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The Horn of Africa crisis of 2011-2012 affected 13 million people. The main focus of the crisis was across southern Ethiopia, south-central Somalia and northern Kenya. Regional drought came on top of successive bad rains and rising inflation. It ramped up a chronic livelihoods crisis into a tipping point of potential disaster by putting extreme pressure on food prices, livestock survival, and water and food availability. Armed conflict across the region compounded chronic ecological and economic vulnerability, which escalated the crisis and limited people's survival and recovery choices. (IASC Real-Time Evaluation of the Humanitarian Response to the Horn of Africa Drought Crisis in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya - Synthesis Report)
The famine in Somalia, which was declared by the UN on 20 Jul 2011, had ended by 3 Feb 2012, but many affected populations in the region remain in need of humanitarian assistance.
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Al Shabaab has banned 16 aid organisations
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Al Shabaab rebels must lift their ban on 16 aid agencies to save lives in Somalia, the top U.N. humanitarian official for the country said on Wednesday.
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DURBAN, South Africa (AlertNet) – Equipping illiterate migratory herders with drought insurance in one of the driest regions of drought-prone East Africa might seem a big task, particularly in a region where claims adjustors, cell phone coverage and cash to pay for policies are nearly as rare as rain itself.
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People must be able to access what they need through the market rather than indefinite quantities of international humanitarian aid.
I first met Omar Adan in August, not too long after he had lost more than 300 sheep, camels and donkeys to the on-going drought in Ethiopia.
As international leaders descended on the coastal city of Durban, South Africa to determine environmental restrictions on some of the world's worst pollutants, Action Against Hunger has urged the UN's 2011 Climate Change Conference to act swiftly to institute programs to stave off the catastrophic effects that climate shocks are already having on developing countries.
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Four months have passed since famine was first declared in Somalia. As the pictures coming out of the drought-stricken country show, the situation is distressing and aid remains desperately needed to avert human catastrophe. According to the United Nations, more than four million Somalis are living in famine zones, with 750,000 at risk of starvation over the next few months. The lingering drought has been made worse by decades of war, high food prices, and local militants blocking foreign aid to those who need it most.
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China will continue to dispatch naval escort squads to the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
Spokesman Geng Yansheng made the remarks at a monthly press briefing, adding that China will further boost cooperation with international escort missions in accordance with the spirit of the United Nations Security Council.
Drought and hunger are fuelling mass migration in this troubled region, increasing the risk that HIV will begin to spread in impoverished Somali communities.
"Currently the rate of HIV infection in Somaliland is estimated at one percent," said Dr. Adele Cowper, Medair Health Project Manager in Somaliland. "This is not at crisis levels, but we have seen all over the world that when there is a high pattern of migration, HIV increases."
At present Somaliland is ill-equipped to deal with the threat of HIV. Anti-retroviral drugs are in short supply.
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NAIROBI (AlertNet) – A new exodus from famine-hit Somalia is likely following a ban by the al Shabaab rebel group on several major aid agencies, experts said on Wednesday.
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Brussels, 29 November 2011 - The European Commission strongly condemns the recent Al Shabaab announcement of the expulsion of 16 humanitarian aid agencies working in Somalia. This action will have disastrous effects on the capacity of humanitarian agencies to respond to the current emergency fuelled by prolonged conflict and drought.
In drought-plagued East Africa, the short October-to-December rains have started to fall. While they are welcome – bringing relief in increased water availability and pasture – the hardships for countless herders and farmers are far from over. For many of the more than 13 million people affected by the drought and food crisis, the rains signal a shift in need and are likely to lead to increased requirements for health; shelter; and water, sanitation, and hygiene services.
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Bombs hit Mogadishu, killing soldiers, children
Relief agencies assess impact of al Shabaab ban
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MOGADISHU, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A wave of roadside bombs in Somalia's capital killed seven people over two days, officials said on Tuesday, as government forces struggled to secure Mogadishu against attacks from Islamist rebels.
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The early onset of the October-to-December rains has improved water and browse availability in areas of the eastern Horn of Africa, the USAID-Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) reports. However, humanitarian agencies note that a single rainy season will not be sufficient to ensure a full recovery among vulnerable populations.
Famine has eased in three regions (Bay, Bakool and Lower Shabelle) following substantial humanitarian interventions and the deyr rains. However, most of the south is still in humanitarian emergency, while 250,000 people still face famine in three areas: Middle Shabelle, the Afgooye and Mogadishu IDP communities. Malnutrition and mortality remain at unacceptable levels in many regions.
The distribution of 200 UMCOR-funded heaters came like a "miracle" to earthquake survivors in the villages of Ermisler, Akcift, and 17 remote settlements outside the city of Van in Turkey, according to UMCOR's implementing partner there, International Blue Crescent (IBC).
Families who received the heaters had lost all their belongings, including livestock and harvests, when earthquakes rocked the region on October 23 and November 9. Most are living in makeshift barracks, tents, or prefabricated compounds near their destroyed or damaged homes.
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Chronic conflict, cyclical drought, floods, disease out-breaks, environmental degradation, rapid population growth, and limited government capacity present signifi-cant challenges to vulnerable populations in the East and Central Africa region. Between Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 and FY 2011, USAID's Office of U.S.


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Miners — nearly 9% of the blue-chip benchmark's value — accounted for the top five fallers, as dealers responded to a dramatic 18.1% year on year fall in Chinese exports.
The far worse than expected decline for the world's second biggest economy came as Japan cut its growth estimate for the October-December quarter to 0.7% from 1%, and unveiled a record current account deficit.
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On March 9, 2009, the stock market closed at it's lowest level in over a decade. The doom and gloom news factories were pumping out negativity as loudly as it could because that was what "people wanted to hear."
You couldn't pick up a newspaper, click to highly trafficked website, or flip on the 6 o'clock news without hearing how terrible the U.S. economy was. Business pundits and money managers were saying the U.S. Dollar wasn't going to worth the paper it was printed on and was about to collapse. Even a few outlandish perma-bears were spewing nonsense about a stock market going to zero.
And look where we are today…
From the close one year ago today, the S&P 500 is up around 68%.
