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Dr. Ben Michaelis, a clinical psychologist and author of "Your Next Big Thing: Ten Small Steps To Get Moving and Get Happy," explains a simple process to find your purpose and direction in life.

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It's the start of winter and it's just beginning to get cold outside in much the US. For many of us, there's a good chance it'll be dark by the time we leave work every day for the next few months.

And that's depressing enough that it seems like a reason to put off workouts, curl up with a book or some Netflix, and wait until spring to get back into shape.

Unfortunately, nice as that might sound for a moment, it's kind of a terrible plan.

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Certified financial planner Sophia Bera answers:

I am currently retired and at this point will have no income for the year. My wife still works and will make approximately $50,000. Would it be wise to move money from a tax deferred IRA to a Roth IRA and take the tax bite now?

This is a great question, and it comes up quite a bit! What you're describing is what's known as a Roth conversion, and I wrote a blog post on the Gen Y Planning Blog called Your Guide to Roth Conversions. Читать дальше...

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Harry Potter reigned supreme in 2016. 

The series remains among the most popular books, and the latest edition of the canon, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," nabbed the top spot, according to Google's ranking of the top books of the year.

The books and graphic novels were ranked based on their popularity in the Google Play store. But they weren't necessarily published this year — in fact, Dale Carnegie's "How To Win Friends and Influence People" still made the list, despite being first published in 1936.

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We've updated our monthly workforce analysis to include last week's Employment Report for November. The unemployment rate beat expectations by dropping from 4.9% to 4.6%, and the number of new nonfarm jobs (a relatively volatile number subject to extensive revisions) was above forecast at 178K.

A decline in the unemployment rate is a good thing, right? Not in the November employment report.

The Shrinking Unemployment Rate

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President-elect Donald Trump dismissed claims that Russia interfered in the 2016 election by hacking and leaking emails of top Democratic officials at the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign.

The Washington Post and New York Times both reported this week that the CIA presented a report to Congress that concluded Russian hackers attempted to aide Trump by selectively providing private emails to WikiLeaks from the DNC and Clinton campaign chair John Podesta. Читать дальше...

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio chided President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday for citing Rex Tillerson’s close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin as one of the reasons he thought he would be a good secretary of state.

"Being a 'friend of Vladimir' is not an attribute I am hoping for from a #SecretaryOfState," Rubio tweeted.

Rubio’s comment came after Trump told Fox News that Tillerson possesses foreign-policy experience that makes him an attractive... Читать дальше...

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday called for the US government to cancel a deal with Boeing for the development of a new Air Force One. Here's a look at Boeing's 747-8, the model Boeing is building to be the next Air Force One.

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New England Patriots 23-year-old rookie wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell is perhaps the biggest book lover in the NFL and, now, a published children's-book author — all thanks to a chance encounter in a bookstore.

In a fun story in The Boston Globe back in May, Mitchell said that when he was a junior at the University of Georgia, he decided to join a suburban, all-women's book club after a serendipitous meeting with one of the members in the stacks of a Barnes & Noble. Читать дальше...

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump questioned whether the United States had to be bound by its longstanding position that Taiwan is part of "one China" and brushed aside Beijing's concerns about his decision to accept a phone call from Taiwan's president.

"I fully understand the 'one China policy,' but I don't know why we have to be bound by a 'one China policy' unless we make a deal with China having to do with other things, including trade," Trump said on an interview with Fox News Sunday. Читать дальше...

It’s an inevitable fact that in time our phone battery will get worse. There are ways to slow down a battery's degradation — here are 5 simple things that you may be doing that are slowly decreasing the life of your battery.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the results of its 2015 global rankings on student performance in mathematics, reading, and science, on the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA.

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Three years ago, smartwatches were supposed to be the next big thing.

They were going to be the platform where the next big app or social network was built. They were going to free us from our smartphones. They were going to go from a nerdy dream to a mainstream reality.

None of that happened.

In fact, it was the opposite. The market for wearables has proven to be insanely volatile, claiming victims much faster than we saw with the companies... Читать дальше...

