When I surfed on my iPad last Friday morning after the disappointing monthly payroll numbers surfaced at 8:30 a.m.

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"I surfed with him the day before, " Stevens said.

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When I looked at le carte des vins at La Tupina, a roadside restaurant, I surfed dozens of wines, both red bordeaux and white bordeaux that I had never heard of despite my extensive cellar and wine library.

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"Prince Philip said 'You have obviously surfed in the ocean' and I told him I had surfed all my life and used to be a professional surfer, " he said.

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In moderate mixed use, where I played music and videos, surfed the Web, texted, used email constantly and took pictures, the Note's battery lasted more than a full day between charges.

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So I deferred law school, couch surfed to live frugally, and founded Foster Skills, an umbrella nonprofit and social business dedicated to empowering foster children to overcome the odds, follow their dreams, and become successful, productive citizens.

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