TOP 10s
TOP 10s
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Not sure what’s going on? Here are some clues she’s not happy.

1. She pulls away from your children
2. The credit-card bill is higher
3. She’s gained weight
4. She’s working or drinking more
5. She lets snide comments slip out in conversations with friends
6. You catch her masturbating
7. She’s turned into a vixen
8. She’s turned into a cold fish
9. She’s looking hotter lately
10. She’s more critical of you

According to Men’s Health

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Make these food swaps and look slimmer fast! This jump-start from Prevention was created to reduce water retention, eliminate heavy solids, and relieve gas so you will quickly look and feel lighter.

1- Season Food Differently
Avoid These: Salt, salt-based seasonings, and highly processed foods.

2- Thirsty? Hit the H20
Avoid These-Any carbonated drinks–including diet sodas

3- Cut the Carbs
Avoid These- High-carb foods like bagels, pasta, pretzels, and cereals

4- Shrink Your Fruits and Veggies
Avoid These-Any raw vegetables and fresh fruits

5- Hold the Hot Sauce
Avoid These- Black pepper, nutmeg, cloves, Chili powder, hot sauces, onions, garlic, mustard, barbecue sauce, horseradish, catsup, tomato sauce, vinegar.

6- Chuck the Chewing Gum
Avoid These-Gum

7- Fried Food Fiasco
Avoid These- Anything fried in any way, shape, or form

8- Gassy Veggies
Avoid These- Legumes, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, onions, peppers, and citrus fruits

9- Ditch Diet Foods
Avoid These- Sugar alcohols

10- Steer Clear of Acidic Drinks
Avoid These- Alcohol, coffee, tea, hot cocoa, and acidic fruit juices

According to Prevention

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When you take a trip, these might not be the first places that come to mind, but they definitely add something extra to any vacation. You may even notice Texas takes 4 of the 10 spots- looks like they do quirky like they do big.

1. Toilet Seat Museum
Alamo Heights, Texas

Former plumber Barney Smith has created an ode to the commode, with nearly 900 decorated toilet seat lids displayed in his oversized garage near San Antonio

2. Carhenge
Alliance, Neb.

It’s Nebraska’s answer to Stonehenge.

3. Cadillac Ranch
Amarillo, Texas

Cars sprouting from the earth apparently get high scores on the bizarro meter.

4. Museum of Pez Memorabilia
Burlingame, Calif.

More than 500 types of dispensers of Pez — a candy originally marketed as a mint to help people quit smoking — have hit store shelves since the 1950s.

5. Gatorland
Orlando, Fla.

Feed Florida’s favorite reptile a hot dog or hop on its back for a photo op at this family-owned, 50-year-old theme park and wildlife preserve, home to more than 1,000 alligators — and some crocs, too.

6. Eiffel Tower
Paris, Texas

At 65 feet tall this tower may be shot, but the real Eiffel Tower doesn’t have a cowboy hat on top.

7. House on the Rock
Spring Green, Wis.

Doll houses, automated instruments, a creepy carousel — these are just some of the bazillion things on display at this eccentric abode perched high on a rock.

8. Stonehenge II
Hunt, Texas

Knock offs of Stonehenge and Easter Island’s Jay Leno-looking giant heads (called moais) lurk about 80 miles west of San Antonio.

9. Extraterrestrial Highway
Rachel, Nev.

Lots of purported UFO sightings along Nevada State Highway 375 have earned this lonely stretch of road the name “Extraterrestrial Highway.”

10. Twine Ball
Darwin, Minn.

The world’s largest ball of twine made by one man, Francis A. Johnson, sits in a gazebo in downtown Darwin. Johnson started wrapping the twine in 1950 and kept at it for more than 25 years, which explains how the ball’s 40-foot circumference and weight of 17,400 pounds.

According to Sun Times

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1- Arriving Late
2- Wardrobe Malfunction
3- Talking Politics or Religion
4- Checking Out Other People
5- Bringing Friends (Non Group Date)
6- Getting Too Drunk
7- Being Too Aggressive
8- Being Too Unaggressive
9- Canceling at the Last Minute or Standing Someone Up
10- Dominant Speaker

According to Marie Claire

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2. Opportunity to share your experience with others.

3. Great way to introduce your company to the public.

4. Great way to directly link potential clients to your market.

5. findsolve will advertise for you.

6. Great site for busy people to get answers.

7. Specific solutions for your specific problems.

8. Proven Solutions from across the globe.

9. Great form of direct communication.

10. You can join now and get 6 months free!

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E-mail scams and phishing attempts evolve constantly, hoping to take advantage of the latest trends and current events. Although the e-mails change, the people behind them inadvertently send up the same warning signs again and again. SWITCHED dug through mountains of spam to find the most prevailing trends. Here are some warning signs to help you spot a hustle the next time one lands in your inbox.

1. Requests for personal information
No legitimate organization will ask for your social security, bank account or PIN number via e-mail – and none will include a link, sending you to a form to enter it.

2. Watch for typos or spelling mistakes
Scam artists are street smart, but many flunked basic grammar (or barely speak English).

3. Clickable Web links in e-mails
What might look like a legitimate address is often linked to a third-party site that looks official, but is actually run by thieves and scammers.

4. ‘Market research’ or surveys that ask you for personal information.
You’ll be asked to fill out a survey or enter a contest – requiring you to give personal information or “log on” to your account. Once you’ve done so, the scammers can use it themselves.

5. Stock tips from random people or companies
It’s probably a “pump and dump” scheme. The sender already owns shares – and when you and others act on the “tip,” the stock price soars and he sells fast – leaving you with virtually worthless shares.

