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Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Sleep for 7 hours. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy. Play more games. Read more books than you did the previous year. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6. Dream more while you are awake. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants. Drink plenty of water. Smile and laugh more. Don’t waste your precious energy or time on gossip. Forget issues of the past. They’ll just ruin your present happiness. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone, so don’t even try. Don’t take yourself so seriously. You don’t have to win every argument. Just agree to disagree. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Don’t compare your partner with others either. What other people think of you is none of your business. No one is in charge of your happiness except you. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. Call your family often. Your inner most is always happy. So be happy. Each day give something good to others.

Around strangers, it's easy. Around friends and neighbors, its work.Most people in the United States have at least one of my products in their home, and would instantly recognize the company, but they wouldn't know me. There's never a random “hey, aren't you the CEO of…” on the street, or checking into a hotel, so that part is fairly easy.On the flip side, I think I've done a pretty good job of keeping things on the down low among friends. I personally bring home about $4 million a year, but I'm not really into displays of wealth - not because I'm actively hiding anything, I just think most of that stuff is kind of tacky and isn't interesting.Our house isn’t over the top. It's larger than average, but we also have three kids so that's expected. It does sit on 60 acres, but we tell people only five of those acres are ours. We have a couple of cars (her primary, my primary, a truck, and a couple of classics in the garage) but all are American made and none newer than five years old. Both of the classics are actually pretty rare cars which would fetch over $100k a piece if I ever sold them, but since I'm also known for being kind of a gear head and did a lot of work on it myself, everyone just assumes they were once junkers I brought back from the dead or aren't all original parts.This part is pretty easy since there visibly aren't too many cues that would tip someone off. Everything was paid for with cash, including the house, but realistically outside of the land value, someone making $150k-200k could afford all of the same stuff if they financed/mortgaged it.The main difficulty is trying to relate and being careful what I say. Most of our friends are in that $150–200k range, but they're in debt up to their eyeballs to maintain their lifestyles. They're driving new leased Mercedes and BMW’s and probably think they're doing better than I am financially - which is fine by me.Its just little things I have to watch out for. A buddy invited me to bring one of the classics to a car show he was going to once, but I declined and said it acting up and I needed to work on it. I left the hood up for a week in case he came over. Really I just didn't want the attention - someone there would have recognized it for what it was. Occasionally when someone notices how much land surrounds my house, I'll say something like I hope the owner never decides to build on it. Before we take a family trip, I will mention that I'm saving up for it a couple months prior, when really we could just go. I also own property in other states that no one knows about - one of them is a place along a river in Tennessee and a few of us are going down there next month to witness the eclipse. They think it's just a place I rented for the weekend.Honestly, I don't like the deception - these are good friends, but seeing how they all are with their money and how they regard it, I don't want them to know the truth. I hear about all of their money problems and how they talk about other people who are better off than they are, and there's a lot of disdain and jealously there. it's just not worth the hassle. The problem is I think most of the people I've met in my own income bracket and higher are pretentious douchebags, so I don't really want to hang out with them either.My life doesn't revolve around money, and that isn't the case for most of the people I've met with an income over $1 million, so I don't really relate to them. I would rather vacation to a rustic cabin in the woods than some flashy five star resort.

