Facebook Phone Coming in 2013?

Coming to a phone near you?

Last week, Bloomberg reported that Facebook is working with HTC Corporation to build its own smartphone. The phone was initially planned to come out later this year but instead will arrive mid-2013. Citing anonymous sources, they also report that Facebook is developing a modified operating system that will be used for the phone. Additionally, they have hired some former Apple programmers to work on improving the Facebook app for iOS.

Why would Facebook do this? While strong competition certainly benefits consumers in the long run, it?s difficult to figure out why Facebook would want to enter a market dominated by Apple, Google Android, and Microsoft. The primary reason seems to be the growing shift to mobile by Facebook?s users. Facebook had over $3 billion in advertising revenue last year yet none of it came from mobile. Launching its own smartphone might be Facebook?s attempt to remedy that.

What do you think? Is this a good move for Facebook? Does a smartphone that fully integrates social networking interest you or would you rather continue to use the free apps available for iOS and Android?

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TRUE FUNKIN' FRIENDS | The Museum Of UnCut Funk

What is a friend? ?I?ve always said and still say that my love and friendship are eternal. ?It?s just the way I?m built, the way I am, the way I was brought up. ?Unfortunately not everyone holds this to be true. ?Someone once said that ?Friendship is the golden thread that ties the hearts of people around the world.? ?According to ?Google,? a friend is a?person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations.

I say friendship is a relationship of unconditional love and respect that transcends time and space. ?Those who presume that another person is a friend with no evidence of the aforementioned ideals is delusional. ?Friendship Day?celebrations take place on the first Sunday of August every year. ?The tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends began in the US in 1935. ? All true FUNKIN friends know that friendship is everyday. ?There are people you call friends and those that are associates, colleagues and acquaintances. ?I write this in efforts to better define for myself and all taking time out to read this, the reality of the relationship, with those we have bestowed the title ? to enlighten those who have yet to discover what true friendship really is. ?It?s not always easy coming to the conclusion or facing the fact that a person, one once called a friend, no longer considers themselves to be a friend of yours, it hurts. ?It hurts because an emotional investment has been made and now the sentiment is no longer reciprocal. ?It especially hurts when one party has not been made aware by thought word or deed, prior to their realization, that the other party no longer has any vested interests in what was once considered a friendship. ?There are instances where no harm is intended, however, like a break up there?s pain. ?Life goes on and we make new friends, holding on to golden memories of friends that once were and those that are gone.

The first thing that pops up when googling the word friend(s), is the hit television show of the same name. ?Ironically, currently on the cable network Showtime, are two former cast members of the ?Friends? show. ?Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc, both currently have shows on the network. ?The other day I saw a promo that had LeBlanc calling Kudrow, asking her to do a cameo and/ or make an appearance on his show. ?LeBlanc is asking Kudrow via telephone, only to soon realize she?s hung up. ?This is indicative of the result of friendships of millions of people day after day, year after year, decade after decade. ?Some people just hang (it) up, they stop ?hanging in there.? ?They just stop caring for one reason or another, who knows? ?Some folks just decide that their friendship with certain people has run it?s course, is no longer valid or necessary. ?This makes me sad because that?s never been my interpretation of friendship. ?Some people have to re-prioritize their time in lieu of children, new loves and/ or careers, but that doesn?t mean that they no longer consider you a friend ? or does it? ?After all, with various life changes, come new people and new friends. ?People choose their friends based on a certain lifestyle, some based on a way of thinking and others on a mutual belief regarding the quality of life. ?These are true FUNKIN? friends. ?Connections that are not superficial based on position, wealth, status or ones association with others ? or does it?

I was speaking to an ?old friend? recently. ?We lost touch about ten years ago, but still consider each other friends. ?I live in New York and they live in Los Angeles, but when we spoke, we were happy to connect. ?We caught up and it was like very little time had passed, despite the actual lapse. ?Although my friend was eager and happy to speak to me, they were not interested in speaking to the friend that actually introduced us, to each other. ??I don?t want to open that door yet,? was the sentiment expressed, due to tensions that existed between the two of them when they were last in each others company. ?This is understandable, one is not always willing or emotionally able to engage another where levels of tension exists ? I get it. ?They were not saying that they had no interest in speaking with the other friend ever again, just not at this time in their life, or at least not today ? ?Maybe next week,? they said. ?Yet, there was a sentiment that rang in their voice that they could potentially not speak to that person again, and be fine for the rest of their life. ?Sometimes this course of action is necessary for an individual to get on with their life. ?So what do you make of people who ?drift apart? when they had no qualms or issues? ?

Sometimes friends ?grow apart? ? now what does that mean? ?Growing and Apart don?t even mesh, it?s an oxymoron. ?Growth is represented by development, strength and nurturing, the word Apart means just the opposite. ?Apart is symbolic of separation, being divided and removed from something, so to say people ?grow apart? almost makes no sense. ?But yet it does, in that, the friendship that once was, is now only becoming more and more estranged, distant, invalid and of no importance. ??Absence makes the heart grow fonder? ? unless you?re trying to cut a mother*uck*r off. ?Like all relationships, friendship is a mutually shared commitment and responsibility. ?It?s a responsibility because once two people decide and/ or determine that they are friends, it?s on both parties to grow that relationship. ?It can be work, but it should be easy. ?So where am I going with this? ?I think I?m already there, I believe I?ve expressed in no uncertain terms what I feel and believe a friendship is and what it?s supposed to be. ?Perhaps you don?t see certain friends as often as one would like, but that doesn?t mean the friendship ends. ?Perhaps two people don?t always agree on certain personal, political or religious choices, that doesn?t mean they can?t share the same space ? or does it? ?Actually, for many it does, but that?s a different interpretation of friendship for me. ?We can grow from our differences if we?re not enemies.

