Ultramobile PC and MID manufacturer Viliv is imminently close to shutting down, reports suggest, amid claims that the company has been in receivership for some time. The US support line has been disconnected and, UMPC Portal's sources tell them, Viliv has been attempting to find a buyer for its tablet and convertible notebook designs, to no avail.
Ocosmos OSC9 pre-sale announced; OSC1 far behind?
Ocosmos' compact Intel Oak Trail tablets - launched at CES 2011 earlier this year - the OSC9 and OSC1 could be on sale imminently, with the Korean company announcing pre-sale information for the larger OSC9 slate. According to OCOSMOS, pre-sales of the OSC9 - which has a 9-inch 1028 x 768 touchscreen and has a clever folio case with an integrated wireless keyboard remote - would begin in June.
PsiXpda, who you may remember channeled some classic Psion nostalgia for their UMPC in late 2009, is planning a second attempt on the companion device market with a design that sticks more faithfully to the fondly-remembered Series 5mx. Founder Paul Pinnock told Reghardware that, while the PsiXpda sold out its (admittedly tentative at just 2,000 units) production run, the new model will use Android and have a more imaginative form-factor.
The Dell Streak 7 on the market right now has been around for a while and packs in both WiFi and 3G connectivity. Before the product hit the market for geeks to buy, the thing turned up for its WiFi certification over at Wi-fi.org. That certification noted the model number and the dual-mode radio inside for 3G and WiFi.
The first Intel Medfield based devices could ship as soon as Q3 2011, according to Taipei component sources, with the low-power devices making their debut at Computex in late May. According to DigiTimes, Intel has accelerated Medfield testing so as to better challenge the dominance of ARM-based chipsets in the mobile device market.
OCOSMOS' OSC1 Tiny Computer (TC) may have dropped the physical QWERTY keyboard - something we're not quite ready to forgive them for - but it's still an intriguing compact handheld. Straddling the line between UMPC and portable games console, the Intel Oak Trail powered internet device may look like an oversized smartphone, but inside there's a full Windows 7 install. Check out our first impressions after the cut.
OCOSMOS has already confirmed it will be bringing its OSC1 Windows 7 handheld along to CES 2011 this week, but some new renders have left us even more curious about the company's wares. NetbookNews has been sent shots and specs of the seemingly-updated OSC1, now without the slide-out QWERTY keyboard, together with the OSC9, a larger gaming tablet with a wireless touchscreen control pad.
It's been a while since we've heard from OCOSMOS, after the company's compact MID was briefly flashed at IDF 2010, but it seems the OSC1 will be representing Windows 7 at CES 2011 later this week. Based on Intel's 1.5GHz or 1.9GHz Oak Trail processors, the OSC1 has a 5-inch capacitive touchscreen running at 1024 x 768 and promises not only web browsing and messaging but Office and even gaming.
A new Sony Ericsson patent application suggests the company is looking at the feasibility of a smartphone or MID-style device with not only an integrated pico-projector, but the screen onto which it displays as well. The submission, titled "Mobile Communication Device with Built-In Projecting Screen", describes a mobile device with a regularly-sized screen together with a pull-out projection screen onto which the pico would create a larger picture.
Details on the Ocosmos OSC1 UMPC which Intel briefly flashed at IDF 2010 earlier this year have emerged, set to be one of the first Oak Trail devices assuming the company can find carriers willing to take it on. According to the spec sheet, the OSC1 will have either a 1.5GHz or 1.9GHz Oak Trail CPU running Windows 7, 400MHz GPU with HD decoding, WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, and a 5-inch capacitive touchscreen running at 1024 x 768.
Dell has confirmed that the UK variant of the Dell Streak will be seeing an Android 2.2 Froyo update before the end of November. According to a message posted to the Dell UK Facebook account, UK users will be the first recipients of a staggered roll-out that sees Froyo pushed OTA direct to the Streak itself.
Dell "Opus One" is 2nd-gen high-res Streak for March 2011?
File this firmly in the rumor category for the moment, but according to StreakSmart's anonymous sources, Dell is readying a second-gen Dell Streak for release in March 2011. According to the information - which a Dell rep apparently shared during an internal briefing - the tablet/phone hybrid is internally codenamed "Opus One" and will keep the 5-inch form-factor of the current Streak, but update the screen to a higher resolution panel and the processor to a dual-core chip.


TEMPO.CO, Washington D.C. - Five researchers have been named winners of the 2016 Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World, in recognition of research that has strong potential health and economic benefits. The winning scholars from Indonesia, Nepal, Peru, Uganda and Yemen are being honored for their accomplishments in nutrition, psychiatry, biotechnology, women's health, bioenvironmental sciences and epidemiology. They are also celebrated for mentoring young women scientists who are pursuing careers in agriculture, biology and medicine in their respective countries.
Bioenvironmental sciences: For her work analyzing the medical and pharmaceutical potential of plant and fungi extracts normally used in herbal medicine. Dr. Fatmawati has also received the prestigious Pemenang Fellowship International L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science for research analyzing substances from sponges that may lead to treatments for malaria, cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
Psychiatric epidemiology: For her work using psychotherapy as treatment of depression and alcoholism in Ugandans with HIV. Depression is a serious problem for HIV patients throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, making it more likely that those patients will stop taking their HIV-antiretroviral medications. Dr. NakimuliMpungu is working with service providers to integrate depression screening with HIV-treatment, as well as to include local communities in discussions of depression to help destigmatize the illness.
The Elsevier Foundation Award winners will be giving a talk about their work at the Global Women's Institute, George Washington University, February 11th in a session moderated by Dr. Rachelle S. Heller, Professor in the Department of Computer Science.