Note: I can't speak for everyone out there, as an INTP, I'm speaking for myself:Cons (because let's admit it, they overweigh):Zoning out, INTPs are erratic thinkers. It's an escape, my mind itself is flooding with a new thought with every passing second. Not interested in a topic? Boom. I’m blind and deaf to it. However, if it's something I love, I'd willingly give up a week’s sleep to learn my heart out.Blunt. Heartless. Insensitive. Feelings, What are they? I eat sheets of metal for breakfast. Deal with it.Procrastinating and leaving everything to the last minute. Sometimes I don't bother to work, explain something or justify myself.The universe of useless information, which includes lyrics of 115 chart singles, GTA cheat codes and the 3-line address of every person I've lended money to. Too bad I'm failing in chemistry.Reserved. 100% of my closest friends were made when they were somehow stuck with me. From seat-partners to family friends. And no, I'm not starting a conversation with you unless there's a zombie apocalypse or the building is on fire.Aloof. Once I was with a group of painfully boring people I had no interest in interacting with, but I was kinda stuck, so I zoned out, minding my own business. So this gentleman out there started comparing me to a zombie, I didn't give a shit but when he repeated it, once, twice, then thrice I had this urge to smack his face before realizing that I didn't give enough shits to stop procrastinating.Never mind. INTPs hate to explain things from scratch repeatedly, don't dare ask me the same detailed question for the third time.Wasted potential. All my life, I've been interested in a number of hobbies, and the only thing that bothers me is that I know I can do better, and I'm never satisfied with were I am. INTPs prove only 10% of their potential, and their ability often never sees the light of the day.Pros:INTPs are pretty chilled out. To be stated bluntly, like I usually do, I hardly give a flying shit about anyone’s validation, physical or emotional. I know what I look like or how I behave, and I'm totally comfortable with who I am.My ideas are my own, unique and solely mine. I love thinking abstractly, finding patterns, or connection in largely unrelated topics. Might be the reason I'm excellent at horrible puns.INTPs don't take sides, in fact, I hate taking sides. I have trouble forming a concrete opinion, as at the back of my mind, I know every coin has two sides, and nothing is ever plain black or white, just grey.I consider myself a liberal person. Labels? Nah. Stereotypes? Not my thing.Brutally honest. INTPs might be blunt but are very honest. I don't see why I need to sugarcoat or lie about every damn thing.Calm in the storm. Frankly speaking, INTPs are hella disorganized. But the weird part is, they are strangely organized at the same time. My mom may claim my room to be no less than a dump-yard, yet I know where everything is kept. Everything has a place, it's not like I'm not a clean person, I keep no trash. Maybe I hoard things I feel will be of use.INTPs see through you. No sugar-coating, no mind games, I can clearly see through them. Zip up your random compliments unless you're being very creative or if you indeed, mean it.

You can rewire your brain!This is possible due to Neuroplasticity.Neuroplasticity refers to changes in neural pathways and synapses which are due to changes in behavior, environment and neural processes, as well as changes resulting from bodily injury To be honest, the brain is a dynamic entity undergoing changes all the time. As you read this innocent sentence, some neurons in your brain have fired and some synapses have become stronger. Voila! Your brain has been rewired a bit. But I am not talking about these sort of 'boring' changes which occur all the time.What if I told you, your actions can physically alter your brain? Some parts become larger than usual while some parts begin performing tasks they normally don't?László Polgár is the father of the famous "Polgár sisters": Judit, Susan and Sofia. He is an expert in chess and believed that "geniuses are made, not born". Before he had any children, he wrote a book entitled Bring Up Genius!, and sought a wife to help him carry out his experiment. He found one in Klara, a schoolteacher. He home-schooled their three daughters, primarily in chess, and all three went on to become strong players. Susan Polgar became the first female to earn the Grandmaster title.Because of her intense training, her brain had encoded chess board configurations and she was able to not only recognize these configurations but also what moves she had to do from there to win. Show her a random chess board setup that is infrequent her brain is just as slow as normal chess players. So what was happening? A scan of her brain activity showed she was using the part of the brain that recognizes faces to identify chess board configurations. This part of the brain is really developed in humans and face recognition is something humans are really good at. The hours of practice she had put in playing and studying chess had radically changed ho she used her brain to play it.Some of you might be thinking that it was because she got her training from childhood that she was able to become an expert and this fact is useless to someone older.Not really. Recent studies have shown although neuroplasticity declines it still can be made use of in older ages.The Sea Gypsies are a seafaring people who spend a great deal of their time in boats off the coast of Myanmar and Thailand, have unusual underwater vision -- twice as good as Europeans. This has enabled Mokens to gather shellfish at great depths without the aid of scuba gear. How do the Moken do this? They constrict their pupils by 22 percent. The brain orders the body to adapt to suite its needs. Another example of neuroplasticity has been found in London taxi drivers. A cab driver's hippocampus -- the part of the brain that holds spatial representation capacity -- is measurably larger than that of a bus driver. [from Neuroplasticity: You Can Teach An Old Brain New Tricks ]As children we have lots of free time and our brain is really quick to grasp new skills and ideas. To make signNow changes to the brain as grown ups one needs to exercise it regularly and focus on really specific tasks like learning to play the guitar or solve spatial puzzles. Because of the constraints of being social and other reasons, people miss out on this. It has been observed that spiritual leaders and prisoners of war have been able to develop extra-cognitive skills simply because of the immense amount of time they put in meditation, mental exercises and thought experiments. Plas­tic­ity can also be observed in the brains of bilin­guals (Mechelli et al., 2004). It looks like learn­ing a sec­ond lan­guage is asso­ci­ated with struc­tural changes in the brain: the left infe­rior pari­etal cor­tex is larger in bilin­gual brains than in mono­lin­gual brains.I'll end with some interesting bits from The Brain that Changes ItselfLearning and brain exercises slow age-related mental declines. For example, education necessitates extra branches among neurons to accommodate the new information; new branching increases the volume and thickness of the brain that would otherwise decline with age.Physical exercise promotes the creation of new neurons in the brain. Yet another reason to start that walking program.Specifically designed brain exercises have been shown to improve brain function in children and adults with learning disabilities.The brain undergoes measurable, physical changes as we think. Computer technology can now use these measurements and changes to allow paralyzed people to moves objects with their thoughts.Researchers at UCSD have used imagination and illusion to restructure brain maps and ‘trick” the brain into managing phantom pain and some forms of chronic pain.Performance can be improved through visualization because action and imagination can activate the same parts of the brain. People have learned to play the piano or achieve greater results in athletic endeavors through mental practice. Is it time to visualize eating a nice salad?[from Neuroplasticity Research Shows “Old Dogs” Can Learn New Tricks!]

