tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51863262012-01-31T21:35:06.466ZWhen the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. [A Japanese Proverb]noreplynoreply@blogger.comBlogger4371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186326.post-46405624821444573952010-09-24T12:56:00.001+01:002010-09-24T12:56:28.914+01:00

A great article about the increased awareness that social media (twitter, facebook, youtube etc) can all be used to provided rapid, first hand responses to a crisis. Sometimes hours or even days ahead of the official government sources.The CNN article is here...

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Remote blog VIA my Android phone. Just testing.Posted via Blogaway

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The Pakistan flood has been a terrible event and it certainly hits the top three in worst humanitarian disasters in living memory and eclipsing the Asian tsunami of 2006. Got the initial tweet / email / sms from our Operations Director as soon as the news came through - this was about a week ago. Due to work and personal commitments, I was unable to go - other volunteers could and two teams of

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Very cool crowdsource, free and open map of Kibera, one of Africa's largest slums.

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There is a fair bit of cynicism about the LibDem-Con coalition but I for one am happy with the result. I voted LibDem because their policies chime most with how I see the world.  I also knew that, bar a miracle, the LibDems could not have won a majority but a significant minority. On the night, the LibDems lost five seats and were poorer for it. Cleggmania was just that: manic behaviour by the

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Stock Exchange plunges...because the machines took overHowever, others said the stock volatility could have been exacerbated by electronic trading issues rather than worries about Greece. 'Machines took over'"This is an electronic market where bids can be cancelled at the flick of a button, and everyone cancelled at the same time," said Joe Saluzzi, of Themis Trading in New Jersey. "We

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http://blogs.computerworld.com/15613/esri_to_offer_arcgis_in_amazons_cloudWe're on the cloud!

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Cat predicts 50 deaths in RI nursing home - Telegraph

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http://www.helpmechill.com/index.htmIt does indeed....

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http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100201/a-little-less-conversation.htmlI fully agree!

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http://moishelettvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/windows-shutdown-crapfest.htmlHow on earth did Vista ever come out? A most interesting article and before anyone says anything: I have been busy on other blogs and neglected this one.

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Conclusion - Review Tom's Hardware : 13 SDHC Memory Cards Reviewed

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The Guild | 

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How To Make Perfect Brownies ~ How To Cook Like Your Grandmother

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BBC NEWS | Business | Credit crunch: The blame gameThis is an oldie but goldie BBC news post. Still as refreshing and relevant as ever.

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Looking out for number oneShared via AddThis

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BBC NEWS | Business | Interest in property 'up again'Well, I am selling my house now and looking for a slightly bigger property. Comes at the right time.

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The CBL

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Swedish pirates capture EU seat

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Code: Flickr Developer Blog » Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 1.0

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YouTube - Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus trailer

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BBC NEWS | Politics | Which MPs didn't claim expenses?

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BBC NEWS | Politics | MPs' expenses in full, 2007-2008

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MP's expenses: the full list, part 1 | Metro.co.ukHere's the first bits. A bit more detail to follow...

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PhotoshopDisastersA nice link from Emerson, who has too much time on his hands. He does find the most unusual and cool sites from around the interweb though! Some of the submissions here are downright gruesome in what one can do with a photoshop application and limited imagination.....

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Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XPAlways wondered how this was done - the right click option sometimes doesn't work.

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I love Battlestar Galatica and was saddened when the series finally ended. Series 4 went on a bit too long but the final two episodes brought the epic to a satisfying ending.Recently just discovered this blog by the chap who composed the score for all four series in addition to his work on The Sarah Connor Chronicles and others. Back to BSG, my favourite score is the sad and heart-felt 'Roslin

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Terminator: Salvation.Christian Bale as John Connor eh? Good choice but the trailer I think spoils the film. However, looking forward to it.

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest., originally uploaded by mingles27. It was a cold day in Buda...

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This is quite amazing...

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Last Freeware version: jv16 Powertools, RegCleaner, PowerArchiver, REAPER

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Gizmo's - Best Free Registry Cleaner | Gizmo's Tech Support Alert

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iRevolution

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Welcome to 2009!!Findus and land of leather go into administration - oh no. A food stuff from my past and yes, I remember what it was like eating this weird, burn-the-roof-of-your-mouth, curry chicken filled goodies while watching Newsround with John Craven.Am excited over 2009 not least because the US will have a new president. Everyone appears to be queuing up to part of this and there is a lot

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2009 is here already; been very absent from this blog as I have been hammering away at two other blogs; they're both gaming blogs and I have signed up for a Fiction Writing course with the Open University to improve my fiction writing. Can't wait to start.Am also training for a half marathon this feb and I am excited and nervous at the same time - done a fair few 10K and 15K cross country runs so

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Oh this had me laughing so hard, that I almost broke MY chair.....BBC NEWS | World | Africa | South African MP's chair mishap

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How do I create a backup of my entire blog? - Blogger Help CenterGoing to try the above article with MingWorld; should be interesting.

