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Friday March 26, 2010

Health and Beauty Tip -- Long-Lasting Eyeshadow
Attractive women = men taking more risks
Annie's Mailbox
Quote of the Day
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Health and Beauty Tip -- Long-Lasting Eyeshadow

To keep your eyeshadow looking great all day, apply a little concealer to your eyelid before brushing it on. This will make it last all day!

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Attractive women = men taking more risks

BRISBANE, Australia (UPI) -- The presence of an attractive woman elevates testosterone levels in young men, increasing their capacity for physical risk, researchers in Australia said.

Richard Ronay and William von Hippel of the University of Queensland asked young adult men to perform both easy and difficult tricks on skateboards, first in front of another male and then in front of a young, attractive female. The skateboarder's testosterone levels were measured after each trick.

Ronay and von Hippel said that when skateboarders attempt tricks, they make a split-second decision about whether to abort the trick or try to land it, based on a midair evaluation of the likelihood of success and on the physical costs of failure.

The researchers sought to examine this moment because it resembles the type of split-second decisions young men make while driving or in a physical confrontation.

The study, published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, found the young men took greater risks in the presence of the attractive female even when they knew there was a greater chance that they would crash. Testosterone levels were significantly higher in these men than in the men who were in the presence of another male, the study said.

"Beautiful women lead men to throw caution to the wind," the study authors said in a statement.

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Annie's Mailbox

Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar

Dear Annie: I am a widow and have been going with "George" for almost 15 years. It began with me inviting George over for a homemade meal. Then he took me out to dinner, and it just grew from there. In the beginning, we did have sex, but that stopped a long time ago. George is 78, and I am 75.

We belong to the same church and have many of the same friends. George told me from the beginning that he never wanted to marry again. I also didn't want to remarry and lose the military benefits I received through my late husband. Though we keep separate households, everyone considers us a couple. Our families feel we are practically married. I thought it was a relationship that would last a lifetime.

Three days ago, George delivered a shock. He said he has reconnected with an old friend and plans to marry her. She lives in another state, but they rediscovered each other about a year ago via e-mail, and when he attended a funeral in her area, he went to visit her. He says they are "in love."

Annie, I have invested years in this man. We spend all our free time together. I have seen him through three serious surgeries and always go with him to his many doctors' appointments. I am too old to start up with someone new. I love George, and we are so used to each other. How can I make him see what a fool he is being with this other woman? I want to get back to our regular life. -- Wanda and Worried

Dear Wanda: Sorry, honey, but George is head over heels -- and not with you. Your comfortable old relationship cannot compete with the excitement of the new one. We urge you not to cling to the remote possibility that he'll change his mind. Wish him well, and move on. We know it won't be easy, so please enlist the support of your friends and family to get through this.

Dear Annie: Eighteen months ago, my husband passed away suddenly. We had been married 42 years, with three children. My husband's brother, who I thought cared about us, has vanished from our lives. I know he is also grieving, but I don't understand why he would stay away. And it's not just him. Some of his friends have abandoned us, too.

I am struggling to understand why this is happening. I put on a happy face for my children's sake, but my world is gone. I still need some connection to my husband through his brothers and friends. After 42 years, I thought I could count on them to provide that.

Let people know that when someone dies, the loved ones they leave behind are still alive and feeling alone. -- Grieving in Kentucky

Dear Kentucky: Grieving people can sometimes do inexplicable things. Your brother-in-law may feel too vulnerable in his own mourning to be around you. We hope time will bring him back into your orbit, but do continue to reach out to him and say that the children miss their uncle.

Dear Annie: I read the responses from women who took exception to the opinion of "Sex Therapist," who seemed to be excusing men's use of porn.

I looked at porn and quickly realized that what I got was a piece of paper with colored ink on it. Any woman would be more emotionally rewarding than that. There is no substitute for the real thing.

I think some men want the benefits of sexual stimulation without the cost of romantic involvement. Boy, have they missed the point. How could you NOT want to share with a real human?

I admit that sex is fun. But for me, nothing gives the same emotional boost as simply holding that woman, my best, my special friend, in my arms. This is what matters. The rest is details. -- A Pilgrim

Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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Quote of the Day

Jean Kerr

The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.

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