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Kashmir: A dangerous nuclear flashpoint By Brig Asif Haroon Raja Sixty three years have lapsed but Kashmir dispute remains unresolved. During this period, besides several military standoffs, two full fledged Indo-Pak wars and two localised conflictsin April 1965 and in summer of 1999 took place on account of Kashmir issue. The Myth of 'Wishing Upon a Star': 5 Real Ways to Get Things Done - PickTheBrain Shares Share Tweet Pin Email The Blues The Blues™ anchors a multi-media celebration that raises awareness of the blues and its contribution to American culture and music worldwide. Under the guiding vision of Executive Producer Martin Scorsese, seven directors will explore the blues through their own personal styles and perspectives. The films in the series are motivated by a central theme: how the blues evolved from parochial folk tunes to a universal language. The seven-part film series includes: Feel Like Going Home by Martin Scorsese The Soul of a Man by Wim Wenders The Road to Memphis by Richard Pearce Warming by the Devil's Fire by Charles Burnett Godfathers and Sons by Marc Levin Red, White & Blues by Mike Figgis Piano Blues by Clint Eastwood

Wired Science - Wired Blogs What would Douglas Adams say? It’s a good question to ask at any time, and came to mind when I read a New Yorker article on how poorly designed urban lighting has made it nearly impossible to see the nighttime cosmos in all its glory, and sometimes nearly impossible to see at all. Galileo’s homemade telescopes were less powerful than a toy you might give to a stargazing boy on his birthday, but Galileo was able, writes David Owen, to discover that the moon has mountains and Jupiter has moons, and that the Milky Way is made of individual stars rather than a single continuous substance.

Getting Ahead of the Curve in a World of Cascading Crises Four years ago, the threat of an avian-flu pandemic catapulted up the agenda of governments, global health agencies, and companies. The outbreak of an earlier virus, which caused a disease called SARS, had illuminated what a fast-spreading global virus could do to travel, commerce, and public well-being. As a shipping company, UPS took the flu warnings seriously. The head of strategy assembled 20 managers from different areas of the company for several workshops that explored how the disease might affect UPS’s ability to serve its customers. 20 Useful Free PDF ebooks for Designers and Bloggers :Speckyboy Design Magazine Over the years I have a saved a decent sized library of useful design and blogging related PDF ebooks, I love them. I have voraciously collected them, and all stored on my mobile for whenever the chance of quick read arises. In this post I would like to share my favorite 20 (freely available) ebooks with you. All of the below books are have been written to be read quickly, they are neither very long nor are they the definitive resource on their specific subject. Having said that, they are all a ‘darn good read’, and well worth downloading. Some of the books may have been written a few years back, but the topics are certainly relevant now.

Cost of War to the United States About | Embed | Localize | Military To embed the Department of Defense (FY2014) counter on your website, blog, etc, follow these simple instructions: 1) Add the following javascript to your page: Add the following code wherever you want the counter to show up: "The Idol Market" or Ten Dogmas of Ne... - Cascadians "The Idol Market" or Ten Dogmas of Neoliberalism author: Willy Spieler e-mail: mbatko@lycos.com Neoliberalism refuses any social or ecological limitation and has all the attributes of a dogmatic religion. For neoliberalism, there is only an ethic of individuals, not a social ethic that judges according to a standard of social justice. "THE IDOL MARKET" OR TEN DOGMAS OF NEOLIBERALISM

Who is Behind Wikileaks? “World bankers, by pulling a few simple levers that control the flow of money, can make or break entire economies. By controlling press releases of economic strategies that shape national trends, the power elite are able to not only tighten their stranglehold on this nation’s economic structure, but can extend that control world wide. Those possessing such power would logically want to remain in the background, invisible to the average citizen.” (Aldous Huxley) 24 best free online photo editing tools for everyone Photo editing is fun. As a picture worth a 1000 words, even a minor touch up or tweak can change the appeal and impression of it. Professional photo editing is not that easy and not everyone can do it. However there are some really cool free and online photo editing tools that are very easy to use and one can do great with their photos without any experience of professional photo editing.

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