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Relax, Apple (AAPL) shares will treat you just fine over the long haul.

"When you have these sellers come in, all you have to do is wait them out -- and one of the things I learned as a hedge fund manager is that patience is a true virtue,"TheStreet's founder Jim Cramer, who also manages the Action Alerts PLUS portfolio, said.

Some Apple bears were lurking on Friday.

Appleis set to increase year over year shipments for the iPhone this month, but it might see flat or even downward trending sell-through ahead of the expected iPhone 8 release in September, according to Cowen analyst Timothy Arcuri.

Arcuri estimates 41.5 million iPhone shipments for June quarter, up from 40.4 million shipments the tech giant logged in the same quarter last year. But a 4-million-unit channel inventory drawdown from last June might dampen sell-through rates.

Shares of Apple rose 2.9% to $146.39 by Monday's close. The stock has dropped about 1.4% over the last five sessions amid a broader selloff in high-flying tech names.

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Cindy Bishop, weVENTURE, Edge Published 3:11 p.m. ET June 19, 2017 | Updated 4 hours ago

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Albert Einstein said, We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

I have been in practice as a lawyer for more than 32 years, in five states. People rarely come to see a lawyer when everything is fine in their lives. As a result, over the years, I have seen a lot of problems. Ive seen families split apart, friendships broken, and businesses and lives ruined. Clients are usually angry and wish their lives had turned out differently.

One day, I had a revelation. Using Albert Einsteins advice, if people would only solve their problems using different thinking And to take that advice a step further, if people thought differently from the beginning, their problems wouldnt even occur.

There is one magic way of thinking that would solve problems before they even begin. It is for all of us to follow The Golden Rule.

The Golden Rule has been around for thousands of years, spoken of in nearly every religion and ethical tradition. From the ancient Greeks to Confucius, in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim religions, and in secular writings, The Golden Rule is a cornerstone principle.

I am a lawyer; I am accustomed to following laws. What if I, what if we all, followed the words of a rule, the ancient Golden Rule?

A spouse would not treat his or her spouse badly because they would not want to be treated that way. Everyone would be honest and efficient in their business dealings no business person would ever want to be cheated financially, so why would they treat others that way? Employers would mentor their employees the way they wish that they had been mentored. And families and neighbors would learn to get along, because they also would not want to be treated as outcasts or with bad intentions.

And in the world outside my law offices windows, all over our country, and in every other country on the planet everyone would treat each other as they wished to be treated. The leaders of nations would ensure their own people, and the people of other nations, would be treated with the same degree of care that they would wish others would bestow upon them.

A quick response to this call to action might be, Why should I do what others are not doing?

Because we need to be the change we want to see in the world. So, lets do it. Lets live by The Golden Rule.

Cindy Bishop is a lawyer and Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator working in Brevard County.

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McDonell Central Catholic High School student Samuel Zwickel and Chippewa Falls High School student Tim Wollman were recently honored as May Golden Rule Students by the Chippewa Falls Kiwanis Club.

In honor of their recognition, Kiwanis Club of Chippewa Falls donated $25 to the charity of the students choice.

Zwickel, son of Thomas and Susan, selected the Boy Scouts of America Chippewa Valley Council. Wollman, son of Michael Wollman and Aimee Wollman Nesseth, chose the World Wildlife Foundation.

Throughout the year, the Chippewa Falls Kiwanis Club chooses seniors from Chippewa Falls Senior High School and McDonell Area Catholic Schools, nominated by the respective schools teaches and staff, using specific criteria including, among others:

respect for all nationalities, race, ages and gender

would be willing to stand up for the rights of others

active in doing community service

taking responsibility for ones own actions

The Chippewa Falls chapter meets on Wednesdays at noon at Avalon Hotel and Conference Center. For more information about the Kiwanis Club of Chippewa Falls, visit http://www.chippewafallskiwanis.org.

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Golden Rule open for tours

Although the whipping winds prevented the public from providing a warm welcome to the Golden Rule Thursday afternoon, the anti-nuclear peace sailboat sailed safely into Bodega Bay early Friday morning after a rough night at sea.

It was really fantastic, but really tough, Norman Petersen, the boats skipper said of the trip from Humboldt Bay to Bodega Bay. We got side slapped a couple of times, especially on the stern.

