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Her eyes are slanted in angry disposition, but it is apparent that they are a beautiful, deep blue. Her nose is tiny and perky. "Soft" would best describe her dewy skin, which is gently marked with a few tender freckles. Her hair is strawberry blonde and beautiful. Jenny's physical attributes would make her an all-American poster child, but there is no brightness in her face, as there should be for a ten-year-old girl.
Her mom explains the problem.
Jenny is certainly not overweight, but is a healthy weight for her age. Not underweight or over. Just right. She would best be described as athletic.
Since Jenny isn't talking and her mom is, someone ironically volunteers to take Jenny for some cake in the other room. "What do you think about your weight," we ask when Jenny is out of earshot.
If only that story were fiction. It's not.
That happened at one of the Lies Girls Believe focus groups. I wanted to be in touch with the parenting reality of today's moms of girls aged eight to twelve, so I travelled across the country to facilitate focus groups with them.
Then I asked them this: "If you said 'yes,' how do you feel about that part of your body or face?" Twenty-eight percent said they also did not like the same part of their own body or face. Seventeen percent were uncertain.
The realization hit us all hard. It's one thing to hope and believe that our daughters won't face the same beauty battles we have. It's quite another to consider the fact that we may actually be introducing her to the fight.
How I feel about my body won't impact her.
According to a Wall Street Journal article, one study found that 80 percent of ten-year-old girls had already been on diets to lose weight. Anorexia and bulimia are on the rise. This study was referenced in an article linking the ways mothers think about their own bodies to the aftermath of adult women's beliefs about theirs. Thirty to forty percent of women think about body image every day, and almost half of them say it is because their mothers did. They resent their mothers for it.
Lies we believe are easily passed on to our daughters.
When it comes to body image and beauty, Truth is better caught than taught. I know you have no problem reading Psalm 139 and believing that your girl is "fearfully and wonderfully made," but do you believe it about you?
Of course, I don't think our biggest concerns for our daughters should be lies about beauty. We should be most concerned about lies about God. But apparently we really aren't.
Another question I asked moms in my focus groups was this: "What kinds of lies are you most concerned about?" The number one category was "self-esteem," with 32 percent stating it was their greatest concern.
I followed that up with this question: "What does your daughter struggle with that you did not struggle with when you were her age?" I emphasized that I wasn't asking what the moms feared would be a problem, but what currently was a problem in their daughters' lives. Their number one answer: self-entitlement. At 23 percent of respondents, this was the runaway leader.
On one hand, moms were asking us to help their daughters have more self-esteem. On the other hand, moms recognized that their daughters struggle with self-entitlement.
The most important thing about raising girls is protecting their self-esteem.
Actually, the most important thing about raising girls is not what they feel about themselves, but what God says.
One thing became clear to me. We're often easily confused when it comes to how we teach our daughters Truth and what topics matter most. At least, that's the conclusion I came to for myself as a mom of two beautiful daughters. Doing this research helped me see more clearly, and I hope it will help many moms do the same as they read the full report of my work in A Mom's Guide To Lies Girls Believe. Because if we cannot see the Truth, we'll have a hard time teaching it to our girls.
Your daughter does not need self-esteem. She needs God-esteem. If she understands who God is, she will understand her own value but not make too much of it.
Let's join together to grow up a generation of women who make much of God and less of ourselves.
PS: Do you want to study the Bible with your eight- to twelve-year-old girl in an effort to plant Truth deep into her heart? Join me and Chizzy Anderson on Monday nights in March and April for a six-week online Bible study for tween girls and their moms using Lies Girls Believe. Register before February 17 and your daughter will receive a T-shirt!


In Missouri, divorce cases require the couple to follow specific guidelines that outline the proceedings. The laws require the couple to address marital property division, child custody and debts. The couple makes decisions about child support too. A divorce lawyer in St. Peters, MO can guide the couple through the proceedings and offer advice.
How Are Divorces Managed in No-Fault States?
The divorce petitioners are limited to irreconcilable differences and do not need to present evidence of fault-based grounds. The petitioner files for a divorce with the court. The defendant must sign the agreement and accept the terms or contest the divorce. The only exception allowed in a no-fault state is when domestic violence has occurred, and a criminal case is connected to the divorce case.
Are There Residency Requirements in Missouri?
Yes, the petitioner must live in the state for at least ninety days before filing for a divorce. They prove their residency by providing a copy of their new Missouri driver's license or by providing a copy of a rental agreement.
What Factors Affect Marital Property Division?
Properties that were inherited from family aren't included in the marital assets. Typically, properties that were procured before the marriage aren't considered marital property always. Any assets that are included in a prenuptial agreement are divided according to the terms of the agreement. Some assets are provided instead of alimony or sold to accumulate funds to pay off joint debts.
What Are Parenting Plans in Military Divorces and Why Are They Needed?
Active-duty military members are required to set up a parenting plan if they receive primary custody. The plan identifies another family member who manages care for the children during deployments and training requirements. Typically, the family member is a grandparent.
In Missouri, divorce cases involve the division of all marital property based on local laws. The couple must set up a plan for child custody and support. Whenever possible, the couple must agree when separating their lives. If they can't, mediation or a divorce trial is needed. Couples who need answers about a divorce should contact a divorce lawyer in St. Peters, MO. Learn more about us now.


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A summer of LIMITLESS happiness
Experience limitless happiness this summer as lifestyle and rewards app LIMITLESS partners with Coca-Cola for a month-long digital promo.
Finding and sharing limitless happiness in the middle of the pandemic gets more attainable through the partnership of app-based lifestyle rewards program, LIMITLESS, and Coca-Cola Philippines.
Through the #ShareLIMITLESSHappiness promo, registered LIMITLESS users will get a chance to be rewarded with Coca-Cola digital coupons that can be redeemed at 285 participating touchpoints in Luzon, including Phoenix retail stations, Phoenix SUPER LPG Hubs, FamilyMart stores, and Autoworx Plus shops.
"Since we launched LIMITLESS, we have been non-stop in our campaign for digital and contactless transactions, especially with the current situation. This time, we have partnered with a brand that shares the same goal as ours, which is to advocate for happiness, love, and motivation. This promo hopes to share limitless happiness that our customers can get from both brands despite the pandemic. LIMITLESS will provide a safe and secure transaction, while Coca-Cola will give free refreshing drinks perfect to beat the summer heat," LIMITLESS Brand Manager Kenneth Ocampo said. He also added that the partnership with Coca-Cola is just the start it aims to offer more value to members through more collaborations.
Starting May 5, 2021 until June 5, 2021, on top of peso points, each valid transaction earns a LIMITLESS coupon for two free 235ml Coca-Cola Original Taste redeemable through participating outlets, including 173 Phoenix fuel stations, 46 FamilyMart stores, 5 Autoworx Plus shops, and 61 Phoenix SUPER hubs.
