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  • Shoplifting – It’s for the Good of Society

    Shoplifting – It’s for the Good of Society

    The retail sector not only drives the economy by encouraging consumer spending, but also has a second, less transparent function that helps uphold society. Retailers finance the drug and alcohol habits of thousands of people in this country. Shoplifters steal high-value products, often to order, which they then sell on the black market to fund…

  • Pushing Asthma – A Possible Cause?

    Pushing Asthma – A Possible Cause?

    Nobody is really sure what causes asthma. Many theories have been proposed. None has proven to be a scientifically accepted, universal explanation. This article seeks to contribute to that debate by offering a less widely recognised reason why asthma may have become so prevalent over the last half-century. Pushchairs have existed throughout the twentieth century,…

  • The Achievement Package – Having What it Takes?

    The Achievement Package – Having What it Takes?

    A good idea is nothing unless you make something of it. And that’s when things start to get difficult. The problem is that very few of us have what it takes to become real achievers in this world. We’re just not cut out for it. We can’t offer the full Achievement Package. Success is more…

  • The Contentment Test

    The Contentment Test

    How’s life? Is it good for you? Are you happy with life? Sometimes it’s difficult to know. You’ll have your good days and your bad days, your ups and your downs, but on the whole, how would you rate your life? Is it fulfilling? Is it what you want it to be? Too many people…