Many years ago I started work in the publications department of an old-established City institution. I was a lowly editorial assistant, and I fetched coffee and accompanied photographers and did a lot of filing, in the basement of a beautiful building, but in an environment where I never saw natural light, and everything was either […]
“300”: True Tale of Courage
Many people know about the Alamo and the courage those men possessed. There were less than 200 volunteers and they were fighting Santa Anna’s massive army. If that seemed massive picture this; 150,000 or so Persian soldiers against 300 Spartans and their allies. That is the setting for Frank Miller’s (Sin City) […]
Life Lessons
La Plata — In the downtown apartment building where he lives with his wife, Julio Drut maintains a small workshop in a back room above the lobby that might otherwise be left for storage. “In this life,” he says in his gruff voice, “you have to take care of things, day by day, so […]
Spill over effects of instability in Afghanistan
When Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, was termed as an aggressor by US lead free world, Pakistan was being declared frontline state to combat Soviet aggression, Baluchistan and NWFP Provinces of Pakistan became centers of supply of arms and men to Afghan Freedom Fighters, religious seminary students, and university students were motivated to join […]
The Socialist EU on the rocks
Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament the UK part of it has the right idea ! a trading agreement with the EU and not its socialist red tape which is killing Small and Medium Enterprises in the EU. Now its enlarged and the French, like most in Western Europe are howling for job protection and […]
Liferay-CIGNEX Form Open Source Services Partnership
Leading Open Source Consulting Firm Offers Integrated ECM/Portal Solutions as Preferred Partner LOS ANGELES and SANTA CLARA, CA – FEBRUARY 8, 2007 – Liferay, provider of the world’s leading enterprise-class, open source portal and content management system announced a new partnership with CIGNEX Technologies, a top ten open source consulting firm […]