from Pennsylvania, the dishonorable John Murtha, Democrat, of course. To begin with, this corrupt anti-American celebrated his 76th birthday. How the good people of Pennsylvania have seen fit to elect and reelect this unrepentant fraud over the years should

So what's everyone think of the Yahoo-Google search deal? Let's start with one of Yahoo and Google's Madison Avenue advertising customers: I think its very interesting that Google thought the Yahoo partnership with Microsoft would stifle the market place, yet somehow they don't see the same thing happening in search. Anytime you don't have a true number two it stifles innovation. Right when Ya

~Snooper~It doesn't matter how much funding the Democrat Party gets from the One World Socialist Government proponent George Soros, they have lost the information war. They have lost their seditious America Sucks campaign. They underestimated the Conservatives. Although the Republican Party was once upon a time the bastion of Conservative Thought and is no longer, it doesn't mean that we conservat

My aunt called me the other day, told me that she can get rebate for her car when she renew roadtax. She sound very happy over the phone. i told her, the petrol increase that much, even if they rebate to us, it can't cover the amount that we need to spend on the petrol. We have to pay even more.She told me she only need to pump twice per month, RM 40 each. So after the petrol price increased, inst

Seems Chiranjeevi may have to face the heat of election commission. The State Information Minister, Anam Ramnarayan Reddy, has ignited the fire this time. Speaking to the media at Tirupathi, the Minister demanded the Election Commission to initiate action against Chiranjeevi. The reason is posing for photographs at a polling booth in Jubilee Hills on 29th May and passing pro-party comments.I

Former television star Mischa Barton is fueling reports she is unhappy with her new picture You And I, after reportedly refusing to promote it.The actress initially sparked media rumors of her dissatisfaction when she failed to attend the film’s premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in France earlier this month. She insisted then she [...]

The BBC is reporting that Members of the Russian Communist party have called for the new Indiana Jones film to be banned in the county because they say it distorts history. Moscow Communist official Andrei Andreyev said: “It is very disturbing if talented directors want to provoke a new Cold War.” Steven Spielberg starting a new Cold War!? [...]

The GTA 4 actor who voiced Niko Bellic in Rockstars latest hit videogame is said to be unhappy for only getting paid $100,000 for 15 months work. Rockstar has made $600 million since the game was released and the voiceover actor Michael Hollick thinks its unfair to be paid so little - “it’s tough, when [...]

This woman has the power to make fashion statements or discard them and is one half of a British power couple known as ‘The Beckhams’. Three strapping lads, a million dollar bank account, an elite friend circle and a fashion label… … so why does Victoria Beckham aka Posh always look so glum? The answer may lie in the various face surgery jobs she is rumored to have time and again to

I can’t think of anyone else so desperate to not go to Regina, that they’d light their plane on fire. That’s pretty sick. Saskatoon on the other hand… KIDDING! I’m KIDDING.

Me on that TRS-80 color computer at age 13 I’ve been programming and working on computers since I was 12 years old. I saw my first computer (a TRS-80 Model III) at a neighbor’s home and immediately found it one of the most fascinating things I had ever seen. So fun in fact, while [...]

  Is there trouble in paradise for Tyra and her banker boyfriend?? The former supermodel turned Tv mogul was spooted in Soho NYC shopping with boyfriend John Utendahl…Shopping with your man is supposed to be fun but Tyra didnt look happy at all and kept walking her face down…Ummm…We wonder??? Maybe John had just told her he didn’t [...]

I ran into an old poll by Pew yesterday. It was about the issue of happiness. It was done in 2006, but they tell me that these indicators have existed long before and presumably still apply. The headline is that Republicans are happier than Democrats, or more precisely, conservatives are happier than liberals. I was puzzled, [...]

Canadian singer Alanis Morissette, who used to be engaged to actor Ryan Reynolds, is reportedly not taking the whole Reynolds/Scarlett Johansson engagement too well. Understandably, since she’s known for being angry, and you just know that when she poses the question, “are you thinking of me when you f*ck her?” Ryan’s answer is probably no. Popular: 1 d

Taxi Drivers in Koforidua have expressed disappointment with the government’s frequent increase in petroleum prices.  This is because transport fares and prices of basic necessities such as food are on the increase.  A cross-section of drivers expressed these sentiments in an interview with Radio Ghana in Koforidua.  The Jumapo station Manager John Sarpong said from January to this Month fuel prices have been increased three times making the job of determination of fares.  He said because of the increase in fuel prices, passengers do not patronize taxi cabs.  They prefer using the Metro Mass Transport buses.  He said fuel prices increased from GHC5.10 per gallon to GHC5.30 and is now five Ghana cedi 30 pesewas a gallon.  Mr. (...)