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Rashawn Slater is getting closer to making his return to play.
COSTA MESA – The Chargers are on the brink of getting back another very important piece to their offense, but it won't be for the Wild Card Round.
On Tuesday, the Chargers designated left tackle Rashawn Slater for return from injured reserve, opening the 21-day practice window that will lead into his potential activation for a game.
The move allows Slater to begin practicing with his teammates, but doesn't occupy a spot on the active roster until he's game-ready.
"He is not going to play in this game, but we're going to open up the window for him to start practice," Chargers coach Brandon Staley said Tuesday. "He is progressing well. We're excited to get him back out there with the football team."
Slater won't partake in the Chargers' first playoff game since 2018 when the team squares off on Saturday against the Jaguars at TIAA Bank Field, but indication seems there's a good chance Slater can make his return if they advance to the Divisional Round.
"We're just going to take advantage of the window and take it day-to-day, but he is progressing well enough to get out there on the football field," Staley said of Slater's highly-anticipated return to play. "He has been working really, really hard. Just having him out there at practice is going to be great to see. Where he goes from there, it's day-to-day, but we're going to open up that window and try to take advantage of it.
Slater, the 23-year-old blindside protector of quarterback Justin Herbert, suffered a ruptured biceps tendon that required surgery following the Chargers' Week 3 loss to Jacksonville.
As a rookie last year, Slater allowed four sacks across 1,116 snaps, earning him a Pro Bowl nod in his first NFL season.
Since his injury, the Chargers have turned to rookie sixth-round pick Jamaree Salyer to slide in at left tackle in which he's faired well, holding his opposition to five sacks and 10 quarterback hits in 14 games.
Chargers Playoff Preview Mailbag: Facing Trevor Lawrence, Rashawn Slater's Timeline and Emphasizing Ball Security
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Of his four sons, the eldest was Christopher, born in 1436. While at Lisbon, Columbus married a woman far above him in social position, and went with her to.
Mar 15, 2019. The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His. More importantly, Hernando – whose mother Columbus never married – turns out to. At one point on the fourth voyage, Columbus was able to cow some.
I know Jonathon would want us to get rid of the hate and division in this world, and that's why he did his. transfer at Dover Air Force Base The bodies of Sgt. Jonathon Michael Hunter, 23, of.
An extract from the 1492 journal of Christopher Columbus. The Admiral here says that he remembers, while he was in Portugal, in 1484, there came a. Here it was remarked that the married women wore cotton breeches, but the younger.
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Christopher Columbus is often cited as the explorer who discovered America. However, it was Columbus' voyage that started the exploration and colonization.
Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr. never flew in space. I can't think of anything that an aeronautical engineer would get more out of, than what we were asked to do in the space program, in the '60s,".
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James Moore was born July 10, 1779 in Rowan (maybe Iredell) County, North Carolina. The children born to them were named Harriet who married Hiram McLean, In 1895, Albert Moore deeded to his third child, Christopher Columbus.
On Nov. 17, 1979, Christopher married Dorothy Johnson at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Chris had an extremely strong work ethic and greatly loved doing what he did. His favorite pastimes included.
"He said that he flagged an ambulance down and they checked her and put her in an ambulance and left with her and he didn't know where she went," Tennessee's Benton County Sheriff Kenny Christopher.
Jul 2, 2010. If Columbus had been married, he might never have discovered America, because he would have had to answer all the. You seem to be making a lot of these programs lately. Last time also you did the same thing!
Oct 10, 2014. 5 Facts You Might Not Know about Christopher Columbus,Debbie. Columbus was arrested, stripped of his titles, replaced as Governor, and.
Feb 17, 2011. We can only understand the explorer Christopher Columbus, and the forces that. This class was to ally itself with the monarchs of Europe, and.
Jewish filiopietists, as well as several non‑Jewish historians, have speculated that the "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" was a Jew. They note that the Spanish name,
Jul 31, 2018. The centuries-old chapel was inherited and imported from Asturias, "We have the largest collection of Christopher Columbus artifacts in North.
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Netflix Review: Drive
By cGt2099 | September 8th, 2012 at 8:55 pm
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Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac, Kaden Leos
Originally Released: May 20, 2011
Let me just begin this article by pointing out the final paragraph of this post is the most important of the review.
Featuring Ryan Gosling amidst an impressive cast, the Nicholas Winding Refn-directed Drive is one of those rare films that become immediate classics. While touting some action and crime thriller material, the film is essentially a character study, with extraordinary technical work and some significant symbolism – all of which when combined demand your attention throughout the entire movie.
Drive focuses around an unnamed protagonist known only as The Driver, who leads a life of dichotomy involving cars – working as a mechanic and stunt driver by day, but by night works as a getaway driver for criminals in Los Angeles working heists. Moving to a new apartment, he lives next door to neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan) and her son Benicio (Kaden Leos). The three develop a new friendship that seems to put The Driver onto a new passageway in life.
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Movie Review: Drive
By Three-D | September 17th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks, Ron Pearlman, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac and Kaden Leos
Immediately are we distanced from the majority of groggy thrillers as director Nicolas Winding Refn, working in astonishing form (he won best director award at this year's Cannes Festival), achieves insistent thrills from the beginning of his new film Drive. Unfurling from the opening credits onward is an excellence and master-class in control and discipline that cannot be disputed. It is a simple chase scene, a getaway driver discreetly navigating a silver Chevy Impala away from the authorities, set during a gorgeously neon-lit night in the heart of Los Angeles. Refn establishes an atmosphere so distinctive that it calls to mind Mulholland Dr., a great atmospheric film with the same vindictiveness Drive has of Hollywood. Drive's atmosphere is one that glorifies and harbors masculinity, violence, and existential crises.
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The official badge of Phi Mu Fraternity can be jeweled as the member desires.
Did you wear your badge on Monday? I hope so! International Badge Day kicked off National Ritual Celebration Week 2017 (commonly known as NRCW)!
Your Phi Mu badge is a tangible manifestation of your commitment to the values that it represents. The 1908 Phi Mu Constitution describes the badge as "a symbol of the Fraternity, it being the outward expression of Phi Mu's deep inner meanings, and its natural position is directly over the heart." Is your badge over your heart? Is your heart in Phi Mu?
Our Philomathean sisters in their earliest years proudly displayed blue ribbons to identify themselves as a part of their sisterhood.
The original Philomathean badge was cast in 1852 from a $20 gold piece. Sarah Amelia Bardwell Wright created the design.
Alpha badges were often individualized designs crafted by members' personal jewelers.
The Phi Mu badge was standardized in 1904.
Our early Philomatheans were well-educated young women. Their choices for Phi Mu symbols were not random. Aglaia (pictured left), one of the three Graces in Greek mythology, seems to be wearing a quatrefoil "badge" or brooch in the Botticelli painting, La Primavera.
La Primavera, detail of Mercury and the Three Graces.
Let's think about other "outward expressions of Phi Mu's deep inner meanings," or what I would call tangible symbols of the Ritual of Phi Mu. These come immediately to mind and are popular representations of our sisterhood.
The colors rose and white (even though the Philomatheans used pink rather than rose!) candles, ribbons, walls and whatevers!
While all of these are lovely, without our Phi Mu Ritual, they are simply "things," not claimed by Phi Mu alone! Other fraternal groups share similar outward symbols and treasure the values that they represent.
So if they are just "things," tangibles, where is the celebration? The celebration is in the "deeper meanings," the intangibles. It is our Ritual that gives them those meanings. When our members are initiated, they learn the deeper meanings of the outward expressions of our sisterhood.
National Ritual Celebration Week is the perfect time to review all aspects of the Initiation ceremony. Of course, very few fraternal groups appreciate their Initiation ceremonies being shared in the public forum, so where else might we look to share the values of Phi Mu with our families, our fraternity/sorority communities, our campuses and our prospective members?
I hope you answered our "Phi Mu Creed"! We devotedly recite the Creed as an expression of membership, again almost like a "thing," a piece of poetry or literature, until we look deeper into the meaning of the words. Each line of the Creed carries with it a commitment to a set of values and ideals that we, as Phi Mu members, strive to achieve. We are not always able to achieve Phi Mu's high ideals, but just being aware of our commitment to them unites us in a sisterhood worthy of our best efforts.
Let's agree to not "recite" the Creed. Let's consider what we are committing to as we say it. Let's commit to the Creed.
Your adjectives may be a little different, but no less descriptive of the values we share, not only as Phi Mus, but as a Greek community. Phi Mu members represent many cultures, faiths, geographical areas and age groups, but it is a commitment to these high ideals that binds us together as sisters.
While the words may seem intangible, they are brought to life by our actions and made tangible: our Creed incarnate in our members. Can you think of a specific act of a sister being generous? Forgiving? Grateful? Fair? Accepting? Humble? Loving? I can think of thousands over my 48 years of membership in Phi Mu. And I continue to see them on a daily basis.
that we have come to expect from our sisters and ourselves.
who we are and who we strive to be!


