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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Latest News

BBC News Player | UK Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:26:15 GMT

UK braced for more freezing weather - Severe weather warnings have been issued in some parts of the UK as temperatures dipped as low as -11C (12.2F) overnight.
UK retailers fight the slowdown - The last Woolworths stores are finally closing their doors, and two big retail names have announced a drop in sales.
House prices down 16% in 2008 - The Nationwide's chief economist says house prices are not going to improve any time soon, after a survey shows they dropped 15.9% last year.
Man has had hiccups for two years - Chris Sands cannot work, sleep or even eat - because of the severe hiccups he has had for almost two years.
Scientists dismiss 'detox myth' - There is no evidence that products widely promoted to help the body "detox" work, scientists have warned.
Long wait for a beach hut - Around 50 people have been queuing, some since New Year's day, to have their chance of getting hold of a beach hut near Christchurch in Dorset.

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).