Catholic parishes that allow cross-dressing homosexuals to play female saints in the Santa Cruz de Mayo procession were told by Cardinal Rosales, Archbishop of Manila, they were deliberately insulting the Virgin Mary. The Santaxruzan procession is a major event in the Philippinesand most parishes organize elaborate processions. Over the years the processions have shifted from [...]

It’s only been a day since Microsoft Corp announced that it was withdrawing the proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc, now today we see Yahoo’s Stock fall sharply, although this was expected. In the early trading today we could see Yahoo stock drop as much as 19 percent, but the current $23 is still more than [...]

Here is an internal friction among mega fans. They are unhappy because of 'Parugu' release at wrong time. They say that the film should release after 'Jalsa' turns 50 days. But now 'Parugu' is released to vie with 'Jalsa'. Hence the mega fans people those are sympathetic to Pawan Kalyan are finding it uneasy to see 'Parugu' releasing this soon.We have to see how far Parugu affects Jalsa. The initial report of 'Parugu' that has come out is with mixed appeal. Courtesy:greatandhra

Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post, in an exclusive interview with Jets tight end Chris Baker, has learned that Baker finds it hard that the team wants him here after failing to renegotiate his contract and trading up to grab tight end Dustin Keller in the draft. Baker on the contract situation… “I’m angry about [...]

Some car importers have threatened to file claims about the recent decision by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to raise the car import tax, Decision No 17, as the immediate effect of the decision has pushed them to the wall. “MOF’s decision has made a surprise attack on us,” car importers told mass media. Under the current laws, all legal documents promulgated by ministries, including MOF,

Many of the leading Formula One drivers are said to be unhappy with the decision to ban tyre warmers in 2009. Michael Schumacher has now voiced his views on the ban after testing on slicks for the first time with Ferrari at Barcelona on Wednesday and said that any decision on the matter must be taken [...]

G7 sees difficult time, unhappy with currency swings Anxiety doesn’t stay behind closed doors; more bumps ahead, Paulson says By Greg Robb, MarketWatch Last Update: 8:06 PM ET Apr 11, 2008 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The top economic officials of the wealthy Group of Seven nations said Friday that the global economy faces “a difficult period” with a raft of woes that [...]

Magazine bosses at over-50s publication AARP have hit back at reports Jamie Lee Curtis was unhappy with her "topless" cover shot for the new issue of the publication, insisting comments the actress made on Oprah have been misconstrued. The Perfect star appeared on the TV show on Monday and appeared to be shocked by the publicity generated by the magazine cover shot.[...] Read more!

Around half of the UK’s broadband users are less than chuffed with the service they’re getting from their Internet providers, despite improved speeds and cheaper deals. According to a survey by the price comparison service uSwitch, punters are having a good old moan about their broadband service, even though high-speed connections are both cheaper and faster than before. About 15 million customers shell out £3bn for their broadband connectivity every year, but the survey of nearly 11,000 broadband customers discovered that an estimated four million customers are not happy with their service provider, while the users of four out of nine companies are less happy than they were last year. Moreover, the gap between the companies perceived as best and worst providers is wide

I never imagined I’d hear myself saying this, but maybe ditching Windows Mobile, no matter how horrible the battery life, was a bad decision on my part. While I couldn’t get enough of my Treo 700p when I first bought it, after loading office apps, VNC, SSH, a decent e-mail client, and struggling to find [...]

The curse has returned Gone nearly three years with just one Aunt Flo visit Men.  This is your cue to leave promptly.  Quietly shut your browser and pretend you were never here.  Please return again tomorrow when I promise to talk about something ELSE like boobies or trucks. So hello ladies!  It’s just us today, feel free to look [...]