To join, customers only need to present their account QR code on the LIMITLESS app when they gas up a minimum of Php 1,000 worth of Phoenix fuels, or buy a FamilyMart six-piece fried chicken squad pack, or avail of a change oil service (using Phoenix lubricants purchased on-site) for 4-wheel vehicles at Autoworx Plus. The coupons will be credited to the customer's LIMITLESS account, and can be cross-redeemed at any of the aforementioned establishments. Meanwhile, no need to redeem on-site for valid LPG transactions as the freebies will be delivered upon purchase of any type of Phoenix SUPER LPG 11kg via the LIMITLESS Home Delivery option.
"We are very excited to partner with a brand that uplifts the spirit of Filipinos especially during this trying time. When LIMITLESS reached out and talked about sharing LIMITLESS HAPPINESS, Coca-Cola was all ears. We are happy to know that we will be the official partner of LIMITLESS this summer season. Through this safe and contactless promotion, we are now ready to share and spread the happiness to all our customers. Stay tuned for the surprises this partnership will bring you this summer season," Coca-Cola Beverage Philippines, Inc. National Key Accounts Director Ma. Cynthia Du said.
Since its launch on June 12, 2020, LIMITLESS has set itself apart from other rewards and loyalty programs as it introduced digital vouchers which can be purchased, sent as gifts, and redeemed through the app. The platform now has over 119,000 registered users in the country, and features a growing list of partner merchants. The app has also recently allowed the sending of the digital vouchers to LIMITLESS non-members, and added exciting and unique games.
Meanwhile, Phoenix Vice President for Integrated Marketing and Strategies Ma. Celina Matias expressed support for the campaign, highlighting the importance of strategically collaborating with other brands for the good of the community saying, "We at Phoenix aim to be an indispensable partner to Filipinos, and this partnership with LIMITLESS and Coca-Cola enables us to achieve this. We want to offer limitless possibilities to customers, letting them know that we are here, making ways to give them more value, even if that means collaborating with other brands."
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Geoffrey Baer takes us to the nostalgic vacation spot Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
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Visit Highfield Farms to see how Wisconsin's ubiquitous snack, cheese curds, are made.
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The Chicago River has played many roles in Chicago's history: hero, villain, and underdog.
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Michigan football LBs coach Anthony Campanile: 'I feel like I'm home'
Michigan's first-year linebackers coach Anthony Campanile said he was drawn to Ann Arbor by the chance to work with Jim Harbaugh and Don Brown.
Michigan football LBs coach Anthony Campanile: 'I feel like I'm home' Michigan's first-year linebackers coach Anthony Campanile said he was drawn to Ann Arbor by the chance to work with Jim Harbaugh and Don Brown. Check out this story on Freep.com: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2019/03/21/michigan-football-anthony-campanile/3231262002/
Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press Published 10:02 a.m. ET March 21, 2019 | Updated 3:38 p.m. ET March 21, 2019
Anthony Campanile was all smiles when he met with reporters for the first time as an assistant coach for Michigan football.
It's been a busy, yet fulfilling, few months for Campanile, who officially joined the staff on Jan. 11 and coached his first spring practice this week.
His decision to depart Boston College, where he was co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach, meant Campanile would be leaving his roots for the first time in his career.
Campanile is the son of Mike Campanile, who coached at Paramus Catholic from 1990-1999. He has three brothers who coach either at the collegiate or high school level in New Jersey. His entire football career — as a player and coach — has taken place on the East Coast.
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Still, the decision to join U-M was easy, and the transition has not been difficult — although Campanile jokes that he's still searching for a pizza place.
"Just been awesome," said Campanile, who is primarily working with the SAM and VIPER linebackers. "Working with Coach (Don) Brown, Coach (Jim) Harbaugh. Been fantastic. The kids here, not only are they phenomenal athletes, they're phenomenal kids. And I honestly couldn't have had a better experience in these first few months."
Michigan football 2019 recruiting class: Meet the commits
Daxton Hill, a safety from Booker T. Washington (Tulsa, Okla.) in the 2019 class. 247Sports
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Westlake Village (Calif.) Oaks Christian running back Zach Charbonnet 247Sports
Blairstown (N.J.) Blair Academy offensive lineman David Ojabo 247Sports
Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy cornerback DJ Turner 247Sports
Fairfield (Ohio) tight end Erick All 247Sports
Stuart (Fla.) Martin County's George Johnson III 247Sports
Oakley (Calif.) Freedom wide receiver Giles Jackson 247Sports
Norcross (Ga.) Greater Atlanta Christian defensive tackle Chris Hinton 247Sports
Dacula (Ga.) cornerback Jalen Perry 247Sports
Columbus (Ohio) St. Francis De Sales safety Joey Velazquez 247Sports
Washington St. John's College safety Quinten Johnson. 247Sports
Loganville (Ga.) Grayson offensive lineman Trente Jones 247Sports
Reno (Nev.) Damonte Ranch quarterback Cade McNamara 247Sports
Delray Beach (Fla.) American Heritage defensive lineman Mike Morris 247Sports
Everett (Mass.) cornerback Mike Sainristil 247Sports
Clayton (Ohio) Northmont defensive lineman Gabe Newburg, left. 247Sports
Lakewood (Ohio) St. Edward wide receiver Quintel Kent 247Sports
Akron (Ohio) Archbishop Hoban offensive lineman Nolan Rumler 247Sports
New Canaan (Conn.) offensive lineman Jack Stewart 247Sports
Oakdale (Conn.) St. Thomas More linebacker Charles Thomas 247Sports
Coaching at Michigan has been a reunion of sorts for Campanile, who attended high school with safeties and special teams coach Chris Partridge and has known Partridge since he was 13 years old. He also previously worked with quarterbacks coach Ben McDaniels at Rutgers.
"I was very excited," Campanile said. "Obviously, you hear a ton about Michigan all through your life growing up if you're a football fan, and then having some friends here, probably had some knowledge of the inner workings of how many great people were here. Excited is really the word I would use more than anything."
Campanile was drawn to U-M by the chance to work with Harbaugh, with whom he said he got along immediately with. He was also excited to coach with Brown, who left Boston College for Michigan the same offseason that Campanile joined the Eagles' staff.
"We coached a lot of the same players," Campanile said. "Players talk, and everyone had such a high opinion of Coach Brown."
Campanile said as a kid he would watch the Wolverines and players such as Tim Biakabutuka, who played at U-M from 1993-1995.
"I was a football maniac when I was a little kid, I come from a football family," Campanile said. "I think everyone grows up pretending they're playing at Michigan in their backyard when they're a little kid. I know I did. Everybody in our house did. Certainly very familiar with the things that are important here. The history here."
It's easy, then, to see why Campanile was so jovial and full of laughs Wednesday night. He's at a place where he always wanted to be — and so far, the experience has been everything he thought it would be.
"I feel like I'm home," Campanile said. "Can't ask for a better situation. It's been a lot of fun."
