Posted By:  KingHartic Posted On:  Aug 10, 2008	Life is difficult
So begins the wonderful book, "The Road Less Traveled" by M. Scott Peck. We have all experienced or are experiencing things that push us to the brink, the one thing that makes us wonder if this thing we call Life is worth living or whether we have what it takes to persevere to better times....... [view]

Posted By:  gajkh Posted On:  Apr 17, 2008	East Antarctic: Ecosystem
Based on the collections of vegetation from 14 sites by line transects in the Schirmacher oasis (SO) of east Antarctica, a total of 24 species consisting 12 species of lichens, 7 species of algae and 5 species of mosses were recorded. The algal flora consists mainly of phytoplanktonic groups...... [view]

Posted By:  KingHartic Posted On:  Aug 8, 2007	Life's challenges strengthen you - by Earl Nightingale
Good day, Here is an old story about how the challenges of Life create stronger people - enjoy! The Butterfly By Earl Nightingale There's a story attributed to Henry Miller, the writer, about a little boy in India who went up to a guru who was sitting and looking at something in his hand....... [view]

Posted By:  KingHartic Posted On:  Jun 11, 2008	A New Friend
I made a new friend today. So what, you say, we all make new friends all the time. Well this friend was special in a couple of ways. For starters, he is a strong possibility thinker, the kind of person who is making the world a better place.  I know we will be collaborating on a...... [view]

Posted By:  KingHartic Posted On:  Jun 26, 2008	Being Ourselves (or Lessons from a Radical Raisin)
This year, I am the assistant coach for an under-five soccer team.  They are delightful to watch, whether it's the look on their face as they grasp a new soccer concept, the laughter as they play tag when the play has moved up the field, the look of wonder as they scrutinize a bug on the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 18, 2008	Proudfoot Consulting: Caribbean Banks Growing, But Face A New Set Of Challenges
Firm: Caribbean Banks Growing, But Face New Challenges - Bahama Journal - Nassau, Bahamas: Although banks in the Caribbean are thriving, financial firms are facing a new set of challenges, according to Proudfoot Consulting, a global management consulting firm based in the United States. ...... [view]

Posted By:  jwgbradford Posted On:  Jun 18, 2008	The smell of success (its not just the coffee roast)
Uploaded on March 4, 2007 by NguyenDai Just had an email from Craig at Podchains Ltd that, having met Mark from OK-Cool on Tues at OpenCoffee they went for a follow-up meeting and have now “struck up a working relationship”. I think we can chalk that up as the first...... [view]

Posted By:  jwgbradford Posted On:  May 16, 2008	Celebrating failure
Disclosure: As well as Managing Partner of jbsh LLP (the business behind this blog) I also work part time for the University of the West of England on the Knowledge West project managing their QuickMark ® service.] Today was an important day for jbsh, I gave our first unsuccessful...... [view]

Posted By:  KarstenWenzlaff Posted On:  Nov 5, 2007	The World Economy from the past to the future
Prof. Angus Maddison is a retired scholar of Economics at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, but he is far from passive. He recently published a book called “ Contours of World Economy 1-2030 AD “. Economic theory can be sometimes a little bit abstract. If you...... [view]

Posted By:  KarstenWenzlaff Posted On:  Oct 23, 2007	Can you be too pessimistic when discussing Facebook’s money?
Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them....... [view]

Posted By:  cjneil Posted On:  Oct 21, 2007	'Go for Growth' no longer valid, and why i love Ross Gittins
Ross Gittins, who writes for the SMH, is a god. when it comes to economics. he cuts through the crap. anyway, here is his latest take in the wake of announcements by our prime minister (who wants a 5th term) that we should 'Go for Growth'! +++++ More to running economy than going for growth...... [view]