Helen Jaccard, project manager with Veterans for Peace, said they endured eight to 12 foot waves. The waves were just coming up, she said.

The Golden Rule, which has been restored by Veterans For Peace, set sail on Wednesday, June 14, leaving Humboldt Bay on its journey down the California coast to support United Nation talks for a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. The UN General Assembly will discuss the treaty during a meeting in New York, which started Thursday, June 15 and will continue through July 7. The treaty aims to completely eliminate the creation and possession of nuclear weapons. A May 22, 2017 draft of the treaty can be found here: ww.icanw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/BanDraft.pdf.

The Golden Rule was the very first environmental and peace vessel to take to sea. In 1958, a crew of anti-nuclear weapon activists set sail in attempt to interpose themselves and the boat between the U.S. government and its atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands, according to the Veterans For Peace website.

Captain Albert Bigelow, George Willoughby, William Huntington and David Gale left San Pedro, heading to the U.S. nuclear test zone at Eniwetok atoll. A week into the trip, the starboard jaw of the gaff broke. While the crew was able to fix it, a strong gale ensued, causing the junior crew to grow sick.

Gale almost died, Jaccard said. He couldnt eat for days.

In a second attempt, the crew set sail to Hawaii. They were arrested by the U.S. Coast Guard in Hawaii where they were tried and jailed in Honolulu.

I have the absolute utmost respect for the original men, Petersen said.

The Golden Rule will remain moored at Spud Point Marina in Bodega Bay through Sunday. Visitors can tour the boat Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Saturday, nationally-known author and activist Norman Solomon will speak at Veterans Memorial Hall in Santa Rosa at 7 p.m. Solomon will discuss the current nuclear warfare state and what the world can do to stop nuclear war before it starts. He will also revisit the history of the Golden Rule. Cost to attend is a suggested donation of $15.

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Kids, water parks and summer just go together. The laughter and the splashing and the fun are a hot-weather staple. But water parks aren't necessarily accessible for people with disabilities.

A new water park, Morgan's Inspiration Island in San Antonio, is designed for people of all ages and abilities. The park sits next to Morgan's Wonderland, a 25-acre fully accessible theme park that opened in 2010.

Like Morgans Wonderland, Morgans Inspiration Island is not a special-needs park; its a park of inclusion, Gordon Hartman, philanthropist and developer behind the park, said in a statement. Both were designed with special-needs individuals in mind and built for everyones enjoyment.

Every part of the water park is wheelchair-accessible. (Photo: Morgan's Inspiration Island)

There are five water play areas in the park featuring geysers, water cannons, pools, jets, rain trees and buckets that tip over. There's also a River Boat Adventure ride that takes visitors through a jungle setting as animals and birds call out in the background. In one of the play areas, the water can be warmed up so that guests who have a sensitivity to cold can comfortably play and splash around.

Everything is accessible by wheelchair, and the park also offers special waterproof wheelchairs propelled by compressed air. The park suggests using the specially designed "PneuChair" so visitors don't damage the expensive battery-powered wheelchairs they rely on.

To develop the park, planners worked with doctors, therapists, caregivers and people with special needs. (Photo: Morgan's Inspiration Island)

Both parks were inspired by Hartman's daughter, Morgan, who has special needs.

We decided to call it Morgans Inspiration Island because Morgan truly has been the catalyst for every project weve pursued to help the special-needs community, Hartman said.

Admission to the park is free for anyone with disabilities, although the park suggests online reservations. (For people who do not have special needs, admission to the water park is $12 for children and $15 for adults.)

The park is for guests of all ages and abilities. (Photo: Morgan's Inspiration Island)

Hartman said the park was also designed with water conservation top of mind. Water will be continuously filtered and recirculated and stored in large underground tanks when the park is not in operation.

Hartman said the developers consulted with doctors, therapists, special education teachers, parents and caregivers on the park's design, and people with disabilities have tested the fun prior to opening day, which is June 17.

There are five water play areas in the park. (Photo: Morgan's Inspiration Island)

Morgans Inspiration Island like Morgans Wonderland will concentrate on inclusion and inspire guests with special needs to do things previously thought not to be in their range of capabilities, Hartman said. Those without disabilities and those with, including individuals in wheelchairs, guests with hearing and visual impairments and even guests on ventilators, will be able to play alongside each other and gain a greater appreciation of one another."