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2nd April 2014 , By Gareth Armstrong
Venete Klein – A Leader To Follow
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Dr Maya Angelou, the Pulitzer Prize nominated poet and author, educator, historian, and civil-rights activist once said: "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
On a few rare occasions I have had the privilege of interviewing and discussing leadership with leaders that really seem to understand and embrace this principle. And a couple of weeks ago I again met one of these leaders, this as I sat with Venete Klein in her comfortable Brooklyn offices.
If you are unfamiliar with Klein, here are a few things you ought to know about her: Her educational background includes studies completed at three of the world's top five business schools – Harvard, MIT, and Insead. She has held board positions in numerous companies and organisations, including Old Mutual Wealth Proprietary Limited, PG Group, SABS – South African Bureau of Standards, Proudly South African, Postbank South Africa, BUSA (Business Unity SA) and more. Klein was voted Business Woman of the Year in 2009, is the first South African to serve on the World Trade Organization's International Policy Commission, was the first woman to serve as Vice Chair of the Agricultural Business Chamber, and was the first female president of the Afrikaanse Handels Instituut in its 66 year history.
While leading ABSA's Retail Bank as its Executive Director, she was responsible for 25 000 employees, was depended upon by 11 million clients, and had an operating budget of R8 billion. All in all, Klein has a 32 year banking track record with local and international experience across: Retail Banking, Business Banking, Government Relations, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Agriculture, and more.
What an impressive resume.
So where did it all start for Klein?
She shares: "I grew up in the Western Cape, on what is commonly known as the Cape Flats. My childhood years were spent in a place called Crawford, and I received my primary and high school educations in Athlone and Lansdowne. My formative years took place during some of the major uprisings in the Western Cape. This of course did a lot to shape my views. And although I didn't really understand politics at the time, I was thrust into a situation where going to school was a challenge. This challenge escalated to the point where it was so intense, the constant threat of Casper's and teargas being so real and ongoing, that it resulted in my not being able to complete my university education with the University of the Western Cape."
Her initial desire, and focus at university, was to become a teacher. And while this is a profession she still thinks on fondly, Klein considers not completing her education therein as turning point in her life: "My father was the sole provider for our family, and with a now outstanding bursary needing paying and my life needing to be lived, I realised he wouldn't be able to afford doing so and so I needed to find employment myself." Of the fifty applications she then filled, only one responded to acknowledge receipt. This was enough motivation for her to begin pushing for more. She shares: "In those days banks (Barclays being the one who responded) used to close at 1 o'clock on a Wednesday, and so every Wednesday at five to one without fail, I would phone the woman who had signed the letter acknowledging receipt. I knew that if I phoned her enough, she would one day get tired of me calling and tell me to come in. It worked. After six weeks of calling she said she was rushing off to a meeting but asked me to come in the following Monday. And the rest is history."
One of the things that have made her so successful over her career is her tenacity and never say die attitude. She attributes this to her parents and their examples of hard work and perseverance. "Always looking for opportunities in your difficulties will give you an edge," she adds reflectively.
A key leadership moment in Klein's career came early on when she made a mistake in a document she had been required to draft. Her then supervisor proceeded to publicly humiliate and berate her in front of their entire department. She resolved to do three things from that day on: "(1) I would never do that to another human being, if I was going to reprimand you it would be in private and in a way that was going to build you; (2) I wasn't going to cry even though it was very humiliating. People needed to know I was strong; (3) And I was going to get to the top of the pile even if it was going to take me a lifetime."
25 years later, Klein was appointed to a Group Exco position in Barclays South Africa, the very bank where she received her first but now invaluable leadership lesson.
What else has assisted her to successfully lead the way she has?
She shares that it is very important to develop an informed opinion of things going on in the world. Leaders must read, investigate, and ask questions. And then they must be able to share that opinion in an articulate manner. Klein also believes that respect comes as a direct result of delivery. And where one may have failed to deliver, she stresses that time is needed to reflect on what should have been done, and what lessons have been learned.
The following Q&A is also revealing:
Q: What in your opinion is the most important function of a leader?
VK: The most important business function of a leader is to ensure that each person in the organisation understands the vision and knows how their individual roles contribute to the ultimate delivery of the organisational goals.
The most important personal function of a leader is to "Praise, Raise & Amaze".
Q: What is the biggest challenge facing leaders today?
VK: Managing talent who do not have the patience to grow into their roles but gravitate towards money (better offers). I find many young talented people job hopping and not allowing themselves to hone their skills. This will in the long term not help on your career trajectory – as your foundation will not be as solid as required.
Q: What is one mistake you witness leaders making more frequently than others?
VK: When leaders go into the market to recruit what they consider to be top talent, very often these recruits once they join don't get the necessary support/mentorship or induction in order to succeed in their new roles. This is wasted cost for an organisation but also destroys the pool of talent that exists in SA today.
Q: When faced with two equally-qualified candidates, how do you determine whom to hire?
VK: This is easily answered as we have the BEE codes to help guide us. A woman will take preference over a man and a person of colour will also take preference.
I also attach a heavy weighting to experience as this will generally give you delivery in the shortest possible time.
Q: What are you doing to ensure you continue to grow and develop as a leader?
VK: I find myself reading as many articles and business books as possible. I further remain updated on all the legislative changes as it affects business today. Of utmost importance is the Presidential Speech as well as the speech by the Minister of Finance.
The feelings I referred to in the beginning of this article can be considered in two ways. First are my feelings towards Klein as a leader – that she has a certain poise and confidence about her that allows me to in turn have confidence in her. And the second are my feelings about myself while being with her – that I am acknowledged, my view is heard and relevant, and that I might be able to be my best self working with her.
When all is said and done, the truest measure of a professed leader is whether or not they are being followed, and if Klein asked me to follow her to a particular vision, I think I might just do so.
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We had a fascinating leadership conversation with Zwelinzima Vavi recently on CliffCentral Leadership Platform. I have met many leaders from different spheres of society. Surprisingly few of them have presence, or gravitas. Vavi has this, with his tall physique and authentic confidence to back it up. From the moment he walked into the CliffCentral studios […]
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Q&A with Mark Cutifani – CEO of Anglogold Ashanti
BRLP: Tell us a little about your childhood and how it may have prepared you for a leadership role?. Cutifani: My mother is from an Irish background but Australian born. Her family owned pubs. So you had a young Italian migrant and an Australian girl with an Irish background. Quite a volatile pairing. I was […]
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Martin Sweet: Making An Impact, 15 000 Individuals At A Time
Of all the leaders I have ever had the pleasure of spending time with, there are few, if any, that come close to directly impacting the lives of more individuals in ways that will change the course of their lives for the better, than the leader Martin Sweet. To date, his company, PrimeStars Marketing, has […]
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How may Education Affect an X-Ray Technician Salary?