One who has worked in entertainment for 25 years, a friend once told me ?If you want a friend in this business, get a dog.? ?Known for their loyalty and unconditional love, I thought that was good advice, I didn?t get one though. ?While a dog can be a great companion, a dog can?t have a conversation with you or offer advice (like my friend) about life. ?You can?t go to the movies or to dinner with a dog, because you have to go home to feed it. ?Pets are precious to pet lovers, but pets are not people. ?Pets go along with whatever you do because you?re providing and taking care of that animal. ?Friends are fellow human beings, other beings you can be human with when you?re not in a position where you have to be someone other than who you truly are. ?We all have to wear different hats in various?aspects of life, take on and/ or present other aspects of ourselves while?at work or in the company of certain associates. ?Some people can be more of themselves with friends than they can with members of their own family. ?Some people don?t have a filter in any environment. ?There are some folks that find themselves in positions where they have to be and/ or portray an image or live up to a certain standard that?s expected in any given circumstance, pleasing their spouse or their parents. ?There are fortunately people who are comfortable in their own skin to always be who they are. ?A friend always knows the truth about another friend. ?Some friends can have a full on conversation between themselves, while being in the midst of not being able to speak freely. ?Friendship means never having to bite your tongue and the friend on the other side of the conversation fully understands and respects what you?re conveying without being offended. ?Friendship is having an argument, agreeing to disagree and then breaking bread together, then sharing genuine laughter the rest of the night.

Friendship is encountering those who decide you?re worth the time, and feel that the time spent was effortless. ?Once one finds spending time with another requires too much effort, the friendship is altered. ?Does that mean that where two people once were can not be re-visited? ?I don?t think so, but there are millions I?m sure that would disagree and millions of instances to the contrary. ?Some people put faith into another person or collective of people, eventually coming to their senses when they?ve detached from that herd or group, realizing those folks were never their friends. ?Some people just move on. ?Some may say a person holding on to false hope is a fool, yet, often having hope in a ?friend,? is what enables so many to simply continue living. ?It?s not always that ones hope is based upon the actions of another, but it happens an awful lot.

So many have found friends and acquaintances of long ago on the social network that is Facebook. ?While it phenomenal, it?s crazy how once you find some people, you remember why you stopped communicating so often with that ?friend? in the first place ? but it?s nice to see em, and not really have to. ?I didn?t write this to necessarily draw any conclusions, but simply to define and express what friendship means to me and share it with any one up for a friendly perspective. ?I wish all my friends were for always, but sometimes that?s just not the case. ?Sometimes I?ll run into an old acquaintance or colleague that says ?Do you still talk to??, nine times out of ten the answer is yes, because the one asking obviously recognized when we were in more frequent correspondence, that my friendship with the one of which they speak, was a true FUNKIN? friend.

That?s it I guess ? words written to better help myself and others discern who are friends, and detach from those who are not. ?My hope is that friends and friends of friends will find this and hopefully share it with a friend. ?True friends and kindred spirits are never far apart and those that are truly friends, will always be. ?In an era where violence and the cult of celebrity are paramount, the purity of friendship is essential. ??To all my friends? ? Mickey Rourke/ ?Barfly?

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PFT: 'Scary how good' Luck can be? |? Solid start

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The Brett Favre playing era ended in 2010. ?The Brett Favre coaching era officially has begun.

When agent Bus Cook recently acknowledged that Favre would be helping out at Oak Grove high school, the place where Favre prepared for his various unretirements, Cook didn?t know what Favre?s precise role would be. ?As it turns out, Favre will serve as offensive coordinator, according to the Associated Press.

And Oak Grove isn?t some rinky-dink school. ?The 6A program at the 1,500-student facility is a perennial power in Favre?s home state of Mississippi.

?The stress is already getting to me,? Favre joked. ??I?ll wake up in the middle of the night saying, ?Hey, maybe we can do this? ?Maybe that will work???

If it doesn?t work, he won?t lose any money. ?He?s doing the job without pay. ?And perhaps for good reason.

?My experience in pro football means nothing,? Favre said. ?Absolutely nothing here. ?It?s totally different. ?So our biggest learning curve as a team might be my learning curve.?

So what does Favre bring to the table?

?I really believe I?m good at reading people,? Favre said. ??From being in the huddle, being in the locker room and in all those meetings for all those years, I understand that some people learn this way and some learn another way. . . . ?My whole job is to try and keep things simple. ?The more you have to think, the less your talent can show.?

It also gives Favre a way to keep busy, without having to leave home.

?One of the reasons I retired in the first place was I wanted to be in one place and experience all these things with my family,? Favre said. ?This year will be a trial basis [for coaching]. ?I feel like I can help the kids, but I?m not promising we?ll win any more games. ?Shoot, we might not win one.?

Favre?s comments help explain why he hasn?t gotten into broadcasting. ?Unlike players, who have 10 road games per year, players-turned-media-members are on the road every week. ?For Favre, he would have been traveling to a game site every Thursday or Friday, or to the ESPN (Connecticut), NBC (New York), CBS (New York), or HBO (L.A.) studios every Friday or Saturday.

Plus, he would have had to wear a tie. ?And something other than flip-flops.

He?ll likely be wearing something other than flip-flops on the sidelines at Oak Grove. ?But there will be no ties, and the travel will entail at most hopping into a bus on Friday afternoon, and getting home late Friday night.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/29/bruce-arians-scary-how-good-luck-can-be/related/

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Frank Mir, the Strikeforce Crossover, and Who Should Be Next

Former UFC heavyweight champ Frank Mir has done us all a great service by agreeing to meet Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand-Prix winner Daniel Cormier in the Strikeforce cage this fall.? After all, the other opponents rumored to have been under consideration ? Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett (again), KJ Noons sitting on Ryan Couture's shoulders ? weren't really options at all, and who else is there on the Strikeforce roster to challenge Cormier?? The answer is no one, and with Mir shucking the bonds of the UFC for a one-time-only crossover bout, we get to have a match-up that's compelling on paper and will likely be very fun to watch.?

