Geneva, 20 November 2009. Particle beams are once again circulating in the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, CERN*’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This news comes after the machine was handed over for operation on Wednesday morning. A clockwise circulating beam was established at ten o’clock this evening. This is an important milestone on the road towards first physics at the LHC, expected in 2010. to read more http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/europe.htm
November 20, 2009
Oxford Business News
Toto Wolff is a new Williams F1 shareholder & board memberOxford, UK, 20 November 2009 to read more http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/businessnews.htm
November 18, 2009
New books for christmas
General
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The dragon’s pearl / Sirin Phathanothai with James Peck
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1994.
336 s. : ill.
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Mina hundar i Asien / Sven Hedin
Stockholm : Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1952.
238 s. : ill.
ge-109-143
I Østen : oplevelser i krigstidens Singapore og det ny Kina på vej /
Holger Hansen
Kbh. : Gyldendal, 1983.
206 s. : ill.
ge-109-144
The new taipans : a vital source book on the people and business of the
Pacific Rim / Claudia Cragg
London : Arrow Books, 1996.
vi, 234 s.
ge-109-145
Asia Pacific : its role in the new world disorder / Michael S.
Dobbs-Higginson
London : Mandarin, 1996.
xxvi, 470 s.
ge-109-146
København-Tokio-København gennem Luften / Anders Peter Botved
Kbh. : Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1926.
160 s. : ill.
East Asia
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Det ny Sibirien : en Skildring af det omkring den sibiriske Jærnbane
opblomstende Fremtidsland samt af en Rejse i Mantshuriet / Holger
Rosenberg ; med et forord af Thor Lange
Odense : Milo’ske Boghandels Forlag, 1904.
383 s. : ill.
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En Trediedel af Verden / Sven Tillge-Rasmussen
Kbh. : Gyldendalske Boghandel – Nordisk Forlag, 1937.
192 s.
China
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Companion to Chinese history / Hugh B. O’Neill
New York : Facts on File, 1987.
x, 397 s.
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Fra Holbergsgade til Tientsin : erindringer fra mine unge år i ØK / Tage
Wøldike Schmith
Kbh. : Bonde’s, 1989.
140 s. : ill.
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Travels of a photographer in China, 1933-1946 / Hedda Morrison
Hong Kong : Oxford University Press, 1987.
246 s. : ill.
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Heaven is high, the emperor far away : merchants and mandarins in old
Canton / Valery M. Garrett
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
xiv, 210 s. : ill.
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Foreigners within the gates : the legations at Peking / Michael J. Moser,
Yeone Wei-Chih Moser
Hong Kong : Oxford University Press, 1993.
xiii, 158 s. : ill.
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The great Chinese revolution, 1800-1985 / John King Fairbank
New York : Harper & Row, 1987.
xv, 396 s.
http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/oxfordbooks.htm
November 18, 2009
Gurteen Knowledge-Letter: Issue 113 – November 2009
1 Introduction to the November 2009 Knowledge Letter
2 The story of TOMS Shoes
3 How to organise a children’s party
4 We cannot problem solve our way into fundamental change, or transformation
5 No More Consultants
6 A talk by Dr David Vaine on 4th generation knowledge management!
7 The chef & the recipe book user
8 An interview with Theodore Zeldin
9 KM Event Highlights
10 Subscribing and Unsubscribing
11 The Gurteen Knowledge Letter
to read more:http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/gurteenknowledgeletter.htm
November 17, 2009
Mike Tyson
Doncaster hotelier packs a punch with boxing legend Mike Tyson.
Undisputed heavyweight boxing champion, Mike Tyson, chose Owston Hall Hotel, Golf and Spa resort in Doncaster as his retreat for the weekend.http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/travelNews.htm
