With mid-range phones now knocking on the door of flagships - just look at the £309 OnePlus 3 and £305 Vodafone Smart Ultra 7 - the Moto G in 2016 looks to be the champion of the budget handsets. A goal which it largely achieves, too.
Looking for a big yet affordable phone? That's Motorola's play with the fourth-gen Moto G - aptly titled the G4, finally putting to bed the confusingly same-name previous three generations - which dons a 5.5-inch screen and, therefore, an inevitably large body. It cuts a whole new jib, starting the G-series anew.
Affordable is the key word, too. With a starting price of £169 for the 16GB model the Moto G4 is only incrementally more expensive than its predecessors, while sitting below many competitors' sub-£200 price points.
There's an odd twist though: Motorola has also released the G4 Plus, which adds a fingerprint scanner, improved rear camera and includes the TurboPower fast-charger to the box - all for the sake of an extra £60. Which, in our minds, makes for a much more tempting purchase.
With Chinese giant Lenovo now at the helm, this is the new Motorola. Does this new management and vision give the Moto G4 a new lease of life or has it confused the winning mixture? We've been living with one for a week to see whether it feels as fresh and appealing as when the very first Moto G arrived on the scene.
There's no escaping it: the new Moto G is pretty big in the hand for a regular phone, pushing its dimensions (153 x 76.6mm) out in support of that 5.5-inch display. It's the same 155g weight as the third-generation device, though, and, at 9.8mm, a little slimmer overall - which is all positive. It's not exactly a slender phone though.
The overall design of the G4 is more sophisticated than the earlier Moto G models, of which the second- and third-generation models had these eye-sore silver "bars" around the speakers. The Moto G4 does away with such unsightliness, instead recessing the top speaker grille into the body away from the phone's face; there's a subtle silver edging but it looks clean and tidy.
Flip it over and the Moto G4 has a removable polycarbonate back with a super-fine subtle texture, plus recessed "M" symbol to the centre, which clips onto the rear of the phone. Marry that with the textured metal buttons on the sides, the subtle curved top with 3.5mm headphone jack, and the Moto G4 does a good job of fooling you that it's not a totally budget handset.
But that's not all: the Moto G now comes with a P2i protective coating, meaning its innards are water-repellent enough to stop damage if it comes in contact with water. Not just a splash either, it can survive a full-on dunking in the kitchen sink or, god forbid, down the toilet.
Use Moto Maker - Motorola's customisation service - and it's possible to jazz-up a more personalised device with coloured rear and edging. The front can only be black or white, though.
All in all, this is the best looking Moto G to date. But it's also the biggest - and we're not sure we're totally sold on this new giant size. As a side note, and just to be clear, the G4 Plus model is the same size (it doesn't follow Apple convention), it just has additional features and a higher price point.
The new Moto G sports a 5.5-inch display with a Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels, resulting in a pixel density of 401ppi). That's perhaps a little on the low side when compared to flagship devices like the Samsung Galaxy S7 or HTC 10, but in daily use it's apt for a display of this size. We've not found any issues with it, and don't feel like our eyes are staring at giant square pixels; it's on par with the resolution of the OnePlus 3, for example.
It's not the very brightest or most dazzling display in terms of colour though. Sat next to our LG G5 and the Moto G4 can't hammer out the same level of luminance, but it's still got more than enough welly to survive both indoor and outdoor lighting conditions from all manner of viewing angles.
Beneath that screen, embedded within, is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor, paired with 2GB RAM. As it's very much a middling chipset we didn't think it'd keep up with certain tasks, but have found the phone to perform just fine.
When playing Farm Heroes Saga, for example, all the animations are lovely and fluid with no stuttering to be seen. What is apparent, however, is the delay in getting into apps: that app takes a full 15-seconds to load, as one example, which feels very much mid-range.
When it comes to storage there's 16GB as standard, with 32GB optional for an extra £30. As this upgrade doesn't have any impact on the RAM - it's 2GB RAM only; the G4 Plus offers 3GB and 4GB RAM options however (at inflated prices) - we suspect many will simply option to use the microSD card slot tucked away behind the removable rear instead.
Overall the Moto G4 handles perfectly fine for its position and price. And when some companies' attempts at this market haven't quite worked - case in point, the OnePlus X, which lacked the graphical prowess - Moto feels like it's on the money. Sure, it might not handle the latest 3D games, or offer 4K video capture, in the way that flagship handsets do, but in daily tasks there's little it won't do.
The Moto G sports a 3,000mAh battery, which is a fairly generous capacity for a phone running a relatively low-spec chipset. That's good news, though, as it means decent battery performance that will easily get you through the course of a day.
Motorola claims a full 24-hours of use, but being the kind of mid-to-heavy users that we are, we found that optimistic. Still, having 30 per cent battery left in the tank before bedtime is no bad shout at all - and better than some more heavyweight flagship devices these days. Sometimes less power and lower resolution can be a benefit.
The G4 also benefits from TurboPower fast-charging. Well, sort of. Problem is you don't get the required plug in the G4's box, that's reserved for the G4 Plus instead. And seeing as the TurboPower Chargers 15 costs £25 from Motorola's official site, it seems to make a good argument for considering the G4 Plus instead.
For those who like Android the Moto G is a safe place. It launches on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and it is mostly free from bloatware and app additions that you simply don't need.
It even offers System Tuner UI - a press-and-hold of the settings cog symbol from the swipe-down menu will active this - for more granular control of what displays in the top bar.
There are some Moto additions, such as gesture controls, which are ultimately similar to previous Moto G, E and X handsets. However, as Android has got more sophisticated over time, Moto has filtered that amount it offers to avoid duplication and keep the user experience neat and tidy.
The gesture controls will let you do things like flip the phone to silence it, or make a chopping action with the phone in hand to turn the torch on. There's a display option to give you ambient notifications, which is a long-time Moto favourite, and dark screen time settings to avoid disturbances at night.
And that's about it: it's Moto Pure and simple. This is good news to keep things fuss-free.
Turn to the camera and the G4's photo-taking experience is a lot like the third-generation Moto G. It has a 13-megapixel snapper on the rear with f/2.0 aperture, alongside a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. If you're seeking yet more then the G4 Plus comes with a 16-megapixel rear camera (also f/2.0), plus additional laser autofocus.
So the Moto G4 might not offer the best camera experience in the range, but it's still pretty good. The app is fast to load this time around, and in its default auto mode offers one-touch HDR (high dynamic range - used to balance shadows and highlights), flash and self-timer options to the left.
Focusing is a case of tapping onto the screen, where a surrounding exposure meter can be adjusted to compensate as required. It's not particularly good at close-up focusing, though, and when it mis-focuses the focus point defaults back to the centre for its second try - which is annoying.
Beyond auto you can amp things up and take full control by using the Pro camera mode, found in among the video/pano/time-lapse settings to the top right of the screen. Using Pro mode means full control over white balance, ISO sensitivity, manual focus, exposure compensation and - unusually for a smartphone - shutter speed (this will be electronically controlled, however, but means you can opt for 1/8000th sec to freeze faster moving subjects, or manually set the camera to 1/2-second longer exposure for night shots, assuming the phone is stationary and supported).
The layout of individual sliders for all the manual controls makes them easy to use, even if they are a little busy in terms of dominating the screen when all displayed. But we suspect most will simply use auto mode and toggle HDR on and off depending on whether a scene requires shadow and highlight balancing.
In terms of results, it's much the same as the third-gen Moto G: shots in good light are fine, while low-light causes some issues with image noise, but at least there's plenty of control at your fingertips as needed. The autofocus isn't going to see off the flagship devices and, more than likely, is undermined by the G4 Plus, but there's still plenty of positives to be had nonetheless.
The Moto G4 is the Moto G anew; it's bigger and bolder than before, which is a brave new step for the mid-range budget phone. For all its good, however, it's really difficult to ignore the G4 Plus, which squeezes a lot more into the same design (fingerprint scanner, better camera, TurboPower charger; plus greater on-device storage and RAM expansion options).
However, if you're looking for budget then Motorola continues to rule, its £170 price point hard to ignore for a phone that will handle most things you care to throw at it. Sure, it's a bit slow to load apps, but the octo-core processor and graphics on board can handle most games without stuttering, while the middling power and so-so screen resolution/brightness mean effective battery life throughout the day.
With mid-range phones now knocking on the door of flagships - just look at the £309 OnePlus 3 and £305 Vodafone Smart Ultra 7 - the Moto G in 2016 looks to be the king of budget handsets. A goal which it largely achieves, too, even if its inflated size and (compared to the Moto G's original premise) inflated price won't be a draw for all prospective customers.
Even in its upscaled new form, the Moto G continues to wear the budget phone crown.


