Does anyone know if this G+ account is real or fake..there has been some postings in G+ in the name of Barack Obama..
https://plus.google.com/118251591142792624961#118251591142792624961/posts
Does anyone know if this G+ account is real or fake..there has been some postings in G+ in the name of Barack Obama..
https://plus.google.com/118251591142792624961#118251591142792624961/posts
Lockheed Martin says the HULC can help you lift 90kg and run at 16km/h. Picture: Lockheed Martin.
It has been the stuff of science fiction for generations - a wearable exoskeleton that gives human beings super powers.
And now the US Army is one step closer to realising that dream after it began testing its latest hi-tech war fighting gadget.
The human universal load carrier, or HULC, is a wearable exoskeleton that allows soldiers to carry up to 90kg for more than 20km on a single battery charge.
The remarkable piece of kit is built by defence contractors Lockheed Martin and allows users to run at 11km/h for extended periods and even has a "burst mode" that takes the run into a 16km/h sprint for short periods.
On-board computers ensure the HULC moves in time with the soldier without the need for any external controls, and if the battery runs out the whole unit can be quickly packed into a carry case.
The wearer can carry out a full range of movements including deep squats, crawls and upper-body lifting with minimal straining to muscles and joints.
The suit even supports its own weight, so a soldier wearing the HULC does not feel any extra load.
Testing of the HULC is currently under way at the army's research centre in Massachusetts.
The army is trying to assess if the powered suit helps expend less energy given the same weight and distance over a non-HULC wearing soldier.
If the tests are successful, the next stage is to move it into a simulated field situation.
There is no estimate yet as to when the HULC may appear on the battlefield.
Engineers say the suit is not just applicable for the warzone but could also be used in civilian cargo loading applications, and possibly even helping the paralysed to walk again.
Well, you can say awwww again, but this time for a very different reason: Looks like Mila Kunis won't be going to the ball with the Marine who invited her on YouTube after all. Gawker and Reuters note that yesterday on Access Hollywood Live, Billy Bush announced Kunis can't go because she's filming two movies around the time of the November ball.
But, Bush said, Kunis is going to try to meet with Sgt. Scott Moore at another time.
And, in a separate report, Access Hollywood also notes Kunis may try to rearrange her schedule to attend the ball.
That's what Richard Lawson would like to see happen: After all, it "would be incredibly bad PR to back out at this point, wouldn't it?" he writes on Gawker. "C'mon, Mila. You can't do this to the poor guy.
Find a way.
MMS victim denied IB position
By Imran Gowhar
Bangalore, Jul 15 : The girl was given an appointment letter for the post of inspector at the Intelligence Bureau; after six months, officials reject her candidature stating 'conduct issues' while in university.
To add to the woes of Soumya (name changed), a victim of a spurned lover's revenge, her career with the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has been shot down abruptly. Soumya had filed a complaint against her former boyfriend for uploading videos and photos on the Internet of the two having sex, which came to be infamously known as the Karavali-MMS scandal, after the accused refused to break off their relationship.
Love sex aur dhoka: The story that MiD DAY carried in it's January
12 edition. The girl had then filed a complaint against her former
boyfriend for uploading videos and photos on the Internet of the
two having sex, which came to be infamously known as the
Karavali-MMS scandal
That controversy has supposedly come back to haunt her after she applied for the post inspector at the Central Intelligence Bureau six months ago and was selected.
Dashed hopes
She received her appointment letter, but did not mention about the case and even the IB officials did not check her credentials. It was only later that they conducted a background check and realised their mistake.
In what seems to be a move to avoid further embarrassment, the department issued a notice to Soumya stating that she had been rejected after a background check revealed that her conduct, while she doing her post-graduation from Karnataka University, was questionable.
"The post she was selected for is very crucial and candidates should be of high caliber in all aspects," said a senior officer from the department.
Disastrous liaison
The victim had been in a relationship with Ashwath Goankar, a businessman from Dharwad, but it soured in 2010. Goankar was not willing to break it off, but nonetheless Soumya went ahead and changed her number and kept a distance from him. Spurned by her actions, he decided to tarnish her image and uploaded the clips on the Internet in early this year.
