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Don't look down!  By STEPHANIE DARRALL, November 2011 I t is certainly not a path for the faint-hearted. On one side a sheer rock face, on the other a 4,000ft drop - and all to separate the brave traveller from a deadly plunge is a 3ft-wide, 2.5in thick walkway. And if that is not enough to bring terror into the pit of your stomach, the path running alongside a Chinese mountainside is made out of glass, allowing a crystal-clear view of where one false step can take you. So it was perhaps understandable that this woman tackled the walkway by sticking as close to the cliff as possible, feeling her way along with tentative steps. Don't look down: A brave tourist walks along the glass path that was built of the side of a cliff 4,700ft above sea level on Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, China Dazzling: A glass path suspended on a cliff face has been built on the side of the Tianmen Mountain in China The skywalk  is situated 4,700ft abov...

Who says you have to stop playing with your hair? Here are 32 new styles—for every length and texture—to try in 2012. SMOOTH WAVES Being a bombshell is easier than you’d think. For these gorgeous Marilyn waves, just prep your hair with mousse such as Paul Mitchell Flexible Style Sculpting Foam, then blow-dry it upside down for volume. Create a side part, then set the hair in pin curls. When your hair is cool, gently brush it out to create a swooping wave near the crown and soft curls at the ends. BAD-GIRL BLOWOUT To give your blowout an edge, try adding volume. Start by combing a volumizing mousse such as Garnier Fructis Style XXL Volume Thickening Mousse through wet hair, then blow-dry it upside down, using your fingers to rake through the strands. Flip your head upright while the hair is still warm, part it in the middle, and wrap two-inch sections around medium-size Velcro rollers. After ten minutes, take out the rollers and spray dry shampoo (we swear by Klorane Gentle Dry Shamp...

Two important developments have taken place at BMW this week, including one that could finally mark the entry of a high-performance luxury model from its Motorsport division. Before we move on to that, it seems like BMW has invited itself to a party that Porsche started. A patent filing was leaked showing BMW working on a seven-speed manual transmission. The first take is like a regular mechanism that uses a clutch pedal while the second variant reveals a shift-by-wire mechanism that shifts gears using an electromechanical actuator. An electromagnetic fluid inside a shifting module is relied upon to prevent drivers from damaging the gearbox by engaging the wrong gear. The viscosity of the fluid changes to stop the lever from engaging a shift. Meanwhile at the product development central, talks have reopened of a performance variant using the 7 Series. Coincidentally, along with a handful of other new names, BMW has trademarked the M7 name without revealing intentions. It is...

Editor’s Note:   When the members of the class of 2010 entered business school, the economy was strong and their post-graduation ambitions could be limitless. Just a few weeks later, the economy went into a tailspin. They’ve spent the past two years recalibrating their worldview and their definition of success. The students seem highly aware of how the world has changed (as the sampling of views in this article shows). In the spring, Harvard Business School’s graduating class asked HBS professor Clay Christensen to address them—but not on how to apply his principles and thinking to their post-HBS careers. The students wanted to know how to apply them to their personal lives. He shared with them a set of guidelines that have helped him find meaning in his own life. Though Christensen’s thinking comes from his deep religious faith, we believe that these are strategies anyone can use. And so we asked him to share them with the readers of HBR. To learn more about Christen...

Internet users continue to make things very easy for hackers.  A close inspection of a portion of the 6.5 million leaked LinkedIn passwords proves people keep making foolish password choices.  In fact, the most commonly used phrase in the password set appears to be “link,” according to Boston-based security firm Rapid7, which created a top 30 list for msnbc.com. The list was generated by studying a sample of 160,000 passwords from the 6.5 million that have been released on the Internet. What hacker would ever guess that your LinkedIn password had the work “link” in it? Answer: All of them. Second on the list of most common password phrases: “1234.”  And because LinkedIn required seven-letter passwords, “12345” wasn’t far behind, either, ranking sixth on the list (123456 was 15th.) Rounding out the top 10 were “work,” “god,” “job,” “angel,” “the,” “ilove,” and “sex.” “We are seeing a trend of Internet users trying to use simplistic passphrases on Internet sites,” sa...

