1. A man who can make you feel like a woman

For many women, respect is the number one thing that they look for in a man. Not only is it a prerequisite, it is also a big turn on! A man who respects a woman and appreciates her for who she is has the power to make her weak in the knees.

2. A man who is not afraid to take charge

Women like strength and not just physical strength. Women like to think that their man can take charge of any situation. Giving a woman a feeling of protection is endearing as well as arousing.

3. A man who can be dominated

All relationships involve a power dynamic. A man can be strong with his woman, but must also be able to surrender some of that power. A woman likes to take control sometimes and feels sexy when a man is ready and willing to respond to all her demands.

4. A man with a sensitive side

Contrary to popular belief, women are not looking for a man who wants to talk about his emotions constantly. Sensitivity is a good thing but more important is to be emotionally well-balanced. One of the biggest female turn ons is having a man who is not afraid to show his emotions.

5. A man who can hold his own

A man who is unable to take care of himself turns women off! Being self-sufficient reassures a woman that she will not have to handle everything in a relationship. Men who are overly dependent are perceived as weak and that is not an attractive quality!

6. A man who is successful

Success does not necessarily mean wealth. Women feel comfortable with the fact that a man can support himself and his family. Most women are looking for a man who is ambitious and passionate about life. A successful person appears more confident and confidence is always a turn on.

7. A man in uniform

Sorry men, but this is not a myth. Women love a man in uniform! Although firefighters and policemen top the list, most likely any uniform will do!

8. A man with a great body

Women are not nearly as fixated on this one as men are, but women are also turned on by a man with a fantastic body. Women have differing ideas about what is physically attractive in a man, but wide shoulders and a cute backside doesn’t hurt!

9. A man with a brain and a sense of humor

Although it may be fun to have a fling with the male version of Barbie, women are more turned on by men who are smart and funny. A dim-witted dullard gets boring fast. Women want their fires lit by someone who can tell a good joke and can challenge them intellectually.

10. A man who is good with kids

Many men dread this one, so thank goodness it is number 10 on the list. Women are not necessarily picturing you as the father of their children, but it is endearing to see the nurturing side of a man. Men might not want to hear it and women might not like to admit it, but a man holding a baby is beautiful and a turn on!

Although the government is yet to come out with with legal provision to protect openly gay servicemen in uniform, the federal court ruled recently that the military stops with immediate effect, the enforcement of a ban on gays who for a long time have operating under the obnoxious provision of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. The San Francisco court of Appeal decided that the ban be lifted expeditiously because it discriminated against gays in uniform.

The good news is that Obama is very committed to signing into law the ban because, this has been his campaign pledge and he strongly believes that the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ban was against the American constitution. In December, President Obama backed a law calling for ending the prohibition of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ban pending a final review by military leaders and the defence secretary. Pentagon officials had expected the rule to be formally scrapped by the end of July, and the effect of the court ruling was unclear.

A federal judge last year had ordered an injunction that barred the Pentagon from enforcing the ban but the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had stayed the judge’s ruling, giving the Obama administration more time to review the issue.

This decision by the courts will certainly exhilarate gay activists around the world because they have always argued that any attempt to bring issues of sexual orientations into the military would grossly stand as a  violation of the human rights of gays in uniform.

The black beret, which proved deeply unpopular with American soldiers, will be replaced by a patrol cap for everyday wear, U.S. Army spokesman Col. Tom Collins said.  The patrol cap is much more comfortable than the beret.

The move came after outgoing Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, asked the Army’s Sergeant Major “to go out and talk to soldiers across the force and see what was on their minds,” Collins said.  ”One of the things that soldiers consistently brought up was the desire to wear the patrol cap as part of their duty uniform,” he said.

The beret will still be part of the Army’s dress uniform, but will no longer be worn in the field as many soldiers complained that it was impractical.  I hated the beret.  It was uncomfortable in hot weather, had no visor to protect from the sun, and served no practical purpose.

Before 2001, the black beret was associated with the elite Rangers Special Operations forces. Many Rangers resented the idea that the hat they had earned the right to wear had been assigned to the entire force.  The change was instituted by, what I believe, was an uppity general with an inferiority complex.  He hated that the Rangers, Special Forces and Airborne units had the berets as their symbol of excellence.  He figured if everyone wore them, there would be no elitism.  It was a bad decision and weakened the force, in my opinion.