Meanwhile, Goankar was picked up from his hometown Dharwad by the Cyber Crime Police and produced before the court. He has been charged under Sections 66-67 of the IT Act among others. The accused moved a bail application stating that he needed to attend his father's death anniversary on July 15.
Earlier complaints by Soumya against Goankar were futile as the accused hails from an influential family and he avoided police action this long by using his influence in the local level. However, though action has been taken against her tormentor after she filed a complaint with the cyber crime cops this time, her career has suffered and she has to bear the brunt of his misdeeds. Soumya has approached the court questioning the cancellation of her appointment, but it has all been in vain.
Infamous MMS sex clips in State
Mysore MMS: Made in Mangalore in 2007, it showed three young girls in the act. The initial letters of their names of their cities made up the title -- MMS -- the first one from Mysore, the second from Mangalore and the third from Sullya in Karnataka.
Mysore Mallige: The 2003 video was shot by the boy seen in the clip. The couple were engineering students from Hassan. The boy took the cassette to make a CD, resulting in it getting circulated.
Mungaru Male: In Mangalore, 2007, a sex worker shot a customer with a hidden camera while having sex a hotel room.
KP Latest: This is shot at Kushal Nagar of Kodagu district where Rizwan filmed himself having sex with a diploma student called Pavitra on his mobile phone.
Case Background
Soumya was doing her post-graduation and had participated in a beauty contest as well as in state level sports. During this period, she was introduced to Goankar, who claimed to be running a mining company.
Their relationship went on for a while and they recorded their intimate moments when she moved to Karwar after completing her studies. The couple however had differences and Soumya decided to move on and even went to the extent of changing her numbers to avoid Goankar's persistent demands of marriage.
With the Nano starting at around Rs 1.5 lakh, and bunch of options - from the 800 to the Alto and the Indica - we decided to take a quick spin around the globe and fantasise over some of the new car options and see how our 'cheap' cars match up.
Presented in descending order of price (at current exchange rates), our top ten findings might make painful reading for anyone struggling with a Zeppelin-size balloon payment on a scheme for a Merc. And for anyone contemplating the insanity of Rs 25 lakh on BMW's cheapest offering, this is compulsory reading...
Hanging in at number 10, the Palio is the archetypal world car - conceived to conquer all corners of the globe by virtue of a flexible design that can adapt to local requirements. Think McDonald's made metal.
That's probably why though, in its bones, it's so horribly bland. Design-wise, there's more archaeology than architecture here - the chassis originates from Fiat's 1993 Punto and much of the gubbins is recycled Uno.
Since then, it's seen more surgery than Simi Garewal, though an all-new Palio is promised this year. However, Fiat got a lot right with this car, if factory output is your measure of success: It's quicker to ask where this car isn't made than where it is.
Its manufacture began in Brazil (where it sells for well under Rs 4.5 lakh) back in 1996 and production spores have germinated thereafter in Argentina, Turkey, Poland, Morocco, South Africa, Russia, India and China. As a station wagon and pick up, the Palio is sold today in parts of Europe. Engines vary widely, using much of Fiat's repertoire. Some run on LPG and ethanol.
The badge might be Korean, but the i10 is actually built in Chennai where keenly contained labour costs ensure its sub-Rs 4.5 lakh price and ninth position in our charts. A strong foothold in India also ensures this Korean marque is well placed for tapping into the growing demand for affordable motoring across Asia - after all, that's where 60% of humans live.
That said, this is defined as a premium hatchback, so it's chasing more aspirational customers than those just looking for something one step up from a motorcycle. Power comes from 1.0, 1.1 or 1.2-litre petrol options or a 1.1-litre CRDI diesel. Options include airbags, Bluetooth connectivity and reverse sensors.
Not quite cheap as chapattis, the Indica, available at Rs 3.9 lakh, has been running since 1998 with a restyle in 2007 and no signs of retreat, despite the arrival of a bigger version, the Vista.
Although it's been plagued by market recalls (most centring on poor mileage returns and lack of power), the Indica has been a strong seller in parts of Europe and South Africa.
Power comes from a 1.4-litre block, in either petrol or turbo-diesel guise.
Currently sharing the top spot as Australia's cheapest wheels (and sold there as the J1), the Wuhu-manufactured A-1 is the world's cheapest credibly contemporary supermini - yours for Rs 3.37 lakh in China. It's styled by Bertone and kitted to succeed in its mission: to get out there and sell across the globe.
