Monthly Archives: February 2014

Is the Internet becoming a New ‘Political Mantra’ in India?(link)

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Misra, an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Allied Sciences of M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India, discusses the use and implications of the Internet and social media in Indian politics. Dr. Misra will be completing … Continue reading

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Agri Land Ceiling Act

Originally posted on India Farms Blog:
How much agri land is too much as per Govt law? Know your limits otherwise you will end up loosing some. Ceiling Limits on Land Holdings (IN Ha.)   Irrigated with two crops Irrigated…

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What is resilience?

Originally posted on Open Geography:
Interesting alternatives if not contradictions in understanding “resilience” in recent publications. Stephanie Wakefield & Bruce Braun understand resilience as a Foucauldian dispositif (apparatus): we understand resilience as a mode of governing the ‘ecological’ city. In Resilient…

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Supercomputer says no: gridding the Earth in next-generation weather and climate models

Originally posted on ClimateSnack:
The “Yin-Yang” grid, or “tennis ball” grid, is under consideration for use in future climate models. Making a timely weather forecast, or running a high-resolution global climate model, requires the use of a massive supercomputer.? Simulations…

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