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When family ties are strained – and what you can do to repair them For most people, estrangements and family rifts are a source of chronic stress that threatens “mental, social and physical well-being”.
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Show me a family that has not been fractured – temporarily or permanently – by a fury-filled rift between two or more members, and I might believe in miracles.
Just about everyone I know seems to have experienced such a distressing event, often with painful psychological, and sometimes, physical effects that carried over to relatives who had nothing to do with the precipitating dispute.
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Covid-19: F.D.A. Clears Pfizer Vaccine and Millions of Doses Will Be Shipped Right Away
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The accelerated timeline comes after President Trump’s chief of staff threatened the F.D.A. head’s job if he didn’t get it done on Friday. The Trump Administration will buy another 100 million doses of Moderna vaccine.
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The Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use on Friday, clearing the way for millions of highly vulnerable people to begin receiving the vaccine within days.
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FOCOS Founder and CEO enstooled as Otumfuo Hiahene
Professor Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, Founder and President of the Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine, has been chosen by Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II as the ‘Essential Chief (Hiahene) of Asanteman.
At a well-attended swearing-in ceremony at the Manhyia Palace on Thursday, 19th November, 2020, Prof. Boachie-Adjei was installed with the new stool name Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Woahene II.
In the local Akan language, “I need you” translates as “me hia wo”. The HIA Stool was created by Opemsuo Osei Tutu I in 1690, with the occupier bearing the responsibility of being indispensable to the ruler of the Ashanti Kingdom. The choice of Nana Professor Boachie-Adjei for this honor further demonstrates an extensive recognition for his selfless, dedicated and sacrificial commitment and services for the love of Asanteman, Ghana and mankind.