Archive for July, 2007
Forward to five friends?
July 4th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Fed up of all those silly e-mails with advice or exhortations that finish up demanding that you forward the message to everyone you know? Well, you’ll enjoy this.
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Forgotten World (88): Alaska
July 4th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Alaska is one of the 50 states of the USA. It was purchased by the United States from Russian interests in 1867 for a mere $7M. It became the 49th state of the USA in 1959. It is easily the largest state in geographical size and, thanks to its minerals and oil, one of the […]
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The ABC of life
July 3rd, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Accept differences Be kind Count your blessings Dream Express thanks Forgive Give freely Harm no one Imagine more Jettison anger Keep confidences Love truly Master something Nurture hope Open your mind Pack lightly Quell rumours Reciprocate Seek wisdom Touch hearts Understand Value truth Win graciously Xeriscape * Yearn for peace Zealously support a worthy cause […]
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Forgotten World (87): Paraguay
July 3rd, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Paraguay is a landlocked South American country of only just over 6M people. Politically, it is highly troubled. It experienced more than three decades of dictatorship under Alfredo Stroessner, who was ousted in 1989. The end of his iron-fisted rule did not bring political stability. Factional splits led to the assassination of a vice-president, the […]
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The Brown Government
July 2nd, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Gordon Brown has now finished his massive restructuring of the Labour Government and you can see the full list of Ministers here.
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My media
July 2nd, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Each Monday, the “Guardian” newspaper has a media supplement and features an interview with a famous person recording which media he or she uses – the title of the piece is “My media”. I thought that today I’d interview myself on these lines. Newspapers Every day, we have delivered the two Left-of-centre national newspapers: the […]
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Forgotten World (86): Chad
July 2nd, 2007 by Roger Darlington
A major theme of NightHawk is that we live in a wide and varied world and we should know more about other countries and other cultures and learn to respect them. Therefore, on 17 occasions now, I’ve had a week-long feature devoted to parts of the world that tend to be under-reported or even forgotten. […]
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Our triple celebration (2)
July 1st, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Well, yesterday Vee and I had our triple celebration and it was a wonderful event with a total of 52 family and friends round at our house. We held the event on the terrace but, since it rained and rained and rained, in the morning we’d put up a large gazebo which kept us all […]
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