The park's play areas feature rain trees, geysers, jets, water cannons and tipping buckets. (Photo: Morgan's Inspiration Island)

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OAKLAND, Calif. -- As the gold confetti fell and a fresh gray NBA champion cap sat a tad off-kilter on his head, Kevin Durant embraced his mother Wanda. Then he moved across the podium and hugged Stephen Curry before accepting his MVP trophy and hoisting it for everyone to see.

Durant capped his spectacular first season with the Warriors by bringing home an NBA championship, scoring 39 points in a Finals-clinching 129-120 victory over LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 on Monday night.

"It's just a great group of guys, great community, great arena, great fans," Durant said. "I'm just so happy to be a part of it."

Stephen Curry added 34 points, 10 assists, 6 rebounds and 3 steals as Golden State closed out its second title in three years after squandering a 3-1 lead a year ago to the Cavs. That missed opportunity stung ever since, and even Durant understood, because he gave up the same lead to the Warriors a round earlier with Oklahoma City.

"We learned from everything we've been through," Curry said during the trophy celebration. "Our perspective, being blessed to play on this stage three years in a row, it's for these fans, for our organization, for these families. To be back here, bring ol' Larry back home, I'm just excited to do something special. I'm ready to do it again."

James, who in 2012 with Miami beat the Thunder in Durant's only other Finals, wound up with 41 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists.

"I left everything on the floor every game," James said after averaging a triple-double in his eighth Finals.

Kyrie Irving followed up his 40-point gem in Friday's Game 4 with 26 points, but he shot 9 for 22.

"Well I'm not happy he won his first. I'm not happy at all," James said of Durant. "... Getting that first championship for me was like having my first son."

Durant drove left, right and down the middle, knocked down three-pointers, dished and dunked. He hit a 17-foot fadeaway over James early in the fourth quarter, then assisted on a three-pointer by Andre Iguodala the next time down as the Warriors pushed a 98-95 lead to 103-95 early in the fourth quarter.

The Cavs scored the next three points, but Durant responded with a three-pointer for a 106-98 lead with 10 minutes remaining.

Cleveland pulled within 108-102 on a Kyle Korver three-pointer, but again Durant had an answer with a dunk. The Cavs never were closer than eight points the rest of the way.

Iguodala, the 2015 Finals MVP, came up big again with 20 points off the bench.

Durant shot 14 for 20 and Curry -- the two-time reigning MVP who took a backseat as the new big star got acclimated -- finished off a brilliant postseason. Not to mention a healthy one after his 2016 injuries.

Draymond Green stayed on the court in a game that featured three technicals on one play with 3:08 left before halftime. David West fought for the ball with Irving, then they got tangled up and Tristan Thompson entered the fray. He and West went at each other face to face. West, Thompson and J.R. Smith received technicals after a replay review.

Green had sat out Game 5 a year ago, suspended because of flagrant foul point accumulation after he swiped at James' groin in Game 4. He had 10 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists in the clincher.

"I had a letdown last year," Green said. "If KD was the consolation prize to lose, thanks for that loss, and we're champs this year."

During the trophy ceremony, Golden State Coach Steve Kerr said, "I want to say a special thank you to Mike Brown and my whole coaching staff."

The reigning NBA coach of the year returned for Game 2 of the Finals after a six-week absence from the bench.

On Monday, Golden State used a 27-4 second-quarter run to take charge and got to celebrate right at home in Oakland surrounded by a deafening home crowd waving yellow rally towels and holding up phones to shoot video and photos as the final minute of the clock ticked away.

The Warriors became the first Bay Area team to capture a championship at home since the A's finished the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1974 World Series.

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Anyone who has experienced modern dating - i.e. dating since the advent of online dating - has likely experienced some dreaded form of ghosting, icing, or simmering. In other words, without explanation, someone you've gone on a couple dates with (and whom you may have been physically intimate) suddenly disappears (ghosting), or becomes "so busy" they can't make time on their calendar (icing), or simply starts to see you less and less frequently, without explanation (simmering).

You're left with too many questions. What happened? Was it something you said or did? You start rewinding the tape and playing it back, searching for a misstep.