Came across this interesting article from Guy Kawasaki , showing a list of 20 most happy countries through a world map of happiness. Here u go ,1. Denmark2. Switzerland3. Austria4. Iceland5. The Bahamas6. Finland7. Sweden8. Bhutan9. Brunei10. Canada11. Ireland12. Luxembourg 13. Costa Rica14. Malta15. The Netherlands16. Antigua and Barbuda17. Malaysia18. New Zealand19. Norway20. The Seychelles Some notable countries which u don't see in the list , USA (23), France (62), China (82) Japan (90), India (125). Interesting ya, do u belongs to any of them? Welaine do, but mainly because we choose to lead a happy life rather than because of where we are from. :)~ This is merely just a study, but the most important thing is how you choose to spend you day or ur lives ..happily or unhappily ?~

-Day 85.- The following post may contain material that is offensive to mothers. While I do not apologize for the words you’re about to read, I do want to make sure you do not live near me when you read them.You know, on the off chance you’d like to come over and get all in my face for talking smack about your offspring. Before you read on, you must answer this question.How long would it take you to get to Chicago?If your answer is “an hour or more”, you may read on.If your answer is “I’m standing outside your door right now!”Let me prepare my attack dog Tazzer The Ferocious before you read this post. (I prepare him by showing him pictures of you and then saying “They’re coming to give you a bath!” nothing makes him angrier than being clean. Except maybe being petted. An

Sarah Jessica Parker, the "Sex and the City" actress, revealed that both she and her husband Matthew Broderick were upset when they found out that Maxim magazine has voted her as the "unsexiest woman in the world".Pagesix.com reports Parker saying: "It’s so brutal in a way, so filled with rage and anger. It upset him (Broderick), because it has to do with his judgement too." She added: "Do I have big fake boobs, Botox and big lips? No. Do I fit some ideals and standards of some men writing in a men’s magazine? Maybe not! Am I really the unsexiest women in the world? Wow! It’s kind of shocking. It’s condemnation and it’s insane. What can I do? I guess you can’t please all people." Runners up on the infamous list inc

Some Singapore HDB residents unhappy despite freeze on S&C charges  They feel rates are too high compared with charges for condo residents By Mavis Toh  THE 14 town councils under the People’s Action Party are all freezing their service and conservancy (S&C) rates, but some HDB residents still feel the charges are too high. Mr Richard Lim, 42, lives [...]

Singer Ashlee Simpson has confessed an operation to change the shape of her nose has not made her any prettier.The 23-year-old insists she hated her image before undergoing a rhinoplasty operation to correct her misshapen nose in 2006.But Simpson admits the surgery has not improved her looks.She tells Us magazine, “(Plastic surgery) is something [...]

Breast augmentation reversal is highlighted in a yet another story about a high-profile celebrity plastic surgery. The infamous model, Jordan aka Katie Price, wants to have another breast surgery just to please her husband, yesteryear music poster boy Peter Andre. Jordan had a breast augmentation surgery earlier which gave her massive 34 GG breasts. The big size understandably gave her much discomfort and she blamed them for ‘ruining’ her sex life with her husband. Her breasts apparently hang too low when standing and are even worse when lying down. Stories like these are enough to make people think twice before going in for a breast augmentation surgery or breast reduction surgery. But there is one important factor that plastic surgery hopefuls should pay attention to. The c

Hayden Christensen of Star Wars fame is unhappy with the overwhelming ambition in Hollywood to get ahead. Sourecs quoted him as saying,"I would say I have an ambition, but not an ambition that fits with any sort of greater endeavour, you know? You might achieve a lot but I gauge it by the experience I have on set. It's such a struggle to protect your integrity and dignity in this industry.""They really want to attack your morality and your beliefs. They need you to give up a certain part of yourself before they'll initiate you into 'stardom'. I've always been kind of a hermit. I find my joy in the little things they want to take away from me. Prior to all this, I took pleasure from being the observer. Now I'm the observed," he said.The actor has bought a farm and is busy setting it up."I g

By David Streitfeld - The New York Times CARLSBAD, Calif. — Marty Ummel believes she paid too much for her house. So do millions of other people who bought at the peak of the housing boom. What makes Ummel different is that she is suing her agent, saying it was all his fault. Ummel claims that the agent [...]