The decision does not affect units that have long worn berets as a mark of distinction, including the Rangers’ black beret, Army Special Forces’ green beret, and Airborne’s maroon version.

I only wish this had taken place when I was in.  I am certain that the changes will make many soldiers happy.

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What is uniform-love? It’s you being merciful to you

If human were to ask me, “what is uniform-love? ” i would reply, “a bing power to be true and merciful to youruniform. For it is only when you are filled with the love of who you are that you can share this gift with the world. “* *to be true to us is a lifelong voyage of uniform-discovery and uniform-acceptance. It is creating on our unique gifts and share, while accepting unless shame our weaker facet. * *when two people enter into wedlock, they often share the tame vow, “i take you to be my wife/husband, to have and to hold from this day send, for better or for worse, for full, for poor, in nausea and wellness, to live and cherish: from this day send. ” this vow takes into account that life is. . . Well, life. It is a voyage of varied try. Uniform-love is the power to set this same vow to not desert us when times are hard. * *uniform-love engage a daily development of a truly satiating, executing, and satisfying kinship with youruniform. The result of uniform-love is not a refine life, unceasing joy, or the invention of the refine human persona that everyone accepts, adore, and confirm. Instead, uniform-love is the power to summon a merciful *groping* into youruniform no matter what you try in life. * **joinion with uniform**how do we do tap into inner pity and love during those times that are worse, poor, and ill? In part, loving youruniform contain nursing to basis needs such as bodily step, eating, sleep, and uniform-care. It is uniform-loving to get a massage, light some candles, or take a bubble bath. However, uniform-love is quiting much main. * *when our direct are spur by fear, by what we “should” be doing, or our intent is to rule, our injure uniform is in fill. This type of conduct is not so much uniform-love as it is survival. Uniform-love is the power to stop, take a deep aware air, and move beyond a usual reaction. Airing brings us back into center where we can join with who we are beyond our wounds and automatic responses.  * *uniform-love is the power to pay concentration to insight, follow the voice of our heart, and truly give word to our true pity. Uniform-love is a minute-by-minute consciousness of our inner wisdom join with uniform-permission to reply accordingly. It is about saying “no” to those direct, conducts, and habit that feel unsatiating on the in, and saying “yes” to what is pleasing and executing. * *in scent, uniform-love contain deliberately focusing energy on direct and conducts that warm the heart, please the feel, and allow life to flow inward your bodily uniform. Uniform-love brings you back into your body, and back into groping and airing and feeling. It is biding youruniform pity for the try you are having while also being aware of the direct that would best offer raise and aid your mind, body, sentiment, and soul. * **what is the most uniform-loving action in this moment? **uniform-love raise when we stop, take a moment to awarely aire, and feel our way inward these questions: * **

*am i treating myuniform fairly? *  *am i treating myuniform with honor? *  *am i treating myuniform with kindness? *  *am i paying concentration to what i need and want? *  *what are my needs during this job or circumstance? *  *can i allow myuniform to feel into a clear result to this try? *  *do i speak to myuniform with pity? * *

The voyage of uniform-love is ever revealing and ever extending. As you listen to your soul, also known as your heart, insight, knowledge, true pity, or gut sense, you offer youruniform honor. As you take action to say your inner uniform. . . That’s uniform-love in direct. And more down the road, as you evolve into the person that does not need to be infer by everyone. . . That is the incorporation of uniform-love.

Having a weak, namby pamby, little boyish personality just might prevent you from being sent to Iraq.

Okay so I overheard an army guy who was recently home on leave from the military complaining that they have all of these young bucks who are E303’s being shipped out to Iraq and here he is an E304-P and he isn’t going. So he asked his commanding officer why he was overlooked for Iraq and he said that even though he is an E304-P he didn’t feel that he was ready to go to Iraq.

Now this guy is like a little pissant. I mean he has a little boy’s personality always smiling always geeky you know like a real life version of Steve Urkel or Blankman or something. So that is the reason I feel that his commanding officer does not want him to go join the Iraq war. So they are sending him to Germany instead. He said so I’m going to Germany thank you very much.