6. Attachments in e-mails from anyone you don’t know
It’s almost always a virus or spyware meant to steal your personal information

7. Wordless e-mails
Some legitimate looking “e-mails” are actually just images. The danger with these is that clicking anywhere in the body takes you to a suspect Web site – where you may be fooled into entering personal information, or the scammer may slip spyware onto your machine.

8. Outdated information
Some scammers like to pose as technical- or customer support from a company you associate with – but fail to keep up with current events.

9. Red-flag phrases
If you see the phrases “verify your account,” “you have won the lottery” or “if you don’t respond within XX hours, your account will be closed,” it’s a scam – every time.

10. Generic greetings
While you can’t trust every e-mail that knows your name, you can definitely ignore the ones that start “Dear member” or “Hello friend.”

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1. Jay Leno is a helluva lot more annoying when you’re still wide awake.
2. Allowing one outsize personality to hijack your brand identity is generally not a good idea.
3. If you’re going to suddenly and radically change a large proportion of your product line-up (like, say, 33.3% of your weekday prime-time schedule), there’s — surprise! — going to be a ripple effect on your overall brand.
4. If you’re in media, you’re in a way different business than you were even just five years ago.
5. Time-shifting aside, the basic rhythms of broadcasting may have an almost biological basis.
6. Timing affects perception.
7. It’s dangerous to pretend your brand is something it’s not
8. Cutting back on quality, even in a recession, can be brand suicide.
9. Longevity is not the same as brand loyalty.
10. In a morphing media marketplace, track record means nothing.

According to Adage.com

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Check through this list to avoid forgetting anything important on your next trip.

1. Cell Phone Charger.
Why buy one when you can just pack your own.

2. Program Your Phone.
Add any important information, numbers or addresses to your phone.

3. Passport and Tickets or Itinerary.
All essential to getting on the plane, train, etc.

4. Socks and Accessories.
Men, did you remember your tie? Your cufflinks? Women, your jewelry? Hairbands? Bobby pins? Small purse?

5. A Book.
Always be prepared for a delay.

6. Meds and Potions. Now that you have to pack your lotions and creams and such separately from the rest of your carry-on, it’s easy to forget them altogether. Also, don’t forget your medications — not just prescription. I never go anywhere without Advil, just in case.

7. Pajamas.
You planned something for every other occasion so don’t forget your bedtime outfit.

8. Converters.
If you want to use your electronics remember to pack some converters when going over seas.

9. Gifts. This is a big one for the holidays. Don’t forget the presents!

10. Camera and Accessories.
Remember your camera and the charger and anything else needed so make sure your camera lasts the entire trip.

According to Gadling.com

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Social media occupies so much of our everyday lives why not acknowledge them this Halloween? Here are some great ideas!

1- Balloon Boy
It’s a cool way to get your hoax on this Halloween season a la Falcon Heene, the little boy that caused Twitter and its trending topics to go into overdrive for 2 full days (October 15-16).

2- Facebook
Take a cardboard poster, add your Facebook profile and you not only have a quick and easy costume, you might pick up an extra Facebook friend or two when you’re out trick and treating!

3- Ted.me
Dress up like Ted.me. I don’t know if his ‘personal’ brand is widely known outside of social media circles, but Ted Murphy consistently dons this same attire every time he appears or speaks at social media gathering such as SXSW.

4- The Socially-Connected, Plugged-In Couple
Here are two costumes that both you and your significant-other can wear to show off your social-connectivity.

5- Ashton Kutcher, King of All Social Media
If you want to show up this Halloween as a Kutcher impostor, all you have to do is obtain a crown from Burger King, slap on a printed Kutcher photo and your in business.

6- Social Bookmarking (See photo above)
Digg, Technorati, StumbleUpon, etc are services that allow us to bookmark a lot of what we read and digest today. This sandwich board not only gives them a nod, it actually adds a Halloween treatment to each one of their logos.

7- “Show Us Your Tweets”
A little racy, but doable.

8- Pete Cashmore Pumpkin Head
Pete Cashmore of Mashable was photographed wearing this pumpkin head last year. It’s one of the easiest Social Media Halloween costumes to assemble since it only requires a cut-out pumpkin head and a Pete Cashmore name badge - and voila, you are now the instant founder of one of the top Social Media Blogs in the world.

9- Miley “I Quit Twitter” Cyrus
For all you Miley Cyrus teens out there who sympathize with Hannah Montana’s dilemma of “I’m getting too much attention, so I have to exit Twitter,” you can easily sport some look-alike garb to show you are a fan and possibly an ex-Twitterer yourself!

10- Fail Whale
For anyone who has spent anytime on Twitter, you know how many times you might experience down-time with your buddy, the Fail Whale. This one would take a lot of material to construct, but if you start now, I’m sure you’ll be able meet the Halloween October 31st deadline.

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Here are some ways to make work a happier place for all.

1. Celebrate each “Rubik’s Cube” moment of accomplishment. Share the joy to multiply it.
2. As the bits of the cube start moving, keep communicating and coordinating.
3. Remain positive. Smiling takes fewer muscles than frowning and is contagious. Ignore skeptics unless easily converted.
4. Widen the circle of the informed. Involve people not usually included.
5. Find every supporter a task, however small. Show that you’re working for their goals, too.
6. Negotiate out of demands that don’t contribute to the goal. Keep doing what you must to keep your job, but simplify.
7. Get a Big Name to endorse giving it a try.
8. Discuss the idea informally to find others feeling the same way. Enlist them in the quest. Now they’re counting on you not to let them down. Describe it as an experiment that will benefit others. Incorporate feedback so that others hear their ideas in yours.
9. Be an entrepreneur from anywhere. Even if you don’t start a business (now), imagine starting a project that will improve your current job, workplace, or community.
10. Identify long-term personal purpose. Write a personal mission statement, to review often.

According to Bloomberg.com

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