I’ve got home from my parents’ just now. I’ve had a fantastic birthday, Christmas and New Year. I was with my small, but entire family, Patti’s family, my cats and my friends. In fact, I enjoyed my two-week break so much I’m sitting here in my house in London feeling genuinely home-sick. It’s the longest I’ve spent visiting the family since I moved from Buxton and I think it had a very moving effect. Of course, I’m sure it’ll pass while I’m in Las Vegas for CES - something I leave for the day after tomorrow - but it’s nonetheless on my mind that despite having everything I could possibly want right now, I miss my home town to the extent that I didn’t want to leave today. I’ve got loads of photos to upload soon, but I’m going to do them over a coffee in the morn

The award for weirdest showbiz story of the day has to go to oddball couple Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. Contactmusic.com reports that the pair has agreed on a suicide pact - so they can face their mortality and kick the bucket, as...

Madhuri Dixit is making her come back with Anil Mehta’s Movie Aaja Nachle but she seems to be very unhappy with the movie. It is said that the movie didn’t turn out to be what Madhuri had expected and this made Madhuri go Mad, adding more to it Madhuri’s important scene was cut off from the movie and when she saw the movie she was very angry with the director for cutting off her scene. Madhuri

News Flash - “Slash Suing Real Estate Agent for Allegedly Lying About Dream House” Clearwater, FLorida -Yes, this is the headline for a news article that I read today, and if you would... The complete article is found on my website blog www.SandbarsToSunsets.com specializing in the bluest backyards in the Tampa Bay area

10. Spend your first quiet morning hours checking your stats to see who was not reading your blog at 2:18 a.m. When you’re done, check 4:47 a.m. and 1:31 a.m. too. 9. Read the blog feeds for the exact idea you wanna write about. Then decide all of the good ideas have already been done, because you know that few seconds ago someone took the last one. 8. Keep your mind focused on all of the things you have to do - like a TO DO list and focus on little time you have in hand to take care of all of them. Think about you are behind in getting them done and would not be possible now. 7. Don’t prioritize or make a plan for posting. 6. Answer every email, important or not, as soon as you get it. While you’re there, think of the ones you might write and write them before you do anything else. 5. If you finish with email and it’s still the same day, read other blogs that have no relationship to yours. 4. As you read and comment on blogs, notice how better other blogs are developed or post

Generalities Acne -or what we describe in a familiar language as “inflorescence” of pimples of different shapes and sizes, distressing or not, passer-by or not- is a skin affection which hides both internal and external causes. A thing is true- pimples appear and turn worse in the most unsuitable moments, reflectingin this way his negative effects [...]

Generalities Acne -or what we describe in a familiar language as “inflorescence” of pimples of different shapes and sizes, distressing or not, passer-by or not- is a skin affection which hides both internal and external causes. A thing is true- pimples appear and turn worse in the most unsuitable moments, reflectingin this way his negative effects [...]

More dirt has emerged regarding the Apple/Universal deal that turned rotten. According to an article in Variety, the deal went south when NBC Universal wanted to raise the price of hot properties like "Heroes" by a dollar, to $2.99, in addition to requesting a cut of Apple's hardware profits. On both counts, Apple refused. And the head honcho of NBC Universal, Jeff Zucker, was none too happy: "

For some parents, the scariest part of Halloween is the candy. Within moments of eating concentrated sugar, many children start behaving erratically. True, their behavior is related to the excitement of the event whether it's Halloween or a birthday party or a visit from Easter Bunny. But it is also true that artificial colorings and additives can increase a child's hyperactive behaviors. "In a landmark study published in The Lancet, commonly used artificial food colorings and the preservative sodium benzoate have been strongly linked to hyperactivity in children, triggering renewed vigor in the decades-long campaign by activists to ban artificial food additives from food marketed to children. 'We now have clear evidence that mixtures of certain food colours and benzoate preservative can adversely influence the behaviour of children.' said Dr. Jim Stevenson, lead author of the study." So, what's a parent to do on the biggest junk food day of the year? • If at all possi

Dario Franchitti was not too disappointed following a 32nd place finish on his Busch Series debut, claiming he learned a lot from his third stock car outing for Chip Ganassi Racing. The Scot had a very good qualifying which backed up his strong pace in practice. (Read the full post about ‘NASCAR: Franchitti not unhappy with debut’…)

Mika-Yerevan girls' team trainer Ashot Vardpetyan talked to Armenian press: "This year, as compared to other years, the flags of victorious countries were not raised". The coach doesn't rule out the possibility of this happening due to the fact that Armenia was one of the countries which earned a...