I say this not to rub their face in the dirt, but to illustrate that to be a successful investor, you much think counterintuitively. Meaning, that if you're a long term investor and you want to generate above average returns in the stock market, you can't follow the herd and sell when the news is at it's worst, only to buy back your shares when the financial news turns decidedly positive and says we're back to happy days again.
Instead, you should consider adopting a counterintuitive approach (e.g. be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy) by dollar cost averaging into a Plain Jane index fund or your favorite individual stocks when the news cycle is at its worst. Guys like Warren Buffett and Wilber Ross didn't become household names because they bought Cisco at the height of the tech bubble. They bought large stakes in troubled companies during times of fairly high despair at substantial bargains (a buy on the dips methodology).
Hindsight is always 20-20, and picking the exact market bottom, while possible, is much like picking the winner number at the roulette table. However, for the sake of lessons learned, let's take a hypothetical look back at how our portfolio would look had we bought, or perhaps dollar cost averaged into, some widely held buy and hold forever stocks at or around March 2009 when the news was at its most dire.
Apple is one of the most well known and widely held tech stocks in the world. Having hit a new all time high just days ago, Apple's ROI would be ~150% having bought at or around the time of the stock market crash of 2009.
Bank of America
The rumors around BofA's demise due to threat of nationalization was one of the most sensationalized stories of the 2009 stock market crash. Not surprisingly, these negative rumors pumped by mainstream media erased 25 years of stock appreciation and pushed BofA's stock into low single digits.
However, the buy signal was sounded when Ken Lewis (Bank of America's CEO at that time) bought several million dollars worth of BofA stock in a fantastic example of buy on the dips investing. Insiders know their company's future better than anyone, so perhaps, it's an indicator worth monitoring from time to time.
Goldman Sachs
Love them or hate them, Goldman Sachs is widely regarded as the best investment bank on Wall Street. Some even consider owning GS stock the equivalent of a free actively managed mutual fund.
If you travel in an investing savvy circle, you would be hard pressed not to find someone who doesn't own the GOOG as a long term, buy and hold forever investment. Had you decided to add to your position at or around the March 2009 lows, your investment has nearly doubled in just a year's time.
Proctor & Gamble
Good ol' P&G certainly isn't the most sexy of companies (considering they make toilet paper and laundry detergent), but it's also one of the most widely held defensive stocks on the NYSE.
Interestingly, had you bought P&G at our around the March 2009 lows, you would have underperformed the S&P 500 index by around 25% (excluding dividend payouts). Which just goes to prove that even though you may fancy yourself an expert stock picker and a whiz at fundamental research, there is still a good chance that you will not outperform the S&P 500 index.
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Disclosure: At the time of publishing, I do not hold any of the individual stocks mentioned in this post, but I do hold S&P index funds in my retirement account.
Nice way to make the point! How close were you able to buy to the low? I made a decent purchase around Feb. 23 or so – for the stock I bought, that was *its* all-time low… but looking back I wish I'd had more opportunity cash so I could have bought some others, too… (if I did, I probably would have).
Matt, this is OUTSTANDING advice. I suppose what keeps most of us from carrying it out is that it requires nerves of steel, and most of us don't have them! :-(
Of course, the limiting factor is that we're reeling from losses on the way down to the bottom, so not only are our nerves shredded, but we also don't have the cash!
Then there's the bandwagon financial world clutter that we're all immersed in, carrying the relentless message to BUY no matter what the market. A more coherent strategy might be one that advises getting out of the market and storing cash after a big run up, then jumping in with both feet–and a big wad of cash–after the market tanks. But when ever the market rises for a period of time, we get predictions of DOW 15,000 or DOW 20,000.
Unless you're a real market guy, how do you make sense of that?
That being said, more than a few yellow lights should be flashing now that the market is up 68% in one year, would you agree?
Thanks Kevin. Having cash to put to work is key, so if you invested all you had prior to the crash, then market timing definitely didn't work for you. If you waited until Spring 2009, then it did. Just happens that way sometimes.
Then again, that's where dollar cost averaging every month comes into play, if, you have the extra monthly cash flow to make it happen.
You're exactly right in that many in mainstream financial media is constantly bullish (Larry Kudlow on CNBC comes to mind). I think it's wrong from an ethics viewpoint, and you have to know how to weed out the ideologically bullish no matter what versus those folks who are fighting in the trenches. In that sense, it's much like a General who is claiming to win the war to save face versus the sergeants on the ground who know better. If you were a green soldier trying not to get killed, which would rather believe!
Personally, I never listen to anyone who won't recommend taking profits into good news, to avoid a stock/sector entirely, or maybe even go bearish and short something. That way, at least you know the door swings both ways. I think bad news reporting is 10x more valuable than good news bandwagon news.
And I would certainly agree that we're on "yellow alert" considering we've run so far so fast. I honestly didn't think we'd be at 1150 on the S&P by March 2010, but that just goes to show how little value short to medium term projections can be. That's why I like the concept of those "buy and hold forever" stocks, if you're brave enough to wade into them.
Dollar-cost averaging is an excellent way to leave money on the table. If you have reason to believe that an asset is going to appreciate in value, why wouldn't you go all in? If you don't think it is going to appreciate, why would you invest in it? If you're not sure what it's going to do, do your homework and start over. (Included in 'do homework' is to read "Random Walk")
Terribly basic advice.
Dollar cost averaging (DCA) is a wonderful way to go broke.
If by some chance you got lucky and were able to DCA into a winner … consider yourself fortunate. But don't confuse luck with aptitude or intelligence.
What would have happened if i had DCA'ed into Bear Sterns or Lehman? How about Fannie or Freddie? How about GM … how about WorldCom, Enron, etc etc.
The reality is portfolio management is lot more complicated than a buzzword and a cliche.
Buy and hold is dead … we're now in a trading environment.
Rule #1 … Never Add to Losers.
Rule #2 … If you choose to ignore Rule #1, have an exit strategy and defined stop/mental stop loss.
Buy and hold is dead … we're now in a trading environment.
