...EVERY NOW AND THEN Being one of the minorities sometimes makes you proud, especially, when that minority was once familiar, the one which was right in the eyes of the once young but now, for the young ones, we find it strange. Proud and sad. I had these mixed emotions when we had the activity “10 steps before sexual intercourse” June 21, 2012. Proudly, we were one of the minorities, one of the minorities who still live on the lessons given by our grandparents, one of the minorities who still believe that there should be a thing called marriage and value it by being a pure one on your first time, one of the minorities who were able to think what is supposed to be done by a Filipina woman knowing our culture, one of the minorities whom I can say are least influenced by the western culture as we call it. Sadly, we were one of the minorities who have thoughts and plans that are left behind in our age today, one of the minorities whom our age level would think are kill joys, one who still live up on the lessons from our parents and refuse to make mistakes on our own and learn our lessons then on. This is the first thing which I thought was once strange but now find it familiar. Courtship. Harana. A Philippine culture of courtship which is usually done at night, the guy will sing a song for the girl he’s trying to please. A scene so very familiar in the same country I live in at the time when my grandparents where in my age. I haven’t seen anyone do it nowadays, there may be...
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...mourtada@booz.com Saibal Chakraborty Senior Associate +44-20-7393-3540 saibal.chakraborty@booz.com Milan Enrico Strada Partner +39-02-72-50-93-00 enrico.strada@booz.com New York Jeffrey Tucker Partner +1-212-551-6653 jeffrey.tucker@booz.com São Paulo Jorge Lionel Principal +55-11-5501-6200 jorge.lionel@booz.com Shanghai Andrew Cainey Partner +86-21-2327-9800 andrew.cainey@booz.com Sydney Peter Burns Partner +61-2-9321-1974 peter.burns@booz.com Ramez Shehadi and Florian Poetscher also contributed to this Perspective. Booz & Company EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Social networking and other new technologies have given rise to the “social consumer,” who now has the means to share reviews and opinions about virtually every kind of product and service. As a result, the days of the one-to-one relationship between companies and their customers are over. Now companies must...
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...already now happening. 3. Affirmations. Affirm it, verbalize it as if it is you and is already happening. Claim it. The more loudly you verbalize, the more you feel it, the more effective the affirmation is. NETWORKER’S AFFIRMATION 1. My Pr1mera business is now growing and expanding every day. Business is booming. 2. I am meeting new people everyday who want to create their own online business. 3. I am now having a blast teaching and training others how to build their own business. 4. I am creating awareness about Pr1mera and network marketing every day. 5. Every business action I take enhances and expands every area of my life. 6. I now inspire people to pursue personal freedom in every area of their lives. 7. My team is now growing and expanding all around the world every day. 8. I now have 10 qualifying PRIME ACHEIVER each legs and is now growing and expanding in width and depth of each day. 9. My business now spans across the globe. 10. I am now increasing my wealth and abundance rapidly and easily. 11. I am now offering Pr1mera to prospects with courage and confidence. 12. I am now surrounded by people who are ready, willing, and able to receive my products/service and join my business. 13. I am now a powerful, persuasive and charismatic leader. 14. I believe in my company and my products and services. 15. I am helping other people improve their own lives every day. 16. I am so happy and grateful now, that...
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...moment to make yourself comfortable, feel the chair supporting you. You feel very comfortable and safe, and beginning to relax. Now you are comfortable you will allow yourself to start to relax, you may want to close your eyes now to allow you to focus on the relaxation you are feeling. Focus on each breath in and each breath out, notice how your breathing becomes deeper and deeper. With each breathe you’ll feel more relaxed, allowing yourself to sink slowly into the chair, embracing the relaxation you are feeling. As you concentrate on your breathing you will start to notice the everyday noises around start to become irrelevant to you, even helping you to relax deeper and deeper. You are now starting to feel ever more relaxed than you have felt before. As you concentrate on your breathing and feelings of relaxation know that this time is especially for you, no one wants anything from you and no one needs anything, this time is just for you, you are allowed this time to relax, you now feel even more deeply relaxed than you have ever felt. As you are now comfortable and feeling relaxed I want you to find your special place. This will be somewhere either imagined or real, it is somewhere you feel safe, relaxed and calm, there are no other people around no one to interrupt your feeling of calm relaxation. We will now concentrate on relaxing every muscle in your body, group by group. Starting at the very top of your head, you feel all the tiny muscles relaxing, spreading all...
