Destruction...

Turkey said  it is working with the United States to coordinate the withdrawal of American forces but remains "determined" to clear U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters from northeastern Syria.

Ankara views the Kurdish forces as terrorists because of their links to an insurgent group inside Turkey. WHile  US was funding and supporting forces that Turkey considered  terrorists.

Turkey has been negotiating on behalf of the Syrian opposition with Russia and Iran, which support the Syrian government, as part of efforts to end the nearly 8-year civil war.

Why all these countries are against Syria?  are they pleased with the misery, killing and the destruction they caused?

Where is the "free Media" reports about what's really happening?

Single...

The rise of the voluntarily single woman has been happening in Western societies slowly. A well-paying jobs, legal protection from economic or physical abuse, reliable birth control and the possibility of fulfilling careers and adventures support that.

Currently, 53% of women over 18 are in the singles column. Women now have choices that allow them to customize the arc of their lives.  

A woman who is poor and meets equally poor  men, is in a tough spot. Yet the dreams of  comfortable living is always there.

Some women with children, may be better off with government help and a boyfriend than a husband 

When a woman is very privileged or highly successful, marriage come very easy or not depending on many factors.

Marriage is very important to women but being single is a strong competitor.

Feliz Natal...

Wish...

Peace on Earth...

Cracks...

More than 3,000 people living in or near a 36-story apartment high-rise at Sydney's Olympic Park were evacuated Monday after residents reported hearing cracking noises.

Firefighters and engineers were expected to enter the Opal Tower complex late Monday to examine what caused the reported cracks on its 10th floor and to determine whether the building is in danger of collapse.

Experts using sensitive monitoring equipment determined the $165 million building, completed in August, had moved between 1 and 2 millimeters.

Police reportedly had to use heavy equipment to force open doors to allow residents to escape. An exclusion zone with a radius of 1 kilometer (half a mile) was established around the building, forcing the evacuation of neighboring buildings and the closure of roads and a train station.

Alert...

Security is high in Barcelona following a U.S. warning of the risk of a terror attack during the Christmas and New Year's holidays.

The security alert, posted online and sent to U.S. citizens in Spain's second-largest city, recommends exercising "heightened caution" around buses and public transport in the Las Ramblas area. Barcelona's downtown boulevard, beloved by tourists and residents, was targeted last year during an attack claimed by Islamic State militants that killed 14 people.

The regional Mossos d'Esquadra police declined to comment Monday directly on the alleged threat, saying only that security had been heightened "as part of a previously arranged anti-terrorist vigilance for the Christmas period."

Spain's Interior Ministry said the level of anti-terror alert in the country remained at the second-highest level, unchanged since 2015.

Personal...

Already...

Deter...

Everyone puts things off sometimes, but procrastinators chronically avoid difficult tasks and deliberately look for distractions. Procrastination reflects perennial struggles with self-control as well as the general human inability to accurately predict how we'll feel tomorrow. "I don't feel like it" takes precedence over goals; however, it then begets a downward spiral of negative emotions that deter future effort. 

Perfectionists are often procrastinators; it is  more acceptable to never tackle a task than to face the possibility of falling short.

Procrastinators contend they perform better under pressure, but more often than not that's their way of justifying putting things off.

Procrastination also involves some degree of self-deception; they are at some level aware of the truth of their actions. 

Mire than one flavor of procrastination. 

* Arousal types, or thrill-seekers, wait until the last minute in order to reap a euphoric rush. 

* Avoiders, put off tasks because of fear of failure or even fear of success, but in either case are very concerned with what others think of them. 

 * Decisional procrastinators, who are unable to make a decision avoiding responsibility. 

There are big costs to procrastination: It is internally troubling, leading to such problems as insomnia, immune system and gastrointestinal disturbances, and it erodes personal relationships and team working in the workplace.