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We acknowledge the original owners of our land the Gadigal people along with all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the community. As part of this community, we have a responsibility to our children and families to establish and maintain a sense of belonging and connection to our shared land and to actively embrace the indigenous culture of the Gadigal people. We are committed to our continued learning and teaching of our history with respect and acknowledgment of the traditional owners of the land.
Our Centre Values
Respectful Relationships: Valuing everyone's differences and uniqueness
To continue to grow and learn new things for all stakeholders
Uniting as a team, working alongside families, children and the community and to provide a sense of home away from home
We acknowledge that families trust us with their most precious gifts, their children. Our service supports families in their parenting role and offer a collaborative approach to the nurturing and education of their children. We encourage families to active participants in the life of our centre, by sharing cultural customs, knowledge, strengths and interests of their children.
Each child is unique individual with their own individual pattern and rate of development. We believe that children are by nature social beings, born with the drive to play, explore and learn. We believe children need a loving, secure, safe and happy environment to stimulate learning. Children initate their own learning through play and are active participants of the environment, who teach us new ways of being daily. As pedagogies we have an ongoing commitment to continue to professionally grow, and to have a team of pedagogies who support one another and critically reflect upon their practices.
As pedagogies we believe it is a role to educate the children on the importance of respecting our natural environment and how to actively look after their environment and the greater world. We value that these resources are an opportunity for creativity and possibility. We believe in empowering the children in their early years so that they believe that they can make a difference to the natural environment.
We respect the role we play in the children's formative years. We strive to embed a "love of learning" that they may take with them through their life.
"Tell me & I forget, Teach me & I may remember, Involve me & I learn"
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From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 15 May 1811
Quincy May 15th 1811
My dear Son
The inclosed Letter I received a few days Since to forward by the first opportunity. my last Letter was addrest to Mrs Adams, and went by a vessel direct for St Petersburgh belonging to Loring & Curtis, which Saild in April.
This will inform you that your sons are both well. your Father and myself as well as old Age can expect to be. neither of us Deaf dumb or blind as yet, trembling and shakeing however, and every week, almost loosing Some one of our ancient Friends, and acquaintance, who with waning voices call us, to be ready to follow. not only the Aged but those much younger we are called to mourn over, before half their days are Numberd to the Age of Man—your Beloved pastor and Friend is of the number of the fallen. on Sunday last he quited this Life. deeply mourned and regreted, the Sod which coverd the Grave of dr Eckly <
was> is Still Green, only one week Since his Body was committed to the Tomb and judge Dana a few days previous— what a change does a Year or two make in the circle of Friends and Relatives! yet how preferable is it, how desirable to be calld out of Life, before the days come in which a grasshopper Shall be considerd as a burden, and we become burdensome to all around us—? I Shall continue to write to you, untill I learn your determination to return home. I am hoping that you will receive Letters in abundence from your Friends here, altho many of them are the bearers of Melancholy tydings to you.
we have had Several Letters from your Brother Since he has been upon his Eastern commission his Health appears to be <
much> mended, and his Spirits concequently much better. he appears much pleased with the Country and the people and meets with no great difficulty in the Execution of the Buisness—
We go on harmoniously in action, Snarling in words, but the main Body Firm in the Support of order and government every day increasing, and improving our manufactories, and liberating ourselves from Foreign Thraldom by Striving to do without them—
our Govr. & Leiut Govenour as the last year a Majority of the Senate Republican, it is not yet determined how the House will be; each party believe themselves triumphant.
France and England, vexing and trampling upon us.
If this reaches you I hope it will find you and yours in health and in Spirits ready to undertake a voyage in which I pray heaven to protect you, and yours and to give you <
agin> again in Safety to your Country to your Family and Friends
To my dear daughter & Grandsons present me with the Sincere Love and affection / with which I Subscribe / your ever affectionate / Mother
The last dates from you were in december your Letter No 11
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Posted: Oct 12, 2018
MARS HILL, N.C. – The Coker College women's volleyball team dropped a South Atlantic Conference match to the Mars Hill Lions 3-0 (17-25, 18-25, 21-25) on Friday (Oct. 12).
Freshman Rami Mullen recorded her 15th double-double of the year, notching 29 assists and 11 digs. Lana Strejcek led the navy and gold with 11 kills and a .500 hitting percentage, while Taylor du Bray amassed seven kills and 13 digs.
Coker will be back in action on Tuesday (Oct. 16) when they travel to Wingate for another South Atlantic Conference contest. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m.


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Constantia businessman Rob Packham on Wednesday struggled to accept two versions presented to him of how his school administrator wife Gill was murdered in Cape Town on February 22, 2018.
The first version that prosecutor Susan Galloway put to him while on the stand involved an unidentified attacker who killed Gill, ostensibly in a hijacking. He at first said it was a possibility but then did not want to speculate as he simply didn't know.
The second version was that he found himself in a corner because of his affair and killed his wife – making up cover stories along the way, getting rid of evidence, and setting it up to look like a hijacking. Packham categorically denied this.
Here is a breakdown of both versions that were presented:
1) Hijacking/attack by unknown and unapprehended suspect
A person (State referred to he) attacks or hijacks Gill around 07:00 at their Riesling Road home, as she is leaving for work. He puts her body in the boot of her green BMW and her blood possibly transfers to points in the garage. Alternatively, the blood is from injuries during Gill's gardening and recycling activities. He then proceeds to drive around, not scared of being pulled over or stopped because the vehicle's number plates are missing.
He stays in the area where he committed his crime for at least 30 minutes or leaves and comes back because the BMW is seen again at 14:00. Both he and Packham are in the same vicinity at this time but the accused says it is not him.
The attacker therefore looks enough like Packham for witnesses to have made a mistaken identification of the accused.
The BMW, the prize for which he supposedly committed the attack, is eventually set alight at Diep River train station that evening.
It appeared this attacker was in the same area about seven hours later when spotted driving away from the scene.
According to a witness, the attacker was driving a vehicle which was the same model, make and colour as Packham's and had three matching numbers in the licence plate.
Packham's response? "My lady, I guess it is one possibility… I am afraid I don't know. I did not put that scenario. I honestly don't know. I can't speculate. I don't want to." He says the vehicle theory is "fantasy" and the similarities are a coincidence.
2) Murdered by her husband
Packham found himself "in a tight spot due to your long running affair with Witness x and your wife's apparent still upsetness [sic] about your continuous disclosures about your infidelity".
Between the evening of February 21 and the morning of February 22, he hit his wife with an unknown weapon, probably first on her jaw which incapacitated her and then a fatal second blow to the head.