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Wishing you A Sparkling New Year!Just read this. Looks quite good.

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ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform 9.3 Help

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Stop Playing Politics With Our Futures - 30/09/2008What Are Those US Politicians Thinking? * So why did Congress vote down the bill? What will happen if they don’t pass the bill? * The free markets will eventually sort this mess out. Financial institutions who made bad loans will fail. Depositors may lose their savings if they happen to bank with an institution that made bad loans, but heck

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Engrish.com - Part 3Some utterly funny signs and stuff.

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Ubuntu 7.04 on a Dell Inspiron 710m « Ubuntu on the Campus Wire Blogged with the Flock Browser

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Share your Ubuntu Desktop Using Remote Desktop -- Ubuntu Geek Blogged with the Flock Browser

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BBC NEWS | Business | Credit crunch: The blame gameScapegoats need to be found. As Otis Lee Crenshaw noted however, 'I blame society'. He wasn't referring to the credit crunch, more to his life and his predilection at 'marriage at first sight' but still, I love the term. Anyway, fundamentally - if you borrow more than you can pay back: you're in debt and storing up trouble. If you eat more food

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I had to install MS Outlook 2007 in order to use MS Groove (why I hear you all ask?) - don't ask.Anyway, since I have 1000s of emails and frequently need to refer to old ones; I needed a better search tool. The built in one with MS Outlook 2007 is ghastly and adds a number of processes to my already overloaded system. Slow as pregnant hippo going up hill.I used to use a neat tool called 'Lookout'

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Sounding like a 1920's radio sit-com duo but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the world's biggest mortgage lenders and now they've been rescued by the US Federal Reserve. Fannie Mae is a rather creative pronunciation of the company's acronym, FNMA, that has now been adopted officially for ease of identification.They're a private company (ies) so, in my view - a private company that fails should not

noreplynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186326.post-61728501474064138942008-08-06T12:24:00.001+01:002008-08-06T12:24:53.980+01:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } James and Ming, originally uploaded by mingles27. Indeed, what are these two saying?

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I normally don't bother with this: however GF and family are insisting on buying me things. Something to do with a birthday coming up. Great excuse huh?Bah hum bug I say.So here goes........Computer Bits:Motherboard: Asus M2NE SLi - £50.47Processor: AMD AM2 5600 - £89.99Graphics Card: BFG GeForce 8800GT 512MB - £168.32RAM: 2GB Geil Ultra PC6400 - £32.89Power Supply: Colours IT 600W - £21.14Case:

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Where The Hell Is Matt? - VideosOK so I got to this Internet phenomena quite late, it's already a massive hit and I *think* I heard about him a while ago. Anyway, I got this video on my BestofYouTube podcast from iTunes and was blown away by it.Interestingly, a recent stag do had a few chaps attending who also had seen it and shared their views on it.What's so special about it? It's a 31 year

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This is always an interesting page to look at. The cost of a hamburger in different parts of the world and used by some to calculate Daily Rate of Subsistence Allowances for overseas work. FXBigMac - World economics based on the hamburger standard

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Some useful data of Malawi:Malawi - Southern

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This awesome shot was taken at Emerald City Comicon, I found the page on the Starslip Crisis page that I go to daily for my regular helping of laughs. The link is here.I was laughing very hard at this - glad it was safe to work..Anyway, some of the funny comments....TROOPER: “HERE! this is yours…. i think” *points blaster at Fett to make sure he takes it* FETT: WTF is this? *boggles*…. what do i

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How-to Install Google Earth in Ubuntu | Tombuntu

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Main Page - SystemRescueCd Life Hacker -- freeing up the iPOD http://lifehacker.com/software/ipod/hack-attack-add-music-and-movies-to-your-ipod-from-any-computer-without-itunes-237986.php

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OK, am really late on this but have finally found it. I have heard this song being played on a few internet radio stations and wanted to find out out more. It was EVE-Radio that had the play list available that I found out who it was.Great videos.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx9i-mhJgPYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCR3xTn-ekY&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G33WvuOw2cILazy

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I liked this article and what it's trying to achieve but the links off it are equally fun. I love the one titled 'PowerPoint is EVIL' report. pf-dspaceAlso this is a good one. Top 10 Best Presentations Ever : KnowHR Blog

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Virtual and real blur in Eve OnlineA very interesting article on the BBC about EVE-Online, prompted by the publication of the fourth quarter economic report for New Eden (the EVE-Online universe). One doesn't play EVE but lives it. God help us all. Powered by ScribeFire.

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Why we can’t have nice things. « Broken ToysInteresting article this.

