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Broadcast
Equipment
Buyers
Guide
The
Broadcast
Equipment
Buyers
Guide
is
an
online
Equipment
Guide
and
News
portal
for
the
Broadcast
industry.
The
Broadcast
Equipment
Guide
is
one
of
the
most
comprehensive
online
resources
for
the
Broadcast
industry,
offering
all
the
information
you
need
to
find
products,
services
and
vendors
for
your
Broadcast
projects.
Plus,
it
provides
the
latest
Broadcast
industry
news,
new
product
news,
new
product
reviews,
Broadcast
Job
Listings,
Broadcast
Calendar
of
Events
and
a
variety
of
other
resources.
Visit
this
site.
IN
THIS
ISSUE
1.
Business:
China
the
Key
to
Solving
Africa's
Problems
2.
Business:
Increasing
Trade
Between
USA
&
South
Africa
3.
Business:
India
Investing
Heavily
in
South
Africa
4.
Business:
South
African
Gold
Production
5.
Business:
Remote
Home
Wine
Making,
What
Next?
6.
Education/Humanitarian
Issues:
What
is
the
UNO
Doing
about
Darfur?
7.
Education
&
Travel:
London
a
Life
in
Maps
8.
Education:
All-Hazard
Weather
Monitor
9.
Immigration:
Iraqi
Refugees
10.
Immigration:
New
Rules
for
British
Passports
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1.
Business:
China
the
Key
to
Solving
Africa's
Problems
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As
the
despotic
regimes
of
Zimbabwe
and
Sudan
horrify
the
international
community,
western
governments
and
diplomats
are
beginning
to
think
the
unthinkable
-
China
could
be
the
key
to
solving
Africa's
human
rights
nightmare.
China
has
for
decades
been
condemned
for
its
own
record
on
human-rights
abuses.
But
owing
to
its
burgeoning
economic
and
political
activities
in
Africa,
it
is
increasingly
becoming
the
only
outside
power
with
any
hope
of
halting
the
slide
towards
disaster
in
two
of
the
continent's
most
troubled
states.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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2.
Business:
Increasing
Trade
Between
USA
&
South
Africa
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Johannesburg
-
South
Africa
will
pull
out
all
the
stops
to
attract
US
investment
and
help
local
companies
get
exposure
to
that
country.
According
to
Iqbal
Sharma,
the
chief
director
of
international
trade
at
the
department
of
trade
and
industry,
70
delegations
from
small
and
medium
South
African
enterprises
and
large
corporations
in
the
public
and
private
sectors
will
visit
New
York,
Chicago
and
Detroit
this
month
to
promote
investment
in
business
process
outsourcing,
information
&
communication
technology,
biotechnology,
automotive
and
financial
services
sectors.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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Business:
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Investing
Heavily
in
South
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Johannesburg
-
Indian
companies
are
showing
growing
investment
interest
in
the
pharmaceutical
and
automotive
industries
in
South
Africa,
according
to
Standard
Chartered
Bank.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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4.
Business:
South
African
Gold
Production
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South
African
gold
production
fell
by
7.5
percent
in
2006,
taking
it
to
its
lowest
level
in
84
years,
the
Chamber
of
Mines
said
on
Wednesday.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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5.
Business:
Remote
Home
Wine
Making,
What
Next?
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San
Francisco
-
Napa
Valley
is
meeting
Silicon
Valley
at
an
innovative
San
Francisco
firm
that
is
harnessing
the
power
of
the
Internet
to
transform
the
world
of
home
wine-making.
Aromas
of
yeast
and
fermentation
exude
from
the
winery,
a
converted
mayonnaise
factory,
inspiring
passers-by
to
peek
inside
as
workers
feed
freshly
picked
cabernet
grapes
into
a
machine
that
separates
the
fruit.
If
you
are
interested
in
wine
making
as
our
CEO
is,
then
visit
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
Editor's
Note:
Visit
our
page
on
top
quality
wines,
click
here.
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6.