She was possibly even attacked when she was already in her car in the garage heading to work. Having handled the murder weapon, blood droplets in the garage could have come from Packham's hands or the weapon. He moves his wife's body.
Packham doesn't go out of his way to report her missing and doesn't want help looking for her as he knows all along where she and her car are. He drives around, either in her car or his car, looking for places to dispose of the weapon, his wife's phone and handbag, and her vehicle licence plates.
He cries and sounds distressed during phone calls with his sister and daughters. He realises he needs to account for his whereabouts as his main phone was switched off in the morning so he phones a colleague to agree to lie for him about being at a work meeting.
But then media reports about Packham surface and he is angry because it appears to cast doubt on his actions. He tells people that he was looking for a new vehicle for his wife that morning and he didn't want her to track him on his phone.
After being spotted in the BMW by a witness during the day, he leaves the vehicle at Diep River train station.
He has dinner with his sister in Tokai from around 19:00 to 21:17. Around 21:30, he sets the BMW alight at the location he probably left it earlier that day, thinking it will destroy all evidence and his wife "would simply become another statistic of a hijacking".
When the investigating officer phones late on the day to meet with Packham, he says he is too tired but reschedules for the next morning, an appointment he misses. "In effect, Mr Packham, I am going to argue that you killed your wife and set the vehicle alight."
Packham's response? "I categorically denied what the prosecutor has just said". He says this is nothing more than speculation and maintains he is innocent.
Closing arguments will be presented on April 24.


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Dental internet marketing is hardly uncharted territory. Some of today's most innovative dental practices have completely replaced their old-fashioned dental marketing strategies with highly successful online marketing campaigns.
If you've arrived at this article from a Google search, chances are: you're a dentist looking to expand your local footprint.
You may not be ready to take the leap of faith into full-fledged online marketing for your dental practice – or you very well may have already decided to do just that. Either way, I've given my best effort to provide you with a set of actionable dental marketing strategies in order to help you grow your business and get more patients in your door.
Top Dental Marketing Ideas
Sending greeting cards to new homeowners in your practice's area might not produce as many dental patients as it did in the past. The truth is, post cards don't cut it anymore, now that people are looking less to their mailboxes and more to their email inboxes for important communication. The end goal for a new or established dental practice is the same today as it was many years ago (that goal being a steady flow of business), but the most cost-effective (and literally effective) ways to get new patients in your doors couldn't be more different.
How To Market A Dental Practice – 3 Proven Techniques
While there are countless ways to market your dental office, I've consolidated the top three dental marketing ideas to help you get started with some easy dental marketing strategies that won't cost you much, if anything at all.
Start A Dental Blog
Start a blog. Actually, start a blog today. Let me be frank, the reason you've made it to this page is because I wrote a killer blog post (in my humble opinion) for dentists like yourself who are looking to get more patients and to increase their cashflow. While this may be an oversimplification: If you write high-quality dental blog posts that appeal to your target audience, you'll build credibility as an industry authority, which, in turn, generates more patients who are choosing you over your competition, not only because you are a reliable local dentist, but because you publish thought-leading content.
I'll be the first to say that starting a blog is no walk in the park. It requires focus, motivation, and above all else, lots of trial-and-error.
My goal is to make the concept of marketing your dental practice a reality by breaking the process down into easy-to-consume bites. Since blogging is a topic for another day, I'll do my best to point you in the right direction and I plan to expand on the topic in the near future. Keep your eyes out for a post that's written solely about dental blogging tips in the near future.
For now, this should get you started on your new dental blog. First off, here's some topics that you can write about and publish:
- The long-term benefits of dental mouth guards
- 10 reasons everyone should visit the dentist twice each year
- New technologies in modern dentistry
Also, if you want to start a dental blog and don't know which platform to use, check out this wonderful article by Amy Lynn Andrews that outlines the steps to starting a blog and creating your voice.
But seriously, you went to dental school for a reason. Take the knowledge you have from your experience, build on it, and share it with the world.[Tweet "You went to dental school for a reason. Take that knowledge and share it with the world!"]
Build An Email List
I can imagine some of the younger readers of this post chuckling at the thought of sending mass emails… as if emails were still useful.
Well, for those of you who are too cool for email – you're missing out.
If you want to connect with your current list of patients, email is the way to go. [for anyone who calls me out for saying anything about age, trust me, I'm still well under 30].
To get started with building an email list for your dental practice, use the handy export options that are available in the dental practice management software you already use – DentiMax, Dovetail, MOGO, Ace Dental, Accountable, Maxident, and Denticon should all let you export email lists from your patient records. Import those lists into a popular email newsletter marketing tool like MailChimp or use a more advanced tool like Drip and send away!
The beauty in sending emails is that they cost a fraction of what you'd spend on a greeting card campaign, and they are much more relevant to your patients.
Pro Tip: If you send dental marketing emails that are addressed from the name of your dental practice, you may get caught by spam filters or you may end up in the no-mans-land "promotional" tab of modern email inboxes. To avoid that, and to keep things on a more personable level with your patients, send it from your name. An example would be sending emails from "John Doe, DDS" – as opposed to "Doe Dental Associates".
Request Testimonials From Dental Patients
Word of mouth recommendations and testimonials are a key marketing tool for any reliable dentistry. If you're great at your profession, testimonials will be one of the easiest forms of content to produce. In several cases, testimonials may prove to be your most influential marketing asset.
Testimonials from loyal patients can be used on your website, in print material, in advertisements, and just about anywhere else you market your local dentist office.
To start collecting testimonials, all you have to do is send an email request out to all of your patients. Or, yet another great way to get testimonials, is by having your receptionists ask for a review or testimonial when your patients are checking out after a routine exam or procedure.
Even if you don't have an immediate use for testimonials, you're doing business in an industry that relies heavily on credibility and word of mouth (no pun intended). If you ever decide to hire a dental web design company or dental marketing company, one of their first content requests will likely be for reviews and patient testimonials. You'll thank me later for telling you to get a head start today. Pickleball paddle
Advanced Dental SEO Marketing Strategies
SEO For Dentists
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is likely the most effective dental marketing service available to private practices. Dental SEO marketing can direct an impressive number of visitors to your website, which leads to more patients.