Tech executives from some of the top tech companies in the world will meet with president-elect Donald Trump in New York on Wednesday, according to reports from Recode and The Wall Street Journal.

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Tiger Woods remains the most recognizable name in golf today.

Despite a one-year absence from golf while he rehabbed from back surgery, Woods caused a stir with his return to the Tour to play in the 2016 Hero World Challenge.

After an unparalleled start to his career, Woods still draws attention, especially when he hits the course.

Over his career, photographers have flocked to Woods, capturing some gorgeous photos of one of the greatest golfers doing his thing. Читать дальше...

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Starbucks will go down in history books as the brand that made it OK to charge more than $2 for a cup of coffee. But its reputation as a higher-end coffee shop has faded and the company is now focusing its efforts on winning it back.

Howard Schultz announced last week that he would step down as CEO in April to focus on building the company's ultra-premium Roastery and Reserve brand. 

Since he joined Starbucks in the 1980s, Schultz has modeled locations after Italian espresso bars. Читать дальше...

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Your options for picking a vacation destination are typically limited to the places where hotels and other accommodations have already been built. But the London-based luxury travel agency Black Tomato is changing that with a new offering: a service that allows you to make your next vacation spot anywhere in the world.

Called Blink, the highly personalized service provides temporary accommodations and a staff to set it all up and take it all down later. Prices... Читать дальше...

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So you made the decision to completely overhaul your eating habits — you're cutting your calories, eating fewer carbs, and reducing your fat intake.

Things were going well enough for you during the first few weeks of your new plan to eat better, but then the holiday season arrived, and now you're facing an uphill battle of resisting extra helpings of ham, freshly-baked cookies, and sugary cocktails.

How could you possibly say no to seconds and thirds when it would be a personal affront to Grandma? Читать дальше...

An Amazon employee jumped off the company's headquarters two weeks ago, in what was reported to be a suicide attempt.

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You'd think being a Nobel prize-winning physicist, and one of the country's most celebrated scientific geniuses, would be enough for a guy.

But Richard Feynman, legendarily, always wanted to know more, to learn more. Brain Pickings quotes his biographer James Gleich:

"He favored no skill above any other, he taught himself how to play drums, to give massages, to tell stories, to pick up women in bars, considering all these to be crafts with learnable rules... Читать дальше...

Homepolish

Luxury and richness come at varying price points, and creating a space that feels and looks expensive doesn't always have to be costly.

"Sometimes when working with a limited budget, it's easy to say 'let's play it safe," Homepolish designer Ariel Farmer told Business Insider. "More often than not this route leads to the blah and boring world of beige walls and matching sofas and love seats."

However, says Farmer, "You can just as easily achieve your aspirational... Читать дальше...

Americans are notorious for using filler words. While moderate use in a casual environment could be helpful it is advised to avoid excessive use, especially in a professional setting. If you're using too many filler words, it is time to stop the habit.

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President-elect Donald Trump brushed off concerns that he's not participating in the traditional daily intelligence and national security briefings that presidents hold every day.

In a rare post-election interview that aired Sunday, Trump argued for why he did not need to receive regular classified intelligence briefings on national security and foreign affairs, saying he told intelligence officials to only brief him when a situation the intelligence community is monitoring changes. Читать дальше...

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The Hague (AFP) - The party of populist anti-Islam Dutch MP Geert Wilders has risen strongly in the polls since the lawmaker was tried and convicted of discrimination, according to a survey published Sunday.

If legislative elections due next March were held this week, Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) would pick up 36 out of 150 seats in the lower house of parliament, making it the biggest single political group, it found.

Before the trial began on October 31, the PVV was credited with 27 seats. Читать дальше...

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"Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston brought his famous drug-dealing character, Walter White, back to mock President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."

On "SNL's" opening sketch this weekend, cast member Beck Bennett plays Jake Tapper of CNN's "The Lead." The topic is Trump's cabinet choices and his former campaign manager and senior adviser Kellyanne Conway (played by Kate McKinnon) is the guest star.

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