Men today are far more intrigued with fountains of youth than their fathers or grandfathers. Dreamstime By Robert Cribb Staff Reporter Dale Osadchuk spends about $350 a month to stop time. Among the bottles lining the bathroom cabinet of the Toronto corporate lawyer are microfoliant scrubs, decadent shaving creams, post shaving balms, moisturizers, eye creams and sunscreens. Add to that a routine of regular manicures, pedicures and eye treatments designed to pamper, soften and retouch. From injections that smooth out crows feet to expensive balms promising to reverse the ravages, men today are far more intrigued with fountains of youth than their fathers or grandfathers. Were more of a media-oriented society today, says the thirty-something Osadchuk. Theres an ideal man now. Hes groomed properly and doesnt have wrinkles until well into his 50s. Once the exclusive domain of women, anti-aging technologies have seized the minds of a growing number of men looking to make tiring exteriors ...

For the third quarter 2011, the Halter USX China Index (NYSE Arca: HXC) was down 26.61%. During the same period the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased by 12.09% while the NASDAQ finished down 12.91%. HXC is also pleased to announce the inclusion of 4 new constituents to its existing index of China-focused, U.S. listed companies including: Phoenix New Media Limited (NYSE: FENG) provides content on an integrated platform across Internet, mobile, and TV channels; Jiayuan.com International Ltd. (NASDAQ: DATE) operates an online dating platform; Taomee Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: TAOM) is a childrens entertainment and media company; and China Zenix Auto International Ltd. (NYSE: ZX) engages in the research, development, production, and sale of commercial vehicle wheels. It was also announced that China Grentech Corporation Limited (NasdaqGS: GRRF), China Housing and Land Development, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHLN), Sutor Technology Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SUTR), Gushan Environmental Energy Ltd. (NYSE: GU), ...

SANAA, Yemen An American-born cleric killed in Yemen played a "significant operational role" in plotting and inspiring attacks on the United States, U.S. officials said Friday, as they disclosed detailed intelligence to justify the killing of a U.S. citizen. Anwar al-Awlaki was killed early Friday in a strike on his convoy carried out by a joint operation of the CIA and the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command, according to counterterrorism officials. Al-Awlaki had been under observations for three weeks while they waited for the right opportunity to strike. President Barack Obama said al-Awlaki's death "is a major blow to al-Qaida's most active operational affiliate" and that it "marks another significant milestone in the broader effort to defeat al-Qaida." "This is further proof that al-Qaida and its affiliates will have no safe haven anywhere in the world," Obama said, adding that Awlaki's death was a result of the government of ...

Illustration: John Spooner. One morning this week, Facebook told me a friend had used a dating application the night before, one called Are You Interested? It told not just me, but all those it recognises as his friends. His nocturnal love-seeking business was announced automatically, without Facebook checking that spreading that fact was OK with him, and without checking it was true. It wasn't. He was not using it, but deleting an app he found irritating. Facebook's new automatic settings are not concerned with niceties such as intention; he ''used'' it, and the news was spread anyway. Advertisement: Story continues below The world's dominant social network has prompted privacy worries since soon after its inception in 2004, but a week ago it deepened them. It is now much easier for people to tell others what they are doing online - and more difficult for them not to. The consequences for its 800 million users - more than the populations of the European Uni...

To see his financial adviser, Matthew Golden used to make an annual pilgrimage from his home in West Pittston, Penn., to Philadelphia, two hours away. But now they see each other every few months -- not in person, but via online video chat. "This is easy," says Golden. "I'm on my computer all day anyway." Video dating, video doctors' appointments, video Spanish lessons -- now a growing number of brokerages and financial planning firms are offering financial advice via online video chat. In February, Bank of America introduced video conferencing at some of its branches. TD Ameritrade says some of the advisers it works with are video chatting with clients, as are an untold number of independent advisers. Meanwhile, two new online-only financial advisery firms are using video chat as the primary way to connect advisers with customers. Companies say this is a better, more personal way for clients and advisers to stay in touch. But for the firms, there's also...

Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION By: Mike McIntyre Posted: 09/30/2011 1:00 AM | Comments: (including replies) A Winnipeg child pornography collector was a physically disabled "hoarder" who spent up to 16 hours online each day and didn't leave his trash-filled home for nearly four straight years. But Kenneth Kreton was planning to emerge from seclusion in the weeks preceding his 2009 arrest, court heard Thursday. Police intercepted computer chats in which he told other like-minded deviants about his desire to travel to Spain, abduct a young boy and serve as his "master." Police, acting on a tip from U.S. officials, moved in and uncovered one of the largest stashes of child pornography in the city's history. Kreton, 61, had amassed more than 17,000 im ages and 200 explicit videos of children as young as four years old being sexually abused, tortured and degraded. "You're wrecking my life, leave me alone," Kreton told officers who arrived a...

