"Imaginary Boyfriend"

An ironic thing happened this week when a writer for UMM, a magazine some consider to be the Canadian Maxim, was interviewing Leah Renee about her quickly rising dance hit single 'iBF (Imaginary Boyfriend)' for its Summer 2009 issue.

Far more than just a typical squeaky clean pop princess, the New York based singer and songwriter mentioned that she was reading 'Scar Tissue,' Red Hot Chili Peppers vocalist Anthony Keidis' best-selling 2004 drug addiction memoir.

She told the journalist that, while she's focusing on R&B influenced dance/pop as an artist, she grew up on a heavy dose of hard rock, including Guns N' Roses and Black Sabbath. Her father and brother are big rock fans and long-haired Harley riders who had a major influence on Leah's musical sensibilities.

While there's more to Leah than meets the eye, it's plain to see that she's an out and out dance sensation as her 'iBF' remix leaped 10 slots this week to No 38 on the FMQB Dance Chart, a dynamic and eclectic list featuring superstars from Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 to Madonna, Flo Rida and Kelly Clarkson.

The track also remains at No 1 on IDJPOOL - Chicago's April Dance Chart, No 10 on both the DJ Mag Dancefloor Destroyers House Chart and XPressbeats Top Ten House Chart, and No 20 on XPressbeats Top 50 Most Wanted Chart. 'iBF' is also the No 2 Breakout track on the dance chart of the Mass Pool DJ Association.

'iBF' is being spun on XM, AOL Music, Fusionradio, iPartyradio, B91, DMX and stations like WDRE, WKIE, KNHC, WBZC and WMPH.

The week of April 17, Leah was featured on Myspace Celebrity under Rising Star. Last week's celebrity icon was Ryan Seacrest. The page also featured Tila, Nicole Richie, David Cook, David Archuleta, Jewel and Ashley Tisdale. Leah was on CBS Radio New York on Wednesday, April 15 and was interviewed by Matt Simpson, the Director of Music Content, CBS Radio Digital Media Group.

Guy is Cheating

From changes in behavior to mysterious disappearances, signs that your guy could be stepping out on you.

It’s every woman’s worst relationship fear that her man is cheating. We’ve all heard the statistic: half of all men cheat. And some experts say that number is even closer to three quarters. Could it be happening to you? Aside from finding lipstick on his collar, a mysterious condom in his pocket or, yes, a phone number on a napkin (helpful hints but unlikely clichés!), there are some red flags to watch out for to tip you off that something fishy might be going on.

The following are six signs that should raise your eyebrows:

1. He’s Acting Differently.

The most telltale sign of a cheating man is that he’s acting differently than the way he used to. If any of the signals below describe your guy’s usual actions, don’t freak out and immediately assume he’s having an affair; he’s probably just being his quirky self. What you should be suspicious of is new developments, says Barbara Feld, LCSW, a couple’s therapist at Park Avenue Relationship Consultants in New York City. She says you should ask yourself, “Is what’s happening different than normal? Is he showing a real change in behavior?” If he’s always been private, hasn’t ever had the highest sex drive, or often flakes out on plans, that’s just who he is. It’s when he starts to be that way and never was before that you should start asking questions.

2. He’s Avoiding You.

If your guy has suddenly started coming home much later, seems to be making excuses to be out of the house, starts going away with out you on the weekends, or just generally seems to be avoiding you, that’s a clear indication of trouble in your relationship. M. Gary Neuman, a licensed family counselor and the author of “The Truth About Cheating” found that 61 percent of cheating men said they started spending more time away from home. 55 percent of men about to cheat said the same thing. No matter how busy your guy may be, he should be making an effort to see you (because, hello – he loves you, right?). If he’s stopped making time for you, it’s not at all unreasonable to wonder if he’s making time for someone else.

3. You’re Having Less/Different Sex.

You might think that cheating men stop sleeping with their partners completely. But that’s not always the case. According to M. Gary Neuman, a little less than half of cheating men report having less sex with their partner. Others keep having sex so that they don’t raise suspicions – sneaky b_ s. So be alert to the amount of sex you’re having, but most of all, pay attention to the quality of the sex. Therapist Barbara Feld says sometimes when a guy is having an affair, the quantity of sex remains the same, but it’s the sex itself that changes. Maybe it used to be very romantic, and feel more like making love, and now it just feels like plain old sex.

4. His General Response to You Has Changed.

If a guy is having an affair, he may stop acting like the sweet, romantic man you fell in love with. Maybe he used to be very loving and kind towards you, but now he seems to get annoyed easily, be critical, or pick fights. If he’s consistently not being affectionate with you, don’t brush it off. Try to figure out why he’s different – and what could be distracting him, or making him feel guilty.

