Can't believe Tuesday is already done for Carolina Country Cruizin' with Matt and Dee but it is and we will be rolling into a Wednesday full of winning and fun and we want you to come back to get your morning started off right! Keep it rolling with Wheelz 100.5!Facebook Profiles Benefit Narcissists, Study Finds
Monday , September 29, 2008
Facebook profiles can tell you more than just peoples' birthdays and what movies they like — they can reveal the self-adoring, a new study suggests.
Researchers at the University of Georgia gave personality questionnaires to nearly 130 Facebook users and analyzed the content of their online profiles.
They also had untrained observers look at the profiles and rate how narcissistic, or excessively egotistical, the owners of the profiles were.
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The results of the study are detailed in the October issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
The researchers found that the number of friends and wall posts (messages left by the owner of the profile or friends) that a person had on their profile correlated with how narcissistic they were.
Study leader Laura Buffardi, a Ph.D. student in psychology, said this is similar to how narcissists behave in the real world, forming numerous but shallow relationships with others.
Narcissistic Facebook users were also more likely to have glamorous, self-promoting pictures for their main profile photo, while others tended to use snapshots, the study found.
The untrained observers also noted the differences in photos and amount of social interaction.
"We found that people who are narcissistic use Facebook in a self-promoting way that can be identified by others," Buffardi said.
Narcissism hampers a person's ability to form healthy, long-term relationships, said study co-author W. Keith Campbell.
"Narcissists might initially be seen as charming, but they end up using people for their own advantage," Campbell said. "They hurt the people around them and they hurt themselves in the long run."
In the past, research has found that personal Web pages are more popular among narcissists, but this doesn't mean that all Facebook users are narcissists.
"Nearly all of our students use Facebook, and it seems to be a normal part of people's social interactions," Campbell said. "It just turns out that narcissists are using Facebook the same way they use their other relationships — for self-promotion with an emphasis on quantity over quality."
Kraft Macaroni And Cheese Speaker Box
Item number: 130258987851
Bidding ends: October 3rd
With no bids at press time, starting bid: $0.99
Item location: Indianapolis, IN
Seller says: “Kraft Macaroni and Cheese box with Koss headphone speakers inside (and a volume control on top). My headphones broke and I didn’t want to throw away the speakers so I cut open the Kraft box, attached the speakers inside with the volume control on top and glued the box back together.”
Lawmakers Reject U.S. Bailout
U.S. lawmakers rejected a $700 billion bailout plan for the financial industry in a shock vote that sent global markets sliding. The House of Representatives voted 228-205 against a compromise bailout plan that would have allowed the Treasury Department to buy up poisoned assets from struggling banks. House Republicans, in particular, balked at spending so much taxpayer money just before the November 4th election. President Bush met with economic advisers yesterday afternoon to consider their next move.
Microsoft and the Attorney General’s office in Washington State filed several lawsuits yesterday over pop-up ads that scare consumers into paying for software that supposedly fixes critical errors on a PC. One lawsuit alleges a Texas firm sent pop-up ads that falsely claimed the computer had critical errors in its registry and directed people to a Web site where they could download free scanning software to find the problems. The software then reports 43 critical problems and offers to sell a fix
for $39.95. however, the software, dubbed “Registry Cleaner XP,” does nothing. Some computer users were receiving the messages as many as 200 times in one day.
Parents can expect video games to be on top of their child’s holiday wish list this year, according to a survey by Game Crazy. The survey reveals that nearly all tweens and teens (90%) expect to ask for a video game this year. In the second annual Holiday Gift Tracker Survey, Game Crazy went straight to the source to find the hottest video games for the 2008 holiday season.
Most-Wanted Games (8- to 17-year-old boys and girls):
1. “Guitar Hero World Tour” (Rated T) - 17%
2. “Rock Band II” (Rated T) - 15%
3. “Mario Kart” (Rated E) - 12%
Top Video Game Systems Owned - Girls
8- to 10-years-old: Nintendo Wii (51%), PlayStation 2 (49%), Nintendo DS (48%)
11- to 13-years-old: Nintendo DS (63%), PlayStation 2 (45%), Nintendo Wii (44%)
14- to 17-years-old: Nintendo Wii (53%), PlayStation 2 (46%), Nintendo DS (43%)
Top Video Game Systems Owned - Boys
8- to 10-years-old: Nintendo DS (58%), PlayStation 2 (56%), GameBoy Advanced (51%)
11- to 13-years-old: Nintendo Wii (61%), PlayStation 2 (50%), Nintendo DS (48%)
14- to 17-years-old: Nintendo Wii (62%), PlayStation 2 (51%), Xbox360 (51%)
An Iowa City, Iowa, man who thought a police officer just “needed a hug” faces several charges including assault on a peace officer and public intoxication. According to police records, 21-year-old Luke Schreder ran up to the officer on Saturday and stuck out his arms. The officer told him to “get away,” but Schreder didn’t take the hint and embraced the officer. When the officer told Schreder to put his hands behind his head, he refused. He was then handcuffed. Schreder was charged with assault on a peace officer, interference with official acts, and public intoxication.
A Chihuahua in Homer City, Pennsylvania, created a big fuss after one of her rear paws got stuck in a kitchen sink drain Sunday night. Ruth Gallagher said her daughter was bathing Chalupa the Chihuahua when he got stuck. They tried liquid soap, cooking oil and ice before calling the fire department. Firefighters disassembled the plumbing under the sink and used tin snips to complete the 30-minute rescue. Chalupa is doing fine, but the sink didn’t fare as well.
