Thursday, July 29, 2010
And I won't go home without you
Friday, July 23, 2010
This Weekend
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Nous t'aimons bien
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Stress Test
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Personal Finance - Can Money Buy You Happiness?
Are you happy?
When I ask that question, what aspects of your life immediately leap to mind? Do you think of your significant other, smile, and nod yes, you're happy? Do you measure it by how often you've laughed or felt at peace?
Or did you do a quick accounting of your financial well-being as a way to gauge your contentedness?
Can money buy happiness?
We say it can't because, well, that's what we are supposed to say. But turns out a recent Gallup World survey found people do think money can buy happiness.
"Pulling in the big bucks makes people more likely to say they are happy with their lives overall -- whether they are young or old, male or female, or living in cities or remote villages, the survey of more than 136,000 people in 132 countries found."
Okay, actually money can only buy one component of happiness, according to the poll.
"'Yes, money makes you happy -- we see the effect of income on life satisfaction is very strong and virtually ubiquitous and universal around the world,' said Ed Diener, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Illinois who led the study. 'But it makes you more satisfied than it makes you feel good. Positive feelings are less affected by money and more affected by the things people are doing day to day.'"
People may initially define their happiness by income because they are comparing themselves to the ubiquitous Joneses--you know, the people who always seem to be living better than you with their nice house, luxury car and trendy clothes. But here's something to consider: Many of the people you envy for their outward appearance of wealth are probably just as jammed up with debt as you are - or a paycheck away from being broke.
The findings from the poll were published in the July issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The survey involved detailed questioning in 2005 and 2006 of 136,839 residents age 15 and older.
The study also shows how the United States compared with several countries on the happiness scale.
So have you measured your happiness by how much money you have, and if so, how's that working for you?
"Can Money Buy You Happiness?"
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
South Africa 2010- FIFA World Cup
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Official Receipts
Thursday, July 1, 2010
La Fête du Canada!
formerly Dominion Day ( Le Jour de la Confédération), is Canada’s national day, the federal holiday commemorating the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act (today called the Constitution Act, 1867), which united two British colonies and a province of the British Empire into a single country called Canada.
The birth of a Canadian national identity was a protracted and lengthy process! Indeed the Canadian Constitution was enacted formerly by Elizabeth II as Queen of Canada brought the act into effect with a proclamation she signed in Ottawa on April 17, 1982. The date Canada became fully independent from The United Kingdom in all legal aspects.