Engine choice rests between a 1.1 or 1.3-litre, both being 16-valve designs, with spec levels ranging from Standard, to Comfortable and Luxury. The latter two have central locking, alloys, ABS and reverse radar.
Chery is a Chinese-government-owned brand and dates back to only 1997; this model is a top export for the brand and would have gone on sale in the US under a Chrysler deal, had the agreement not fallen apart in 2007.
Will we see more domination of the cheapest global car charts from China? The rise appears unstoppable to most analysts though export potential can be undermined by poor safety specs. Auto giant Geely is rumoured to be currently readying the spellcheck-defying Geely Gleagle IG for 2012, based on a fancy gullwing concept shown at the last Beijing show.
If it delivers on its promises, it'll cost just Rs 1.03 lakh, on current exchange rates, blasting India's current and planned models into the weeds. Until then, the chunky Geely HQ holds our number six slot, selling for less than Rs 2.7 lakh in its home market.
The nose looks like a 1992 C Class signed off during a fire alarm, but the HQ (or Haoqing) is a mightily popular Daihatsu Charade-based hatchback, chiefly powered by a three-cylinder 993cc engine offering 55hp and 12.8 kmpl.
The Merrie makes many smile in China, where it's up for grabs at just Rs .2.53 lakh. It certainly looks like a lot of car for the money, perhaps because its rear hatchback end protrudes to look like a more upmarket saloon.
There's a booted version, too, called the Oliou. Together, they originate from the underpinnings of Daihatsu's mid-1980s Charade and Geely also makes an offshoot of the range known as the Rural Nanny and the Urban Nanny. Despite their evocative badges, these are not roadgoing crèches but actually pick-up trucks.
Power for the Merrie comes from a 1.3 or 1.5-litre double overhead cam unit, offering 86hp or 94hp (the latter returning 12.5 kmpl overall). Notably, this is the cheapest four-cylinder 16-valve option globally.
Tata Nano salesmen might sneer that this domestic rival, India's second-cheapest car, has 21% less internal space than the Nano and is 8% heftier on the outside. And this 45hp 0.8-litre pipsqueak is certainly a little less cutting-edge than the Nano, given a shape obstinately unchanged since 1983.
Still, 2.5 million buyers shell out the necessary Rs 2.3 lakh and it's generally seen as the best all-round economy car in India, even though it averages a so-so 14 kmpl. Buy while you can though - it's being phased out of the Maruti range, largely for emissions reasons. If you desperately want one thereafter, get a flight to Pakistan - it's defiantly on sale there as the seatbelt-free Suzuki Mehran.
Looks like a loving tribute to the Matiz, doesn't it? Yep, GM's lawyers thought the same, which is why they tried to sue Chinese maker Chery Automobile for copyright, citing such specifics as the doors of a Matiz and a QQ being 100% interchangeable.
Although quite a bit above the price of our no. 1 miser's motor, throughout much of the globe this three-cylinder 800cc hatchback is the cheapest available car - and costs less than Rs 2.25 lakh in China.
It's called the IQ in Chile, incidentally, as QQ reads "cuckoo" - local parlance for insane. Structural integrity may be an issue: in a Euro NCAP offset test, the results suggested a paltry lone star. Far-east driving forums are equally cautious. Writes one Singapore consumer: "I got the gear knob fall-off during the test drive." Never a pleasant experience.
Produced in China under licence from Suzuki, the Jiangnan Alto is based on the 1985 shape Alto and has a three-cylinder 800cc engine producing 44bhp, plus a manual four-speed gearbox. Pound for pound, it's about Rs 30,000 more pricey than the Tata Nano, though it's the cheapest current option for Chinese drivers and and its fans point out that it has a radio, air con and ABS as standard, making it better value.
Jiangnan is historically a weapons manufacturer, so don't argue with them.
Promising a new dawn of safe mobility for India's masses (and hoping to address a road-death toll that currently stands at 14 fatalities per hour), the Nano began life at a projected Rs 91,875, but the Gujarat-built 624cc 20-ish kmpl runabout has struggled to contain rising material prices. It looks like a hatch, but the engine's in the back and access to the remaining boot area is only via the interior.