Fisheries staff from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Grand Marais area office will conduct surveys and assessments on several area lakes and streams during the next few months.
In addition, several lakes may be added as time and funding allow. Those lakes include North Cone, Crocodile, Horseshoe, Hub, Long, Powell, Stump, Vernon, Fern, West Fern, North Fowl, South Fowl, Boys, Swamper, Gillis, and Tuscarora.
Fisheries surveys and assessments are done on a regular basis to monitor changes in fish populations and to determine if management strategies have been effective. Survey frequency varies on each lake and stream based on ongoing management evaluations and angler use. Large lakes with heavy use are surveyed more frequently than small, remote lakes. Lakes stocked regularly are also sampled more frequently to assess stocking success.


This Baroque chalkboard comes with three bat-shaped magnets. It stands 22 inches high. If one must leave reminder notes for members of one's household (laundry perhaps? Pet meds? Grocery list?) what an elegant way to do it!


Such a pleasure to photograph my friend Iseut and her beautiful family on the beach in Langebaan a few weekends ago. Despite the gale force wind, we had a lovely session. The photographs are testament to what a lovIng family you are. I hope you enjoy these! Thank you for coming into my life Iseut, as soon as I met you I felt we were two peas in a pod! Special thanks to @sharimakeup for beautifying everyone!