According to a recent study by The Barna Group in which 16-29 year-olds were surveyed, the reputation of Christianity has declined considerably in just a decade. This finding holds for both non-Christian and Christian youth. Evidently, young people are increasingly skeptical of this ancient religion. Excellent news if you ask me.This article is worth a read, but here are some highlights:"16- to 29-year-olds exhibit a greater degree of criticism toward Christianity than did previous generations when they were at the same stage of life.""...today’s young non-Christians are eight times less likely to experience positive associations toward evangelicals than were non-Christians of the Boomer generation...""...91% of the nation’s evangelicals believe that 'Americans are becoming more hostile and negative toward Christianity.'""Common negative perceptions [of Christianity by non-Christians] include that present-day Christianity is judgmental (87%), hypocritical (85%), old-fashioned (78

New Construction! Love it!!! I get involved in a lot of new construction in my area and I wanted to share interesting techniques with you.My sister is building a home and these photos are of the process.These walls are Foam stacked together kind of like "LEGO's" easy enough right?Notice the steel construction to support the next level. This is obviously built into a hillside.This level will have radiant heating tubes installed prior to pouring the cement floor!Notice this is ground level?This type of construction is energy efficient and extremely strong. By the way this home is in California (think earthquake safety)! But these techniques are being used all over. Some additional data you might find interesting:The walls end up being 12 inches thick (4"of Styrofoam and 8" of cement)The walls are rated as a 4 hour fire wallThere will be cement planks on the outside (hardi-planks) for additional insulationThe beams are steel and the windows are aluminum s

Things just got a little bit more unsettling for the Atlanta Falcons and especially team owner Arthur Blank.  Before Friday night’s game between the Falcons and the Buffalo Bills, Blank would not specifically address what his intentions are towards embattled quarterback Michael Vick, telling Steve Wyche of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “As facts come out, we will absorb the facts, study the facts, research them and then we’ll move very decisively.  Today’s developments are very distressing.” Also troubling Blank was the fact that Virginia Commonwealth Attorney Gerald Poindexter declared that he intends to pursue state charges against Vick and possibly others for allegedly staging dogfights and executing dogs on Vick’s property in Surry County, VA.  Blank’s next statement, at least to me, tells me something more about him than Michael Vick: ”You think you know somebody for six years and you find out another side of thei

We are sure Britney Spears makes these faces on purpose to ruin the paparazzi shots, but we swear we see sadness in her eyes and it looks like it’s rubbing off on little Jayden. Britney is still trying to play good mom by taking the kids out to dinner almost everynight instead of spending quality time with at home. Do Beverly Hills eateries even have kids menus?

The unfortunately resurrected church in Russia continues its steady and uncompromising march back towards the Dark Ages. Last week, Orthodox mouthpiece Vsevolod Chaplin spouted some of his usual ugly nonsense (this clown pops up in the news from time to time whenever the church has another bit of reactionary dogma to inflict on the Russian people, faithfully delivering the lines given to him by the tribe of talking beards lurking sinisterly somewhere in the dark behind him), calling for schools to "teach religious principles and moral values," and we all know what that means: His remarks come after 10 leading academics wrote to President Vladimir Putin last month to protest the introduction of a class on Orthodox Christian culture. The group also opposed an initiative to give universities the power to award degrees in theology. "The scientific viewpoint cannot be a state ideology," Chaplin told journalists at a discussion between clerics and scientists. "It never made anybody happy an

Wife made an appointment to talk with Religious Leader at the chapel. I had already talked to him about a month ago when Wife was pretty paranoid, just to give him a heads up, and now I’m glad I did. Wife told me a few times today that “I’m fine. I just need to sleep.” Of course, that’s a big red flag that she is not all right. I dropped Wife off at the church at 19:00, expecting her to be finished within an hour, but she didn’t call me to pick her up for almost 2 hours. I was dying to know what she had to talk to him about but she wouldn’t say. Of course, I knew the basics. She probably told him about me having affairs and children with other women, and she probably told him that my family blames her for my mom’s death. Just the normal ridiculous things. When Wife got in the car she ripped up her “checklist” of things to talk to Religious Leader about and threw it into the car garbage bag. Later I dug it out and taped it toge

