Taking daily steps to confront fears is one way to practice and develop confidence.

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Last year, Greek tech-consultant and researcher Charalampos Doukas, who lives in Athens, bought a Fitbit One, a pedometer that measures how many steps he takes daily and how many calories he burns.

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Mr. Doukas, in Athens, is now working on a more foolproof form of motivation: Should he fail to reach his daily goal of 10, 000 steps, the software will automatically notify his real-world mother.

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And the looming block obsolescence of its existing nuclear energy infrastructure -- which currently supplies 8% of total U.S. daily consumption -- means that, unless steps are promptly taken to prepare, certify and bring on-line safe, modern replacement reactors, America will become still more vulnerable to threats, or actual interruptions of, its overseas oil supplies.

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To hold on to subscribers and advertisers, the Times has taken aggressive and costly steps, such as launching a free daily tabloid and acquiring the naming rights to the former Ice Palace in Tampa, a major concert venue and home of the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team.

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Mr Brown will also set out steps individuals and businesses can take to save energy in their daily lives.

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Beaches at Highcliffe, Friars cliff, Avon, Manor Steps, East Cliff, Canford Cliffs, Green Hill, West Bay and Lyme Regis will be patrolled daily from 6 July until 8 September.

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