99-Year-Old Determined To Keep Driving
A woman on the brink of her 100th birthday in Corte Madera, California, says she is determined to keep driving her car despite her advanced age. Pauline Angleman is set to celebrate being a century old this weekend, but she has no plans to forgo the joy of driving her own car around town. “I don’t drive too fast but I don’t hold up traffic,” said Angleman, who got her first driver’s license in 1928. With state regulations only requiring senior drivers to undergo eye exams every five years in order to keep their license, Angleman should be set.
Two elderly women in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, who tied themselves to a crab apple tree to protest its removal not only rescued the tree but they saved themselves from eviction. Lea Perrone, 64, and Pat Henry, 65, spent several days tied to the tree at their elderly housing complex, challenging a decision by the Shrewsbury Housing Authority to cut it down to relocate a trash bin. After their protest, they received eviction notices. Perrone, Henry, and a third woman who was threatened with eviction for violating the complex’s policy by keeping a chair on her porch, met with Housing Authority members yesterday. Their lawyer said the housing authority agreed not to evict the women and said the crab tree will stay put. To make the win even sweeter, tenants will also be
allowed to keep chairs and other items on their porches, as long as they don’t block exits.
Dierks Bentley says he didn’t even know there was such a thing as a “device that pulls snot out” of a baby’s nose until he attended a party celebrating the upcoming birth of his first child. Bentley says he and his wife Cassidy don’t know what they’re in for just yet. They just know the baby’s due any day now. They don’t even have a crib yet. Bentley tells “GAC Nights: Live From Nashville” that they have something called “a Moses basket, which is pretty cool.”
Martina McBride had a very moving experience at a recent show. A Marine in full uniform and his wife had to leave early. Before they departed, the soldier stood in front of the stage and saluted Martina. She writes in her MySpace blog, I thought I was going to start crying. It was really touching. I felt like I should have saluted him."
Wynonna will film a free Christmas concert to honor the troops on Monday at Nashville's Opry House. According to Nashville's Tennessean, Wy was inspired by performing for servicemen and -women with her mom Naomi earlier this year. She says, "I have got to do more of this because this feeds my soul in a way that awards and all I go through just doesn't." Holiday Notes From Home: A Christmas Tribute for the Troops will air during the holidays on American Forces Radio and Television Service.
Darius Rucker will visit David Letterman’s show tomorrow night to perform his No.1 song “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It.” Lucinda Williams will be on “Letterman” the following night. Williams, who releases a new CD, “Little Honey,” next week, will play “Jailhouse Tears,” a duet with Elvis Costello.
Trace Adkins will be one of the stars gracing the pages of the 2009 Celebrity Pet Calendar benefiting Tony LaRussa's Animal Rescue Foundation. Other stars who will appear with their pets include Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and Barbara Walters.
Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban have all been announced as performers for this year’s CMA Awards. Chesney, Strait, Sugarland and Urban are up for Entertainer of the Year. Brooks & Dunn, Jackson, Lambert and Swift also secured nominations in various categories. The CMA Awards will air November 12th on ABC.
Martina has been working on a new album and filming a video for "Blue Christmas" from the Elvis Presley Christmas Duets album.Thanks to modern technology, Martina was magically transported into Elvis's 1968 comeback special to sing alongside the King. She says she went full tilt with big hair and 60's clothes and make-up. The Elvis Presley Christmas Duets album, which also features Gretchen Wilson, Sara Evans, LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood, comes out on October 14th.
Montgomery Gentry's Eddie Montgomery celebrates his 45th birthday today, but the country star admits he still has a lot to learn. He tells us, "To me, if you've got kids, every day you learn. You grow up every day." The dynamic duo have finished Toby Keith's Biggest and Baddest Tour, but they continue through November with their own shows -- including November 24th's Christmas for Kids concert at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Forget blue chips -- soup is where its at on Wall Street. While the major stocks took a 778-point dump on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, Campbell Soup shares -- ticker symbol CPB -- simmered three-tenths of one-percent higher, or up 12 cents. Campbell closed at 37-75. It's not the first time Campbell's shares have added value in a crisis. After the 9-11 attacks, Americans stocked up on Campbell's soups, sending their share value up ten percent.
Some folks in Bavaria are getting their lederhosen in a bunch because of cheap imports. According to "Sky News," purists in the home of Munich's famed Oktoberfest event have expressed outrage that traditional outfits are being shipped in from India and China at a fraction of the cost. Bavarian-made lederhosen can run upwards of one-thousand dollars because they use real Bavarian leather and are hand-stitched by Bavarian tailors. The import versions tend to cost around 200 dollars. A local tailor said he feels the price of the Bavarian lederhosen is worth it because it's, quote, "like a second skin and will last your whole life -- if you don't get fat." Munich's Oktoberfest kicked off earlier this month, and wraps up this coming weekend.
Space Chess
A chess match began yesterday with an astronaut challenging Earthlings. NASA has teamed up with the U.S. Chess Federation to host the match between International Space Station astronaut Greg Chamitoff and the inhabitants of Earth. Key players in the game will be the kindergarten through third grade U.S. Chess Championship Team and its chess club teammates from Stevenson Elementary School in Bellevue, Washington. The K-3 champions will select up to four possible moves. The public will then vote on which move will be transmitted to the ISS. The game involves one move a day. Find out more at www.uschess.org/nasa2008
Dee likes a game called high low or go fish and Matt likes spades or poker.
