10 Most Overpriced Products You Should Avoid

WalletPop’s list of the top 10 overpriced products you should avoid if you want to save money:

 

1. Text messages: 6,000% markup	6. Coffee shop coffee: 300% markup
2. Bottled water: 4,000% markup	7. Restaurant wine: 300% markup
3. Movie theater popcorn: 1,275% markup	8. Greeting cards: 200% markup
4. Brand name drugs: 200% - 3,000% markup	9. Hotel in-room movies: 200% markup
5. Hotel mini bar: 400% markup	10. Pre-cut vegetables and fruits: 40% markup

Best Geek Movies

Mark Zuckerberg may be the focus of the new movie “The Social Network,” but the Facebook founder is by no means the first geek ever portrayed in film. Hollywood has a long history of demonizing and celebrating geeks. Here is Forbes list of the best movies about nerds:

 

“The Social Network”	“Sneakers”
“Pirates Of Silicon Valley”	“The Matrix”
“Iron Man 2”	“Fanboys”
“21”	“Johnny Mnemonic”
“Pi”	“Code Rush”
“WarGames”	“Revenge of the Nerds”
“Steal This Film”	“Short Circuit”
“Hackers”	“Tron”

Top 10 Safest Cities for Kids

According to a new study by Underwriters Laboratories, where a child is raised can impact his chances of being involved in a serious accident. U.S. kids sustain 14 million potentially debilitating accidental injuries every year. Sadly, many of these accidents could have been prevented. Using 25 different criteria, the 50 largest U.S. cities were evaluated to determine which ones do the best job of preventing needless accidents. The criteria included accessibility to hospitals and response time for fire and police personnel as well as regulations regarding smoking, home inspections, smoke and CO alarms, pool safety and bike helmets. In addition, crime rates, air quality and incidence of child pedestrian accidents, injuries and drowning were taken into consideration. The 10 safest cities for children are:

 

Boston, Massachusetts	Portland, Oregon
Columbus, Ohio	San Francisco, California
Louisville, Kentucky	Seattle, Washington
Minneapolis, Minnesota	Tampa, Florida
New York, New York	Virginia Beach, Virginia

Most Digital States

Every state has been pushing to expand its digital landscape, building online services and using IT to streamline its internal operations. But which states are doing it best? The 2010 Digital States Survey, produced every two years by e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government, ranks Michigan and Utah at the top of the heap, each with a score of A. The states ranked by grade:

 

A	Michigan, Utah.
A-	Pennsylvania, Virginia.
B+	California, Colorado, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee.
B	Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Dakota, Texas, West Virginia.
B-	Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Washington.
C+	Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin.
C	Alabama, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Wyoming.
C-	Idaho, Indiana, South Carolina.

 

Find out more at www.centerdigitalgov.com/survey/61.

Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey

The U.S. Census Bureau has released the results of the 2009 American Community Survey, which provides data about the nation’s socioeconomic, housing and demographic characteristics. Some of the highlights:

 

Median Household Income:

·       Real median household income in the U.S. fell between 2008 and 2009 – decreasing by 2.9% from $51,726 to $50,221.

·       Between 2008 and 2009, real median household income decreased in 34 states and increased in one: North Dakota.

Poverty:

·       31 states saw increases in the number of people living in poverty between 2008 and 2009.

·       No state had a statistically significant decline their poverty rate.

Health Insurance:

·       Between 2008 and 2009, the percentage of insured children in the U.S. increased from 90.3% to 91.0%, with an additional 1.1 million insured children in 2009. Nevada has the highest percentage of uninsured children, at 18.4%, while Massachusetts had the lowest percentage, at 1.5%.

·       Between 2008 and 2009, the percentage of uninsured increased from 14.6% to 15.1%, with 2.2 million more people uninsured in 2009. The percentage of uninsured increased in 26 states, decreased in three states (Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico) and did not change in 22 states.

Industry and Occupation:

·       Work hours in the U.S. fell by about 36 minutes per week from 39.0 hours in 2008 to 38.4 hours in 2009.