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Over the years, Tanzania – thanks to improvements in infrastructure, accommodations and flight availability – has slowly and resolutely crept out from underneath the shadow of Kenya as one of the premier safari destinations in Africa.
Its promise of significant bookings as a stand-alone product for 2010, rather than an add-on and secondary safari destination with Kenya as it has been in the past, is a reality and a logical step in the evolution of this incredibly diverse and game-rich country.
That something that's going on with National Geographic is a series on the "Great Migration" that has mesmerized the American public and reminds and informs them that this awesome annual trek of tens of thousands of wildebeest and zebra—along with their predators—across the expanses of the Serengeti Plains into the Masai Mara of Kenya and back again, spends the better part of the migration traveling through and returning to Tanzania.
As a result, even though both Kenya and Tanzania have long been popular destinations for first-time safari-goers, travelers to Africa are finally beginning to realize how much and how many diverse attractions Tanzania has to offer, not to mention one of the most stable governments in the continent and one of its safest destinations.
Still another classic safari destination and a must-do attraction is the Ngorongoro Crater which, Macha explains, "…is known as the eighth wonder of the world and where tourists can be sent into the crater about 2,000 ft. down. On the crater floor is a big concentration of wildlife including buffalos, elephants, lions, cheetahs and leopards. We also have the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, which is snowcapped and I believe now we've got about 35,000 tourists here [each year] to climb the mountain. So that's another unique thing for Tanzania. Then we have Zanzibar, which are historical and cultural cities and towns off the east coast of Tanzania," and one-time important center of the slave, silk and spice route in Eastern Africa.


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Roger Federer was the two-time reigning champion, but withdrew due to fatigue.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  Roger Federer (withdrew due to fatigue)
  Rafael Nadal (withdrew due to fatigue)
  Ivan Ljubičić (second round)
  Nikolay Davydenko (quarterfinals)
  James Blake (third round)
  Gastón Gaudio (second round)
  Fernando González (third round)
  Tommy Robredo (champion)
  Nicolas Kiefer (second round)
  Guillermo Coria (first round)
  Thomas Johansson (first round)
  Mario Ančić (semifinals)
  Jarkko Nieminen (third round)
  Robby Ginepri (first round)
  Radek Štěpánek (final)
  David Ferrer (quarterfinals)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

External links
 2006 Hamburg Masters draw
 2006 Hamburg Masters Qualifying draw

Singles

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Paula Marckx (Antwerpen, 3 december 1925 - aldaar, 29 juni 2020) was een Belgische zakenvrouw, journaliste en pilote die op brede schaal bekendheid kreeg onder haar achternaam als procespartij in het Europese mijlpaal-arrest Marckx t. België uit 1979. Daarbij oordeelde het Europees Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens dat België een ongerechtvaardigde ongelijke behandeling kende tussen kinderen van alleengaande vrouwen en die in een huwelijk worden geboren in het toenmalige Belgische afstammings- en erfrecht. Marckx werd mede daardoor een van de eerste feministische boegbeelden in Belgie.

Het arrest had ook werking in de 46 andere landen waar het Europees Verdrag voor de Rechten van de Mens (EVRM) geldt, voorzover daar wetgeving in strijd was met de overwegingen in het arrest.

Biografie
Paula Marckx werd geboren in de Antwerpse wijk Seefhoek in 1925. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog poseerde ze om den brode als 17-jarig naaktmodel voor kunstschilder Lode Seghers die verliefd op haar werd en een vriend voor het leven zou blijven. Later was ze actief als mannequin bij het modehuis Natan in Brussel. Ze bouwde een omvangrijk netwerk van relaties in het zakenleven, de media, de politiek en de showbizz op. Na de oorlog ontwikkelde ze zich tot een succesvolle zakenvrouw. Zo onderscheidde ze zich onder meer door vanuit Berlijn condoomautomaten en verstuivers van eau de cologne naar België te importeren. Op aanraden van Phil Bosmans begon ze aan een schrijverscarrière bij uitgeverij Averbode en werd ze werkzaam als journaliste. Dankzij de opgebouwde relaties met onder meer Martini-importeur Dino Vastapane, de Antwerpse waterpolokampioen Maurice Blitz en diens zoon, Club Med-oprichter Gérard Blitz, maakte ze haar intrede in de wereld van de jetset en vip's. Daar ontmoette en interviewde ze diverse internationale sterren zoals The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Paul Anka, Rita Hayworth, de Franse intellectuelen Jean Cocteau en Jean Marais en Duits Bondskanselier Willy Brandt. Door Lode Seghers en diens contacten met het anticommunistische, katholieke netwerk CEDI (Centre Européen de Documentation et d'Information, ° 1949) kreeg ze de gelegenheid de Spaanse dictator Francisco Franco te interviewen. Haar Walt Disney-levensmotto "If you can dream it, you can do it" indachtig, haalde ze in 1966 als eerste Belgische vrouw haar pilotenbrevet op de luchthaven van Deurne. Ze was ook directeur van het World Trade Center in Antwerpen.

De zaak 'Paula en Alexandra Marckx versus Belgium'

In 1973 werd Paula Marckx op 47-jarige leeftijd onverwacht zwanger. In die tijd was het controversieel om als alleengaande vrouw zonder partner een kind op te voeden. Ze besloot het kind te houden en een bewust ongehuwde moeder of 'b.o.m.' te worden. In die tijd een nieuw fenomeen tegen de achtergrond van de zich emanciperende vrouw. Kinderen van een alleengaande vrouw, toendertijd op grond van wetgeving ook natuurlijk, buitenwettelijk of buitenechtelijk kind genoemd, zoals haar dochter Alexandra Marckx, hadden in die tijd niet dezelfde rechten als kinderen geboren binnen een huwelijk. Erkenning van het moederschap was nodig om een wederzijdse wettelijke band tussen moeder en kind te laten ontstaan, maar dan bestonden er nog geen wettelijke banden met overige familieleden. Als werd erkend, golden beperkingen in het erfrecht en kon een ongehuwde moeder niet schenken of nalaten aan haar kind.

Marckx vond dit verschil in behandeling onrechtvaardig, liet zich wegwijs maken door een studente rechten en schreef in Alexandra's naam een brief aan de secretaris van de Europese Commissie van de Rechten van de Mens in Straatsburg met de beroemd geworden aanhef: 'Ik ben een Belgische baby en dien een klacht in tegen de Belgische staat', waarna Paula de grieven opsomde. De klacht werd aanvaard, het hof opende het dossier 'Paula en Alexandra Marckx versus Belgium.' De jonge advocate en onderzoekster aan de Leuvense universiteit L. van Look nam de verdediging in de rechtszaak op zich.

Na een tijdrovende procedure gaf het Europees Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens (EHRM) Marckx in 1979 gelijk en veroordeelde België in een mijlpaalarrest wegens schending van artikel 8 van het Europees Verdrag voor de Rechten van de Mens (recht op respect voor privé- en familieleven) en artikel 14 van het Europees Verdrag voor de Rechten van de Mens (verbod van discriminatie). Het arrest gebood de Belgische staat om het wettelijk discriminierend onderscheid tussen wettige en onwettige (of buitenechtelijke) kinderen op te heffen en hen op een gelijkwaardige wijze te behandelen. Als gevolg van dit arrest waren zowel België als de andere 46 verdragslanden (de lidstaten van de Raad van Europa) verplicht ingrijpende hervormingen door te voeren in hun rechtsstelsels.