Kimi Raikkonen admitted he was unhappy with the handling of his Ferrari after setting only the sixth fastest time on the opening day of practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix.The Finn wasn’t too concerned at this early stage, however – although he said the team has a lot of work to do overnight.“I am not very happy with the handling of my car in these two sessions and obviously we have a lot to do in order to improve,” he said.“But this is only Friday and there is no point in making a drama out of it as far as qualifying and the race are concerned.“I wasn’t able to get a really clear picture of the performance of the two types of tyre, especially on the first lap, firstly because of traffic and secondly because of that quick short shower.”By contrast, team-mate Felipe Massa was much more upbeat about Ferrari’s competitiveness, despite lapping slightly slower than Raikkonen and going off-course in the closing stages of the afternoon session.“Overall, I am happy with t

LG Pete Kendall is not a happy camper at Eric Mangini’s training camp. Despite demanding to be traded or released months ago, Kendall was in attendance for the first day of Jets training camp. Kendall ran with the second team and spent a considerable amount of time by himself watching the offensive starters go through drills. $Money$ is the reason Pete Kendall is so upset but is also the reason he decided to attend camp. First of all, Kendal wants a $1.0 million pay increase from his current salary of $1.7 million. Kendall said that they are not even in negotiations and he demanded to be traded again. He told the Associated Press, “I don’t understand why I’m still here. I’ve clearly expressed that I don’t want to be here. I’m running with the second team. It’s seemingly devolved into a personal thing. I show up and I’m assigned to the rookie dorm. I don’t get that.” Kendall spoke with the team manager and head coach Mang

Me: “Kathy Griffin hosted the gay porn awards Me:  “Kathy Griffin hosted the gay porn awards!”   The Husband:  “Yeah, so.”   Me:  “I can’t believe there is even such a thing as the gay porn awards.  How come I’ve never seen it?”   The Husband:  “Because they probably don’t televise it.”   Me:  “How can they televise the four hour snooze fest that is the Oscars and pass over the freaking gay porn awards!  I would totally watch the gay porn awards!  In fact, not only would I watch it, I’d record it and watch it again.”   The Husband:  “You would?  Why?”   Me:  “Because they must be fantastic…no, wait…FABULOUS!”   The Husband:  “Not all gay things are fabulous.”   Me:  “Oh no.  This would be fabulous.”   The Husband:  “I wonder what would happen if I searched Google for gay porn awards…”   Me:  “Do it!  I want to know if they’r

I'm very unhappy today. I'm not entirely sure why, but I'm just not happy. There's a lot weighing on my mind right now. Am I ever going to start eating healthy again and stick to it? Can I lose this extra weight? Was getting into another relationship right now such a good idea? Am I ready for that or not? What is it I really want right now? Am I working too much?I know, I'm worrying excessively. Still, I feel awful. I feel ugly. I wish I could go back to when I was happy. Will I ever feel that way again?I just wish I knew why I felt this way. If there was a concrete cause... I might be able to do something about it. But there's nothing I can do right now except ride it out. Riding out yet another storm.

In what some might see as sour grapes, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has said that he is not enjoying the 2007 Formula One World Championship. "I don’t like it much," he told journalists at a special event in Maranello marking the 60th anniversary of the manufacturer, "I don’t like it for many reasons. "They need to change the rules on overtaking," he continued, "I don’t like the rules on the safety car that seemed to play roulette in Monte Carlo. I don’t more…

  The National Football League’s TV rights holders, who pay a combined $3 billion annually to air its games, are angry with the league for not doing more to get its official sponsors to advertise in the Super Bowl, Media Week reports.  Airing out feelings that have been festering for a number of years now, the networks say the NFL has made it clear that the increased difficulty in selling ads in the Super Bowl is their problem.  The networks grumble that official sponsors of the other professional sports leagues are more active in advertising in big, post-season events like Major League Baseball’s World Series and the National Basketball Association Finals than NFL sponsors are in the Super Bowl.  During the most recent Super Bowl telecast on CBS, only six of the NFL’s 21 official sponsors ran ads. (Official sponsor Coors cannot run in the Super Bowl because Anheuser-Busch has exclusive rights in the beer category.) Network executives, none of whom would speak for fear of att