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...At the moment... He must be so lonely right now. There must be no spark in his eyes right now. There must be no melody within his voice. Just a piece of strength running through his veins. Sad songs echo in his soul and continue to rip his heart. His world must be weary right now. His spirit must be chilled right now. The memories keep on coming back, tears flow as swift as Mercury and continuous like the waters bounded by Poseidon. His heart must be enraged by whirlwinds right now. Lightning strikes, thunder roars and fire sets. The pain must be eating him right now. His clenched fist trying to avast every sign of hurt that ruptures every inch of vim. I can see his eyes swallowed by ache and yearning. His body must be a lifeless life right now, his whole being stunned by a tragedy that comes not with notice, come in a blink of an eye, in a tick of the time. I wonder what he's doing right now. I wonder what he's talking, to whom and where. I wonder if someone is wiping the tears that dries in his eyes right now. I wonder if someone is whispering those words that can somehow at least reduce the pain that crashes through him. I wonder if someone embraces him the way I want him to feel safe and not alone. I wonder if someone sings him the melody that can melt his fears away and soothes him to sleep, in peace, in tranquility, in ardor. Even if I know that there are thousands of people trying to cheer him, I can feel the loneliness and there's this wanting in...
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...you go So I built you a house from a broken home Then I wrote you a song with the words you spoke Yeah, it took me some time but I figured out How to fix up a heart that I let down Now I'm searching every lonely place Every corner calling out your name Trying to find you but I just don't know Where do broken hearts go? Where do broken hearts go? Get a taste of your lips on the tip of my tongue It's at the top of the list of the things I want Mind is running in circles of you and me Anyone in between is the enemy Shadows come with the pain that you're running from Love was something you never heard enough Yeah, it took me some time but I figured out How to fix up a heart that I let down Now I'm searching every lonely place Every corner calling out your name Trying to find you but I just don't know Where do broken hearts go? Are you fixing it by yourself? Or are you giving it to someone else? Trying to find you but I just don't know Where do broken hearts go? Where do broken hearts go? Tell me now, tell me now Tell me where you're going Will you be afraid? Where do broken hearts go? Tell me now, tell me now Tell me will you ever love me again? Love me again? Now I'm searching every lonely place Every corner calling out your name Trying to find you but I just don't know Where do broken hearts go? Read more at...
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...Leadership skills are important for every person to grasp, whether they are the intern at the very bottom of the totem pole or the CEO and owner at the very top. Leadership skills are valuable in every aspect of life, even outside of the work place. The ten truths of leaderships explained by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner are indeed truths to make a better leader in the work place but can also be applied to everyday life. You make a difference. I very much agree that each and every person must believe that they have the ability to make a difference in their own life and the lives of people around them. We cannot allow ourselves to go around asking, will we make a difference, but instead we must ask what difference we will make. Anyone...
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...A Welcomed Relief: Obamacare In My Home Jenna Tennyson \ A Welcomed Relief: Obamacare in my household In today’ day in age, we have so many Americans that are at or below what we now consider to be the “working class”. My family and I are a part of this group. While the cost of living can be enough to financially break a family of four, take into consideration the cost of healthcare. The two together are nearly impossible to afford. I feel privileged to be able to partake in our county’s new Obamacare program. It will be an affordable and accessible system that will provide so many, including myself and my family, the healthcare that we deserve. Among all of the resources that Obamacare will provide, mental healthcare will be the resource that I favor most. Obamacare is a blessing to so many individuals and families because it is finally an affordable solution to our healthcare imbalance. For so long, people like me were delayed or denied health services simpley because they could not afford the premiums. We now have the opportunity to be treated equal regaurdless of our economic status. According to the facts on Obamacare, affordable healthcare should cost no more than eight percent of a person’s annual income. (This percentage will be a fraction larger for individuals that earn higher than average income. In those cases, a special tax will be applied. There will obviously be nay sayers to this new policy, but I believe that work done for the greater good of our country...
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...1. Hiện tại đơn. Đọc những câu sau và chọn câu trả lời đúng: 1. I catch/catches robbers. 2. My dad is a driver. He always wear/wears a white coat. 3. They never drink/drinks beer. 4. Lucy go/goes window shopping seven times a month. 5. She have/has a pen. 6. Mary and Marcus cut/cuts people’s hair. 7. Mark usually watch/watches TV before going to bed. 8. Maria is a teacher. She teach/teaches students. 2. Hiện tại đơn. Chia động từ trong ngoặc Từ câu 1 đến câu 8, bạn điền luôn cả 2 động từ đã chia vào; từ câu 9 đến câu 20, bạn phải điền cả câu hoàn chỉnh, viết đúng chính tả. 1. Jane ___________ (read) “The Guardian' newspaper, but I ______________ (read)'The Independent'. 2. Fred ____________ (cycle) to work, but his wife ___________ (go) by car. 3. Jeff ____________ (buy) his food in small shops, but Jane ____________ (do) all her shopping at the supermarket. 4. Diana ____________ (like) Physics, Chemistry and biology; she always __________ (get) good marks in her science exams. 5. Susan ________________ (live) in Leeds, but she _______________ (work) in Bradford. 6. I _____________ (leave) work at 6 o'clock, but John ______________ (finish) word at 5 o'clock. 7. Mary _____________ (ride) her bike to school and her father _____________ (carry) her books. 8. For breakfast Ann ______________ (eat) cereal with milk and then she ______________ (have) some toast. 3. Hiện tại đơn. Chia động từ trong ngoặc 1. I (love) you. 2. This (weigh) 20 kilograms. 3....