Niettegenstaande Paula Marckx grote waarde hechtte aan juridische gelijkheid tussen man en vrouw, zelf een geëmancipeerde zelfstandige zakenvrouw was en waardering koesterde voor activistische vrouwen die gelijkwaardigheid nastreefden, wilde ze zelf geen feministe genoemd worden.

Boeken
Naast haar journalistieke reportages schreef Paula Marckx ook meerdere boeken. Haar eerste (Franstalige) boek, geschreven toen ze 33 jaar was, werd op Expo '58 aan de pers voorgesteld. Van 2007 tot 2018 was Marckx werkzaam als correspondente voor de Vlaams-Amerikaanse immigratiekrant Gazette van Detroit waarvoor ze 165 bekende Vlamingen zoals kardinaal Godfried Danneels, Leo Tindemans, Fernand Huts, Jan Decleir, Christian Van Thillo en Guillaume Van der Stighelen interviewde. In haar boek The perfect mistress uit 2010 beschrijft ze in saillante details haar flamboyante levensstijl en turbulente liefdesleven dat bol staat van overspel, seks en alcohol. In haar laatste, erg goed verkochte boek Jonger ouder worden van 2017 geeft ze aan senioren tips over hoe deze tot hun laatste dagen optimaal van het leven kunnen genieten.

Belgisch model
Vlaams journalist
Belgisch vliegenier
Personen- en familierecht in België


Elizabeth Warren's poorly timed and unnecessary release of her DNA results leaves me unable to support her, despite sharing many of her political views. She dignified President Trump's gendered attacks on her previous claims to Cherokee then Delaware ancestry with a new appeal to problematic DNA testing.
Her newest claim offers a possible generic and remote "Native American" ancestor.
Let's be clear on what Warren hasn't demonstrated she completely understands: Being Native American is a political and cultural affiliation determined by Native peoples, not a quantifiable racial classification.
This isn't the first time otherwise educated people, including policymakers, put their faith in science in ways that undermined tribal sovereignty. Scholars of Native American histories, and especially of southern tribes including the Cherokee, know all too well the damage wrought by "blood quantum," fractions of Indianness based on ancestry.
At the turn of the 20th century, federal employees used blood quantum, rooted in scientific racism, to make determinations of who was entitled to individual allotments of land when federal policy, known as allotment, aimed to break up tribally controlled land bases and assimilate Native peoples. These same ideas kept U.S. officials from documenting African-Cherokee family ties at the time of allotment.
The ripple effects of this policy have led to complicated and painful debates and legal battles within the Cherokee Nation as the descendants of those formerly enslaved by Cherokee people have advocated for their inclusion as tribal citizens. It has also led to the use of blood quantum by some tribes to determine membership.
More recently, another attorney proved willing to think about tribal sovereignty through the lens of race. In the 2013 Supreme Court Case, Adoptive Couple vs. Baby Girl, Chief Justice John Roberts struggled to make sense of what triggers Native Nations' sovereign abilities to intervene in adoption cases involving Native children in accordance with the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).
Through this and other inquiries surrounding the case, Roberts hearkened back to the same science that dismembered Native land bases 100 years earlier and justified Jim Crow. He displayed a remarkable ignorance of federal Indian law and a desire to funnel his understanding of tribal sovereignty through race, instead of the political status of Native Nations and their members.
Roberts also deployed the language and racial logic of the turn of the 20th century — the one-drop rule — while turning it on its head.
The proliferation of for-profit DNA testing enables many people to make similar claims to Warren's; if federal law interpreted everyone who took a DNA test and showed themselves to be 1% Native American as equivalent to those communities who have stayed together and maintained social and political ties in the face of strategic and often violent political, economic and social attacks, then tribal sovereignty would become meaningless.
Warren is a powerful U.S. senator with a public platform who has just validated a wrong-headed definition of "Native American." What is less clear to many of us in Indian Country is what these political maneuvers related to her identity actually mean for the advocacy and protection of tribal sovereignty and vulnerable Native peoples.
Reed is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and an associate professor of history at the University of Tennessee.


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What's Neha Dhupia's fitness secret?
When Neha Dhupia decided to step into the world of showbiz, the first thing she did was to steel herself into not indulging in high-calorie food, especially sweets. The actor is health conscious and feels running is the best exercise "as it is therapeutic." Her svelte frame belies her claim of ODing on Gujarati fare like theplas, khaman, khandvis and dhokhla-chutney. She agrees it is not easy to be a fitness fanatic 24/7, but it is not impossible if you watch what you eat coupled with some form of exercise. Neha's New Year resolution is to "go beyond cooking corn cheese pies" while she tells us about her food habits.
Morning glory
– I begin my day with a glass of warm water with half a lime squeezed in. This is important as lime has an alkalising effect in the body — it helps get rid of toxins. I follow this with a bowl of papayas after which I hit the gym. On some days I do yoga, otherwise it is Pilates, running or cardio or a combination of all three. Your body stops responding if you repeat exercises.
Meal deal
– Breakfast is a cup of tea, two poached eggs and oats cooked in water with honey. Around 11.30 am, I have a green juice — it could be any vegetable or fruit of that color. Normally, it is spinach or broccoli with celery and a dash of ginger. Lunch consists of chapattis or brown rice with dal and vegetables or couscous with veggies. In the evening, I have a mixed bowl of nuts with green tea. It is a good snack. Dinner is light — often noodles and soup.
Say no to sugar – I avoid food with high sugar content. Your body gets enough sugar from your meals, so your body doesn't need processed sugar. Fruit juices have natural sugar, which is sufficient for your body. Sugar begets more sugar. If you have sugar, a few hours down the line you will crave for it. The fact is that if I had my way, I would eat chocolate fondue every day, but I know it will harm my system. So why inflict harm on the body? Health and fitness studies should be part of the school curriculum. Children should be taught about healthy eating from an early age. Diabetes is on an alarming rise and I wish people were more aware of sugar's harmful effects.
Going green – I was a non-vegetarian, but turned vegetarian for health reasons. I get my proteins from egg whites. I sometimes eat fish.
Check it out When I travel abroad, I visit the local food stores. I love eating organic food when in the US and the varieties of cheese in Europe. In Spain, I ate cherries the size of plums. Every home has a fresh orange juice maker. I wish we Indians were as health-conscious as those living abroad. Why do Indian women give up looking after themselves post marriage and motherhood? If you cannot resist that extra helping on your plate, how about walking the morning after?
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Days after his intolerance remarks, Bollywood star Aamir Khan today said India is "very tolerant" but there are people who spread hatred and appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rein them in.
The actor also believes that he still continues to be country's brand ambassador even though the government may have discontinued his services, saying India is his mother and not a brand.
"Our country is very tolerant, but there are people who spread ill-will…Those who speak of breaking up this vast country, such people are present in all religions, only Modiji can stop them. After all, Modiji is our PM, we have to tell him," he told Rajat Sharma in his 'Aap ki Adalat' show on India TV, according to a press release issued by the channel.
Aamir said a sense of security comes from the justice system, which should ensure speedy justice, and from elected representatives who should raise their voice when something goes wrong.
"After all, law is equal for all, and nobody is above law. Unfortunately, there are some people who spread negativity and hatred. If I am not wrong, our Prime Minister has also expressed concern. His slogan is 'sabka saath, sabka vikas'," he said.
The actor, who hit headlines with his remarks that his wife was thinking of leaving India over growing intolerance, also replied to megastar Amitabh Bachchan's remark that he damaged India's brand identity by his statement, saying there was a feeling of insecurity due to growing intolerance.
"I had said in my interview that there was a sense of depression, a sense of despondency, a feeling of insecurity and intolerance was growing. But these are entirely two different things," he said.
He added that he was "wongly quoted" and said, "I never said India was intolerant, I was wrongly quoted…To say about rising intolerance and to say India is intolerant are two different things."
Claiming to continue serving as India's brand ambassador even after government discontinued him, the superstar said, "For me, my motherland is my mother, it cannot be a brand. I can never view my mother as a brand. It could be a brand for other people, but not for me. Till this date, I continue to be India's brand ambassador, even the government may have discontinued me."
He said for 10 years he was brand ambassador for 'Incredible India's Atithi Devo Bhavo campaign' and never charged a penny for all his public service campaigns for the country and nor will he charge in future.
Aamir also asked media and news channels not to air news about violence on TV as it creates an atmosphere of fear.
"Every Indian is infected with fear. I would also appeal to media not to highlight such violence, as it creates a sense of insecurity and fear among common people," he said.
On his wife Kiran Rao expressing her intent to leave India due to insecurity, Aamir said he and his wife were not going anywhere and have been born here and will die in India, but said, "After all, Kiran is a mother, a mother always worries about her children."
"Often we speak so many things among ourselves, but that does not mean, we take 100 per cent action on them. Now was that our intention. Kiran has actually expressed a feeling, an emotion, and we were born here, and we will die here. We are not going to leave our country, let me make it clear,"he said.
The superstar went on to say that whenever people try to divide, "we should become alert, and should beware as to why we are being reminded that we are Muslim, Hindu, or Sikh. After all, we are all Indians. We have to be on our quard."
Seeking to clarify that there was intent on his or his director's part on purportedly denigrating Hindu religion in his film 'PK', he said, "It was only a character playing the role of Shiva in a play, who was made fun of, in a particular situation. After all, Lord Shankar is Almighty, how can we dare to make fun of him?."
The actor said he fully empathised with the cause of Kashmiri Pandits. "My heart cries even today for them. It is shameful, and I appeal to people living in the Valley to bring the Kashmiri Pandits back."
Actor Preity Zinta got married to her long-time boyfriend Gene Goodenough in a private ceremony in Los Angeles. But with the news of the wedding making its way everyone has been wondering who Gene Goodenough is.
Preity and Gene have been friends for a long time. He was also said to be a key eye-witness when Preity had lodged a police complaint stating that her ex Ness molested her at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai a couple of years ago.Gene Goodenough is a resident of Los Angles (LA), USA. He is a senior vice president of finance with a US-based hydroelectric power company called NLine Energy. He has done his MBA from Esade Business and Law School, Spain, which was followed by another masters degree from USC Marshall School of Business, LA.
Jeremy Lin slams Chris Rock's 'racist' Asian joke at Oscars
Los Angeles (IANS): Actor-comedian Chris Rock's Asian joke at the 2016 Academy Awards might have made people burst into laughter, but NBA star Jeremy Lin wasn't amused.
The Charlotte Hornets star took to his Twitter page to share how upset he was because some people thought that making fun of Asians was "cool", reports aceshowbiz.com.
"Tired of it being 'cool' and 'ok' to bash Asians," he wrote, while asking, "when is this going to change?"
Despite the fact that Rock earned positive reviews of his jabs at #OscarsSoWhite controversy at the gala night on Sunday, the 51-year-old host appeared to disappoint some people when he made a joke involving Asian children.
In the middle of his monologue at the awards show held on Sunday, he said that he wanted to introduce the accountants from Price Waterhouse Coopers, which tabulated the vote results.
People started to laugh when they learned that the accountants were two Asian boys and an Asian girl whom Rock named Ming Zu, Bao Ling and David Moskowitz. The three children walked onstage as they brought briefcases, illustrating the stereotype that Asian people are diligent workers who are also good at mathematics.
However, some people were upset when Rock said, "If anybody's upset about that joke, just tweet about it on your phone that was also made by these kids."
They were quick to interpret that Rock implied Asian children were either accountants or child labourers.


