Quotes of the Day

Before going into the offer, explain that you are an investor and that you have carefully analyzed their property to determine what you can pay for it. You may even want to acknowledge the fact that they might be able to get more for the property if they can find a buyer who wants to live in it. Tell the sellers that you do not expect them to make a decision on the spot. Suggest that they study your offer overnight before making any comment about it one way or another. [2004] - Mike Summey

Jean-Marc Hachey's superb tome, "The Canadian Guide to Working and Living Overseas", is useful for every international job seeker who wishes to go beyond the scope of the "International Job Finer". Hachey spends 120 pages alone on helping readers determine their "International I.Q." and another 300 pages listing websites of specific international employers. [2002] - Daniel Lauber

Qigong reduces depression and may improve diabetes. In a trial of Qigong on cell aging, researchers examined people with chronic fatigue syndrome. They found that people who practiced Qigong for four months had significantly greater increases in telomerase, and reductions in fatigue, than people who were assigned to a wait list. [2017] - Elizabeth Blackburn

People are sensitive to other people in their work or home environment. Whenever someone considers making a purchase, he or she thinks about how other people may respond to that purchase decision. No one wants to be criticized. If there is a chance that the prospect will be criticized by his boss or spouse for making a particular purchase, he will refrain from making that purchase altogether. [2004] - Brian Tracy

The Galleri test looks at methylation patterns of the cell-free DNA, which are basically chemical changes to the DNA molecules that suggest the presence of cancer. In a study, the Galleri test proved to have a very high specificity, about 99.5%, meaning only 0.5% of tests yielded a false positive. If the test says you have cancer, somewhere in your body, then it's likely that you do. The trade-off is that the resulting sensitivity can be low, depending on the stage. (That is, even if the test says you don't have cancer, you're not necessarily in the clear.) Keep in mind this test still has much higher resolution than radiographic tests such as MRI or mammogram. Those imaging-based tests require "seeing" the tumor, which can happen only when the tumor reaches a certain size. With Galleri, the test is looking at cell-free DNA, which can come from any size tumor-even ones that remain invisible to imaging tests. [2023] - Peter Attia