You obviously haven't grasped the basic fact that 99% of most people have no idea how to trade, how to set stop loss orders, much less, how to ignore the emotional swings of trading. That said, why would you encourage them, unless you're a broker or you're in the minority of fund managers who outperformed the S&P (or didn't but still cold calling for clients), to pursue active trading when most of them will get turned into fish bait.
@HT: Total non-sequitur to go from "don't dollar-cost average" to "don't buy & hold" and spoken like a true b-school dropout. Ibbotson is preemptively spinning in his grave.


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'Million Dollar Quartet': Present at the Creation of Rock-n-Roll
Goodness gracious, I don't know how much nostalgia an old body can handle.
These past few months have seen Janis Joplin re-emerged in the person of Mary Bridget Davies at Arena Stage like a furious, fiery storm of blues right out of 1960s San Francisco. I've seen and talked with old icon, Rambling Jack Elliott, singing under the shade of a cowboy hat as part of a star-studded tribute and centenary celebration of folk hero and working-man minstrel Woody Guthrie at the Kennedy Center.
And now, this: Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lewis on stage together live, at least in the very live facsimile persons of Cody Slaughter, Robert Britton Lyons, David Elkins and Martin Kaye, respectively, in the touring production of "Million Dollar Quartet," a musical play by Colin Scott and Floyd Mutrox now at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater through Jan. 6.
The show is based on a historical fact—that on Dec. 4, 1956, Presley, Perkins, Cash and Lewis ended up hanging out at Sam Phillips Sun Records Studio in Memphis and did a number of impromptu songs together and separately which were taped and recorded and became known as the Million Dollar Quartet. It was the only time the four were ever together in each other's presence at the same time, all of them having been discovered by Phillips before they became rockabilly and rock-n-roll juggernauts whose fame lasted unto death and beyond for Presley, Perkins and Cash, while Lewis, a slower and somewhat chastened version of his "Killer" self is still recording and performing.
What you get in "Million Dollar Quartet" is essentially a live concert, mixed in with less convincing and more contrived dramatic elements. There is the return of Elvis for a visit after he has already gained mega-fame and celebrity. We see Cash wanting to jump to a major record company even as Phillips is planning to extend his contract. Perkins shows smoldering resentment of Elvis and frustration with his own floundering career, while Phillips weighed an offer to join RCA, where Elvis is king. And there is an Elvis girlfriend who seems cooler, smarter and more savvy that the wailing girls usually surrounding the king of rock-n-roll in those days.
If your pop heart was baked in the songs of these four men all of your life, then this musical play is like being at a high school reunion where everybody is still alive and young and where are heard the songs, "Hound Dog," "Ghost Riders of the Sky," "Matchbox," "Great Balls of Fire," "Peace in the Valley" and "Blue Suede Shoes." You just gotta get up and dance even if you've got two left feet.
Everybody in this audience did get up, as some of them managed to do it very slowly. They clapped, and some shook their fragile booties, while others just slapped their program on their knees.
What's remarkable about this show is just how good the young musicians are—they're more musicians than actors at this stage. This realization leads you to see just how great that million dollar quartet really was, and why the music is laid so deeply in our veins—just as you recognize, beneath all the trivial contrivances in the show, what a great songwriter Irving Berlin was seeing "White Christmas" next door at the Opera House.
All of these guys—the real ones—ended up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and all of them influenced a host of musicians and singers and legends that came later. From Eric Clapton to Bob Dylan and beyond, all of them shone the light on the source of their particular appeal, where they heard the music and who played it—Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino and Jimmy Reed. They came from the sharecropper fields of Mississippi and Alabama, from New Orleans and the segregated south where all of them grew up poor. All of them heard the blues, rhythm and blues, gospel and country, and drunk with that music they invented something new. Phillips's genius was to recognize their music as something new and overwhelming. After that, pop music was never the same.
What Lyons, Elkins, Slaughter and Kaye do isn't exactly acting. It's inter-acting with each other. It's performing the music and hitting it out of the park. It's a presence that's convincing for the real-life characters they're inhabiting.
Watch Kaye when he sits down at the piano as a young, completely irreverent and raw Jerry Lee Lewis—the kid doesn't have a bone or inhibition in his body. He crawls over the piano and thumps and runs with it. It's like a wrestling match where everybody wins and out comes "Real Wild Child," making the Phillips character stand up and take notice. Watch Elkins as Cash, the epitome of the man in black cool. He's kind of languorous and dangerous. He sings "I Walk the Line" and "Folsom Prison Blues" (with that cold line "I shot a man just to watch him die"), as if they were as fresh as a cold beer on a hot day.
Then, there's Slaughter, who's got the job of catching Elvis as a meteor rising, flush with success and a longing for simpler times. He tells Phillips of how the colonel got him to do a gig in Vegas where the older audiences booed him. "One thing I can tell you," he says, "you'll never catch me playing Vegas again." He's got a chunk of the Elvis sound and all of his moves. And there's Kelly Lamont, as the girlfriend, coming home to meet his momma, who's as slinky as the recently invented slinky in a pink-purple 1950s dress where women seemed to move around inside the dress, in case you weren't paying attention. She sings the Peggy Lee standard "Fever" as if she has one.
Most interesting of all in this show where the glory tends to be shared and nurtured except when Jerry Lee Lewis is in the area is Robert Britton Lyon as Perkins, who looks like a walking, dark-haired short fuse, but who plays an electric guitar like he came out with it on day one. He is the master musician, if not the great singer among the four. Still burned up over Elvis gaining fame with "Blue Suede Shoes," a song that Perkins rode to number one status until a car wreck sidetracked his career, Perkins lets the anger get into his playing which makes it zing with danger.
It doesn't take long to talk yourself into feeling, if not knowing, that you're present at the creation. Your feet twitch, your elbows get restless, you shake your head. It's 1956 when you were . . . well, no you're not.
But, still, it feels like a million bucks up there and out there, too.


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Steinhatchee's American Legion is partnering with Roy's Restaurant to host "Hatchtoberfest" Saturday, Oct. 19.
The day will begin with a "Jogging for Jugs" three-mile fun run/walk with all proceeds benefiting the American Cancer Society's breast cancer research program.
The $20 entry fee includes a t-shirt and pink pancake breakfast. Registration will be held from 7-7:30 a.m.; the race will start at 8 a.m.