Based on research by Sonia Saleem Harappa or “Hari-Yupuya” as mentioned in the “Rig Veda” marked the height of urban development of the Indus valley civilization at 2600 B.C.E till 1900 B.C.E. for 700 years. Harappa is located in the present day province of Punjab, near the city of Sahiwal, and in its full glory was the perfect proto-type of a fully developed city of the Indus valley civilization. It was the perfect reflection of the kind of organized thought which the Rig Veda emphasized. [Wheeler, Kenoyer]. Harappa has the same humble beginnings as any other large city. It began as a village settlement, gradually growing over the centuries to accommodate renowned craft industries, world accessible markets, and clean residential areas and cemeteries. Harappa is 128,800 hinterland, and 150 hectares in area. Harappa city was so developed and central to the Indus Empire that the name Harappa became synonymous with the dominant culture at the time, followed by all the other cities...

This tiny creature has gotten a fair bit of attention lately because of one simple reason: It’s absolutely crazy-looking. At first glance, it resembles a Pokémon or character from Final Fantasy more closely than a real biological animal. But the Glaucus atlanticus sea slug—commonly known as the blue sea slug or blue dragon—is indeed a genuine species. And if you swim in the right places off of South Africa, Mozambique or Australia, you just might find one floating upside down, riding the surface tension of the water’s surface. The species has a number of specialized adaptations that allow it to engage in a surprisingly aggressive behavior: preying on creatures much bigger than itself. The blue dragon, typically just an inch long, frequently feeds on Portuguese man o’ wars, which have tentacles that average 30 feet. A gas-filled sac in the stomach allows the small slug to float, and a muscular foot structure is used to cling to the surface. Then, if it floats by a man o’ war or other...

Healthy Living : Survey By Piper Weiss, Shine Staff Suggestion: Don't swim near anyone looking this relieved. (ThinkStock) If you're taking a refreshing dip in a pool with four other people, odds are one of you is urinating. This is not gross-out myth, but cold, depressing fact from a recent survey conducted by the Water Quality & Health Council, a scientific research group sponsored by the American Chemistry Council.  The survey, conducted in April, asked nearly 1,000 adults whether they urinate in pools. One in five bravely admitted their mistakes. And those are the ones who admitted it.  We may act like potty-trained adults on land, but something about a body of water, even a small one, opens our natural floodgates and, according to doctors, puts us all at risk.  "No matter how easy it is to pee anonymously in the pool, swimmers should avoid doing so," says public health expert and WQHC chairman, Dr. Chris Wiant.  It is easy isn't it? Mayb...

 ،،،، پاکستان اور اسرائیل آج سے نہیں بلکہ اپنی پیدائش کے پہلے دن سے ہی ایک دوسرے کے دشمن ہیں اور جب بھی موقع ملتا ہے ہم ایک دوسرے پر حملہ کرنے سے باز نہیں آتے۔ اسرائیل نے بلاشبہ پاکستان کو بہت نقصان پہنچایا ہے مگر ہم نے اسے بدلہ لئے بغیر نہیں چھوڑا۔ ہم نے بھی اسرائیلیوں پر ثابت کیا ہے کہ ہم بھی اپنی ہی مائوں کا دودھ پی کر جوان ہوئے ہیں۔ میرا تعلق پاکستان فضائیہ سے ہے اور ایسے دو معرکوں میں، میں شامل رہا ہوں جس میں ہم نے اسرائیل کی سرزمین پر جا کر اسے نا صرف للکارا بلکہ اس کے جہاز بھی تباہ کئے اور وہ آج تک اس کا بدلہ لینے کو تڑپ رہا ہے۔ م جھے آپ پاکستان ائیر فورس کا ایک گمنام سپاہی سمجھ لیں۔ پہلی بار ہم نے پہلی بار اسرائیلوں کے سینے میں خنجر اس وقت گھونپا جب عرب اسرائیل چھ روزہ جنگ شروع ہوئی تھی۔ سن 1967 ء میں عرب اسرائیل جنگ ، جسے تیسری عرب اسرائیل جنگ اور جنگ جون بھی کہا جاتا ہے مصر، عراق، اردن اور شام کے اتحاد اور اسرائیل کے درمیان لڑی گئی جس میں اسرائیل نے فیصلہ کن کامیابی حاصل کی۔ چهه روزہ جنگ میں پاک فضائیہ کے ہوا بازوں (پائلٹوں) نے بھی حصہ لیا پاکستانی ہوا باز اردن، مصر او...