Governments can make two types of jobs: a government job and contract work for a government job.In both cases, the wages of the worker are paid out of the national treasury, either by taxation or by accumulation of sovereign debt, which has the effect of devaluing the national currency which is a form of de facto taxation, plus increasing the portion of the annual budget that goes to interest on debt, making the same cycle increasingly more likely to occur each year.So in other words, I present axiom 1:1. Every government job comes at the expense of the prosperity of taxpayers.In normal cases of employment, a company or individual with a profit motive employs the labor, time, and skills of a worker with the intention of creating wealth for the company. Since companies by and large don't have the ability to coerce you to buy their product, people voluntarily part from their wealth in a deal that both parties find mutually beneficial. The worker is happy because they are paid, the company is happy because their value is increasing on account of the worker, and the customer is happy because they judged the product more valuable than the money they paid for it.In other words, the worker receive their job at no expense to the prosperity of society.Government jobs don't do that because government jobs don't always create value, and when they do, they create less value than a private company would.Here is an example to illustrate why.The USPS employs millions of people and operates at a loss annually. Therefore the USPS recovers the difference in operating costs and revenue via the government treasury. Thus, even though they are creating value in delivering mail and packages, they aren't doing to in proportion to the value that they consume. In reality, they would be better off charging more in order for the burden of the cost to be transferred to the people who derive value from it. The free market has no such problem. FexEx charges the best price that they can get for the delivery while continuing to be in business. They don't have the option to indefinitely operate at a loss. Nonetheless, the USPS not only operates at a loss to the net destruction of value, it is prescribed by law by virtue of the fact that it is illegal to charge less than $3 or so for first class mail.This leads me to Axiom 2 and 3:2. A competitive marketplace in which there is no coercion will naturally drive products to a price that directly corresponds to the value they have.3. In cases where the coercive power of law is present in employment, price determination, sale or a product, or confiscation of wealth is present, wealth will ultimately be destroyed or consumed by those who have not created a proportional amount of value.So given my three axioms, I signNow the conclusion:While a government may be able to create a higher quantity of jobs or pay out more total wages than the free market, it always comes at the expense of society. It's not the jobs that people care about, it's the prosperity. Therefore, if we seek to increase prosperity during a recession or any time, we do best to reduce, or at least not increase the number of government workers.

