I've used all the excuses under the sun for my weight in the past, and at an early stage was blissfully unaware of what actually turned out to be the underlying cause.

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With a team of hired men, we dug for hours in the hot sun for the body of my father beneath a tree on a dry, wide African plain.

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And, at the end of the day their Bliss Spa provided me with a fantastic facial to refresh my skin that was thirsty for some moisture from all the sun and sand in this city.

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However, as Joshua L. Sturtevant, and associate with Distributed Sun of Washington, DC told me in my interview with him for my previous article, the IRS will likely want to deal with this issue only once.

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Not every topic under the sun is up for debate, but the ground is always shifting (as my former colleague Gady Epstein explores in this special report in The Economist).

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However, life is a lot easier for me if I assume that the sun will rise in the East tomorrow morning, that my phone will periodically ring with consulting clients, and that my bank will process checks that I deposit.

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As the sun set on my last day in Palo Alto, I felt invigorated and ready for all that 2013 would bring.

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