On December 4, 2014 Senator Bill Nelson of Florida asked and was granted permission to address the United States Senate for few moments regarding aspects of advanced testing being done on the Orion spacecraft project and the possibility of a manned space mission to Mars in 20 years. “Mr. President, I wish to share with […]
Review of contract files found design & construction defects, as well as serious structural damage at Baghlan prison complex in Afghanistan
I received the following email communication today from my contact within SIGAR (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction) regarding ongoing issues and concerns at Baghlan prisons complex in Afghanistan – built with millions of dollars in US taxpayer funds: Classification: DECLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Today, SIGAR released a safety alert letter on the $11.3 million Baghlan […]
Nigeria’s Mismanagement of Naira and structural liquidity: What happened to 1kobo, 5k, 25K, N1, N5?
The most effective indicator for measuring and evaluating the state of a country’s economy apart from GDP is the currency of a nation. Most countries of the world keep their foreign exchange reserve in dollar. United States dollar is the global currency of transaction and business dealings due to its effectiveness in retention of value […]
DGP for infrastructural development for JK Police
Srinagar, October 11(Scoop News) – Director General of Police (DGP), Ashok Prasad today called for perspective planning in infrastructural development keeping in view the future requirements of the police Organization. He said that holistic plan has to be envisaged for police housing and other related requirements of the Organization. Prasad was visiting district Samba and […]
The eastern Chalukyas of Vengi have built a few structural temples
Typically Chalukyan The eastern Chalukyas of Vengi have built a few structural temples in sandstone which fall into two groups. The earlier one comprises temples called Kaansaragudi and Nakkalagudi akin to the Pallava type, built perhaps in the time of Gunaga Vijayaditya (AD 848- 891) and his successors. The other three temples- the Colingesvara, the […]
The Structural Nuts and Bolts of The Great Leveling, Revisited
Some 13 months ago I first posited an oncoming phenomenon I identified as The Great Leveling — which referred to a four-to-six-year-long series of crises in America and abroad that were all tied to addiction, and featured a mass downward spiral leading to two more results: hitting bottom and then embracing a far-too-long absent Humility […]
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