Challenges In The News 08/19/08

Saturday night's Affliction card presented the UFC with their first real challenge on their home turf.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his side can challenge for the title this season, despite losing a number of players over the summer.

Nominations are now being taken for the 2009 class of the Marshall County Leadership Challenge. The program is designed to prepare and build leadership resources within the county and includes participants who are leaders and emerging leaders in the area.

Kate Moss finds modelling "brain damaging" - the British beauty decided to design her own line for UK high street fashion chain Topshop to set herself a stimulating new challenge.

Sister of Mark Saunders wins permission to challenge police investigation into barrister's death in the high court

ANAHEIM, Calif. - I want to take the Angels seriously. I want to believe they can challenge the Red Sox should they meet again in October.

Eagle Scout Faces Official Challenge Over His Lack of Faith. A national spokesman for the organization in Irving, Tex., said there had been no legal challenges to the requirement that members believe in God since the ruling. The spokesman, Gregg K. Shields, said the group did not keep track of people who left because of the religious standard, but he said situations like Mr. Lambert's were rare.

The company's success is due in part to the 7-Eleven management team, a talented group of individuals who have been able to effectively evaluate challenges and quickly respond to opportunities. The Challenge: Maintaining a supply chain and distribution network to support more than 7,000 stores in the United States and Canada is a gargantuan task. 7-Eleven must coordinate orders with close to 1,700 suppliers to deliver products to stores on a daily basis.The Solution: An answer to the challenge appeared in the form of an Internet-based business portal for suppliers.

Rotary is a volunteer organization with more than 32,000 clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. It initiates humanitarian projects that address today’s challenges affecting the world today, such as hunger, poverty, and illiteracy.

Welcome to Rotary International’s problem-solving forum. Each month, Rotarians are asked for their ideas and strategies to address challenges they deal with every day.
That doesn’t mean giving up on our state’s water challenges.