Education/Humanitarian
Issues:
What
is
the
UNO
Doing
About
Darfur?
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UN
Security
Council
members
voiced
frustration
today
that
Omar
Hassan
al-Bashir,
the
Sudan's
president,
had
still
not
answered
a
UN
letter
sent
six
weeks
ago
on
beefing
up
African
peacekeepers
in
Darfur.
At
issue
is
an
interim
force
to
bolster
7
000
African
Union
troops
with
some
3
000
personnel,
mainly
engineers,
logistics
and
medical
units
as
well
as
helicopter
pilots.
This
group
will
plan
for
a
far
larger
African
Union-UN
force.
To
read
this
disturbing
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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7.
Education
&
Travel:
London
a
Life
in
Maps
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Sometime
in
the
middle
of
the
thirteen
century,
the
monk
Matthew
Paris
created
a
diagram
using
ink
and
various
pigments
to
illustrate
his
route
from
London
to
Apulia.
In
doing
so,
he
created
a
document
which
forms
part
of
the
cartographic
history
of
a
city
that
would
grow
exponentially
over
the
coming
centuries.
This
document,
along
with
thirty
nine
others,
form
part
of
the
online
exhibit,
London:
A
Life
in
Maps.
Created
by
staff
members
at
the
British
Library,
visitors
can
click
on
an
interactive
map
(rather
appropriately)
to
locate
these
various
maps
which
go
all
the
way
up
to
the
21st
century.
Another
fun
feature
on
the
site
allows
users
to
download
a
Google
Earth
layer
that
includes
a
selection
of
these
maps,
including
one
of
Regents
Park
in
1841
and
a
plan
of
the
London
Docks
from
1797.
The
site
is
rounded
out
by
an
area
where
visitors
can
send
electronic
cards
to
friends
and
colleagues
that
incorporate
images
from
these
maps.
Visit
this
site.
From
The
Scout
Report,
Copyright
Internet
Scout
Project
1994-2007
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8.
Education:
All-Hazard
Weather
Monitor
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When
the
weather
outside
is
frightful,
budding
meteorologists
will
want
to
turn
to
the
NOAA,
All-Hazard
Monitor
website.
Drawing
on
an
impressive
array
of
weather-tracking
devices,
satellites,
and
so
on,
visitors
can
monitor
a
number
of
types
of
weather
here,
including
tropical
weather,
droughts,
volcanoes,
earthquakes,
and
oil
spills.
Along
with
the
Weather
Summary
map
that
is
front
and
center
on
the
homepage,
visitors
can
also
click
onto
detailed
maps
of
surface
weather
and
the
current
drought
outlook.
The
site
also
features
information
about
weather
in
space,
rip
currents,
and
harmful
algae
blooms.
One
can
imagine
a
number
of
educational
uses
for
the
map,
from
displaying
the
map
in
a
visual
communications
class
to
a
basic
course
on
meteorology.
Visit
this
site.
From
The
Scout
Report,
Copyright
Internet
Scout
Project
1994-2007
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9.
Immigration:
Iraqi
Refugees
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The
number
of
Iraqis
seeking
asylum
in
industrialised
countries
has
jumped
by
almost
80%
from
a
year
earlier,
according
to
the
UN
refugee
agency.
The
UNHCR
says
that
a
total
of
22,200
applications
were
made
by
Iraqis
in
2006,
up
from
12,500
in
2005.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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10.
Immigration:
New
Rules
for
British
Passports
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More
than
600,000
people
a
year
applying
for
a
passport
for
the
first
time
will
from
May
2007
have
to
attend
a
compulsory
interview
up
to
20
miles
from
their
home,
it
was
announced
yesterday.
To
read
the
full
report,
go
to
our
NEWS
DESK
link.
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month's
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"Keep
away
from
people
who
try
to
belittle
your
ambitions.
Small
people
always
do
that,
but
the
really
great
ones
make
you
feel
that
you
too,
can
become
great."
~
Mark
Twain