In short, the more education an x-ray tech has, the higher chance their salary could increase. According to ASRT's Radiologic Technologist Wage and Salary Survey 2010, radiographers with an associate's degree reported earning an average of $50,800 each year while those with master's degrees said they earned closer to $77,000.
Additionally, continuing education and certification may help increase earnings and job security. Sometimes, employers may even sponsor these programs in order to boost the overall quality of their employees—and in turn, the services they provide. In fact, nearly 60 percent of the technologists who responded to the ASRT survey said their employers provided some form of tuition assistance to help pay for college, and 38.4 percent said funding was available to them specifically for CE courses and materials.
Do X-Ray Tech Salaries Increase with Experience?
Yes! The ASRT 2010 survey reports that radiographers who are just starting out in their careers (those with 0-2 years of experience) earn an average of $44,439. After 5 years in the field, however, x-ray techs earn an average of 15 percent more at around $51,170 per year. Those who have been working as radiographers for over thirty years see an average income of $64,201.
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Arua ist ein Distrikt (district) in Nord-Uganda mit 855.055 Einwohnern (2002). Wie fast alle Distrikte von Uganda ist er nach seinem Hauptort benannt. Am 1. Juli 2005 wurde der nordöstliche Teil von Arua abgespalten und der neue Distrikt Koboko gebildet.

Der Arua-Distrikt liegt im äußersten Nordwesten Ugandas und grenzt an die Demokratische Republik Kongo und den Südsudan. Der grenzüberschreitende Handel spielt eine wichtige Rolle in der Wirtschaft Aruas. Idi Amin, ugandischer Diktator von 1971 bis 1979, ist in Arua geboren. Von Arua aus gelangten während des zweiten Kongokrieges ugandische Streitkräfte in die Demokratische Republik Kongo, wo sie sich an der Plünderung der kongolesischen Bodenschätze beteiligten. Arua selbst ist friedlich und blieb von den Aktivitäten der Rebellenarmee Lord's Resistance Army im Norden Ugandas weitgehend verschont.

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Nach den regenarmen 1990er Jahren mit einem jährlichen Regendurchschnitt von lediglich 274 Millimetern und einem trockenen Jahr 1999 als Tiefpunkt, war in der Dekade 2000 bis 2009 der Region Regenfeldbau möglich. Die durchschnittliche Regenmenge betrug unter Zusammenfassung der Jahre 2003/2004 immerhin 716 mm. Das feuchteste Jahr war 2001 mit 1282 mm und das trockenste 2007 mit 410 mm. Die Neigung zum Sturzregenereignis nahm zu und gipfelte in der Sturzflut vom 22. Oktober 2005 mit 382 Millimetern Niederschlag.

In der Region Arua fällt das Gros des Regens meist in der zweiten Jahreshälfte. Typisch sind ein trockener Januar und ein spärlich durchfeuchteter Februar. Die Regenmessungen der Jahre 1973 bis 1978 zeigen aber nur für das Jahr 1978 ein ähnliches Profil. Dieser Zeitraum bringt es nur auf einen jährlichen Durchschnitt von 209 Millimetern. In den Jahren 1973 bis 1977 war Arua noch von einer chronisch scheinenden Dürre geplagt.

Distrikt in der Northern Region (Uganda)

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Giuseppe Conte, Italy's prime minister, gestures as he speaks during an interview at Chigi palace in Rome.
Italian manufacturing shrank the most in almost four years in October, hinting at continued weakness after the economy failed to grow in the third quarter.
IHS Markit's factory index dropped below the key 50 mark, output shrank for a third month and new orders fell. It was the first contraction since August 2016, as optimism took a knock from slower global demand and "worries over political stability".
The figures are another blow to Italy after last quarter's stagnation, led by industry. Amritpal Virdee, an economist at IHS Markit said the sector may drag down wider economic growth again this quarter.
Italy's populist government says the slump makes their expansionary fiscal plan even more necessary, even as critics fret about the country's huge debt pile.
The administration intends to stick to its controversial budget plans despite criticism from the European Union and the country's central bank.
The Italian PMI report continues a run of disappointing figures in the euro area. Average growth in the region was slower than expected in the third quarter, and measures of confidence since then have slipped lower.


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Expedia Is Trying to Become More Like Booking.com in Key Areas
Dennis Schaal, Skift
- Mar 07, 2016 7:30 am
Expedia's moves to lower commissions, tack on a tactical bidding program for hotel displays, and make itself friendlier to hotels and consumers by offering a pay-at-the-hotel option are all designed to ramp up Expedia's business and to make Booking.com's so-called "competitive moat" a little less imposing.
You might call it the Booking.com-ization of Expedia.
Expedia's recent launch of its hotel Accelerator program, which enables properties to bid to move higher in search results on Expedia hotel pages based on paying higher-than normal commissions, is the latest example over the past few years of big business model changes Expedia made to parallel initiatives that Booking.com pioneered years earlier.
Competitors routinely copy features or products that have worked for their rivals but these changes that Expedia has made in recent years are major alterations.
Booking.com's Preferred Property Program has been around for more than a decade. It enables hotels to move up the sort order when they pay extra commission and, as with the Expedia Accelerator program, meet certain performance requirements. Unlike Expedia, Booking.com identifies participating properties with a Preferred Hotel Partner logo.
Lowering Commissions For Hotel Chains
It may seem counter-intuitive, but Expedia's introduction of its Accelerator program, which entices hotels to pay higher commissions in times of occupancy challenges, is closely tied to another Expedia business model change that gets it more similar to Booking.com — a drive to lower the commissions that big hotel chains have to pay.
As we outlined in 2012, when describing How Booking.com Turned the Other OTAs Into Converts, Booking.com historically managed to scale its business, in part, by using an agency model with lower commissions than Expedia's more-complex-to implement and higher-commission merchant model.
As we wrote, Priceline's two acquisitions in 2005, Bookings B.V. and Active Hotels, "eschewed the merchant model in favor of a retail, or agency, model and replaced complexity with simplicity and efficiency for hotels."
Expedia officials have acknowledged in recent weeks that the company has lowered hotel chains'commissions, which have traditionally been higher than Booking.com's and were seen as an impediment to growth.
"… Our strategy with our chain partners is no different than our overall strategy which is to lower our base commissions, so that there is very little friction in working with us," Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told analysts on February 11. "And then really any hotel, whether they are a chain or independent can compete in our marketplace for share and this is a big marketplace, the marketplace is only growing and if you got competitive pricing and you got great content and you treat our customers really well and you provide excellence availability along with margins you will do well in the market place."
So Expedia believes it can grow faster by lowering commissions and thus making its distribution more attractive to hotel chains that are pushing direct bookings.
At the same time, lower commissions for chains could theoretically lead to a revenue gap, which might be reduced by enabling chains and independents to bid their way higher on search results pages through the Expedia Accelerator program.
Whether Expedia lowered its commissions solely to compete better with Booking.com and others or Expedia was pushed to do so by consolidation in the hotel industry and the emergence of TripAdvisor as a hotel-booking channel is open for debate.
Perhaps all of these factors went into the decision.
Lending credence to the theory that Expedia's commission reductions weren't solely voluntary, late last year Hilton Worldwide CEO Chris Nassetta went public and boasted of economic and other concessions the chain won from Expedia.
Or perhaps Expedia planned on lowering commissions all along.
Expedia Traveler Preference Program
In an earlier and related concession to the Booking.com way of doing things, in July 2012 Expedia introduced the Expedia Traveler Preference program, which gives travelers the choice of paying at the hotel or prepaying through Expedia. Until then, Expedia overwhelmingly used the more lucrative pre-paid model while Booking.com used the more-hotel-friendly pay at the hotel model.
In conjunction with giving consumers the option of paying at the hotel, Expedia in 2013 granted economic concessions to hotel partners because they have to pay higher credit card fees and customer service costs when guests pay at the hotel.
Expedia Is Still Very Different From Booking.com
We are not arguing that Expedia has become a clone of Booking.com or that there is anything wrong with Expedia putting in place certain programs that have spurred growth for Booking.com.
In fact, Bellevue, Washington-based Expedia and Amsterdam-headquartered Booking.com are two very different companies and it is not just based on geographies. For example, in addition to hotels, Expedia sells flights, vacation packages, cars, cruises and activities and is much more U.S.-focused than Booking.com, which eschews flights for its lodging business, and has a larger presence than Expedia in Europe and Asia Pacific.
As further evidence that Expedia doesn't merely copy Booking.com, the Expedia Traveler Preference program gives consumers a choice of prepaying for a room or paying at the hotel while Booking.com usually offers only the latter choice.
The B2B Side of the Hotel Business
There are a couple of other areas where Expedia is making moves that parallel those of Booking.com, although Booking.com doesn't have a monopoly on these areas of interest as there are plenty of other companies getting into these sectors.
In particular, in 2015 Booking.com launched its BookingSuite division, which offers hotels booking engine and digital marketing services, and Expedia's majority-controlled Trivago unit is making similar, although not identical, moves.
Similarly, Expedia last week introduced Expedia PartnerCentral Conversations, a tool that enables hoteliers to communicate with guests — and vice versa — through the Expedia platform after a booking is complete. Expedia likewise has invested in mobile apps Checkmate and Alice to facilitate hotel-guest services and communications.
Booking.com introduced a messaging app for hotels on Android in February 2015 and on iOS six months later.
Booking.com, too, has been much stronger than Expedia in apartment and vacation rentals. Expedia last year acquired HomeAway for $3.9 billion as a way to make up lost ground against Booking.com, Airbnb, TripAdvisor and many others.
In fact, Expedia had acquired several vacation rental companies several years ago and Khosrowshahi says he regrets letting Expedia's vacation rental businesses exit with TripAdvisor in 2011 when it got spun out from Expedia.
Two Themes Emerged
In the competition between Expedia and Booking.com, two themes have emerged over the past couple of years. Expedia has been acquiring everything in sight, including Wotif, Travelocity, Orbitz and HomeAway, while the Priceline Group argues that it performs twice the hotel bookings that Expedia does, and that Booking.com has "a competitive moat that is deep and wide."
Both companies are playing the long game in the currently $1.4 trillion global travel industry. The online travel industry, after all, is merely a millennial and is only about 20 years old.
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Swimmer Amy Ray will get to test how valuable momentum is when she heads the National Junior Short Course Championships in Syracuse, N.Y. next week.
The Mount Dora High School Junior and Central Florida Stars swimmer finished first in five of 10 individual events and swam on five relays to lead the Stars over archrival Justus Dolfins of Orlando in the Florida Short Course Junior Olympics the past weekend at the Justus Aquatic Center in Orlando.
The Stars' three-point victory -- 1,237-1,234 -- ended the Dolfins' three- year hold on the title.
"It was great. There was a lot of competition. When I looked over and saw a Justus swimmer next to me, I swam that much harder," Ray said. "We went pretty crazy after we won."
Ray's performance also qualfified her to compete in the Juniors Nationals in the 100 and 200 freestyle and the 200 butterfly (she had already qualfied for the 100 butterfly). She is the Lake Sentinel's player of the week.
Also considered was another Star swimmer, Leesburg sophomore Susan Suwalski, who finished first in the 1,000, 1,650 and 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly and second in the 200 butterfly.
Suwalski has qualified for the Junior Nationals in the 100, 200 and 500 freestyle.
Ray's first-place finishes included the 500 free (5:08.33), 100 free (53.51), 100 back (1:01.37), 200 free (1:55.32) and 200 fly (4:47.15). She finished third in the 400 individual medley and 200 back, fourth in the 50 free and sixth in the 200 individual medley.
Including qualifying, she swam in a total of 24 races in the four-day event.
"We all swam every event to try to place as high as we could.
"I expected to be very tired on Sunday night, but it turned out to be my best night," Ray said of her victories in the 100 free, 100 back and 200 fly. "Something kept me going."
Ray hopes to swim well enough at the Junior Nationals at Syracuse University April 10-13 to qualify for the Senior Nationals. She had done so in the 100 fly a year ago, but failed to match her time since. She considers the 100 and 200 butterfly to be her best events.


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Q1. Muhammad bin Qasim entered Sindh in __________ A.D.
Q2. The objective resolution of Pakistan was passed on _________ .
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Friendship pipeline
Future pipeline
Peace pipeline
Unity pipeline
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Tariq Fatimi
Salman Bashir
Aizaz Chaudhry
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Quaid-e-Azam
Allama Iqbal
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Chaudry Rehmat Ali
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Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
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Habib Jalib
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Yousuf Raza Gilani
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Mir Hazara Khan
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Fakharuddin G. Ibrahim
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Speaker National Assembly
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Sometimes books don't have to wait forever to be considered a classic. Some literature becomes so popular or strikes just the right nerve with us that we consider it a modern classic. Here are a few more recent books from France that fit that name.
Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French author, journalist, and philosopher. His ideas helped shape the concept of absurdism. Camus was born in Algeria, which was a French colony at the time, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.
The Stranger is among his most popular works. The title character is Meursault, a French Algerian (a citizen of France living in North Africa) who, after attending his mom's funeral, kills a man. The story is divided in two parts, before and after the murder.
The Plague, another of Camus' most popular novels, tells the story of Algerian swept by a plague. It asks a number of questions relating to fate and humanity. A variety of people make up the characters in the book, from doctors to tourists to criminals, all to help show how a plague impacts a population. Fans of zombie and dystopian fiction might really like this one.
Georges Perec (March 7, 1936 – March 3, 1982) was a French author and film maker. His book, Life a User's Manual (the original title is La Vie mode d'emploi), published in 1978, is his most famous work. It is a very unusual work that follows the rules of the Oulipo group – who put some very unique restraints on writers to force deeper creativity.
