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The Toughest Element in Fitness is Motivation

In reality, it doesn’t matter how much weight you can lift, how many supplements you take, six-pack or no six-pack, motivation affects us all and is the key element in every fitness program.

(GUELPH, Ontario) - If you are like most of us you have your hands full with life’s daily routine and frequently that routine does not include fitness!

If that’s the case for you, trust me it’s not limited to you!

Yacine Le Forestier Named Editor-In-Chief of SID, the German Subsidiary of AFP

SID has been the undisputed provider setting the standard for over 50 years in sports coverage in Germany.

(PARIS, France) - Yacine Le Forestier (47) previously held several editorial and management positions at AFP both in Paris and Germany and speaks fluent German.

His career as a journalist began in Berlin in 1989 until 1994. From 2000 to 2005 Yacine headed up the economic service in Frankfurt and then in Berlin.

Mark Bosworth Disappearance Remains Active Missing Person`s Case

Disappearance remains active missing person's case.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Friday, March 16 marks six months since Mark Bosworth went missing in Riddle, Oregon. Mark, age 54, was volunteering with Cycle Oregon when he vanished.

To this day no clue has been found, but the Douglas County Sheriff's Office stresses that his disappearance remains an open and active missing person's case.

25, 35 or 45 Be Careful With Dietary Supplements

If you are thinking about using a dietary supplement, first get information on it from reliable sources. Keep in mind that dietary supplements may interact with medications or other dietary supplements and may contain ingredients not listed on the label.

(GUELPH, Ontario) - We continue to hear about athlete after athlete testing positive for banned substances other that HGH or steroids.

In some cases, the positive tests not only shock the close nit sporting community the athlete participates in but in some cases also the athlete!

Mr. Ego Meets Elusive Truth

Belief can be an illusion on the road to confusion.

(SALEM) - Forsooth, what is meant by truth? This was the focus of a lively discussion held recently by a group of armchair philosophers here at Salem's Ike Box Coffeehouse.
It bears repetition to our general public.

We determined that many people are inclined to blindly use the term "truth" in order to try to authenticate what merely are subjective opinions.

Should England`s Cricket Team Tour Sri Lanka?

The England tour comes at a hugely controversial time.

(LONDON ) - As England's cricket team sets off for Sri Lanka, Channel 4 News Foreign Editor Ben De Pear asks whether the tour should be going ahead given the country's human rights record?

Andy Flower has departed for Sri Lanka today as manager of an England team reeling after a test whitewash in the UAE to Pakistan and nervous about playing on yet more slow and turning pitches

Open Letter to Olympic Committee Members in London Over Down Sponsorship

The idea of Dow's advertising being plastered on the front of the stadium absolutely ruins the idea of what the Olympics are supposed to be.

(LONDON) - In a few weeks, unless you take action, the Olympic Stadium will have been surrounded by a wrap comprising 336 giant panels made by a company responsible for deaths of many thousands.

That company is Dow Chemical, whose record was known to each and everyone of you through the many court cases it has had brought against them in the US for disposing of tonnes of highly toxic waste into rivers and lakes near its plants.

Gaza`s Race Car Students `Inspirational`

After their little-reported first effort will these resourceful youngsters spin their wheels again at Silverstone?

(LONDON) - Imagine a handful of engineering students imprisoned in the tiny Gaza enclave taking on the cream of Europe's technical universities in a competition to build a race car and compete with it.

They did it last year. And they’re planning to do it again this year – at least that’s what their students’ union tells me, and I’ve been trying to get confirmation.

Oregonians Take Part in `Polar Bear Plunge` and Help Special Olympics

The event was held Saturday morning, at NE Portland’s Broughton Beach on the Columbia River.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - You've got to be crazy to consider something like this, yet every year Oregonians do the unthinkable, plunging into icy cold water at a number of locations, they say the event first got rolling in Bend.

Our ace photographer Q Madp, known for his role as the founder of IraqWarHeroes.org, was on scene to record the action.

Costa Rica Hotel Surf School Dream Come True for New Owners

Escaping the Rat Race Pays Off

(MAL PAIS, Costa Rica) - Blue Surf Sanctuary, located in Mal　Pais / Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, is more than a destination for vacationers and surfers, it is a sanctuary for its two new owners, Kelly　Parmenter-Eck　and Aaron Moore. It is a sanctuary they want to share with you.

Out of a desire to escape the everyday routine and wanting a simpler life, though being a business owner will keep the daily pace pretty quick,　Parmenter-Eck　said the twosome started researching businesses for sale to see if they could make this dream a reality.