In the little world in which I used to work, it was not uncommon to know the majority of the other players up and down the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana.  There were at most a hundred or so senior technicians working for the few major companies in the business, and many of us had jumped from on...

There are lot of news stories sprinkled throughout tonight’s feed that refer to problems with immigrants in Europe and their failure to integrate. If you add those to our recent posts on the same topic, it looks like we may be seeing a trend. Also take note of the news stories about Russia and the...

The most important news story tonight concerns the booby-trapping of a Gaza school by Hamas. The terrorists ran a fuse line from explosives in the school to a nearby zoo, and placed the detonator there. If the IDF troops had not been alert, then… Well, you know what viewers would be seeing on the ...

  Is today your first day back after the holidays? Perhaps you were not looking forward to it - but then some people had a worse time at work in 2008; DOUGLAS MCARTHUR From Friday's Globe and Mail January 2, 2009 at 8:55 AM EST Layoffs and hiring freezes may be the order of the day as econ...

In my posts about Development-in-a-Boxâ„¢, I have often written about the importance of investing in human capital as part of the sustainable development process. Brazil is a good case study in this area. Touted as one of the up and coming economic powerhouses known collectively as BRIC countries (f...

Among the topics regularly discussed in this blog are connectivity and "emerging market" opportunities. BusinessWeek magazine recently published an article about Cisco and how it is trying to capture business in emerging markets ["Cisco's Brave New World," by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek, 24 November...

There has been a spot of trouble in Egypt recently with the Coptic (Christian) minority — it seems these uppity infidels tried to build a church. The nerve! I’ll blog on the story if I get a chance. In the meantime, there are several articles in the North Africa section about the Copts. Thanks t...

ONE FRIDAY NIGHT in London some months ago I struck up a conversation on the 29 bus with a man who was heading to play a gig at a blues burlesque bar in Soho. As I had a few harmonicas on hand, he invited me to join the band for a song or two. An hour later I was on stage alongside two dancers in li...

Why Rage? Because Henry inspired me (though Mrs.Gee made him edit out the 'excessive' language). Why 2.0? Because I am all gung-ho about everything 2.0. So there! So, like Henry, I will now proceed to rage about something.... Hotels I've been traveling a lot lately, often staying in some very top-of...

An International oil and gas company; various positions Posting date : Friday, July 25, 2008 Expiry date : Friday, August 08, 2008 Our Client, an International oil and gas company is currently looking for: Account Payable Accountant (Direct Contract for 12 months) Position Summary: Based in Jakarta,...