"Facebook is becoming one of the de facto ways that we present ourselves to friends and family, " Dr Hogan said.

BBC: What your social network profile picture really says

How we present ourselves to the world is never a free choice.

BBC: A Point of View: Age, beauty and Miss World

Fashion, like automobiles, is one of those social avatars we use to present ourselves to the world and, importantly, create the self we want to be.

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Rather than having to work with and get to know people over time, we really can just look at their Facebook profile for a rather accurate measure of how we present ourselves offline.

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Something which, if true, might explain some of the pretty pass we find ourselves in at present.

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If they are not FFVs, we will be locking ourselves into the present form of taxation without representation for decades to come.

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But then, a bigger sense of realism and practicality comes forward of what do you do in this present situation that we found ourselves that's built up over 20 years?

NPR: Senators Grassley, Brownback on Immigration Reform

When some of our attention is occupied by the past or future, we prevent ourselves from focusing on the present.

FORBES: Stop Distracting Me!

There's actually not a lot to see here -- they're so well-buried in Samsung's literature that we were only able to find the S6700 ourselves -- but they present interesting options for anyone looking to get in on mobile music at a ridiculously low price point.

ENGADGET: Samsung announces four phones spanning the low to midrange

This is an intrapersonal approach to being a better communicator, making us aware of our filters and puts responsibility back on ourselves so we can remain in the present moment when we communicate with everyone, rather than in just specific situations.

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