You gotta love a guy who's been booted off Match.com three times. At least someone should. In his latest tour de force, Watching Grandma Circle the Drain, local author Allen Smith takes a hilarious look at the stuff of life: dating, sex, technology, entertainment, health and fitness, money, pet peeves, fast food, getting old and solving problems. Smith asks the questions without pretending for a minute to have any solutions. He's also the author of Ski Instructors Confidential, and he didn't answer many questions in that one either, but he had a great time asking the questions. There's a lot to laugh about in life, Smith said. Watching Grandma Circle the Drain is a series (not serious) of essaid and observations, written in bite-sized vignettes. Sometimes I look at it and wonder, How did I come up with THAT?!?' Smith laughed. I'm in the shower when I get all my good ideas. Like most humorists, he's at his best when serious topics cry out to be lampooned. Thi...

DEAR blog, forgive me, for I have sinned. It's been 10 months since my last post. It's hard for me to say this, because we were really close there for a few years, but it's just not working for me any more. We've grown apart. That deep and meaningful connection we once had is gone. You're too serious, I don't have time for you and, frankly, I'm bored. Most of the time I felt like nobody was listening anyway. It's probably blatantly obvious by now but there's someone else - someone new, someone who's faster, cooler and more spontaneous. What I'm trying to say, blog, is - it's over. Microblogging has my heart. But hey, don't feel bad, all those midnight rants we shared were great. You're in my archives forever and I promise to visit if I ever get really drunk and want to reminisce over the heartfelt missives of my youth. It's true, many bloggers have moved on. That cute online diary about the birth of your first child or your ba...

EUGENE, Ore. -- A warning to college students here at the University of Oregon and across the county is featured on a popular college information web site about being on guard -- when dating using Facebook and other social networking -- due to no real insurance that the people who become your friends are not nuts. Gone are the days of two people casually asking each other about their hobbies, favorite foods, religion, political views and their past relationships on first dates. Now you can go on Facebook and look through pictures of people and their exes, assuming their exes have not untagged and deleted them mid-breakup. Before you know it, you will see pictures of the guy you thought you liked wearing white sunglasses in between two girls clutching a Coors on spring break in Cancun. Next time the guy or girl you are talking to decides to friend request you, consider these pointers before accepting them and exposing yourself electronically, reported uwire.com Sept. 19 in a nationwide ...

Caroline Hutchinson IS IT just me or does everyone wish we could stop talking about sex as a commodity? Actually, how about stop talking about sex, period. A study released by theUniversity of Minnesota this week quantifies the cost of sex in today's economy from a male perspective. Apparently it's the only thing getting cheaper. According to the reportauthor Kathleen Vohs, "The price of sex is about how much one party has to do in order to entice the other into being sexual". She says, "It might mean buying her a drink or an engagement ring". More than half the young women surveyed reported being keen in the first week of dating. Researchers said while there was no conclusive historical data, it was reasonable to assume this was a dramatic increase in enthusiasm on the behalf of women which has prompted an equally dramatic change in the expectations of men. Of the men surveyed 30% reported their sexual relationships involved no romance at all. A lot of deba...

After last weeks dating tips, Im proud to say each of my guy friends is in a new relationship. On that note, I feel lonely. Because of an overflow of angry emails, I assume this loneliness is common among other gentlemen who did not read last weeks paper. To avoid any more death threats, Ive included a few ideas on how to deal with being single in a couple-filled world. With these tips, the impending gloom and suicidal tendencies will dissipate into contentment, and hopefully college singles will find validation from within. 1. Sometimes, you have to date yourself. You know your favorite movies. You know your favorite restaurants. The only drawback is paying for yourself and the threat of schizophrenia, but those are nothing compared to being alone. 2. When your friends go on dates, dont stay home, watch romantic comedies and eat comfort foods. Ask your neighbor if shed also like to cry for a couple of hours. If they abstain, dress stuffed animals as your friends and conduct group ther...