However, the move doesn't address the other glaring holes that need to be filled in the roster of the House That Scott Coker Built.? Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez has beaten everyone that matters in his division, middleweight champ Luke Rockhold is without a worthy foe, and gosh darn it, you can only spread Keith Jardine so thin.? So who else should the UFC send over to fill Strikeforce's ranks?? Sure, the dough and exposure is nowhere near as great compared to what you get for fighting in the Octagon, but look at Nate Marquardt.? The ex-UFC welterweight waltzed in, put up a heck of a fight against Tyron Woodley, and is now the owner of a shiny new belt.? For the fighters, there is certainly value in crossing over.? Here, then, is a list of fighters on the UFC roster who could be prime candidates for taking the Strikeforce fieldtrip.? It is by no means complete ? please, feel free to add to them in the comments.? And if you disagree with my suggestions? picture me sad.? So very sad.

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• Evan Dunham ? At one time, the word on the street was that the brass wanted B.J. Penn to take on Melendez in Strikeforce.? But Penn is too much of a viable pay-per-view commodity, and it would've been senseless to waste him on the subscription-based channel Showtime.? Evan Dunham, though, is another story entirely.? The jiu-jitsu specialist had a pretty good win streak going before he was outpointed by Sean Sherk at UFC 119 and smashed by Melvin Guillard at UFC: Fight for the Troops 2, and his well-rounded skills could conceivably give Melendez fits no matter where the fight goes.

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• Clay Guida ? Fast, frenetic, and fun when he wants to be (i.e., when he's not running away for five rounds), Clay Guida could definitely make Melendez miserable in the cage.? Besides, what's left for him in the UFC?? It would take Ben Henderson, Frankie Edgar, Gray Maynard and Nate Diaz all slipping on banana peels and breaking their legs before Guida could come close to tasting championship glory.

• Gray Maynard ? As a former "wrestling man-blanket" turned "dangerous slugger", Gray Maynard could stuff Melendez's takedowns, squash his jiu-jitsu, and hit "El Nino" so hard his pet parrot dies.? Also, what else is the UFC going to do with Maynard?? If Edgar reclaims the lightweight championship from Henderson, watching Maynard and Edgar go at it once more is about as palatable as a plate of dirt.?

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• Thiago Alves ? Once upon a time, Thiago Alves was in contention for the UFC welterweight title.? Those days are gone now, but that doesn't mean that Alves isn't skilled and dangerous enough to make waves among Strikeforce's welterweights.? Maybe, maybe Woodley could hold Alves down for three rounds.? Maybe not, though, and Alves is just capable enough to beat him and beat Marquardt and take the belt.

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• Jon Fitch ? UFC welterweight king Georges St. Pierre mauled him, Johny Hendricks KO'd him, and he drew with Penn.? However, other than that, Jon Fitch's run in the Octagon has been flawless.? Boring, but flawless.? Do you think Marquardt can prevent Fitch from hugging him to death?? I don't.? And I'd wager that once Fitch stepped into the cage to face Woodley, the two would stare at each other for a full fifteen minutes, unsure of what to do.

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• Chris Leben ? UFC middleweight stud Chris Leben is good for about two or three fights a year before his annual steroid suspension forces him to sit on the sidelines, so why not let him do those bouts in Strikeforce?? In terms of skill set, he's got enough grappling to keep Rockhold from really hurting him.? As for his striking? yeah, no way could Rockhold eat one of those concrete fists and survive.

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• Vladimir Matyushenko ? Look, it's not like any of the Strikeforce light-heavyweights can hold onto the belt for any length of time, but it's boring watching the same three guys fight for it over and over again.? Put Vladimir Matyushenko in there against Mike Kyle, Gegard Mousasi and Rafael Cavalcante and let's see where it goes.?

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Jim Genia gets his tweet on here.? Giddyup.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/frank-mir-strikeforce-crossover-next-191308784--mma.html

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Pakistan, US intelligence chiefs to meet August 1-3

The head of Pakistan's premier intelligence agency will hold talks in Washington on August 1-3 with his CIA counterpart, a military statement said, with drone strikes expected to be a major issue.

It is the first time in a year that the chief of the Pakistan military's powerful ISI will make the trip, signalling a thaw in relations after US troops found and killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011.

Lieutenant General Zaheer ul-Islam, who was appointed in March, "will visit USA from 1st to 3rd August. This will be a service-to-service bilateral visit," the statement said.

"He will meet his counterpart General David Petraeus, director CIA."

The short statement gave no other details, but a senior Pakistani security official earlier told AFP that the pair would discuss counter-terror cooperation and intelligence sharing.

Islam would also demand an end to US drone attacks against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, and again ask for the means for Pakistan to carry out the attacks instead, the security official said.

It had been expected that Islam would visit the US in late July. It was not immediately clear why that trip did not happen.

Islamabad has been increasingly vocal in its public opposition to the drones. Pakistan's leaders had quietly approved initially but now say they are a violation of sovereignty and insist they fan anti-US sentiment.

US officials are understood to believe the attacks too important to give up, although the number declined as relations between the nominal allies plunged to their lowest in a decade.

But on July 3 Islamabad agreed to end a seven-month blockade on NATO supplies travelling overland to Afghanistan after the United States apologised for the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers in botched air strikes last November.

The resumption of NATO traffic has been temporarily suspended over fears of Islamist attacks.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-us-intelligence-chiefs-meet-august-1-3-220703435.html

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Today, many investors look to Warren Buffett for advice about the stock market and the economy. But before he became one of the world's richest men and greatest investors, there was someone whose investment advice Buffett himself cherished: Benjamin Graham.

And Buffett was far from alone. Known as "The Father of Value Investing," Graham inspired a number of famous "sons"-Mario Gabelli, John Neff, John Templeton, and most famously, Buffett, are all Graham disciples who went on to their own stock market greatness.

So, just who was Graham? Born in England in 1894 as Benjamin Grossbaum (his family later changed its surname to Graham during World War I, when German names were viewed with suspicion), Graham built his reputation-and fortune-by using an extremely conservative, low-risk approach to investing. To him, preserving one's original capital was every bit as important as netting big gains, and two factors from his early years may show why.