NOOOOOOO. You are talking to a military romance scammer. I received an email from the US Army that directly answers your question that is pasted below please keep reading.I believe you are the victim of a military Romance Scam whereas the person you are talking to is a foreign national posing as an American Soldier claiming to be stationed overseas on a peacekeeping mission. That's the key to the scam they always claim to be on a peacekeeping mission.Part of their scam is saying that they have no access to their money that their mission is highly dangerous.If your boyfriend girlfriend/future husband/wife is asking you to do the following or has exhibited this behavior, it is a most likely a scam:Moves to private messaging site immediately after meeting you on Facebook or SnapChat or Instagram or some dating or social media site. Often times they delete the site you met them on right after they asked you to move to a more private messaging siteProfesses love to you very quickly & seems to quote poems and song lyrics along with using their own sort of broken language, as they profess their love and devotion quickly. They also showed concern for your health and love for your family.Promises marriage as soon as he/she gets to state for leave that they asked you to pay for.They Requests money (wire transfers) and Amazon, iTune ,Verizon, etc gift cards, for medicine, religious practices, and leaves to come home, internet access, complete job assignments, help sick friend, get him out of trouble, or anything that sounds fishy.The military does provide all the soldier needs including food medical Care and transportation for leave. Trust me, I lived it, you are probably being scammed. I am just trying to show you examples that you are most likely being connned.Below is an email response I received after I sent an inquiry to the US government when I discovered I was scammed. I received this wonderful response back with lots of useful links on how to find and report your scammer. And how to learn more about Romance Scams.Right now you can also copy the picture he gave you and do a google image search and you will hopefully see the pictures of the real person he is impersonating. this doesn't always work and take some digging. if you find the real person you can direct message them and alert them that their image is being used for scamming.Good Luck to you and I'm sorry this may be happening to you. please continue reading the government response I received below it's very informative.   You have contacted an email that is monitored by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. Unfortunately, this is a common concern. We assure you there is never any reason to send money to anyone claiming to be a Soldier online. If you have only spoken with this person online, it is likely they are not a U.S. Soldier at all. If this is a suspected imposter social media profile, we urge you to report it to that platform as soon as possible. Please continue reading for more resources and answers to other frequently asked questions:  How to report an imposter Facebook profile: Caution-https://www.facebook.com/help/16... < Caution-https://www.facebook.com/help/16... >   Answers to frequently asked questions:  - Soldiers and their loved ones are not charged money so that the Soldier can go on leave.  - Soldiers are not charged money for secure communications or leave.  - Soldiers do not need permission to get married.  - Soldiers emails are in this format: john.doe.mil@mail.mil < Caution-mailto: john.doe.mil@mail.mil > anything ending in .us or .com is not an official email account.  - Soldiers have medical insurance, which pays for their medical costs when treated at civilian health care facilities worldwide – family and friends do not need to pay their medical expenses.  - Military aircraft are not used to transport Privately Owned Vehicles.  - Army financial offices are not used to help Soldiers buy or sell items of any kind.  - Soldiers deployed to Combat Zones do not need to solicit money from the public to feed or house themselves or their troops.  - Deployed Soldiers do not find large unclaimed sums of money and need your help to get that money out of the country.  Anyone who tells you one of the above-listed conditions/circumstances is true is likely posing as a Soldier and trying to steal money from you.  We would urge you to immediately cease all contact with this individual.  For more information on avoiding online scams and to report this crime, please see the following sites and articles:   This article may help clarify some of the tricks social media scammers try to use to take advantage of people: Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/61432/< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/61432/>   CID advises vigilance against 'romance scams,' scammers impersonating Soldiers  Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/180749 < Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/180749 >   FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center: Caution-http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx< Caution-http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx>   U.S. Army investigators warn public against romance scams: Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/130...< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/130...>   DOD warns troops, families to be cybercrime smart -Caution-http://www.army.mil/article/1450...< Caution-http://www.army.mil/article/1450...>   Use caution with social networking  Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/146...< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/146...>    Please see our frequently asked questions section under scams and legal issues. Caution-http://www.army.mil/faq/ < Caution-http://www.army.mil/faq/ > or visit Caution-http://www.cid.army.mil/ < Caution-http://www.cid.army.mil/ >.  The challenge with most scams is determining if an individual is a legitimate member of the US Army. Based on the Privacy Act of 1974, we cannot provide this information. If concerned about a scam you may contact the Better Business Bureau (if it involves a solicitation for money), or local law enforcement. If you're involved in a Facebook or dating site scam, you are free to contact us direct; (571) 305-4056.   If you have a social security number, you can find information about Soldiers online at Caution-https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/sc... < Caution-https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/sc... > . While this is a free search, it does not help you locate a retiree, but it can tell you if the Soldier is active duty or not.  If more information is needed such as current duty station or location, you can contact the Commander Soldier's Records Data Center (SRDC) by phone or mail and they will help you locate individuals on active duty only, not retirees. There is a fee of $3.50 for businesses to use this service. The check or money order must be made out to the U.S. Treasury. It is not refundable. The address is:  Commander Soldier's Records Data Center (SRDC) 8899 East 56th Street Indianapolis, IN 46249-5301 Phone: 1-866-771-6357  In addition, it is not possible to remove social networking site profiles without legitimate proof of identity theft or a scam. If you suspect fraud on this site, take a screenshot of any advances for money or impersonations and report the account on the social networking platform immediately.  Please submit all information you have on this incident to Caution-www.ic3.gov < Caution-http://www.ic3.gov > (FBI website, Internet Criminal Complaint Center), immediately stop contact with the scammer (you are potentially providing them more information which can be used to scam you), and learn how to protect yourself against these scams at Caution-http://www.ftc.gov < Caution-http://www.ftc.gov > (Federal Trade Commission's website)