A recent study on Michigan’s housing market found that a majority of homeowners in the Detroit metro area are “unsatisfied” with their untraditional mortgage products and plan to refinance in a traditional fixed-rate note. The latest RE/MAX Housing study that surveyed homeowners in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Monroe counties found that 67% of residents are considering changes to their current adjustable rate mortgage A fixed-rate mortgage is most often set for a term of 15 or 30 years, and the interest rate stays the same for the duration of the loan. An ARM, which often runs for terms of three to five years, offers an interest rate that is generally lower than a fixed-rate at the beginning, but usually increases significantly at the end of the term. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, nearly 25% of mortgages, or 10 million, carry adjustable interest rates. And about one in five homeowners with a high interest, or sub prime, ARM was at least 30 days late in payment at t

AP - Jun 5, 4:10 pm EDT More Photos CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NFL union head Gene Upshaw has never been one to hide his emotions. An ex-NFL player thinks this time he’s gone too far. Hall of Famer Joe DeLamielleure said he takes literally remarks Upshaw made that he’d like to “break his … damn neck” “He is the head of a union. He has the wherewithal to do it,” DeLamielleure said Tuesday. Upshaw made the comments last week to the Philadelphia Daily News. DeLamielleure, a former more…

CINCINNATI — Deltha O’Neal isn’t happy that Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis criticized him for missing a voluntary workout last month, the latest challenge for a cornerback trying to prolong his career.   The 30-year-old cornerback insisted at the start of minicamp Friday that he would keep his starting job, even though the Bengals used their first-round pick on Michigan cornerback Leon Hall in April. “Everybody wants to be the starting corner,” said O’Neal, who avoided more…

A recent survey indicated that out of 5000 Males participants 38% were “unhappy to miserable” with their current sleeping arrangement! Of course in typical manly fashion, they blamed their partners for this! My wife likes a firm mattress, but I prefer one of those new visco foam beds,” said one caller from Queens. Another caller from Manhattan said, “My girlfriend really worked hard on setting up our new place. I thought I could just live with this, but I can’t.” “Men and women have different needs in bed, particularly when one partner may have a health issue like back pain, or an allergic reaction to a type of bedding material,” said 1800mattress.com Senior Vice President of Merchandising and Retail John O’Connell. “This was not a mainstream problem 10 or 15 years ago, because there was little choice in the type or style of mattress available, anyway. So the male partner in bed just put up with a less than adequate night&rsqu

When it was announced that in 2007 teams would no longer be able to use three drivers in Friday practice sessions, it was clear that this would have an impact on up and coming drivers, robbing them not only of an opportunity to gain F1 knowledge, but also the chance to strut their stuff in front of the assembled team bosses. Then came the change to the testing rules, which stated that teams could only use one car, and that mileage would be restricted. As predicted, this has come as more…

Kimi Raikkonen has admitted that qualifying has been the crucial difference between himself and his Formula One rivals thus far this season. The Finnish driver, currently on 22 points in the drivers’ championship, is the joint-leader alongside the McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and new British sensation Lewis Hamilton. Despite this, Raikkonen believes he should be ahead of the other drivers. "We picked up a lot of points, but we could have done even more…

Surprising, yet true, according the research by Cambridge University based on data from the annual European Social Survey. Greece and Portugal also languished near the bottom of the happiness league. Top were the Danes, followed by Finns and the Irish. Photo by Antikris Just goes to show that it could be a fallacy to think you’d be happier if you lived in a sunnier, hotter climate? Are you happy with your country of residence. I like living in the UK. that’s not to say that there isn’t room for improvement.

One question I ask my students is: If you could be richer, smarter, or better looking, which one would you be? Many say "better looking" though I think the real number is higher (especially amongst the girls as they constantly see the prettier girls get to do more stuff), but many students are embarrassed to say. So, what's with some of the most envied beauties attempting suicide or otherwise engaging in behavior which leads one to conclude they're not happy? We've got Halle, Britney, Anna Nicole, and Lohan. I'm sure you can name another 20. It's a subject worth exploring sometime. All of these women are or were unhappy at one time despite having been constantly told how beautiful they were.

Five years. It hardly seems possible that we've been at war with Iraq for that long. Five years ago my babies were still babies. My oldest had just turned four and my youngest had celebrated his first birthday only a few months prior. Our little nuclear family had just moved into the new house and hadn't even had a chance to do more than upack the boxes we had brought with us. The first

A chapter in the book “Be your own therapist” explores this idea of why parents are immediately labelled bad parents if their children do not get what they want. The author’s idea is that children use manipulative behaviour to get their own way and parents shouldn’t fall for it. The author believes that life is full of people not getting what they want and that children need to learn this even if that means they will be unhappy.“Giving in to the manipulative tantrum, on the other hand, sets them up for future unhappiness and tendencies toward violence.”To some extent I would say this is true. However, many would argue that this sets them up to not having the right attitude to succeed in life. If a child fails to achieve something first time around they shouldn’t feel sad or forced to feel unhappy but should try again with a new frame of mind.

