Fidel Castro has died and has a stunt?Since his illness, when he withdraw from the government and give it to her brother Raul, Fidel Castro has been rarely seen. Leaders and 'progressists' intellectuals who have gone to see him, they found him just emaciated and weak.Today its business is to write reviews of the press for publication. But ... Interestingly, it has not been taken even once a month on a wheelchair to visit his brother Raul at the...more
Hey America: Lets talk about Iowa's Supreme Court's decision that "legalized" gay marriages in that state, and about whether homosexuality is godly, and about if such action and manner of life is congruent with the calling of God that our national father's felt in their hearts for this nation.It was July 4th 1776. The delegates that represented the 13 American colonies had been for some days in committee on behalf of the whole of the American...more
Shri L K Advani is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and the Prime Ministerial Candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the 2009 General Elections. Over the years Advaniji has served as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the longest period since its inception in 1980. Capping a career Parliamentary nearly three decades, Advaniji was, first, the Minister and later Deputy Prime Minister in the Cabinet of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1999-2004).Lal Krishna Advani is widely regarded as a person of great intellectual ability, strong principles and unwavering support to the idea of a strong and prosperous India. As confirmed by Atalji, Advaniji has 'never compromised on his core belief in nationalism, and yet has displayed flexibility in political responses whenever it was demanded by the situation'.L.K Advani was born on 8 Nov 1927 and grew up in pre-partitioned Sindh. As a student in St. Patrick's School, Karachi, his loyal ideals inspired him to join the Rashtriya Swayamasevak Sangh (RSS) at the mere age of fourteen. He devoted his life to serving the nation ever since. Advaniji's celebration of India's...more
Ever since the first online casinos started taking bets in 1997, governments around the world have had to consider how they are going to deal with the internet gambling phenomenon. And while legislative approaches adopted by different countries have varied significantly, its probably fair to say that no country has yet hit the nail on the head with...more
A man of the masses, firm in his political convictions. On October 13, 1999, he took charge as Prime Minister of India for the second consecutive term at the head of a new coalition government, the National Democratic Alliance. He was Prime Minister for a short period in 1996. He is the only Prime Minister since Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to have...more
In 2000, the Australian Government blazed a trail and led the world to be the first country to enact online gambling specific legislation. The Interactive Gambling Act 2000 (The Act) was designed to protect local operators from offshore operators, and also to curtail 'problem gambling' by limiting exposure to online bet options.The Act rendered it illegal for operators not licensed in Australia to advertise or offer their product to Australian Residents - supposedly protecting local operators. Another key provision of the Act was a ban on all "in-play" bets - supposedly limiting problem gambling opportunities.An in-play bet is basically a bet on an event occurring within a game, placed after the game has commenced. It offers an enormous range of bet possibilities on any given game. In football, in-plays may include bets on who will score the next goal, what the winning margin will be, or who will win the gameĀ all placed after the starting whistle has blown. For longer games like cricket, in-plays extend per game bet options enormously.In-plays are an extremely popular bet. An estimated 75% of all Premier League best are in-plays.Since 2000, it has become patently clear that The...more
Being born an Army brat, I was very lucky to have received my American citizenship at birth since I was born in Landstuhl Army Hospital, Kaiserslautern, Germany (known to the Americans as "K Town"). My dad was in the Army, and met my mother in...more
As someone who has been teaching health informatics students for a number of years, it is rewarding to find this discipline finally receiving the attention and interest it demands. Most health experts have agreed for some time that the two academic...more
Freedom House, a New York based, non-profit NGO, has been monitoring threats to human rights from as far back as 1980. Its 2009 annual report discloses that at the commencement of 2009, 54% of the world's population is still forced to live under...more
If the current situation is to be corrected greater emphasis is needed on the role of citizenship in the educational programme within the National Curriculum. To equip young minds for the future in the aftermath of the current global recession,...more
Is The National Association of Realtors (NAR) inflating their membership count? According to various sources there are big difference between the real estate head count of the National Association of Realtors and other credible sources. Recently, RIS...more
I spoke at a seminar recently. It's always fascinating to meet the people who go to these events, but this was the first time I'd been to one after the crash of last October.Needless to say, the mood wasn't a happy one...The speakers at this event...more