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The Making a Difference Foundation Ensures People Without Housing Aren’t Without Good Meals

Success

In 2003, Ahndrea Blue went on a mission trip to Chile and Peru, where she built schools and helped feed people in need. Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank was established in 2008, and today, it’s the largest independent food bank in Pierce County, Washington, serving more than 70,000 people per month.

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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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Then, in May 2008, he became the 18th pitcher in the history of the storied Red Sox organization to throw a perfect game. In 2003, again swimming the 800-meter freestyle, she won gold at the All-Africa Games. As of 2009, Lester is cancer-free. “I

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Once Upon a Time in Marketing: The Power of Storytelling

Success

In 2003, with just $350, Perry invented Sinus Buster, which he says was the first hot-pepper nasal spray intended as a headache reliever. When major chains including Walgreens, CVS and Walmart took notice, he signed on with a venture capital firm to expand the company in 2008. Greensations: People trust a tale of failure.

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Is Telecommuting Leading to Peak Travel?

Small Business Labs

  The study authors looked at travel patterns for a number of countries between 1970 and 2008.    But the trend flattened starting in 2003.    They found a strong correlation between rising prosperity and travel. 

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Forecast Lessons from Past Small Business Trends Lists

Small Business Labs

  Either way the trend had been around quite a while in 2008 when we said it was "taking off" due to the iPhone's recent success and the expected 2008 release of Google's Android.    I think the first "year of NFC" I remember was 2003.    The reason is pretty simple. 

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Increasing Microsoft Excel 2007's Formula Bar Size

Professional Assistant Blog

I remember back in the day when Microsoft Excel 2003 and prior versions didn’t have this feature. Do you wish that you could expand the size of the formula bar to see more of the formula that you are working on? Then we upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007 and voila!

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Using Microsoft Office E-mail Templates

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Using Microsoft Office E-mail Templates By The Professional Assistant on Friday, February 08, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity D o you wite reccurring e-mails on a regular basis? Clear the Use Mircosoft Office Word 2003 to edit e-mail messages check box. Click Apply , then OK.

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