Archive for January, 2009

Gold is Money

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Gold always has been and always will be wealth, but using it as money has been a problem. Today there are articles in the financial press that certain countries (usually small ones) are going to go on the gold standard. That means you may turn in your paper certificates for a specified amount of gold.
Nixon [...]

Spouse Improvement: Influence Your Partner to Change in Just 7 Steps

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Everyone has something they’d like to change in their partner. Here is a 7-step process to create a change in your partner. The key to the success of this process is that it makes your partner want to change instead of feeling coerced.
1. MAKE A LIST of the top three behaviors your partner [...]

Four Obstacles to Exceptional Leadership–Part 1

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

“Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.” — Orison Swett Marden
Every day leaders are faced with challenges to expand their thinking, overcome obstacles and embrace potential growth. It is my belief that leadership hinges upon the [...]

Strategic Thinking or the Lack of It – Hurricane Katrina and the Levee System

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

New Orleans is surrounded by waterLake Pontchartrain, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. The city rests an average of six feet below sea level and the city’s safety has long depended on one of the world’s most extensive levee systems.
On August 29, 2005 at 11:00 a.m., the eye of Hurricane Katrina came [...]

Dry Skin – Causes and Solutions For Great Looking and Feeling Skin

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Dry skin, also referred to as xerosis or eczema or asteatosis, and erroneously as icthyosis, is a multi-faceted condition which periodically afflicts most of the population regardless of race or sex at one time or another, and through a wide age range. Dry skin may become more pronounced with aging if not treated when young. [...]

Hair Split Ends

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

This is a common condition which proves to be the devil of every girl’s life! Split ends are most often seen in long hair but also found in shorter hair that is out of condition and is an affliction of anyone trying to grow their hair. The problem can be solved with good hair maintenance [...]

Running before Ski Touring Betters Performance and Stops Injuries

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Yearly it is the unvaried tale. Notwithstanding walking to the workplace, and an occasional hill climb, each ski season starts enduring those harrowing 1st couple of tours in which one is abandoned in the tracks of junior and better ski partners.

If you’re in bad shape when ski touring it’s awful, and could be very serious. [...]

“Cancer can be Cured,” claims Dr. Hulda Regehr Clark N.D.

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Dr. Hulda Regehr Clark N.D. is a Canadian researcher in the field of alternative and complementary medicine who claims “cancer can be cured!” She has written five books, three devoted to cancer to explain her amazing assertion. To put her money where her mouth is, she has opened a Clinic in Tijuana Mexico. “Century Nutrition”, [...]

Being Black

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Being Black and being a man in this day an age is almost like taking a roller coaster ride through life, Whoa! I hear you say, Before you get on your high horse, just let me say that I have spoken to loads of my friends about this, Black and White and they all agreed [...]

You Can’t Buy Time

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Our daily lives are inundated with a crammed to-do list. We are often rushing throughout our day trying to keep up with ourselves. Although technology has improved and simplified our lives, we are as pressed for time as past generations. Often your day seems so full, and you are so pressed for time that [...]