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Who Is Tim Baker? BusinessSocial IssuesCulture Who Is Tim Baker? Our clients were small charities, not multi-million dollar ones. Just the little guys looking to get ahead and help more people. I liked that idea. Read Christmas is here, and all that it brings Social IssuesCulture Christmas is here, and all that it brings You are probably sat reading this with a glass of bubbles in hand and loved ones dotted around busily opening presents or firing up the BBQ, the cat may have torn down the Christmas tree and batted the baubles across the living room floor... Read Our little miracle Social IssuesCulture Our little miracle Katie was born on the 8th of May 2001 at 6.45 in the morning, weighing only 5 and a half ounces we called her our little miracle.  Read From office to the the Amazon BusinessSocial IssuesCulture From office to the the Amazon When it comes to sales and Marketing, James Wheable is at the top of his game. Being in the industry over 22 years he has worked with countless clients and trained many others to go on to greatness. Read It's been a hard road, but its my road Social IssuesCulture It's been a hard road, but its my road I’m Ali. To look at me, I’d guess many would make the same assumptions as most when you meet me – a very average, happy, healthy, middle aged looking lady. Some have even judged me as being lucky. Far from it. Read Community Action: How You Can Help PoliticsEnvironmentSocial IssuesCulture Community Action: How You Can Help One of the best things about volunteering your time and effort to help your community is that doing so offers you purpose and meaning and helps to further heal any wounds which remain from your own suffering. As well as human connection, it seems that there is a crisis of meaning and purpose in modern society. People feel like insignificant ants whose existences mean little if anything to the world. Whilst this isn’t true, because we all have intrinsic value and potential. Read Bungee Jumping's Forgotten Pioneer BusinessSocial IssuesTechnologyCulture Bungee Jumping's Forgotten Pioneer The first time I met David Kirke, New Zealand's forgotten pioneer and the worlds first bungee jumper. Who you ask? Most people in New Zealand would never have heard the name David Kirke the man that created the now quintessentially Kiwi extreme sport with an illegal jump from the Clifton Suspension Bridge in 1979 at the city of Bristol, England. Read Technology and mental health, What will the future hold? PoliticsSocial IssuesTechnologyCulture Technology and mental health, What will the future hold? In the last 25 years, awareness of mental health issues has risen dramatically. Now, more Americans are suffering from mental health illnesses than ever before. And with this increase in awareness and diagnosis, you’d expect there to be a rise in resources available to treat these issues, but you’d be wrong. Read A Journey of Tribulation & Triumph Social IssuesCulture A Journey of Tribulation & Triumph So far my journey with anxiety and depression has gone on for forty years or close to it. They have been part of my life for as long as I can remember. In some ways I have been really lucky but as is the case with most people there have been ups and downs. Read Boxing & Suicide - An Analogy Social IssuesCulture Boxing & Suicide - An Analogy After many years of indolence, I took up boxing as a way to get fit. I'm in my mid-40s, fat and out of shape so naturally, I decided that I would take up sparring with the fit and really good ones. These are people who for the most part are half my age, they are certainly half my weight, they have twice my speed, twice my stamina and twice my skill... at least. So I get hit... a lot. Read Growing up with Asperger's Social IssuesCulture Growing up with Asperger's I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome when I was 16. Before then though, my life hadn't been the easiest... Read The day that changed my life, and how it could help you PoliticsEnvironmentSocial IssuesCulture The day that changed my life, and how it could help you January 31st, 2007, 8:30 am. Oxford North Canterbury. I was working as a rural fencer and that day I was putting in a stay post on an already existing deer fence at the compound where I worked. Read
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