Knowing how to buy a car in Dubai will allow you to access a market full of luxury cars at affordable prices or, at least, lower than in Europe and other neighboring countries.5 Tips When Buying a Used Car in Dubai, UAEThe city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates attracts people from all over the world due, in part, to the income of non-tax residents. Owning a car in Dubai is a must, because the city's residential center is quite distant from the commercial and business areas.There is not much in the way of public transport. Dubai residents will find that they can buy either new or used vehicles with relative ease, but they will have to follow a series of points and steps to do so.Eight Steps to follow:Step 1:The first thing is to locate the car model that you are interested in, what you can do through the Internet, thus searching between new and used cars. It is also very common to hold auctions in Dubai with second-hand luxury cars that their previous owners have not been able to pay. Although as a general rule they are much cheaper than in Europe, find out how much the same model costs in this country.Step 2:Once you have made the decision, you should know that you have to meet two very important requirements to buy a car in Dubai:Have a residence visa.Dubai requires vehicle buyers to own a residence visa. Residents of Dubai can obtain the required documentation for residence visas through their employers.Possess a driver's license from the UAE or an international license. Anyone who buys a car in the UAE must have a valid UAE driver's license. Citizens of other countries can use their driver's licenses to obtain a license from the UAE without a driving test. They have to fill out an authorization form in Arabic, pass an eye exam in Dubai, have a passport from their country of origin and pay a fee.Step 3:You can find used cars for sale published in newspaper ads or on the Internet. They can also buy a used car from car dealerships. In addition, you can bid on a used car at an auction.Step 4:Car retailers of new and used cars offer buyers the opportunity to finance their purchase. The terms of the car loans are between one and four years.Step 5:Car buyers who need financing could also get a loan through their bank. The bank will offer the loanee with a series of deferred payment checks that must be given to the dealer once a month.Step 6:The buyer of a used car in Dubai must transfer ownership. The current and previous owner of the car must fill out an application in the Traffic Police, and present the car license plates, registration card, insurance certificate and proof the previous owner has no outstanding debt in the car in order to transfer ownership.Step 7:Any person who owns a car in Dubai should have it insured. The owner can purchase insurance through an insurance company for approximately four to six percent of the value of the vehicle. Car owners must have a driver's license from the UAE, a passport and a car test registered with the previous owner or car dealer to buy insurance in Dubai.Step 8:Once the car is insured, it must be registered. The car dealers will help the new owner with this process for new and used cars.

Statements of Economic Interests — Form 700. Every elected official and public employee who makes or influences governmental decisions is required to submit a Statement of Economic Interest, also known as the Form 700.

Public officials who make governmental decisions that could affect their personal financial interests must annually disclose certain personal investments, interests in rEval property, sources of income, gifts, loans and business positions. This disclosure occurs on a form called a \u201cStatement of Economic Interests.\u201d

Statement of Economic Interest Search. The Governmental Ethics Act requires elected officials and certain state employees with supervisory duties or authority over state contracts/funds to file annual statements of economic interest.

The Fair Political Practices Commission (FNPC) is the state agency responsible for issuing the attached Statement of Economic Interests, Form 700, and for interpreting the law's provisions. Gift Prohibition. Gifts received by most state and local officials, employees, and candidates are subject to a limit.

Statements of Economic Interests — Form 700. Every elected official and public employee who makes or influences governmental decisions is required to submit a Statement of Economic Interest, also known as the Form 700.