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Of Mistresses and Golf Clubs

There is a saying: The greatest lie is the one we tell ourselves. For the past one year, there is a lie that Tiger woods have been telling to comfort himself – “I am doing just fine?” The truth is very removed from his firm belief. The once illustrious professional golfer has been on a one way trip to the sports dump zone, where sports dreams go to die, ever since his alter ego was brought to surface.

Who would have thought that ‘The Tiger Woods’ would have a sleazy Dr Jekyll lurking underneath the distinguished American all-star persona he has been feeding the masses. Apparently his life highlighted by his professional career was also had sporadic gaps which he filled with his sex- capades. It was an altogether new brand of dual identity- professional golfer by day and cheating husband by night.

It’s been around three years since the first (of many to follow) affair came to the notice of the press and his then wife- Elin Nordegren (in that order). Then came the walk of shame with a parade of mistresses claiming to have indulged in ‘carnal’ relationships with the super star after which a distraught Elin took to beating the metal fittings out of Woods’ SUV with golf clubs ( ironic, isn’t it). He was just lucky that it was the USV and not him at the receiving end of those golf clubs. Ever since the scandal, Tiger woods profile has been on a downward spiral. The guy who was in the WORLD Number one position since June of 1997 to October 2010 dropped down to number fifty eight position after a year of to deal with the issues regarding his marriage and infidelity.

The only saving grace came in the form of the Chevron World Challenge in December 2011. This might just put him back in the top five positions that he was so used to back in those days. Now that his career was once again in the right track, Wood’s desperately trying to sort thing out in his marriage life as well. He even tried proposing to Elin, last Christmas, in an attempt to win her back. But Elin has been bitten one and is shy the second the time around. She is not taking him back without the addition of a $350 million anti-cheating clause in the contract. There is another saying:” it is always better to get it in writing. This is true, especially in Elin’s case, since Woods’ vows were not exactly binding before.

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Are You Heading Overseas? Know All About Global Money Transfer

The life has been easy with the existence of the technology starting from sending mail to making international money transfer. You have completed your studies and you are lucky enough to get a high paid job overseas. You have loans to be repaid for the studies you took and also you have to make the members of your family happy especially siblings and parents.

Since you will be working some years in a far-off place you need not only to communicate but also to send money to Sri Lanka from Australia or maybe USA. It is very important to understand the basics of the global remittance.

In this article, we will tell you the nuts and bolts of the money transfer to your native place or anywhere in the world. Gradually, you will come to know as to overseas remittance and its time frame, security, charges and banking etc.

You should understand the basic rules of the money laundering and taxation for both receiving country and remitting country.

What are the basic requirements?

You need some basic requirements to make online transfer to your native country. These requirements are generally little different from country to country. However these are the standard norms. The following things are required to make international remittance.

Proof of identity

Since there are many international fraudster in the world even have been funding to the terrorist organisation. That is why; every country has a stringent rule to provide your whereabouts. You need to provide your identity while making global transfer.

Transfer Limits

You may be working overseas or a freelancer would like to earn foreign currency. You cannot remit or receive money at your will since there are restriction to make money transaction on behalf of the government for each country. The transfer limit may stop you to send money to India from Australia or Singapore. You should know all about these limitation before sending money to your homeland.

Transfer fee

Almost all the monetary transactions require a transfer fee. This transfer fee generally differ from bank to bank. Also it varies from agency to agency. There are banks and agencies those who charge you maximum percentage of the money. However, you need to know which banks and agencies are suitable to your wallet. If you would like to transfer money, you should understand the basics of the fees to save potential amount of money.

Online remittance

The online money transfers are done using the internet. Generally, the receiver would have to approach to collect the money by providing sufficient proof of identification. The details of both the senders and receivers are kept by the company.

Wire transfer

Wire transfer is a kind of transfer which was initiated by the Western Union Money transfer. Today, almost all the banks have adapted wire transfer. This is a kind of electronic transfer where both senders and receivers need to have bank account. The different banks have different rules for making international money transfer on the internet.

If you have been working overseas, you should be well-versed as to how to remit money and its basic rules to avoid inconveniences in the future.

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Australian Test Cricket Champion Mike Hussey

Mike Hussey is a former Australian test cricket player. His nickname is Mr Cricket. He was placed at world’s top ranked ODI batsman in 2006. He scored 15,313 runs in first class for Western Australia. He bagged the ICC One Day International player of the year award in 2006 and also he was named in ICC World XI. In T20 World Cup 2010 semi final match against Pakistan he made a stunned performance with a innings of 60 runs off 24 balls. In the same year he played for the CSK and won the Championship league title. He was taken by Chennai Super Kings in the year 2011 of IPL for Dollar 425,000 at the auctions. In 2012 he scored 89 against India in Boxing Day Test. He hit 3 centuries, two against SA and 1 against Sri Lanka.

Hussey played test series during the Australian summer 2010/2011 season he hit century against South Africa and 272 partnerships with Clarke. In 2011, tour in test series he was awarded as the MOM award. He played for all Ashes Test matches in 2009 in England and scored 276 runs in just 8 innings. In his first 2012 test match he scored unbeaten 150 runs and also he scored 344 run partnerships with Michael Clarke. During Warne Muralidaran Trophy he scored 6 test centuries with 133 in 249 balls against Sri Lanka. Mike Hussey profile was impressed by all the young Australian cricketers and he bagged many Man of the match award in test series. In April 2006 Hussey set a record to reach 1000 runs and also he was placed at the top 10 rank in LG ICC Cricket Rankings. He was taken by Chennai Super Kings in the year 2011 of IPL for Dollar 425,000 at the auctions.

He played totally 79 Tests including 6235, 19 hundreds and 29 50′s, 185 ODI, 38 T20Is, 273 First class with 331 highest scores, 381 List A and 91 Twenty20 matches. Hussey is a left hand batsman and right arm medium bowler. In 2013 IPL match he played for CSK and scored 6 won the match by 4 wickets with just 1 ball remaining. He played for Western Australia against Tasmania in List A Ryobi One-Day Cup 2013 but unfortunately his team lost this match. During the Frank Worrell Trophy 2005 season he played for Australia against West Indies and Australia won the match by 379 runs. Ponting scored century including 149. He announced his retirement in 2012 after the Boxing Day Test match.

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