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...but the present will love you because the two of you were made for each other. All we human beings have is now. To some, now...
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...Gym-Goers The gym. Once the temple of adherents to the religion of the ripped, the dogma of dips and the biceps bible has now found itself home to a very diverse mix of people. The gym is now teeming with people who all have varying goals, disciplines and attitudes all attempting to co-exist under the same roof. For the men, the categories of gym goers are the lunks, punks, hunks and the pervs. For the women, we have the powerchicks, the profilers, and the procrastinators. But let’s get started first with the men. Firstly, we have the lunks and if you’ve ever been to a gym these are probably the guys you’re going to have a tough time tuning out. They’re storm around draped in their muscle tees and lifting belts with their tattoos gleaming from the buckets of sweat rolling off their skin. They grunt with every rep, drop their weights to the floor without constraint and are ultimately the nosiest people you will find at the gym. Next, you have the punks. These guys are the ones looked down upon at the gym. Often times they’re dragged there by their female companions who are looking to burn some weight and are in dire need of a cheer leader. These guys fill that role! They’re the weak ones, often times afraid to step anywhere near a free weight. They are there simply to provide support to their female companions. Thirdly, we have the hunks. Now these guys are dedicated to fitness but aren’t as boisterous as their lunk brethren. They go in, get their work done and look...
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...So, again to you and the many others who move through this life, grow with each moment, treasure each second, and be together throughout toll and strife. PEACE… BOTTOM LINE: LUV! Ole lady and I had a quarrel which led to a mental fight. No way to let this go on when it makes you lose a lot of sleep at night. So, I offered these words which have implications to lovers everywhere; especially when there’s mental friction and unrest two people often share. “When we invited each other inside walls that surround us every day, We accept the responsibilities to make each other comfortable in every way.” Now these few words may not seem very much to outsiders passing judgment. But two people create their own individual language to make easy love’s betterment. We all treat people we meet in the same fashion of the lines above. It’s how we grow to know the different meanings of friendship and love. Check it out and see if the bottom line comes out the same. If not, then surely it was a pleasure entertaining you with our game. “My Love and Me” Never Love Another!!! There’s a song written and performed that touched my heart. It inspired lovers to renew an inner vow, to never ever...
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...I was a foolish little child Crazy things I used to do And all the pain I put you through Mama now I'm here for you For all the times I made you cry The days I told you lie Now it's time for you to rise For all the things you sacrificed [Chorus:] Oh, if I could turn back time rewind If I could make it undone I swear that I would I would make it up to you Mum I'm all grown up now It's a brand new day I'd like to put a smile on your face every day Mum I'm all grown up now And it's not too late I'd like to put a smile on your face every day And now I finally understand Your famous line About the day I'd face in time 'Cause now I've got a child of mine And even though I was so bad I've learned so much from you Now I'm trying to do it too Love my kid the way you do [Chorus] You know you are the number one for me [x3] Oh, oh, number one for me There's no one in this world that can take your place Oh, I'm sorry for ever taking you for granted, ooh I will use every chance I get To make you smile, whenever I'm around you Now I will try to love you like you love me Only God knows how much you mean to me [Chorus] You know you are the number one for me [x3] Oh, oh, number one for...
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...0054 | 2014 | 8,388,608 | $69.99 | $0.0085 | The cost of RAM in 1957 was about 49 dollars per bit, whereas today the price is not anywhere even close to that, it is a small fraction of a penny. The cost of hard drive space in 1980 was around 286 dollars per bit and today it is also just a very small fraction of a penny. According to Moore’s law the number of components in integrated circuits will double every year and a half since the invention of integrated circuits in 1958. In 2010 the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors believed that growth would slow down by the end of 2013 which would put the growth to doubling every three years instead of every year and a half. With that in mind and based on the charts for memory and storage prices, you could get around double the space every three years for the same price. In 2010 for 100 dollars you could buy 4GB of RAM, now in 2015 you can buy 8GB of RAM for the same price. That’s actually moving a little slower than doubling every three years but for the sake of simplicity we’ll go with every three years. So if you could buy 4GB in 2010...
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...One, Who holds us all, not only in the palm of Her hand, but the softest place in Her heart. I come to You this day, entreating and invoking Your direct aide and assistance in ending something on earth, which I find to be offensive and very painful to You. Oh Dear Mother, won’t You help us to overturn this terrible custom of suppression of Your own daughters, especially in the area of the Middle East, where barbaric customs are still continuing till this day. Oh Dear One, I need not remind You of these things, for You are She, who is feeling every one of them directly on Your own body. So I only want to let you know that I am here as Your daughter (and son if you are a man decreeing), and we are here to pledge our commitment, asking that you please help us to do whatever we can to end this thing, once and for all. We call for the stripping away of the veils that have been placed upon You in millions of cases and for centuries now. Let that be done! Let that be done! Let that be done! And, dear One, replace it,...
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