·       Work hours fell in 46 of the 50 most populous U.S. metro areas between 2008 and 2009.

·       Self-employed workers experienced a greater reduction in work hours between 2008 and 2009 than workers who worked for an employer.

Journey to Work:

·       In 2009, the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island metropolitan area had the highest percentage of workers who commuted by public transportation (30.5%), followed by the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro areas, where 14.6% of workers commuted by public transportation.

Hottest DUI Hot Spots

Insurance.com has released a study ranking the top 20 cities with the most DUI offenders. The study used insurance quotes and calculated the percentage of people who reported at least one DUI violation. Cities with poor public transportation and strong DUI enforcement ended at the top of the list. The rankings:

 

1. San Diego, CA	11. San Antonio, TX
2. San Jose, CA	12. Dallas, TX
3. Charlotte, NC	13. Houston, TX
4. Phoenix, AZ	14. Fort Worth, TX
5. Columbus, OH	15. Memphis, TN
6. Indianapolis, IN	16. Philadelphia, PA
7. Los Angeles, CA	17. New York, NY
8. San Francisco, CA	18. Baltimore, MD
9. Austin, TX	19. Chicago, IL
10. Jacksonville, FL	20. Detroit, MI

Books Most-Often Left Behind In Hotels

Have you ever stayed a hotel and then left without remembering to get everything? Most of us have. But some of us, especially vacationers who like to just hang in the hotel room, have purposely left behind a book they’ve finished reading when they check out. A survey by Travelodge conducted an usual survey to find out what books are most likely to be left behind.

 

1. “Simon Cowell: The Unauthorized Biography” by Chas Newkey-Burden

2. “Ooh! What A lovely Pair: Our Story” by Ant & Dec

3. “The Storm: The World Economic Crisis And What It Means” by Vince Cable

4. “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown

5. “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson

6. “Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga)” by Stephenie Meyer

7. “The Girl Who Played With Fire” by Stieg Larsson

8. “Eclipse” by Stephenie Meyer

9. “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest” by Stieg Larsson

10. “Eat Pray Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert

 

A Travelodge spokeswoman said more than 20,000 books have been left behind in rooms in the last 12 months, while only 7,200 books were left behind in 2009.

Most Expensive ZIPs

 

Forbes magazine has released its list of the country’s most expensive ZIP codes. California accounts for two-thirds of the list. Duarte, California, tops the list with its 91008 ZIP code. The top 10:

 

1. 91008, Duarte, California	6. 90210, Beverly Hills, California
2. 94027, Atherton, California	7. 10065, New York, New York
3. 90274, Rolling Hills, California	8. 94920, Belvedere, California
4. 07620, Alpine, New Jersey	9. 10012, New York, New York
5. 10014, New York, New York	10. 93108, Santa Barbara, California

 

See the full list at Forbes.com.

Satisfied Sex Life

 

A new AskMen.com and Cosmopolitan.com online survey finds women are more satisfied with their sex life than men. The survey asked respondents to choose whether they were “completely,” “somewhat,” “not at all” or “I have no sex life.” Here’s what they found:

 

Completely Satisfied:		Somewhat Satisfied:		Not At All Satisfied:		I Have No Sex Life:
Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
13%	25%	41%	45%	23%	13%	23%	17%

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Candy Lovers!

 

Americans love their candy! Census Bureau stats found Americans ate 24.3 pounds of candy in 2009, up from 24 pounds per person in 2008. And candy is big business for candy makers.

 

Year:	Candy Spending Per American:	Year:	Candy Spending Per American:
2005	$61	2008	$61
2006	$61	2009	$62
2007	$60

Cooking More Keeps Kids Off Drugs

U.S. teens that eat fewer than three family dinners per week are more than twice as likely to say they expect to try drugs in the future, new research shows. Scientists at the University of Florida College of Medicine found that 72% of teens think eating dinner frequently with their parents is “very” or “fairly important.” Eating frequent dinners was described as five to seven times per week. Those who have infrequent family dinners are:

 

·       Twice as likely to have used tobacco.

·       Almost twice as likely to have used alcohol.