An actual panache is a plume of feathers.
And when people or things have panache, that means they have style that's grand and bold.
Say that people or things have panache (or that they show panache or do something with panache) when their style or behavior has such a bold flair that it reminds you of someone wearing a helmet with a bright tuft of feathers on top.
For a craft fair that charged admission, I was hoping for a little more panache and not the same old arrays of cloth purses and Hello Kitty notebooks.
Sure, "The Raven" is an overwritten, overly dramatic poem, but you can't dispute its otherworldly panache.
Look away from the screen to explain the definition in your own words. You'll know you understand what "panache" means when you can explain it without saying "swagger" or "verve."
Think of a performer you love to watch, and fill in the blanks: "__(Person)__ __(does something)__ with effortless panache."
Example: "Lindsey Stirling adds dancing to her violin performances with effortless panache."
Henry Miller: "The wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing."
2. The documentary was heavy on _____ but light on panache.


Stewart Park claims international significance as being the birthplace in 1728 of Captain James Cook, and enjoys 400,000 visitors per year to the museum. Napper were commissioned to deliver the architectural vision for the HLF funded scheme, with Southern Green acting as Landscape Architects and Lead Consultant.
In 1853, Henry Bolckow (a self made man and Mayor and MP for Middlesbrough) built Marton Hall, set in landscaped grounds with romantic temple and lakes. The Hall was served by Gothic Revival estate buildings, which housed male workers who tended the grounds and grew produce in the walled garden. After a period of neglect, the Hall was destroyed by fire in 1958, and all that survives is the east loggia.
The project involves major landscaping works, and in architectural terms the restoration of the Grade II listed estate buildings (latterly used by Middlesbrough Parks Department) to create a new Visitors Centre, Education Base, Rangers Base, Interpretation, Boathouse Gazebo on the lake, and finally a Vocational Care Training Base for people with varying mental and physical disabilities, who will be trained to grow and prepare food from the restored walled garden for sale in the cafeteria.


I don't believe that the records should be considered corporate records just because the organization is custodian of them.  If I were a commercial records storage company I would not consider the client/customer's records in boxes on the warehouse racks my "corporate records."
On the point of your imvolvement in the implementation I would say they should involve you if your expertise would be of assistacne to them in creating a good compliant system and/or process.
I am looking for your opinions - and I hope that I can explain this correctly!
Our services division is in the process of implementing a document management system - these "client" records will now be scanned and stored electronically. My question is - shouldn't these "client" records be considered "corporate" records now that they are being stored in an electronic system that is on the company's network? I have asked to be involved in the implementation but have been left out - "corporate records" (me) has never been involved with the "services" side of the company (silos) but I feel that I should now be involved.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. - A forecasting technology created by researchers at Virginia Tech could warn people days and weeks before a flu outbreak hits their area.
The tool will soon be available to the public as researchers are teaming up with AccuWeather to make the flu forecast a part of the weather app. While it's still in the testing phases, by early next year the tool will be accessible to the entire country -- letting people know when the flu is expected to hit their area and how bad the outbreak is expected to be.
Technology behind the flu forecast was originally developed by researchers at the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech in 2014 to help track the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
The disease surveillance tool is already being used by federal, state and local governments to track and predict the impact of epidemics. While researchers often work with the government or government entities, teaming up with a private company like AccuWeather is something new for this project.
"For the first time we can see our work reaching out to the masses through these very popular apps and interfaces," says Srini Venkatramanan, a postdoctoral associate at the Biocomplexity Institute. "It's a way of keeping us on track. When people start looking at it, we have our name on the line and can keep improving our forecasts and get an idea of how much impact it's have on society."
The partnership between the Biocomplexity Institute and AccuWeather is expected to have a big effect on the level of flu knowledge and awareness nationwide. The research will give people more time to prepare once they find a major flu outbreak is headed their way, allowing users to get a flu shot or take other precautions to avoid getting sick.
Unlike weather forecasts, which have become accepted in our everyday lives, forecasts for the flu or other diseases haven't been as accessible. When companies or the government do release a flu forecast, it tends to be pretty broad.
Researchers at Virginia Tech are working to update the AccuWeather flu forecaster on a weekly basis. They'll use confirmed cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, combined with social media posts and Google searches related to the flu.
One of the most complex aspects to this flu forecasting technology is the ability to create synthetic populations.
In simple terms, researchers are able to use computers at the Biocomplexity Institute to set up a population similar to what actually exists in the United States. They will use that population to model real behaviors, predicting the response that each person will have to the outbreak based on where they live, travel and commute.
"Private behavior [modeled in the technology] is people socially distancing themselves from people that are infected," says Venkatramanan. "People that are infected don't go to workplaces or don't go to schools."
The computers model the impact on the spread of the flu that having those people stay home or having a caregiver take care of a sick loved one.
Researchers can also model government and business reactions as well. They are able to look at the real impact a flu vaccine campaign could have or look at what would happen if the CDC rolled out a second, more effective vaccination later in the flu season. Researchers are able to compile all of that information and narrow it down to see the impact the flu outbreak would have on each person created in the model.
The flu forecaster is expected to be available on the app in March.