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Today the Co-op Party meets against a backcloth of rising prices for gas and electricity. As the temperature drops, millions will start to see their energy prices spiral out of their reach. They will face the terrible choice between staying warm and running up debts, and turning off the heating despite plummeting temperatures. Those on pre-payment schemes will see their money run out sooner, and the gas go off.
Tens of thousands will slip into 'fuel poverty' – spending more than 10% of their household income on keeping the home at an adequate temperature. The NHS will once again be called upon to deal with the effects: hypothermia, bronchitis and other cold-related conditions. Some people, especially older, poorer people, will die this winter because of cold.
Labour has been warning for months that an energy bill crisis is upon us. As five out of the 'Big Six' energy companies hiked their prices over the summer, it was clear that the vast majority of bill-payers would face real pressure this winter. The 'squeezed middle', already hammered by rising food and fuel prices, will be squeezed even more. Ministers' responses have been pathetic. Chris Huhne's proposed suggestion was that customers should shop around for the best deal. But with companies' prices rising in line with one another, that makes little substantive difference.
A leaked memorandum from Ben Moxham, David Cameron's No.10 energy adviser a couple of weeks ago, suggested that the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) projections for savings from insulation and greater efficiency were 'unconvincing.' Chris Huhne can't even persuade people within his own government. Recent polling shows energy prices to be a top concern for the public. By January, it could be a full-scale crisis.
What would Labour do differently?
In office we reformed the energy sector, creating a more liberal market in the expectation that competition would lead to downward pressure on prices. Experience has shown that complex tariffs have made it harder to shop around (and in some cases people swap suppliers and their bills go up). When wholesale prices go up, so do people's bills. But when wholesale prices stabilise, bills do not. So the lack of transparency around wholesale pricing structures leads to a suspicion that bills do not always reflect the true price of energy. The energy market is not a properly functioning market. 98% of us pay our bills to one of the 'Big Six'.
So an incoming Labour government would seek greater liberalisation of the market, with easier entry points for new players. We would look at innovative new ways – such as pooling energy supplies – to allow smaller firms in. We would demand greater transparency and straight-talking about people's bills and how they are calculated. We would do much more to secure warm homes and greater energy efficiency. We would look again at the role for a consumer champion to hold companies to account. We judge it an error for the Tories to abolish Consumer Focus, the current respected consumer watchdog.
Labour is especially keen to see more co-ops and mutuals operating in the energy sector.
For example, in May this year the Midcounties Co-operative Society launched The Co-operative Energy. It is owned by its members providing full transparency on how the energy is priced and where it is sourced. It offers just one simple tariff.
Westmill Windfarm in the South East of England is one of the first 100% community-owned wind farms in the UK. Shares in the windfarm went on sale in November 2005 with £250 as the minimum investment. Priority was given to people living within a 50 mile radius of the site. The scheme is based on the Baywind Energy Cooperative model, the UK's first and largest community-owned energy project set up in 1996 and run entirely by its 1300 members who receive an annual interest rate of 7 per cent gross.
Since the 1820s co-operatives have proved that alternative ways are possible to buy, sell and exchange commodities and services. The Rochdale Principles of the 1840s establish the need for co-operative ownership, democratic control, fair shares through the dividend and social responsibility. This model has so much to offer the energy market, just as it does everything from retail to agriculture, from financial services to football clubs. When local people have a stake in local renewable energy projects such as wind farms it creates community cohesion, greater environmental awareness, and a sustainable long-term supply.
For example, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)'s 2011 evaluation of the British Gas Green Streets project found that the projects made significant carbon savings, brought in new revenues for community groups, improved facilities and galvanised local people into taking action on energy. They also found that projects improved community cohesion in the process. The report found strong evidence to support the view that community energy projects can have significant effects on people's behaviour and attitude to energy.
This is the way forward. The next Labour government, strongly reflecting the values of the Co-operative Movement, will have co-ops at the heart of the energy sector. Today, we fight for the people shivering under blankets. Tomorrow, we will ensure no-one has to.
Meg Hillier MP is shadow energy secretary and chair of the Co-op group of MPs
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It's inspiring and motivating to be surrounded by dedicated, like-minded individuals and supportive people all working hard together. At 3-1-5 we have professional, educated, motivating individuals who are the best instructors in the area to help you reach your goals whatever they may be. Group Exercise at 3-1-5 is a great way to help motivate yourself and others to dig deeper and push harder in workouts.
Group Exercise at 3-1-5 is a great way to get a workout in without having to think or plan. Each class is structured with a warm-up, a balanced workout and a cool-down.
Our instructors warm-up is designed to help you properly raise your heart rate while loosening your joints and muscles before jumping into strenuous activity. Our fabulous instructors at 3-1-5 will coach you through each segment of the workout. The cool-down will help you safely lower your heart rate and stretch all the major muscles worked during class.
It's our fitness instructor's job at 3-1-5 to not only show proper form, but to also make sure that everyone in the class is executing each exercise the right way (Technique) Not only is proper form important for your muscles to reap the most out of every exercise, but it also helps eliminate potential injuries. I can't stress enough how important it is to execute every exercise safely and correctly.
At 3-1-5 we have a fabulous range of classes, there is something for everyone, all ages and abilities!!! Body Pump, Bootcamp, Spinning, HIIT, Zumba, 3-1/5 Barre, Drums, Pilates, Body Balance, Yoga – the list goes on. There are many types of group exercise classes we have to offer. Having a variety of classes in your weekly workout regimen is a great way to create muscle confusion, which keeps your body guessing and ramps up your metabolism. It also helps prevent boredom.
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Sloppy Bengals will need to get in synch, reduce mistakes
CINCINNATI (AP) — Clark Harris, Cincinnati's veteran long snapper, might have cost the Bengals the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers just by getting hurt.
Or the blame could go on emergency backup long snapper, tight end Mitchell Wilcox, whose slightly high snaps might have contributed to Evan McPherson missing two potential winning kicks.
Or blame McPherson, who missed so few last season he got the nickname "Money Mac."
Or blame quarterback Joe Burrow, who had the worst game of his pro career. He threw four interceptions and fumbled the ball away on one of his seven sacks.
There was lots of blame to go around on the Bengals sideline after Chris Boswell finally booted a 53-yard field goal in the final seconds of overtime to win the bizarre game for the Steelers.
Burrow, who got a late start in training camp while recovering from an appendectomy and didn't play in any of the preseason games, looked out of sorts. He got sacked by Cam Heyward on the Bengals' first offensive play, then on the next one threw a pick-6 to Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick.
The Bengals, who behind Burrow and McPherson made an improbable run to the Super Bowl last season, still should have won the game. Down 17-6 at halftime, Burrow engineered two second-half touchdown drives to tie the score at 20 as Cincinnati's defense kept its thumb on the Steelers.
With seconds left in regulation, all Cincinnati needed was for McPherson to hit the extra point. He pulled it left. In overtime, he missed a 29-yard field-goal attempt — also wide left.
The misses came after he broke his own franchise record with a 59-yarder in the first quarter behind Harris, his regular long snapper.
"We had our chances," coach Zac Taylor said. "To lose the turnover battle five to nothing, to have kick operations ruined on two kicks that both would have won the game is disheartening in that way, because I thought we would have handled those situations better."
The weird stuff overshadowed the fact Cincinnati's defense played an excellent game. The unit kept Pittsburgh quarterback Mitch Trubisky on the run, and kept him from finding anything downfield and limited big plays. Trubusky was limited to 194 yards passing yards and a short touchdown pass, and Pittsburgh's running game was held to 75 yards.
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The Bengals spent big money in the offseason on three offensive linemen and have four new starters on the line. But because regulars were held out of the three preseason games, the unit doesn't have a lot of experience playing together yet. Burrow, the most sacked quarterback in the NFL last year, was brought down seven times by the Steelers and took another four hits. The whole operation did seem to synch up better later in the game, but the line and Burrow need to figure out how to coalesce.
Cornerback Mike Hilton made eight solo tackles. ... Running back Joe Mixon grounded out some critical yards, finishing with 82 yards, including a breakaway for 31. ... Ja'Marr Chase, the reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year, had 10 catches for 129 yards and a touchdown.
McPherson refused to blame Wilcox, the backup snapper, or holder Kevin Huber for his improbable misses with the game on the line.
"(Harris' injury) impacted the operation as a whole," McPherson said. "We were working on good timing and just hitting the ball. Mitch was looking good warming up. He did a pretty good job. I can't put any blame on him. I've just got to make it."
The second-year kicker was disgusted with himself.
"Twenty-nine yards is 29 yards," he said of the missed field-goal attempt in OT. "I can hit that with my left foot, so there's really no excuse for me to not make that one."
The 38-year-old Harris was put on injured reserve Monday with a right biceps injury, and long snapper Cal Adomitis was elevated from the practice squad. ... WR Tee Higgins suffered a concussion on a hard hit in the second quarter. His status for Sunday's game is still to be determined.
Minus-5: The Bengals' turnover margin against the Steelers.
The offensive line will need to keep Burrow off the ground and limit the pass rush as the Bengals travel to Dallas to face the Cowboys in Week 2. The Cowboys learned Sunday night that quarterback Dak Prescott needs surgery on his right hand and will miss several weeks. Backup Cooper Rush is expected to start against Cincinnati. Dallas lost its opener to Tampa Bay 19-3.
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This week we learned about the Hindu religion, We were able to look at the things that are used in Hindu ceremonies. Dr, Kumar visited us and gave us a talk about the Hindu religion.
This week in Science we were investigating hot and cold. We used the thermometer to take the temperature of water. We then setup an experiment to see which containers held heat the best. Afterwards we worked in groups to see if we could make the containers hold heat better. Then we looked at the different designs to see which one worked the best.


Can you find the picture of a cake? Asparagus? Cheese?
Learning to identify foods in photos is an important step for all children.
To play, listen carefully to the food name on the CD, search for the corresponding photo on the game board, and then place a game token on it to match what you hear.
Directions in English, Spanish, and French.


On Monday, October 7, the United Methodist Women and United Methodist Men of Seaside UMC got together for their first ever joint meeting. Close to 100 members of the two organizations gathered in the fellowship hall for a presentation by the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office on the problem of human trafficking in our community and in our world. Detective Holly Locklear and Tina Edwards headed up the presentation. Afterward, a check was presented to the Brunswick Sheriff's Charitable Foundation with an encouragement to use it toward the safe house for our area.


