tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190221612023-10-05T11:32:15.031+00:00The 21st century is seeing the impact of globalisation in many forms. International citizens of mixed parentage, universities promoting distance learning, affordable air flight and the digital and genetic revolutions.Enobong Basseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02345442876178386471noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19022161.post-1163855222166602972006-11-18T12:57:00.000+00:002006-11-18T13:07:02.176+00:00

Well I am back folks; as you know any occupation worth doing takes time. Even students who do not have the best reputation regarding this do have to put the effort in, allbeit just before deadline time. This is the cause of much caffeine intake or daytime TV intake, or simply web 'research'. Or blogging.The big news was surely the confirmation - if we needed it at all - that Saddam Hussein was

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Just remember that you heard it first here. The latest scheme by an ambitious entity has been revealed. The matter at hand concerns the way to pull up and over established giants. Anytime an organisation comes to prominence there is always a transfer of knowledge from forebearers. Wiping the slate totally clean in real life never really happens, apart from in the case of forgiveness from God

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As you read through the regular posts, you may have noticed a regular trend that appears throughout this website. I, and many others, are big believers in the power of technology. Remember this does not just mean the latest MP4 player, G3 enabled mobile phone or sleek new gadget. There exists technology in all areas where innovation is let loose to confront problems and take the load off the

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Energy is required of all living creatures in order to survive. More specifically, electricity is the lifeblood of most of the world today in many forms. Of course, electricity is a series of pulses of energy sent down a cable of some sort, and is created from natural resources from the ground, or increasingly from nuclear or even renewable sources such as the sun. If you have noticed there has

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Human resources are not enough to deal with the issue of natural resources. As the planet becomes apparently more polluted and less forthcoming when it comes to new oil fields, it appears the best politicans can do is bluff and bluster. Some amazing statistics come to the fore when reading up on such matter. The United States is still the big player when it comes to consuming oil for the

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It has come to the attention of the authorities in US that certain other countries apart from its own are rising up the popularity list for potential destinations. Many international students have, in the light of the terror attacks and its aftermath, decided to head to continental Europe and South-east Asia for learning. This they attribute to greater restrictions and delays to visa's and what

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The men of power who control a great deal of the economy are well-known to be whisked by plane around the world to attend high-level talks. It is not often crucial the actual content, but they must be seen to be working, making deals. Often what they say is crucial and can move markets, causing share prices to fall/rise. At the top it is often a merry-go-round, but a journey that starts from the

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I read yet another incredible quote from an article discussing the incredible power of the natural occurrences of weather. Apparently 'if you're on the coast, you are toast'. Florida unsurprisingly has the worst effects of the hurricane, and close behind is Texas. And no one needs reminding of the damage done by Katrina to New Orleans. It is clear the citizens suffered, especially those with no

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If you had gambled on gambling stocks to fall over the last month, a lot of cash would now be sitting in your account. The online gambling companies in the US recently received a battering, with it now being illegal to use electronic means of payment to place bets. The mainly UK-originated firms have swiftly removed themselves from operations over the pond. It got to the stage that even

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The title you saw above said 'hello again? Ok, I did not exactly reproduce the above, but the fact you notice most of us take the ability to read for granted. Now switch to a slightly alternative topic. Personal Video Recorders (PVR) threaten to undermine part of the fabric of society we have taken for granted for a long time. Now one does not even have to bother reading television guides, or

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Political correctness has no end. Apparently a small crucifix - popularised by scores of celebrities - is now unacceptable to wear around one's neck when working for the world's favourite airline. BA sent a worker home for refusing to conceal this harmless piece of neckwear. Presumably they thought it would harm relations between certain ethnic minorities without an actual thought for the actual

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Web 2.0 technology seems to be in the paper more often than even China of late. This interactive technology, which means whole communities can be formed on the internet, is revolutionising the online game. One can do nearly everything through this new movement. There is last.fm for listening to music which is shared by listeners and reviewed/organised by netizens. Then there is Faceparty for

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It seems that the Bush administration has got its wish to a certain extent now that North Korea has proved its idiocy. The best of both worlds: on the one hand the strange dictator has shown part of his rather weak hand on two occasions, so that no citizens were endangered. However, enough has been demonstrated to unite even China with Japan and, God forbid, the USA. I mean, what is the world

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Whenever a nation goes to war - even if only on the pretension of 'peacekeeping'/ maintaining order against 'insurgency' - the supposition is that troops and equipment is representative of that particular State. Naturally the trend of globalisation has eroded such sensibilities, not least in certain developing nations where each side in a civil war is armed by opposing world powers.However, it

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The United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Warsaw Pact (former) EU defence, are a collection of supra-national organisations established to maintain order in whichever part of the world they see fit. This is not to mention the numerous private security personnel consulting companies set up by former soldiers to fill in the vacuum in places such as Iraq to protect contractors trying

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There was an interesting gadget in the last decade which often uttered the words above annoyingly when a child was learning the basics of numeracy. One wonders whether such an electronic device is still around; perrhaps the levels of frustration caused by the repetition succeeded in driving pupils to break so many of them, that the company could not produce enough replacements. Actually, "how

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The changes that technology is driving in the automotive industry (no pun intended) are rather fascinating in their scope and speed. The very inception of the first Ford model was a breakthrough in technology, and today's dashboard is like a collection of gadgets. The announcement of the inclusion of a 'black box' in motor cars to record its movements for insurance purposes is simply the latest

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Whether or not a human is involved directly in research of the psychological kind, it is the case that there resides deep within us the deep primal urge to operate to take advantage of a certain situation that presents itself. A natural disaster, war, tragedy, economic downturn or other problematic general circumstance, mankind often returns to the basic mode of survival.It is fair to say that

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I daresay the search engine phenomenon is not so hidden as to be a low profile issue on any consumer survey map. As if we needed reminding, adverts online are way ahead, whilst the viability of print and even television is in question, to put the point simply. The latest thing now is the drop in the usage of pop-ups - which of course many programs now enable the savvy user to avoid - and more

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One of the most interesting things to do is to look back a little in time to see the origin and development of certain people and institutions. As you will well know, it pays to look at the biographies of the great men of all time, including those alive, for inspiration purposes. For instance, you may not know that Iraq was 80 years ago a newly secured British mandate, with royal family and

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Well latest from the 'pink pages' http://www.ft.com/ is that most of us are liars. Or at least those who work in companies, which goes for the majority of adults of working age in the West and perhaps also in the developing southern hemisphere. The point basically goes like this: because of office politics and otherwise the average employee - and for that matter employer - needs to keep those

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Well latest from the 'pink pages' www.FT.com is that most of us are liars. Or at least those who work in companies, which goes for the majority of adults of working age in the West and perhaps also in the developing southern hemisphere. The point basically goes like this: because of office politics and otherwise the average employee - and for that matter employer - needs to keep those around them

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair decided to visit China in my second week in that vast country almost exactly a year ago. I shall not go as far as saying he realised I was here before he came, but certainly this co-incidence is rather significant. If one has not realised how key this country is, then this should come as a timely reminder. In addition, the only English news channel in China -

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Well, I have finally been able to circumnavigate the restrictions. I hope my local network administrator is not reading this in Beijing. The bloody firewall and other restrictions in this part.The intial, virgin post is most intriguing. The web is simply something else.Take care. I am so arrogant to presume someone is reading this.

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