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Do You Know .... Oct 9, 2008 9:30 pm
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Do you know when your date is not being truthful?

Do you know when he is spinning a web?

Chances are you're being lied to multiple times a day. It happens not only at work and with your friends and family, but in the intimate arena of love and dating, whether it's a first date or someone you are forming an exciting new relationship with.

Imagine this:

During a 10-minute conversation, people told an average of two to three lies

During a 10-minute conversation, people told an average of two to three lies, and 60 percent of people lied at least once, according to a study conducted by Robert Feldman of the University of Massachusetts.

Telling lies is a normal part of everyday life. People tell small lies to make themselves more likable or to spare other people's feelings.

However, it's when the lying gets out of hand that it becomes harmful to a budding relationship. If someone you are dating repeatedly lies to you for their own personal gain, you need to be aware of it. By becoming a better lie detector, you can prevent others from taking advantage of you, both literally and emotionally.

Here are eight ways to spot a liar:

1. Eyes aflutter. When people lie, their blink rate tends to go up.

2. The eyes have it. Conventional wisdom says that liars don't look you directly in the eye. And sometimes this is the case. However, research shows that practiced liars will actually give you more eye contact than people telling the truth!

3. Frankly, my dear. People who lie often feel the need to draw your attention to their trustworthiness. They may preface statements with words like "honestly," "frankly," and "truthfully." They're also likely to make assertions such as "I would never lie to you" and "I'm not lying."

4. Cool and casual. Most people expect liars to be nervous, but practiced liars know how to act casual while weaving a web. They may have their feet up or be slumped down in a chair as the lies flow.

5. Behind the smile. A liar's smile is different from a truth-teller's smile. According to research, true "enjoyment smiles" are so big and bright that you'll notice a crinkle around the eyes. These authentic smiles last for less than five seconds. The "masking smile," or lie smile, tends to last longer than five seconds, doesn't involve the eyes, has a hint of negative emotion, and may be crooked.

6. Sticking to it.
Good liars stick to the true parts of their story as much as possible and insert lies at key points.
Good liars stick to the true parts of their story as much as possible and insert lies at key points. If you suspect you're being lied to, don't be fooled into thinking that the whole story is true, even if you can confirm that parts of it are true.

7. Derailed by details. Liars often try to divert you from their falsehoods by detailing you to death. They'll get you so bogged down by the minutiae of the story that you lose track of what they're saying or you get tired of listening. Never hesitate to ask for clarification if the story seems confusing or doesn't add up.

8. It's not me, it's you! If you catch someone in a lie, they'll frequently try to turn it back on you. "You must be crazy. I never said that!" or "You must have memory loss because that's not the way it happened."

In order to feel more secure in the relationship, let them know that even though the truth can hurt, you want to deal with things honestly and openly. The truth will ultimately be better than losing trust and being devastated by lies.

The more people lie and get away with it, the more lies they tell.

Stop the cycle by confronting the lies!
By Dating expert Caroline Presno, Ed.D., P.C.C.

What do you do when you suspect someone you're dating is repeatedly lying to you?
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*~* Rosh Hashanah *~* Oct 2, 2008 8:21 pm
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I wanted to wish all of our Jewish Members at FF a Happy Rosh Hashanah (Happy Jewish New Year) which begins Monday night at sundown and ends Wednesday evening.

There is a lesson in Rosh Hashanah which can benefit those of all religions, faiths and creeds. Unlike the secular New Year on January 1st which is celebrated by parties, revelry and the like, the Jewish New Year, and the following ten days to Yom Kippur, is one based on deep reflection, awakening and returning to your roots. For the period of the month before the holiday, it is customary to review your life, both on a personal and spiritual level.

What did you do well?
Where did you falter?
Did you live up to your own expectations, or did you fail miserably?
Were you kind to others and did you give all the charity that you were supposed to the past year?
Was your life in spiritual balance, or did you succumb too often to the material temptations that surround us?