"Hatchtoberfest" will open at 2 p.m. with a Rollin' on the River Poker Run for golf carts. Entertainment will include the Swinging Bavarians and The Clay Brooker Band. Brats, kraut and beer will be available. The entry fee is $6 per person.
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Irregular bedtimes linked to kids' behaviour problems
14th October 2013 -- Researchers from UCL (University College London) have found that children with irregular bedtimes are more likely to have behavioural difficulties, including hyperactivity, conduct problems and emotional difficulties.
The large-scale study found that irregular bedtimes could disrupt natural body rhythms and cause sleep deprivation, undermining brain development and the ability to regulate certain behaviours.
Professor Yvonne Kelly from UCL says in a press release: "Not having fixed bedtimes, accompanied by a constant sense of flux, induces a state of body and mind akin to jet lag and this matters for healthy development and daily functioning.
"We know that early child development has profound influences on health and wellbeing across the life course. It follows that disruptions to sleep, especially if they occur at key times in development, could have important lifelong impacts on health."
Reversible effects
Researchers collected term-time bedtime data from 10,230 children at the age of 3, 5 and 7 years, as well as incorporating reports from the children's mothers and teachers on behavioural problems. Questions were not asked about weekend bedtimes.
The study found a clear clinical and statistically significant link between bedtimes and behaviour.
As children progressed through early childhood without a regular bedtime, their behavioural scores - including hyperactivity, conduct problems, problems with peers and emotional difficulties - worsened. However, children who switched to a more regular bedtime had clear improvements in their behaviour.
Professor Kelly says:"What we've shown is that these effects build up incrementally over childhood, so that children who always had irregular bedtimes were worse off than those children who did have a regular bedtime at one or two of the ages when they were surveyed.
"But our findings suggest the effects are reversible. For example, children who change from not having to having regular bedtimes show improvements in their behaviour."
Irregular bedtimes were most common at the age of 3, when around 1 in 5 children went to bed at varying times. However, by the age of 7, more than half the children went to bed regularly between 7.30 and 8.30 pm. Children whose bedtimes were irregular or who went to bed after 9 pm came from more socially disadvantaged backgrounds, and this was factored into the study findings.
Professor Kelly told us via e-mail that because the effects of inconsistent bedtimes are reversible, questions about bedtimes could be built into routine health consultations. This could prove important for early childhood development and subsequent health.
However, she admits modern life can interfere with bedtime routines: "It can be tough to get into routines around bedtimes as there are so many demands on 'family time' – children tend to participate in multiple extracurricular activities, and parents often find themselves working long and/or unsociable hours. There are also lots of distractions e.g. screen use – mobile devices, TV etc, and we know that screen time close to bedtime interferes with the body's ability to sleep."
One of the study's conclusions is that policy development is needed to better support families to provide conditions in which young children can flourish.
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Torre focused on 2007
Such an instance nearly cost Torre his job last October, when the Yankees accepted their surprisingly early playoff exit at the hands of the Detroit Tigers.
Torre, 66, has returned to manage the final year of his contract, but he remains uncertain if he'll be in a dugout one year from now.
"I don't know yet," Torre said. "The way I feel now, I'd say yes. It's exciting. I'm looking forward to it, and every year is different. That keeps it stimulating."
Following a camp-opening organizational meeting of more than five hours Tuesday, Torre said he still embraces the challenges and experiences of coming to work with the Yankees.
He has tucked away the memories from last October, when Torre peered out the windows of his suburban Westchester County home, eyeing the assembled camera crews as reports swirled that his tenure as manager was about to end.
The sublime season ended after a brief waiting period when, eventually, principal owner George Steinbrenner delivered a phone call in which Torre's status was indeed deemed secure.
If not for the partial intervention of general manager Brian Cashman, Torre believes his dismissal could have become reality. That, along with several other factors, leads Torre to believe his relationship with Cashman is as strong as any general manager in his baseball past.
"I think Cash was a big reason why I'm still here right now," Torre said. "I think we're going to have to continue to be comfortable with each other."
Though Torre expressed surprise at how a mostly positive season had splashed his potential dismissal across the sports pages, he continues to evaluate the New York media bubble and expectations with expertise.
He also acknowledged the fact that emotion tends to rule a lot of baseball clubhouses. It is Torre's wide understanding of these facets, the Yankees believe, that will continue to make him an ideal candidate to pilot the club.
Had he been fired, Torre said he was confident he would have been able to find another job, but it couldn't have been the same -- not after 11 years with the Yankees.
"When you work here, where the requirements are what they are, you certainly don't take anything for granted," Torre said.
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Even though the club's 97-victory season appeared to lose momentum halfway through the American League Division Series, Torre was satisfied with the collective effort put forth by his troops.
He also said the ongoing challenges and excitement of the campaign -- particularly filling holes due to injuries sustained by star players -- kept him energized.
Still, there always is the looming specter of October within the Yankees, the thought process that says this: If the team does not win 11 games in the postseason, bringing home a World Series title, the season has not been a success.
Torre points to a memorable quotation by basketball coaching legend John Wooden, who advised that those in charge of clubs cannot always control the outcomes.
"If getting to the World Series is the only reason that I'd be here, I can't control that," Torre said. "You wish you could."
The course of the upcoming season may do quite a bit to satisfy Torre's curiosity concerning his immediate future.
"I think I'd probably know during the year if it's as much fun as I hope it's going to be," Torre said.
At the Yankees' organizational meetings in New York in December, Torre relayed a conversation he had with Cashman.
Torre told Cashman he did not know how much longer he wanted to manage, and, for now, both parties have opted to look no further than the current campaign at hand.
"We had a conversation that he's looking forward to this year," Cashman said. "Obviously, we both are unsure what '08 brings. Let's do whatever we possibly can in '07. I know he loves what he does."
Torre said even if he does decide that life as the Yankees manager in 2008 is something he hopes to pursue, the lack of a contract past the current campaign would not be a hindrance.
Surely, Torre's own resume in the Bronx -- four World Series titles and 1,079 victories in pinstripes highlighting the achievements -- would speak for itself in that instance.
