Archive for October, 2009

SoS: The 14th Secret

Posted by on October 29, 2009 at 3:57 pm in Health & Lifestyle, Other Stories

  Blood, sweat and tears — these are absolute requirements for success on your path to prosperity and freedom. The only way to make progress in life is to work hard at it, whether in business, politics, academia, family, spiritual life, art or sport. There are no shortcuts — you have to earn your success. [...]

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SoS: The 14th Secret

Posted by on at 3:57 pm in Health & Lifestyle, Other Stories

  Blood, sweat and tears — these are absolute requirements for success on your path to prosperity and freedom. The only way to make progress in life is to work hard at it, whether in business, politics, academia, family, spiritual life, art or sport. There are no shortcuts — you have to earn your success. [...]

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Public urged to make inputs on the review of decentralization

Posted by on at 3:56 pm in Local, Politics

GNA – Mr Yirleh Chireh, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, has appealed to Ghanaians to discuss and bring out relevant ideas that would help enhance efforts aimed at reviewing the decentralization process to ensure an accelerated development.     "Ideas and issues that Ghanaians are expected to bring out must be done in [...]

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Work hard to wrest seat from NPP in 2012 polls-MCE

Posted by on at 3:55 pm in Local, Politics

GNA – Mr. Mohammed Boakye-Agyemang, Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Chief Executive, has urged supporters of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the constituency to work hard  to wrest the parliamentary seat from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2012 general elections.           Addressing a constituency delegates’ conference of the party at Ejisu, on Wednesday, he [...]

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Scottish Courts Briefly Take Obese Mother’s Newborn Child

Posted by on at 3:45 pm in Health & Lifestyle, Other Stories

  Overweight Family Raises Issue: If You and Your Kids Are Obese, Is It Neglect? By LAUREN COX ABC News Medical Unit A severely obese family in Dundee, Scotland, whose newborn child was briefly taken from them by child protective services while the mother was still recovering in the hospital, is now gaining international attention [...]

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Posted by on at 3:44 pm in Science

  By CHUCK BARTELS, AP Business Writer Chuck Bartels, Ap Business Writer – Wed Oct 28, 4:51 pm ET LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The travel industry is working to redefine itself as a key player in the American economy by showing how it helps companies improve profits, serves as a source of tax revenue and [...]

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Well here’s your problem right here, sir..

Posted by on at 3:43 pm in Health & Lifestyle, Other Stories

OSLO (Reuters) – A man was caught by Norwegian customs carrying a tarantula in his bag, and a further 14 royal pythons and 10 albino leopard geckos taped to his body, media reported Monday. The 22-year-old Norwegian was stopped in a routine check by Kristiansand customs after arriving on a ferry from Denmark, newspaper Faedrelandsvennen [...]

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It may be BYOB as fewer firms plan holiday parties

Posted by on at 3:42 pm in Health & Lifestyle, Other Stories

  By Ian Sherr Ian Sherr – SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. economy may have begun to recover in 2009, but holiday office parties are sinking even further into the dumps. Fewer companies plan to break out the bubbly this season than in 2008, at the height of the global financial crisis, according to [...]

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