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"Coverage for Long march preparation activities and Long March. Featured videos Latest sms (See All) SMS "longmarch your message" to 80022 guest267 Dec 04, 09, 12:17 PM Lahore lahore Bushra aitzaz(wife of aitzaz) also arrested... guest267 Dec 04, 09, 12:17 PM Lahore lahore Almost all male civil society members from ccp have been arrested. guest342 Dec 04, 09, 12:17 PM Rangers and army are now high alert, ISI ready to arrest Zardari, if he resigns. guest4 Dec 04, 09, 12:17 PM Lahore Lahore Another sp refuses to work here at gpo guest4 Dec 04, 09, 12:17 PM Lahore Lahore thousands of people pouring out on the streets to join nawaz caravan currently in ichra . Police seems to be demoralized and backing up from gpo guest300 Dec 04, 09, 12:17 PM BREAKING NEWS *Mobile SMS service suspended in Islamabad. News42 "

Political gatherings have been banned in two Pakistani provinces and many activists arrested to prevent them joining a planned protest march. Opposition supporters and lawyers had organised what they are calling a "long march" against the government due to start later this week. Activists, lawyers and ordinary citizens have reacted to the latest developments with a mixture of defiance and fear.

"Published on March 18th, 2013 | by Guest Author [Kate Lee] Infographics are becoming an increasingly popular method of communicating information quickly and clearly. Great designs can reduce the complexity of information, making a process, product or service easily understandable and accessible to the general public. And a good infographic means that all of that information is presented in a way that is aesthetically pleasing to boot. But have infographics become too good at streamlining information? Have they become the fast food of graphic design - quickly digestible, but lacking in substance? Infographics: Guilty As Charged The web has lots of criticisms levelled at infographics and it's true that many are poorly created, failing to fulfil their purpose, using Papyrus or other crimes against design. The main complaints when it comes to infographics are: 1. Creates confusion: the data is presented in a manner that takes a long time to interpret, is difficult to follow and creates additional complexity instead of providing clarity. 2. Inaccurate information: [...] 3. Too long: [...] 4. General ugliness: [...] The problem with infographics is that so many people think it's easy to create them, when in fact it's a particular subset of skills in an already specialised profession.[...] Data Visualisation Requires Thinking That being said, there are truly great infographics out there that tick all the boxes: accurate information, presented in an effective visual manner that helps the audience interpret and understand quickly. And so we come to the point of this post: with complex information rendered so comprehensible, without the need to read long reports and with the ability to look at pictures and share it with all your friends - is there a danger that infographics cause the audience to stop thinking? In short, the answer is no. In most cases where the audience needs to think, the data isn't simple anyway. The mission of infographics is to re

Titolo volutamente provocativo. Ottima presentazione delle "infographics", di cosa dovrebbero e potrebbero essere ma purtroppo spesso non sono, e degli risvolti cognitivi del loro uso.