His station over in Germany will be near where the Autobahn is instead of going to Iraq. Instead of complaining he would be grateful for the pass. When his dad was over in Germany he had to spit shine the kiwi floors but his dad had lots of fun over in Germany and I expect he will too.

Why a Military Man Should Not Be A Racist

So now you can wear your Marines or Army or Navy outfit with pride and show off your veteran status. Just don’t be a racist in your real life or your job. I mean, don’t forget who you served with man.

How To Fix Car Damage After An Accident Without Insurance

This is how you fix damage to your car after an accident without going through your comprehensive and collision car insurance. This is great for those who have high deductibles. By the way, the only time you should worry about driving a car that was in an accident is when the car had it’s roof hit. If the roof is damaged then try to get another car.

The basic idea is that when you hit an object at less than 50 miles per hour the car should still be driveable. So take pictures of the car from all the sides and pick up the car parts that fell off the ground. So let’s say that you need a new fender, go to Ebay and get a new fender and then find a back alley mechanic or street mechanic to pull out all the dents for you and tighten your headlights. You can use clear packing tape on the headlights or go to an auto parts store and get special automotive tape.

Automotive tape is special yellow and red tape to put over the turn signals if those lights got cracked in the accident as well. The yellow and red tape is cheap and is less than five bucks at an auto parts store.

Uniform has many social and economic advantages over plain clothes. It enables a man to terrorize the innocents. It proves a wide spectrum like antibiotic for those who fear the law and respect it due to patriotic feelings. It makes amen rich and affluent. It provides him a chance to grab the people’s properties and honor for free. It is a great source of unlimited unlawful powers. It also provides facility to the terrorists to recognize their target, especially the suicide bombers. It frightens only those who are peace loving and gentle persons. It buttresses those who are evil mongers.

It is used to maintain law and order in the republic. It keeps the law and order only when the man in uniform is the head of state as well as head of government. It has its uses in the different institutions. It is kind of outfits that have become the metaphor of equality.

 It makes all the uniform wearing people equal in defame. It makes them above the law. The wearers think that they are not ordinary humans.

It is very attractive thing for those who see people in uniform making merry like the prince of no lands. They have the open permission to do according to their own whims and wishes without any fear of law or law makers. It becomes a device of machinations with the corroboration of the men in the helm of affairs. We watch the true character of” WORTHY” in the Indian movies. Uniform has many uses and abuses, more often its abuses are paramount to its real uses.

 A new education minister or secretary whose family or friends deal in cloths always changes the color or type of the uniform. In this way only the friends and family numbers are attached, other’s calls are diverted.

If a uniform holder gets the chance and often he gets in the developing world he never intends to loose it.

 Only death becomes the great leveler for such ambitious persons. It gives him the life time guarantee to roast the rooster and have it four times a day.

Dacoits disguise them in the uniform to rob the innocent public and pedestrians. They camouflage them and become incognito of the men in uniform. But the irony is that the men in uniform always rob people without uniform.

 They think it the sacrilege of the uniform to devoid the people of their property, honor and rights in uniform. Dacoits in the uniform were caught red handed plundering and looting the public but those who do the same without the uniform are never caught red or green handed. The shadow of uniform protects them from any kind of accountability.

Uniform is the most lucrative thing too.

Uniforms impression that whoever is wearing it is a real man – strong, honest and brave. Maybe because most jobs require uniformed tall, good physical condition and ability to obey command, or command. It certainly knew and Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale, the main hero of the film Catch Me If You Can. As an experienced fraudster successfully used not only to the pilot’s uniform, but also medical coat.

As confirmed by the German magazine Poll Lisa, women have a weakness for uniforms in the 21st Century. A third of respondents (33%) aged 20-49 years admitted that she is most attracted to uniforms for pilots, especially if he is the captain’s stripes on his shoulder. Sex Appeal to the uniforms of military officers (25%). Police uniforms comes an interesting 13-percent of the participants and fire 12 percent.

Not all uniforms are attractive, however. Guard, liftboyové, postmen and crew are far more interesting in plain clothes. Up to a third of women considered their mission is to be completely unattractive clothing and vice versa reliably killing sexual desire.

