Origin of Clip: news.com.au 25.4.9
Caption: I don't mind the sex just hate how you text
IN the film He's Just Not That Into You, Drew Barrymore's character complains about being rejected by seven different technologies.
"I had this guy leave me a voice mail at work, so I called him at home, and he emailed me to my Blackberry, and so I texted him to his mobile phone," she says.
"And now you just have to go around checking all these different portals just to get rejected by seven different technologies. It's exhausting."
It's not only a sign of the times but a contributing factor to what relationship experts are calling a thoroughly modern epidemic: Modern Female Dating Anxiety (MFDA).
Ryan Cassady, a life coach, and his wife Jessica, a clinical psychologist and sex therapist, coined the phrase in their new book, Stop Wondering if You'll Ever Meet Him.
The couple says the condition, with symptoms like sweaty palms, shallow breathing and obsessive behaviour, has developed over the last decade as by-product of technological communication and casual dating practises.
Headline: Sleep-deprived pilot almost crashed jet
Origin of Clip: news.com.au 25.4.9
Caption: Timed Out Pilot
THE pilot of the Emirates flight that nearly crashed at Melbourne Airport with 225 passengers on board had almost no sleep the previous day and was following the airline's orders to take off at reduced power to save money on fuel.
Several sources told the Sunday Herald Sun that Emirates - like many modern airlines - ordered its pilots to take off at reduced thrust when possible to cut fuel costs, emissions and wear on the aircraft.
The thrust or power settings are determined by factors such as aircraft weight, weather conditions, the surrounding terrain and runway length.
But an Emirates source said the March 20 flight - EK407 to Dubai - was set at the "absolute minimum" thrust, leaving little room for error.
"There was no margin for error," the source said.
"This is all about the money."
Emirates yesterday issued a statement saying safety was a top priority for the airline. ..
Headline: Sacked for Facebook surfing while sick
Origin of Clip: news.com.au 25.4.9
Caption: She Was Defaced Over Facebook
AN insurance worker lost her job after surfing popular social network site Facebook while off sick, her employer said.
The Swiss woman said she could not work in front of a computer as she needed to lie in the dark, but was then seen to be active on Facebook.
Her employer, insurer Nationale Suisse, said in a statement the action had destroyed its trust in the employee.
"This abuse of trust, rather than the activity on Facebook, led to the ending of the work contract," it said.
The unnamed woman told the 20 Minuten daily she had been surfing Facebook in bed on her iPhone and accused her employer of spying on her and other employees by sending a mysterious friend request which allows access to personal online activity...
Headline: Top Jock School Full of Nerds, but Sports Cuts Loom
Origin of Clip: FOXNews.com 24.4.9
Caption: Nerd School
Name the college that sponsored 41 varsity sports this year, tying with Harvard for most in the country.
The answer is about the last school you'd think of: math and science powerhouse MIT, the university with perhaps the brainiest—and nerdiest—reputation in America.
The Engineers—yes, that's their nickname—shared the honor with their bigger, wealthier neighbor in Cambridge, Mass., and have long competed in everything from football to fencing, softball to squash.
That's going to change, though.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced Thursday it is eliminating eight teams because of the sputtering economy. Gone are men's and women's hockey, men's and women's gymnastics, skiing, golf, pistol shooting and wrestling.
MIT joins the list of colleges dropping sports to counteract budget deficits. Northern Iowa is nixing baseball. So is Vermont, which is also canceling softball. Women's volleyball and men's soccer are done at Maine; men's track and women's swimming will be out at Pepperdine.
Headline: B.C. couple caught having sex in dumpster
Origin of Clip: Canada.com 24.4.9
Caption: Dumspter Sex Club Not The Mile High Club
VICTORIA — Don’t bother knocking if the dumpster is rocking.
That’s what Saanich police found out early Friday, while following up on a call of “suspicious persons.”
A Saanich police officer arrived at a parking lot where he heard noises coming from a large garbage dumpster.
The officer called out to the people in the dumpster, but no one responded. When he looked inside, he was surprised to see two naked adults intertwined and oblivious to his presence.
The two adults, a 30-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man, were ordered to put their clothes on and get out of the dumpster, police said in a news release...
Headline: Man, 84, Fights Off Carjackers With Groin Kick
Origin of Clip: CBSnews.com 24.4.9
Caption: Take That
An 84-year-old man has a black eye, but he still has his car, after fighting off two would-be carjackers. Ted Mazetier said he stopped Wednesday night to help two men with a disabled car when one punched him in the face and demanded his keys. Mazetier said he kicked the man in the groin and the other in the belly. The two men fled as a passer-by stopped to help.
Police later arrested two suspects for investigation of assault.
Mazetier said he'll think twice before stopping again to help someone on the street. He'll be 85 in June.
