Challenges in the news - 01/28/2008

To help people keep their New Yearâ€_s resolutions of regular exercise and physical fitness in 2008, South Dakota Department of Health Division of Health and Medical Services has introduced its Choose 2 Move Challenge. The new challenge focuses on people pursuing a variety of fitness activities from Jan. 15 to Feb. 15 for three to five days weekly, depending upon level of intensity.

Union leaders, employers and Minister for Skills David Lammy will today (Friday) set out the skills challenge facing the UK finance sector at a seminar hosted by unionlearn, the TUC’s learning and skills organisation.

DALLAS — Staying at Hawaii would have been the easy choice for June Jones. It was the challenge of rebuilding a tattered football program that led him to take the coaching job at Southern Methodist, which stumbled to a 1-11 record this season.

PUTRAJAYA: Basic hand hygiene by healthcare providers remains a challenge for the Health Ministry. “How many wash their hands after seeing a patient?” Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican asked.

“THE TIME IS RIGHT for all our New England leaders to step up to the plate to improve our environment and save money,” EPA Regional Administrator Robert W. Varney said of the municipal energy-efficiency challenge. “This is a win-win program.”

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero will issue a fitness challenge to fellow elected officials at 1 p.m. Friday at the Downtown YMCA Wellness Center, 119 N. Washington Square.

MOMO Sissoko is keen to move from Liverpool to Juventus for 'a new challenge'. Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri has admitted his admiration for Sissoko after working with the Malian at Valencia.

COLOGNE: Toyota launched their new Formula One car yesterday as the Japanese auto giant look to step up their challenge for the championship after two lacklustre previous seasons.

Calcutta: Former Australian captain Steve Waugh admitted that poor umpiring decisions have always been a “grey area” and that is was time a “player challenge system” was introduced.

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, has initiated a challenge of the patents listed by Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC in connection with its Eloxatin(R) (Oxaliplatin Aqueous Solution), 5mg/mL Injectable.

"Next Year I'll be attempting the London-Edinburgh-London, it's going to be a challenge" – CB