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NUCS we are not accepting any additional orders until we have a chance to evaluate how our bees fared during the winter. We expect to have a better idea by March 15-20 and if conditions allow additional sales, we will post that here.
Now lets talk about 5 frame nucleus colonies, or "nucs" as they are commonly called. Each spring, from over 300 of our colonies, I select the three that have wintered in the best condition here in Southern New England. The queens from these special colonies are then used to provide larvae that will become new queens. We add these developing queens to three frames of worker larvae (or brood as we call it) and one full comb of honey and pollen as a food reserve. These components, along with one more empty comb are placed into a special hive where the young queen will hatch out, mate and then begin laying eggs that will become an expanding population of worker bees in their new home. This process usually takes from 3-4 weeks and only after I have verified the health and quality of the queen and her offspring will I release this nuc to its new owner. Because we put so much care into raising these bees, they will not be ready until late May at the earliest. We will not release them until they are ready to our satisfaction. If you are in a hurry to get bees, consider ordering a 3lb package of bees that will arrive earlier. Like the packages, we fill nuc orders in the sequence that they were placed.
When your nucs are ready for pickup, we will email you with dates to come get them. Because these nucs usually have robust populations, we do not allow them to be transferred into regular nuc boxes and anyone who shows up with them will be turned away. Instead we require you to bring one story of your hive and we transfer them into your hive for transport home. When I notify you of the impending pick up, I also include a detailed list of what to bring and if you need some or all of the components, we offer them for sale. We try to make this as easy as possible but the potential for stress or death to the bees forces us to be very strict about how you move them.
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It's sung by the Fratellis, a relatively obscure Scottish band whose popular song also gained fame for being used in a beer commercial. It's now become synonymous with the Blackhawks -- to the point where people in Chicago subconsciously hum the tune, players know the lyrics and even the city's piano bars are getting requests for it.
"It's a pretty catchy song, but if you hear it too many times it can get annoying. I can understand that for sure."


IDS adds a new model to its family of vision app-based industrial cameras. IDS NXT vegas with 1.3 MP CMOS colour sensor, liquid lens with autofocus, ToF sensor for distance measurement and integrated lighting will be available from the end of April. Plus: updates for firmware and cockpit.
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1. The freely programmable platform is not restricted to specific tasks. Users can change and set up their preferred vision tasks in a very short time. This eliminates the need to switch devices.
2. The image processing engine of devices like IDS NXT vegas delivers either pre-processed data to a PC or even final results for independently made process decisions – thanks to integrated CPU and low power consumption.
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Join the Sugar Hill Children's Museum for a colorful community procession to this year's 'Giraffe Path' Celebration at the Sunken Playground (Edgecombe Avenue and 167th Street)! The event aims to raise awareness and build a sense of pride by community members for their neighborhoods and parks. We will assemble on our 'Stoop' in front of the Museum at 11am for the colorful procession. To sign up, visit our Museum's Visitor Services area or email Tony Gonzalez your name, email, number of children, and ages, to tony@sugarhillmuseum.org. Hope to see you there!
¡Únete al Sugar Hill Children's Museum para una colorida procesión comunitaria a la Celebración 'Giraffe Path' en el Sunken Playground (Calle 167 y Avenida Edgecombe)! El objetivo del evento es aumentar la consciencia y construir un sentido de orgullo de parte de los miembros de la comunidad para su vecindad y parques. Nos juntaremos en nuestro 'Stoop' en frente del Museo a las 11am para el colorido mini-desfile. Para inscribirte, visite el Museo o envié a Tony González por email su nombre, número y edades de niños, a tony@sugarhillmuseum.org. ¡Inscríbete hoy!
In its 13th year, Hike the Heights is an annual volunteer-planned and community run event links local residents with their beautiful parks in Northern Manhattan, including the "Giraffe Path," a trail that connects 7 parks and surrounding neighborhoods from the tip of Central Park to the Cloisters. The celebration is meant to strengthen the bonds between our diverse communities and their beautiful public spaces. The event is organized by CLIMB (City Life Is Moving Bodies), in partnership with the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling, and the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation. For more info, click here.


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Štětinec laločnatý (Echinocystis lobata) je jednoletá popínavá rostlina s ježatými, vejčitými plody, jediný druh rodu štětinec, jednoho z téměř sta rodů čeledě tykvovitých.

Výskyt
Rostlina pochází se Severní Ameriky, kde vyrůstá v Kanadě a ve Spojených státech. Zhruba okolo roku 1900 byla rozšířena i do Evropy, prvá zmínka je z roku 1906 z Rumunska, na našem území byl její výskyt poprvé doložen o pět let později.

V Americe jsou jeho přirozeným biotopem listnaté lesy v říčních aluviích, dlouhodobě vlhké břehy okolo jezer, křoviny i stepí. U nás to jsou lužní lesy, keře okolo vodních toků a nádrží, zanedbaná vlhká pole i rumiště, nejčastěji roste na říčních náplavách. Dává přednost prosluněným vlhkým místům, ve stínu nebo suchu roste minimálně. Pro svůj rychlý růst, atraktivní listy a hlavně plody bývá účelově vysazován na pokrytí plotů, pergol, zdí nebo nevzhledných míst, za příznivých podmínek vytváří v krátké době mohutné porosty. Tehdy často zplaňuje a hbitě se pak šíří, hlavně podél řek a potoků, do volné přírody.

V České republice je evidován výskyt štětince laločnatého v jihozápadních Čechách, Polabí, okolí Berounky a na jihovýchodní Moravě. Všechna místa výskytu však nejsou přesně známa, příčinou je rychlé šíření a dosud malá odborná pozornost tomuto druhu věnována.

Nejčastěji se vyskytuje ve společenstvech svazů Arction lappae a Senecion fluviatilis, o něco řidčeji vyrůstá v porostech křovinatých vrb a ve společenstvech svazů Salicion albae, Salicion cinereae a Salicion triandrae.

Popis
Jedná se o jednoletou, jednodomou popínavou rostlinu s dutou, na průřezu pětihrannou, větvenou lodyhou dorůstající do délky 5 až 12 m. Lodyha vyrůstá z poměrně mělce kořenícího, tenkého, růžicovitě se rozrůstajícího kořene s jednotlivými paprsky dlouhými až 15 cm a tlustými jen 1 mm. Ve středoevropských podmínkách klíčí v květnu, kvete od července do září a říjnu již usychá.

Listy
Listy vyrůstající střídavě v průměrné vzdálenosti 12 cm, bývají 3 až 21 cm velké a mívají řapíky 2 až 15 cm dlouhé. Dlanitě žilnaté čepele světle zelené barvy jsou v obrysu okrouhlé, dlanité, s pěti trojúhelníkovými až kopinatými laloky, celokrajné nebo mělce zubaté, podél okrajů krátce chlupaté, s měkkým trnem na koncích laloků.

Úponky
Naproti listových řapíků vyrůstají světlezelené kroutivé úponky rozvětvené do tří ramen s odklonem 90°. Zajišťují přichycení lodyhy při plazení po zemi nebo u šplhání po podpěře do výšky. Bývají dlouhé do 15 cm, pro přichycení vytvářejí okolo opory závity. Jsou citlivé na dotek, stažením buněk na straně podpory a roztažením na opačné straně se stáčejí a konec úponku se okolo opěry obtáčí několika závity.

