KyaemonWe can learn many lessons from this church failure. Read all the news and comments below: Huge debt for ‘Hour of Power’s’ Crystal Cathedral http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/27/BA2U1G1G8G.DTL (10-28) 04:00 PDT Garden Grove, Orange County — Crystal Cathedral founder the Rev. Robert H. Schuller on Sunday tearfully asked his parishioners for help in overcoming the megachurch’s bankruptcy and […]
” People talk about the problems. They don’t talk about the solutions.” A soft spoken person is making the difference for India’s Dalits, the “Untouchables.” The Hindu caste system was created by priests and astrologers, the Brahmins. Essentially, they grabbed a top spot and pushed down poor hardworking people. YouTube – The Scavengers – India […]
India is a land of contrasts. Many are quite poor. Educating India’s Poor – The New York Times > World > Slide Show > Slide 1 of 13 http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/01/17/world/20080117india_index.html ‘Slumdog’ highlights India’s forgotten poor – CNN http://articles.cnn.com/2008-11-28/world/india.poverty_1_indian-story-economic-growth-arun-kumar?_s=PM:WORLD ……”The growth aspect has tended to receive much more attention than the darker side of the Indian story,” […]
“…the three wealthiest Indians have more cash than the top 24 Chinese.” However, do they give back to society? Mumbai billionaire’s home boasts 27 floors, ocean and slum views Mukesh Ambani: India billionaire’s home in Mumbai – latimes.com http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-india-rich-20101025,0,1248685.story Mukesh Ambani is at the top of the growing list of billionaires in India, where some […]
Older people go to crowded places and can give the cough to the babies (AND YOUNG CHILDREN, TOO). 10th California Baby Dies of Whooping Cough More than 5,270 cases of the highly contagious illness have been reported in California this year 10/20/10 Whooping Cough Epidemic: 10th Baby Dies in California Whooping Cough Epidemic – latimes.com […]
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-10/20/c_13567172.htm YANGON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) — A Myanmar citizen has claimed for the prize of Guinness World Record for his highest frequency of donating blood, the local weekly Yangon Times reported Wednesday. U Khun Sai Maung Maung Gyi started to donate his blood in February 1956 and has completed 204 times by August 2010, the […]
Beautiful TajMahal Beggars lining Streets Indian Fort —- Op-Ed Contributor – Games India Isn’t Ready to Play – NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/opinion/03mishra.html?hp ON Friday afternoon, public spaces across north India were flooded with policemen and paramilitaries. Thousands of alleged “troublemakers” were arrested. The sending of bulk text messages from mobile phones was banned. These precautions had nothing […]
Beware! Don’t get caught! In Burma, we are used to a “sliding/rolling” motion at an intersection and not coming to a complete stop when the traffic is clear. Not here in America. This unknowing “habit” can cost you a lot of money. Most state and local authorities in US are now running huge deficit budgets. […]