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However, as you’re no doubt aware, the market does not move in just one direction. Typically, declines of 10% or more — or “corrections” — occur about once a year. Unfortunately, they're not predictable. Sooner or later, the markets will indeed change course, at least for the short term. When this happens, don’t panic — corrections are a normal part of the market cycle. Still, you might feel like you should do some-thing to cope with the downturn. But what?

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The Dow at 15,000 is certainly no minor event. And since stocks don't appear too expensive compared to their earnings, don't be surprised if higher milestones follow. But record highs can be quickly forgotten when the market falls. By being prepared for that day, too, you can help yourself continue to work toward your goals — even when the major market indices have, for the moment, taken a wrong turn.

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¥ John Tyler fathered 15 children, more than any other U.S. president in history. He also holds the distinction of being the oldest president with living grandchildren. Tyler was born in 1790, and his son Lyon Gardiner Tyler was born in 1853. Lyon Gardiner, in turn, had children at a rather advanced age for fatherhood. Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. was born in 1924, when his father was 71, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born in 1928. Both men were still living in 2012, and the younger of the brothers maintained the Tyler family historic home, Sherwood Forest.

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¥ On June 14, 1777, during the American Revolu-tion, the Continental Congress adopts a resolu-tion describing the design of the national flag. It became known as the “Stars and Stripes.”

¥ On June 13, 1905, pitcher Christy Matthewson of the New York Giants throws the second no-hit-ter of his career. Matthewson won 31 games and lost only nine, and ended the 1905 season with an earned run average of just 1.28, more than a run and a half lower than the league average.

¥ On June 15, 1917, some two months after Amer-ica’s entrance into World War I, the U.S. Congress passes the Espionage Act. The Act essentially made it a crime for anyone to convey information intended to interfere with the war effort. Anyone found guilty of such acts would be subject to a fine of $10,000 and a prison sentence of 20 years.

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¥ On June 16, 1961, Rudolf Nureyev, the young star of the Soviet Union’s Kirov Opera Ballet Company, defects during a stopover in Paris. Nureyev threw himself into the arms of airport security people, screaming, “Protect me!”

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5. What word in the English Language ...is always spelled incorrectly?

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7. In California , you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. ...Why not?

8. If you were running a race, ...and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

9. Which is correct to say,... "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?

10. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, ....how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?

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2. Meat.

3. Mt. Everest; it just wasn 't discovered yet. [ You 're not very good at this are you?]

4. There is no dirt in a hole.

5. Incorrectly

6. Billy lives in the Southern Hemisphere

7. You can 't take pictures with a wooden leg. You need a camera to take pictures.

8. You would be in 2nd. Well, you passed the person in second place, not first.

9. Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow [Duh]

10. One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big one.

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