Life a User's Manual is a series of interwoven stories based on the lives of the residents of a fictitious Parisian apartment building block, all connecting to a painter who lives in the building. The book is incredibly elaborate and complex, but a fun challenge to those of you who like stories that are a bit more unusual.
Michel Houellebecq (February 26, 1958) is an award-winning French author, poet, and filmmaker. He published his first novel, Whatever, in 1994. His second book, Atomised was released in 1998, and Platform came out in 2001. He published a book of poetry Le Sens de Combat (The Art of Struggle) in 1996. While a lot of his writing has been praised and has become quite popular, some of it is incredibly controversial. Houllebecq's books probably aren't the best choice for most young readers, but I included him on this list to show that French literature is still alive and well, and French authors are still changing the game.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944) was a French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pilot. He won France's highest literary awards, as well as the U.S. National Book Award. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Night Flight.
The Little Prince is one of Mr. Curtis' all-time favorite books. It is considered the most read, the third most translated, and the fourth best-selling book of all time. It was voted the greatest piece of French literature in the 20th Century. The story is a poetic tale a little prince from a far away planet and some of the people he meets as he travels the universe. That's the simple version – even young readers will begin to identify that it's so much more than that. The story is a childlike look at life and human nature. Personally, I read this book at least once a year, and I love it more each time.
René Goscinny (August 14, 1926 – November 5, 1977) and Albert Uderzo (April 25, 1927) are the author and artist responsible for the incredibly popular comic book series, Asterix the Gaul. The series follows the adventures of Asterix, a soldier from a Gaulish village, as the Gauls resist Roman occupation. The stories are cartoony and full of humorous puns and silly situations, but they give you a great deal of insight into the landscape of Europe 2,000 years ago. In Asterix's village, a druid named Getafix is able to brew a magic potion that gives Asterix super strength and allows him, and his sidekick Obelix, to defend the village. There have been nearly 40 Asterix books in total, about half of them taking place in the Gaulish village, and about half having Asterix and Obelix travel to other parts of the world to give readers more history lessons. In France, Asterix is as popular as Mickey Mouse is here in the States. You can read most of the Asterix books for free online.


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As a bonus, site members have entry to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-pleasant pages. Strive to think of Braxton Hicks as follow contractions that enable you to to rehearse the breathing workout routines you'll be taught in your antenatal class Attempt concentrating on your out-breath when you have a Braxton Hicks contraction, respiration out long and sluggish.
In fact, learning contractions is particularly vital for ESL students and speakers of overseas languages who will hear spoken contractions usually and will want to be able to both acknowledge and reproduce them in writing in addition to not confuse contractions and possessives.
Braxton-Hicks contractions are your body's method of getting ready for labor and delivery. False labor typically involves contractions that cause tightening principally within the front a part of the uterus. True labor contractions are steady and do not lighten up with adjustments in activity; whereas, false contractions typically subside with rest and hydration.
False labor contractions can include a series of contractions that feel very very similar to active labor contractions however have no effect on cervical dilation and effacement. The only distinction between a labor contraction and Braxton Hicks contractions is that the latter are painless.
Abor contractions are the body's way of saying, Let's get able to have a baby!" When these contractions start, many new mothers soar up and run off to the hospital only to be advised to go back dwelling for the night time. A real labor recurs more frequently which could possibly be after a niche of every 15-20 minutes.


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Summer nights are perfect for glitter makeup and smokey eyes… to make you shine! And you're probably beating your face up for that party or dinner at your Tia's house, but are you paying attention to what you do to your skin after the party? Waking up with foundation and mascara on your pillow is not fun, and neither is a break out from having those products on all night. Follow my guide below to get glowing skin for the summer even before the highlight touches those cheekbones.
I prefer to use coconut oil or an oil-based makeup remover like the "Bye Bye Makeup Cleansing Balm" from It Cosmetics. Your makeup will slide off like manteca and after wiping it away with a warm wash cloth, your face will feel soft and smooth.
Use a mild cleanser to wash your face. Only use foaming cleansers if you have oily skin, as it can cause dryness. Avoid using exfoliators with beads as those could be doing you AND the environment more harm than good.
Pour some witch hazel on a round cotton pad and wipe gently all over the face. You might see some makeup remnants on the pad that might not have budged in the last steps. Not only will this ensure that you have a refreshed blank canvas, but it'll also shrink your pores!
Choose a serum that contains Vitamin C. I wish someone would have told me this years ago, because adding Vitamin C based products to your skincare routine will help diminish sun spots, even out your skin tone, and also helps collagen production. Applying a Vitamin C serum first allows it to penetrate your skin and make sure you receive all of those glowy benefits.
Step 5 – Don't forget the eye cream!
After staying up all night partying and drinking, your eyes will look sulken! Adding an eye cream to your routine and drinking plenty of water will help keep delicate skin around your eyes looking bright and healthy instead of looking like lumps of coal.
Seal in all that goodness you just put on with a thick moisturizer. Make sure your moisturizer is working double time by having vitamin E, an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-aging weapon like "De La Cruz Vitamin E Cream".
I hope this was just the guide you needed to get started on putting your best face forward this summer. If these tips worked for you, share it with me on Instagram by tagging #skincarebymeldez!
About the author: Melanie is a proud Boricua blogger, model and entrepreneur living in New York City. She loves shopping, facials and sharing her adventures on her Latina lifestyle blog TheMelDez.com and on Youtube. You can also follow her daily on Instagram @TheMelDez.


Rumela the shopaholic...: Spring lookbook : Styling a choker sweater in collaboration with Shein.
Spring lookbook : Styling a choker sweater in collaboration with Shein.
Hi all toady on blog featuring this cute yet stylish sweater that I received from an online store called Shein. I already showed it in my latest haul video here. But today I shared how I actually styled it.I kept the look a little edgy and fun hope you like it.
You look fantastic Hun, love your style.
Choker sweaters are so trendy these days!
Such a cool sweater and amazing fringed boots!
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It's a story I've told quite often. When I first realized the extent of my personal finance troubles several years ago, my first reaction was to go to the library and grab a giant pile of personal finance books. Some of those books were utterly forgettable. Others offered really good practical advice. One of those initial books changed my life completely.
Since then, reading about personal finance and self improvement has been a constant part of my life, both because it's a passion of mine and because I do so to continue writing interesting articles for disclaimer-statement.info.
As with that initial batch from the library, some books are forgettable, others offered really good practical advice.
A few changed the way I behaved in a fundamental way. They changed how I thought about the world. They altered my relationship with my money, my work, and my overall life.
This article is a list of 14 of those books.
These books are not intended to provide easy fixes for your current financial predicament. While some of them do provide some degree of advice on how to directly change your financial standing, the primary focus of this list is something different entirely. The focus is on cultivating a mindset and relationship with your money, career, and the people around you that will lead directly to abundance in every sense of the word.