"They know what I do," Torre said. "Whether there's a contract involved or not, that's insignificant."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Scottish ministers urged to revolutionise economy with banking for the common good
March 10, 2016
As if a microcosm of the rest of the UK, Scotland suffers acutely from the UK's highly concentrated and unreformed banking system. Businesses struggle to get credit, branch closures are leaving communities abandoned, and extractive investment banking arms hoover up retail profits, funnelling billions into nuclear weapons, environmentally disastrous projects, and human rights abusing regimes.
Banking is even more concentrated in Scotland than it is in the rest of the UK, with RBS and Lloyds (which owns the Bank of Scotland) accounting for more than 70% of small business banking. In the event of another financial crisis, Scotland is staring down the barrel, reliant as it is on just two massive, shareholder-owned banks.
Once renowned as the home of the stoic and dependable bank, Scotland now hosts a bloated, self-serving financial services industry, designed, regulated and run solely to extract profits from society for its staff and shareholders – sucking the life out of the economy and society as it does so.
But banking doesn't have to always be this way. In 2013 the Scottish Government published "Sustainable Responsible Banking", in which it set out a strategy to "fully repair the appropriate relationship between the banks and the society in which they operate," insisting that "where the Scottish Government can act, it will."
Heeding this pledge, Friends of the Earth Scotland have today released a proposal, produced in collaboration with Move Your Money, the New Economics Foundation, and the Common Weal, urging Scottish ministers to make good on that pledge, and to revolutionise Scottish banking for the benefit of the common good.
The proposal builds on extensive evidence from around the world of the benefits of stakeholder banking models, and describes how the Scottish parliament could establish a powerful, democratic and socially useful banking system – without needing further devolution of powers from Westminster.
All around the world, networks of locally focused, socially oriented stakeholder banks have been shown to increase productive and sustainable lending, enhance local economic development, and to mitigate the impact and likeliness of financial crises.
In addition, National Investment Banks have been closely associated with higher economic growth, greater financial stability, and increased investment in infrastructure and environmental projects.
The proposal, "Banking on the Common Good", combines best practices across both of these systems to advocate for a network of locally-focused stakeholder banks, capitalised by a Scottish National Investment Bank.
This new banking infrastructure would be mandated by a social remit to invest patiently and sustainably, particularly in SMEs, jobs and sustainable infrastructure, boosting local economies and improving local economic resilience.
Only last week, the former Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King warned that "without reform of the financial system, another crisis is certain… Only a fundamental rethink of how we, as a society, organise our system of money and banking will prevent a repetition of the crisis that we experienced in 2008."
Today's proposals, launched at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, sets out a clear path by which the Scottish Government can start to achieve this. A banking system that is socially useful is not a fantasy, and Scotland has the powers to build it now.


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World Organisation for Animal Health
The World Organisation for Animal Health (Organisation mondiale de la santé animale in French), formerly known as the Office international des épizooties (OIE, French for "International Epizootic Office"), is an international intergovernmental organization founded in 1924. In April 2010, the OIE had 175 member countries and territories.[1] Its headquarters are in Paris, France.
The mission of the OIE is:
- to guarantee the transparency of animal disease status world-wide
- to collect, analyse and disseminate veterinary scientific information
- to provide expertise and promote international solidarity for the control of animal diseases
- to guarantee the sanitary safety of world trade by developing sanitary rules for international trade in animals and animal products.
The organization was created following the rinderpest epizootic in Belgium in 1920. The disease had originated in India and concern over the spread led to an international conference in Paris in March 1921. An agreement was signed on January 25, 1924 by 28 countries.
The Director general of the OIE
Dr Bernard Vallat was elected Director General of the OIE in May 2000 by the International Committee, which brings together the Delegates of all the Member Countries. His five year mandate started 1 January 2001. In May 2005, Dr Vallat was elected Director General for a further five year mandate.
See also
- OFFLU, OIE/FAO Network of Expertise on Avian Influenza
External links
- OIE college course a 3-credit college course offered by the Institute for Food Laws and Regulations at Michigan State University.
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Motorcyclist Killed In Wayne County Accident
Arcadia N.Y.- A fatal motorcycle crash in Wayne County. It happened around 5:30 Sunday in Arcadia.
Sheriff's deputies say 53-year-old Erik Loghry collided with a tractor at the intersection of Tellier Road and Stebbins Road.
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Cadillac Audio, Video and Security Systems Discussion, Bose Radio/Amplifier Compatibilty in Item Specific Cadillac Discussion; Sorry all, I'm a non-Cadillac owner but owner of a GMC 6.5 Turbo Diesel Suburban. Problem is my AC Delco ...
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Bose Radio/Amplifier Compatibilty
Sorry all, I'm a non-Cadillac owner but owner of a GMC 6.5 Turbo Diesel Suburban. Problem is my AC Delco radio is going south. I bought a brand new Bose Radio (Model # 15073127 from a Cadillac 02 Escalade) that would fit into my Burb just fine. I also bought a used radio Bose speaker system with amplifier (Model # 15054672) to replace the factory speakers/amplifier (front and rar door with sub-woofer). After reading everthing I could find about Bose sound system - I came to the conclusion that either I wasted my money or I'm going to make this work. These are the questions that I need befor wasting my time:
1. Will the radio and amplifier interface or do I need another amplifier (model number please)?
2. Where can I get the wiring harness to get the two interfaced along with the speakers?
3. Am I wasting time doing this?
4. Where can I buy a complete Bose sound system for my vehicle without having to pay the dealership price?
This is the only website that has an extensive forum on Bose sound system. Thank's in advance for any help.
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I personally think you would of been better off going aftermarket, that having been said if your stubborn (like me) and want to make this work im here to try and help. While im an expert at the 96-02 Bose System in the Eldorado and pretty good with the 96-03 Seville i really know nothing about the Bose in a Surburban or rather Esclade Bose systems, but ill start looking up what i can however without having the car infront of me and being able to look 1st hand at how it was taken apart it will be difficult. First off did the amp have any kind of pigtail with it? Secondly what about the speakers do you have the plugs at least or lacking them too?
