December 2010
17 posts
Map of the World's Countries Rearranged by...
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Quirky.com - A socially developed project
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Youth unemployment: Young and jobless | The...
This is the opposite of what is happening in countries like India. Australia has 4 times youth unemployment. Will this bring a greater reliance on the government and a structural shift in the future? http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/12/youth_unemployment Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from suhit’s posterous | Comment »
Amazon Provides a Dose of Humor
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/amazon-provides-a-dose-of-humor/“I enjoyed ‘Hgiyiyi,’ but the pacing is a bit slow. It doesn’t compare to Jjjj’s earlier works, like ‘Kquxiuqx,’ or ‘Oooeiaiai,’ or even ‘Nyah-Nyah Ptang.’ I think her recent successes have dulled her edge.”“When I first read ‘Hgiyiyi (hgjhjh, hjhk)’ I told myself that I was too much of a man to cry. Not to spoil anything,...
Online shopping trend sparks govt inquiry
Just an example. You can buy the same UK edition of the book sold in Australia from bookdepository.co.uk at a cheaper price and shipped for free. How can that be? Why would you not do online shopping. Is it higher margins? Is it government policy? Is it minimum wage? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdnetaustralia/~3/-KCX6rmWPzo/online-shopping-… Sent from my iPhone Posted via email ...
Gandhi warns of Hindu threat in India
How the hell does this make sense. If this us the case expect more terrorism to continue under the congress rule. Gandhi warns of Hindu threat in India FT.com - India Rahul Gandhi, the prominent Indian politician, told the US ambassador radical Hindu groups could be a bigger threat to the country than the Islamists who attacked Mumbai Sent with Reeder Sent from my...
The True size of Africa
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A map of friendships
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Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes...
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This is the real face of Pakistan.
New Delhi: An entry on the Pakistani army website on Monday claimed that an ISI agent who was on a “suicide attack” operation died in a New Delhi hospital on November 16, 2007. In a section titled Shuhada or Martyr’s corner, the website lists the ISI agent Zulfiqar Ahmede as a martyr. Reacting to the entry, the Indian Army Chief VK Singh said, “This is...
Don't shoot the messenger
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Rahman Rare Interview
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Some questions for Congress’ Prince Charming
I expected that some sections of the press would have the temerity to stand up and ask a few simple questions from the Prince Charming, the answers to which would have helped the citizens to assess the qualifications of their future ruler. Some questions are too obvious. Let me give a few samples. 1. We have no objection to your mother’s ambition to see you installed as India’s...
India Plans to Include Environmental Costs in GDP...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-30/india-plans-to-include-environmental-costs-in-gdp-data-update1-.htmlvia Byline India plans to quantify the cost of environmental damage to the economy when reporting gross domestic product figures within five years, an initiative it will encourage other governments to follow at the climate talks in Mexico.“India will report a GDP that takes into account...
Open letter: To Julia Gillard, re Julian Assange -...
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/41914.htmlWe wrote the letter below because we believe that Julian Assange is entitled to all the protections enshrined in the rule of law – and that the Australian Government has an obligation to ensure he receives them. The signatures here have been collected in the course of a day-and-a-half, primarily from people in publishing, law and politics. The signatories...
Nutrition competition
Any experience in your career that you would like to share with our readers Yes,recently when I came back from Australia and saw how they plan the diet of their athletes.During my internship,as a nutritionist,I worked with the Sports Authority of India.We had to plan a diet for the athletes that would not exceed Rs 36 per head.How a sportsperson would get his supplements for protein,carbs and...