Political strategists like to proclaim: “Campaigns matter!” It is our usual caution that elections, where even strong incumbents are concerned, often turn on campaign performance. A cynic might observe, “Strategists always say that, it makes them more important.” But remember Barack Obama’s innovative nomination fight and then his transcendent general election battle?...
Sunday, October 9, 2011
How to combat dollar's decline
A DIVING Aussie dollar has rubbed some shine from online retail bargain hunting but some savvy shoppers have been finding novel ways to bolster their buying power. With our dollar dropping about US15c in the past few weeks, an analysis of transactions by financial services company Access Prepaid has discovered a spike in online shoppers using foreign exchange travel cards to lock in higher exchange rates.Economists...
How to build mental health wellness in our children
We’ve all heard about the mind/body connection.
Psychiatrist Dr. Chris Wilkes likes to put a finer point on it.
“There is no health without mental health,” Wilkes says, explaining that it is profoundly connected to our physical health and overall well-being.
He’s got the numbers to prove that poor mental health equals poor physical health — and therefore a huge cost to our health-care system.
Wilkes and a group of other Calgary...
How to ride out the economic crisis
Anxious investors have endured another difficult week – and all the signals indicate that things could get a lot, lot worse before they start to get better. The Governor of the Bank of England admitted that this could be the "worse financial crisis ever" as he pumped billions of pounds into the banking system in a bid to stave off another recession. But while "quantitative easing" might help banks and businesses,...
How to hide wires behind your TV wall brackets
After buying a nice TV wall bracket, are you well prepared to install your LCD TV sets to the wall? Do you know what you should pay close attention to during the process of the installation? Look before you leap. You need to make sure that the maximum allowable weight of your TV wall brackets has exceeded the actual weight of your TV sets to determine a perfect position for the installation your TV set. What's more, it is...
How to win the TNP New Face
SHE felt she had to up her game to win. So, three days before the big event, Jamie Lim began practising the catwalk on her way home. It paid off in style - the 19-year-old first year business student at Singapore Management University was crowned the winner of The New Paper New Face 2011, held at Takashimaya Square last evening. Besides...
How to Make a 'Lowball' Offer
For some home sellers, it was a long summer without a home sale. That means this fall, some buyers -- smelling the desperation -- may be able to cut a better deal. "Sellers who had their homes on the market all summer are anxious to move on, especially before the holidays hit," says Bill Golden, a real-estate agent with ReMax in Atlanta....
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