The first was Graham's own family's fall from financial comfort to poverty not long after his father died when he was nine. The second involved his first major business venture, an investment firm he founded with Jerome Newman.

Just three years after opening, the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression arrived. Graham's clients, like just about everyone else, were hit hard, according to Graham biographer Janet Lowe, and Graham worked without compensation for five years until his clients' fortunes were fully restored.

Having lived through both his own family's financial troubles and the market crash, it's no surprise that the strategy Graham laid out in his classic book The Intelligent Investor was a conservative, loss-averse approach.

To Graham, an investment wasn't something that could be turned into quick, easy profits. Anything that offers such "easy" rewards also comes with substantial risk, and Graham abhorred risk. True "investment," he wrote, deals with the future "more as a hazard to be guarded against than as a source of profit through prophecy."

In terms of specifics, Graham's "Defensive Investor" approach limited risk in a number of ways, and my Graham-based model lays out several of those methods. For example, one key criterion is that a firm's current ratio-that is, the ratio of its current assets to its current liabilities-is at least two, showing that the firm is in good financial shape.

The approach also targets financially sound firms by requiring that long-term debt not exceed net current assets. Two other criteria the Graham method uses to find low-risk plays: the price-to-earnings ratio and the price-to-book ratio.

Graham wanted P/E ratios to be no greater than 15 (and, as another signal of his conservative style, he looked not only at trailing 12-month earnings but also at three-year average earnings, to ensure that one-year anomalies didn't skew the P/E). For the price-to-book ratio, he used a more unusual standard: He believed that the P/E ratio multiplied by the P/B ratio should be no greater than 22.

My Graham-inspired strategy tends to find bargains across a variety of areas of the market. Here are the five current holdings of the ten-stock Graham portfolio:

Forest Laboratories (FRX)
Curtiss-Wright (CW)
Helmerich & Payne (HP)
NTT DoCoMo (DCM)
United Stationers (USTR)

Editor's Note: This article was written by John Reese of Validea Hot List.

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Usher's Stepson Kile Glover Laid To Rest In Atlanta

Family and friends gathered at the Wieuca Road Baptist Church for 11-year-old's funeral service Friday (July 27).
By Rob Markman, with reporting by FLX

Ryan Glover walks behind the casket after the funeral of Kile Glover at the Wieuca Road Baptist Church in Atlanta on Friday
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Growing career field provides vital support to businesses | My Paper ...

Communication is the backbone of all businesses ? regardless of size or industry. In the modern business environment, the ability to transmit and store information is vital to productivity ? and thus, success. But no communication system runs itself ? it?s the people behind the scenes who ensure that a business thrives. This means huge career potential for individuals who can design, implement, secure and manage communication networks and keep them running smoothly.

This widespread demand is one of the reasons CNN.com listed database administrators and systems administrators among its ?Best Jobs in America for Fast Growth.? Candidates for these positions are expected to have an educational background in network and communications management or similar subjects.

Bachelor?s degree programs in network and communications management prepare students for maintaining network security and system efficiency, as well as designing computer communications systems.

Students of the Network and Communications Management bachelor?s degree program at DeVry University, for example, learn skills in Ethernet-enabled voice-operated IP systems, security firewalls and next-generation network administration. Courses review wireless communications, advanced topics in networking and network security, preparing students with working knowledge to solve any business communications issues.

Such a degree could open doors to a variety of roles within an organization?s information technology department.

Systems administrator

Professionals in this field are responsible for maintaining system efficiency. They certify that all components of an organization?s computer system work together properly. Additional responsibilities include troubleshooting user problems and providing recommendations for future system upgrades.

Database administrator

Storing, organizing, analyzing, using and presenting data all fall under the responsibility umbrella of database administrators. These professionals determine user needs and implement the necessary modifications for specific computer databases. Database administrators also oversee security measures when this information is shared via the Internet.

Candidates for employment in this field should demonstrate analytical skills, technical understanding of networked data, voice and images, and how to strategically apply this knowledge to any business network.

The 2010-2011 edition of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics? Occupational Handbook reports that overall employment of computer network, systems and database administrators is projected to increase by 30 percent from 2008 to 2018, making it a clear bright spot in the job market.

As companies continue to grow and embrace the latest technological advances to enhance their products and profitability, the dependency for individuals with the expertise to ensure smooth, secure and efficient network communication will continue to remain relevant.

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'The Fonz' heads to Broadway this fall

NEW YORK (AP) ? Hold onto your hats ? Henry Winkler is heading to Broadway as a porn star.

The one-time "The Fonz" on "Happy Days" will star in David West Read's comedy "The Performers" alongside Cheyenne Jackson, who also plays an adult film actor.

Winkler will portray Chuck Wood, a legend in the porn industry, who gets entangled in the romantic problems of two young couples.

The play is scheduled to open Nov. 14 at the Longacre Theater. It will be directed by Evan Cabnet, who also directed Read's play "The Dream of the Burning Boy."

Winkler was last on Broadway in 2000 in Neil Simon's "The Dinner Party." Jackson's Broadway credits include the recent revival of "Finian's Rainbow," ''All Shook Up" and "Xanadu."

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The Three Most Important Things In Golf You Must Get Right In Your ...

You'll have heard the old adage: "Golf is 90% Mental and 10% technique" - or perhaps you prefer the alternative spin on the same adage "Golf's 90% Mental and the rest is all in your head"

Either way, you and I both know how much of a part our minds play in how well we perform out on the course. It may be in playing each hole beforehand in your mind and planning our next round, it may be visualizing adversity in order that you are prepared when it does occur and your aren't knocked off your stride.

It is easier said than done, and so few players I talk to have any strategies in place to turn the mental game to their advantage.

I want you to be ready next time you are going out to play so here are three tried, tested and proven strategies you can use to make sure you have the advantage when you tee it up, in fact, if you work on these and make sure you have each in place you see great progress and enjoyment across your game as a whole, not only as you play but as you practice too.