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Thanks for the rapid reply. Your are absolutely right that an after market system would be a lot easier and yes I do want to make this work. Bose system was put in the 2001 Suburbans and Yukon XL (gasser's). I wanted to keep the factory look on my Burb and committed to buying the AC Delco Bose Radio. Radio is still enroute and the amplifier and speakers are here. No wiring came with the later. Any help would be helpful. If this turns into too much of a pain in the butt, then is there any place I can buy a complete system other than the dealership?
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Naw if you wanted a complete system dealer is the only way. If this system was run by 4 mini amps like my ETCs it would be easy to wire it you would just have to run two additional wires to each amp to power and ground it (being speaker wire for a signal input would already be run due to the stock speaker wires). Im also assuming your car has RDS and Theftlock. If it has either one then the radio is tapped into the computer which is also going to somewhat complicate things like the fact that the dealer MUST unlock the radio for you to use the radio and they will require proof that you did not steal it. Therefore your stock plug must be used, but will need to be rewired to the amp for the speakers thus you will have to cut all of the signal output wires (for the speakers amp etc..) off the plug and leave connected all the power, gound and computer wires. If your amp doesnt have a plug then theres no way to even start this fab job. It will require the plug in order to connect the HU. Check ebay and check it often for a wire harness. I know at one point in time they had a complete system (HU AMP speaks sub and wire harness) which for what your doing would of been the best thing to do. Also a junkyard may be a good place to get the wireharness. If you can get one out of a car i know it will be long to do it but it will be worth it DO NOT CUT IT OUT. Unwire and remove the entire wire, then all you have to do is cut the new harnesses plug off connect the speaker wires from the new harness to the stock plug in your car and there you should have it.
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Yikes, this maybe the hard to do category. As for the wiring harness for the amp, I check the dealership to see if they have both. The new radio will come unlocked. The amp/speakers came out of a Tahoe or Avalanche. I hate to admit defeat before the battle began. Wonder what the dealership is asking for the complete system? I'll check around and see what I can dig up. Thanks for your help and Merry Christmas.
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OK man gl and im here if you need the help! Just make a post with my name in the topic and ill be sure to check it out.
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Thanks, I really do appreciate your input.
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no prob thats what the forum is here for


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Bike runs great. All the bugs are worked out, so it is ready to rumble.
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City Redistricting Panel Takes Shape
The City Council's redistricting panel can start the work of reconfiguring the Council's 51 districts to reflect the results of last U.S. Census. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his seven appointees to the panel on Thursday. Last month Speaker Christine Quinn and City Council Minority leader James Oddo made their eight picks.
Unlike Albany, where incumbent state legislators are central to re-districting and shape districts to ensure their own re-election, the city's bipartisan approach does not put the council members in charge of defining their own districts. Dick Daddey ,with the good government group Citizens Union, said the City Council's approach avoids the potential for a conflict of interest that often plays out on the state and congressional level.
"Here, with no legislator sitting on the independent Commission, they will have greater freedom to draw the lines in a way that better represents the demographics of the city and serves the interest of the voters," Daddey said.
He expects the new City Council district map to reflect the 32 percent jump in the city's Asian population since 2000 providing new opportunities for Asian Americans to get elected. With 51 seats each Council member represents approximately 160,000 people, although they can vary by as much as 10 percent. The panel will also take into account the ebbs and flows in population densities in all five boroughs since the last census in 2000.
The Bloomberg appointees are Madeline Provenzano, Gloria Carvajal Wolfe, Justin Yu, Benito Romano, Frank Padavan, Oscar Odom and Scott Cerullo. Speaker Quinn selected Jamila Ponton Bragg, Linda Lin, John Robert, Roxanne J. Persaud and Robert W. Hart. Council Minority leader James Oddo picked Kamillah M. hanks, Thomas V. Ognibene and Marc Wurzel
The City Districting Commission is required to hold one or more public hearings and has a March 2013 deadline to submit a final map to the City Council. The City Council and the U.S. Department of Justice have to approve the final map.


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#1: Don't you hate how most hair prodcuts marketed to blacks do more harm than good
I tried looking for hair lotions but most have mineral oil and I use to think grease was good for the hair and scalp but later I learned it clogs pores...Why are these inventors doing that? Are they sabotaging us?
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When Jeff Woytovich and his wife, Betsy, created the Children's Alopecia Project (CAP) in 2004, it was a chance to help those inflicted with the alopecia -- a disease that causes hair loss -- to gain confidence and self-esteem as they endured trying times.
The couple's daughter, Madison, was diagnosed in 2003.
"A lot of these kids don't feel normal," explained Woytovich. "So when you get to be with kids that feel just like you, you now feel normal and get to do things and feel in ways that you never did before."
Friday afternoon at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, members of CAP were able to feel normal among some of baseball's current and former stars as the Yankees stopped by to conclude HOPE Week. The eighteen members of CAP who showed up from as far as Houston, Tex. enjoyed a wide range of activities with the Bombers on a hot day.
Third baseman Alex Rodriguez, Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, former Yankees David Wells and Darryl Strawberry, manager Joe Girardi, current Yankees Ivan Nova, Freddy Garcia, Raul Ibanez, Andruw Jones, Dewayne Wise and Cory Wade, and former Rutgers player Eric LeGrand all participated. The Yankees presented CAP with a $10,000 check and all the CAP families were invited to Friday night's game against the White Sox.
"This was the surprise of a lifetime," said Aaron Friedman, a 14-year-old from Cleveland who is diagnosed with alopecia. "Meeting all these players and seeing them give back to the community, there's nothing like it. It's the greatest feeling in the world."
Alopecia is a disease that is caused by the body's immune system attacking hair follicles, which causes smooth, roundish patches of hair loss. The disease strikes approximately four million people in the United States. After the Woytovich family couldn't find a support network for kids with the disease, they created their own, which has expanded internationally and includes more than 1,000 families.
Since a handful of the stars who showed up Friday were bald, including Jones, Wade, Wise, Ibanez and Wells, the CAP kids were able to paint on their heads. Some painted specific objects, while there was an attempt to put the Yankees' logo on top of Jones' head. Ibanez said being bald gave him and some of the other players a bond with the kids.
