"Tuesday, November 25, 2008 by Mosharraf Zaidi As the world’s attention turns increasingly to Pakistan and its role in tackling the threat of globalised terrorism, the country’s perception abroad is evolving. More than seven years after 9/11, a more nuanced approach to...
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"PRINCETON, NJ -- The Democratic convention appears to have helped solidify support for Barack Obama among former Hillary Clinton supporters, with the percent saying they will vote for Obama in November moving...
"Apple marketing in the US and in other countries is a phenomenon, it has driven mass adoption and changed users perception about the mac with the “I am, I am a PC”; the iPod campaign was the bigger for a...
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http://structuraleconissues.blogspot.comWe’ve become far too refined and precise placing excessive faith in our mathematical formula based models. Mathematics is only a tool that may approximate a reflection of the inner workings of our complex world. There is nothing...
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According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences gay men are girly and lesbians are manly. Well, this is the case until they do further research anyways." Gay men and straight women share some characteristics in the area of the brain...
created by BigT | 1 year ago 495 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
" Humans can see into the future, says a cognitive scientist. It's nothing like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse of events one-tenth of a second before they occur.And the...
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German governement has finally paid homage to persecuted gays during Nazis era. The Nazis branded homesexuality an aberration threatening their super race image. " Germany has inaugurated a 600,000 euro concrete memorial to honour the thousands of homosexuals persecuted...
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"Apartheid" is a hot-button word, sort of like "Nazi". In this case, it's being brought to bear somewhat inapplicably in this case: eThekwini(the South African municipality that includes Durban) municipal...
created by jordan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 345 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
"NEW YORK - American men still don't pull their weight when it comes to housework and child care, but collectively they're not the slackers they used to be. The average dad has gradually been getting better about picking himself up off the sofa and pitching in, according to a...
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"The market is based as much on perceptions as it is on fundamentals. Good feelings fueled the twin rises in equities (stocks) and real estate. Many were riding such a high that they could not see or even think about a bottom. The roller coaster was going up and everyone was...
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"Brazil will not spend a single cent of public money on stadiums when it hosts the 2014 World Cup, Sports Minister Orlando Silva said on Tuesday.
Silva also said that he wanted teams and fans to move around as much as possible despite the country's current difficulties with...
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The music industry has grown accustomed to prophecies of doom over the past few years and news that Madonna and Radiohead have abandoned their former paymasters has bolstered the perception that the end of the major record label is nigh.
Madonna - the most successful female...
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"To listen to Michelle Obama talk about the America of fear she sees, scares us here at MAXINE.
When we go out to the strip shopping centers or travel on the Metro Rail, get out and walk through where people...
Neurologists at Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered that the brain doesn't process visual information as you might think.Typically, most people think neurons, one of the basic building blocks of...
created by ScienceDave | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 498 views | 36 recommendations | 2 comments
"Editorial
Jewish people around the world have long embraced a mythical view of Israel as a benevolent, modern-day David fighting off the menacing Goliath of the Arab nations. Israel, as the myth goes, is like a weak and tiny island statelet surrounded by an ocean of hostile...
created by KEARNEY | 1 year ago 215 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments