Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a cooperative military prison and detention camp under the leadership of Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002. The prison, established at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, holds people accused by the United States government of being terrorist operatives, as well as those no longer considered suspects who are being held pending […]
Obituary: Benazir Bhutto
Even in her death Benazir Bhutto literally followed the footsteps of her father as she did when she took her first steps into politics. Her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was executed in 1979 and she fell victim to an apparent suicide bomb attack. Her two brothers too suffered violent deaths. Like the Nehru-Gandhi family in […]
Why the Mind Wanders
With the many ‘How To’ guides sprouting all around, I have thought of coming up with my own pointers on….. wait, I forgot. Oh, okay that’s it – "How to Keep Your Mind from Wandering". Sounds very challenging, don’t you think? I will be able to provide useful hints on how to stop this pervading […]
Bees are the new silkworms !!!
Moths and butterflies,particularly silkworms, are well known producers of silk. And we all know spiders use it for their webs. But they are not the only invertebrates who make use of the strength and versatility of silk. Dr Tara Sutherland and her group from CSIRO Entomology are looking at silks produced by other insects and […]
Noise and it’s affects on the human body: Part 1
The following information has been gathered and compiled over a period of years, through personal experience, while traveling, teaching classes that include T’ai Chi, Qi Gong, herbal information, martial arts and other health related subjects. The article also contains feedback from students and anecdotal information from readers of my columns. The following are my opinions […]
The Death Penalty and the Constitution
The controversy between whether Capital punishment is unconstitutional and biblical contradiction has been going on for close to 50 years. We must take into consideration that in order to translate the variances of the contradictions within the bible, we must understand biblical translation of today’s society is only what is wanted to be believed was […]