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National
Geographic Magazine
This
month the National Geographic Magazine
features a Special Issue on Africa.
This call from Africa should be heard by all
our readers and web site visitors.
To
quote from the editorial of the magazine, "Africans
want better and fuller employment. They want
food security and education for their children.
They want good governance, free from oppression
and corruption. They want fair, sensible arrangements
for the management of wild landscapes and natural
resources, arrangements chosen and controlled
by Africans. They want peace."
The
senior staff of the Delamere Group has
spent many years in Africa and highly recommends
reading this special issue. Visit this link
National
Geographic.
IN
THIS ISSUE
1. Business: Africa viewed in poor light by
the UNO
2. Business: China's Economy still booming
3. Business: White-owned farms being expropriated
in Namibia
4. Education: Climate Change?
5. Education & Health: Is coffee bad for
you?
6. Education & Environmental: Extinction
of the world's great apes
7. Education: New School of Travel & Tourism
in South Africa
8. Education: North American Mammals
9. Education: The effect of war on women's lives
10. Education: The Orion Magazine
11. Immigration: This sort of corruption in
South Africa had better stop NOW
12. Travel: Golfer and wine farmer. Interview
with Ernie Els at his farm in Stellenbosch,
Cape Town
13. Travel: How safe are African Airlines?
14. Travel: The English Countryside
15. Travel & Environment: Update on the
Tsavo National Park in Kenya
16. What is BEE in South Africa Business?
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1. Business: Africa viewed in poor light
by the UNO
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The
latest UN report on the economic status of nations
around the globe has the bottom of its list
filled with 20 nations from the sub-Saharan
region. Why? Read this fascinating report for
the answers. Go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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2. Business: China's Economy still booming
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China's
growth shows no sign of slowing, according a
new report by the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD).
In its first analysis of China's economy, the
OECD said the private sector now provided half
its output. To read the full report from the
BBC, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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3. Business: White-owned farms being expropriated
in Namibia
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Windhoek
- Namibia's government has quietly expropriated
its first white-owned farm under the terms of
its land reform programme, ordering its former
occupants off the premises by the end of November,
the farm's owner said on Thursday. To read the
full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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4. Education: Climate Change?
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Scientists
predict about 50 million more people, most of
them in Africa, could be at risk of hunger by
2050 due to climate change and reduced crop
yields.
Roughly 500 million people worldwide already
face hunger but rising levels of greenhouse
gases could make the problem worse. To read
the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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5. Education & Health: Is coffee bad
for you?
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- When the Ink Spots sang "I love the java
jive and it loves me" in 1940, they could
not have known how right they were.
Coffee
not only helps clear the mind and perk up the
energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants
than any other food or beverage in the American
diet, according to a study released Sunday.
To read this report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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6. Education & Environmental: Extinction
of the world's great apes
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KINSHASA
(Reuters) - Poaching, logging and disease
will soon wipe out the last of the world's great
apes unless new strategies are devised to save
humankind's closest relatives, conservationists
said. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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7. Education: New School of Travel &
Tourism in South Africa
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The
Delamere Group announces the
launch of the multi-million rand School of Tourism
and Hospitality in Johannesburg. Business tycoon
Sol Kerzner donated R20 million for the school's
construction. His organisation will also help
the school link up with hospitality institutions
abroad. To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's Note: Visit our web site on
courses available in the travel
industry.
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8. Education: North American Mammals
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The
Smithsonian Institution is well regarded for
both its fine in situ collections and its rather
dynamic and lively Web-based exhibits and databases.
This
particular site contains a searchable database
of the approximately 400 living mammals of North
America. Much of the material on the site is
based on The Smithsonian Book of North American
Mammals by Don E. Wilson and Sue Ruff. New visitors
will definitely want to begin by perusing the
"About the Site" area as it provides
some basic information about how to best utilize
the ways to search the database.
In
brief, the database may be searched by species,
geographic location, conservation status, and
family tree. For each mammal, visitors can view
several renderings and photographs and also
read a short scientific and narrative description.
A particularly novel feature is that for many
of the mammals visitors can listen to a sound
clip of each in its natural habitat. Another
feature that is quite helpful is that visitors
can create their own printable field guides
by merely clicking a box next to each mammal's
scientific name, and then proceed to print these
materials out as they wish. Visit
this site.
