Simon Bourne

Welcome to my Personal Portal

This is my personal site. For those with access please enjoy, and any constructive comments would be gratefully appreciated. Please check back as I intend to update this site as much as I can.

All the views expressed here are my personal opinions.

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I'm using this portal as a learning experience to get to know the new features in Microsoft's latest Express Edition tools that are free, I would recommend you check these tools out.

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Latest News

BBC News Player | UK Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:21:35 GMT

Six killed in tower block fire - Three children and three adults have died after a fire swept through a tower block in south-east London.
Troops launch Taliban offensive - More than 700 UK troops have launched a major offensive against insurgent strongholds in southern Afghanistan.
Man jailed for killing ex-girlfriend - A semi-professional footballer has been jailed for life for killing his ex-girlfriend seven years after he was cleared of the crime.
Bankruptcy in over-65s 'triples' - The number of pensioners filing for bankruptcy has almost tripled in the past five years.
UK embassy staff face Iran trial - Staff at the British Embassy in Tehran are to go on trial accused of encouraging unrest, according to a senior Iranian cleric.
Camberwell fire 'under control' - London Fire Brigade say a fire which broke out in a block of flats in Camberwell is now under control.

Quotes

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. Chinese proverb.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it. Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919).

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny...' Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992).

Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings. C. D. Jackson.

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962).