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Do you know who made this pic ? I am just wondering about the location of air intake nozzle. Since the aircraft has a swept forward wing, the best place to locate the inlet would be right under the wing (the wings divert airflow towards the aircraft). Unless there are problems with vortices...

And other reasons why I think the reasons cited in the article are wrong. 1) They say women hate the aggressive culture in B-School or think business goes against work-life balance -- I have a counter-example to this. Indian Investment banks are all headed by women. And I-Banks are the most...

The explanation in the article is pretty much BS. If MBA does not offer a career track, why do men choose it ? I can't see why women would want a predictable life and men don't - at least in the US. The only difference I can see are the biological differences (kids) and the social...

Well, let us see. On an average the percentage of women in B-Schools in US is only 30%. In top 10 schools it is actually lower. This is despite the fact that Med-Schools or Law-schools have a near 50-50 split of men-women. One of the explanations given was that B-school coincides with the...

Things are very different over here in many parts of South Asia compared to Texas. India is improving, but it is no where near Texas. A texan might say, Jim Morris, I'm a Texas woman, which means I don't need the help of a man to keep things running. The Rookie (2002/I) - Memorable...

Any idea why there is a focus on Business mgmt / Mass communication in Pakistan ? I could dig up some studies, but this is what my perspective has been from talking to people around me. In India IT is considered a safe career because of physical safety (most work is done in the office) and...

There is a theory on politics which became famous after French/Russian revolutions. They say that no matter how much you oppress opinions of a people, there won't be a revolution. But once you change your policies dramatically or you appear weak, there will be one. The french govt. at the time...

I always thought that posting mainstream opinions that you like is much better than posting personal views. Personal views could be intentionally biased or wrong. At least with external articles there is some evidence that research has been done/author is credible. I'd say criticize the...

Agreed. In the longer term, to combat the menace of drugs there is only 2 solutions. Either get rid of all the users or get rid of all the producers. What I am trying to do is to get as much data as possible and to see how big the terror funding from drug trade could be.When I am talking of...

To say every rich man pays him would be incorrect. But at some point of time in Mumbai, every rich man in Mumbai had to pay him money or leave. There are a few examples of rich Tamilians (Mudaliars) or Keralites (Goodknight Mohan) moving out of state to get away from Dawood. North Indians...

From the above Bloomberg article, we can get a crude estimate of revenues from drug trade. Total Opium production = 8334 tons. 60% of production of Opium is converted to Heroin weighing 670 tons. Each kilo is worth $3500. So this has revenues of about $2.3 Billion annually. Remaining 40% is...

I wasn't thinking of curbing drugs, which in itself is a good end goal. I was thinking of cutting the funding that drugs provide. Apparently others have started thinking of the same. They are now banning acetic anhydride. The article also contains estimates for prices and quantities of...

Rediff is reporting the same story, but blames Chotta Rajan/Bhatti gang. Also talks about how the story spread and denials/confirmations. Dawood's brother hurt in shootout: Reports: Rediff.com news ----------------------------------------------- Anees Abraham, the younger brother of Dawood...

AMANDARA: TNSM Chief Sufi Mohammed and other members of the group’s top leadership have been arrested in the Amandara region of Lower Dir, DawnNews quoted sources as saying. Those arrested include Central Shura Member Maulana Said Wahab, Spokesman Ameen Izzat and Deputy Ameer Maulana Alam...

Banned NSM confirms Maulana Sufi’s arrest - GEO.tv Updated at: 2131 PST, Thursday, June 04, 2009 Banned NSM confirms Maulana Sufi’s arrest ISLAMABAD: Banned Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi has confirmed arrest of its Amir Maulana Sufi Muhammad and other leaders. According to sources, Maulana...

Found a story on the possible processing of this stuff in Afghanistan. Apparently 92 tons of Opium was found!! They go on to blame Karzai's brother, Taliban and Bin Laden for directly being involved in the trade - but i don't know what part of that to trust. American Chronicle | Largest drug...

Poppy is not particularly valuable in itself. At the source Poppy is worth slightly more than equivalent rice or wheat farming. It's price in the market is determined by its rarity and the level of purification. In some parts of India Marijuana goes for the same price as curry leaves. If you...

They seem to have only sold the Hummer brand and manufacturing. AMC will continue to make the HMMV for the US military. Hummer H1 (which is basically a velvet glove over the Iron fist that is HMMV )will be discontinued from production.It is no longer factory made anyway. Hummer H2 is basically...

The CPI index is calculated based on some 17 surveys. It includes residents, but is mainly those of analysts and business people dealing with the country. So it indicates that people who are thinking about India think India is less corrupt. That said, even transparency international says...

The problem with railways is that the prices have no relation to demand-supply based market prices. There are a 1000 people willing to pay Rs 300 for a ticket, but the prices are fixed by the government at Rs 50 and there are only 500 seats. So what happens is that the ticket examiners see an...