A trial opening in Baghdad today will shed new light on a secret Pentagon program in which US snipers allegedly planted fake weapons as ‘bait’ to lure their Iraqi enemies to their deaths. Sergeant Evan Vela is accused of murdering an unarmed Iraqi man and an attempted cover-up. He has admitted that he fired two […]
Data Mining Techniques and Applications
So, What Exactly Is Data Mining? Data mining basically involves huge volumes of data being sifted through by data mining software in order to search for patterns in the data. Data mining, which is a type of artificial intelligence, has been used primarily to analyze scientific and business data. Data mining has also been used […]
Identifying Fingerprint Patterns – Types of Fingerprints
In days gone by, many of the civilizations used tattooing, branding and even maiming as a means to identify people and criminals. Although most of us have always been aware of the basic fact that each and every individual possesses a unique set of ridges on the hands and fingers, making use of these prints […]
U,S Imposes New Sanctions On Iran
United States has stepped up its sanction on Iran for ”supporting terrorist” and pursuing nuclear activities. Secretary os States, condoleezza Rice, announced penalties targeting Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and three states-owned banks. She said the moves are part of” a comprehensive policy to confront the threatening behaviour of the Iranians” , The sanctions were […]
Religious Manifestations of Terrorism in India
India has since independence seen largely three manifestations of terrorism; ethno linguistic, left wing terrorism and religious. Of course, there have been other movements which can be classified into one or more of these boxes – most prominently the Dravidian movement in the 60s and the Shiv Sena inspired sons of the soil movement driven […]
Sustaining Rainfed Areas in Kalinga (A Poverty Alleviation Program)
(This is a research undertaking of Dr. Ernesto T. Miguel and Dr. Jovita E. Saguibo. Marciano Paroy Jr. edited the write-up.) ABSTRACT Given the agricultural situation in the province of Kalinga where some areas are devoted to rain-fed production, this undertaking was formulated to answer the very pressing problem of food scarcity, and environmental […]