 TIGblogs
TIGblogs are TakingITGlobal's online space for you to reflect on events, talk about your travels, comment on the news, or just chat about your day! Below you can read about what's new at TakingITGlobal in our staff group blog, check out the featured TIGblog, or browse through TIGblog entries from the last 24 hours. Did you miss something important? Check out the most popular entries this week on the right hand side of the page.
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 Latest TakingITGlobal News |
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The TIG revamp has been an ongoing project for our tech team for over a year – and this week we launched three exciting new features on the site! They are: a new improved My TIG, tags, and the TIG widget.
My TIG:
Clicking on My TIG now takes you to your Bulletin Board, where you can see what your TIG friends are doing on the site... (read more)
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Source: BR Special
On February 1, 1979 exiled Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran after 14 years in exile. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, 78, was imprisoned by the Shah... (read more)
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Immersive Gaming
Looking extensively into immersive gaming and how this can be used. This is an industry on the verge of a global breakthrough and the exciting thing about it is being able to be part of defining it and the directions it will take for the future.
The use perspectives are enormous, in everything from arts, to corporate training, army and... (read more)
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Human Rights
Hello everyone,
Human rights is a very big subject. I think that we ALL share this Earth and that every single one of us should have the same human rights. I think everyone should be treated with respect. I think everyone should be allowed to find their own happiness as long as it doesnt hurt anyone else. I think everyone should... (read more)
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Blame the User, not the Technology
There are many uses technology it just depends on how the technology is being used. For example I was in an important meeting and this guys cell phone started to ring I thought to myself "he just going to turn it off but no he answered while he was sitting down and started talking. He did not hurry out to the hallway, he did not even apologize... (read more)
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MDGs
In Nigeria today how many of the masses know about the Millienium Development Goals? 1.5%,3% or should i say 10%. Taking a bus through lagos mainland, i seized up the opportunity to chat with passengers on the topic "HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MILLIENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS" and the response i got was heartbreaking, only 1 person knew!. With... (read more)
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When Things Go Wrong!
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you are trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but do not quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
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Universal Peace Calendar may 08
the upload format doesn´t allow larger pictures than 250x250 pixel
so please go for free download of this month Universal Peace Calendar to
www.UniversalPeaceCalendar.com (read more)
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Transit - MTV Staying Alive -
Transit - Trailer Uploaded by mtvstayingalive
TRANSIT is available with various subtitles, for free and sent at no coast and above all it can be used with a youth friendly and easy to use Teaching Kit available on line
Contact : hello@staying-alive.org
TRANSIT is a fast-paced feature film that that uses fiction... (read more)
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Svyato-Voznesensky Cathedral
Location: Panfilov's Park,
Almaty, Kazakstan
Description: The dominant project by russian architect's Zenkov. Svyato-Voznesensky Cathedral (Cathedral of Holy Ascension) was built in 1904. Almaty's building which survived the 1911s earthquake. The cathedral is built entirely of wood, and without nails. The walls are painted with sharp... (read more)
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e's first blog post
below is e's first post... his side of the story as he explains it to my bro...
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Haha our weekend got really interesting last night at around 10:30. We were driving back home from my parents and you know how they live up there in Stoufville area with no streets lights or anything. It was pitch dark and raining. So we were driving and all... (read more)
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Outreach Issues
The Sustainable Development Issues Network and Stakeholder Forum release a daily news bulletin that aims to "report with attitude from the global scene of sustainability." It is a great
http://www.sdin-ngo.net/ (read more)
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WHY DEMOCRACY WITHOUT FREEDOM?
Fellow Nigerians,
Leadership without accountability can be called rulership, but democracy without freedom is certainly dictatorship. It is said that when the purpose of a thing is not known that abuse is inevitable. It looks like the purpose of power within a democratic setting over here is not known, and therefore abuse is unavoidable.... (read more)
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We are the ones
How can this not inspire you with hope that the messages that captivate our friends in the U.S. voting this fall can be positive and not just negative? Messages that excite with the possibility of a positive future, not try to cast fear and uncertainty as the reason to select a person.
I'm very proud of them for ending the video... (read more)
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