"It gives you a talking point right away," Ibanez said. "These kids, having to go through some of the things they've had to go through, this is really about trying to build their self-esteem and show them it's OK to be bald."
When they weren't having their heads painted, the Yankees were leading scavenger hunts. Taijha Williams, a 13-year-old with alopecia from Jersey City, N.J., paired up with her favorite Yankee, Nova, and the two could be seen smiling as they walked side-by-side through the gardens -- even though they got lost twice along the way.
"I loved that she's interacting and feeling comfortable in her own skin. Obviously that's the goal but day to day it's a challenge," said Williams' mother, Denise Rolon. "This event, she gets to let her hair down and really appreciate the fact that they know she has alopecia and don't treat her any differently."


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Carolyn Henrich has been an advocate for education at the federal level for more than 30 years. Carolyn received her B.A. in Political Science from UCLA and after graduation came to the nation's capital as an intern with the U.S. Student Association. For fifteen years, prior to joining UC FGR in 2003, Carolyn was a lobbyist for the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), where she covered education funding, child nutrition and elementary and secondary education issues.
Prior to working for the PTA, Carolyn worked on education funding and policy issue for a number of other national organizations, including the Association of American Medical Colleges, the then-named American Association of Dental Schools, and the U.S. Department of Education.
Carolyn is responsible for:
- Department of Education (Education, Campus Safety, Education Research, Graduate Education, International Education and Language Training, K-12 Education, Student and Institutional Accountability, STEM Ed, Teacher Preparation and Professional Development)
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No Judicial Officer Can War Against The Constitution!
*18 Article VI of the Constitution makes the Constitution the "supreme Law of the Land." In 1803, Chief Justice Marshall, speaking for a unanimous Court, referring to the Constitution as "the fundamental and paramount law of the nation," declared in the notable case of Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 137, 177, that "It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is." This decision declared the basic principle that the federal judiciary is supreme in the exposition of the law of the Constitution, and that principle has ever since been respected by this Court and the Country as a permanent and indispensable feature of our constitutional system. It follows that the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment enunciated by this Court in the Brown case is the supreme law of the land, and Art. VI of the Constitution makes it of binding effect on the States "any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding." Every state legislator and executive and judicial officer is solemnly committed by oath taken pursuant to Art. VI, cl. 3, "to support this Constitution." Chief Justice Taney, speaking for a unanimous Court in 1859, said that this requirement reflected the framers' "anxiety to preserve it [the Constitution] in full force, in all its powers, and to guard against resistance to or evasion of its authority, on the part of a State . . . ." Ableman v. Booth, 21 How. 506, 524.
No state legislator or executive or judicial officer can war against the Constitution without violating his undertaking to support it. Chief Justice Marshall spoke for a unanimous Court in saying that: "If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights acquired under those judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery . . . ." United States v. Peters, 5 Cranch 115, 136. A Governor who asserts a 19*19 power to nullify a federal court order is similarly restrained. If he had such power, said Chief Justice Hughes, in 1932, also for a unanimous Court, "it is manifest that the fiat of a state Governor, and not the Constitution of the United States, would be the supreme law of the land; that the restrictions of the Federal Constitution upon the exercise of state power would be but impotent phrases . . . ." Sterling v. Constantin, 287 U. S. 378, 397-398.
It is, of course, quite true that the responsibility for public education is primarily the concern of the States, but it is equally true that such responsibilities, like all other state activity, must be exercised consistently with federal constitutional requirements as they apply to state action. The Constitution created a government dedicated to equal justice under law. The Fourteenth Amendment embodied and emphasized that ideal. State support of segregated schools through any arrangement, management, funds, or property cannot be squared with the Amendment's command that no State shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. The right of a student not to be segregated on racial grounds in schools so maintained is indeed so fundamental and pervasive that it is embraced in the concept of due process of law. Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U. S. 497. The basic decision in Brown was unanimously reached by this Court only after the case had been briefed and twice argued and the issues had been given the most serious consideration. Since the first Brown opinion three new Justices have come to the Court. They are at one with the Justices still on the Court who participated in that basic decision as to its correctness, and that decision is now unanimously reaffirmed. The principles announced in that decision and the obedience of the States to them, according to the command of the Constitution, 20*20 are indispensable for the protection of the freedoms guaranteed by our fundamental charter for all of us. Our constitutional ideal of equal justice under law is thus made a living truth. Cooper v. Aaron, 358 US 1, 18-20 (1958).
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Advances in OptoElectronics
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 824927, 6 pages
Research Article
-Quantum-Dot Sensitized Metal Oxide Photoelectrodes: Photoelectrochemistry and Photoinduced Absorption Spectroscopy
1CRC, Department of Optometry, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 10219, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 259, 75105 Uppsala, Sweden
Received 15 June 2011; Accepted 5 September 2011
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Copyright © 2011 Idriss Bedja and Anders Hagfeldt. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hunger Games Saga Introduces Newest Character
The Hunger Games is not my typical saga or series of film, but I can't help love it. I think the themes reflect reality in remarkable fashion, sadly in many cases. Classic David versus Goliath. Good versus Evil. It's a win at every corner.
ANYWAY, very much looking forward to the next installment in November and stumbled upon this first look at a BRAND new character, President Coin, played by Julianne Moore. (Get more on Mockingjay Part 1 below the interview)
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Analyst Tal Liani lowered the $1.39 fiscal 2002 (June) EPS estimate to $1.07 following the company's decision to withdraw its forecasts. However, he thinks issues are temporary, and provide a buying opportunity for long-term holders. He upgraded the long-term rating for the following reasons: valuation is low at 18.7 times the revised fiscal 2002 EPS; balance sheet is strong with $730 million in the bank, $240 million in annual free cash; customer base appears solid; his model assumes a worst case scenario of no growth in Europe and the U.S.; declines in transmission business; and he thinks set-top sales should climb to 1.2 million quarterly units in the next two to three quarters.


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20 Ways To Maximize Your Levels Of Motivation
Feeling De-Motivated?
Here are 20 ways you can maximise your level of motivation right now!