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I found these pictures on my computer during a tidy up - they are not mine but from a news article I remember reading about. Can't find it now. Anyhow - lovely and moving and thought provoking pictures. Went to see the Chinese State Circus - wonderful!

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Have been following an interesting article in creating a completely OpenSource GIS laptop setup. The order that I will be installing thei OpenSource GIS Ubuntu 7.10Postgresql:A free OpenSource DBPostGIS : a relational database with vector spatial data handling GRASS : A full blown GIS analysis toolset Quantum GIS: A user-friendly graphical GIS application GDAL, Proj, Geos : Libraries and

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InSTEDDSupported by Google. Interesting and MapAction might be of some assistance?

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Four things are preventing me from moving towards a complete Ubuntu desktop for my home use.They are:1. Zero support for Securemote.2. Poor wireless lan support to my NetGear router / firewall.3. No ventrilo support.4. EVE-Online not possible.Everything else is fine though some MPEG-4 videos are a bit choppy. Games support in Ubuntu is still quite poor though they've managed to get EVE-Online to

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Happy New Year all. Can't wait for 2008 and what it might and will bring.Roll on.

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I watched this last night and recommend it, though it didn't leave me gasping for me. The film certainly had the 'beginning of a three-parter' to it as many of you all know, the 'The Golden Compass' (aka 'The Northern Nights' here in the UK) is the first of a trilogy by Phil Pullman. It ended a bit sooner than the book, certainly -I was expecting Lyra to be making her way, alone to the Aurora in

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Direct2Dell - Dell's Blog

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Brightcove - Internet TV Your WayYes, one can now (with a decent broadband access) produce and distribute one's own TV show. Reminds me of Wayne's World and how the two chappies filmed their show from their basement (or garage)? I forget which but having watched EVE-TV (www.eve-online.tv) I have to say, the quality and content was excellent. Certainly, the Brightcove system was easy to use and

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Brightcove - Internet TV Your WayYes, one can now (with a decent broadband access) produce and distribute one's own TV show. Reminds me of Wayne's World and how the two chappies filmed their show from their basement (or garage)? I forget which but having watched EVE-TV (www.eve-online.tv) I have to say, the quality and content was excellent. Certainly, the Brightcove system was easy to use and

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A very interesting article here about a producer at Ubisoft who just happens to be female and attractive. The internet has gone a bit mad on this with comic page websites and other bits cropping up.Surely the internet is full of nerds...game girl advance: Jade Raymond is for Realand this link.

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Guilin River Cruise, originally uploaded by mingles27. Been spending some time updating my blog and here are some more pictures from our China trip. It's been three weeks now since we have come back and a bit like a dream.

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Not being much of a Sopranos fan, I decided to catch the very last episode on E4 last night. I was very disappointed. Sure, there was tension in the air but WTF?I think it screams of 'we need a movie now!'.Gah.The Sopranos final episode: look away now Times Online

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Best Week Ever » Blog Archive » AD WIZARDS: Singing Condom PSA Sheds Some Hilarious Light On India’s Overpopulation ProblemPowered by ScribeFire.

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Found quite a useful site and yes, it's that time of month again where I need to renew my car insurance. I went to confuzed.com but I could not log in no matter how hard I tried. I have requested a new password but went looking elsewhere. I found moneysupermarket.com but what interested me are the reviews at the reviewcentre.comSwiftcover Insurance Review - Car Insurance. Review of 167814

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So this week had a massive row over race, genes and intelligence. See the following links below:IndependentBBC NewsTimes OnlineI find the response to Dr Watson a bit sad and his hounding was unjustified - mainly from those arguing from a position of passion and emotion. Dr. Watson should have been (and has been) challenged by other scientists on this basis and I think he should be left alone to

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Guilin was the last stop on our China tour. Never really heard about the place but been told that it was the inspiration for all those dreamy looking pictures and paintings that has littered China's history. You know the ones: moss-covered limestone columns, misty rivers and crystal clear waters where fish can be seen swimming.Fantastic scenery is the name of the game.Arriving in Guilin at night

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Xi'An.We left Beijing airport for Xi'an late. The flight was delayed then the gates were changed at the last minute. When we arrived, we were already tired and had another hour coach jounrey to our hotel. Frank introduced himself and he was very funny.Frank the Tour Guide. Comedy classic. Wish my brother recorded Frank's many ramblings! Ancient Chinese Capital City!!!!!Frank had this ability to

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The hotel was the Novotel - nice furnishings and beds. Quite pleased with it. The tour group numbered 30 with a young guide called 'Summer'. Notables in our tour group include Peter and Jo, two Geordies (uncle and his nephew) and a Jo and Alisdair and a father and son team, Bryan and Nick.Waking up early, had breakfast and it was Tian'anmen Square the first stop. Magnificent place, huge and

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China Trip - Images of China Part One China is an amazing country - have been there a few times but this time, I took the plunge and decided to go with a tour that managed to cram an amazing amount of sights and sounds in nine days of traveling.I suppose only with a tour guide can one forget about planning but try and wake up and keep up! The itinerary was quite intense once we had arrived and

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China - looking forward to it. Hope to update all on my return.

