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International Security Management Association
ISMA's mission is to provide and support an international forum of selected security executives whose combined expertise will be utilized in a synergistic manner in developing, organizing, assimilating, and sharing knowledge within security disciplines for the ultimate purpose of enhancing professional and business standards.
from : charlieedwards
30th June 2006
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The Slow Race
Moves to combat poverty through innovations in science and technology are being hampered by a reliance on top down imposition. In this report Melissa Leach and Ian Scoones of the Institute of Development Studies argue that innovation should be citizen led, with development and use of technology designed around specific local needs.
from : markfuller
27th June 2006
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1966 and more...
Now I understand that 1966 is an important date for English football, it was a controversial game and England won the world-cup for the first and only time. However, I spent much of my walk down Tooley Street mentally composing a blog rant on why the English constantly have to mention it when they talk to Germans or about Germany. I have stopped counting the times when I was told - 'Well, but we won the second world war and the football world cup in 1966.' - and I simply don't understand...
from : juliahuber
23rd March 2006
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For the first time...
Germany will have a female and eastern German at its helm. Finally, the two main parties have reached agreement and Angela Merkel will be the next German chancellor. But, if you thought, this was it, it's not, because now they need to work out who is going to get which post in the coalition government (and what will happen to Schroeder? deputy chancellor? foreign minister? backbencher?) and also a shared political programme for the next few years. So, dispatches and commentary from the German...
from : juliahuber
10th October 2005
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Doom and Gloom?
I am myself not averse to criticising the German economy, educational system, labour market, political system, sense of humour and so on, but over the last week the portrayal of Germany as the 'sick man of Europe' in the British media has started to awaken my German pride. And when Tony Blair yesterday referred to the 'Angst of Germany', I really did get annoyed. So, I was very positively surprised when today I discovered this article, which paints a very different picture, by Demos author,...
from : juliahuber
28th September 2005
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Lederhosen or Dirndel...
is NOT what all Germans (even all Bavarians) wear on polling day, contrary to the image suggested by the BBC's pictures of 'Germany on election day'. It's like saying that all British people go to the election booth dressed up like its Ladies' Day at Ascot.
from : juliahuber
20th September 2005
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Who is it going to be?
Firstly, I have to admit I think the various colour-coded names that are given to the different coalition options - 'traffic-light coalition', 'Jamaica coalition'- are quite fun. The latter has already been the object of numerous jokes, especially by Green foreign minister Joschka Fischer who said on the Radio last night that he couldn't imagine the Conservatives 'listening to Bob Marley music and smoking joints', adding that 'this is more something that we (the Greens) used to do' and thus he...
from : juliahuber
20th September 2005
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PowerSnitch
TORONTO HYDRO CORPORATIONTransmitted by CNW Group on : August 16, 2005 09:00Four in Ten Torontonians (44 per cent) would 'Snitch' on ElectricityWastersAlmost 80 per cent are now conserving TORONTO, Aug. 16 /CNW/ - The province has broken all records forelectricity demand this summer, and the anniversary of the great 2003 Blackouthighlights the ongoing need for conservation. The results of two surveyscommissioned by Toronto Hydro show that Torontonians are making headway - weare much...
from : petermacleod
16th August 2005