The rates of suicide, imprisonment and emotional dysfunction among highly intelligent people are much higher than for the average. Many are socially and emotionally underdeveloped or maldeveloped. Read on to learn why.http://billallin.comread more | digg story

The rates of suicide, imprisonment and emotional dysfunction among highly intelligent people are much higher than for the average. Many are socially and emotionally underdeveloped or maldeveloped. Read on to learn why. http://billallin.com read more | digg story

Chinese unhappy with Chelsea Chelsea's efforts to raise their profile in the Far East were dealt a blow yesterday when they were forced to deny claims made by the Chinese Olympic team - five days... This is the summary only, please visit my website to check all my videos.

Rocco di Pippo of the Autonomist blog has been in Iraq recently, and reports that for women there, equality has still not been achieved: In terms of material resources, Iraq is poised to take its place among the earth's most prosperous nations. But, as is case in Saudi Arabia, it will never happen until women in Iraq are treated equal to men. For a start, they should be treated better than dogs. Iraq's society appears to be structured and dictated by oppressive, frightened men, many of whom use the Koran to justify the subjugation and destruction of women. Men whose false "respect" for women is rooted in total fear of them and their sexuality. Men who control and manipulate every single aspect of women's lives. Where are the Western "progressive" women's groups when you need them? Why are most Western feminists and feminist groups silent when it comes to the terrible plight of Iraq's oppressed women? They have turned their backs on those who truly need liberating, preferring ins

A Maitland taxi driver says local police failed to respond to his calls for help after he was attacked by a passenger with an iron bar. John Magin says the incident happened on New Year’s Eve after a dispute with three passengers over the non-payment of a fare. He says one of them swung the bar at [...]

Back in school, I used to learn in Civics classes (thats political science classes for you Americans) about the diversity in our country. Now, this article takes that "diversity" to a whole new level. "Indian men are unhappy", says the article. Well, this article made me happy, in the sense that I know I'm not alone in contending with the agony of "the sizes"."Mr Puri said that since Indians would be embarrassed about going to a chemist to ask for smaller condoms there should be vending machines dispensing different sizes all around the country", the article says half way through. Yeah right. But what about the guy standing behind me in the queue (line/row for you Americans) watching over my shoulder?"It's not size, it's what you do with it that matters. From our population, the evidence is Indians are doing pretty well," the article quotes Sunil Mehta, the editor of Maxim, as saying. Indeed. Maybe we did it a bit too well; our population is all set to overtake China by 2050. And no

Spiritual Surprise? "Occasionally I know things that others don't" "I was raised Catholic, lapsed in my teens and early twenties, then came back to the Church because I read that many Catholics didn't believe in the Real Presence. I didn't understand what that meant, so I set out to find out. I've been told "never [...]

It's always nice to know who your friends are. John Kerry might once have turned to former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe for support, but since McAuliffe is an ally of the Clintons, a cooling of his relationship with Kerry might be expected. As Associated Press reported (here on Washington's WTOP), McAuliffe's memoir of his political career includes a scathing attack on Kerry's 2004 Presidential campaign. "McAuliffe calls the Kerry campaign gun-shy, incompetent and distracted from the mission of defeating a more organized Bush campaign," says AP. "McAuliffe said the Massachusetts senator's presidential campaign was so afraid of offending swing voters that it didn't defend his record and backed away from criticizing Bush at critical turns." AP quotes McAuliffe as describing Kerry's reluctance to attack Bush as "one of the biggest acts of political malpractice in the history of American politics." Stop pulling your punches, Terry - tell us what you re

Another day, another opportunity for the babbling pools of acid that make up the Spice Girls to have a bitchy falling out. This time, it's the turn of Victoria Beckham, who is reportedly furious at Geri Halliwell's plans to sing a medley of her own solo hits, which would ...

If you haven't already, you will encounter unhappy, difficult, and unpleasant customers. Handling these customers can be a challenge, but if approached in a proper manner, you will benefit from the experience.