And once one has honestly dealt with himself or herself (“If nothing else”, Hamlet said, . . .”To thine own self be true”) then comes the process called teshuva, which is returning and making a commitment to yourself to fix yourself on all levels.

One comes through this process amazingly refreshed. Rather than feel like you failed in life – as we all have constant and continuous challenges --- one feels freed, as though getting a second chance to start over. It’s like being able to hit the reset button in one’s life, but having the benefit of the lessons learned from the past year to help you improve the next year.

Not forgetting my Muslim friends ~~ Eid Mubarak and may your life be filled with good deeds and happiness.
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Happy Birthday Sir-T Sep 27, 2008 8:06 pm
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Happy Birthday

Dear James

And Many Many Happy Returns

May You Always Have All Your Four-legged Friends With You
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I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore Sep 21, 2008 11:43 pm
Mood: exhausted, 1163 Views
I'm tired of listening to the News!!

For years I always listened or watched the News first thing in the morning. Now, I am just tired of hearing bad news with my morning coffee. I mean, who needs to hear day in day out how many people have died, how many suffer, who killed whom, and one more episode of the U.S. election It's all just too depressing to listen to every morning.

What's the first thing you do when you get up?
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What Sep 15, 2008 5:32 am
Mood: peaceful, 1132 Views
PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:
1. Peace of mind
2. Peace of heart
3. Peace of soul

PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:
1. Squash gossip
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash grumbling
4. Squash selfishness

PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:
1. Lettuce be faithful
2. Lettuce be kind
3. Lettuce be patient
4. Lettuce really love one another

NO GARDEN WITHOUT TURNIPS:
1. Turnip for meetings
2. Turnip for service
3. Turnip to help one another

TO CONCLUDE OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE THYME:
1. Thyme for each other
2. Thyme for family
3. Thyme for friends

Water freely with patience and cultivate with love

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Instructions for Cleaning the Bowl Sep 7, 2008 10:33 am
Mood: naughty, 1302 Views
Instructions for cleaning the toilet:


1. Lift the lid on the toilet and fill it with 1/8 cup of animal shampoo.







2. Take a (any) cat in your arms and stroke it gently while slowly moving in the direction of the toilet.







3. At a suitable moment, throw the cat into the toilet bowl and close the lid quickly and either stand or sit on the lid.







4. The cat will now start the cleaning process and will generate plenty of foam. Do not be concerned about the loud noises coming from the toilet; your cat is enjoying himself/herself.







5. After several minutes flush the toilet to start the "Power-wash" pre-wash and then flush again for the main wash cycle.







6. Ask someone to open the front door and ensure that no-one is between the toilet and the front door.







7. Get off the toilet seat and from a safe distance open the toilet lid quickly. The cat will dry off naturally due to the high speed he/she will be moving from the toilet to the front door.







8. The toilet and the cat are now both clean.

I know I can be mean
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Are you In Love with Your Daddy Sep 3, 2008 10:10 pm
Mood: amused, 1011 Views
PARIS (AFP) - - Men tend to wind up with life partners who look like their mother, while a woman is lured to a partner who looks like her father, scientists reported on Wednesday.



Heterosexuals are deeply attracted to individuals whose faces are similar to that of their opposite-sex parent, they said, suggesting that this characteristic is rooted in an evolutionary drive.

A team led by Tamas Bereczkei at the University of Pecs in Hungary created a model of facial ratios -- width of jaw, distance between mouth and brow and so on -- comprising 14 facial zones.

They measured 312 Hungarian adults from 52 different families using this method. Each family included a couple, along with two sets of parents.

The researchers found a significant correlation in facial similarities between a woman's mate and her father, and also between a man's partner and his mother.

The team tested the model on faces that were randomly selected from the general population and repeated the experiment with a panel of judges, who also picked out the same pairings from randomly selected groups of photos.

Interestingly, men and women focused on different parts of the face when they home in on a potential mate, they found.

A man's lover and his mother tended to have similar fullness in the lips, width of mouth, as well as length and width of jaw.

