Bharat Rakshak

Anand K

Just did a quick google and adjusted for inflation, the GDP is 2.5+ times that of 2004. Anyway, the slowdown of past two years could amount to about half a billion USD lost.

And if you consider the compounding loss due to slowdown in infrastructure projects like DMIC etc.....

Anand K

High turnout in W. Bengal you say?

"E.C. Message: Even Bangladeshis will be voting today, so why can’t you?”.

Anand K

Do marathoners or at least those who train for these things run with heart rate monitors (HRM)? Well, the body sends signals to slow down, puke or just plop your unworthy a$$ on the road..... but people tend to slog on. However not all are able to will the body to go further - maybe it's due to undi...

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Bhat lions and mountain lions and pumas? Extremely fit Cougars :mrgreen: in the gym are a greater danger to health and sanity. Seriously, East Asian/South East Asian women age gracefully and take fitness quite seriously. Tai-Chi/Chinese Boxing, Aerobics, P90X, Insanity. Fitball, Pilates, Silat etc a...

Anand K

By the way, the per capita electric power consumption number does consider any availability/capacity factor "de-rating" right?

Anand K

The effect of electrification on a society, 'specially rural society, is much much more than just kw per capita. The TVA and Hoover Dam brough prosperity and industrialization and exposure to the U.S. South. Electric home appliances mean rural women do not have to spend hours of back-breaking work t...

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Educated women of means hooking up with foreigners is a different issue but there's a historical side to Chinese flesh trade: From Ancient Times sex in China had two sides - purely pro-natal sex (for procreation and large families) and to increase the prowess/spirit of the male (including fundaes li...

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Czechoslovakia was not just the defence of ideology in the abstract. It was the defence of a sphere of interest, and system of government. The Czech communist party's internal reform threatened to take the country out of the Warsaw Pact. That in turn represented a dangerous wave that had to be crus...

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Mian Hamid dijblays the most gham-est case of Mard Mid-Zindagi Crisis I say! Bropably his own bandook no lock, load, cock and phyrr anymore without jammed mushy receiver, barrel failure and gas bleed. So he dresses up in warrior kapda and big stronk bandooks to make up phor it, hain? I would love to...

Anand K

Even considering the fact that Underwater Beacons can operate upto 20,000 ft of water & pings are detectable in low spatial ranges, what about other factors such as attenuation, water composition and ocean currents? Higher frequencies are more susceptible to the (medium's) viscosity attenuation ...

Anand K

Thanks for the insight Singha-ji, that's what I thought too. Never bet in my life myself (except very SDRE-ly in stocks). And the way I madly crank the one-armed bandit in various casinos of the world I do not want to do it too. Ever. Anyway, odds are highly in favor of Modi. But I wish I saw the hi...

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Errrr.... does the above mean the odds for RaGa improved and Modi decreased slightly since Thursday?

Anand K

I thought Paula Radcliffe did a #1 in public, not #2...in that case how could it be due to some salmon dinner? Actually ahem-ahem before an event is supposed to be highly beneficial. Not to mention, that a side effect of running some of the longer ultras (100+ milers), is getting an erection while ...

Anand K

Damn, Kerala's pulling 30% in the first four hours. And as expected Trivandrum lags way behind in % polled.

Anand K

They didn't let us go anywhere near meat (light chicken and fish dishes were okay) and deep fried stuff the entire day before any game. In Kalaripayettu and all, the fasting/contemplating is both spiritual and dietary too. IIRC Medieval Knights also had fasts, night long vigils and other ceremonies ...

Anand K

Are there any Core exercise specifically recommended for endurance cycling? I mean, hours in that position will be hell for the lower back, no? PS: Just curious onlee. I had a major lower back muscle injury a few years ago too..... so I do a Taqiyya and take the SDRE recumbent stationary bike. :oops:

Anand K

Even Jews were banned from the municipal and club pools till the '40s. One famous incident was when Groucho Marx was banned from entering a pool in some Indian International Center type chi-chi club - with characteristic Marxian :mrgreen: humor he said "My daughter's only half Jewish, can she w...

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IIRC this was a rather triumphalist book but there are lots and lots of nuggets. Essential reading along with someone like Hugh Kennedy who has a good handle on military-political aspects of Maghreb/West Asian/Central Asian sultanates. It was in this book that I learned that Napoleon had (rumored to...

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Man is meant for loooooooooong distance running - apparently an evolutionary development which led to better thermo-regulation which helped our ancestors track game to exhaustion overs miles and miles of harsh terrain. This is called the Persistence Hunting Hypothesis. A horse can run faster than a ...

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Robin Raphel.

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Most U.S. reps in India, inclusing the most important ones like Blackwill, Bunker, Bowles, Moynihan and Galbraith were all non-career appointees - these were academics or politicians and not of the lightweight category either. OTOH, the U.S. reps in TSP are overwhelmingly career diplomats. Also, alm...

