Srinagar/Jammu, May 30 (Scoop News) –The lives of over three lakh to five lakh nomadic Gujjars and Bakerwals including women and children along-with millions of livestock who have got trapped or stranded in unseasonal snowfall and heavy rain at different points in the mountain ranges of Pir Panjal, Shivalik, Trikuta and and Zojila in […]
Surveyors, planners… how efficient?
25 km of Batote-Doda Road stretch unsafe; whose fault? Realignment of Katra-Qazigund to cost Rs 20 billion extra, why? As reports reaching here revealed, that 25 kilometers of road out of 45 kilometers stretch between the Batote and Doda is unsafe and proposed 70-km rail link between Katra in the Jammu region and Qazigund in […]
Minutes, February 14, 2008 Meeting– Even on Valentine’s Day
Dobbs Ferry Democratic Committee, February 14, 2008, Minutes. Attendees: Laurel Levine, Jane Morgenstern, Paul Sterne, Randy Klipstein, Joy Haber, Donna Cassell, Bradley Bolke, Charlotte Frankenthaler, David Koenigsberg, Gregg Ury, Rob Baron, Fred Broda Guests: Jim McCue. A quorum being present, Chairman Randy Klipstein called the meeting to order at 8:00PM. Reading of the […]
UN Security General’s Report: Mission In Liberia
United Nations Mission in Liberia March 19, 2008 I. Introduction 1. By its resolution 1777 (2007) of 20 September 2007, the Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 September 2008 and requested me to monitor and report on the core benchmarks outlined in my report of […]
How to Live on Less
Part 17 in the series on how to be successfully self-employed You’re on a mission to get to the place where you can quit your job and generate your own income. One of the strategies that will get you there is to live on less. By “living on less,” I’m not suggesting a Thoreau-like […]
Protect Yourself Against Unprofessional Landlords
Bad landlords are an unfortunate part of many renters’ lives, but there are ways to protect yourself from their poor manners, lack of ethics, rudeness and lame excuses. A nasty or difficult landlord makes you really appreciate finding a better place to live, with highly professional rental staff. It pays to be careful when you […]