A recent market study showed that the German chocolate manufacturers have already sold 2.4% more chocolate this year than last year.

Now I wonder if the people buy more chocolate because they have fewer problems and are happy or…

And why do you eat chocolate?

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Here are some sobering statistics from Nielsen Bookscan, a company that in 2004 tracked the sales of 1.2 million books in the United States:

• Of those 1.2 million books, 950,000 sold fewer than 99 copies.
• Another 200,000 sold fewer than 1,000 copies.
• Only 25,000 books sold more than 5,000 copies.
• Fewer than 500 sold more than 100,000 copies.
• Only 10 books sold more than a million copies each.
• The average book in the United States sells about 500 copies.

(The above info is reprinted from the Levine Breaking News)

With that in mind - when would you consider a book a bestseller?

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With ever rising phone costs (what happened to all the predictions that using the phone will become cheaper—even free?)—here is a valuable option:
http://futurephone.com

From their site:

How can I make International calls for free?
Simply call one of the domestic USA phone numbers from your home, office or mobile phone to be connected to our gateway. Once it answers, dial in the number you want to reach.

Where can I call?
Use the drop down list from the home page (Available Country code and Prefix list) to access our list of 54 countries.

Is it really FREE?
For callers that have unlimited long distance or nationwide long distance plan’s with their cell or local service provider, yes it will be FREE. If you do not have one of those plans the international long distance portion of the call is free, and you would just pay your normal rate for a domestic long distance call.

And no, I am neither an affiliate, nor do I make any money for recommending them!

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From my friend Rory Woolridge:

For my sins I have released a ‘Networking Single’ ‘Have you met Miss Jones’. This was recorded in the studio after my second vocal lesson which my wife, Yvonne, had given me for my 50th birthday last year. As, like most people, I only sing in the car…It took me six months to pluck up the courage to go and sing in front of a ’stranger’. I had a great time and would recommend anyone to try singing it was an uplifting experience.

Please CLICK HERE to download a copy of the song (There is a button to donate without having to listen!!!!) Just five of your lovely pounds will secure you a ‘One Off’ experience never to be repeated… and a donation to an extremely worthwhile appeal.