A willing spirit; the adamant flesh

The fight for a better living at its peak

The choice is yours to make.

A life of worldly pleasures and treasures

The hunger foe gold which can be stolen,

the adoration of double faced friends and

the fear of the unknown or

walking a path, setting a legacy,

living the inner rather than the outward self.

As the moon goes down behind the

Mountains, you happily know that

One life’s being made better because you lived,

finding peace in solitude, success in failure,

life in death, joy in hard times and building

a life’s frame but asking for no gain.

The choice really is yours for the making.

Oh, what’s to gain, living in strife to fulfil our dream,

via rocky hills and dark valleys,

but die towards the end.

But, what would life have been if you didn’t try,

Would we have ever known our true worth?

I believe our destiny lies within

the choices we make.

Our lives are as the moon, in its loveliness as only

a reflection of the sun on its surface.

We are only but a composition or an expression

Our inner self.

Many a-pat to follow

Our choices decides our tomorrow,

Many are we that don’t have choices

But follow the path which leads our way,

Many a-minds gone to rest

With many great choices never to be revealed.

What are the most important things in life?

Oh a decision yet not made

A nation yet to be saved.

The choices we make

decides the path we take.

The path to perpetual light or that as meaningless as flecks

of the foam of the Uji river?

Wishing isn’t enough – Dare to choose!

It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone -- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Here Are The Top Ten Reasons Why Men Fail With Women—And How To Make Sure YOU Avoid Every One Of These Deadly Common Mistakes...

      Have you ever noticed that the really attractive women never seem to be attracted "nice" guys?

      Of course you have.

      Just like me, I'm sure you've had attractive female friends that always seemed to date "jerks"... but for some reason they were never romantically interested in YOU.

     What's going on here?

      It's actually very simple...

      Women don't base their choices of men on how "nice" a guy is. They choose the men they do because they feel a powerful GUT LEVEL ATTRACTION for them.

      And guess what?

      Being nice doesn't make a woman FEEL that powerful ATTRACTION.

     And being NICE doesn't make a woman CHOOSE you.

      I realize that this doesn't make a lot of logical sense, and it's hard to ACCEPT... but GET OVER IT.

     Until you accept this FACT and begin to act on it, you'll NEVER have the success with women that you want.

      What do most guys do when they meet a woman that they REALLY like... but she's just notinterested?

      Right! They try to "convince" the woman to feel differently.

      Well, I have news for you... YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE HOW A WOMAN "FEELS" WHEN IT COMES TO ATTRACTION!

      Never, ever, EVER.

      You cannot CONVINCE a woman to feel differently about you with "logic and reasoning".

      Think about it.

      If a woman doesn't "feel it" for you, how in the world do you expect to change that FEELING by being "reasonable" with her?

      But we all do it.

      When a woman just isn't interested, we beg, plead, chase, and do our best to change her mind.

      Bad idea. One that will never work.

      In our desire to please women (which we mistakenly think will make them like us), us guys are always doing things to get a woman's "approval" or "permission".

      Another HORRIBLE idea.

      Women are NEVER attracted to the types of men who kiss up to them... EVER.

      Don't get me wrong here.

     You don't have to treat women BADLY for them to like you.

     But if you think that treating a woman well means "always getting her approval and permission for things", think again.

      You will never succeed by looking for approval. Women actually get ANNOYED at men who seek their approval.

     Doubt me? Just ask any attractive woman if Wussy guys who chase her around and want her approval annoy her...

      How many times have you taken a woman out to a nice dinner, bought her gifts and flowers, and had her REJECT you for someone who didn't treat her even HALF as well as you did?

      If you're like me, then you've had it happen a LOT.

      Well guess what?

      It's only NATURAL when this happens...

      That's right, I said NATURAL.

      When you do these things, you send a clear message:

"I don't think you'll like me for who I am, so I'm going to try to buy your attention and affection".

      Your good intentions usually come across to women as over-compensation for insecurity, and weak attempts at manipulation. That's right, I said that women see this as MANIPULATION.

      Another huge and unfortunate mistake that most men make with women is sharing how they "feel" too early on.

      Attractive women are rare.

      And they get a LOT of attention from men.

      Most men don't realize this, but attractive women are being approached in one way or another ALL THE TIME.

      An attractive woman is often approached several times a DAY by men who are interested. This translate into dozens of times per week, and often HUNDREDS of times per month.

      And guess what?

      Attractive women have usually dated a LOT of men.

      That's right. They have EXPERIENCE.

      They know what to expect.

      And one thing that turns an attractive women off and sends her running away faster than just about anything is a guy who starts saying "You know, I really, REALLY like you" after one or two dates.

      This signals to the woman that you're just like all the other guys who fall for her too fast... and can't control themselves.

      Don't do it. Lean back. Relax.

