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Books to buy and read…

“PC DAVID COPPERFIELD is an ordinary bobby quietly waging war on crime…when he’s not drowning in a sea of paperwork, government initiatives and bogus targets. ‘WASTING POLICE TIME’ is his hilarious but shocking picture of life in a modern British town, where teenage yobs terrorise the elderly, drunken couples brawl in front of their children and drug-addicted burglars and muggers roam free. PC Copperfield reveals how crime is spiralling while millions of pounds in tax is frittered away, and reveals a force which, crushed under mad bureaucracy, is left desperately fiddling the figures. His award-winning internet diary, Coppersblog, attracted rave reviews for its dry wit from The Sunday Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph; The Mail on Sunday featured it across three full pages. It’s also banned by most police forces - just accessing the blog is a disciplinary offence. Copperfield brings the same incisive, acid humour to bear in ‘Wasting Police Time’. The Home Secretary won’t like it, and nor will Copperfield’s Chief Constable, but a million serving and retired police officers and millions of ordinary Britons will be left nodding in agreement. If you’re fed up with Tony Blair’s bogus war on crime, and you want the truth - with added laughs - this book is for you.” click

The Policeman’s Blog
http://coppersblog.blogspot.com
The Teacher’s Blog
http://frankchalk.blogspot.com
The Doctors’s Blog
http://nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/

Culture shock is a term used to describe the discomfort and disorientation that accompanies a transition from a familiar culture or environment to an unfamiliar one. Living in a foreign country is often an exciting and educational experience, but there are inevitably bumps in the road. Several factors affect your ability to cope. For instance, you’ll probably be without the familiar support networks that friends and family provide. You’ll likely be dealing with an unfamiliar language, food and customs. And, not surprisingly, you’ll find yourself an outsider more often than not. It’s also common to lose the sense of belonging—and even the sense of your own competency—that you took for granted in your native country. Being alienated can exert a considerable strain on even the hardiest of souls…. click

English Al Jazeera - A different perspective click

The Regex Coach is a graphical application for Windows which can be used to experiment with (Perl-compatible) regular expressions interactively. click

Regular Expressions in Java click

A solution, which Microsoft doesn’t document…

“Microsoft Office Tools” > “Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard”

This will allow you to ’save’ and ‘restore’ all Office settings to and from a file, this includes backing up email account settings. Be careful when importing as this will pickup all your Office settings and overwrite any recent changes.

Sing along with the albinoblacksheep flash.

Instead the guy’s a political god and a part time presidential candidate. Just lookie here:

• Ralph Nader - Democracy and Big Business (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) “I didn’t accuse Gore of costing me the election.”
• His website and Wikipedia entry.
• His campaign adds (Priceless, When I grow up)