Květy
Jednopohlavné voňavé květy, samčí i samičí, jsou šestičetné, a mají nitkovité světlezelené kališní lístky dlouhé od 1,5 do 3 mm.

Samčí květy hvězdicového tvaru, mající v průměru 1,2 až 1,8 cm, vyrůstají z paždí listů v mnohokvětých latách nebo hroznech dlouhých 5 až 20 cm. Korunu mají kolovitou s krátkou trubkou s čárkovitými, na koncích špičatými lístky které jsou žláznatě chlupaté a mají bílou barvu. Mají tři tyčinky se srostlými krátkými nitkami nesoucími bledě zelené prašníky 1 mm dlouhé a 0,8 mm široké ve tvaru písmene S.

Samičí květy, 15 až 24 mm široké, rostou po jednom nebo až po třech v paždí listů u stonku samčího květenství a rozvíjejí se asi za týden po samčích květech. Mají nící zvonkovitou korunu s lístky 7 až 12 mm dlouhými a 1 až 2 mm širokými které jsou barvy bílé až nažloutlé. Obsahují dále zelený dvoudílný semeník s krátkou a tlustou zelenou čnělkou zakončenou plochou oválnou bliznou. Květy rozkvétají od července do září, opylovány jsou hmyzem.

Plody
Plody vypadají jako drobné podlouhlé melouny zelené barvy porostlé měkkými štětinami, které připomínají ostny. Visí z lodyh na stopkách, dozrávají za 4 až 6 týdnů po opylení. Mají tvar eliptické duté bobule, jsou průměrně velké 4 až 6 × 2,5 až 4 cm a jsou po obvodu dlouze štětinatě chlupaté. Uvnitř jsou rozděleny do 4 komůrek obsahující po jednom oválném, tmavě hnědém semeni dlouhém 12 až 20 mm a širokém 7 až 10 mm.

Plody po dozrání vysychají a hnědnou, ve spodní části se otevírají a semena jsou do okolí vypuzována hydrostatickým tlakem rychlostí 11,5 m/s (cca 40 km/h). Rozptýlená semena požírají ptáci a hlodavci kteří také zajišťují jejich roznesení do vzdálenějšího okolí. Pravděpodobně tím podstatným elementem sloužícím k dálkovému rozšiřování semen je vodní hladina, po které dokáže semeno plout dokud nenabobtná a neklesne ke dnu.

Invazivní druh
Štětinec laločnatý je v ČR i Evropě považován za invazivní rostlinu, která využívá téměř úplné neexistence přirozených nepřátel. Vyskytuje se na přirozených stanovištích i v místech pozměněných lidskou činností. Tento neofyt byl na území  současné České republiky prvně zaregistrován v roce 1911. V současnosti ještě není nepřítelem č. 1, ale je považován za potenciálně nebezpečný druh. Je zařazen mezi 100 nejnebezpečnějších invazních druhů v Evropě.

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Q: Why is speed/position relative but acceleration not? I think i understand it now, if found this: link
I know that position and speed are relative. There is no such thing as universal coordinates. Then why is acceleration absolute? Is the 3th and 4th derivative of position to time also absolute? Where/how can i see this in the math/laws of motion?
For example: you are in a rocket and you have an accelerometer with you, and someone else is standing on an astroid that is not attracted by gravity towards something else, so it has no net force on it. If the engines of the rocket are turned on, then you will see that on the accelerometer, and you will know that it is you that is accelerating, not the astroid.
Also if the universe were completely empty, except for a bucket of water. If the water would be pushed towards the edges of the bucket, then we would know that the bucket is rotating around its axis. But what would happen if you could rotate space itself around the bucket?
It probably is because $F=ma$ and not something else like $F=m^2a^3+2a+...$, is that correct?
Can $F=ma$ be deduces from deeper principles, or is it an experimental law?

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There is no such thing as universal coordinates. Then why is acceleration absolute? Where/how can i see this in the math/laws of motion?

This may be a philosophical point, but I think you risk running into some circular logic if you ask why acceleration is absolute: Our laws of physics are a mathematical model of our universe, the universe does not come from our laws of physics.
That acceleration is absolute (while coordinates are not) is an empirical fact, it comes from our observation. Every mathematical theory of physics has been built around this observation.

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Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary : Trafficking - ACT NOW!
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The Coalition Against Human Trafficking hosts speaker, Chris Cox, on February 27 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Clarke University. This event is free and open to the public.


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Why did AMD supply dive about 20% after such an excellent record? Since the business claimed that fourth-quarter profits would drop 15% sequentially (despite the fact that that's still a 20% rise year-over-year). Once more, all of it boils down to an illogical degree of deal searching, and an extra of psychological trading. You are in good luck! This psychological tornado has actually left AMD trading at a substantial price cut … and rather a deal offered its significant development possibility – AMD is anticipated to see sales expand concerning 17% following year, contrasted to 12.3% for Nvidia and also a pitiful 2.3% for Intel. The supply has greater than 30% advantage via the following year. The number of various other huge businesses apart from bitcoin gold exchanges. Can you claim that regarding? Disregard the cryptocurrency buzz and emphasis on AMD's core items and also it's possible with leading innovations like AI and information. I will not assure you a smooth flight; however, it needs to be fairly a rewarding one.
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The Betano Power Station (Portuguese Central Eléctrica de Betano) is an oil power station located northeast of Betano, in the Manufahi District of East Timor. It was built to supply the South coast of East Timor with electricity, while the North coast is supplied by the Hera power station.

The power station was inaugurated on August 20, 2013. It has a total output of 136 MW, supplied by eight Wärtsilä 18V46 engine generators. For comparison, the capacity of the Hera power station is slightly lower at 119 MW.

The power station was built by China Nuclear Industry 22nd Construction Company (CNI22). It is owned by Electricidade de Timor-Leste (EDTL), but operated by the Indonesian company Puri Akraya Engineering Ltd. In October 2017, Wartsilä signed a new five-year contract for maintenance of the power station.

As of January 2017, the station runs on light fuel oil, but heavy fuel oil and natural gas can be used as alternatives.

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Six people were detained on Sunday in connection with what police and prosecutors allege was a plan to carry out an attack on Berlin's half-marathon, German authorities said, according to The Associated Press.
طOn Monday, Associated Press reported that US businessman Elliott Broidy received millions of dollars from George Nader, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's adviser.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry is slated to meet with officials from Saudi Arabia in London Friday in a bid to sell them on U.S.
The United States has designated Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas, as a "global terrorist," the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
Billboards featuring Melania Trump for an English speaking school marketing campaign in Croatia have been taken down after the First Lady's lawyer threatened to take legal action, according to the Associated Press.
The fate of 39 Indians captured by the Islamic State group when the extremists took over the city of Mosul three years ago is still unknown, Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told news agency the Associated Press in an exclusive interview on Saturday.


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Intriguing insight into Cold War submarine operations told for first time in talk at Royal Navy Submarine Museum.
Attached image shows Valiant-class HMS Warspite which collided with a Soviet submarine in 1968
The challenges faced by the Submarine Service during the Cold War between the-then Soviet Union and NATO during the 20th century is the focus of a talk by award- winning naval author Iain Ballantyne at the National Museum of the Royal Navy's Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport.
Iain will talk about the challenges faced by the service, when the West's triumph over the Soviet Union was by no means certain. He will outline the scale of the threat posed by the Soviet submarine force and pays tribute to "The Hidden Victory" and the key role played by Britain's submarines and submariners in achieving it.
Taking place on Thursday 17th July at 7pm, "Hunter Killers", named after Ballantyne's recently published book of the same name, considers the Cold War under the waves through the eyes of British submarines captains who lived their lives in the shadows.
It tells of the scrapes and tangles between the Soviet Union and NATO forces from the English Channel to the Arctic Ocean often told for the first time. Iain explains: "I wrote Hunter Killers to ensure their remarkable achievement was not white-washed from history. "
Sharing the platform with Iain for a subsequent Q&A session will be panel Chairman Vice Admiral Sir Tim McClement KCB OBE, currently Chairman of the Royal Navy Submarines Museum, who during his 35 year service commanded two submarines and oversaw the attack on the Belgrano from HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War.
He will be joined by two former submariners. Commander Rob Forsyth, who commanded the diesel submarine HMS Alliance during the Cold War and also served as Teacher on the famed Perisher course and was Captain of the nuclear-powered hunter killer submarine HMS Sceptre. Cdr Forsyth was Executive Officer of a ballistic missile submarine during the early 1970s
Michael Pitkeathly served as a senior rating in various submarines during the Cold War, including HMS Superb and HMS Courageous. Michael was awarded an MBE for his work in preserving Courageous, which is today open to the public at Devonport Naval Base.
Tickets cost £10 per person and are available online at www.submarine.museum.co.uk or by telephoning the Royal Navy Submarine Museum 023 9254 5036
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Crew of the HMS Umbra.