5. He Has Suddenly Become Very Private.

It’s just not normal for your guy to always go into a different room to answer calls, keep his cell phone in his car, or get really private about his bills (unless, of course, your man is a privacy freak and you knew that going in). But if he suddenly stops checking his e-mail in front of you, has turned the bathroom into a phone booth, and has redirected the bills to his office, it’s a fair guess than an affair is under way.

6. He is UnreliableQuite simply, says Barbara Feld, “is he where he says he will be?” If he’s never where he says he’s going to be, it’s a certain sign he’s lying to you about something. Maybe he says he’ll be at the office, but you call and he’s not there. Or he says he’s with a friend, and that friend then calls looking for him. Everyone’s plans change sometimes, but if your guy is consistently not where he says he will be, it’s very possible it’s because he’s with another woman.

What to Do?

If your guy is showing any of these six signs, talk with him about it. Tell him things feel different than they used to, and you want to know what’s going on. “If he tells you everything is fine but you know it’s not, continue to pursue the issue,” says Barbara Feld. “You can also suggest, ‘let’s talk to someone together,’ and get couples therapy.”Don’t turn a blind eye on your relationship. If things are bad, getting bad, or just feel strange, do something about it. Even if you guy isn’t having an affair, all the signs above could be signals that he’s about to. By addressing – and working with him to fix – whatever is going on in your relationship, you can prevent an affair from ever happening in the first place. If you’re noticing negative changes or problems in your relationship, address them now, while they’re still small. Maintaining a strong relationship with open communication is one of the best things you can do to ensure fidelity—both on his part, and on yours.

HOW TO EARN EXTRA MONEY ?!

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Study Exposes Extra Risk For Heart Patients

An international study led by University of Auckland researchers finds, because many people with heart failure do not get effective treatment, they are at an increased risk of dying.
Data from over 45,000-patients involved in 29-international studies shows about 3 in 10-New Zealanders die within a year of being admitted to hospital with their first heart failure, and a quarter of the patients do not respond to the standard drug treatments.
Standard treatment usually includes diuretics for relieving congestion in the heart and drugs for easing constriction.
The study found that if a patient's condition is not managed well, they have an increased risk of death, a lower quality of life, and are hospitalised repeatedly for treatment.
This study highlights the fact that there is a considerable need tor direct improvements in the care of patients with heart failure, which is a common but complex and difficult condition to manage.

‘30 Rock’

NBC’s “30 Rock” won the Emmy award for best comedy series for the third year in a row and its star Alec Baldwin received his second win for his portrayal of a slick and unscrupulous network executive.
AMC’s “Mad Men” won best dramatic series for the second year in a row at today’s 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by actor Neil Patrick Harris on CBS Corp.’s television network.
“30 Rock” dominated the comedy category. The satire, set behind the scenes at a television show on General Electric Co.’s NBC, won a total of five awards, the most of any television series. The accolades haven’t helped in viewer ratings, where the show has struggled.
“This is the greatest job I’ll ever have,” Baldwin said after his win. “We’ve been very lucky with the show.”
There were multiple repeat winners. Glenn Close and Bryan Cranston both won for the second year in a row for their leading dramatic roles in FX Network’s “Damages” and AMC’s “Breaking Bad.” AMC is owned by Bethpage, New York- based Cablevision Systems Corp. and FX is owned by New York-based News Corp.
Toni Collette received the award for best lead actress in a comedy for her role as a mother with an identity disorder in Showtime’s “United States of Tara.”
‘The Daily Show’
“The Amazing Race,” on CBS, won the award for best competition reality show, and “Grey Gardens” won best made- for-television movie on Time Warner Inc.’s HBO.
Jon Cryer won best supporting actor in a comedy series for his role as a hapless father in CBS Corp.’s “Two and a Half Men,” and Kristin Chenoweth also won for supporting actress in a comedy for her role in ABC’s “Pushing Daisies.”
Cherry Jones, who plays President Allison Taylor of Fox’s action thriller “24,” won best supporting actress in a drama. It was Jones’s first Emmy nomination.
“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” from Viacom Inc.’s Comedy Central received awards for best program and best writing in variety-comedy-musical categories.
Prime-time audiences fell at three of the four biggest U.S. TV networks last season, with only CBS gaining both total viewers and the 18-to-49-year-olds that advertisers target most, according to Nielsen Co. CBS ended the season as the most- watched network and Fox finished with the most viewers 18 to 49.
The broadcast networks followed HBO in nominations, with 67 for New York-based NBC and 55 for Burbank, California-based ABC, a unit of Walt Disney Co. CBS nabbed 49, while News Corp.’s Fox received 42, with 8 coming from “American Idol,” the most- watched show in prime time.