For some perspective, a dental SEO company will often have a leg-up on run-of-the-mill dental marketing companies because the former focus on one primary goal: ranking higher in Google (and other search engines) for keywords that your target patient is likely to be searching – or, if you have a specific goal in mind, a target number of calls per month. They'll do anything it takes to get there. A professional dental SEO service will usually start at about $1,250/month [see our pricing] and the results will be staggering. For lots of dentists, the equation is simple:
If each patient has a lifetime value of say, $8,000 (see this study for why I chose that number), getting one new dental patient every month because of professional dental SEO puts you in the green. But that's an ultra-conservative figure. Our top-performing dental SEO campaigns have boasted staggeringly high lead generation rates. For example, one of our clients who's been working with us for less than 8 months has gone from averaging 1 online lead per month to over 35 (that's more than 1 lead per day). SEO for dentists can prove to be one of the best ways to spend marketing dollars.
Dental Website Design
It's one thing to get visitors to your website, and it's another thing to turn them into loyal patients. While a five-star dental SEO service or a great dental marketing company can handle the former part of that sentence, a professional dental website design will take care of the rest.
To quote Jay Levine in a popular article published by the American Dental Association (ADA):
"Remember that a website gives patients their first glimpse of your practice, and patients are likely to associate a professional, quality website with professional, quality care."
Hiring a professional website design company is key to your online success and doing so will magnify the results of any other dental marketing strategies. Here's an ultra-practical example of why a dental website can help you get more customers – especially when combined with other dental marketing techniques:
You may find yourself investing in dental SEO marketing efforts for an extended period of time and have nothing to show for it. Even if your SEO consultant is able to produce graphs of increases in visitors, you still have not gotten one patient or dental consultation from your SEO campaign.
Suggested Reading:
8 Questions To Ask Before Hiring A Web Design Company
How much does a website cost in 2017?
One of the likely reasons for your lack of new patient activity is that people are arriving at your website and end up not finding what they are looking for. There's no "book an appointment" button or any other prompt to start the dialogue. As smart as your visitors may be, they won't contact you unless you give them a straightforward call to action and make it scream "CLICK ME!"
Dental website design is a necessity if you're looking to grow your business online. When you invest in SEO or social media marketing for your dental practice, make sure you have somewhere to direct your audience that will turn them into leads and patients.
Dental Marketing Services – A Word For The Wise
To tie this post up with a pretty pink ribbon, I want to share some thoughts and suggestions that reflect on the article's main topic: growing your dental practice.
I hinted to it before, and I'll say it again here: the first step to successfully pulling offline and online dental marketing campaign is firming up your intentions. Instead of focusing on the number of visitors your website is receiving, focus on the number of patients that are coming from those efforts. Don't let technicalities like your search positions on any given day represent how well you're doing. As long as you keep moving forward, the details shouldn't matter that much in the scheme of things.[Tweet "You need to be able to filter out the junk data to pull off a successful campaign."]
Building traction online shouldn't strike you as being very different from what you're used to (in respect to conventional dental marketing strategy). The hustle and determination are a core element in both methods. The only real difference in digital marketing versus in-person substitutes is that you need to be able to filter out all of the junky data to pull off a successful campaign. I'll tell you upfront that you, the dental professional, should never have to worry about how many people are visiting your site and how high it is ranking for "best dentists in …" At the end of the day, all that should matter to you is whether or not your investment is paying for itself by bringing you new patients on a regular basis.
Good luck!
* If you need some help and don't have enough time to run an aggressive marketing campaign for your local dentistry, let us know and we'll help you reach your goals! – Feel free to shoot me an email here: brennen [at] pixelcutlabs [dot] com. (note: I have to separate the email so I don't get spam, just type it in with the characters in brackets and we'll be all set!) You can also shoot me a message by leaving a comment below. Cheers!


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Catastrophic injury in Houston?
Contact a lawyer who will help you take action
Some injuries suffered in an accident are quite serious. We refer to these as catastrophic injuries. The attorneys at Tracey & Fox have a wide range of experience dealing with these types of cases and can help you recover the compensation you need.
What is a catastrophic injury? One way to define it is an injury that affects your daily life. It affects your ability to go to work and take care of your family. The cost for treating the injury is usually quite high.
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The End of Education
One of the most harmful consequences of our outdated educational system is the idea of an "end."
No matter how inflated education is nowadays (I'm dying to see what the education industry will come up with once MBA's fall into the commodity category), it always establishes graduations. When you graduate it means "you are done."
Note: I also think that a degree lasts as long as the marketing heads of an institution think they can charge you, not as long as it should, but that's a whole other post.
Most people that go through a degree in its entirety, develop some sort of rejection for information and culture. They believe that that's what their degree was for, and now they can "relax."
Disconnecting relaxation from growth is a serious disadvantage. When learning is limited to a specific period of time, it becomes a burden instead of a pleasure or a need.
Coming home from a walk yesterday, I saw many people graduating and partying in the street. I can assure you, you could see the expression in their eyes: "I'm never picking up a book again."
True education does not need to be imposed, does not expire and it certainly does not have any finish lines.
True education is a component of our everyday activity.
I know that most of the readers of this blog don't have this problem, but most of the people outside of the online community of learners do think this way.
Those are the ones that need to embrace a holistic vision of intellectual growth.
Spread the word.


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He — meaning Ian Parton — is the sampling mastermind who began his early musical ventures with naught more than a 4-track tape recorder and an old Akai S1000. They — meaning Chi Fukami Taylor, Sam Dook, Jamie Bell, Kaori Tsuchida and the singularly named Ninja — are the team that help bring his song ideas to life with such exuberance that the band is often referred to as "cheerleaders." Ready, okay! Yes, kids, it's The Go! Team, whose new album, Proof of Life (Sub Pop, 2007) is already making other bands look twice at the band's obviously successful DIY approach.
"We did it all ourselves," Parton explains. "We took over a space in Brighton, England, and filled it with our gear. We brought in a Neve desk from the early '80s and went through a lot of cool old preamps, including Telefunkens, which is an old German preamp, and an API Lunchbox." Parton even kept part of the process in the family, with brother Gareth Parton taking on mixing duties later in the game. And, with sampling being the focus of much of The Go! Team's distinctive sound, Parton knows the best way to go. "Pro Tools is what it's all about for samples," he says with an absolute tone, "pitch shift and time stretch are the two big deals there. I also use the Serato Pitch 'n Time plug-in to shift things around…. Ah, now I'm giving away all of our secrets!" he says with a chuckle.
