In a New York Times article, journalist Jack Hitt discusses the effects that criminalizing abortion has had on El Salvador. The article is not only nicely written it slowly brings you in to a country that’s catholic beliefs are putting women in prison for up to 30 years should they have, or participate in, an […]
Archive for April 10th, 2006
How criminalizing abortion affects a country
Published 2 years, 4 months ago in News, Politics and Society. 0 Comments
The thank you note that melted !
Published 2 years, 4 months ago in Unusual and Personal. 0 CommentsMy dear friends Christine and François brought me a thank you note on Sunday. I’d helped out over the phone with Windows XP installation support. Passing on knowledge from having worked at a software company !
However, guess what happens when you put the thank you note on an external hard drive that uses the aluminium […]
The Harry Potter success has transformed Bloomsbury
Published 2 years, 4 months ago in News, Trend, Books and Marketing. 0 CommentsAn interesting article on the Guardian unlimited web site today about how Harry Potter books have transformed the publishing company Bloomsbury, for better or for worse. The success of the Harry Potter is so undeniable that it is appropriately described as a “the greatest phenomenon in publishing history” by Bloomsbury founding editor Liz Calder. The […]
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