Obama`s health insurance

President Barack Obama says requiring people to get health insurance and fining them if they don't would not amount to a backhanded tax increase.
"I absolutely reject that notion," the president said. Blanketing most of the Sunday TV news shows, Obama defended his proposed health care overhaul, including a key point of the various health care bills on Capitol Hill: mandating that people get health insurance to share the cost burden fairly among all. Those who failed to get coverage would face financial penalties.
Obama said other elements of the plan would make insurance affordable for people, from a new comparison-shopping "exchange" to tax credits.
Telling people to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase, Obama told ABC's "This Week."
"What it's saying is, is that we're not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore," said Obama. "Right now everybody in America, just about, has to get auto insurance. Nobody considers that a tax increase."
Obama faces an enormous political and communications challenge in selling his health care plan as Congress debates how to pay for it all.
He told CBS' "Face the Nation" that he will keep his pledge not to raise taxes on families earning up to $250,000, and that much of the final bill — hundreds of billions of dollars over the next 10 years — can be achieved from savings within the current system. Coming up with the rest remains a key legislative obstacle.
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said there is no way Obama can achieve his goals without raising taxes.
"He has to. How else do you pay for it?" he told CBS.
Obama put his support behind the idea of taxing employers that offer high-cost insurance plans.
"I do think that giving a disincentive to insurance companies to offer Cadillac plans that don't make people healthier is part of the way that we're going to bring down health care costs for everybody over the long term," Obama said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Obama's network interviews were taped Friday at the White House. He became the first president to appear on five Sunday network shows in the same morning, an extraordinary effort to build public support for his top domestic priority.
The goal is to expand and improve health insurance coverage and rein in long-term costs.
Yet despite so many weeks of speeches, town halls and interviews, Obama said he has found it difficult at times to make a complex topic clear and relevant.
"I've tried to keep it digestible," Obama said. "It's very hard for people to get their arms around it. And that's been a case where I have been humbled and I just keep on trying harder."
Obama told Univision's "Al Punto" ("To the Point") that the strong opposition to his plan is part of a political strategy.
"Well, part of it is ... that the opposition has made a decision," he said. "They are just not going to support anything, for political reasons."
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Obama doesn't understand Republicans' opposition.
"I don't know anybody in my Republican conference in the Senate who's in favor of doing nothing on health care," McConnell said. "We obviously have a cost problem and we have an access problem."
But he told CNN's "State of the Union" that the Democrats' plan is simply too rushed.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Obama has ignored grave concerns over his plan and his media blitz won't change that.
"The president is selling something that people, quite frankly, are not buying," Graham told NBC's "Meet the Press."
"He's been on everything but the Food Channel," he added.

Top universities reject extra places

English universities were last week given just 48 hours to accept 10,000 extra university places in priority areas, including science and technology for the coming 2009-10 academic year. But they will receive no additional state funds so 13 universities almost immediately declined the offer. A further 16 universities, most of them smaller research intensive institutions, later also refused to accept further places.Universities had until late last Thursday to tell the Higher Education Funding Council if they would accept the places allocated to them in a circular on Wednesday.

Any rejected places were to be redistributed across the rest of the sector within 24 hours.The government has agreed to cover the cost of student support for the places but universities will not receive any teaching grant. Many research-intensive institutions confirmed they would turn down the extra places because they were only part-funded.Thirteen almost immediately declined and 11 belong to the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities which has 16 English universities among its 20 members.Those that refused include Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College and King's College. In a statement, the group's Director General Dr Wendy Piatt said: "Maintaining quality is sacrosanct and the Russell Group is concerned about underfunded extra students - there is already a funding shortfall for teaching at our universities."Of the two universities outside the group, Exeter, a member of the 1994 Group of smaller research-intensive universities, is headed by Professor Steve Smith, President of UniversitiesUK, which represents all UK universities.

London Metropolitan University, a member of the million+ group largely composed of former polytechnics, is required to repay overfunding caused by massive under-reporting of student drop-out rates and is struggling to balance its books. The funding council has commissioned an independent review of its handling of the issue by Sir David Melville, former vice-chancellor of the University of Kent.The newer universities have received the largest share of the additional places in the funding council's allocation. Manchester Metropolitan University was offered the most (341), followed by Kingston (329) and Sheffield Hallam (234). In the final distribution, Manchester Metropolitan University extra places were increased to 519 and Kingston's to 501.It is likely that all 10,000 places will have to be allocated later this month during clearing - the fast-track process under which applicants who failed to make the grade for their chosen universities scramble for a vacancy at another.

The funding council has made clear to universities the new places "relax but not remove" the restriction on increases in full-time undergraduate and postgraduate teaching certificates imposed when universities were "asked" to avoid exceeding increases beyond 2008-09 admissions.The courses will be in priority areas, including biological and related health sciences (excluding psychology, sports science and those that are primarily practice-based), physical sciences (excluding geography), mathematical and computer science, engineering, technology, economics, and business studies.The government will fund financial support for the extra students over the duration of their higher education courses through maintenance grants and loans to cover tuition fees for full time students. But the cost will be offset by reprioritising existing budgets within the Department for Business, Enterprise and Skills, and by reducing an optional five-year holiday on repayment of student loans to two years.