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Team Spirit with TeamWorx

Apr 25, 2008 Author: sambriones | Filed under: Other

Are the people in your workplace not working together as well a they should be? Sometimes, department members, or team members need a lot more than their daily encounters in the office to get motivated!

Help them along! Build up your team spirit with TeamWorx!

TeamWorx is an organization that can provide, organize and facilitate corporate team building programs! Whether it’s business teamwork that your company needs, or a way to better understand the company’s goals, TeamWorx can help!

Their interactive sessions are sure to hit their mark with your office workers and help promote values like cooperation and teamwork!

You will instantly see the result’s in the output at work!

Increase productivity and cooperation in your workplace with team building activities from TeamWorx!

Honest Motorcycle Driver Return $17000

Apr 25, 2008 Author: sambriones | Filed under: Other

In Manila, an honest driver by the name of Iluminado Boc returned $17,000 that was left in his motorcycle by a passenger. He found the money in a bag after the passenger left.

The driver could’ve put the money to good use. His wife was sick at that time and he had months if unpaid rent.

He decided to return it anyway, and met up with the passenger at the police station, just as she was reporting the money missing.

The women merely gave the honest driver $32 as a reward.:(

Enjoy A Stress- Free Trip With Travelhero.com

Apr 25, 2008 Author: sambriones | Filed under: Other

The trouble to sometimes book a trip or vacation is sometimes way too much tha it’s not even worth to go to a vacation in the first place!

First, there’s always the stress in the search for affordable accommodation! Hotels can be so pricey. Next, the trouble of finding a car service! Then there’s the tickets, then the itinerary. The list just goes on and on and on!

Lucky for us, Travelhero.com is now here to help us!

Travelhero.com can take care of many of traveling’s stressful details. It automatically finds discounted hotels,available car services, tickets and so much more in so many popular travel destinations!

I know it saved my life when I needed a list of inexpensive San Francisco hotels! Try it to believe it!

Let Travelhero.com melt your stress away and assure you of a relaxing and cheaper vacation!

Check Out Mail.com

Apr 25, 2008 Author: sambriones | Filed under: Other

If you love your news and must always get them hot off the presses, then Mail.com is just the website for you!!!

Mail.com is your one stop site if you are interested to get the freshest, the latest, and the most up to date newsbits. Mail.com covers all kinds of news from Entertainment, the latest in Sports, the Headlines, Money and the Stock market and so much more!

Read up on the latest buzz about your favorite, and not so favorite Hollywood celebrities! Mail.com brings you the latest celebrity news as it happens! You can even take your fill on the many Hollywood celebrity photos that they have on file!

It’s all the news that you want and need found in just one website. Now, you can skip the hassle of looking at different sites for different news. You can immediately go direct!

You’ll always be informed, always be in the know with Mail.com!

Start getting your information right now! Log on to Mail.com and get the exclusives on the headlines, the stock market, the elections, the NBA and NFL,blockbuster movies, and of course the dirt on your beloved actors and actresses! All these are waiting for you at Mail.com!

Lizzi Collins: A 10 year old animal hero

Apr 24, 2008 Author: sambriones | Filed under: Other

Lizzi Collins is a 10 year old little girl. She’s always been quite the animal lover and has helped more than her share of stray cats, stray dogs, injured birds and the like.

Lizzi invented a special cushion meant to make animals with aches and pains more comfortable. Her invention was featured and showcased at the Bismarck Civic Center.

Lizzi is a great example to everyone. Not only does she show that kids can be heroes too, but she also proves that every little bit counts, and not all acts of heroism are geared towards humans!

John Simpson Kirkpatrick

Apr 24, 2008 Author: sambriones | Filed under: Other

John Kirkpatrick, more popularly known as Jack Kirkpatrick was a stretcher bearer for the Aussie and NZ Army Corps at Gallipoli during WWI.

He was famous because as soon as he landed at Anzac Cove, he immediately started taking the wounded from the battlefield and carrying them into the beaches for safety. He did this with the help of a donkey.

Jack continued this work for 3 more weeks, usually under fire, until he was killed.

Today, Jack’s legend, his courage and devotion to his fellowmen still live on.

Join 3gb today!

Apr 24, 2008 Author: sambriones | Filed under: Other

Have you heard? There’s a new social community network that has everybody buzzing! It’s 3gb!

3gb is sooo cool! It’s a great way to meet new friends and reconnect with your own. It has cool features like a blog so you can express yourself, a chat feature so you can talk about what’s hip, new and current and my favorite, an mp3 feature, where you can download and listen to the latest songs and tunes out there! Oh! For those picture crazy people out there, 3gb also lets you upload an dorganize your pictures into different albums!

What are you waiting for! Be part of the buzz! join 3gb community www.3gb.biz and have a great time!

3 Men Who Saved Family Nominated for Bravery Awards

Apr 23, 2008 Author: sambriones | Filed under: Other

Three men in Australia, who risked their lives in order to save a family from their burning home are being nominated for the Bravery Awards

These men were driving past when they saw the burning house and heard the cries of help!

Without further thought, the 3 quickly entered the house and took out a 50 year old man, his wife and their 3 kids.

The man and his wife are both hearing impaired.

Brendan Johnston, Nick Tzevakos were 2 of the 3 rescuers.

Affordable International Phonecards from Therichcom.com

Apr 23, 2008 Author: sambriones | Filed under: Other

International calls are expensive through normal phone providers! Despite the world growing smaller and smaller, it still costs an arm and a leg to get in touch with someone who is on the other side of the world!

It is undeniable thought that many of us have family, friends and business acquaintances that live overseas and it is another undeniable fact of life that we constantly need and want to call them in order to stay in touch!

A great cost cutting tip would be to use international phone cards.

Therichcom.com carries prepaid phonecards to International destinations. It so much easier to call Asia, Europe and the Middle East with the many choices of Phone cards they have available! Their website also has a search engine that customers can use to determine which phone card is most suitable to the area that they’re calling!

Your family and friends will be so glad and grateful that you actually picked up the phone and called them. Now, catching up doesn’t have to be very sporadic. You can talk and communicate more often and breach the distance!

Call now! International Prepaid phone cards from therichcom.com is definitely the cheaper alternative to international calls!

Calm Woman During Shooting Frenzy Helped Police

Apr 23, 2008 Author: sambriones | Filed under: Other, Uncategorized

Jodi Longmeyer, a resource manager for the Von Maur Department Store never saw herself as becoming a hero.

Bit one fateful day, she did become one! While she was in the customer service part of the store, she heard the sound of gunfire and a cry for help.

Her first instinct was not to run away! Instead, she had this urge to help the voice she heard!

A man suddenly came out from the elevator and started shooting. Through the bullet fire, Jodi managed to stay calm and contacted the police. Later, she also helped identify the shooter!

Despite the demise of some coworkers, friends and customers, Jodi is still every inch a hero for calling and preventing more people from getting hurt and killed!

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