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Top bureaucrat gets profane messages after defending government on SNC-Lavalin
Posted Mar 7, 2019 4:38 pm EST
Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick leaves after appearing before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights regarding the SNC Lavalin affair, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
OTTAWA — The country's top public servant received profanity-laced social-media messages calling him "garbage," a "traitor," a "loser" and a "liar" after defending the Trudeau government's conduct in the SNC-Lavalin affair.
Michael Wernick, clerk of the Privy Council, tabled with the House of Commons justice committee Wednesday some of the messages he'd received since he first testified on the controversy two weeks ago.
"I believe that you will want to discuss this as the intimidation of a witness before your committee and a breach of the committee's privileges," Wernick said at the time.
As it turned out, committee members did not want to discuss the matter, preferring to concentrate on Wernick's alleged role in pressuring former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to halt a criminal prosecution of Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. No one asked about the messages, sent to Wernick via Facebook messenger. Nor did the committee release them publicly since they were not in both official languages.
However, on Thursday, Wernick's office released copies of eight expletive-filled, sometimes barely coherent messages.
"Your garbage pal. If you don't want to be calked name like treason and traitor then don't indulge in it then, you (expletive) idiot goofs!" said one.
"You should be ashamed of yourself for the comments about assinations! Arrogant pos! Get a real job you (expletive) deadbeat," said another.
Wernick prefaced his first appearance before the committee with surprise remarks about the deteriorating state of political discourse in Canada.
"I worry about the rising tide of incitements to violence when people use terms like treason and traitor in open discourse," he said. "Those are words that lead to assassination. I'm worried that somebody is going to be shot in this country this year during the political campaign."
Wernick went on to say he's also worried about "the reputations of honourable people who have served their country being besmirched and dragged through the market square, I worry about the trolling from the vomitorium of social media entering the open media arena."
Wernick's performance before the committee, along with his stout defence of the integrity of staff in the Prime Minister's Office, earned him the scorn of opposition MPs, who accused him of being partisan and demanded that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fire him. In the House of Commons last week, NDP MP Charlie Angus referred to Wernick as Trudeau's "personal goon."
The social media vomitorium, as Wernick called it, has been less restrained.
"Michael, you are dirty. Your manipulation of the fallout on the SNC-Lavalin criminal bribery scandal does not look good on you," said one message he received.
"You're a loser. And a liar. You'll amount to an absolute nobody in Canadian history. A spineless puppet," said another.
"YOU SHOULD BE FIRED. A disgrace to Canada … Overpaid, bureaucratic LIBERAL BOZO … protecting liberal LIars!!!" opined yet another.
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Successful marriage mantras from five Bollywood couples
Jeeta Mohanty April 23, 2020
These marriages are not just for Page 3
1. Saira Banu and Dilip Kumar
2. Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan
3. Neetu and Rishi Kapoor
4. Gauri and Shahrukh Khan
5. Twinkle and Akshay Kumar
Modern marriages are getting more and more stressful. Rising rates of divorces are an indicator of this trend. In this time when couples in general are getting unsure about their marriages, these five couples from Bollywood with long marriages are showing the path for a happy and stable marriage.
We can't brush them off just as silly celebrities saying something for publicity. They have survived the pressure of being constantly under public scanner, lean phases in their careers, meddling in-laws and rumoured extramarital relationships. Hence they know what they are talking about and how they are doing it.
Related reading: Surprise couples of Bollywood
The grand couple of Bollywood were married in 1966. With an age gap of 22 years, they were written off before they even started their marital life. Plus, Dilip Kumar has a big family and they were not willing to accept a newcomer in his life. But they survived all this and even a female called Asma Sahiba Dilip Kumar was secretly married to for some time.
They have tackled the issue by not hanging on to the issue. Kumar seriously regrets it. In an interview he had said, "Well, the one episode in my life that I would like to forget and which we, Saira, and I, have pushed into eternal oblivion is a grave mistake I made under pressure of getting involved with a lady named Asma Rehman whom I had met at a cricket match in Hyderabad."
Saira was besotted since she was only 12 years old. Her selfless dedication to love is the strong foundation of their more than half a century old marriage.
"Seriously, there is no woman as blessed as I am… I thank my Allah every day for this. It has been my good fortune to be able to do anything for the man I love intensely. For me, it was always Saab, no one else. I was his fan from the time I can remember. While still a teenager, I wanted to be his wife. I am very headstrong and once I made up my mind, there was no stopping me. I knew many beautiful women wanted to marry Saab, but he chose me. It was my dream come true and that's what my marriage has been, a perfect dream."
They were co-actors and then became life partners. Jaya and Amitabh got married in 1973. They survived the immense pressure of Amitabh's superstardom, rumoured relationship with a certain co-star, serious health issues and political scandals. Jaya stood by him through all these like a rock. They have survived by never talking about their personal issues openly or to the media.
They have survived by never talking about their personal issues openly or to the media.
As a rare case, in the chat show Rendezvous with Simi Garewal, they had talked about their private life. Jaya Bhaduri had said, "I totally trust my husband and I know this industry. I have never been threatened or felt insecure about anything he did."
They have tackled everything privately, and never talking or listening to the world.
After acting together in numerous films together, Rishi and Neetu got married in 1980. Neetu left her flourishing career because no "Kapoor daughter or daughter-in-law should be acting." If Neetu had any regrets, then she never talked about it, because she had other things to worry about. Rishi was rumoured to be demanding, alcoholic and abusive. Whatever the real story may be, today they are still happily married, even appearing in films together.
According to Neetu, "There always comes a phase in a couple's life when there will be friction, disagreements. Rishi and I also went through that stage. It was just one of those problems, which only the husband and wife will understand. Fortunately, we were able to sort out our differences. Today, everything is forgotten."
Rishi Kapoor has bravely owned up to his issues in his autobiography Khullam Khulla – Rishi Kapoor Uncensored.
"I lost my nerve, sinking into a deep depression. I was so demoralised that I couldn't face the camera anymore. … The Karz vs Qurbani stand-off at the box office happened in June 1980, five months after Neetu and I had got married. I now began to blame my marriage for my diminishing fan base… Neetu was pregnant with Riddhima and had to endure my breakdown in that fragile condition. I finally came through it with the help of supportive colleagues, family, and friends, but I can only imagine how agonising the experience must have been for her."
Shahrukh Khan had yet to taste success when Gauri married him in 1991, not bothering about his job insecurity and religion. They have the most stable marriage in Bollywood of this era, except a small long-forgotten hiccup named Ms. Chopra. In an interview, Gauri had talked about the secret behind their almost three decades old successful marriage.
"We both are very easy-going people. He doesn't question me about too many things, and he also stays busy with his work. I think when people spend all their time together is when trouble starts brewing. I love the fact that he gives me my space, and I make sure I give him his."
Shahrukh Khan has given his version of the secret: "I haven't had much time to spend with her over the years, because of my schedule, so the freshness of my marriage is still quite intact. We've never thought the same – about films, about life – and we've never tried to change that about each other."
"We've never thought the same – about films, about life – and we've never tried to change that about each other."
"The only thing we are completely aligned in thought about are the kids. Both of us have become very focused about them and that has become the centre of our lives."
The space they give to each other in terms of distance, ideas and views seems to be pivotal in the success of their marriage.
Related reading: How much of yourself should you give to a relationship?
Akshay Kumar was rumoured to be a serial cheater before meeting Twinkle. No one expected him to settle down with someone. Yet not only did he get married to Twinkle in 2001, but also he turned life around. He gives credit to Twinkle for making his life stable.
"Twinkle has not only added to my wardrobe but also to my bank balance. I was a scattered person; she is the one who has put me together. After marriage, she has kind of raised me (laughs). On a serious note, whenever I've broken down she's given me emotional support."
Twinkle thinks he is an ideal partner because he is her constant source of support.
"He really believes in my capabilities as a person and that gave me a lot of confidence to switch jobs. Even today, if I do something new, he ensures he is a part of it."
Supporting each other and being the stable factor in each other's lives is their mantra for a happy marriage.
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Take 3 multigrain/brown breads. Cut off the sides.
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2. Uzip it using WinZip or any similar tool, and you'll get two files (CSF and meta extensions). Select both, right click and choose Copy.
4. Delete all files from there (you may backup them, in case you want to restore your old save game status). Paste previously copied files.
5. Start the game and continue where the save was taken.


