My first Vista post

Posted by on Sep 17, 2007 in updates | 10 comments I’ve been struggling all day to familiarise myself with Windows Vista now that all my programmes have been transferred over to my new computer. However, I have still had to install much of the software again, and as all my blogging software was installed by Geoff, and he is away on an epic trek on foot across the Pyrenees, I had no choice but to try and unravel this challenge. I had...
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Should voting be made compulsory?

Posted by on Sep 17, 2007 in Uncategorized | 24 comments Greece’s Conservatives have retained their lead in the latest general elections. But how many people are aware that it is one of 32 countries in the world where voting is compulsory? Even in the fire-ravaged villages of southern Greece, where many homes remain without water or electricity, prefabricated containers were used as temporary voting centres. Despite the loss of homes, voters...
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