·       Are one-and-a-half times more likely to have used marijuana.

Recession Affecting Marriages

Fewer couples are tying the knot – and the recession may be to blame. For the first time in at least a century, the percentage of U.S. adults between 25 and 34 who have never been married last year exceeded those who are married. In 2009, the proportion of adults 25 to 34 who had never been married was 46.3%, compared with 44.9% for those who were married, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing Census data. The marriage drop cuts across races and gender, but is more pronounced among those with less education. Although marriage rates among young adults have been dropping for years, the economic downturn may have sped things up, as people choose to delay marriage – or forgo it altogether – until they are better off financially. Even though marriage rates have fallen, the number of adults shacking up together has jumped. Between 2009 and 2010 there was a 13% increase in opposite-sex couples living together.

10 Ways To Rekindle The Magic In Your Relationship

10 Ways To Rekindle The Magic In Your Relationship

By Michael Webb
http://youknow888.mwebb.hop.clickbank.net


Are you frustrated that your relationship doesn’t
have the magic and romance that it once had?

You’re not alone.

Living with the same partner for a long time can
become stable and comfortable, and, as a result,
can also kill the spark that made your relationship
so special in the first place.

Here are some simple, fun and creative ideas to
reignite that magic:

1. SEND THEM A UNIQUE GIFT

Get a piece of paper and some crayons. Draw a
bright childlike picture with a smiley sun and two
stick figures holding hands. Add labels with your
two names pointing to the stick figures. Write ‘I
Love You’ inside a heart. Next get a large formal
envelope. Place your drawing inside and type up a
formal address label of your partner's workplace,
such as:  “For the immediate and urgent attention
of:  Rebecca Jones, Level 20, Collins & Smith
Solicitors, New York.” Mail it to your partner so
they receive it in the middle of a busy day.

2. BECOME KIDS AGAIN

If you are walking by a park, visit the swings and
give your partner a ride. This will often bring
back happy memories from their childhood.

3. FUN WITH WATER

On a hot summer’s day, buy two large water pistols
and take them to the beach with you. Pull them out
and throw one to your partner and then have a huge
water fight.

4. A MASSAGE WITH A TWIST

Buy a small, decorated cardboard box, a sheet of
colored tissue paper, some massage oil and a blank
card. Line the box with the tissue paper. Place the
massage oil in the box and write the following
message on the card: I know a great masseur. For an
appointment call: (Your Phone Number)

5. BRING BACK CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

Contact your partner's family and ask if there was
anything she always wanted when she was a little
girl. For example if she always wanted a porcelain
doll, buy one for her birthday. She will not only
appreciate the gift, but also the fact that you
were thoughtful enough to find out what she always
wanted. You can do this for your man too.

6. STARE AT THE CLOUDS

Drive into the country, find a grassy hill, and lie
with your partner and look up at the clouds.

7. WALK ALONG THE BEACH

Trace out the shape of a large love heart in the
sand. Sit inside the heart and cuddle your partner
as you watch the sun go down.

8. ORGANIZE A PICNIC ON A WARM SUMMER’S NIGHT

Spread a picnic blanket on the ground and get
together some snacks, chocolates and champagne. Lie
down on the blanket with your partner and gaze up
at the stars together.

9. SHOW YOU’RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTNER

Leave a long-stem rose where your partner will find
it, with a note on it saying: "Thank you for coming
into my life."

10. SPICE UP YOUR LOVEMAKING

Probably the most profound way to rekindle the
romance in your relationship is to spice up your
lovemaking. Surprise your partner with a little
gift after you make love, try a new position, learn
to give your partner a sensual massage before or
after, or just spend some time staring into each
other’s eyes and caressing their bare skin before
making love.

Many people underestimate the affect passionate and
intimate lovemaking has on a relationship. If you
spice it up, chances are you and your partner will
naturally do romantic things for each other. Why?
Because passionate lovemaking connects two people
in a meaningful and unexplainable way that nothing
else can.