Even if Parton were to explain in further detail how he does what he does, it's doubtful that anyone would be able to replicate his exact mode of creativity or his knowledgeable use of vintage gear. On "Grip Like a Vise," Parton uses real trumpets and saxophones ("I'm not a fan of the sax, generally, but if you bind it with a trumpet, it fattens it up nicely") and layers the same notes with an electro sound coaxed from a miniature late-'80s Casio SK sampling keyboard. The keyboard is practically a toy, but with Parton's expertise, its use results in a bright, sharp synth sound. On "My World" — perhaps the album's one gentle moment — Parton uses a Teisco 60F synth (the same one used by Hot Chip in its stage act) to get those "wobbly notes," as he puts it, combined with a vibraphone sound from the aforementioned Casio. Guitar work is played on both Parton's '65 Fender Jazzmaster and Sam Dook's late-'50s Silvertone ("You know, the one that looks like it came from Woolworth's," Parton says) and is fed through one Orange Rockerverb amp and one Vox AC30. But on songs such as "Keys to the City" and "Doing It Right," it's the mics that are the focus.
"I think my very favorite pieces of studio equipment are the Grundig bakelite microphones that we used," he muses. "We used some old karaoke mics, too [laughs], but the bakelites, they're very old and were actually used by railway announcers back in the day. They create quite a distinctive drum sound, too. You put them quite a distance away from the kit in a wooden-floored room, filter out the top end, and it sounds epic."
"Epic" is a good word for The Go! Team's pop-mash songs. Chock-full of pep, bombastic and just shy of over-the-top at times, the tracks are all attention-grabbers, which is perhaps why the advertising industry is gravitating like crazy toward Parton and crew's music. You've probably already unknowingly heard The Go! Team on TV — whether it was during the BBC's coverage of the 2004 Olympic games, on the teen drama One Tree Hill, in video games Lumines II or 2006 Fifa World Cup or even in ads for Honda. But the reluctant Parton's not really buying it. "We're…selective," he says. "I made a decision early on to say no to lots of stuff. I guess I don't mind the idea of our music being perhaps in movies or TV or video games — the right ones — but I'd much rather have it associated with a holiday or where you were when you heard it. I don't like the idea of getting to know a band through a mobile phone or…yogurt. I like the idea of music being special."


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Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2015 results are now available on UPSC's official website.
What to do to check the result?
- Visit the official website of the University.
- A link will be available :'Final Result - CDS (II) Examination, 2015'
- Click on the same.
- Your results will be declared on your screen. Do not forget to take a printout of the same for future purposes.
On the basis of CDS (II) results, about 261 candidates have been selected.
Number of vacancies is as follows:
- Indian Military Academy [including 25 vacancies reserved for NCC 'C' certificate (Army Wing) holders]: 200
- Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala Executive(General Service) including 6 vacancies reserved for NCC 'C' Certificate (Naval Wing) holders]: 45
- Air Force Academy, Hyderabad: 32
Army Headquarters are still processing various documents of the applicants. Verification of date of birth and educational qualifications is still pending. For further selection, the candidates are suppose to submit their original certificates as a proof of date of birth and educational qualifications to Army Headquarters/naval headquarters/air headquarters., as per their first choice.
Further queries will be addressed at facilitation counter near Gate 'C' of the Commission's Office. One can do the same by calling on the below-mentioned phone numbers between 10 am and 5 pm on a working day or going to the above-mentioned place in person.
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Nikon D850 (Kit 24-120mm)
- Product SKU: NIK-D850-24-120-BLK
Nikon D850 (Kit 24-120mm) is a powerful high-end digital SLR camera of the famous Nikon D-series. This pro-style mid-sized SLR camera comes with features designed for the photography enthusiast. Prominent of these primary features are its FX format sensor, low-noise and speedy shooting. It is equipped with a 46MP CMOS image sensor that integrates a dust reduction system within. The camera has a Nikon F bayonet mount which can hold all compatible NIKKOR interchangeable lenses.
The DSLR camera comes with a 24-120mm lens kit to get you started. It features an Eye-level Pentaprism viewfinder with 100-percent coverage on the FX format. It offers a magnification of 0.75x. It models a large 3.2-inch Wide Angle tilting TFT LCD with a 2359K-dot resolution and a 170-degree angle of view. It allows brightness adjustment up to five levels. All images taken by the sensor are optimized by the D850 EXPEED 5 image processor. Furthermore, you can take rich-pixeled photos via its built-in HDR.
Other key specs of the Nikon D850 (Kit 24-120mm) are: memory card slot, 1/8000seconds max shutter speed, burst photography up to 9fps in FX, 8K/4K time lapse movies, TTL exposure, ISO 64-25600 light sensitivity, photo modes, up to 153 autofocus points, Nikon Advanced Multi-CAM 20K AF, manual focus, hot shoe for external flash Live View, 4K/Ultra HD movie capture, image effects/comments, mini HDMI Type C connector, USB 3.0 support, mic in, Eye-Fi support, GPS, 1/4-inch tripod mount, multi-language support and an EN-EL15a Li-Ion rechargeable battery that takes up to 1840 photos or 70 minutes of HD footage on a single charge.
|Lens Mount
|Nikon F
|Camera Format
|Full-Frame (1.0x Crop Factor)
|Actual: 46.89 Megapixel
Effective: 45.7 Megapixel
|Max Resolution
|45.4 MP: 8256 x 5504
|Aspect Ratio
|1:1, 3:2, 4:5
|Sensor Type / Size
|CMOS, 35.9 x 23.9 mm
|File Formats
Still Images: JPEG, RAW, TIFF
Movies: MOV, MP4, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Audio: AAC, Linear PCM (Stereo)
|Bit Depth
|Dust Reduction System
|Memory Card Type
|Focus Control
|Focus Type
|Auto and Manual
|Focus Mode
|Automatic (A), Continuous-Servo AF (C), Manual Focus (M), Single-servo AF (S)
|Autofocus Points
|Phase Detection: 153 (99 Cross-Type)
|Viewfinder Type
|Viewfinder Eye Point
|17.00 mm
|Viewfinder Coverage
|Viewfinder Magnification
|Approx. 0.75x
|Diopter Adjustment
|-3 to +1 m
|Display Screen
|3.2-Inch Rear Touchscreen Tilting LCD (2,359,000)
|Screen Coverage
|Diagonal Angle of View
|Exposure Control
|ISO Sensitivity
|Auto, 64-25600 (Extended Mode: Auto, 32-102400)
|30 - 1/8000 Second , Bulb Mode
|Remote Control
|MC-30A/MC-36A, ML-3, WR-R10/WR-A10, WR-1 (Optional)
|Mirror Lock-Up
|Metering Method
|3D Color Matrix Metering, Center-Weighted Average Metering, Spot Metering, Highlight Weighted
|Exposure Modes
|Modes: Aperture Priority, Manual, Program, Shutter Priority
Metering Range: EV -3.0 - EV 20.0
Compensation: -5 EV to +5 EV (in 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV Steps)
|Buffer/Continuous Shooting
|Up to 7 fps at 45.7 MP for up to 51 Frames in Raw Format
|White Balance Modes
|Auto, Cloudy, Color Temperature, Direct Sunlight, Fine, Flash, Fluorescent, Fluorescent (White), Incandescent, Neutral White, Preset Manual, Shade
|Flash Modes
|First-Curtain Sync
Rear Sync
Red-Eye Reduction
Slow Sync
Slow Sync/Red-Eye Reduction
|Built-in Flash
|Max Sync Speed
|1 / 250 Second
|Flash Compensation
|-3 EV to +1 EV (in 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV steps)
|Dedicated Flash System
|External Flash Connection
|Hot Shoe, PC Terminal
|AV Recording
|Video Recording
|Yes, NTSC/PAL
|Video Format
|3840 x 2160p at 23.98, 25, 29.97 fps (H.264)
1920 x 1080p at 23.98, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94, 120 fps (H.264)
1280 x 720p at 50, 59.94 fps
|Aspect Ratio
|Exposure Control
|Manual: Shutter Speed, Aperture, ISO
Continuous Auto
|Max Video Clip Length
|3840 x 2160 at 30 fps: 29 Minutes, 59 Seconds
|Audio Recording
|Built-In Mic: With Video (Stereo)
Optional External Mic: With Video (Stereo)
|Self Timer
|20 Seconds, 10 Seconds, 5 Seconds, 2 Seconds
|Interval Recording
|1/8-Inch Headphone, 1/8-Inch Microphone, HDMI C (Mini), Micro-USB, Nikon 10-Pin, USB 3.0, X-Sync Socket
|Wi-Fi Capable
|1 x EN-EL15a Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Pack
|AC Power Adapter
|EH-5c/EH-5b (Optional)
|Operating/Storage Temperature
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Humidity: 0 - 85%
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To ensure that you receive your new phone as quickly and safely as possible, we use a range of delivery options. Delivery times for all options are detailed below. Note that we currently do not ship to PO Boxes.
