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https://www.indiapost.gov.in/sites/DOPMobile/Pages/DopMobile.aspx Nice app for downloading Indian Postoffice Services. Is there a facility for downloading Pincode / Zip code in Excel database or pdf format? Thanks & Regards, Prashant S Akerkar

Sometimes I search using Google when after things within foreign countries. Like google.it; Google.es; Google.fr; Google.uk There was a selection for results only for that country, now there is only a selection of language (if that much). Do you see the same ? You Google users and experts, do you know how to select results only from the country searched ? Example: if you know french, look for antiques boutiques in Montmartre ----> https://www.google.fr most results are in English. It used to be all results from France only, in french, selectable. Is this the result of tracking, location and personal data collection ? Edit: Checking my own…

In the discussion about the World Cup Soccer some were debating the concept of trying out a modified version of soccer where the goalie position is eliminated. This would result in much higher scoring (or you can make the goal smaller). One poster said his kids play in a youth group where they play with no goalie, 6 players per side, and a smaller goal. What do you think of this? I propose an experiment with a high-school league to try out this kind of soccer using no goalie. My experience in playing soccer informally in high school and college was that goalie was NOT a popular position. Most coveted position was center forward. Everybody wanted to be free to run a…

First I would like to start out by saying I'm not depressed or stressed so don't go saying I need help. I'm an artist and I don't expect you to see what I see or even feel. Now does anybody else feel like they are trapped in a underground jail? Big universe with maybe infinite worlds and not many humans care. Every place I go it's always the same boring repeating human activities such as, work, relationships, kids, religion, etc. The real questions I guess I'm here to ask is don't you ever want more? Aren't you sick of just being human?

What will be the career guidance to be given to your child if he/her is interested in joining the defence forces? I.e. Army, Navy or Airforce. How we can trace which defence force the child would like to join or is interested? Note : Parents are not in defence forces. Thanks & Regards, Prashant S Akerkar

Well there you have my question for discussion. Do you have to be cleverer than Einstein to disprove his theories?

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Do you feel adding self storage facilities in major Railway stations could be useful to the public ? Example : Victoria coach station, London. Thanks & Regards, Prashant S Akerkar

Do the Electronic and printed group photographs of students kept in Schools custody since inception? This Business rule will vary from school to school. Thanks & Regards, Prashant S Akerkar

Is it possible to convert our Old B&W Group School photographs to colour photographs for a different visual effect? These were B&W photos since colour cameras technology was not existing. Thanks & Regards, Prashant S Akerkar Correct me if I am going wrong. Also if there are other techniques,let me know. 1 I carry the Group B&W

Observation -------------------- 1 Table tennis : Table tennis players return smashes with smashes many times. Reason : 2 Lawn tennis : Lawn tennis players cannot return smashes with smashes. Reason : 3 Badminton : Badminton players cannot return smashes with smashes. Reason : Thanks & Regards, Prashant S Akerkar

Do you feel there could be Olympics games in future in Football and Hockey games where mixed players say 6 male and 5 female in a team of 11 are played similar to Lawn & Table tennis games? Thanks & Regards, Prashant S Akerkar

Our cephalopod overlords have begun their assault on land, only a matter of time now! The extreme tides in the area seem to be a forcing factor for this species.

Our cephalopod overlords have begun their assault on land, only a matter of time now! The extreme tides in the area seem to be a forcing factor for this species.

Which nation/s could be the best to provide coaching to Indian Archers to prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics games? Thanks & Regards, Prashant S Akerkar

Are there Archers who have won Olympics gold medals but are left handed? Thanks & Regards, Prashant S Akerkar

France, Brazil and Spain are looking the best to me. What about you?

Do you feel Escalator racing game can be introduced in future Olympics games? There will be two categories 1 Bottom to Top escalator race. 2 Top to Bottom escalator race. There will be 8-10 escalators depending upon the number of participants representing their country. 150 steps of same constant moving staircase speed in the 8-10 escalators. Skills required will be speed, balance, concentration & focus for the participants. Thanks & Regards, Prashant S Akerkar

Hello,I have a bachalor in geology, (3 years in university - USTHB ALGERIA - GEOLOGY -mineral resources)I want to get a job or an online job in physics/astrophysics/astronomy, how is that possible?will getting online certifications help?what are the things that i can do that will help me be a researcher or a teacher in physics?thanks.

Who was the best James Bond? Below are my impressions of all 6 who have played bond. Sean Connery - Everyone's default #1 choice. While Connery had the most impressive body of work through his long career his Bond films themselves often appeared cheaply made (Thunderball being an exception) and were rather silly. Austin Powers satire of them was so hilarious in part because of how accurate it was. Sean Connery in my opinion is far and away the best actor to play Bond but wasn't the best Bond. George Lazenby - I have never seen his Bond film in its entirety so I can't judge. Roger Moore - First Bond I saw. I think who was Bond in the first Bond mov…

Season 7 starts 16/07/2017. Are there more fans on this forum? I can imagine there are.

Mars One is a small private Dutch organization that proposed in 2012 to land the first humans on Mars and leave them there to establish a permanent human colony in the coming decades. Are there people on this forum going to Mars? https://www.mars-one.com/

So, guys, what are your thoughts on Noam Chomsky? Regarding his linguistic work, I am not a linguist, but I happen to know something about linguistics, so perhaps I an have some opinion about that. I don't really see why is he so famous. Linguistics, like any science, should be based on falsifiable theories, and I don't really see what would falsify his theories. Also, his claim that languages are not learned primarily by experience and inductive reasoning, but by some innate linguistics capacity, really bothers me. The simple fact is, a layman who tries to reason about language usually gets things wrong. For example, the names of some Croatian rivers are Krka, Korana, …

Headline PayPal told customer her death breached its rules Article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44783779 Summary exactly as headline, though PP seems to be acting more reasonably since.