From
The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project
1994-2005
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9. Education: The effect of war on women's
lives
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Throughout
the 20th and 21st century, women have played
a variety of roles during various military conflicts,
both on the home front and on the front lines
of battle. This online exhibit from the Imperial
War Museum in Britain explores some of the complexities
faced by women during these conflicts. The site
is divided into four primary sections, including
those that deal with both World Wars. Within
each section, visitors can look at some of the
activities that draw on the extensive visual
documentation offered within. Visit
this web site.
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10. Education: The Orion Magazine
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Since
its inception in 1982, the Orion
magazine has had a primary concern with reconnecting
human culture with the natural world and "engaging
the heart and mind". During the past few
decades, Orion has published the work of a number
of new voices, along with such established writers
as Barry Lopez and David Quammen.
First-time
visitors to the site will enjoy perusing the
online archive, which contains selected articles
and other writings from the magazine. Some of
the materials available online include the piece
"Peas, Man" by Matt Rasmussen. In
the piece he offers his memories of working
in the pea fields in the Skagit Valley. Another
insightful piece in the most recent issue is
"What Fundamentalists Need for Their Salvation"
by David James Duncan. There are a number of
fine online features here, including an audio
feature of Pulitzer-Prize winner Richard Rhodes
talking about the Everglades. Visit
this intriguing site.
From
The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project
1994-2005
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11. Immigration: This sort of corruption
in South Africa must stop NOW
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Policemen
were clearly shown accepting bribes in the South
African Broadcasting Corporation's Special Assignment
programme. A Zimbabwean man agreed to help expose
the alleged corruption and then filmed the policemen
accepting bribes with a hidden miniature video
camera that had been attached to his clothes.
The Delamere Group states officially
"that there is enough corruption in Africa
without this sort of behavior by government
officials of South Africa, the leading nation
in Africa."
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12. Travel: Golfer and wine farmer. Interview
with Ernie Els at his farm in Stellenbosch,
Cape Town
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They
say there are two things that men are driven
to master in life: playing the perfect round
of golf and making the perfect bottle of wine.
If this is the case, then SA world champion
golfer turned gentleman wine farmer Ernie Els
(36) must be close to having mastered the art
of living. To read the full interview, go to
our NEWS
DESK link.
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13. Travel: How safe are African Airlines?
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African
airlines feature prominently on a new list of
the world's most dangerous airlines. Belgium
has followed France's lead in publishing the
names of airlines over which it has safety concerns.
None of the airlines on the list will be allowed
to fly to Belgium because of what authorities
say are operational safety concerns. To read
the full list, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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14. Travel: The English Countryside
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Take
a tour of the British countryside, "from
the Scottish Highlands to the South Downs,"
via this web exhibition from the Tate Online.
A Picture of Britain looks at the ways in which
the British landscape has inspired artists like
John Constable, JMW Turner, LS Lowry, Paul Nash
and Richard Long.
The
Web exhibition features an interactive map,
a quiz for you to test your knowledge of various
regions, including the Highlands and Glens,
the Romantic North, and the Mystical West. Using
the map, plot landmarks and artistic locations
to see the places that have inspired generations
of British artists, such as Tintern Abbey, Tyne
River, and Lands End. There is also an Art On
Demand section where visitors can order prints
of their favorite images from the show. Visit
this site.
From The Scout Report, Copyright
Internet Scout Project 1994-2005
Editor's
Note: Visit our web site on travel and tours
of England.
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15. Travel & Environment: Update on
the Tsavo National Park in Kenya
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NAIROBI,
Kenya - The struggling parks where Kenya's
largest elephant and rhino populations live
will get trucks, communication equipment and
better roads in a $1.25 million anti-poaching
program unveiled Thursday.
"The
challenges are huge and they need help,"
said Elizabeth Wamba of the U.S.-based International
Fund for Animal Welfare, which is funding the
program. To read the full report, go to our
NEWS
DESK link.
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16. What is BEE in South Africa Business?
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One
of our readers asked this question. The initials
BEE stand for Black Economic Empowerment, "BEE",
was introduced as a policy to create economic
equity and opportunity for black people through
various areas of business. To read the full
answer, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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This month's quote
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"I
have never let my schooling interfere with my
education." ~ Mark Twain
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