COURIER SERVICE DELIVERY - 2-5 business days transit time. Freight is generally handled by Toll Australia. Next day from our Hong Kong dispatch warehouse to New Zealand metro areas. Other more regional areas are usually between 5 to 9 business days depending on remoteness.
Our shipping cost starts at $22.90, though differs when multiple items are selected and/or remote area deliveries can incur a change to the cost of shipping. At the shopping cart, you can enter your postcode for an exact shipping quote.
VERIFICATION - Please note that handling times begin once an order has been verified. We may contact you after the order has been placed to verify order and account details. Please ensure that we can reach you on the email address supplied and that you respond promptly to any requests.
CONDITION - Unless stated in the product title, all devices are brand new. We do sell a small quantity of refurbished items but these all have a product title that begins with 'Refurbished'. As part of our QC process, retail package seals may have been opened to perform quality, testing and/or unlock functions however unless specified all devices are new and unused.
WARRANTY - All new devices come with our comprehensive 12 month warranty, which is included in the standard purchase price. We'll even replace with a new item if yours cannot be repaired. Refurbished items (marked as such in the product description) come with a 6 month warranty with refurbished replacement items.
PAYMENT METHODS - We accept Credit Card and PayPal for outright purchases. Though we also offer LayBuy for convenient repayments over time handled by LayBuy. Direct bank deposit is available to wholesale orders only, please get in touch with our CS team for further information.
RETURNS - All orders come with 30 days free returns. For more information please read our returns policy. We also offer a new replacement policy for items that cannot be repaired.
SECURITY - Our shopping cart meets the strictest PCI requirements and is audited daily. We do not store any customer payment information and our servers are protected using Digicert's SHA2 High Assurance SSL.
OUR STOCK - Products sold through this store are unlocked, never locked or SIM-free. They offer the best combination of price and quality and can be sourced from international markets via parallel importation. Please check the network bands with your provider to ensure full compatibility. In some instances printed documentation may not be in English, even though the device is compatible with local network bands. Where this occurs and you require user manuals etc please contact us and we will provide a digital copy.
DISCLAIMER - Due to variations in stock and regional sourcing we cannot guarantee that all specifications listed are 100% correct at all times as the same model may be available in several variants. If you have any specific requirements please raise them with our team and they will provide availability on the model you require.


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Olds College Sports Information
April 11, 2019
OLDS, Alta. - The Olds College Broncos will have a national presence throughout the summer.
Ryan Marsden, head coach of the Broncos men's volleyball team, will serve as an assistant coach for Volleyball Canada's Senior 'B' team as they compete on the international circuit this summer.
Marsden is looking forward to having the chance to work within the national team program.
"It's always great to be around talented players, whether it's developing our youth or working with those who have proven themselves on the national stage," he said. "I find great honour in this opportunity, and I hope I can help Volleyball Canada in whatever way I am needed as an assistant coach."
John Barrett, head coach of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's volleyball team, will be the team's head coach.
It's familiar territory for Marsden, who has previous experience on the national stage, as he has been a guest coach at National Team camps, served as head coach of the Junior National Team, and was the head coach at the Volleyball Canada Centre of Excellence in Calgary.
He was also an assistant coach for the National B team, which won a silver medal at the 2007 FISU University Games in Bangkok, Thailand.
"I am hoping to take away as much as I can over the next three months," he said. "I've done this role before, and know that one must be as if a sponge and soak up everything. Both coaches and athletes have a lot to share at this level, and I look forward to every single minute of it."
Linda Henderson, athletic director at Olds College, is excited for Marsden's appointment.
"Being selected as a part of Volleyball Canada's National Team staff is such an incredible opportunity for Ryan," she said. "He will be able to learn from, and network with, some of the best players and coaches in Canada. It's quite an honour for him to be coaching in Canada's Men's National Volleyball program."
Marsden will relocate to Gatineau, Que., for the position beginning in May, though he will be able to fulfill his Olds College commitments before returning to Alberta full-time in August.
The team's international commitments begin in June, as they will compete in the fourteenth Pan-American Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico.
He is looking forward to taking some of his newfound knowledge and applying it throughout the 2019-20 season.
"Obviously, the knowledge gained will assist me with my duties within the Olds College Broncos," he said. "I will become a better coach technically and tactically, and can't wait to introduce these concepts to our team this upcoming season."


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News and Announcements
Dr. Stephen Bajjaly Steps Down as Associate Dean of SIS
After 11 years of service to the School of Information Sciences (SIS), Dr. Stephen Bajjaly has stepped down as Associate Dean. He will be on leave during the 2018-19 academic year and will return to teaching as a SIS faculty member in May 2019. He will remain active in library and information science education during this time as President Elect of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), a global non-profit that promotes innovative and high-quality research, teaching, and service for educators and scholars in library and information science and cognate disciplines.