But for women, the critical features were the distance between mouth and brow, the height of the face, distance between the eyes and the size of a man's nose.

The choices are driven less by psychology and socialisation and more by evolutionary pressures, suggests Bereczkei.

Too much genetic overlap -- as can happen with incest -- is an evolutionary no-no.

But seeking similar genetic traits "may confer individuals with additional adaptive advantages," he wrote.

It could increase the degree to which parents share genes with offspring, enhancing the genetic representation of future generations.

Finding similar partners might also help perpetuate genetic complexes that have evolved to adapt to a particular environment.

There may be an additional bonus, which probably has more to do with happiness than a genetic imperative.

"Human couples who are similar in physical and psychological characteristics are more likely to remain together than dissimilar partners, possibly leading to an increase in fertility," the study concludes.

The research appears in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The Royal Society is Britain's de-facto academy of sciences.

Paris, Thursday 04. Sep.
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Lessons I Learned In My Childhood Sep 2, 2008 8:37 am
Mood: crazy, 978 Views
* No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.



* When your Mom is mad at your dad, don't let her brush your hair.



* If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.




* Never ask your 3-year-old brother to hold a tomato.





* You can't trust dogs to watch your food.



* Reading what people write on desks can teach you a lot.



* Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.



* Puppies still have bad breath even after eating a tic tac.




* Never hold a dustbuster and a cat at the same time.



* School lunches stick to the wall.




* You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.



* Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts. No matter how cute the underwear is.

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Dictionary of a Mother Pt II Aug 28, 2008 7:02 am
Mood: giggly, 969 Views
NAILS: A hard covering on the end of the finger, which Mom can never have a full set of due to pitching for batting practice, opening stubborn modeling clay lids and removing heat ducts to retrieve army men and/or doll clothing.




PANIC: What a mother goes through when that darn wind-up swing stops.



OCEAN: What the bathroom floor looks like after bath night for kids, assorted pets, two or three full-sized towels and several dozen toy boats, cars and animals.



OPEN: The position of children's mouths when they eat in front of company.



OVERSTUFFED RECLINER: Mom's nickname for Dad.



PENITENTIARY: Where children who don't eat their vegetables or clean their rooms eventually end up, according to Mom.




PETS: Small, furry creatures which follow kids home so Mom will have someone else to clean up after.



PIANO: A large, expensive musical instrument which, after thousands of dollars worth of lessons and constant harping by Mom, kids will refuse to play in front of company.



PURSE: A handbag in which Mom carries the checkbook and keys she can never find because they're buried under tissues, gum wrappers, a plastic container full of cereal, toys from a fast-food restaurant, a teddy bear, a football, wallpaper samples, a grocery list and several outdated coupons.



QUIET: A state of household serenity which occurs before the birth of the first child and occurs again after the last child has left for college.




RAINCOAT: Article of clothing Mom bought to keep a child dry and warm, rendered ineffective because it's in the bottom of a locker stuffed in a book bag or because the child refuses to wear "the geeky thing."




REFRIGERATOR: Combination art gallery and air-conditioner for the kitchen.



ROOM MOTHER: A position of great honor and responsibility bestowed on a Mom who inadvertently misses a PTA meeting.



SCHOOL PLAY: Sadistic ritual in which adults derive pleasure from watching offspring stumble through coarse reenactments of famous historic events.



SCREAMING: Home P.A. system.




SNOWSUITS: Warm, padded outer garments that, when completely zipped and snapped, performs two important functions: Protecting children from the cold and reminding them that they have to go to the bathroom.

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SOAP: A cleaning agent Mom puts on the sink on the off-chance one of her kids will accidentally grab it while reaching for the towel.



SPIT: All-purpose cleaning fluid especially good on kids' faces.



SPOILED ROTTEN: What the kids become after as little as 15 minutes with Grandma.



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DIPLOMATS Aug 24, 2008 5:38 am
Mood: relaxed, 1095 Views
"A diplomat... is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip."
- Caskie Stinnett
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