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We’re not living in a constitutional Republic says Mark Levin

Nationally syndicated radio host  Mark Levin  said on his Thursday broadcast that he is “becoming increasingly radicalized for liberty” in the face of an “increasingly inhumane, increasingly vicious” and “tyrannical” federal government. Levin went on to criticize a  proposal  made Wednesday by the  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  to pay doctors for discussing end-of-life options with senior patients. “Families have these discussions -- children with their parents -- not the federal government paying doctors and nurses to have this discussion so they can just wipe them off the Medicare roles,” Levin said. Here is the full transcript of what Levin said: “I am becoming increasingly radicalized, ladies and gentlemen -- radicalized for liberty, radicalized for really taking the federal government, taking it to it and breaking it up. And I’m gonna tell you another reason why in a second. “But this federal government is becoming increasingly inhumane, increasingly vi

Same Sex Union " A Tragic Error '' says Bishop Joseph E. Strickland

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Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, head of the Catholic diocese of Tyler, Texas.  (Photo: Diocese of Tyler.)    (CNSNews.com)  – In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling (5-4) that homosexual “marriage” is a civil right, the Catholic bishop for the diocese of Tyler, Texas said it was an “unjust” law “contrary to the moral order” and “not binding in conscience,” adding that Christians “must now exercise our right to conscientious objection.” Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, who oversees the diocese,  also ordered that no Catholic facility or employee of the church would participate “in any way” in gay “marriages,” and that the church’s pastoral care of homosexual persons “cannot and will not “ lead to condoning homosexual behavior or the “acceptance of the legal recognition of same-sex unions.” “We know that unjust laws and other measures contrary to the moral order are not binding in conscience, thus we must now exercise our right to conscientious objection against this interpret

THE Agricultural Value chain Mentorship project (AVCMP)

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The Northern region of Ghana has  been  recognized  as the bread basket of the country for growing staples  There  is  however  a lot of agricultural challenge s such as low yield due to limited access to input,  limited  access to market, poor soil fertility ,  poor equipment service  and food insecurity confronting the small holder farmer.                                                                                                                                                                                                    Various interventions by development partners have been carried out to address these identified problems.  One of such intervention is the Agricultural Value chain Mentorship project-AVCMP  Founded by AGRA, with founding from DANIDA.  The AVCMP is implemented by CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute-SARI, The International Centre for S

The funky ReadWrite clinic

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The funky ReadWrite clinic is an intensive incubator grooming clinic that lures children to read and write through play activities/games, AYWO’s curriculum and technology.  The aim of this clinic is to groom children to pick up pleasure reading and creative writing as quality leisure activities hence in the long run making them avid readers and prolific writers. The Funky ReadWrite Clinic has two key distinctive features; A funky reading clinic where children are exposed to a wide variety of books.  Children are taken through an exciting journey of reading via play activities/games and technology. A mentoring creative writing clinic which systematically stimulate the imagination of children. Here, creative writing is used as a therapeutic tool to help children open up, be confident and become more vocal about their emotions.  Children are taken through intensive writing courses and also mentored by top African writers around the world via online programs.

51 Tertiary Institutions Not credited by National Accreditation Board

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Fifty-one tertiary institutions which offer admissions to students to study courses do not have accreditation to do so, the National Accreditation Board (NAB) has said. Information posted by the NAB on its website in Accra yesterday said such “institutions do not have the mandate to award or issue academic or professional certificates, neither the institutions nor their programmes are accredited by the board.” It, therefore, advised employers and potential students to consult the NAB before enrolling in any tertiary institution in Ghana. So far, 187 tertiary institutions have been accredited by the NAB to operate as academic institutions. Unaccredited institutions The unaccredited institutions, according to the NAB, include the Academy of Professional Studies in Takoradi; the Africa International College, Accra; the Bechem Polytechnic; the Ghanatta College of Art and Design, Accra; the Global School of Aviation, Tema, Kumasi; the ACS Professi