Under Bajjaly's leadership, the school expanded and developed in numerous ways. During his tenure as Associate Dean, the school experienced increased enrollment and graduation rates, expanded degree and certificate offerings, and adopted a wider role in educating professionals for the information field. These changes prompted the school to be re-named twice in response to the progress made under Bajjaly's purview: the first from Library and Information Science Program (LISP) to School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) and finally to the new School of Information Sciences (SIS) in 2017. During this time, the school dramatically grew its online program to become the largest at Wayne State University, with students from 38 states, Washington D.C., Canada, and Armed Forces locations in Europe and the Pacific. The faculty also grew in seniority with four members receiving tenure from the university.
Bajjaly worked to diversify the school's curriculum and guided the development of a Graduate Certificate in Information Management, which was the basis for the new Master of Science in Information Management program. With his leadership, the school collaborated with the WSU Department of History to create two joint degree programs, the Dual MLIS/MA in History and Dual MLIS/MA in Public History. The school also added graduate certificates in Public Library Services to Children and Youth Adults and Library and Information Science.
Bajjaly was also committed to enhancing student experiences and funding. During his tenure, the school received three Institute of Museum and Library Services grants to train new professionals – these included the Fine and Performing Arts, Project Accessible Libraries for All (ALFA) and Project Increasing Diversity of Librarians (IDOL) grants. He also pushed to re-envision the University Libraries' graduate student assistantship (GSA) positions which were opened to new students and developed to provide a broader, more holistic experience of academic librarianship. Within the school, he created two GSA positions dedicated to diversity and technology. Bajjaly also increased funding and support for a wider range of placements for the school's Alternate Spring Break program.
In 2009 and 2016, Bajjaly guided the school through two full re-accreditation visits from the American Library Association's Committee on Accreditation. Most recently, he led the school to become an Associate Member of iSchools, an international consortium of schools in the information fields.
SIS appreciates and recognizes the lasting impact of Dr. Bajjaly's service and leadership and looks forward to his return next year. Dr. Hermina Anghelescu will serve as interim director of the school for the 2018-19 academic year.


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For well over a century, Reynolds products have been at the forefront of cycling design and engineering, helping manufacturers and cyclists continually push the boundaries of performance. We have now launched the new Reynolds apparel collection featuring t-shirts, cycling inspired polo shirts and jackets, all paying homage to iconic Reynolds logo and decals.
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Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Awards Total of $3,250 To 6 Framingham Organizations
FRAMINGHAM – Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation announced today, October 11, it has awarded six Framingham non-profit organizations a Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grant .
in total, the six Framingham organizations will receive $3,250 from Harvard Pilgrim Health care foundation.
The organizations receiving funds are:
- American Cancer Society – $1,000
- American Diabetes Association – $250
- The Boston Church of Christ – $500
- Daniels Table, Inc.- $500
- First Baptist Church -$500
- Ovations for the Cure of Ovarian Cancer – $500
To commemorate those Harvard Pilgrim members who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, Harvard Pilgrim and the Foundation created the Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grant program.
This program allows each Harvard Pilgrim and NTT Data employee to award a $250 – $500 grant, completely funded by the Foundation, to the local charity of his or her choice each calendar year.
Since this community grants program began in 2002, Harvard Pilgrim employees have directed more than $5.7 million to thousands of organizations throughout Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
"We are so fortunate to have generous and dedicated employees who enrich our company and the communities in which we all live and work," said Karen Voci, President of the Harvard Pilgrim Foundation. "The Mini-Grant program is a wonderful way to support our employees as philanthropists and to help them make an impact in their own cities and towns."
In 2017, more than 95% of Harvard Pilgrim employees participated in at least one form of service or giving through volunteering, the Mini-Grants program, or Harvard Pilgrim's annual Employee Fundraising Campaign.
Created in 1980, The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation supports Harvard Pilgrim's mission to improve the quality and value of health care for the people and communities we serve by providing the tools, training and leadership to help build healthy communities throughout New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, and Connecticut. Since its inception, the Foundation has distributed more than $145 million in funds. In 2017, the Harvard Pilgrim Foundation awarded more than $2.3 million in grants to more than 900 nonprofit organizations within the four states.


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City Council approves new hours for yard site, municipal liquor store
At its Monday meeting, the Glencoe City Council approved hour changes for the yard waste site and Glencoe Wine & Spirits liquor store.
The current hours at the yard waste site are Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon to 8 p.m., and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The site is always staffed during these times.
The Glencoe Personnel and Legislative Committee felt strongly that it needed to be open more than that and thus recommended to the City Council that the yard waste site be open unstaffed Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; staffed Tuesday and Thursday, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; staffed Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and staffed Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.
Council Member Allen Robeck spoke in favor of the recommended hours and also mentioned the future possibility of looking into recycling electronics at the site.
Andrew "Andy" Thurn shared his concern of the site having to be staffed on Sundays. It was mentioned that additional hires might have to be arranged for this time slot. Council Member John Schrupp agreed with Thurn's concern. Mayor Randy Wilson also expressed his uncertainty about the unstaffed hours: "I am concerned that we are going to have more issues than we've had in the past."
For more about the changes in hours, and other City Council business, see the June 21 print edition of The Chronicle.


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ICMCSDS 2020: 14. International Conference on Mobile Communication Systems and Digital Signaling
March 19-20, 2020 in Prague, Czechia
The International Research Conference Aims and Objectives
The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.
ICMCSDS 2020: 14. International Conference on Mobile Communication Systems and Digital Signaling aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Mobile Communication Systems and Digital Signaling. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Mobile Communication Systems and Digital Signaling
Call for Contributions
Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Mobile Communication Systems and Digital Signaling are cordially invited for presentation at the conference. The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of novel research materials.
Guidelines for Authors
Please ensure your submission meets the conference's strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers. Downloadable versions of the check list for Full-Text Papers and Abstract Papers.
Please refer to the Paper Submission Guideline, Abstract Submission Guideline and Author Information before submitting your paper.
Conference Proceedings
All submitted conference papers will be blind peer reviewed by three competent reviewers. The peer-reviewed conference proceedings are indexed in the Open Science Index, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Zenedo, OpenAIRE, BASE, WorldCAT, Sherpa/RoMEO, and other index databases. Impact Factor Indicators.
Special Journal Issues
ICMCSDS 2020 has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on Mobile Communication Systems and Digital Signaling. A number of selected high-impact full text papers will also be considered for the special journal issues. All submitted papers will have the opportunity to be considered for this Special Journal Issue. The paper selection will be carried out during the peer review process as well as at the conference presentation stage. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. The final decision for paper selection will be made based on peer review reports by the Guest Editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly. Selected full-text papers will be published online free of charge.
