For many people wanting to experience a new culture in depth, TEFL teaching provides an ideal option. I am currently on my 4th TEFL assignment in two years and I don’t regret for a moment leaving my established career and taking the plunge. Luckily I had a good basis for becoming a teacher. My previous […]
China Is Really Number Two
China’s coming on strong while our leaders chase the terrorists across the globe. Recently much international press fanfare was generated acknowledging that China had replaced Great Britain as the world’s fourth largest economy. Nobody argues nowadays that China has the highest growth rate of industrialized economics posting annual growth rates in excess of 8.5 percent […]
Female fronted metal band Echoes of Eternity releases The Forgotten Goddess
<div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt"><strong>Los Angeles band Echoes of Eternity releases debut album <em>The Forgotten Goddess</em></strong></div> <div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt"><strong> </strong></div> <div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt"> </div> <div style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt">It’s hard to ignore the perky-metal presence of Echoes of Eternity female lead singer Francine Boucher. As soon as the petite golden girl, ensconced in […]
A Response to MLK’s Speech Today
<p><dt class="post-head"> <div class="image-wrapper"> </div> <div class="content-wrapper"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman" color="#8000ff" size="3"> <p> </p> <p>Not so long ago Martin Luther King made a speech that changed America for the better and put us on a promising road for a future filled with freedoms afforded to all Americans.</p> <p>As we headed for that quest for freedom we […]
Internet Voting is Central to Direct Democracy
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Times"></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times">As municipalities and telecommunications providers partner on WiFi and WiMax infrastructures – and as debate still rages along the many ridges of the digital divide – the promise this broader web access can bring to the public with respect to […]
Reflections: Another Day at the Welfare Office
<p>Everyday people in need of government assistance make the journey to our Social Security/Welfare Office for General Relief and Food Stamps. What they get is 75 pages and a full day of questions about their bank accounts and what they own, how much money they have earned in the past or how much has passed […]