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Iraqi Kurds want US help to avoid war with Arabs

The closest U.S. allies in Iraq — the Kurds — feel abandoned by Washington these days and say war with the Arab-dominated central government is likely without American pressure to resolve disputes that predate even the era of Saddam Hussein.

Two-hand touch? To Polamalu, NFL now flag football

Troy Polamalu wishes someone would put the football back into the National Football League. Polamalu, unhappy with the increasing number of fines for what he says are nefarious infractions that weren't penalized, is complaining the over-the-top enforcement of contact-related rules is taking away what makes the sport so popular.

Homeland Security employees not satisfied with their jobs

Homeland Security Department employees mostly are an unhappy lot.

Family Faces Christmas Without Daughter

It's been nearly seven months since Stepha Henry disappeared during a visit to Florida with her younger sister.

Happy, Confident Students Do Worse in Math

Kids who are turned off by math often say they don't enjoy it, they aren't good at it and they see little point in it. Who knew that could be a formula for success?

Customers Pan 'Healthy' Potato Chips

West Virginia's lone potato chip maker is scrapping its low-fat recipe after consumer reaction to the healthier creations resulted in a 6 percent drop in sales.

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Poll. Are you happy?

It's a fairly simple and straightforward question, but one that can be hard to answer. The idea of being happy is so different from person to person and depends on so many things in your past and life.

Are Happy People More Productive People? (Poll)

Are Happy People Are More Productive People? (Poll) Happy people are far more productive people for a variety of good reasons, especially the following:

10 Consequences Of Our Modern World

Thanks to technology, things are changing around us daily, but I wonder if we yet realise the consquences for us if we do not change with them? A brief snapshot of current attitudes reflected within British society is outlined below:

The Power of Habits to Rob You of Confidence - What are yours like?

We know that the three pillars of personal confidence are our sense of achievement, belonging and self-esteem. If we do not feel we belong, or have achieved enough, our self-esteem tends to suffer.

4 Main Ways to Face Personal Challenges (Poll)

Most if us find it difficult to deal with the brickbats life throw at us but there are some essential things to do which will lessen the pain and problems we might have, and four, in particular, are priceless.

5 Key Ways to Boost Your Self-Esteem

1. Face Your Fears. Make a list of the major problems in your life, then list ways to improve or change them. They are never really as bad as you think they are. Chances are that not all of your problems can be dealt with easily or quickly because they might involve others.

Authorities: Pilot of stolen plane lands, now on run
Source: CNN

The pilot of a small Cessna 172 aircraft reported stolen from a Canadian flight school flew hundreds of miles across the Midwest, landed on a dirt road in Missouri late Monday and took off on foot, federal officials said.

GET HAPPY! - 10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy
Source: AlterNet.org

Excerpt: In the last few years, psychologists and researchers have been digging up hard data on a question previously left to philosophers: What makes us happy? Researchers like the father-son team Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener, Stanford psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky, and e …

Britney Spears 'For the Record' recap: Now I feel bad for her
Source: SeacoastOnline.com

Excerpt: Now I know I've said this before, but Britney is back, and boy oh boy is she letting loose on her critics. In honor of her new album, "Circus," which hits stores Tuesday, Spears premiered a new documentary, "Britney: For the Record," Sunday night on MTV.

If You're Unhappy, You Probably Watch a Lot of TV, Study Finds

Who doesn't love television. Happy people, apparently. This is the conclusion a team of sociologists at the University of Maryland came to, anyway, after studying a survey taken with 30,000 adults over the 30-ish years from 1975-2006.

7 Signs It's Time to Split
Source: AOL

In any relationship, there are good and bad days, but when do you know that it's time to break up? The easy answer is when the bad days outweigh the good, but it's more complicated than that.

McCain=Bush? Parsing the (Tracking) Poll - The Fix
Source: The Washington Post

Poll numbers, especially tracking polls, show that John McCain has not been able to create the appearance of a new direction in the eyes of most voters who see his style, and policies as extensions of the failed Bush administration.

The REAL Reason for Prejudice, Discrimination and Bias

For 12 years, from 1993, I was a very successful diversity consultant and trainer, advising all kinds of organisations in the UK - from huge companies like British Telecom, with 100,000 staff, and the Royal Navy, to small minnows like Coulsdon School - to encourage greater divers …

Expectations: The Power That Destroys Relationships

Problematic issues in a relationship are often not as clear cut as they seem because both genders view aspects of the relationship differently. Women appear to have more complaints about their spouses and the state of their marriages, compared to men (Brehm 1985).

Do you feel dissatisfied with your life at the moment?

(Asked by a 20 year old having some relationship problems) Nope, not for me, but I can see why you would feel like that from what you have said.

Five Keys to Greater Happiness

We search for happiness each day, the elusive concept that takes a lifetime of exploring. We often think happiness comes through winning the lottery, through getting a big break, buying a house, a car, the latest fashionable item.

The Over 60's - A New Breed of Go Getters!
Source: socyberty.com

We all dread the aging process, but we really don't need to. In this day and age, there is no reason why you should allow yourself to reach an age where you are lonely and unhappy.

The 4 Main Reasons Why Partners Are Unfaithful

According to a recent survey in the UK, more than 55% of people are unfaithful to their partners.

Relationships: The Biggest Causes of Stress in Life

Relationships score most highly as causes of stress levels, with work issues trailing behind. After all, if someone is reasonably happy in their personal life, they can weather the storms at work much better than if they are also unhappy at home.

Why do people often feel sorry for themselves?

People like this are usually negative types who feel very insecure, unloved and undervalued, and who fear taking action because they fear the consequences of those actions and do nothing instead. They feel sorry for themselves for four main reasons:

The True Power of Being Yourself

Many of us find it really hard just to b ourselves; to stop acting to expectations. But therein lies our true authority and power. Don't always try to please others or to be like someone else.

Unhappy? Self-Critical? Maybe You're Just a Perfectionist
Source: The New York Times

Just about any sports movie, airport paperback or motivational tape delivers a few boilerplate rules for success. Believe in yourself. Don't take no for an answer. Never quit. Don't accept second best.

Shorter people 'have a chip on their shoulder which makes them unhealthy' |
Source: the Mail online

Those not blessed with height are often accused of having a chip on their shoulder. Now a study has found that they might, in fact, have an unhealthy attitude to life.

The Top 10 Reasons Why Your Company Doesn't Pay You More
Source: negotiationtraining.com.au

You're good at what you do, your boss loves your work, so why aren't you making more money? Yes, we all know it's unfair, but you're paid what you can negotiate.

Doctors 'too quick' to diagnose depression

Doctors are too readily diagnosing people who are simply unhappy with depression, one of the UK's leading psychiatrists has claimed.

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