Rowland Croucher
A Delightful Christmas Card for Children
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Who Moved My Cheese?
By Spencer Johnson Putnam; 95 pages When this slim volume made its first appearance 10 years ago, it was vying for attention with Monica Lewinsky and the Clinton scandal. Monica won. But Cheese slowly began to gain traction in corporate circles, even though critics dissed it as an overly broad parable that could be understood […]
Human Rights
Our fundamental human rights can’t be taken for granted Steven Freeland Sixty years on, there remains much to do to ensure people’s protection. TODAY marks the 60th anniversary of the “birth” of modern international human rights law — the adoption by the UN general assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which remains one […]
Ten prophecies for the digital millennium
Graeme Philipson December 9, 2008 A summary of the main trends in IT, from the rise of the supernet to the threat posed by intelligent machines. Recently I was asked to speak at a conference about what’s going to happen in IT predictions in the next 10 years. It’s always hard to tell the future, […]
Internet addiction
Borrowed from a Usenet Newsgroup..:-) Binge eating, not sleeping, or napping whilst still sat at your computer, are you isolated and cut off from the real world. Socially awkward and inept. Are you a wimp unable to establish real life relationships but online are you an aggressive intolerant bully. Do you suffer withdrawal symptoms when […]
All Hail the Free Market
Phillip Adams | November 18, 2008 THE pile of corporate corpses grows ever higher. First came those carnivores of cash: greedy buggers who choked on their meals of money. Now major manufacturers are in the morgue while others, on their death beds, are pleading for transfusions from the taxpayer. But only some are victims of […]
Be the change you wish for
“Be the change you wish for in this world” Ghandi ” When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find it is those who instead of giving advice, solutions, cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender […]
Stress Management
A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, ‘How heavy is this glass of water ? ‘ Answers called out ranged from 8oz. To 20oz. The lecturer replied, ‘The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it. ‘If I hold it […]
Maldives: reform in politics but not in religious liberty
Subj: Maldives: reform in politics but not in religious liberty On Saturday 29 November, Maldives’ Ministry of Islamic Affairs announced that it would block a Dhivehi and English language website which it claimed was promoting Christianity amongst Maldivians. When Minivan News, an independent news source in Maldives, sought to question Islamic Affairs Minister Dr Abdul […]
A Modern Parable
A Modern Parable A Japanese company ( Toyota ) and an American company (Ford Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, […]
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