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Window on Eurasia: Internet Alone Won't Transform Russians into Opponents of Regime
Staunton, July 29 – Many in Moscow and the West, seeing the ways in which Russian television has mobilized Russians in support of Vladimir Putin's aggression in Ukraine, believe that the Internet can transform Russians into opponents of the Kremlin. But the editors of "Nezavisimaya gazeta" warn today that the web on its own doesn't and won't have that effect.
That Moscow television plays a key role in structuring Russian views about Moscow's policies in Ukraine is beyond question. Ninety-four percent say that they rely on it for news and information about events there, and 74 percent say they believe Russian media are giving "an objective picture" of the situation (ng.ru/politics/2014-07-29/3_soldier.html).
Aleksey Gorbachev, a political commentator for "Nezavisimaya gazeta," cites a Levada Center poll showing that 64 percent of those surveyed blame the West for the war in Ukraine, 20 percent blame Kyiv, but "only three percent say that the civil war in the Donbas is the result of the interference of Russia."
Even though there are good reasons to suspect these figures – given the climate of fear in Russia under Putin, ever more people are reluctant to say what they think if it differs with the opinion of the bosses – many opponents of the Kremlin's policies in both Russia and the West are placing their hopes in the Internet.
That is not surprising given that anyone who wants to can get an entirely different perspective on what is going on in Ukraine and elsewhere from websites, including Russian-language ones. But the existence of such resources by themselves, the editors of "Nezavisimaya gazeta" say, won't necessarily change opinions let alone make people into opponents of Putin's policies (ng.ru/editorial/2014-07-29/2_red.html).
It is absolutely true, the paper says, that "the Internet makes various kinds of information accessible," but that "does not mean that the information automatically becomes more sought after" or accepted. "Soviet power banned books and films," but that didn't mean people did not want to watch them. Now, these are widely available, but that doesn't mean people do.
Consequently, it is wrong to think that the existence of the Internet or even widespread access to it will "make an opposition member out of a citizen or even make that individual skeptical of what the authorities are saying." The only thing that will do that is a critical attitude toward information, something reflecting background, intellect and education.
"On his own, the Internet user is in no way defended against the official point of view, including when it is expressed in the most primitive propagandistic forms," the editors of the Moscow paper say. And the authorities are not only prepared to be far more clever in how they present their positions but also to be a player in the online world.
Russians can learn from the Internet much that the authorities would prefer they not learn, but a large share of them are not interested in doing or, if they do get information from the Internet, in relying on it as opposed to what they hear on television. Up to now, the Internet is simply "not competitive" with Moscow television in that regard.


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Keep having fun, but also keep working hard! Don't be so wrapped up in your work that you never relax. On another note, don't be complacent and never get any work done.
Always find a balance and work hard at being the best version of yourself! You know you can't be Mr. Joe Cool, and never let anything bug you. You also know you aren't always going to be a go-getter, and have the world in the palm of your hands. Seek a balance of the two, and better yourself because your own life's journey is unique to you.
You will make mistakes and fall down; that's a part of life. Making mistakes is the fun part! If everything were easy and you had no challenges, you'd never change. Adversity and challenges are obstacles, and overcoming obstacles develops character. Develop your character and become the best version of yourself.
The best version of "you" will be a version of you that overcame hardship; a version of you that sought adversity and became a victor. Keep fighting, and you will eventually find yourself. Do it from a standpoint of..
..pursuing your life's ambition, YOUR PASSION! It may be cliche to say "Follow your heart," or "Find your passion," but do that and you will be much happier with your life.
But remember! I'm your older self, and I am writing this letter to you.
Lift hard and dream big; set smart goals for yourself and achieve them.
Yesterday I stated that there is never a bad time period in your life for lifting. When I say that, I don't mean you can't take an occasional day off. I am just saying that you should meet all of your challenges with a fight. Have a drive for success and greatness, and you will be there someday.
Want to be a hard working, family person? Then get a job, work hard at it, save money, meet someone, and invest everything you've got into making it work!
Want to be a professional athlete? Then constantly train and exercise, diet, stay away from drugs and alcohol(good tip for everyone), and take your sport seriously.
Want to be the kindest person you can be? Then practice! Keep a smile on your face all the time and treat others with respect.
Notice that those three things are completely unrelated! But it's all relevant to the point that you will have to work hard and practice to be the best!
I come to this point that hard work is the one of the most important things(if not the most) and I want to leave you with another quote by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
A lot of the posts on my site have been about passion. Passion is incredibly important because, when you love something, you will probably work harder on it.
While passion is so important, there is really a lot more to succeeding than having passion. With passion, you'll need to follow through on your dreams and work hard. Then you'll have to know how to reveive and share that passion and hard work to others.
I was watching this video from Elliott Hulse on passion and he answered a question titled "Worthless Passion". As he stated in the video below, Obama isn't handing out passion checks so we have to work hard to make our dreams happen. Feel free to watch his video and join the conversation in the comments below.
What I noticed right away is how this video impacted me today.
I have been watching his "Yo Elliott!" series for a year now and when he posted this it didn't impact me. But now, I've been pursuing my own passion and sharing with you so I understand.
Metaphorically, Think about the garden Elliott talked about. If you at least leave something for the world, you've been successful. I just noticed that he has hundreds of videos up and that in a sense is his garden. You can pick what video(his work) you need in a specific moment for advice, and then another video when you've grown past needing help with the same subject.
So I will continue to try and emulate that mentality. I will continue to write new articles and share content with you so that I can be of some service. Maybe the things I post today or tomorrow won't be helpful, but someday you may see the exact article in a related search bar and it may be more relevant to your current situation.
What are you doing to pursue your passion? Also, are you helping others?
Specific – goals are very specific and include detail of what, why, and how the goal should be accomplished.
Measurable – goals should have tangible evidence of how to tell whether you've completed them or not.
Achievable – the goals should be very possible and not impossible. If a goal is impossible it is likely to only discourage someone. If the goal is obtainable then the person achieving the goal may feel very proud of themselves once they finish.
Results focused – there should be a clear explanation for why you're completing the goal. Also, there should be a definite result from completing this goal that can impact you or your work.
Time bound – there should be a set date for when you need to complete this goal. Your goal should have some urgency involved to its completion.
And today I want to talk about eating healthier to become a healthier, happier version of yourself!
become a healthier, happier version of yourself!
I don't often hold the idea that you "are what you eat" in a physical sense but I do believe that if you eat awful food all the time you will feel a lot worse than if you eat clean. With that being said, it's best to set these SMART goals now so you can enjoy the benefits of clean eating as soon as possible.
First, you will want to map it out like I did above…I will do this again in actual terms of eating healthier and some of you who enjoy fast food will be able to use my SMART goal to become healthier.
Goal: No longer eat fast food and no delivery.
Measurable – Each day you should be able to say that you didn't eat out anywhere. If by the end of each week your number of fast food trips is going down until it is eventually zero, you are doing great! Good job!
Achievable – Absolutely achievable. People give up fast food all the time. If you want to make sure you can give it up without relapsing, try to replace the fast food with some other kind of healthier option that you enjoy. If you'd normally buy a cinnabon delight pack at Taco Bell, buy some strawberries at the grocery store. If you'd normally buy a pizza, buy a chicken breast at the grocery store and put any kind of seasonings on it that you would like!
Results Focused – You are striving to achieve this goal because avoiding fast food will make you healthier, and will also make weight loss easier. After a few months of clean eating, you should feel incredible! You should feel like a million bucks in comparison to how you feel eating out!
Time Bound – For the purpose of this goal, you don't want to set a specific time frame to be "done" with the goal as you would with some of your other projects. For this, once a month look back at how you are doing by avoiding fast food and eating out, and try to continue in the right direction!
I encourage you to set SMART goals for yourself and achieve them! You may not struggle with the example I listed above, but you can always find a new SMART goal to create that could help you boost your success rate by 100%!
Just as Christian Bale left Gotham to undergo serious soul searching and to receive training from Liam Nielson, I have to ditch the hit TV show Gotham to work out more effectively and commit to my own journey.
I think that sometimes we become so wrapped up in fantasy that we don't live out our lives. It can be fantasy, or some idealistic picture you have in your mind. But the way to make things happen is to ditch the fantasy and make reality happen.
I'm not saying you should fight crackheads with your underwear over your pants, but I do think you could ditch the remote and pick up a dumbbell!
Or don't pick up a dumbbell, but do something. Do something that will ultimately strengthen you and prove resourceful to your own Hero's Journey.
To those of you who don't know, The Hero's Journey is your own call to adventure. It is an outline made of all heroic narratives, like BATMAN!, by Joseph Cambbell. If you'd like to read up on the Hero's Journey, I found a great webpage on it here.
I want to know how you diet.
I have tried many diets on my own and experimented with my calories and macros to see what works for me, and I believe I found what works! I, personally, can eat about 2300 to 2500 calories a day and still lose fat as long as I am slightly active. I eat a high amount of protein in my diet with fat as a byproduct and I strategically place my carbs at the beginning of my day and after workouts.
When I border on eating too many calories or when I decide to take a cheat day, I simply add more cardio to burn the calories that I added.
Please let me know in the comment section down below what you do! I want to hear everyone's view on diet and exercise, and how you have found what works best for you!
Sometimes you may cheat on your diet or you may be struggling to lose some extra weight, so cardio is a great method to burn off extra calories and burn fat!
A lot of people in the fitness industry have fear mongered and made people fear that they would lose muscle if they did a lot of cardio.
and that just isn't true! Here is a video by Elliott Hulse explaining why cardio burning muscle is a complete myth!
A week ago I introduced you to SMART goals and how to get ripped implementing smart strategies. To read up on how to cut down your body fat and achieve your perfect physique in a timely and attainable manner, click here.
I've been using SMART goals along with intermittent fasting to cut down the body fat, and cut out the excuses.
..cut down the body fat, and cut out the excuses.
I have a decent amount of size and a wide back so I assumed that intermittent fasting may help me achieve my goals. While it does help with portioning due to a small eating window, it didn't necessarily help me lose any fat. It actually became hard to retain muscle mass and I overate to compensate.
So for this past week I have decided intermittent fasting will just not work for me. Now, with SMART goals in mind, I am taking more calculation into my fat loss.
In the past week I have already lost two pounds and I am feeling better than I was before. I am drinking lots of water to stay hydrated, taking a multivitamin along with my fish oil and vegetables, and eating high quantities of lean meat.
My training is consistent and now, with my diet on point, I am more than confident that you will be seeing a completely transformed Christian Boyles over the course of the next few months.
This confidence is because I set SMART goals for myself and I've built the character through trial and error.
..continue to get back up and keep trying. You know deep down that you have a lot of potential and you can, and will, be victorious.


