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Top 10 Tips To Boost Your Energy The Day After A Bad Night's Sleep … According to a new article by Yahoo Style 
1. Expose yourself to as much sunlight as possible
2. Move your body
3. Take breaks
4. Simplify your to-do list
5. Block out time in your calendar
6. Make things fun
7. Delay big decisions
8. Avoid difficult conversations
9. Adjust your routine
10. Stop giving a running commentary about your fatigue

Feel like you always act weird and mess up horribly on first dates? It’s not just you, a lot of us do, but the thing is, these are highly stressful, anxiety-filled situations that make it hard to be yourself. Add in the fact that you’re going out with someone who’s practically a stranger, but one you might actually like, and it can be one of the most stressful experiences we have.

“Most people show up hoping to be chosen,” dating expert Nadia Edwards explains. “They’re focused on making a good impression, saying the right thing and creating chemistry. What they forget is that they’re there to gather information. The goal of a first date is not to get chosen. It’s to decide whether you want to choose them.”

These are the most common mistakes people make on first dates, and how to avoid them, according to dating experts.

You don’t know what you’re looking for - You have to know what you want and what matters to you to know if it’s right in front of you. “Chemistry can tell you if you’re interested,” Edwards says. “It can’t tell you whether you’re aligned.” She adds that a first date doesn’t need to tell you if someone is your future partner, only if you want to know more about them.
You’re talking too much and not listening enough - It’s normal to be nervous, which can make us talk more, but you don’t want to be the only one talking. “When you’re anxious or really want to impress someone, you talk more, speed up and forget to be curious,” says Natassia Miller, DatingAdvice’s in-house sexologist. “The other person walks away feeling more like an audience than a potential partner.” Avoid that by asking open-ended questions and showing interest in getting to know your date.
You’re going on dates without an activity - A lot of dates involve sitting and eating or drinking, but online dating expert Eric Resnick suggests doing something that involves activity or movement instead. Having something to do, like going to the farmer’s market or playing mini golf, gives you the chance to “hang out in the wild and see if you get along” without the stress of staring at each other across a table.
Getting emotionally invested too quickly - One date, even if it’s a great one, isn’t enough to show you what a relationship with this person would look like.
Oversharing to force intimacy - Being open is good, but disclosing deeply personal stories right away can be more like dumping than sharing. Miller recommends sharing “in layers” and starting with lighter topics and letting deeper ones happen over time.
Source: Huff Post

Thowback Thursday to 1978

The very first "Garfield" comic strip debuts in 41 U.S. newspapers.
Louise Brown, the very first test tube baby, is born.
Israel and Egypt sign the Camp David Accords.
Pope Paul VI dies and is replaced by Pope John Paul I who also dies this year and is replaced by Pope John Paul II.
The computer video game Space Invaders is released.

1LB of Bacon$1.20
Dozen Eggs 48 Cents
Radio Shack Tandy TRS80 Computer $399.00
8 Track Player $169.00
Land O Lakes Butter Lb $1.33
New York Strip Steaks Lb $2.39
Ladies Corduroy Overalls $22.00
Star Wars Family Pajamas $6.49 - $11.99

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Heaven Can Wait
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TOP 10 UNEXPECTED JOYS ADULTS HAVE EXPERIENCED … According to a new survey by Gala 

1.            A delivery arriving on time

2.            Finding a parking spot without driving around

3.            Getting home just before it starts raining

4.            The satisfaction of ticking everything off my to-do list

5.            Finding a TV show with loads of episodes already available

6.            When I realise it's bank holiday Monday next week

7.            Remembering bags for the supermarket

8.            Reducing unread messages to zero

9.            My hair actually doing what I want it to with minimal effort

10.         Finding my phone exactly where I left it (rather than hunting for it)

Earth.com says a new study by the University of Malaya reveals that smelling chocolate between sets helps men achieve more in the gym. Researchers studied 23 males. Men who sniffed dark chocolate scents added 18 more reps to their workouts, while milk chocolate added nine.
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Shoppers in California will no longer see "sell by" dates on food packaging after a new law took effect July 1st, replacing them with clearer labels like "Best if Used By" for quality and "Use By" for safety. Lawmakers hope the change will reduce confusion that leads many people to throw away perfectly good food, with date labels estimated to contribute to nearly 20% of food waste nationwide. California throws away about 6-million tons of unexpired food each year, and similar labeling laws are now being considered in several other states as well as Congress.
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Dexerto says Colonel Sanders’ iconic bow tie and KFC’s first headquarters are being auctioned off on July 28th.
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NBC says Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are launching their first new flavor in 10 years. The new flavor is called Chocolate Cookies and blends the candy’s creamy peanut butter flavor with a crispy chocolate cookie center. The cookies will be available starting on July 17th 
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China has built the world's largest train station, and it took just over three years. Chongqing East, in southwest China, is officially the biggest train station on Earth by area, covering 1.22 million square meters, or about 170 football fields. That makes it six times bigger than New York's Grand Central Station and more than twice the size of Vatican City. The massive hub has 29 platforms, 15 tracks, and up to eight floors, all topped by a giant steel roof, and it can handle up to 16,000 passengers an hour. Even more impressive, the station sits atop a mountain, which workers first had to blast and level. Crews poured nearly 2 million cubic meters of concrete and used about 366,000 tons of steel, with the help of up to 40,000 workers and a fleet of robotic machines. The whole thing was finished in only 38 months.
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Dexerto says a 67-million-year-old T-Rex skeleton is going to be auctioned off by Sotheby's in New York. The skeleton, nicknamed Gus, is expected to sell  for up to $30 million. It measures 38 feet from nose to tail and has 183 bones. It was found on a cattle ranch in South Dakota in 2021. If it sells for the top price, it would not beat the current dinosaur record of $44.6 million for Apex, a Stegosaurus.
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Bad news for anyone who hoped they could outrun a spider: the fastest one on Earth can move quicker than most people
Scientists put 258 species of spider to the test in the lab to settle the question of the world’s fastest spider once and for all
The winner was the huntsman spider, a species native to Queensland, Australia, which clocked a top speed of a little over 8 miles per hour
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A  flower thief in Kansas has an antique mall's staff stumped, and they cannot seem to stop her. Police in Shawnee are investigating after surveillance video captured a woman pulling up decorative coleus plants from planters outside the Shawnee Antique Mall early Sunday morning. The video shows her driving up to the front of the store and digging the plants out by hand before leaving. Employee Jaxon Nilges, who tends the store's planters, said he bought the plants himself from a school plant sale and had cared for them for months. Staff say it is not the first time the plant thief has struck; they believe the same woman made off with entire planters last year, so they secured the containers with zip ties, then chained them to the building this year. That is likely why she resorted to digging the plants out by hand this time. Nilges said he mostly just wants to know why anyone would steal flowers.
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The Daily Dot says a Walmart customer recently damaged a store during a dispute over an electronics return. The female customer jumped on a counter and started screaming at employees after they told her they would not take back her return. She then started punching a self-checkout screen like it was a punching bag. The woman then knocked over several displays. Some commenters said they understood her frustration, while others emphasized the store's return rules.  
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ABC says the Barre, Vermont police recently arrested Ashley Lynch after she broke into a home and stole an elderly family dog. Lynch took the dog and a car.  She later returned to the home to retrieve her own car which she had left behind.  Lynch was arrested.  The dog was found and is now safely back with its family. 
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The Nerd Stash says a Palm Coast, Florida man was recently pulled from a canal known for snakes and alligators. The man ran from deputies and fought them when they tried to rescue him. Ryan McMinn was later arrested on two felony counts of battery on a law enforcement officer. He ran during a welfare check.