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Melanie Martinez - 'Cry Baby' playlist

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I have a new favourite artist after like, 15 years!! Absolute genius this girl! 'Cry Baby' - gem of an album. Enjoy some incredible electropop. You can download her debut album on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/MelanieCryBaby

Reasons why I want to learn 3 more languages

Spanish I want to learn one more European language besides English. There are 40 crore Spanish-speaking people in the world (more than English). Easy to learn - it is a phonetic language, with simple rules and few exceptions. Tamil I want to learn one South Indian language. Tamil has the deepest culture among the South Indian languages. A R Rahman's Tamil songs. Tamil movie industry is very big. It's not as big as the Telugu industry, but Tamil movies are less commercial than Telugu, while not as boring as the Malayalam ones. Korean Hangul script is super-easy. It is an alphabetic system, unlike the Chinese and Japanese systems, which are logographic and very difficult to learn. Hallyu (Korean wave) including industry, movies, music. South Korea will soon be ahead of Japan. Koreans are good looking people :) South Korea is a progressive country that has come ahead in very less time.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any - Alice Walker

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All Terrorists are Muslims…Except the 94% that Aren’t

Brilliant analysis by Loonwatch - http://www.loonwatch.com/2010/01/not-all-terrorists-are-muslims/ Sadly the islamophobes refuse to believe it. After all they need someone to hate, don't they?

Firefox: Choose Independent

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Agatha Christie - Short Story collections

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Poirot Investigates (1924) 11 Hercule Poirot stories Partners in Crime (1929) 15 Tommy and Tuppence stories The Mysterious Mr. Quin (1930) 12 Harley Quin stories The Thirteen Problems (1932) 13 Miss Marple stories The Hound of Death (1933) 12 Supernatural stories The Listerdale Mystery (1934) 12 Mystery stories Parker Pyne Investigates (1934) 12 Parker Pyne stories Murder in the Mews (1937) 4 Hercule Poirot stories The Labours of Hercules (1947) 12 Hercule Poirot stories The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960) Five Hercule Poirot stories and One Miss Marple story Poirot's Early Cases (1974) 18 Hercule Poirot stories Miss Marple's Final Cases (1979) 6 Miss Marple stories and 2 supernatural stories. Problem at Pollensa Bay (1991) 2 Hercule Poirot stories, 2 Parker Pyne stories, 2 Harley Quin stories

Crash Course - History playlists

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US History World History 2

Bollywood Romantic comedies (2007 - 2014)

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Jab We Met (2007) Starring: Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Jab We Met redefined, or maybe defined for the first time, the genre of romantic comedy in Bollywood. Kareena Kapoor plays the Manic pixie dream girl in the first half, but post-interval things change dramatically. One of Imtiaz Ali's best. Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (2008) Starring: Imran Khan and Genelia D'souza Imran Khan's debut movie is a perfect little romantic comedy. And in some parts it is more than perfect. The casting director did an awesome job on the big supporting cast, and A R Rahman's music is perfect accordingly. This could act as a good introduction for the newbie. One of the best movies in this list. Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009) Starring: Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif This movie proved that slapstick comedies do work with contemporary audiences. Director Rajkumar Santoshi created a tribute to classic comedies like Amar Akbar Anthon

Bigotry against the young generation

Millennials Why Generation Me is better than you think | Psychologies https://psychologies.co.uk/family/why-generation-me-is-better-than-you-think.html Research paper - http://news.msu.edu/media/documents/2010/03/d86dd7ab-adb0-4887-a043-96b559595fe2.pdf Millennials: Turns Out the ‘Entitled Generation’ Is Willing to Sacrifice | TIME.com http://business.time.com/2012/11/08/millennials-turns-out-the-entitled-generation-is-willing-to-sacrifice/ Millennial entitlement is a myth - Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2013/09/28/millennial_entitlement_is_a_myth/ Perception vs. Reality: 10 Truths About The Gen Y Workforce http://www.quintcareers.com/Gen-Y_workforce.html Teenagers Discrimination against teenagers pervasive and damaging | Calvin College Chimes http://www.calvin.edu/chimes/2013/12/04/discrimination-against-teenagers-pervasive-and-damaging/ Why are people biased against teenagers? https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110612234101AAr2Bk7 Prejudice again

World History - by Crash Course

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http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9

Amit Trivedi interview on ETC

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On Bollywood Business .

The Intense World Theory for Autism

Interview: Henry and Kamila Markram about The Intense World Theory for Autism

Phir se ud chala - Rockstar (2011)

'Phir se ud chala' hindi lyrics, from the man himself - Irshad Kamil http://www.irshadkamil.com/फिर-से-उड़-चला (In Devanagari script) My translation :) Again, I'm flying I've left the world below And surrendered myself to the wind Now everything is miles away... people, gardens, valleys My body is smoke again, and every cloud wants to touch me But one of those clouds might drench me I've never stopped at any destination, I've never met myself That's a complain, but I'm not peeved Every city seems the same, every village seems the same People and names seem the same Again, I'm flying Dreams are like dust on the eyelids No matter how many times you dust them off, they return again So many dreams I have broken and left behind Then why do they still sweep me in their flight Every branch, every drop, every doorstep they roam with me Whether in a forest or in lashing rain Like Ravana I die, and then live again Every branch, eve

Jhumri Telaiya and Timbuktu are real places!

Jhumri Telaiya - a town in Jharkhand, India Timbuktu - a town in Mali , Western Africa Information from wikipedia about the two towns, and how they gained the reputation of being legendary or fictitious places.