Girls from the Touhou universe were spotted licking a certain demon king in Melon Books store.
"The Demon King, Mara-sama is greatly pleased!!! Look at this smiling face!!
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Access issues for Aboriginal people seeking primary care services in an urban centre
Type Scholar Award
Principal investigator Annette Browne
Research location University of British Columbia
Access to primary care is problematic for large numbers of Aboriginal people in BC and other parts of Canada. Because of these difficulties, many Aboriginal people rely on hospital emergency departments for health care. Since emergency departments are not designed to provide comprehensive primary care, there are concerns about health outcomes and continuity of care for patients who rely on them. To plan effective, responsive services, more must be known about the ongoing use of the emergency department for health concerns that could potentially be addressed elsewhere. Dr. Annette Browne and a team of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers are exploring the factors and social contexts that influence access to primary care from the perspective of Aboriginal patients who seek care at the emergency department. Learning from the perspectives of Aboriginal peoples will be critical to the design of accessible, culturally safe, primary care services. Dr. Browne is also examining how interactions between Aboriginal patients and health professionals affect decisions about where to seek care. Findings from this research will be discussed with leaders in Aboriginal health, policy makers and health care planners to improve access to effective health care services involving Aboriginal peoples.


The qualified, multilingual ski instructors at the Sölden-Hochsölden and Yellow Power ski schools will show you how its really done on the slopes and in the back-country terrain. Whether beginners or advanced skiers – you will learn from the best in a friendly ambience.
The young, dynamic ski school in the Sölden-Hochsölden ski resort identifies trends in all areas of winter sports before everyone else and knows how to teach winter sports. You can expect attractive all-in-one school & rent packages here including ski & snowboard courses, equipment rental, ski depot & shuttle service.
One of the largest ski schools in Austria offers classic ski courses alongside trendy sports, freeriding, ski touring, snowshoe hiking and private classes in several languages. They have their own children's club & ski kindergarten from 6 months.


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Election - May 7, 2013
Measure O:
Parcel tax INCREASE of $4,190 PER PARCEL in Portola Valley School District
Summary of the ballot measure: To protect quality education in local elementary/middle schools, with funds that cannot be taken by the State and maintain quality science, math, reading/writing instruction; retain qualified/experienced teachers; minimize class size increases; support music/arts programs; develop advanced programs in engineering/technology, shall Portola Valley Elementary School District extend expiring school parcel taxes for eight years, increase rates by $123 annually[*], with senior exemptions, independent citizen oversight, no money for administrator salaries, all funds staying local?
* i.e., $123 higher in 2014, but $581 higher per year in 2015 through 2021.
SVTA recommends a NO vote against Measure O.
The proponents of Measure O think we don't pay enough taxes. Despite these harsh economic times, they think they can squeeze even more money out of us. They presume they can spend the money you earn, better than you can. Is this true?
This past November, Proposition 30 was passed by the voters to "fund the schools." Proposition 30 taxes have just started being collected yet school officials couldn't wait to seek even more money from us. Shouldn't we first see what state funds are restored before seeking additional funding from property owners, business owners, and tenants?
In 2004 and again in 2010, the district voters passed "temporary" taxes of $290 and $168 respectively that are still in effect today. why is the district incurring the extra expense of a special election now?
The two district schools have a population of 711 (the latest figures available: 2010-11), according to Education Data Partnership (www.Ed-Data.K12.ca.us). Ed-Data reports Average Daily Attendance (ADA) expenses of $11,386,981 for 666 students. That's $17,086 per student when the elementary school statewide average is $7,789. The district is spending over twice the statewide average - yet that still isn't enough money for them.
California teachers are the highest paid in the nation. This district's average teacher salary is $96,673 compared to the statewide average of $67,531.
Again, that still isn't enough money for them?! Even the lowest paid teacher gets $53,701 annually; 34% more than the statewide average of $39,983! the highest paid teacher gets $109,970 per year; 43.9% more than the statewide elementary teacher average of $76,391.
The economy is tough for most of us, but apparently not for district teachers. Let's insist they set a better example of monetary prudence for our children by voting No on Measure O.
VOTE N-O
MEASURE N and MEASURE O!
You may read the Full Text, Arguments, Rebuttals, and Impartial Analysis of Measure O
at the web site of the County Elections Office, here.
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