I've been trying to date online for a few months now, but I'm just not getting any good messages. They're all some variation of, "hey" or a winky face or some bullshit. A friend said she thought maybe my profile wasn't the best showcase of my personality. Is she right? What am I doing wrong? Good news and bad news: I can't stop the douchecopters-at-large from emoticonning you, but I can help you to improve your profile, which may help decrease the amount of "hey gurl, u sexxxy" messages you receive on dating sites. As a veteran online dater, I bring you these top five bone-afide tips. 1. Show, Don't Tell Not to get all Creative Writing 101 on you, but well, this degreehadto come in handy someday.When describing yourself, it really is better to follow the golden rule of writing: Show, don't tell. Many people fall victim to the sin of portraying themselves with a list of adjectives, but outside of Schoolhouse Rock sing-alongs, adjectives a...

LONDON Online dating scams may have hit more than 200,000 people in the United Kingdom and go largely unreported, according to a study released on Wednesday. Perpetrators target dating websites or social media, regularly posing as soldiers or models to build intimate relationships with victims and ultimately exploit them for cash, researchers at the U.K.'s Leicester and Westminster universities said. Their findings, based on a survey of more than 2,000 people by online polling site YouGov , support a prevailing theory that people fleeced by online romances do not go to police due to feelings of shame and heartbreak. Only on msnbc.com Foreign teachers' American dreams vanish Buying a used car? Don't get taken for a ride Sprint raises fee, says no to breaking contracts Down syndrome's rewards touted as new test looms Why some of us are terrible singers 'Sister' cons woman out of $2,000 on Facebook Building doctors for the future Action Fraud , the reporting and a...

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By DAVID GINSBURG BALTIMORE - The Baltimore Orioles didn't have much to celebrate this season, so they took extra pleasure in putting a rousing finish on an otherwise lackluster year. The Orioles use a two-run ninth inning to beat Boston 4-3 on Wednesday night, and in the process they bounced the Red Sox out of playoff contention. "End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I'll take it all day," said Robert Andino, who got the game-winning hit off Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon. Papelbon (4-1) struck out the first two batters before giving up a double to Chris Davis. Nolan Reimold followed with a double to score pinch-runner Kyle Hudson, and Andino completed the comeback with a single to left that a sliding Carl Crawford couldn't glove. "To walk off, everybody wants to walk off," Andino said. "It's priceless man, you don't have any words for it. Just enjoy it, and there's no tomorrow, so next year." The same can...

London, Sep 28 : Hundreds of thousands of people in Britain may have been hit or duped by online romance scams, far more than previous estimates. The study undertaken by Monica Whitty and Tom Buchanan, psychologists at the Universities of Leicester and Westminster, is probably the first formal academic analysis of the pervasive scam. Criminals often set up fake identities on dating and social networking sites, using stolen photographs (of models or army officers) and pretend to develop a romantic relationship with their victim. Such scamsters have persuaded many to part with large sums of money before their suspicions are aroused, often on emotive or humanitarian grounds, according to a Leicester statement. Even when victims cannot, or will not, send money, scammers involve them in laundering money by asking them to accept money into their bank accounts. Researchers surveyed over 2,000 people through an online YouGov survey and estimated from the results that over 200,000 British citiz...

by KTAR.com (September 28th, 2011 @ 11:37am) A new web site out in the space of the Internet allows people to anonymously review their past flames. According to the Huffington Post , ExRated.co allows people to learn about prospective dates or be a whistle blower against their ex. "You wouldn't go to a restaurant that hasn't been reviewed. Especially in the era of Internet dating, why would you go on a date with a person who hasn't been reviewed?" said ExRated founder Tom Padazana, who said the site's motto is "forewarned is forearmed." Reviewers fill out a two-page questionnaire including relationship details, tips for dealing with the person, and the type of relationship their ex is best suited for. The site gives those reviewed an overall score and ranks for things like hygiene, intelligence, mojo and thoughtfulness. Padanza said the site is not designed to be defamatory, but simply as a tool to help people make smarter decisions when it comes to ...

Kelly and Brian Warner barely knew the 40-year-old woman they met at church. Tracy Marie Moody was new to Boiling Springs. Her son had joined the church youth group that the Warners ran. They liked the 11-year-old right away and offered to look after him when Moody had to go out of town for a few days in July. The Warners even considered volunteering to watch Moodys 11-month-old infant. Yet, Moody struck them as too protective to leave her baby behind and they decided against it. That made the news even more terrible when, four days later, the Warners learned that Moody had drowned her baby, then herself, in a motel room bathtub near Atlantic City. An unpredictable woman Around noon on July 21, four days after Moody and her baby left Boiling Springs for New Jersey, police pulled up to Stacy Ray Vanovers home in Wise, Va. The 34-year-old water-treatment plant worker and Tracy Moody had dated for three years. The drowned baby was his daughter. The couple met in 2008. Moody was vague abo...