Conference Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities
The Conference offers the opportunity to become a conference sponsor or exhibitor. To participate as a sponsor or exhibitor, please download and complete the Conference Sponsorship Request Form.
Application Forms
Selected Papers
Maintaining User-Level Security in Short Message Service
T. Arudchelvam, W. W. E. N. Fernando
Turbo-Coded Mobile Terrestrial Communication Systems in Urban and Suburban Areas for Wireless Multimedia Applications
F. Mehran
Mobile Communications Client Server System for Stock Exchange e-Services Access
E. Pop, M. Barbos
Cellular Automata Based Robust Watermarking Architecture towards the VLSI Realization
V. H. Mankar, T. S. Das, S. K. Sarkar
Situation-based Knowledge Presentation for Mobile Workers
Alessandra Agostini, Roberto Boselli, Flavio De Paoli, Riccardo Dondi
Mobile communication networks
Mobile communication systems
Communications technologies
Next generation mobile network
Heterogeneous mobile technologies
Complex design
System requirements
Wireless access
Propagation modeling
Modulated signals and their power spectra
Digital signaling on flat fading channels
Error control coding
Cross-layer architecture design
Cross-layer coordination method
Broadband wireless internet
Coordination planes
Evolution of mobile radio communications
Present day mobile communication
Fundamental techniques
Multipath wave propagation and fading
Free space radio wave propagation
The cellular engineering fundamentals
Modern wireless communication systems
Future trends
Transmitter and receiver techniques
Techniques to mitigate fading effects
Multiple access techniques
|Abstracts/Full-Text Paper Submission Deadline
|December 12, 2019
|Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
|December 31, 2019
|Final Paper (Camera Ready) Submission & Early Bird Registration Deadline
|February 21, 2020
|Conference Dates
|March 19-20, 2020
|Ali Al-Sherbaz
|The University of Northampton, UK
|Umar Syed
|Joginpalli BR Engineering College, IN
|Ibtesam Al-Saedi
|University of Technology, IQ
|Benudhar Sahu
|SOA university, IN
|Manoj Kumar
|CT Institute of Engineering Management and Technology, IN
|Sabah Hawar Saeid
|University of Kirkuk, IQ
|Mayada Faris Ghanim
|University of Mosul, IQ
|Andamuthu Palanisamy
|Maharaja Engg College for Women, IN
|Sanjay Bhilegaonkar
|Bharati Vidyapeeth\'s College of Engineering for Women, Pune, IN
|Hussam Elbehiery
|October 6 University, EG
|Kaleem Iqbal Muhammad
|Islamia University of Bahawalpur, PK
|Aderemi Atayero
|Covenant University, NG
|Manoj Kumar Shukla Shukla
|Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, IN
|Yadu Singh
|Gourishankar college of engineering and management, IN
|Vijendra Babu D.
|Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technoloy, IN
|Sathish Kumar Nagarajan
|Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, IN
|Kandarpa Kumar Sarma
|Gauhati University, IN
|Kajackas Algimantas
|Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT
|Vitalice K. Oduol
|University of Nairobi, KE
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The maintenance section feel that the stress cracking that has occurred may be due to the trailer being loaded diagonally to the slipway with one wheel above the access ramps concrete lip and the other on the seabed which induces a twisting action on the trailer resulting in an unequal distribution of loading weight to the cradle with the resultant stress cracking.
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Vladimir Putin may be the wild card in world affairs right now, but he didn't gain that influence overnight.
The Russian President's ascension to power is filled with spies, armed conflicts, oligarchs, oil and (of course) judo.
So here's how a one-time "nobody" climbed up the ranks to become the "World's Most Powerful Person."
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the only child of a decorated war veteran and factory worker in the slums of Leningrad. He grew up in a Soviet Union styled communal apartment with two other families -- as was typical at the time.
Source: Encyclopedia, TIME
As a teen Putin worked at his school's radio station, where he reportedly played music by the Beatles and other Western rock bands.
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Putin reportedly loved the popular 1960's book series turned TV series '17 Moments of Spring' starring the Soviet double-agent Max Otto von Stierlitz (né Vsevolod Vladimirovich Vladimirov) who rose up the ranks into Nazi elite during World War II.
Putin said about the series: 'What amazed me most of all was how one man's effort could achieve what whole armies could not.'
Source: Putin: Russia's Choice
And in a moment of life imitating art, in 1985 the KGB sent Putin to Dresden, East Germany where he lived undercover as a 'Mr. Adamov.'
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But how exactly Putin spent his time in East Germany is relatively unknown. According to the Kremlin, he was awarded the bronze medal 'For Faithful Service to the National People's Army.'
Source: Newsweek
In 1989 the Berlin wall fell, and within a year Putin was back in Leningrad where he took a job under the first democratic mayor of Leningrad Anatoly Sobchak (who was Putin's former law professor.)
By 1991, Putin officially resigned from the KGB's active reserve.
Sobchak took his former student with him into office, and thus Putin began a life in public government work.
Source: Kremlin
There's a group of St. Petersburg democrats who believe that Putin was assigned to the mayor's office by the KGB... but there is no definitive proof.
For the most part, people didn't really care either way because they knew that they 'were under surveillance' in general at the time, according to Newsweek.
Publically, Putin has never tried to deny his involvement with the KGB.
Source: Newsweek
Additionally, Putin was once investigated for 'allegations of favoritism in granting import and export licenses.'
...but the case was dismissed pretty quickly 'due to lack of evidence.'
Back in the early 1990s, Putin was in charge of a deal where $US100 million worth of raw materials would be exported in exchange for food for the citizens of St. Petersburg. Although the materials were exported, the St. Petersburg never got the food.
Reportedly, Putin was the one who signed off on the deal -- but the Kremlin denies this.
Source: Barbarians of Wealth: Protecting Yourself from Today's Financial Attilas
When Sobchak lost the re-election for mayor, the victor offered Putin a job. However, Putin turned it down saying: 'It's better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal.'
Putin was the campaign manager for Sobchak's re-election. Vladimir Yakovlev, who had the support of the powerful Moscow mayor, ran against Sobchak and won. He offered Putin a gig in his office, but Putin declined it.
Source: Newsweek
Next up: the big leagues. In 1996 Putin and his family relocated to Moscow, where he quickly climbed up the ladder and became the head of the FSB.
Putin held a variety jobs in Moscow from 1996 to 1999, eventually ending up as the head of the FSB (aka the KGB's successor.)