Due to the high levels of asbestos, pesticides, heavy metals and other pollutants used to build the structures we live in and harvest the food we eat, it is all too common for individuals – even those who are relatively careful about what they eat, drink and wear – to be adversely affected by these ever-present chemicals.
While the federal government does issue restrictions regarding the amount of toxins found in consumer goods, not all pollutants are specified in these guidelines. According to the Environmental Working Group, tests conducted on American drinking water between 2004 and 2009 revealed that the liquid we drink contains high levels of pollutants.
"More than half of the chemicals detected are not subject to health or safety regulations and can legally be present in any amount," the source states. "The federal government does have health guidelines for others, but 49 of these contaminants have been found in one place or another at levels above those guidelines."
The source suggests using filters that have been certified to eradicate pollutants before drinking or cooking with water from your tap. Be sure to change your filter regularly to avoid buildup. In addition, don't take for granted that bottled water is any purer or cleaner than the kind in your kitchen.
If you're concerned about your regular exposure to toxic chemicals and other potentially harmful compounds, contact the anti-aging doctors at Longevity Centres of America. We offer detoxification treatments including IV chelation and hyperbaric oxygen chamber therapy to cleanse your system and leave you rejuvenated.


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Home Education Pinnacle Group CEO Nina Vaca Honored with Leadership of the Year Award...
Pinnacle Group CEO Nina Vaca Honored with Leadership of the Year Award at SCIP's Annual Gala
Nina Vaca (center) with Monica and Miguel Mancebo at the 22nd Annual Award Gala of the Selective Corporate Internship Program.
Receiving the Leadership of the Year award was special to me, but it was even more meaningful to be among this group of distinguished honorees who are powerful reminders of all the tremendous work that has been done by so many to inspire young minds and help them break down barriers.
NEW YORK June 19, 2019
Pinnacle Group Chairman and CEO Nina Vaca was honored with the Leadership of the Year Award at Selective Corporate Internship Program's (SCIP) 22nd Annual Award Gala in New York City last Friday, June 14. Vaca was presented with the distinguished award for her unwavering dedication to helping and inspiring minority and disadvantaged youth in her community and far beyond.
The "An Evening with the Stars" black-tie awards dinner was held at the Marriott Marquis. Fellow honorees included:
Microsoft, Partnership of the Year Award recipient
Clarins Groupe USA, Corporation of the Year Award recipient
Mr. Arjun Dewan EVP Wholesale East of The Winebow Group, recipient of Partnership of the Year Award
Mr. Wilbert Davis, recipient of the Emerging Leader of the Year Award
Ms. Lynne Schultz, CEO of Tri-State Marketing Associates, recipient of Advocate of the Year Award
Ms. Jeannie (Colgate) Maddox, recipient of Ambassador of the Year Award
Refinitiv, Special Recognition
"SCIP's awards gala was truly an unforgettable evening spent with fellow civic leaders, businesses, and partners," said Vaca. "Receiving the Leadership of the Year award was special to me, but it was even more meaningful to be among this group of distinguished honorees who are powerful reminders of all the tremendous work that has been done by so many to inspire young minds and help them break down barriers. It is an immense pleasure to help guide today's youth on their paths to success and to be a part of the global expansion of entrepreneurship."
SCIP's legacy of pairing students with global business leaders to inspire strong work ethic for future success is directly in sync with Vaca's work and commitment to empowering underprivileged and minority students. Vaca is a passionate sponsor of the P-TECH (Pathways to Technology Early College High School) program in her hometown of Dallas, which helps young students simultaneously earn their high school degree and Associate Degree while gaining valuable industry experience. She is also been a long-time supporter of several scholarship programs that support the advancement of higher education for Latino students.
The Selective Corporate Internship Program is a unique initiative that pairs promising college and high school students from ethnically diverse and disadvantaged circumstances with opportunities in the ever-growing corporate world. With an unparalleled approach to excellence, SCIP provides high-schoolers with leadership training, internship opportunities and college preparation.
About Nina Vaca
Nina Vaca is Chairman and CEO of Dallas-based Pinnacle Group, a leading IT workforce solutions firm named the fastest-growing woman-owned company in the country by the Women Presidents' Organization in 2018 and 2015. Vaca is currently overseeing the company's global expansion and the launch of its Progata Talent Platform, which utilizes machine learning (ML) and proprietary algorithms to match talent with opportunity. She is one of the few Latinas in the nation serving on corporate boards. In addition to her business leadership, Vaca is a civic leader and philanthropist, working relentlessly to expand opportunities for minorities and women in business and for women and girls in STEM fields. Recently, she was elected as a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), an independent, nonpartisan membership organization that provides foreign policy analysis to leaders in the U.S. and around the world. For information and resources, visit NinaVaca.com.
About SCIP
The Selective Corporate Internship Program (SCIP) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in partnership with Fortune 500 Companies and various supporters, upholding the mission to "Enlighten, Employ and Empower" diverse underprivileged students from the middle school to MBA levels for successful careers through corporate mentorship, leadership development and career opportunities. As a result, SCIP Young Leaders hold a 92 percent success rate of attending their first-choice college and impacts beyond the students to include their families and the communities they serve. Recognized as a National "Bright Spot" in Hispanic Education by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, SCIP represents the diversity and promise of the American Dream.
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Q: Oracle vs SQL Server for a .NET project I know that Oracle is a generally good database engine but I think it is too difficult in deployment for a .NET projects comparing with native Microsoft SQL server solutions.
(I needed to install both x32- and x64-bit client components and configure TNS names for both of them, plus install Distributed Transactions support for Oracle. Not saying that you need to register with Oracle in order to get those binaries.)
Still I've seen some .NET projects with Oracle.
What are the benefits in using Oracle over SQL Server? Any specific scenarios where it is the only choice?
Would you use Oracle for your .NET project?

A: I'll start with this: The choice of DB engine for performance makes no difference this side of billions of rows: it comes down to code quality and database design. With billions of rows, your storage/SAN/network/BCP planning is paramount.
From a general ease of deployment and support it would be SQL Server; there are no cons here.

