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Behaviour ..manners..trust...friendship ..family...being the best you can be.having fun ..Sportsmanship

An idea worth spreading

The power of touch .appropriate touching is very powerful.It can mean so much depending on how you do it.think of a pat on the back when you've done something well.it's an acknowledgment from someone and can instil confidence.a touch on the arm from a dentist or doctor can have the power to make you trust them.in any traumatic situation having someone touch you can bring support ,reassurance and a feeling of not being alone.Handshakes are the initial form of touching.they can say so much about the person.firm ,limp soft powerful.what's yours.do you shake hands or find it embarrassing!this alone says so much about you .

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• A reply on Conversation: The Right of Free Travel (visa-free) for Every Human Being on Planet Earth

  Aug 22 2011: Having the right of free travel without visa and border controls isn't feasible.ther are so many other issues like
  1 what areyou going to do in the country you visit?..terrorism ,crime,drugs,misuse/abuse of healthcare system,
  2 the burden on the existing infrastructure when a lot of people want to "visit" a country.
  3 opening the Borders leads to easier trafficking of people (slavery)
  4 criminals roaming from country to country so you don't know who you are living next to.
  
  colonialism was a long time ago and a lot of tax has been paid since then to develop the UK.
  it's easy to have a limited view of ones own world
  Also I visit the turkish coast each year and accept your countrys system and border control...did you know they charge me £10 English currency just to pass through your immigration .

• A comment on Conversation: The Right of Free Travel (visa-free) for Every Human Being on Planet Earth

  Aug 20 2011: In many respects of your argument for a world without Borders ,I agree with you ...but who's going to pay for it.My parents ,and their parents and now me pay taxes,work hard and contribute to make our country better.Then everybody just arrives and lives off what we've worked so hard to achieve.her in the UK our Healthcare ,welfare and Education system is being exploited and we are all suffering.Soon the developed countries will be reduced to a lower class of living.The Uk people give the highest amount in foreign aid but still immigration is a problem.I ask myself why do so many people from so far away want to come and live in a rainy little island .Sometimes their efforts are so huge,living in transit camps,hiding in trucks,trains etc Why?
  Everybody wants a better life.I believe you should stay and mke your country better not try and live of the hard work of others.

• A comment on Talk: Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days

  Jul 3 2011: Interesting 30 days seems ok .like the idea of taking a picture everyday.this would indicate that you could do it and then challenge yourself in the next 30 days to something more difficult.