As you'll learn, quite often that abundance is found by subtraction, not by addition. You'll also find that solutions to one type of problem in your life are often found in completely different areas of your life.
I challenge you to read these 14 books. Make this list your reading list for the next year. Don't just skim through these books, either. Think about the ideas they're spelling out and how those ideas really connect to your life.
This book singlehandedly transformed the way I viewed the connection between the choices I make every day and the greater decisions I make about my life. It opened my eyes to the value of frugality and day-to-day personal responsibility about my financial bottom line and that of my family.
Every dollar that I earn is representative of some portion of my life's energy. If I'm making 15 dollars an hour, for example, that 15 dollars represents an hour's worth of my life. If I then spend $150 on something, that means I just sacrificed 10 hours of my life to have that item. Is it really worth it?
The tradeoff is actually even worse than that, because that $15 an hour rate doesn't include factors like the cost of transportation to get there, the taxes and other money taken out of my pay, the time invested in going to and from work that I'm not paid for, and so on. If I look at the total number of hours invested in work and work-related tasks and the total amount of money I actually bring in, that rate goes even lower.
Those insights – and many more – came from this book, and they transformed not just how I was spending my money, but how I was spending my life. It was a heady change, to say the least, and it was that change that eventually gave birth to this very website that you're reading right now.
You can read more about "Your Money or Your Life" by diving into disclaimer-statement.info's multi-part discussion of the book.
The subtitle of this book is "A philosophical and practical guide to financial independence," and that description is pretty accurate. Rather than providing easy answers and recipes for retiring early, this book is all about the path to thinking differently about your money, your professional and life choices, and how those things connect to having personal freedom.
Many people have visions about making major changes to their life, but they feel "locked in" by most aspects of their life – their education, their career, their accumulated possessions, their debt load, their social circle and social standing, and so on. It is that internally perceived sense of "lock in" that keep people from making major changes to their life – and it is that discomfort that they feel about the distance between the life they truly want to lead and the life that they're leading that convinces them to surround themselves with creature comforts to blur out that discomfort and forget about it.
Fisker's solution to this is becoming a lifelong learner and having lots of goals that are strongly bent toward leading you to financial independence as quickly as possible. Ideally, you should be able to take actions that move you forward toward multiple goals in your life, such as taking up a free hobby that encourages physical fitness or engaging in fixing up a very inexpensive house.
Another part of his solution is to recognize that there is no difference between needs and wants and most of our spending is directed by self-imposed "lines in the sand" dictating how we choose to spend our lives. Perhaps the biggest breakthrough we can make for financial independence is recognizing those artificial "lines in the sand" and simply wiping them away.
You can read more about "Early Retirement Extreme" in this earlier "Books with Impact" article discussing the book.
The core premise of "Shop Class as Soulcraft" is that the manual trades (repair work, carpentry, and so on) offer intellectual, personal, and physical challenges and pleasures that the information-based economy and lifestyle simply cannot match. This is why many people choose to spend their free time on hobbies that engage manual effort, such as gardening, woodworking, home improvement, and so on. They provide challenges and pleasures that can't be found in front of a screen.
At the same time, manual trades provide a lot of skills that are often lacking in other career paths today – and those skills end up being invaluable in almost everything you do in life.
They teach that the material world is not inherently a disposable one and that many of the elements you throw away often have a use. They teach that complex tasks aren't something to be afraid of and are usually just made up of a series of smaller tasks that can continually be broken down until the individual steps are practically trivial.
As a parent, manual tasks provide infinite opportunities for teachable moments. Perhaps most of all, manual tasks often encourage the practice of a large repertoire of individually simple skills that combine together incredibly well and also apply individually to other larger tasks.
There is something intellectually beautiful in making and building and repairing and doing things yourself, with your own hands, and that process builds the person into something more as well.
I discussed "Shop Class as Soulcraft" at length in an earlier article discussing seven things I've learned by doing it myself. You can also read .
On one level, "Voluntary Simplicity" seems to be an argument regarding the connection between individual choices and the environment. When you make an individual choice to throw away some trash, for example, you are making a choice that has a small but detrimental long-term effect on the environment.
That's just the surface level of the book, however. Where "Voluntary Simplicity" really shines and makes you think is when you dig down to the deeper ideas. "Voluntary Simplicity" actually shares a key core with some of the books listed above – you don't have to overconsume (or consume at all) in areas that aren't key to the big picture of your life.
The thing is, all of us do that very thing. We consume resources in areas that amount to very little in terms of the key areas of our lives. We buy things and burn energy on stuff that is essentially useless to us, and we do it every single day. We do it when we toss something in the trash or leave a light switch on. Even ignoring the environmental impact, those things cost us financially and separate us from the life we want to live.
Ralph Waldo Emerson might just be my favorite American writer of all. His essays, of which "Self-Reliance" is an incredibly powerful and relatively long example, virtually always leave me thinking about my own life, my own choices, and my own place in the world.
In "Self-Reliance," Emerson hammers home a few key points, the first of which is that you really shouldn't care what other people think of you, especially those you don't know and will never interact with. Those people do not matter and they often scarcely notice you anyway. They don't notice and don't care what car you drive or what clothes you wear or where you live.
The ones that actually do matter and notice you are usually far more impressed by your character and your willingness to listen and thoughtfully converse with them than anything else. If you take that as true, what does that imply about how you spend your money and time?
The further point that Emerson makes – and remember that I am compressing a long and very thoughtful essay down here – is that having a set of skills that can serve you well no matter what life deals to you can help you survive challenging times, but it can also open the door to tremendous personal freedom.
If you have built in yourself the skills necessary to take care of your basic needs and to learn new things quickly, you don't really need much else from life. You have the capacity to choose your own path in radical ways, whether it's simply walking away from the rat race or choosing a completely different path for your life. The more self-reliant you are, the less control society's structures have over you and how you live your life.
If you want to know more, I dug deep into "Self-Reliance" in a three-part essay last year. You can also read "" in a very inexpensive Dover Thrift edition.
The core idea behind "The Millionaire Next Door" is that millionaires in the real world live a drastically different existence that what you might expect given the popular culture impression of what a millionaire is like. The evidence the authors have for this is a robust study of people who are millionaires in the United States.
Most millionaires are frugal and are quiet pillars of their community. They typically do not live in big ostentatious houses. They are usually very direct about what they want and what they have to offer you. This book digs deeply into the behaviors and relationships of the "average" millionaire and, often, those truths run counter to what you might expect from a millionaire.
Yet, beneath that, the even deeper lesson that this book teaches is that you can't judge a book by its cover. If your initial impressions of a person's financial state aren't always accurate, who's to say that your other initial impressions are accurate?
The core idea behind "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" is that the stock market, over the long run, is basically efficient. Although there may be short periods where the stock market jumps a lot higher and a lot lower, it will, within a fairly short time, return to the long-term average of growth and continue more or less along that path.
