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The governing body of the Olympic Games is the International Olympic Committee (IOC). They have been responsible for the games since they revived the Olympic Games with Summer Olympics at Athens in 1896. In 1924, the first Winter Olympics were held in France. Games were held in the same year through 1992 when the IOC […]
Pharma staffers, despite working long hours in the wake of the shaky economy are beginning to express insecurity about their careers as a recent survey by the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing magazine found. The survey report found that of the 400 readers worldwide participated in the survey, 64% feared job security. While in 2008 this figure was […]
SQLite is a popular relational database management system excessively used in these days. But unlike other database management systems, it’s not a client-server database engine. In fact, it’s embedded into the end program. SQLite is widely supported by various browsers, operating systems, embedded systems and many other applications. If you want an open-source and embedded […]
Introduction When hearing about Enron, Conrad Black, Kimberly Rogers or WorldCom, one will definitely think about theft, bribery and fraud. The key word here is “fraud”; where many studies have been conducted about this subject. What is fraud and how is it detected and dealt with, and how is it possible to be protected from […]
The holy Catholic Roman church, by the time of Martin Luther and John Calvin, had been in power for a thousand years and held one third of the land in Europe. The pope, cardinals and bishops came exclusively from the aristocratic elite of Europe. Because of this the clergy already wielded an incredible amount of […]
Without a doubt the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) – four of the world’s largest emerging economies, have massive economic and investment potential, especially within the technology industry. According to Euromonitor International if the BRIC countries are able to maintain their current growth rate, the combined economies of these four global powerhouses could […]
The term above is as pandemic as it is endemic to national economy. Why? This is owing to the fact that virus as an organism behaves like a timing bomb and reproduces every millisecond of its young. Corruption has been described as a virus because it reproduces as it permits the fabric of the society. […]
Just as there are people like me who believe in Bible prophecy yet to be fulfilled, there are others (and it seems to be a growing group) who are downplaying prophecy in Scripture. Especially what a lot of folks call the rapture or the snatching away, being caught up in the clouds to meet the […]
Ask some Danes in the street of Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, about what is important to them. Many will answer you that it is important that we have a country that is safe, that all people get their basic supply of food, have a decent place to live and have free access to the […]
When you look around the world for likely IT offshore outsourcing destinations you may want to open your view a little to the south toward Brazil. Software programming is becoming a global commodity and Brazil offers the clear advantage of time zone, easy travel, and low cost IT professionals. Imagine skilled English speaking IT professionals […]