'In July 1998, Yeltsin named Putin head of the FSB, the successor agency to the KGB. It was a job the president would have given only to the most trusted of aides,' according to Newsweek.
Source: Kremlin
And on top of his rapid career growth, Putin allegedly still found time to defend his economics thesis.
'Despite the workload, in 1997 he defended his Ph.D thesis in economics in the St. Petersburg State Mining Institute,' according to the Kremlin.
However, Putin's economics expertise has been called into question.
The man who used to be the 'Kremlin's Banker,' Sergei Pugachev, said: 'Vladimir Putin does not understand economics. He does not like it. It is dry. It's boring to hear these reports, to read them.'
Source: Kremlin
In August 1999, President Boris Yeltsin appointed Putin the Prime Minister. One month later, Putin's popularity rating was at 2%.
Putin was the fifth Prime Minister in less than 2 years, and nobody believed Yeltsin when he declared Putin as his successor.
In fact, everyone was expecting Yevgeny Primakov to be the next president because he had a more impressive career and was a 'friend of everyone from Madeleine Albright to Saddam Hussein.'
Source: Newsweek
And then -- seemingly out of nowhere -- Yelstin stepped down as president and named Putin the acting president on New Years in 1999.
Many people believed that Yeltsin propelled Putin to presidency in order to protect himself: The war in Chechnya was starting to curdle, and his ratings were starting to drop.
Interestingly, one of Putin's first moves was to pardon Yeltsin 'immunity from criminal or administrative investigations, including protection of his papers, residence and other possessions from search and seizure.'
Source: New York Times
In his first speech as acting president Putin promised freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, freedom of the press, the right to private property...
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You can watch the whole speech here on YouTube.
During his first presidential term, Putin focused primarily on domestic affairs. He had two items on the agenda: the war with Chechnya and the Yeltsin-era oligarchs.
Putin inherited Russia during a particularly complicated time: The country was in the midst of a conflict with Chechnya -- a region that's officially considered a Russian subject.
Additionally, Yeltsin-era oligarchs were increasingly interested in expanding their political influence.
Source: The Guardian
Putin recognised that the Yeltsin-era oligarchs had the potential to be more powerful than him... so he struck a deal with them.
'In July of (2000), Putin told the oligarchs that he would not interfere with their businesses or renationalize state resources as long as they stayed out of politics -- that is, as long as they did not challenge or criticise the president,' according to the Council on Foreign Relations.
Source: The Council on Foreign Relations, The Guardian.
And then Putin established his reputation as a 'man of action' with his handling of the Second Chechen War.
In 2002, a Moscow theatre was seized by 40 Chechen militants, who were led by the warlord Movsar Barayev, and 129 out of the 912 hostages died during this 3 day ordeal.
This was a critical moment for Putin and many expected his domestic approval to plummet. But his 'ruthless handling of the siege and his refusal to negotiate with the hostage-takers further shored up his reputation as a man of action.'
His approval rating was up at 83% after it was all over.
Source: BBC
In 2004, Putin was re-elected for a second term. He continued to focus on domestic affairs, but drew major criticisms for his crackdowns on the media.
Journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in her apartment lobby after she wrote about corruption in the Russian army with respect to Chechnya. Many in the Western media criticised Putin for failing to protect the media.
Those accused of the murder 'testified that Akhmed Zakayev and Boris Berezovksy (one of the Yeltsin-era oligarchs) could be the clients, who ordered the murder of Anna Politkovskaya,' according to TASS.
Source: Independent
But overall, Putin was well-liked. During his first two terms, the Russian economy grew at an incredible rate.
During Putin's first two terms, Russia's GDP went up 70%, and investments went up by 125%.
'Russia's GDP in 2007 reached the 1990 level, which means that the country has overcome the consequences of the economic crisis that devastated the 1990s,' following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
But Putin's Russia was really lucky in that the country largely relied on oil. (The recent drop in oil prices reflects how much of a difference it makes.)
Source: Sputnik News
In 2008, Dmitry Medvedev was elected president. One day later, he made Putin the new Prime Minister... And then Russia got clobbered by the financial crisis.
When the global financial crisis hit, things got really got bad. The Russian economy was slammed particularly hard because it relied heavily on Western investment.
Additionally, the financial crisis really showed just how dependent the Russian economy is on oil and gas, and how intertwined the industry was with the country's political economy, according to the Brookings Institute.
Source: Brookings Institute
The Russo-Georgia conflict involving Russia, Georgia, and the two regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The two regions have been trying to get formal independence since the 1990s -- Russia recognises the independence, which has been condemned by Western nations.
'After the 2008 conflict, Moscow declared that it would formally recognise the independence of both South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia's allies Nicaragua and Venezuela followed suit, as did a number of small Pacific island states,' according to the BBC.
Internationally, South Ossetia is still considered to be 'officially part of Georgia.' And Georgia considers Abkhazia to be a 'breakaway region.'
Source: BBC
Fast forward to 2012: Putin wins his third presidential election with 63.6% of the vote. (This one's a 6-year term, rather than 4.)
There was some controversy over this election. The constitutionality of his third term was called into question, and critics believed that there was electoral fraud.
However, officially, Putin registered nearly 64% of the vote.
Source: The Guardian
Two years later, in March 2014, Putin annexed Crimea in one of the most complicated and controversial geopolitical moves of the year.
The ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych 'sent a letter to' Putin 'requesting that he use Russia's military to restore law and order in Ukraine.'
The Russian Parliament granted Putin 'broad authority to use military force in response to the political upheaval in Ukraine that dislodged a Kremlin ally and installed a new, staunchly pro-Western government, the Ukrainian government in Kiev threatened war if Russia sent troops further into Ukraine,' reported the New York Times.
On March 2, Russian took complete control of Crimea, and on March 16, 'and overwhelming majority' of Ukrainians voted to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.
Source: NBC News
Most recently, Putin has started exploring a relationship with China -- mostly because Russia needs other trading partners following the Western sanctions.
Russia has a deal to build a $US70 billion gas pipeline with China. The two nations are also considering building 'a high-speed rail line thousands of kilometers from Moscow to Beijing.'
'Isolated over Ukraine, Russia is relying on China for the investment it needs to avert a recession,' three people involved in policy planning told Bloomberg.
Source: Bloomberg News
No one's quite sure what Putin's next move will be, but since he's considering a 4th term, we may be seeing much more from him until at least 2024...
Back when Putin was a deputy mayor in St. Petersburg, his inner circle cronies referred to him as 'Boss.' Today, they refer to him as 'Tsar,' and Forbes just named him the most powerful person in 2014.
And there's no telling what people will call him next.
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