In the case of ghosting, there's the shortest period of time when hope still hangs by a thread, before it plunges to its untimely death. In the cases of simmering and icing, the window of hope stretches a bit longer, as you attempt to justify their cooled behavior. Perhaps they really are busy with work/their friends in town/that big project. But then the spinning begins. The questions whip around your brain, the frustration and resentment bubble up and you're a mess of disappointment, confusion and anger. In any case, it's over. And you're forced to not only deal with the loss of that potential romance but also with the way it ended.

What baffles me most is not that every single solitary person I speak to about this tells me that they don't want to experience any of this array of terrible ending options, it's that so many of them engage in this behavior themselves.

It goes without saying that modern dating creates the perfect space for this disrespect -- anonymity and seemingly endless options are a breeding ground for it. When someone's social circle doesn't intersect with yours and when you'll likely never bump into them on the street, the risk of any negative repercussions of bad behavior are limited at best.

But what happened to do unto others as you would have them do unto you?

The problem I see with a lot of my coaching clients is that once they have been treated to one of these unhappy endings, they feel more entitled to do it themselves.

"It's just the way things are," one tells me. "No I don't like it but it's how dating works these days."

But, you see, its not. It's certainly not the way anyone wants it to be. And it takes one person at a time to fix the collective apathy we have for each other's delicate feelings and tender hearts.

Some friends tell me that my expectations in this arena are too high. "If you just go on one or two dates," a friend tries to sway me, "then you don't owe anyone anything."

But again, I disagree. This logic suggests that we only owe respect and consideration to people who cross a certain threshold -- whether it be physical intimacy or a prescribed number of dates.

Where do you draw the line then?

I believe you get what you give. You want respect? You show respect. You want to be treated kindly? Be kind. You want clarity, an explanation, an ending tied in a bow? Then be clear, explain yourself, and wrap it up respectfully without leaving unnecessary confusion and hurt.

Were all out there putting our hearts on the line. Were all afraid of rejection and uncomfortable with uncertainty. We all want people to respect us, consider our feelings, and treat us kindly. We want to love and be loved. And we want the process of finding a partner to be as painless and ease-filled as possible.

So be the person you want to date. It's just that simple.

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I am willing to wager that you've heard of the Golden Rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. In other words, treat others the way you would wish to be treated. This "ethic of reciprocity" has been expressed in many moral maxims and religious/spiritual traditions and has even become a part of many formal educational systems.

As with many commonly accepted directives and norms, I hadn't put much thought into Golden Rule until fairly recently. In contemplating its significance, however, I was somewhat surprised to realize that I do not agree with the Golden Rule at all!

Though I believe that there is an element of common humanity in each of us, we are also all unique individuals with different needs and desires and circumstances. What would be best for me to do unto someone else may not at all be what is in my best interest. For instance, it might be best for a parent to change their baby's diaper and burp them after meals. But having or expecting the baby to do the same for her parents is clearly absurd! This is clearly a rather absurd example intended to illustrate the point, but there are also numerous subtle examples of this in practice. Can you think of a time when you did something for somebody that you would have loved or appreciated only to have the other person respond negatively? Their reaction might have been due to the fact that you projected what might have been best for you in a given situation onto someone else who may have felt differently.

Rejecting the Golden Rule invites curiosity as well as empathy. In order to figure out what someone would have done unto themselves, we must get curious and step outside of our frame of reference and into their shoes. Evaluating and trying to understand and even feel things from an another person's perspective is at the heart of empathy. It allows us to get outside of our heads and connect with somebody from a heart to heart rather than a head to head orientation.

Given that the Golden Rule isn't the best way of navigating the world, I assumed that the opposite of the Rule would presumably be true: do not do unto other as you would not have them do unto you. I was wrong.

Yet again, upon further consideration, I realized that the "anti-Golden Rule" is equally misguided. Again, examples of this in practice abound, but I will share just one example to illustrate the point: Just because you would not appreciate going out to eat sushi (or the color orange or being called "honey" or flying on airplanes, etc., etc.) does not mean that someone else would not. Can you think of instances in your life where you've wrongly assumed that other people preferences and sensitivities?

In short, both the Golden Rule and the anti-Golden Rule are ways in which we project ourselves onto others. Doing so compromises connection and creativity and keeps us naive to others' experiences. On the other hand, interacting with others from a place of curiosity and empathy allows us to have a deeper understanding and build better relationships - both with others and ourselves.

