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Education is the key. The key to what? The key to many things. For one thing, the key to success. What is success? Earl Nightingale possibly offers the best definition I know: “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” • A success is the school...

Cats are great companions for people of all ages and walks of life. Whether you are a busy single professional living alone in a small apartment in the city, a family with children living in a house in the suburbs or a senior citizen living in a retirement home, a cat...

Today, I am going to talk about the role of the opening bowler in cricket. Cricket is played between 2 teams. The bowling team needs to get the opposition out for less runs than they scored. Bowlers win cricket games. It is the opening bowler who leads the charge, and...

In life, we are faced with many situations. A lot of life might be compared to a game of cricket. We can be a batsman, bowler or fielder – and other people play the other roles. As a batsman, you have to cope with whatever the bowlers serve up to you, and contend with...

Hullo. The intrepid journeys of Tick, the cat, and Nick, the computer tutor, continue. We have just visited our good friend Toko the bottlenose dolphin. After we had seen Toko, Nick said “Well Tikitiki. That was good. Shall we find somewhere to sleep tonight?” Tick or...

Hullo. The intrepid journeys of Tick, the cat, and Nick, the computer tutor, continue. Today we take in more of wonderful Tokomaru Bay, and visit Toko, the bottlenose dolphin, again. Tokomaru Bay is a small beachside community located on the isolated East Coast of New...

Hullo. My name is Tikitiki. They call me Tick for short, and I am an awesome cat. I was born on the campus of the local Gisborne Polytechnic. I have just arrived at Te Puia Springs, after admiring Mt Hikurangi, the sacred mountain of the Ngati Porou tribe on the East...

Shit happens" is a common slang phrase expressing that life is full of unpredictable events, and bad things can happen to people for no particular reason. The origin or earliest use of the phrase is uncertain. The phrase was probably introduced to print by Connie...

The computer offers all benefits of a good well calibrated machine. Benefits include: • easier research • better gaming • easier communication • it makes business better • it makes it easier to shop, etc. A computer can repetitively compute without making mistakes...

I have read many articles about Building a Brighter Future. I have read things such as: • Better child care. • Programs to help the second chance learner. I seldom read anything about building a brighter future by using seniors. The younger generations seem to think...

What is triumph? Triumph is something accomplished, especially by superior ability, special effort, great courage. www.dictionary.com says triumph is a significant success or noteworthy achievement; instance or occasion of victory. A tale of triumph could be about a...

Hullo. My name is Tikitiki. They call me Tick for short, and I am a very awesome cat. I was born on the campus of the local Gisborne Polytechnic. For the last few weeks, I have been enjoying the lovely village if Tikitiki. I was being looked after by Nick the tutor’s...

Hullo. My name is Tikitiki. They call me Tick for short, and I am a very awesome cat. I live on the campus of the local Gisborne Polytechnic. That is where I was born. Three of us were born in December 2010 at the Polytechnic. That was me, and my brother and sister....

Customer service is an attitude not just a department. Each employee in an organization has customers. The customer may be an external one such as the buyer of a product or an internal one such as a fellow employee in a different department within the company. In...