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Nala received the the Aksha-Hridaya skill from Rituparna Raja, while the former was living incognito [courtesy a gift from Karkotaka], as Vahuka. IIRC Vahuka soon became the charioteer of Rituparna - Nala already possessed the Ashva-Hridaya, or command of the steeds. One day he had to take the King ...

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When you run on treadmills there is a "correction" applied to stabilize your footing on the moving belt - and this is not so good for your shins and knees. Apparently. They say you shouldn't run on the treadmill at high mileage + effort lohmard levels. Run outdoors once or twice a week or ...

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TFTA clinics run tests on you (DXA/ADP/Infra-Red etc), take measurements of wrist, knees etc and give you questionnaires to find out exact body fat percentage and ideal weight. The centuries old height-weight chart and even BMI ignores muscles, bone frame and your body type. In my case I did not run...

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First Paki diplomat Akbar Zeb gets the boot because of his name (it means "Great D1ck" in local slang :D ) and now this. I wonder if citizens/foreigners already sporting these names traveling to Saudi Barbaria will face action - or have to jump through hoops to prove they had these names B...

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Journo Neville Maxwell has posted the Henderson Brooks Report on the 1962 India-China war on his blog http://nevillemaxwell.com/Blog%20Posts/1-albartross.html http://www.nevillemaxwell.com/TopSecretdocuments.pdf Cannot download. I guess Ramnarayanan Goldstein took it down. :( Tell me you have alrea...

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If your starting weight is higher - i.e. more flab and of course water - you can lose 3 to 4 kg per month with medium exercise and some dieting. Otherwise it has to be some really smart dieting [taking care metabolism doesn't drop, like it does if you crash diet, and also by tricking your body to bu...

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For beepul looking to squeeze out some marginal gain in performance by using correct gear pliss to try out the ClimaCool/Clima-Fit type T-Shirts. The ventilation is great , dries real quick and I have to work really hard to feel the sweat (unlike cotton/hybrid clothes). These ain't expensive either ...

Anand K

Tracking the food intake with a nutrition journal such as myfitnesspal) helps a lot IMO. I didn't know pancakes and syrup packed such a wallop for one :shock: ..... or that a standard chapathi is around 70 Calories bald. The food database is huge and you can estimate calories by entering your own re...

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Oh good.... Lydia sucked in Skyrim! I hope the next sellsword/companion I get in TES VI is powered by Skynet Class AI in Bethesda HQ.

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20 jawans killed in Naxal attack on security forces in Chhattisgarh

Anand K

Maybe obvious but other than watching Lycreswaris or competing with other mards, what can keep one enthu in the gym is music. Make playlists of epic singles or simply those tracks which make you feel charged up - I have Lakshya, Battleborn, Rocky, Pacific Rim, a cpl of Black Sabbath hits, Beowulf, V...

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I've been thinking about the "IP67" :roll: on the Sam S5 - bet it comes with a lot of fine print - but has anyone used something like the JCB Toughphone [link to spec sheet, PDF] here? When we talk IP67 rated panels/housing it means the panels have been tested by being immersed in water fo...

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The Zulu soldiers could jog nearly 2 days without rest, water or food. The Impis that attacked Rorke's Drift had been moving for two days without rest & nourishment before attacking the garrison and that's the reason why they retreated after the first waves failed. Not because Empire's Warrior T...

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I dunno about low glycemic rice but many swear on wild rice - at least with calorie wise and and essential nutrients considerations. I now alternate between artery-clogging fragrant basmati rice and ugly looking wild rice rather than basmati rice everyday. Anyway, back in the PRKerala the old folk u...

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Ah a fellow LG G2 owner! Got my piece couple of days ago and I'm loving it. In my part of the world I got a 32GB version, original cover, MicroSD adapter and a cool Bluetooth Headset free all for USD 525 equivalent. Now this was AFTER a cash-back of 10% since I paid full cash. I saw all those review...

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In the Socialist Republic of Kerala the AAP has declared some candidates - a pretty well known social activists/writer and an ex-IPS officer. The one in Trivandrum, Mr. Ajit Joy, is not widely known here but he's an ex-IPS officer, Harvard Law School Graduate and former UN official in the Human Traf...

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I never manage more than 7.5 min at 9.6 - 10.5 kmph - my shins start to cry for American intervention and more importantly, my lower back which got pummeled REAL bad a few years ago (tumbled down a flight of stairs the day my sade-shani started :shock: ) starts to strangle my kundalini. OTOH there's...

Anand K

Channeling my inner Tin-Foil Hat Conjpirajy Theorist:- Should be in the Positive News From USA thread but look at the good Samaritan involved; Human Trafficking in the USA As some here have stated maybe Barack Obama Admin might be looking for a "big statement" in Human Rights vis-a-vis res...

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Gong Xi Fa Cai!

PS: Best thing about Chinese New year for me, the wimmin all dress in Chinese gowns, then there's a holiday tomorrow, then there's the month long availability of Prosperity Beef Burger from MacDonald.... and of course, the oranges and festive dishes they bring to office.

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