Tip #1- Keep Your Cell Phone Handy for Emergencies, But Not Glued to Your Ear

One of the best defenses against being robbed is being aware of your surroundings. Watching out for suspicious-acting/looking people can help keep your money and purchases from being stolen. Paying attention could actually save your, or someone else’s, life. Thieves prey on “weak” people. Common victims include the elderly, women, and people who are preoccupied with things like business transactions, kids and cell phones.

Tip #2- Keep Your Purse and Wallet Close to You, And Closed

To help you avoid being robbed this holiday season, it’s a wise idea to keep your purse with you at all times. Unless you’re putting something in or getting something out, keep your purse closed. Don’t leave it unattended in your shopping cart.

Tip #3- Avoid Carrying A Lot of Cash So Thieves Won’t Target You

How many times have you been out in public and seen a customer flashing lots of money? Every time I see it, I don’t feel jealous, I cringe. I wonder how long they’ll have all that money until they get robbed. To help protect yourself this holiday season, use debit cards and credit cards to pay for your purchases. It’s true thieves want your cards too. But they’re not as much of a temptation as cash money.

Tip #4- Keeping Holiday Gifts at Home Safe

One of the prettiest sights during the holidays, at least in my opinion, is a Christmas tree surrounded with bright, shiny packages. Unfortunately, thieves like to spot sights like this as well. That’s why, if you’re going to put your Christmas tree in front of a window, you should stash the gifts. Place them in a locked closet. It will help keep them safe from being robbed this holiday season. Plus, it will keep the kids from peaking!

Tip #5- Be More Safety and Security-Minded Around the House

To help you avoid being robbed this holiday season, when there is usually more money, jewelry, and other items to steal, be more alert when you’re at home. Make sure windows and doors are closed and locked, especially before you leave. Don’t leave money out in plain sight either. It’s just an invitation for a robber to pay you an unexpected visit.

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Here’s the link to the Military Tribute video.

We know the Holiday season is often a very lonely time for Military members, families and friends. We honor and appreciate all that they do for us each day.

THANK YOU!

Here’s the info:

Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456

Do…

• Sign all cards
• Entitle cards “Dear Service Member, Family or Veteran”
• Limit cards to 15 per person or 50 for school class or business group
• Bundle groups of cards in single, large envelopes (there is no need to include individual envelopes and postage for cards)

Don’t…

• Send letters
• Include personal information such as home or email addresses
• Use glitter – excessive amounts can aggravate health issues of wounded recipients
• Include inserts of any kind as they must be removed in the screening process

We are helping sick kids!!! Great job!!!

We are giving away tickets to HallowEast…Inside The Main Street Studio and the play, Dial M for Murder. Listen to win starting Thursday, October 22, 2009. When you win tickets, you also win a VIP Inside The Studio pass for you and a guest to come to Electric 1027 on Thursday 10/29 to meet HallowEast headliner Sam Trammell, star of HBO’s True Blood. Listen in to the interview, enjoy food, get a photo with Sam and autographs. And, as if that’s not enough – you win a HBO True Blood prize pack. The HBO pack includes a season 1 DVD set, the CD soundtrack, a t-shirt, water bottle, mouse pad, mints, pen, notebook, and a Vampire Survival Kit!

Try Not To Play Grab-Ass With the Police Officer Who Is Arresting You!

Defibrillator Saves Man’s Life — Not How You’d Expect!
In Florida, a defibrillator implant is credited with saving a 61-year-old man’s life — but not in the way you’d expect. According to a report in the journal Heart Rhythm, our friend had a Medtronic implantable cardiac defibrillator to prevent sudden cardiac arrest. Turns out it’s also very good at stopping bullets! The guy suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, but had no damage to his lungs or circulatory system because the bullet became lodged in the stopwatch-sized device. Surgeons removed metal fragments and the device from the man’s chest and he was discharged from the hospital the next day.

How Could My Bad Grades Possibly Me My Fault?
So you find yourself a student at Texas A&M University and you fail three classes. So, do you a) Make a personal pact to study harder b) Transfer to a less challenging school or c) Sue the university? Student Jennifer Temple opted for the latter and is now suing her former university claiming that an academic counselor recommended that she intentionally fail three classes. Temple says she wanted to drop the classes but her student adviser told her that she would lose her parents’ health benefits if she did. And she claims the counselor told her she should fail the classes because of an A&M rule allowing freshmen to exclude as many as three grades of D, F or U (unsatisfactory) from their transcripts. So, taking the advisor’s advice, she quit attending classes thinking she could exercise the grade exclusion policy. But when she went to transfer to another school, she found that other colleges, like the University of Texas, would not accept the grade exclusions and she was rejected “because of the two F’s and one D on her transcript. So she’s suing to have her transcript changed and her legal fees paid for, and hopefully a change in the policy at A&M. Of course maybe had mommy and daddy taught you to take responsibility for yourself and you would have actually studied a little bit, you wouldn’t be in this position in the first place — Jen! What a moron!

Samsung Mobile conducted a marketing survey in the city of Denver and found that 29 percent of people would rather give up sex for a year than give up their cell phone for the same amount of time.

How about you? Would you be more willing to give up sex or your cell phone? Is there anything else that you would give up sex for?
According to the survey, 33 percent of women would choose their cell over sex, compared to 20 percent of men.

What do you do? You bring home the placenta, cut it in half, rub it with sea salt to cure it. After it’s dried out, treat it with an emulsifying mixture of tannin and egg yolk to make it soft and pliable. Then, you craft it into a teddy bear.

Gross doesn’t even begin to cover it.