1. Mental Preparation

If I'm asked to sum up what constitutes a strong mental game then I will say Self Belief. All the players I know who play consistently well and can win have self belief. On the other hand I know far more players lacking self belief - they have at least one reason why they can't do well, why they won't be able to manage at least one happening that will occur, and this doubt will always be proven right.

What do you believe about yourself?

What do you believe about your game?

Do you have doubts?

What are you doing to overcome them?

? And you must overcome them; you have no choice. So if some part of you game is bothering you then take whatever action is needed to remove the doubt. The doubt is stopping you having any chance to play to your potential.

2. Emotional Preparation

Life now is busier than ever before, and if you are like me you might wonder how you'll ever get to fit any golf into your schedule. Family, work and other interests and commitments all bid for your time.

Be sure you are balancing everything as well as you can otherwise any imbalance will not only affect your golf but just about everything will suffer.

Plan your time; be fair to those who rely on you - turn up for your golf clear of conscience fitting it into its right place in your life.

3. Pride

You can find so many things to be proud about in your golf regardless of your final score, ask yourself this:

Can I be proud about how I?.

How I prepared. Preparation will always show through

How I conducted myself in victory

How I conducted myself in defeat

How I handle adversity

How I honour the game and those I play with.

All these should be sources of pride for you. Think about the alternative, take another look at the list above and know ask yourself this question and see how it makes you feel.

Do I want to be ashamed of "How I?"

Hopefully not!

So get proud. Pride is powerful fuel, the most powerful fuel and the best news is it's free. All you have to do is decide it's what fuels you.

So there you have it, 3 important things you must have sorted if you are serious about have fun in golf. You know from your experiences as a player how just about every competition in golf is won by a single shot, and in club golf settled by back nine count back - so don't underestimate just how important all these aspects are. The margins are small the winner will have put in place the mental and emotional preparation needed and will be fuelled by pride.

I really hope this will help you on your way to a better game - better scoring, better consistency and above better enjoyment every time you play golf.

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Mortgage Insurance that works for you | Your online newspaper for ...

Russ McEachnie, Makin? Money

A mortgage is usually the biggest single debt any Canadian will ever take on.

That?s enough to make anybody nervous and it?s why most of us seek the protection of mortgage insurance to make sure our home will always be there for our family, come what may. t is the right and prudent thing to do.

What isn?t always the best solution is assuming that mortgage life insurance is the only option for this protection.

Sure, it?s easy to do as mortgage life insurance is typically offered as part of your lender?s mortgage package and the cost of coverage is simply folded into your monthly mortgage payment.

But that may not be the best option for you.

?Here?s why:

?When you get mortgage?insurance from your lender

The lender is the beneficiary of the policy. There is no cash value and coverage expires when the mortgage is paid off.

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Coverage decreases

Coverage decreases as the mortgage is paid down but your premiums remain the same or increase over the term of the mortgage.

The lender?s policies may allow them to adjust your premiums or even change or cancel the policy at any time.

The policy doesn?t necessarily move with your mortgage

If you decide to move your mortgage to another lending institution for a better rate, it is likely your existing mortgage life insurance may not be moved.

?It doesn?t meet your needs

The mortgage insurance is not customized to your situation, and may not provide the right type of insurance coverage for your needs.

When you use a personal?insurance plan to?cover mortgage debt

You own the policy and your designated beneficiaries can choose how to use the funds to pay off the mortgage, provide a monthly income or take care of immediate needs.

?Your coverage doesn?t decline

Your coverage doesn?t decline with your mortgage balance. Coverage continues after the mortgage is paid, protecting your beneficiaries for the life of the plan.

You, and only you, can cancel or make changes to your personal plan. And premiums are guaranteed for the life of the plan.

?Insurance moves with you

Move to another home or move to another mortgage and your personal insurance plan goes with you. Your premium is based on you, your age, health and smoking status.

Your policy is designed for you by an expert consultant to be exactly what you need, with premiums that suit your budget.

Mortgage protection is the right and prudent thing to do, but be sure it protects you and not the lender.

Your professional advisor can help you choose protection that works for you and integrates seamlessly with your overall financial plan.

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This column is provided by?McEachnie Group?Private Wealth Management.?Contact Russ McEachnie,?CFP, CPCA, CDFA at 519-886-2360 ext. 241 or russell.mceachnie@investorsgroup.com

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Source: http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/opinion/mortgage-insurance-that-works-for-you/

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Calif. AG Pushes to Award Law License to Illegal Immigrant | Publius ...

-By Warner Todd Huston

California's Attorney General, Democrat Kamala Harris, has weighed in on the side of an immigrant who is asking the State Supreme Court to award him a California law license after his graduation from law school despite that he's neither a legal resident nor a naturalized citizen of the United States of America.

In her brief, Democrat Harris pleaded with the court to award this license. "Admitting Garcia to the bar would be consistent with state and federal policy that encourages immigrants, both documented and undocumented, to contribute to society," Harris said.

This is nonsense. Our laws do not encourage undocumented immigrants to ?contribute to society.? Only when our laws are ignored, set aside, or broken by recalcitrant government officials do they somehow encourage illegals to ?contribute to society.?

In truth, our laws encourage illegal immigrants to become legal or go back home.

AG Harris isn't the only authority in California asking for the courts to award this non-citizen a license to practice law. The examiners of the State Bar Association have also come to the support of illegal immigrant and new law school graduate, Sergio Garcia.

Further, AG Harris has asked the Holder Department of Justice to weigh in on this case. Though the DOJ isn't supposed to offer its opinion until August, it is a sure bet that this DOJ will see no problem with breaking California's law licensing regulations to aid an illegal immigrant.

The situation is exactly one of those slipped-through-the-cracks stories that immigrants "rights" activists always point to in order to prove that our system and laws are deficient. Garcia was smuggled into the country when he was a toddler by his parents, neither of whom came to this country legally, yet he's been an upstanding fellow, gotten good grades, and attended college. The very model citizen if only he were legal.