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As I started to reload some more photos onto my flickr site; I discovered some interesting issues over copyright. There is a myriad of copyright types now available and the one that is applicable to my photos is a 'You have selected the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License. See how the license will look to your site's visitors'The website

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Q shirt 10, originally uploaded by mingles27. An old image but a funny one. Am in an amusing mood at the moment; and this made me chuckle.

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OK so what does it do but I think more information is here.

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I really don't want to travel budget even in the UK let alone overseas.....One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Have been watching the news with interest this week and three things caught my attention with which I would like to comment on. More happened that I can't say much about: the airplane crash in Thailand and the ongoing crisis in Iraq with the murder of eight Iraqis by a private American security firm.Northern Rock. I love that name and it is splashed over the chests of Newcastle United FC and

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The weekend had me hitting over 90MPH to reach the training venue. I texted a friend that I would be 45 minutes late but then arrived ten minutes later. That was funny but on parking I managed to scrape the bottom of my car. Hrummph.Not happy :-(Back at work and arranging for dinner this thursday. MapAction sending out two volunteers to Ghana due to the flooding

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This is an interesting page. Blogger staff have had this facility for a while: it cycles through all images uploaded to / via BLOGGER and displays them here. Some very interesting images and whats more, any that catch your attention, the blog can be viewed. The images do go through some sort of filter to remove the more, risque ones but still, some beautiful and thought provoking images. I like

noreplynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186326.post-13181000620848996012007-09-11T15:15:00.001+01:002007-09-11T15:15:10.328+01:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } St Aubin's Beach, originally uploaded by mingles27. Lovely beach eh? Last day in Jersey. Am playing around with FLICKR at the moment, so patience please.

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The team arrived back in one piece from the Carib. Well done to them. However, there is another hurricane brewing now....

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Had a wonderful time in Jersey, never knew why it has taken me so long to get there. It's part of the UK after all.Jersey cows, lovely Jersey new potatoes made into chips, Hector's fish platter and Jersey Ice cream. Also the war tunnels and pearl shoppe.Must get the pictures downloaded.More later as I am back at work.

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How to Record & Save BBC Radio Shows as MP3 Audio Files at Digital Inspiration Technology GuideBeen wanting to record some BBC4 radio programmes for personal use. Have missed so much good stuff. Hope this helps!

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Got up a 7:00am and had breakfast with S, now both eager for our trip to Terenji National park. We were to have a driver and translator / guide for the day. The driver was a cheerful chap called 'Ocha' and our guide, a quiet lady by the name on 'Inka'.The vehicle was a robust looking Russian jeep, painted in authentic Russian Army Olive drab. It didn't look like it have any suspension so I was

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It is quite horrible.Yuck.

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The last day was a wrap up option and it was a fun end; the NEMA did a superb job but the 'exit' ceremony was very involved. All 177 odd delegates were asked to come up and be presented with a photo, a certificate and a medal. Good idea with very enthusiastic clapping and cheering for the first ten but once it became obvious that it was to go on for another 167 more times, the clapping and

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Mongolia Day 3Start of an intensive day of simluation exercise. MapAction was allocated to the OSOCC and to supply a mapping component. The morning was spent allocating resources and personel. UNOCHA went through a number of presentations, all quite involved on the available collaboration tools available and encouraged all participants to work with these tools.The exercise was a 6.5 magnitude,

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Mongolia. Land of Blue Sky.A lovely and romantic name and I am looking forward to doing as much exploring as possible. It is time for the annual INSARAG exercise. Last year, I was in China and I agreed to attend the 2008 INSARAG; while not knowing where it would be held. No matter.Long flight from London though and with Aeroflot no less. London to Moscow: 4 hours. A two hour wait in Moscow and

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Google Earth Help Center - How do I delete my cache file?Aha!

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Google Earth Blog: Offline Google Earth UseThis is a good site - very useful for my work.

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Sex, Crime And Videogames: Gang Kidnaps Gamer to Get Password Using Fake Orkut Date - GizmodoThe above story is so fantastic, it must be true......

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I typed the beginning lines in a slight haze, probably my senses having been addled due to the painkillers and lack of food in my system. However, there is no denying that I completed the Oxfam Trailwalker 2007. I have the medal to prove it.The Oxfam Trailwalker is a 100km hike through the English South Downs and is for a great cause: the Gurkha Welfare Trust. I urge most peeps to read up on the

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Am in pain but I did it. Completed the 100km hike but it was quite tough. A more in-depth report soon but let me start of with a picture of my right foot at the 60km mark.....

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