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By Carey Kinsolving

What did Jesus mean when he said, Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them?

If you are mean to someone, then they will start being mean back to you, says Blain, 7.

Brooke, 9, looks to agriculture to interpret the golden rule: If we plant something good, we get something good back. But if you plant something bad, you get somethingbad back.

Every farmer knows that even the most fertile farmland will remain barren unless good seed is sown. Its the same with human relationships. The thing to remember is that not every seed sprouts and produces fruit. Because you never know which seed will sprout, you have to keep sowing good seed.

If you are nice to another person, then they will probably be nice back to you. And so then you and he will be friends, says Daniel, 7.

Yes, you might even reap friends from the golden rule. There are few things in life more valuable than good friends.

Dont tease or make fun of somebody if you wouldnt want them to tease you, says Marci, 10. Put yourself in the other persons shoes before you say or do something mean. Think of the consequences.

If we consistently live and act as though the entire universe revolves around us, were going to reap a barren life. Because were so busy tripping over our own selfishness, well never be able to put ourselves in anyone elses shoes.

For Christopher, 7, the golden rule is practical: Show respect to other people. Today, I will not fight.

A minimal starting place for the golden rule would be to stop abusing others. The people on the receiving end of your abuse will be greatly relieved if you stop whatever youre doing that drives them crazy.

Do what they want you to do, but dont boss them around, says Peyton, 12.

Most bad relationships revolve around a struggle for control. A story about improving marriages on network television featured a woman who treated her husband as though he were one of her three boys.

As an exercise, the marriage counselor recommended the wives go out to dinner with their husbands and resist all temptation to control. It was difficult, but the controlling wife asked her husband to choose what she should wear, where they should go and so forth. At the end of the evening, they were actually holding hands and showing genuine affection.

Obviously, control is not just a problem in marriages. Its part of the fall. Men and women want to control everything in their lives, including God. One thing is sure: God will never submit to our control.

God is a person with whom you can have a relationship. Like any person, he has feelings. We cause him grief and pain when we ignore him or dont treat him with the respect and honor he deserves. If youre a parent or grandparent, what is the one thing you want from your children or grandchildren? Love.

Jesus said, This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you (John 15:12). Clearly, love is the essence of the golden rule.

Think about this: Go beyond the golden rule. Show more consideration to people than you would want or yourself.

Memorize this truth: Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets (Matthew 7:12).

Ask this question: Can you treat others with more consideration than you would want for yourself?

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What Is the Golden Rule? - East Texas Review

Lyrics to a Simon & Garfunkel song "still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest" seem to sum up today's political mood. Our reaction to identical behaviors fluctuate depending on if the person committing the acts is of our political persuasion or not.

How fickle and opinionated we are.

I'm deeply troubled by the "us against them" tone our politics have taken. We are all in this together. We are the UNITED States of America. Part of the problem as I see it is the way our information is presented to us. The news has somehow shifted to entertainment, and worse yet this entertainment has taken on a nasty and confrontational aspect. That I believe is intended to work us into a frenzy thus increasing their ratings and profits.

But at what cost to us as a society? A house divided against itself will not stand. Social media that feeds you only the point of view "they" know you agree with is very much a part of the problem.

What has happened to the truth behind the old cliche "it takes all kinds to make the world go round"? It seems we don't have the patience or tolerance to even listen to an opposing point of view. How can we work towards a compromise if we're unable or unwilling to even consider that there is an alternative way of looking at things. We have more in common than those issues we are divided on.

In our humanness we are all likely to experience a broken heart, loss of a loved one to death or possibly divorce, brokenness caused by an addiction, a dream not realized, rejection, cancer, Alzheimer's, or FEAR of ---- you fill in the blank.

In times of crisis our petty differences take their proper place as we come together as a community to support and encourage one another through the difficult time. The best advice my mom and dad instilled in me growing up would, if followed, go a long way in healing our divisiveness. They told me to always try and put myself into the other persons place and see the situation from that perspective. Then reflect again on my actions and see if I would like to be treated like I was treating others.

Yes, the "Golden Rule." Let's give it a try, it can't hurt and might just help.

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Let's give the 'Golden Rule' a try; it can't hurt - Montana Standard