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The UN Security Council has met to consider a draft resolution against Syria’s government.
Activists and the Arab League urged the UN to take stronger action after a surge in violence this week in which dozens of people have died.
The UK, France and Germany drafted a resolution with Arab states, supporting the League’s call for President Bashar al-Assad to hand power to a deputy.
Russia, an ally of Mr Assad, has said it will not back the text. [Read more...]
Let’s be honest. Many children — especially post-pubescent boys — are interested in what we commonly call “porn.” You might not like the idea that some kids are looking at these images, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a pretty common occurrence.
This column isn’t about young children or children who accidentally come across unwanted sexual material. Those are different issues. The question I want to explore is how a parent should react if they discover their growing child — typically 12 or older — is deliberately looking at sexually explicit material on the Internet.
Nothing new or unusual
First, recognize that there’s nothing new about teens looking at such material. [Read more...]
Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) words, “Your body has rights over you” paved their way to amazing advancement in the medical, pharmaceutical, and health fields.
For early Muslims, knowledge was a treasure they would eagerly seek. Medical science and pharmacy were no exceptions.
Muslim physicians’ early practice emphasized the importance of preserving health through natural gentle interventions. The Hippocratic philosophy of ‘Premium non nocera’ (first don’t harm) was a well kept notion in their minds as it reflected the teaching of their religion. Prophet Muhammad’s words, “Your body has rights over you” (agreed upon – Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī) paved their way to amazing advancement in the medical, pharmaceutical, and health fields. [Read more...]
Planetary scientists have claimed “large regions” of Mars are habitable for terrestrial life.
An international team, led by the Australian National University, compared models of temperature and pressure conditions on Earth with those on Mars to estimate how much of the distant planet was liveable for Earth-like organisms.
While just one per cent of Earth’s volume — from core to upper atmosphere — was occupied by life, the scientists said their world-first modelling showed three per cent of Mars was habitable, though most of it was underground. [Read more...]
Women may have spent decades battling their way to the top in business, but their rapid success and increasing stress at the workplace are actually turning them into bullies, says a new study.
The survey by the British Association of Anger Management found that an increasing number of women in positions of power are bullying colleagues and employees.
While such behaviour is more commonly linked with male bosses, the survey found that a fifth of female bosses admit to shouting or being verbally abusive at work, a trend which has given rise to a new phenomenon called the nightmare female boss, a media report said. [Read more...]
For anyone who needed official word, a new study confirms that many of us – and the majority of young adults – go online for no good reason at all.
The report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that on any given day, 53 percent of 18 to 29 year-olds go online just to have fun or pass time.
That should explain all those kitten videos.
The report finds that the amount of time people spend tooling around on the Web doing nothing corresponds with age. Only 12 percent of people over 65 say they went online the previous day for no particular reason. Of those aged 50 to 64, the study found 27 percent answered yes to the same question. [Read more...]
The volatility in financial markets since we last visited the Asian gaming stocks did not leave the stocks undisturbed. Since “Casino Stocks: Turbo-Growth From Rising Asian Wealth” went to press, Wynn Resorts (WYNN) is down 23%, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) down 5%, Melco Crown Entertainment (MPEL) off 20%, and MGM Resorts International (MGM) is down 13%. But International Gaming Technology (IGT), reflecting its exposure to a strengthening U.S, domestic economy instead of the hyper-volatile Asian economies, is up almost 10% in that time period.
The big news is the announcement of a $5.00 special dividend from Wynn and the expected announcement of a dividend in 2012 or 2013 from Las Vegas Sands. Both companies have seen stabilization in their U.S. operations and despite huge capital expenditures for Cotai developments and Macau expansion, cash is piling up at their Asian subsidiaries. The special dividend from Wynn and future regular dividends from Las Vegas Sands also reflect that key control persons – twin casino legends Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson – are prime beneficiaries of any dividend expenditures. Wynn and related family members own over 20 million WYNN shares which means a cool $100 million will be coming their way. Hey, every little bit helps during these tough economic times, right ? [Read more...]