      There's a much better way...

      Women are VERY different from men when it comes to ATTRACTION.

      You need to accept this fact, and deal with it.

      When a man sees a beautiful, young, sexy woman, he INSTANTLY feels a sexual attraction.

      But does the same apply for women?

      Do women feel sexual attraction to men based mostly on looks? Or is something else going on?

      Well, after studying this topic for over five full years now, I can tell you that women usually have their "attraction mechanisms" triggered by things OTHER than looks.

      Have you ever noticed that you see a lot more average and unattractive men with beautiful women than the other way around?

      Think about it.

      Women are more attracted to certain qualities in men... and they're attracted to the way a man makes them FEEL than they are to looks alone.

      If you know how to use your body language and communication correctly, you can make women feel the same kind of powerful sexual attraction to you that YOU feel when you see a hot, sexy young woman.

      But it's not an accident. You have to LEARN how to do this.

      And ANY guy can learn how...

      One of the most common mistakes that guys make is giving up before they've even gotten started... because they think that attractive women are only interested in men who have looks and money... or guys who are a certain height... or guys who are a certain age.

      And sure, there are some women who are only interested in these things.

      But MOST women are far more interested in a man's personality than his wallet or his looks.

     There are personality traits that attract women like a magnet...

      And if you learn what they are and how to use them, YOU can be one of these guys.

     YOU DO NOT have to "settle" for a woman just because you aren't rich, tall, or handsome.

     Let me say this again: If you know how to use your body language and communication correctly, you can make women feel the same kind of powerful sexual attraction to you that YOU feel when you see a hot, sexy young woman.

      Earlier I mentioned that it's a mistake to look to a woman for approval or permission.

      Well, another similar tactic that a lot of guys use is GIVING AWAY THEIR POWER to women.

     Said differently, guys try to get women to like them by doing whatever the woman wants.

      Another bad idea...

      Women are NEVER attracted to men that they can walk all over... Women aren't attracted to Wussies!

      Now I'm going to blow your mind...

      A woman ALWAYS knows what you're thinking.

     Women are approximately TEN TIMES better than men at reading body language. That's ten TIMES.

      I know, it might be hard to believe. But for example, if you're out on a date with a woman, and you want to kiss her, she knows it.

      And if you don't know exactly what to do and exactly HOW to kiss her, and you just sit there looking at her and getting nervous, she won't help!

      And this goes for ALL aspects of women and dating...

      Approaching a woman, getting her number, asking her out, kissing her, getting physical... everything.

      If you don't know what to do in each situation, you will probably screw it up... and LOSE EVERYTHING.

     And you KNOW it.

      It is VITALLY important that you know EXACTLY how to go from one step to the next with a woman... from the first meeting, all the way to the bedroom.

      This is the biggest mistake of all.

      This is the mistake that keeps most men from EVER having the kind of success with women that they truly want.

      I know, guys don't like to make themselves look weak or helpless. We don't like to ask for help.

      Hey, I've been there myself.

      Let me tell you a little about me and how I figured out how to be successful with women...

     About five years ago I became fed up with the fact that I didn't know how to approach, meet, and get dates with women that I was attracted to.

      It frustrated the hell out of me.

      One night I was out with a friend, and I saw a woman I wanted to ask out, but I just couldn't get up the nerve to do it. I can still remember that night... right on the spot I made the decision to do whatever it took to learn how to be successful with women and dating.

      Well, after a lot of hard work and trying all kinds of crazy things, I finally figured it all out.

     I can now approach just about any woman and get her number almost instantly. I've dated models, I've dated actresses, and I've dated nice, normal, regular girls as well.

      It has been a very rewarding experience. I no longer feel that sick, insecure feeling... like I don't know how to meet women... and I might wind up alone.

      I know that anytime, anywhere, I can go out and meet attractive women.

      I've written a book on the topic, and I've done seminars on both coasts of the United States... and taught tens of thousands of men all around the world.

Counting the World's Poor: Problems and Possible Solutions

Princeton University. e-mail deaton@princeton.edu e-mail deaton@princeton.edu

Abstract

As recent discussions have made clear, the apparent lack of poverty reduction in the face of historically high rates of economic growth—both in the world as a whole and in specific countries (most notably India)—provides fuel for the argument that economic growth does little to reduce poverty. How confident can we be that the data actually support these inferences? At the international level, the regular revision of purchasing power parity exchange rates plays havoc with the poverty estimates, changing them in ways that have little or nothing to do with the actual experience of the poor. At the domestic level, the problems in measuring poverty are important not only for the world count but also for tracking income poverty within individual countries. Yet, in many countries, there are large and growing discrepancies between the survey data—the source of poverty counts—and the national accounts—the source of the measure of economic growth. Thus economic growth, as measured, has at best a weak relationship with poverty, as measured.