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Articles by Chris Jacob
| • Crime in 21st Century by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 16-Nov-2008, Article Visits: 81, Article Rating: 2.16 of 5, Category Legal |
| This seemingly faceless and non-violent from of criminal activity has hit home for many of us in the community in recent months with the child pornography scandal. Many people have been taken into custody and many computers confiscated. Regardless of how people try and justify things, there is no excuse for either possessing images or participating in these vile acts. This is a disgusting ... [] |
| • Has Technolgy Actually Made Us Worse Off? by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 01-Nov-2008, Article Visits: 17, Article Rating: 3.41 of 5, Category Self Improvement |
| I will give you time to ponder the title question as I give you two examples. Heart disease and heart related problems are one of the leading causes of death in this country. Everyday in offices, homes, planes, on the road, etc. people are suffering heart attacks and inevitably requiring someone to call 000 to organise an Ambulance. In many instances due to traffic, ... [] |
| • You Know You Have Nothing Left To Say... by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 31-Oct-2008, Article Visits: 15, Article Rating: 2.9 of 5, Category Computers |
| Working at Home – The internet, broadband, emails and blackberry have allowed us to work from home but what are we actually doing. A recent US survey has shown that one in eight men don’t bother getting dressed at all, just one third wash and shave and one in five take an afternoon nap! From the boss’s perspective, women don’t fair much better with ... [] |
| • Are Mobile Phones The New Tobacco? by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 28-Oct-2008, Article Visits: 16, Article Rating: 4.9 of 5, Category Computers & Technology |
| I think most of us a familiar with the tobacco wars of recent times and how it is has manifested itself into aspects of our lives through issues like smoking at public venues, lawsuits from addicts suing manufacturers, corporate sponsorship of sporting events like Formula 1 and advertising in general, pregnant mothers, etc. I think most people would concede that if cigarettes and tobacco ... [] |
| • 21st Century Criminals by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 13-Oct-2008, Article Visits: 27, Article Rating: 2.17 of 5, Category Politics |
| This seemingly faceless and non-violent from of criminal activity has hit home for many of us in the community in recent months with the child pornography scandal. Many people have been taken into custody and many computers confiscated. Regardless of how people try and justify things, there is no excuse for either possessing images or participating in these vile acts. This is a disgusting ... [] |
| • Alternatives To Oil by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 12-Oct-2008, Article Visits: 17, Article Rating: 4.38 of 5, Category Cars & Trucks |
| It is a debate that probably should have been going on when Henry Ford started mass producing motor vehicles and when Thomas Edison invented the light bulb around the early 1900s. Given that we have a growing number of people owning cars in more places around the world and then a finite resource in oil, it was inevitable that crisis of various forms would ... [] |
| • Your Problem, Not Mine by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 22-Sep-2008, Article Visits: 19, Article Rating: 3.97 of 5, Category Self Improvement |
| Whether you think of members of your family or wider social circles, people with whom you work or employ you and public figures like politicians, can you remember the last time someone publicly took responsibility for their actions and admitted they were wrong, made a mistake or even just apologised. I would hasten to guess that you haven’t heard it often in any of ... [] |
| • Chicken Biryani Indian Recipe Secret Revealed by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 12-Sep-2008, Article Visits: 14, Article Rating: 2.3 of 5, Category Food & Drinks |
| Your nose picks up a scent and you are stopped in your tracks. You have to know what it is but where is it coming from and what could it be. You must find out, so you just start running until..... Welcome to the Gourmet Indian Series. Today we bring you Chicken Biryani. Ingredients: 8-10 oz basmati rice rinsed 2 tbsp. olive oil, 2 ... [] |
| • Thai Pandan Chicken Recipe Exclusive by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 02-Sep-2008, Article Visits: 18, Article Rating: 4.4 of 5, Category Food & Drinks |
| Welcome to the Gourmet Chicken Series. Today we bring you Thai Pandan Chicken Ingredients: 1 package chicken wings or small chicken drumsticks, 1 package pandan leaves, oil for deep frying, Marinade: 1/2 can good quality thick coconut milk, 2 tsp. ground coriander seeds, 2 tsp. dark soy sauce, 2 tbsp. fish sauce, 2 tbsp. oyster sauce, 2-3 cloves garlic, 1 thumb-size piece galangal (or ... [] |
| • Next Big Thing! by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 26-Aug-2008, Article Visits: 17, Article Rating: 3.42 of 5, Category Internet Business |
| In this column I have often bemoaned the fact that in Australia we see some of our best ideas and people venture overseas and that in important areas like health, education, the environment and public transport we have more problems than we care to acknowledge. However to start 2006 we will start with something I believe will be one of Australia’s fastest growing companies ... [] |
| • And You Wonder Why We Are Not Happy? by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 03-Aug-2008, Article Visits: 14, Article Rating: 3.73 of 5, Category Self Improvement |
| We have very much become an instant gratification type society, especially in Western countries, whereby we need things to be constantly evolving, it is very difficult to sustain our attention on anything for too long, we come bored easily and we demand new and better things. In fact Generation Y, of which I am a member, is largely responsible for our society following this ... [] |
| • What's Holding China Back? by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 01-Jul-2008, Article Visits: 15, Article Rating: 2.8 of 5, Category Politics |
| We have added many new words to our regular vocabulary in recent years and a lot of them have come from the Internet. However probably the most used of them all is Google as a substitute work for search. It can be taken for granted that you can find an answer to any question, review of any topic or information on any item by ... [] |
| • Censorship - Society's Black Hole by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 08-Jun-2008, Article Visits: 20, Article Rating: 3.8 of 5, Category Politics |
| Censorship is a prickly issue at the best of times as we all have different ideas about what we should be allowed to access. It seems as though what I describe as “techno censorship” may be entering our society and possibly not for the better. Guns, both a technological masterpiece and one of the most destructive things we have ever created, definitely requires regulation ... [] |
| • How Van Gogh & Renoir Oil Paintings Are Ending Up In The Hands Of The Girl Next Door by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 16-May-2008, Article Visits: 20, Article Rating: 3.34 of 5, Category Home Management |
| Oil Painting Reproductions What’s the difference? Making that significant decision to add a masterful reproduction will not only add luster to your home but it can also be the first step to starting a valuable collection of fine art. Perhaps you may just be wondering what the difference is between an original oil painting and oil painted reproductions. Oil painting reproductions are an exact ... [] |
| • Why Everybody Should Be Making Money Online by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 23-Mar-2008, Article Visits: 16, Article Rating: 4.39 of 5, Category Internet Business |
| When you tell people stories of making money while you sleep with no effort, a vast majority look at you with extreme scepticism and even contempt for wasting their time and trying to “con” them. Factually most people also know that it is true that you can make online with no effort while you sleep say by trading the markets, selling goods on eBay ... [] |
| • Those Know It Alls by Chris Jacob |
| Article issued on: 12-Jan-2008, Article Visits: 15, Article Rating: 3.36 of 5, Category Relationships |
| If you talk to enough people who agree about something you can talk yourself into or out of anything. Have you ever found that you have gone out with a group of colleagues or friends and a topic came up like whether the Iraq war was the right thing to do or maybe something a little less controversial like whether a certain celebrity’s new ... [] |
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