How long Nano holds this top spot is debatable: in its rear-view mirror (which reassuringly comes as standard), Bajaj Auto is readying an 30 kmpl rival, due in 2012 and built with Renault-Nissan assistance. The rumoured price? Rs 1.15 lakh.
The female body shape most men find attractive A new research has thrown up very interesting things about what body shape in women men prefer the most.
"Mad Men" pin-up Christina Hendricks.
Many women suffer a great deal believing that they're not slim enough to be attractive to men, but as it turns out, all their worries and discomforts are needless, as men prefer a more rounded shape, according to Lavinia Rodriguez, a US clinical psychologist.
Her study found that men find a greater range of female body shapes attractive than women do, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
The body shape that men generally find attractive in women has a waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7. That's the ratio of a 70cm waist and 100cm hips, though the study found that size wasn't as important as the proportions.
Men like curves. If you doubt it, consider actor Christina Hendricks, who stars in the television series 'Mad Men'. Today's men find her shape incredibly attractive, even though the show is based on 1960's standards.
Red hot! Christina
Interestingly, in a study with blind men, the same ratio was found to be most attractive to the males in the study.
The average man is less bothered by a few extra kilos on a woman than her being what he considers "too thin", they found.
And so, as the study urges, the best thing for both men and women, is to accept who we are and pursue having the healthiest and fittest body we are naturally capable of achieving.
We can of course start with letting go of any mistaken ideas of what is attractive to the opposite sex.
WVI, a Christian humanitarian organization working to bring about changes in the lives of children, families and communities living in poverty, said such people have a very alarming prevalence of Hep-C co-infection with HIV.
It said non-prevalence of specific components for women and children till date in the National AIDS Control programme were raised and discussed as a major challenge. WVI's advocacy associate Daisy David added that the rate of Hep-C co-infection with HIV is more than 90 per cent in the northeastern states.
During an interactive session with PLHIV and reporters held in Imphal on Wednesday, David said, "People Living with AIDS are dying of liver complications caused by this co-infection and the side effects of ART. This needs to be addressed by the state offering free PCR testing and treatment for Hep-C co-infection."
The PLHIV activists, during the session, urged the National Aids Control Organisation (Naco) to remove the second line ART eligibility procedure from the control of state AIDS clinical expert panel. tnnThey also requested the government to immediately phase out Stavudine (d4T) from the first line regimen and include (TDF) instead in tune with the WHO recommendations.
Both WVI and PLHIV batted for children and women-specific diagnosis and easy access to quality care, support and treatment under various social schemes of the government.
"Fund for maintenance of roads, which is allocated from the state plan fund, is too meagre. That is the major cause that explains why the roads are in poor conditions here in the state," Liansanga, engineer-in-chief of works department, said at a press conference here today.
Liansang pointed out clarifications were required amidst mounting complaints regarding poor road conditions in almost every part of the state and added it was PWD that bore the blame.
Of the 6338 kilometres of road in Mizoram, 4732 kilometres accounted for state road maintenance of which required Rs 159 crore per year as per the ministry of road transport and highway norms.
Against this requirement, only a meagre Rs 5.77 crore were allocated during 2010-11 fiscal, the department head said.
The actual amount sanctioned by the Finance Commission for state road maintenance during 2010-2011 fiscal was Rs 32.56 crore. After diverting Rs 26.79 crores for other purposes, the state government released only Rs 5.77 crore to the PWD for road maintenance.
Moreover, the department had to spend Rs 1.02 crore for the salaries.
Therefore, the actual fund available for state road maintenance was only Rs 4.57 crore," Liansanga said, adding, "Despite such financial constraint, the department has been taking all-out efforts to keep the state roads in good condition." Overloaded trucks, according to the department, are another major cause of road damage in Mizoram, he pointed out.
The PWD top official claimed despite all these difficulties, the department has managed to maintain the state roads.
Fund for maintenance of national highways is directly received from the central government. The poor condition of the national highway 54 is mainly due to time constraint, as it was just handed over from the BRO to the state PWD, Liansanga said.
"The road was looked after by the BRO for two years after the central government’s order for its handing over to the state PWD.
During those two years, the road greatly deteriorated. Time has not permitted us to keep things rolling. We hope to start maintenance works from next dry season," Liansanga added.
