In the book “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die:” (ISBN 0-7893-1370-7), a great general reference, chronicling the history of the Novel you will find reference to Aesops Fables.
In fact, it is listed as 1001, making it the oldest reference is this very interesting selection of novels. Of course one of the best known [...]
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It has been known that we are our thoughts, we are literally what we think of ourselves. We are what we conform to. This might possibly be the most important concept to understand.
When one reads the ancient Chinese text “Tao Te Ching” by Lao Tzu, in paragraph/ section 23 he says [...]
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Read the rest of this entry »Here is a problem that is not going away for Australia.
A recent report from the BBC in the UK tells us that the number of Indian students studying in Australia is projected to fall by about 20% in 2010.
Australia’s Tourism Forecasting Committee (TFC) has said the students are choosing to stay away due to a [...]
It’s yet another proverbial “kill the goose that lays the golden egg” problem, this time the book world.
Last week Amazon.com, Walmart.com, and Target.com embarked in an online price war over the pre-sale of new hardcover, bestselling books. While the retail price for these books is typically $25–35, all three of these retailers are selling them for between [...]
Critics warn that the companies threaten to kill the goose laying the golden eggs, the Internet, by stifling the very quality of openness that has made the Internet a miracle of innovation.
For everyone who loves the Internet, something important happened today whether you know it or not or care or not.
The U.S. government essentially said [...]
This week the UK Guardian newspaper reported, the most celebrated scientist in the country, stephen Hawking, quietly stepped down this week from the most prestigious post in British physics.
Hawking’s successor as Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University will be decided by committee this month, but as he moves on, leading physicists warn that Britain risks [...]
AUSTRALIA risks killing the goose that laid the golden egg.
By failing to act decisively to protect the welfare and interests of overseas students, federal and state education authorities have allowed a debacle in the vocational training sector to tarnish the entire university system.
Reputation is just about all a university has in the increasingly globalised [...]