While his parents have since settled their own status both becoming legal residents, their son is still waiting for papers he filed 17 years ago to be approved. While waiting he attended law school and is now ready to launch a law career.

Of course, that career is on hold because undocumented residents cannot be legally awarded a license to practice law in the State of California.

It is this point that really sums up the main argument against awarding this man a law license. After all, how can he uphold the laws when he is willfully breaking our immigration laws at the outset?

It is most certainly a messy situation and Mr. Garcia is quite a sympathetic figure, but there is a saying in the law that goes hard cases make bad law. In other words, the odd exceptions, or unpleasant facts and situations are not sufficient reasons to break or bend laws for the odd cases in which they occur. (Another saying is "bad facts make bad law.")

The problem is that when you start bending laws for sympathetic individuals, then you've left the general law without teeth and from that point anyone can then bend that law for other sympathetic clients. Eventually the law will be meaningless because so many exceptions had been made.

Instead of breaking the law and awarding a law license to an illegal immigrant, the better action would be to fast track the young man's citizenship paperwork, get his status cleared up, and then he can go get his law license with his head held high.

But, as is so often the case, because it makes them feel good, Democrats would rather break laws instead of doing things the proper, lawful way.

Source: http://www.chicagonow.com/publius-forum/2012/07/calif-ag-pushes-to-award-law-license-to-illegal-immigrant/

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First US woman in space, Sally Ride, dies at 61

The first American woman to go into space, Sally Ride, died Monday after a 17-month battle against pancreatic cancer, her company said.

Ride made history in 1983 as a crew member on the space shuttle Challenger, breaking the gender barrier for U.S. spaceflight. Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space in 1963, but it took another 20 years for NASA to follow suit.

Word of Ride's death came in an announcement from Sally Ride Science, the educational venture she founded after leaving NASA.

President Barack Obama said he and his wife, Michelle, were "deeply saddened" by the news.

"As the first American woman to travel into space, Sally was a national hero and a powerful role model," Obama said in a White House statement. "She inspired generations of young girls to reach for the stars, and later fought tirelessly to help them get there by advocating for a greater focus on science and math in our schools. Sally?s life showed us that there are no limits to what we can achieve, and I have no doubt that her legacy will endure for years to come."

NASA's current leaders issued tributes as well.

"Sally Ride broke barriers with grace and professionalism ? and literally changed the face of America's space program," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. "The nation has lost one of its finest leaders, teachers and explorers. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sally's family and the many she inspired. She will be missed, but her star will always shine brightly."

NASA's deputy administrator, Lori Garver, said Ride "was a personal and professional role model to me and thousands of women around the world."

"Her spirit and determination will continue to be an inspiration for women everywhere," Garver said.

Ride made a second space shuttle flight in 1984, also aboard Challenger, and left the space agency in 1987. She served for years as a physics professor and director of the California Space Institute. In 2001, she founded Sally Ride Science, which is aimed at promoting math and science for girls.

She served as a member of the independent board that investigated the 2003 loss of the shuttle Columbia and its crew, as well as the board that laid out policy options for the Obama administration in 2009. That board's conclusions led the White House to cancel plans to return to the moon and instead set the nation's sights on exploring near-Earth asteroids, leading eventually to missions to Mars.

In addition to Tam O'Shaughnessy, her partner of 27 years, Sally is survived by her mother, Joyce; her sister, Bear; her niece, Caitlin, and nephew, Whitney.

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European Stock Markets Plunge on Renewed Debt Fears

European stocks plunged the most in three months on Monday as concern grew that Greece will default and more Spanish regions will follow Valencia in seeking a bailout.

BNP Paribas SA and HSBC Holdings Plc contributed the most to a selloff by a gauge of bank shares. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world?s largest mining company, retreated 2.8 percent as a policy maker in China warned of slowing growth. Groupe Eurotunnel SA slumped 5.4 percent after earnings missed analysts? estimates. Royal Philips Electronics NV, the biggest lighting company, advanced 4.8 percent as profit increased.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index tumbled 2.5 percent to 251.8 at 4:35 p.m. in London, the biggest retreat since April 10. The benchmark measure had climbed for the last seven weeks, its longest winning streak in more than six years, as central banks from Europe to China eased monetary policy to help support economic growth.

?The market has had a reality check, making it impossible to justify higher stock prices on so-so company reporting,? said Henrik Drusebjerg, who helps oversee $230 billion as senior strategist at Nordea Bank AB in Copenhagen. ?Concern over Greece and the situation in Spain, with Valencia signing up for a bailout, are part of the reality check -- but investors are also catching up with a string of bad data from the U.S. last week and generally disappointing macro news from Europe."

Short Ban

National benchmark indexes fell in all of the 18 western European markets. Germany?s DAX sank 2.7 percent and the U.K.?s FTSE 100 lost 2 percent. Spain?s IBEX 35 dropped 0.4 percent and Italy?s FTSE MIB slid 2.2 percent, paring earlier declines of more than 5 percent after the nations? market regulators introduced short-selling bans. Greece?s ASE sank 7.1 percent, its biggest drop since 2008.

The troika of Greece?s international creditors -- the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund -- will arrive in Athens Tuesday amid doubts that the country will meet its bailout commitments. Germany?s Vice Chancellor, Philipp Roesler, said he?s ?very skeptical? that the euro area?s leaders will rescue Greece.

The IMF will stop paying further rescue aid to Greece, making the country?s insolvency in September more likely, Der Spiegel magazine reported, citing unidentified European Union officials.

Spain?s 10-year bond yield climbed 23 basis points to 7.50 percent Monday, the highest since the euro began in 1999, after El Pais reported that six Spanish regions may ask for aid from the central government.

?Palliative Care?

?A cacophony of bad news from Europe was released on Friday and over the weekend as a stark reminder that the euro zone still needs palliative care,? said Jonathan Sudaria, a trader at Capital Spreads in London.