A: If you're purely talking the database component then there's no doubt that the core MS tools (VS, LINQ, etc.) are better geared to interoperate with the MS SQL stack, but frankly there's really no killer reason to choose between the two platforms beyond what is endemic to the customer site.  You shouldn't introduce a new platform unless necessary; if the customer site is geared towards Oracle licensing/skillsets in operations then go Oracle; if it's geared towards MS SQL then go MS SQL.  If you're talking BI tools that opens up a bigger can of worms, but bottom line try not to introduce new core technologies unless absolutely necessary.

A: I wouldn't use Oracle for a number of reasons.

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*Installation is a pain the in ass.

*You need to edit global config files just to talk to the server.

*The management tools are so bad you have to buy a third-party IDE like Toad.

*Their version of SQL does strang things like turn empty string into Nulls.

*Without a dedicated admin to do the index tuning Oracle has incredibly bad performance. You can't just cheat and use the indexes recommended by the IDE like you can in SQL Server.

You'll notice that I haven't mentioned anything about .NET, these are just the problems I faced when dealing with it as an Oracle/Java tester about 5-6 years ago.

A: I develop a complex WCF/SOA enterprise application that runs on Oracle as data tier. Oracle is our company standard and there is almost no chance in getting that changed. There are other non-.net applications on top of that DB. From a developer's perspective Oracle and .Net doesn't mix easily if you want to use latest .Net data access technology like LINQ ,Entity Framework, RIA services etc. Oracle has just now announced that it will support EF with first beta coming out only later this year.  We hand code our DAL using ODP.Net and StoredProcedures and that feels tedious at this day and age.
I also don't like somethings about Oracle like a 32 character limit on table/SP names, names are all upper case by default. Also Oracle queries can sometimes require hints that only Oracle specialists know. Profiling is hard when compared to SQL Server profiler.
But from a performance point of view Oracle is top notch. In the hand of a skillful DBA it is highly customizable for performance and I would strongly advice to have a Oracle specialist in the dev team (separate from production DBAs). We never had any deadlocking issue that I keep on hearing on SQL Server and Oracle works fine with Cursors unlike SQL server.
As for install/support/backup the Dev team is not involved, we have DBAs, SAN storage engineers etc. to look after those infrastructural area. SO I can't say much.
Overall I would say that if you don't have a pre-existing dependency on Oracle choose SQL Server for .Net development.

A: Pros & cons :

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*All of the MS SQL vs Oracle differences

*.NET supports MS SQL natively vs needing a plugin for Oracle

*Because .NET supports MS SQL natively, it is often faster and easier to get started

*Using MS SQL and .NET together simplifies your environment by having a single brand, and you can call yourself a "Microsoft Shop"

We just switched here from MS SQL to MySQL, and really, the only differences we have are MS SQL vs MySQL datatypes, and various problems with the MySQL connector - it's not as perfect as MS SQL's so we saw many mysterious error messages starting out with it.

A: From a .NET perspective I don't think there are any benefits to Oracle. The integration with SQL Server is much better. But there could be some advantages to using an Oracle database but they are nothing to do with .NET really.

A: Basic issue is when you install oracle in a developer's pc,  all the support files get installed hence oracle.net connectivity works fine. But on deployment ( Creating a click once setup ) on client PC , there arise connectivity issue. The reason for this problem is oracle Dll's are not available in  windows GAC. To over come this  problem, you need to down load ODAC from oracle's website  ( oracle data access components) for the oracle DB version that  you are using and this needs to be installed in client pc before installing application
ODAC is available for 32 & 64 bit. make sure you clear  temp folder before installing ODAC. Once ODAC is installed, oracle connectivity with .net will work without any issue.

A: I would go with Oracle if I am developing a large Enterprise level OLTP applications and the customer are more inclined towards using Oracle. Most of the Financial institutions I have worked with have been using Oracle as back-end traditionally as SQL was not considered good option for high-end enterprise scale applications before SQL Server 2005. SQL Server and .NET together simplifies your environment. But now SQL is also giving stiff competition to Oracle with all its new set of competing features. Additionaly, it offers very quick time to market solution, and is very simple to use, administer and deploy.
In clustering technology, I feel Oracle is slightly ahead.

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TWO people who embezzled nearly 50,000 yuan (US$7,313) from an Internet cafe with the help of a software program were sentenced yesterday.
Gui Cunhui, 21, an Anhui Province native and a cashier of the cafe, was sentenced to 18 months in prison with probation of 18 months and Song Haiqiang, 26, a Shanxi Province native who controlled the Internet cafe's charge system remotely, was sentenced to two years with probation of two years by the Pudong New Area People's Court.
Gui had resigned from her job in April 2007 after quarreling with her boss and met Song online. They played games and chatted often.
When Song learned Gui was eager to find a job, he suggested she apply for a job as cashier in an Internet cafe. He told Gui he could download a software to get money from the cafe.
He explained that the software targeted the charge system of Internet cafes. He could log on the charge system and delete part of the turnover data. In this way, Internet cafe bosses wouldn't know that there was cash missing.
Gui agreed with his suggestion though she had never met Song face to face and didn't know his real name. She later took a job as a cashier of an Internet cafe in Pudong New Area.
After Song had altered the turnover data, she would take the corresponding amount and divide the money with Song, the court heard.
From May to November 2008, the two stole 47,250 yuan from the Internet cafe in this way.
But police who supervised Internet cafe operations discovered the deletions in November 2008. Suspicion fell on Gui and she then told them about Song.
The two met in person for the first time in court. They were given lenient sentences because they pleaded guilty and had returned all the money.