The idea of the "random walk" is that the stock market doesn't stick precisely to that line of long-term growth, but varies back and forth around it in an essentially random fashion, and from that observation (and others), Malkiel draws several conclusions about investing.
To me, there are two types of books on investing. The vast majority of them fall into what I view as a lesser class of them. They just tell you what to invest in or give you simple rules to follow.
The better class of books, of which this is one, focus on the reasons behind those rules and actually create an investment philosophy. That's why this book is on my list – it puts forward an investment strategy and explains, in detail, the philosophy behind that strategy.
I wrote a review of "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" a while back, which could be a useful read for you if you want to know more about this book.
The core concept behind "Mindset" is that people subscribe to one of two distinct worldviews. They either view the world as "fixed" – in other words, the person they are is already defined and that their failure is indicative of a personal flaw – or from a "growth" perspective – in other words, that the person they are is malleable and that failure is an opportunity for growth.
A person can have all of the natural talent in the world, but without a "growth" mindset, they will never use that talent to push themselves toward greater things. They will stop when they fail for the first time, limit themselves, and never go further.
Meanwhile, a person with relatively little talent paired with a "growth" mindset actually has great opportunity to succeed because they see failure as a teachable moment that shows them what they specifically need to work on and improve so they won't fail next time.
Most of this book runs through the implications of that core idea, but when you start examining your own life through the lens of that core idea, you start to come to some interesting conclusions.
I wrote a detailed review of "Mindset" that you may find useful if you want to know more about this book.
The core idea of "Walden" is familiar to most of us. The author, Thoreau, chose to live as deliberately as possible for two years on the shores of Walden Pond. He spent most of those two years living in incredible minimalism, growing his own food, writing in his journal, and so forth. Yet he didn't live a solitary life, as he walked into the nearby town of Concord almost every day.
The profound message that this book hammers home throughout isn't that you should live in complete minimalism (though that's a theme as well), but that you should live with complete self-honesty.
We often tell ourselves stories to make up for the poor choices we make or the ways in which we live that are in contrast with the things that we believe. Self-honesty means cutting through all of that and truly thinking about those conflicts and trying to resolve them.
In my eyes, that kind of self-honesty is an essential ingredient for independent and self-directed living today. If you are not honest with yourself about the consequences (and benefits) of how you spend your time, your money, and your effort, you're going to constantly make poor choices that take you further and further from where you want to be.
I haven't discussed this book in the past on disclaimer-statement.info, but it's still quite worth reading. It's available in an inexpensive .
This book is a collection of articles published by Amy Dacyczyn in her Tightwad Gazette newsletter in the 1990s. The book itself is a rather large tome, numbering 900 pages in length. The individual articles, of which the book contains hundreds upon hundreds, mostly focus on specific tactics for saving money, though some have a philosophical bent.
So what's thought-provoking here? What's thought-provoking is how the author just tears into every single aspect of life, breaking all of it down into simpler and less expensive chunks.
There is nothing sacred here. There is no "line in the sand" that shouldn't be crossed. Every single expense is something to mine, to tear down, to make smaller and more efficient and less wasteful and more minimal.
It is really easy for people to "wall off" certain portions of our lives and deem them untouchable, but if you take down those walls and look at everything and start rethinking everything, your life begins to change in profound ways.
I've discussed this book many times before. Perhaps the most effective overview comes from my original review of the book.
"The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing" provides an interesting pairing with the other investing-oriented book on this list, "A Random Walk Down Wall Street," in that they both present an investing strategy but rather than focusing solely on how to implement that strategy and the rules to follow with it, they dig into the ideas behind that strategy and why it works. Both books connect the practical and the philosophical in a way that brings about deeper understanding of how to invest your money.
Here, the writers focus on a strategy that's oriented toward index funds, which are very low-cost mutual funds that are broadly-based by design. Index funds simply invest in small fractions of lots of different things with very simple rules to guide those investments, which means that little active management is needed to run them, which thus means that they don't have many costs to be passed along to the investor. This book runs deep into the reasons behind investing in index funds.
I wrote a detailed review of "The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing" that you may find valuable if you want more information on this book.
This book offers a fascinating perspective on the pervasive Internet use of the modern world and how it encourages us to think in a very shallow way about information because it is available to us in a nonstop flood. Rather than drinking deeply from specific sources of information, the Internet encourages us to dig into brief articles and sound bites on a lot of topics, leaving us with a shallow understanding of a lot of things rather than a deep understanding of anything, which leaves us open to manipulation and poor understanding.
Even worse, this kind of information flood eats away at our ability to focus, which makes it harder for us to accomplish bigger things. It becomes harder to study, to save, to build relationships, and it all comes down to losing the ability to focus because of the constant flood of information that the Internet provides. This book really makes you consider the impact of that change in human thinking in the modern world and whether it makes sense to intentionally cultivate and retain the ability to focus more deeply.
I discussed this book at length in a recent article I posted here entitled "The Plastic Mind," which you may find worthwhile if you find this brief summary of the book interesting.
"Born to Buy" provides a fascinating deep look at how marketers reach out to children with marketing messages, shaping their desires and thoughts before they've even had the chance to reach the level of self-actualization that many adults reach.
As a parent, it's easy to see the impact that this book discusses. There is perhaps more marketing directed toward my children than marketing directed toward me, and they don't yet have the years of experience to deal with it. How is that marketing shaping them? How can I help channel it as a parent?
Not only does it provide a profound guide for parents in terms of helping their children navigate a challenging media world, it also provides much insight for adults as you can begin to see how marketing has shaped your thinking and choices from your earliest days, setting down patterns from childhood that continue on to your current life.
You may find some value in reading an earlier multi-part discussion of "Born to Buy" here on disclaimer-statement.info.
I haven't previously mentioned this book on disclaimer-statement.info, but I've come to realize that it has had a deep and profound impact on my perspectives on life, money, and work over the last several years.
The premise behind "Bowling Alone" is that one of the most powerful elements that has altered our spending patterns and financial choices in the past few decades is the gradual decline in community. Community organizations have been on a long decline in the past several decades, leaving people without structures to plug themselves into for social and social support on a local level. This is where the title "Bowling Alone" comes from, as things like bowling leagues and teams have become less and less popular as people turn to individual activities in their homes (like watching television, for instance, or using the Internet).
We've lost a lot in that transition. Social groups provide a strong social outlet, sure, but they often provide support and advice and direct help in other aspects of life, often creating a sense of well-being that's hard to replicate elsewhere.
The key message? Get involved in some things in your community, both with people you know well and people you don't know so well. If you don't have a group to join, look for one using tools like or your local library.
Read these 14 books. Make these your reading list over the next year or so. As you read them, don't just flip from page to page. Instead, think about the books and how they apply to your life and how they change your understanding of how you work, how you spend your money, and how you live.
I will virtually guarantee that if you read through these 14 books and give each of them the time and thought they deserve, your thoughts and perspectives on money, work, and life will radically shift in interesting and vital ways.


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