BNP Paribas, France?s biggest lender, sank 5.2 percent to 27.04 euros and HSBC, Europe?s largest lender, retreated 3.3 percent to 515.5 pence. National Bank of Greece SA, the country?s largest lender, tumbled 11 percent to 1.10 euros.

Spanish and Italian lenders reversed their losses after regulators imposed bans on short selling. Banco Santander SA, Spain?s biggest bank, rose 1 percent to 4.23 euros. Bankia SA advanced 7.3 percent to 66.3 euro cents after earlier dropping as much as 9.6 percent. UniCredit SpA gained 1.2 percent to 2.47, after tumbling as much as 7.5 percent.

Italy?s market regulator, Consob, introduced a week-long ban on short selling shares of some banking and insurance companies because of the ?recent performance of stock markets.? Spain banned short-selling of all shares for three months.

Mining Companies

A gauge of commodity producers in the Stoxx 600 lost 3.5 percent as metal prices fell in London. BHP Billiton sank 2.8 percent to 1,766.5 pence. Petropavlovsk Plc, a producer of gold in Russia, retreated 3.6 percent to 386 pence. Lonmin Plc, the third-biggest platinum producer, slumped 5 percent 672.5 pence.

China?s economic expansion may cool for a seventh straight quarter to 7.4 percent in the three months to September, said Song Guoqing, a member of the monetary-policy committee of the People?s Bank of China.

A July 27 report may show the U.S. economy grew at the slowest pace in a year in the second quarter. Gross domestic product rose at a 1.4 percent annual rate after a 1.9 percent gain in the previous quarter, according to the median forecast of 70 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Factory orders softened and new-house sales were little changed, other releases may show this week.

Eurotunnel Drops

Eurotunnel plunged 5.4 percent to 5.94 euros. The company that operates the rail tunnels beneath the English Channel reported first-half earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of 205 million euros. That missed the average analyst estimate of 224 million euros in a Bloomberg survey.

Wereldhave NV plummeted 15 percent to 44.53 euros, the largest drop since at least 1989. The Dutch real estate company abandoned its dividend targets for this year and next as Chief Executive Officer Hans Pars quit.

Philips climbed 4.8 percent to 17 euros. The company reported an increase in second-quarter profit as Chief Executive Officer Frans van Houten extended a savings program into a second year. Ebita rose to 504 million euros compared with 395 million euros a year earlier, the company said. Sales of 5.89 billion euros beat the 5.58 billion-euro average analyst prediction in a Bloomberg survey.

? Copyright 2012 Bloomberg News. All rights reserved.

Source: http://www.moneynews.com/Markets/european-stock-markets-spain/2012/07/23/id/446195

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TMCnet Interviews RingCentral on the Adoption of Cloud Telephony ...

TMC.net recently interviewed RingCentral Chief Product Office Naveen Gupta, who provided insight into the cloud telephony market and trends that are driving growth. Key points:

• Adoption of cloud-based telecommunications began in the SMB sector and is now gaining traction among big corporations across various industries
• Business trends and benefits that are driving the growth of cloud telephony include: the consumerization of IT, the mobile workforce, and the flexibility of the cloud in supporting changing business needs

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Nazi-Tattooed Evgeny Nikitin Leaves Bayreuth Opera Festival, Samuel Youn Steps In

BERLIN ? The Bayreuth opera festival says bass-baritone Samuel Youn has stepped in to take the lead role in "The Flying Dutchman," the annual event's opening production, after Evgeny Nikitin withdrew when it emerged he once had Nazi-related symbols tattooed on his body.

The festival on Sunday listed Youn, who studied in Seoul, Milan and Cologne and has previously performed at Bayreuth, as the lead performer in the production, which opens Wednesday. Youn already had been foreseen as a backup in case Nikitin fell ill.

Nikitin, who is from Russia, withdrew from the festival dedicated to composer Richard Wagner's work on Saturday. He said getting the tattoos years ago was a serious mistake and that he was "not aware of the extent of the confusion and hurt that these symbols would cause."

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New Study: Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries Most Satisifed with Their Health Insurance; Working-Age Adult with Private Coverage Report More Trouble Accessing Care, Paying Medical Bills

NEW YORK, July 18 -- The Commonwealth Fund issued the following news release:

Elderly beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare plans are more satisfied with their health insurance, have better access to care, and are less likely to have problems paying medical bills than people who get insurance through employers or those who purchase coverage on their own, according to a new Commonwealth Fund study (http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/In-the-Literature/2012/Jul/Medicare-Beneficiaries-Less-Likely-to-Experience-Cost.aspx) published today in Health Affairs. The study also found that beneficiaries enrolled in private Medicare Advantage plans are less satisfied with their insurance than those with a traditional Medicare plan, and more likely to experience access problems.

The study, "Medicare Beneficiaries Less Likely To Experience Cost- And Access-Related Problems Than Adults With Private Coverage," by Commonwealth Fund researchers Karen Davis, Kristof Stremikis, Michelle Doty, and Mark Zezza, finds that only 8 percent of Medicare beneficiaries rated their insurance as fair or poor, compared with 20 percent of adults with employer insurance and 33 percent who purchased insurance on their own. As the federal government weighs proposals to cut Medicare spending, the analysis, based on results from The Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey of 2010, suggests shifting Medicare beneficiaries into private plans could put the elderly at greater risk for not getting needed health care and being less satisfied with their insurance.

The study finds that Medicare beneficiaries have better access to care and greater financial protection than adults with private coverage. In 2010 about one-fourth (23%) of Medicare beneficiaries went without needed health care because of costs, compared with 37 percent of those with employer coverage. Adults with employer-based insurance (39%) and individual insurance (39%) reported medical bill problems at almost double the rate of Medicare beneficiaries (21%). The study finds that while health care access and medical bill problems worsened for adults with all types of coverage over the past decade, Medicare continued to provide better coverage during that time period.

"Medicare continues to do better than employer-sponsored and individual plans when it comes to providing people with good access to health care and adequate protection from burdensome medical bills," said Stremikis, senior researcher at The Commonwealth Fund. "Policies designed to move the elderly out of Medicare and into private plans need to be carefully designed, so as not to expose beneficiaries to the poorer access to care currently experienced by many working-age adults with private insurance."

