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David beats Goliath

west

There are a lot of companies in the USA who will always resist any form of “single payer” healthcare system. Healthcare is big business in America. Most of the money is earned legally (though much unethically) but a huge amount is gained by cooking the books using Medicaid beneficiaries. More »

Ironic unsolicited mail from Indian supplier

Got an unsolicited mail from this gentleman (you need to be a member of LinkedIn to see it), who expressed sympathy for the legal notice served upon me recently, then suggested a venture tie-up with my company. When I enquired why his affiliation is given as “Confidential at Confidential”, he said: More »

A legal notice against me from an Indian advocate

My exchanges with Indian suppliers is landing me in deep water! Some time ago I had some email exchanges with Mr P. Shivalkar, who runs Johannes Press. I noticed the testimonials looked a bit strange. They were rather generic in nature, not referring to publishing at all, and the names and affiliations did not appear on Google searches. More »

How (and why) I closed down a spammer’s web site

I was going to leave this to rest quietly, but the people involved (Mr Nataraj Sasid and Mr Vimal Raj) have accused me publicly (on LinkedIn) of hacking into their site. Not wanting to wash my dirty clothes in public, I decided to write a post here in case people are interested in the details. More »

Life is better when you are an optimist…

bottle

I started my business in the UK, some 20 years back. By 1996 we had around 15 people (in Devon). This is when I started hearing the first murmurs about clients sending work to India. The word “oursourcing” had not come into usage. It was very early days. I took the decision (possibly the most important decision in my life) to get on a plane and see what is going on there, as it would certainly affect us. More »

Someone get this guy off the tellie

alan sugar

The Americans TV companies thought they hit the jackpot with The Apprentice, with the obnoxious Donald Trump scaring the wits out of contestants. Surely no one more vile could be found to compete with him. Wrong. In Britain the BBC managed to find the thoroughly unattractive “Lord” Sugar, and we have our own Apprentice series. Take that, USA! More »

Kava yoga

yoga

Following an exchange on FaceBook regarding yoga, a friend suggested I start my own version, called “Kava yoga”. Here are the rules. Please read carefully before attending my classes. More »

Hungry children in USA

hungry

I know that the suffering in the West seldom compares to that in the third world, but this 60 minutes documentary about American children describing how they go to bed hungry touches a raw nerve. More »

Caught drunk and driving in Iran

I came back from a one week trip to Iran yesterday. It was generally an uneventful trip, quietly dealing with family and personal matters. But the last night I spent there made up for the quiet time!! More »

Income gap

Whoever we vote for, however much politicians bamboozle us with numbers and economic plans, one rule is sacrosanct: The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, in the USA, in UK, and in the third world. So get used to it…


kaveh1000: Good luck Peter. "@p_binfield: This is my last day at PLoS ONE. Just made a farewell blog post at: http://t.co/DpYnPmY2"
9 hours ago
McDawg: #WordPress: an unlikely platform for publishers - Interesting stuff from @kaveh1000 http://t.co/iVbjSGah #STM
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kaveh1000: RT @hmajd: The only thing that would make the Olympics amusing :http://t.co/9bsJK6pa
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kaveh1000: RT @rkiddr: Not sure about their proofing skills - see jnl title vs scope vs acronym http://t.co/8WevTRTX
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