About the Author:

Oprah Love Expert Michael Webb is the author of 500
Lovemaking Tips, a book full of ways to spice up
your lovemaking, adding more passion, pleasure and
intimacy to your experience. To read more, Click here!
or visit http://youknow888.mwebb.hop.clickbank.net

A Stock Picking Robot? Seriously?

I'm assuming you know what I'm talking about.  If not, let me take a second to fill you in. 
There's a site on the internet that claims to have invented a robot that can pick winning stocks.  All you have to do is hit a button and the software 'magically' tells you what stock is about to explode! What a joke! I have a better idea. Why don't you just take out your wallet and light it on fire!   Why? This 'robot software' is just a basic software application that scans through a bunch of ticker symbols and lands on a stock symbol completely at random!  It's completely fake!

I realize that there are a lot of services on the internet that you have to chose from, so I'll get straight to the question you're asking right now.  What makes me different? I’m a real live person!

www.PennyStockProphet.com

I’ve developed a unique formula that has made me a millionaire by investing in Penny Stocks.   And now I’m offering 500 people the opportunity to trade alongside me. This membership will close after I reach 500 members, so time is of the essence! Or, you can go back and take your chances with the robot.   It’s up to you.

Best of luck to you,

James Connelly
AKA The Penny Stock Prophet
www.PennyStockProphet.com

AdWords Ads Now Free?

A new breakthrough secret is all you now need in order to get your Google™ AdWords pay-per-clicks FREE!

A gentleman from New York discovered what he calls an "oversight" on the part of 99.9% of all marketers that allows him to get otherwise paid-for advertising at Google™ as well as all other search engines that allow sponsored ads.

And no, nothing about his "secret" is illegal - nor does it require that you know someone on the "inside" at Google™,; Yahoo, MSN, Overture and others.

Instead, the New Yorker boasts proudly "...this is something that I caught onto just before 2000 when there was so much search engine craze running around, and started doing small just to test things at first ... but which I later expanded on after getting the hang of it."

This same fellow went on to start and operate sixteen separate online companies selling everything from pet food, DVDs, children's toys & games, books, software, and sold not only his own manufactured products but became an affiliate for other web businesses - all the while applying his mastermind secret.

Over the course of nearly eight years the New Englander confesses "I've actually gotten over $87 million in advertising that using my secret I never had to pay for ... and the largest share of which was more recently in Google™ pay-per-clicks as well as other forms of pad advertising at search engines ... all of which I got for free ..."

So powerful is his secret that he's able to monopolize any niche online, and can always secure the top premium spots just above the usual organic results featured at most search engines.

He still has to set up an account with the search engines - but after applying his secret he is removed from having to pay for all the costs otherwise involved.
Again, nothing about his secret is either illegal or robs from the search engines.

One spokesperson from one of the most popular search engines said chuckling after being made privy to this amazing secret "Wow! Ha! This is really unique ... and in my expert opinion it would only serve to enhance and bring more business to us at [name of search engine withheld for legal & confidentiality reasons] and not cause us to lose business in the slightest. Amazing!"

The northerner revealed that in this nearly eight years' period of time since applying his secret he's done well over $300 million in sales revenue with a most diverse line of products, and most recently in the last two years netted nearly $166 million after really "buckling down and pressing my secret to its fullest potential."

Now to everyone else's fortune, the city slicker is releasing his secret for getting an unlimited amount of pay-per-click ads to the general public. But he's not promising any of us for how long.

A bit of an eccentric, the gentleman says "We'll see just how long I can make it available before it saturates things."

One famous public web guru pointed out that although this man may gain economically more so as a result of the publication of his secret "he's already so amazingly rich that whether he continues or discontinues its sale will neither make nor break the man, but not grabbing it for yourself while it's still available could prove disastrous for you as you may only have one chance, and a very limited one at that, to get this."

It is currently available at:

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...so you may want to head on over there now and get it.

It's in a very easily readable format and is quickly and readily understood and mastered by anyone with even a 4th grade reading level.

While you're there, why not scroll down and review for yourself the huge successes others are now having with this incredible breakthrough in targeted advertising now made freely available to the rest of us?

To your success,

-Justin