The study found that those with individual and employer-based coverage were far more likely than Medicare beneficiaries to incur high out-of-pocket costs. Twenty-nine percent of elderly adults with Medicare reported spending 10 percent or more of their income on medical costs, compared to 37 percent of adults with employer-based insurance and 58 percent with individual insurance. Only 13 percent of Medicare beneficiaries were unable to pay for basic necessities such as food or rent or used up all their savings to cover medical bills, compared to 27 percent of adults with employer-based insurance and 33 percent with individual insurance.

Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare Within Medicare, satisfaction rates differed depending on whether beneficiaries were enrolled in traditional Medicare plans or in Medicare Advantage plans offered by private insurance companies. Fifteen percent of elderly people with Medicare Advantage rated their insurance as fair or poor, compared with just six percent of those with traditional Medicare coverage.

The study also found that although Medicare Advantage enrollees were less likely to spend 10 percent or more of their income on premiums and out-of-pocket costs, they were more likely to report cost-related access problems than elderly adults with traditional Medicare. Thirty-two percent of beneficiaries with Medicare Advantage reported at least one access problem due to cost, compared with 23 percent of those with traditional coverage. The authors say this may in part reflect Medicare Advantage beneficiaries' experience with private HMO plans that offer lower premiums in return for limited access to a smaller network of providers.

Looking Ahead The authors conclude that "in the policy debates over the federal budget deficit, the affordability of Medicare, and the expansion of health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, listening to the experiences of individuals, whether covered by Medicare or private employer insurance, is important." Given the more positive experiences of those covered by Medicare, states may want to consider offering traditional Medicare coverage to non-elderly individuals through the state exchanges to be set up in 2014.

"As we expand insurance and move toward near-universal coverage, it is imperative that we ensure health plans provide financial protection and good access to care," said Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis. "The achievements of Medicare in fulfilling the goals of health insurance coverage for beneficiaries can provide important lessons for the entire U.S. health system."

Methodology

The study data came from the Commonwealth Fund 2010 Health Insurance Survey, a nationally representative telephone survey of 4,005 adults, age nineteen or older, living in the continental United States. The survey was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International from July 14 to November 30, 2010 using an overlapping dual-frame survey of land-line phones and cell phones. The survey oversampled adults from telephone exchanges in geographic areas with a high density of low-income households. The final sample consisted of 2,550 interviews conducted by landline phone and 1,455 interviews conducted by cell phone, including 637 in households with no land-line phone. The survey was a twenty-five- minute telephone interview administered in English or Spanish. In this study we restricted the analysis to a sample of 3,033 adults ages 19-64 and 940 adults age 65 and older.

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beauty quotes Mark Tracy can be a self-help creator whoever focus is usually goal-setting along with success. Vehicles allows firms, along with business enterprise personnel, offer more and manage more efficiently. If you have been Mark Tracy mindset quotes in existence (along with close your lids, if you do not including the noise connected with 'eating frogs'). And you should come across several self-help along with business enterprise methods, too, all with Mark Tracy's title connected to them. beauty quotes Mark indicates business enterprise in regards to personal development. And he methods to allow you to survive an improved existence. After i will attempt along with demonstrate in this article. Inspiring Offer #1: "Never protest, certainly not demonstrate. Stay away to guard by yourself or generate standard excuses." ( blank ) Mark Tracy The amount much easier our lives is once we may repeat this simple thing of which Mark tendencies: 2 . Although we will have to protest, if not people will carry on 'mis-treating' you. 2 . We've got to demonstrate, if not people will definitely not feel you. 2 . We've got to guard ourself, if not people will attack you more. 2 . We've got to excuse ourself, if not people will definitely not agree to you. Isn't that and so? As well as may right now there become another way? Could most people definitely not, as a substitute, trust in ourself to accomplish each of our best possible, with certainty Sufficient reason for humbleness. Could most people definitely not, as a substitute, get out along with accomplish who most people truly are ( blank ) jeopardizing each success, along with malfunction, rather then keeping protected along with unheard. Be successful together with humbleness, along with crash together with humbleness. Most of us individuals make a few mistakes, and must be prepared to receive that many of us have done and so these rare occasions it takes place. Most of us individuals will certainly realize success more often if were accomplishing that which we believe in rather then what exactly other people imagine we have to complete. Along with what exactly ought to be defended, when you are performing out of accurate values and are also ready to realize success (along with crash) together with humbleness. This is usually a superior method to survive, marriage ceremony? Not any standard excuses, needed. Inspiring Offer #2: "You can't manage what occurs to your account, but you could control your approach when it comes to what occurs to your account, along with of which, you will end up learning adjust rather then letting it to get good at a person." ( blank ) Mark Tracy This can be this kind of truism of a typical existence event ( blank ) whether it is love-life, work-life, personal-life ( blank ) who's must be repeated as frequently as it can be. It's not necessarily What goes on to your account, states Mark (and many others), but HOW a person reply that matters. Are you able to think about every existence who has not any challenges so that you can ascend, not any problems to conquer, pain free to have. Maybe the richest and a lot popular individuals ( blank ) imagine Bob Beckham, or Tiger Woods ( blank ) have experienced (or still need) to conquer levels to attain a highs. And they also repeat this correctly, as you and I is able to do that correctly, simply by answering definitely so that you can no matter what so that you can you. When Michael Scott Peck understates as part of his seminal, 'The Street Much less Traveled', "Life is usually difficult". Which is our obligation to your) agree to that fact along with m) reply because definitely as we can if existence gets difficult. All over again, a life existed by doing this ( blank ) I do think ( blank ) Is really a superior existence. Learn your tendencies one's and you also get good at existence. Believe in by yourself when you take action, plus there is no-one so that you can apologise so that you can. beauty quotes Embrace these types of A couple of Mark Tracy quotes and you'll survive an improved existence...

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