Before making a decision you may want to consider the age of the uniform. If it is much older it can be donated to a military museum. You can also sell it by using the Internet as a tool. Passing down your uniform to the next generation is also an option. To better preserve your military uniform, wrap it in acid-free paper and put it in a storage box specifically for preservation. Try to keep the box in an area free of moisture because this will cause damage.

They can also be donated to goodwill or a military thrift shop. If you want to see better use come of your uniform there is always the option to drop it off to your local high school for the drama department. According to Chapter 45 of the United States Code, section 771 states that the uniform is not allowed to be worn by unauthorized persons who are not considered to be on active duty. Familiarizing yourself with the laws as it pertains to your country can help in your decision making.

Another way to recycle the uniform is use it for arts and crafts. For example, turn it into a purse, quilt or design a different piece of clothing. It can also be kept with your Halloween costumes and pulled out for a costume party. Some service men like to shred their uniforms and make it into artwork as a part of coping with what they experienced during combat.

It is a parent’s duty to ease the child on the first day of his or her school. It is important to boost the self confidence of a child prior to sending him or her to school.

Taking the child out among relatives and friends, helping him to communicate with cousins is one step to ward off this fear.

It is a parent’s duty to teach a kid to socialize with other kids of his or her age. Parents should accompany kids on their first day to school. If a kid is too nervous, the class teacher can be taken into confidence.

In the long run, these steps help a child to become self reliant at school.

While I am no research analyst with focus groups and statistics at my disposal, my family has lived an experiment of its own in regard to uniforms. My son recently spent two years in a private school where he wore a uniform every day. We had a fall/spring uniform consisting of a polo shirt and shorts, a winter uniform composed of slacks, white dress shirt and tie (sweater optional), and a dress uniform, which added a blazer and dress shoes to the slacks outfit.

In all, I probably spent $350 to $400 on his uniforms. It would have been a great deal for a year’s worth of clothes, provided he wore them every waking hour, seven days a week. Alas, he did not, so I still had to buy jeans, shorts, shirts, sweaters and dress clothes. And I still had to do his laundry three times a week to make sure he had the clean, full ensemble required on any given day. In the end, I was not ahead of the game financially.

The educational and ambient factors are also not as clear as many might think. My son returned to Norfolk public schools this year . Even decked out in his hoodie, jeans and red Chuck Taylors, he is more academically productive, focused and happy than he was in his neat uniform at his previous school. Believe me, homogeneity does not necessarily breed excellence. The private school’s educational opportunities and level of instruction could not even approach what my son is receiving in his current Norfolk public school.

As for safety, perhaps an argument can be made to discuss uniforms in the context of concerns over gang activity in or near the schools. But my son has never been harassed, nor has anyone laid a hand on him in public middle school. I wish I could say the same about the neatly uniformed students in his private school. Discipline, not fashion, is the key to keeping order. The private school had very little discipline, but the students looked really good while they tormented each other. In my experience, discipline has been very tight in our public schools — swift and appropriate to the offense.

About five or six years ago, our elementary school took a parent vote to determine whether our PTA should apply to institute a uniform policy. We failed by a long shot to get the 70 percent vote required to move ahead. It’s hard to say whether the defeat was owed more to opposition than apathy, but when anyone wants to tell parents how to spend their money, they had better be sure there is solid support for their position.

I urge the Norfolk School Board to proceed carefully while considering changes to its uniform policy. Please continue to let each school’s decision be parent-driven. After all, we are the ones who will have to pay for the uniforms, listen to our children complain and stay up late doing laundry to ensure that our children have a clean, mandated ensemble.

The question of how the city can help fund uniforms for families of limited means is also being discussed. Rather than fund mandatory clothing, perhaps the School Board and city leaders should worry more about the “mandatory” buildings our children spend six hours a day in. Many are still in appalling condition, with no concrete fiscal plan or schedule to upgrade or replace them. City funding is scarcer now than ever, and to worry about diverting funds to pay for homogenous clothing or light rail’s escalating costs in the face of decrepit educational facilities is frivolous at the very least.

Here’s my own modest proposal: Any Norfolk public schools student caught engaging in disruptive, dangerous behavior should be required to wear a uniform. Replace gang colors with navy slacks and a white shirt. Don’t institute corporate consequences for the actions of a few. The rest of the students are too busy learning in their jeans and red Chucks.