20 Effective Ways To Stay Motivated
1 – Find your personal mantra
Think of a short slogan to keep your focused (It doesn't have to be 3 paragraphs long, just a couple of powerful words will do) .Motivational quotes are a good mantra springboard, check ones these out when you need a head pump of motivation.
2 – Get enough sleep
Make sure to spend at least eight hours of your day in deep sleep to allow your body and mind to relax in readiness for the demanding journey ahead. The more R.E.M sleep the better, so make sure you rest your head at a suitable time, preferably before 11pm.
3 – Whatever you eat matters a lot
Whatever you eat can affect not just your physical health but also your psychological wellbeing.
If you are wondering how to get motivated it's time you started choosing your meals more carefully – especially breakfast. Stick to high energy foods such as fruits, vegetables, eggs and low-fat yoghurt etc. to get the right supply of energy to keep the momentum you need to reach your goals.
4 – Plan your day out
Failure to plan is planning to fail! Get up in the morning and spend about 15 minutes planning your day. Keep in mind that this is a flexible plan just to provide you with a rough sketch of what to do during the day. This way you mentally know what needs to be done and you won't float around the place with no direction.
5 – Get your swagga up!
The way we dress has a significant bearing to the way we feel throughout our day. Make sure you get out of your PJ's, do your hair, brush your teeth, so that you are getting your mental and physical into the idea of being ready for something.
6 – Pump up the jamz
Music is a powerful source of motivation. Make it a habit to listen your favorite pumped up tune to inspire a little motivation and power to fight on.
7 – Your body deserves to be rewarded
If you want to stay motivated against all of life's tides, you have to learn to love yourself first. Treat your body to something nice after achieving certain goals along the way, stretch, pamper your self or grab a massage from a nearby and willing friendly.
8 – Don't just sit there, get active
If you see yourself spending the most part of your day sitting in front of the TV, you are likely to lose the zeal to take on various life challenges. Hit the road, smash the weights, bounce a ball or skip to get your blood flowing.
9 – Remember some of your best moments
Take a couple of minutes to rush through your peak moments to create a sense of fulfillment. This is a fast and effective positivity technique that really does work.
10 – Don't just dream; dream biggest
If you can dream it, you can achieve it! So, dream on… and wake up ready to actualize your dreams.
11 – Subscribe to motivational newsletters and emails
Keep feeding your mind with positive content. Identify some top-notch inspirational names on the net and subscribe to their mailing lists to receive constant support messages. Or just visit Addicted2Success.com on the daily 🙂
12 – Associate with positive minded people
If you tend to spend the bulk of your time around negative, de-motivated and short-term friends, chances are that you are also going to lose your focus. Invest in inspired and optimistic friends. Jim Rohn said it best when he said "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with."
13 – Share your goals
To create a sense of responsibility, share your goals with close friends and accomplices.
14 – Don't do it single-handedly
Don't block your path to success by locking out important people out of your life. Make sure to invest in a stable support network. Strength in numbers baby!
15 – One step at a time
Being successful is something gradual. Take small but smart steps and before you realize it, you'll have achieved a huge milestone. Remember, "Rome wasn't built in a day."
16 – Look at the glass as half full, not half empty
Pessimism can ruin your motivation greatly. Learn to stay positive in your quest by focusing on your positive achievements rather than on your failures. From each failure we learn how we can do things even better the next time. Embrace your failures and keep your head up because you are one step closer than you were yesterday.
17 – Get real with yourself
If you feel de-motivated, find a mirror and give yourself a good look. Urge yourself forward by saying something like…"James you can make it!" Affirmations work, they pump you up and help you psych yourself into the state of mind needed to make things happen.
18 – Read inspirational books
Books are golden gems as far as motivation building is concerned. Read motivational books, listen to audio books while you drive, read auto biographies of those who you admire, the greats, those who have persevered through thick and thin.
19 – Take a deep breath
Take a second to chill, breathe in deeply and exhale slowly ten times. As you do so, take time to think of good things in your life (as suggested in tip 9). We are more effective when we are not scatter brained about things, you want to be as clear minded as possible to focus on your goals for the day, week or month.
20 – Invest in others
This is actually the most powerful motivation tip of them all. If you help others, it will empower you with a fulfilling energy to achieve great things yourself. You are someone of value, your confidence levels will be boosted and you will have more faith in what you are capable of because you have shown to yourself, and others, that you are a man of value heart and skills.
As you continue to move towards your life goals, we wish you all the best, every step of the way!
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That is some great advice. I can see if one could implement those 2o things into their life it would definitely help them in the long run…
Thank you 🙂
this is really a masterpiece.thanks a lot
Thanks, the vid is inspiration plus!!
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Taking a deep breath can certainly help in most situations! Thanks nice post
Special thanks for your great posts.I am trying to come back from a tough year in my life and so much appreciate your thoughts.Nick Lynch Omaha Ne
Loved it.
Great reminder. I especially love the music part! Music can put you in a state…just like that!
I have only two words for you: thank you!
Love your simple yet effective ways to get motivated. It can be easy to forget the basics
I love this article and it is so true. I will be signing up to your newsletter as it really does help me when the going gets tough. My favourite mantra is by Swami Vivekananda.'We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think'.I do my best every day to follow this great man's advice
Hello Lisa, I will really appreciate that people outside India know the importance and relevance of Swamiji and his words. He is one of my fav ideal. Just pinged you to appreciate for accepting his thoughts, bye tc
amazing inspierations, i never remain the same after reading these, but become a better person,good work you're doing
I had to share this with everyone.
Great List. I'm gonna share it. And in everything express gratitude. Living in that space is the single biggest action we can take to open the universe up to access its abundance on our behalf.
Awesome Josh & Rach, glad these motivation tips have helped 🙂 Yes for sure it's all about balance, one will not be effective enough without the other.
Thanks for the comments.
I found the list of suggestions valuable and a great reminder. Enjoyed the video too.
With a busy life with great things on the go it's good to remember to get sleep (#2). It's hard to get the right balance because getting enough sleep is great for motivation and health, but too much sleep can mean you don't get enough done in a day.
Cheers Rach
Great list! I'm living by all 20, but defiantly need to work on #3