| Online social clubs prove beneficial to moms
The pickup lines are the same. But they're delivered with a mommy twist."Do you come here (the playground) often?""Do you want to come to my place, or shall we go to yours?"Mothers of young children, who a few years ago may have been looking for Mr. Right in a bar, now are seeking Mrs. Right and her kids in between the swings and the slides at the local playground.Women also are going online to find moms who match their personality and interests, much like singles use an online dating service."You scope 'em out," says Magalie Belanger, 31, about prospective mommy-friends in Helena, Mont. "You see how they deal with their children, and with yours."It's like dating, but the dates are with other moms and their children. While the kids play, hopefully without tantrums or biting, the moms are free to talk about the things they have in common, from the lofty subjects of religion and politics to the more practical topics of teething and diaper rash."Women, they want someone else who is going through the same thing," says Drury Sherrod, a Los Angeles social psychologist who studies friendship.Often, that can mean seeking out other women in the same trimester of pregnancy or whose children are similar in age, he says.Kate Harmon, 41, of Concord, Mass., recalls how 10 years ago she fell into the perfect support group while her husband was a graduate student in Boston.
The meeting of like moms
Women also are going online to find moms who match their personality and interests, much like singles use an online dating service."You scope 'em out," says Magalie Belanger, 31, about prospective mommy-friends in Helena, Mont. "You see how they deal with their children, and with yours."It's like dating, but the dates are with other moms and their children. While the kids play, hopefully without tantrums or biting, the moms are free to talk about the things they have in common, from the lofty subjects of religion and politics to the more practical topics of teething and diaper rash."Women, they want someone else who is going through the same thing," says Drury Sherrod, a Los Angeles social psychologist who studies friendship.Often, that can mean seeking out other women in the same trimester of pregnancy or whose children are similar in age, he says.Kate Harmon, 41, of Concord, Mass., recalls how 10 years ago she fell into the perfect support group while her husband was a graduate student in Boston.
McCain surges in crucial Tuesday races; Clinton and Obama will battle ...
World harmony, not only in political or military sense, but also in most other important aspects, economic, social, cultural, spiritual, etc. should be taken into consideration and application. After almost 8 years insane policy under Bush, the US is now in a very difficult period, as everyone knows. Obama cannot bring miracles, empty promises will turn out to be huge disappointments. Illusions cannot solve US problems. .
Ask Amy: Parents' sex question irks college coed
Dear Amy: I am a university student in my 20s. I've always had an honest relationship with my parents. If I start dating someone, they're involved in the relationship in the typical "concerned parent" role. I'm OK with this because they don't overstep boundaries. But like any parents, they're concerned with whether I'm having sex. I'm a virgin, so I can still give a truthful parent-approved response. However, my current relationship might be headed toward a sexual relationship. Should that happen, I intend to make the safest and most well-informed decisions possible. I don't know how I should deal with the "sex question." My parents don't discuss their sex life with me (thank God), and I don't want to discuss mine with them. I really don't like the idea of lying to them, but I also believe that it isn't anyone else's business.
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When asked about the outburst of President Clinton against Chris Wallace of Fox News over the pursuit of Osama bin Laden, Kennedy smiled and said, "I kind of liked what Clinton said." Applause. He thought that if Hilary Clinton were elected president, she was up to it. Student questions With the remaining time, students asked questions at the four mike stations. One was about the validity of the Peace Corps. "It is a high priority in reaching different cultures." He was upset over the fact that there had been no hearings on Al Qaeda in the past two years. When asked about the media, he said, "The ways of getting information are very different today—through bloggers and the internet." Judy Woodruff asked the final question. Would Senator Kennedy or Senator Byrd of West Virginia be the longest running representative in the Senate? Kennedy answered, "I’ll stay in the Senate until I get the hang of it." Laughter and applause.
Lovestruck teens run off, leave parents heartbroken
The parents of two lovelorn teenagers from the Flint area tried to keep them apart. Instead, it's the parents who are apart from their children after the teens ran away with a family minivan, an Xbox 360 video game system and a dog named Mandy. Five days later, the parents still haven't heard from the youths and they're worried what began as a quaint excursion could end as something different. .
Moms v. the mountain
Most of us were strangers, meeting for the first time in the KLM waiting area at Toronto's Pearson airport last month. Twelve fortysomething women: some stay-at-home moms, two doctors, a lawyer, an entrepreneur, a writer, a marketing and public relations executive. We have all signed up for a 58-kilometre, five-day trek to try to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, a snow-capped peak in Tanzania standing slightly higher than 5,880 metres. Showered, blow-dried, with lipstick and clean clothes, none of us particularly look the rugged, mountaineering types, apart from Alison Wiley, who organized the trip and has climbed to the summit before. We size each other up at the airport: Who will succumb to acute mountain sickness (symptoms include nausea, vomiting, headaches, hallucinations)? Who will get wild diarrhea from the water? Will we all get along? And why the hell did we sign up for this crazy excursion, leaving kids, spouses and jobs behind? Kilimanjaro is called "Everyman's Everest" because it requires no technical climbing skills.
Choosing a Mayor: City attorney talks through potential scenarios
I'm really tired of all the rancor," she said.Doenges maintained it is embarrassing to hear outsiders' views of Bartlesville.Local resident and downtown business owner Robert Bruce dismissed perceptions of Bartlesville by cities such as Tulsa or Houston."We can't let people intimidate us. At the end of the day we got to judge ourselves," he said. "It's not whether we are united or dis-united, it is democracy in action. We can all agree to disagree." Print this story | Email this story .
Recognizing Israel
In terms of our history as a socio-political entity, it serves to take a retrospective look of both Israel and Pakistan besides what is mere "moral responsibility" to the Arab, or broadly, the Muslim world.
Qazi, Pakistan
recognising israel is danger for peacefrom the beganing israel is antimuslims and antipeace in the regon of muslims areas. as for as musharaf's recognatoin of israel is concern he and his company might recognise the israel but the problem that will be faced will unstopable becous after the recognation israel will be able to access the muslims world very easy.but as for as my view is concern israel must not be recognise by the muslims world
syed zafar shah, Pakistan
Addressing Dr Qazi againThe issue of recognizing Israel is not siding with any group or countries amongst the Islamic world.
Similarities to other massacres - but this was a very Finnish affair
You might ask yourselves, why did I do this. Well, most of you are too arrogant and closed-minded to understand. I am ready to die for a cause I know is right, just and true. This is my war, my ideas and my plans. Don’t blame my parents or my friends. I told nobody about my plans and I always kept them inside my mind only. Don’t blame the movies I see, the music I hear, the games I play or the books I read. No, they had nothing to do with this. This is my war: one man war against humanity, governments and weak-minded masses of the world! HUMANITY IS OVERRATED! It’s time to put SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST back on tracks!"
Pekka-Eric Auvinen on YouTube .
China tops India again
This shows how narrow minded some people can be. See Indians have the sensibility to understand different cultures and appreciate movies both West as well as East. Dancing as a way of narration is such an ingenuous style that is entertaining like hell and is a welcome whiff of fresh air from the stereotyped Hollywood or its other Asian clone movie craps. Appealing to western sensibilities is not our objective. The market for Indian movies is increasing at the rate of noughts and sooner or later my dear friend your gonna take ur family out for a bollywood movie. Coming to Mittal ...The French did everything to abuse Indians and Mittal just like the medical professor and the "bubble_pricker" are trying against me..What happened? Who won? Mitall got what he set out for. He took on the the largely French Arcelor and he beat them hand is glove.
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