The Qatar Goodwood Festival kicks off on Tuesday with the Matchbook Betting Exchange Stakes (2.00), a Class 2 handicap run over 1 mile 1 furlong and 192 yards. An 18-strong field is due to face the starter and, with more than half of them available at odds of 16/1, or longer, in the early price lists a 'shock' result is a distinct possibility.
Noble Gift (20/1) has encountered good to firm going just once, on his racecourse debut at Newbury four years ago, but has yet to finish outside the first four on five previous visits to Goodwood, including on good going, so could be worth chancing even if underfoot conditions are a little faster than ideal. William Knight's 6-year-old has been quite highly tried since winning over 1 mile 4 furlongs at Ripon in April, but is consequently just 2lb higher in the weights and just 5lb higher than fourth of 16, beaten 1½ lengths, behind Mount Logan in this race last year. The Cadeaux Genereux gelding clearly enjoys the West Sussex air and can make his presence felt once again.
Imshivalla (20/1) wouldn't be the most consistent mare in training, but is very useful on her day and could trouble the best of these if deigning to put her best foot forward. She was certainly visually very impressive when travelling strongly and staying on to beat Gold Prince by 1¼ lengths over 1mile 2 furlongs at Epsom three starts ago and remains just 5lb higher in the weights. She ran the proverbial 'stinker' when tailed of tenth of 11, beaten 45 lengths, behind Newzaah in a Listed race at Newcastle on her penultimate start, but looked on much better terms with herself over a mile at York last time and the return to further appears in her favour.
The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is one of the highlights of the season on the flat calendar. The Group One contest, run over the 1m4f distance at Ascot is one of the first opportunities for the cream of the crop in the three-year-old division to take on the older horses in what is always a fascinating contest. This year it is a five-year-old who is leading the betting in the form of Postponed. Defending champions don't have a great record in the race though, as only two horses in history have won the King George in back-to-back renewals, so there are plenty of reasons to take on Roger Varian's runner with a couple of outsiders.
The Grey Gatsby (16/1) is no stranger to Group One success and may be worth another chance in the horse racing betting where he is a decent price to land the spoils. The 2014 Prix Du Jockey Club (French Derby) winner has been craving better ground throughout the early stages of the season. The grey clearly does not enjoy soft ground but was forced to make do as connections could not wait until July to give him his opening run of the campaign. Despite those outings being on far from ideal ground, they at least ensure he is sharp and ready for his shot at the King George.
Kevin Ryan's runner was second recently at Newmarket in the Princess of Wales's Stakes. It was his first attempt at the 1m4f trip where he seemed to stay every inch of the 12 furlongs. Jamie Spencer held his horse up in the early stages of the race and was only beaten by Big Orange who made all of the running. With hindsight, Spencer would probably have ridden his horse closer to the action as he just gave his mount too much to do in the closing stages of the race.
Deauville (20/1) goes into the King George buoyed by a big race success in the United States, as he was the winner of the Belmont Derby at Belmont Park earlier this month. The three-year-old will be making his first appearance against the older horses at Ascot and may be able to shine again in Group One company.
The son of Galileo should be suited to this 1m4f trip, despite his 11th place finish in the Derby at Epsom earlier in the campaign. That poor performance may have been due to the track, as some horses never show their best form on the downs.
Deauville was second earlier this season in the Dante Stakes at York, where he was beaten by less than a length by Wings of Desire. He was highly thought of coming into his three-year-old campaign as he was able to score twice as a two-year-old, with one of those wins coming in the Group Three Tyros Stakes at Leopardstown. Aidan O'Brien knows his stable really well and if he feels his horse is good enough to run in the King George, you have to feel he is also good enough to win the race.
In a slight change of tack (no pun intended) this week, we've decided to have a crack at the ROR – Retraining of Racehorses Handicap (6.35) at Sandown on Wednesday. The race is run over 7 furlongs and 16 yards on a course where the ability to see out the trip well is vital and, as importantly, around a right hand bend, which hands horses drawn low a distinct advantage. A total of 16 three-year-olds, including several unexposed types, are due to go to post, so a 'shock' result is by no means out of the question.
Sexton Blake has yet to trouble the judge in three starts, but ran his best race to date when fourth of 15, beaten 2¾ lengths, in a Lingfield maiden over 7 furlongs on his penultimate start. He subsequently ran creditably in defeat in a similar race, over a seemingly inadequate 6 furlongs, at the Surrey course and should benefit from stepping back up in distance, if proving equally effective on turf. His one run on turf, on his racecourse debut at Ascot last September, was inconclusive, but if he does handle underfoot conditions he remains open to improvement.
Protest started the campaign well enough, when only beaten 1 length, despite finishing fourth of five, in a similar race over 7 furlongs at Wolverhampton in April, but has shown little in three starts since, including back at Wolverhampton last time. None of his turf form is anything to write home about, but he is 5lb lower in the weights than when winning at Wolverhampton, so would be interesting in an ordinary race if able to reproduce that form.
The Betfred Mobile Heritage Handicap, run over 6 furlongs on the July Course at Newmarket, is hugely competitive, befitting a race worth £100,000 in guaranteed prize money. A field of 20 three-year-olds, including several highly promising types, is due to go to post and, as usual, we've had a look at the 'wrong' end of the market, to see if we can unearth some value for money.
Scrutineer (33/1) did his handicap mark no favours when winning by 6 lengths on his debut in that sphere, over 7 furlongs at Doncaster last October, but started the season well enough, with placed efforts in the European Free Handicap and Charles II Stakes, both over 7 furlongs. The Intense Focus colt drops back to 6 furlongs after a quiet effort in the Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot and, while he's not bred to be a sprinter, just how effective he is over the shorter distance remains to be seen. His one run on good to firm going was perfectly adequate and he could go well at a decent price.
Priceless (25/1) won by a wide margin on her racecourse debut, over 6 furlongs at Haydock last September, and has raced exclusively in Listed and Pattern company on four subsequent starts. She's troubled the judge just once in those four starts, when a never-nearer third of 14, beaten 3 lengths, behind Shaden in the Firth of Clyde Stakes, over 6 furlongs at Ayr last September, but that was also the only time she's raced on ground faster than good to soft. The daughter of Exceed And Excel takes a drop in class and, if she can reproduce her Ayr form, 6 furlongs on the July Course should be right up her street.


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Forget Bitcoin, buy an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak! This one just doubled in value to $1.1 million
by Louise Cheer | Last updated on Jun 16, 2022 at 11:58AM | Published on Jun 16, 2022 | Watches
in a five-minute auction, a rare Audemars Piguet watch sold for more than twice the estimate– a massive $1.1 million.
The 2020 Royal Oak Grand Complication, Reference 26605, went under the hammer in New York at Sotheby's Important Watches auction on Monday.
It blew past the pre-sale estimate of between $200,000 and $400,000.
Image: Sotheby's
READ MORE! Ultra-rare Patek Philippe watch sells for more than $2 million
Luxury watch prices are doing the opposite of the crypto market right now, they are absolutely skyrocketing in value.
The Royal Oak helped send Sotheby's year-to-date watch sales over the $100 million mark.
That's a 100 percent increase over the same stretch of time in 2021.
Sotheby's Important Watches head of sale Leigh Zagoory said the year's sales so far showed people's "ever-growing fascination with watches around the world".
Watch of the moment: AP Royal Oak Grand Complication
The $1.1 million price tag was a record for the reference at auction.
Versions of the Royal Oak are worn by the likes of Jay-Z, NBA superstar Steph Curry (he wore an iced-out Dual Time for the Met Gala last year) and tennis GOAT Serena Williams to name just a few.
With a skeletonized dial, the ceramic automatic perpetual calendar minute repeating wristwatch has a split-seconds chronograph.
It is thought to be "possibly unique", Sotheby's describes.
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The auction lasted for five minutes with 12 potential buyers dialing in, in the room and online.
Another Royal Oak perpetual calendar was also among the 23 timepieces sold by Sothebys, selling for $529,200 (more than double the estimate, $150,000 to $250,000).
Other watches sold:
White-gold AP Royal Oak Grand Complication – $630,000
Patek Philippe's neo-vintage Ref 3970 'London Edition' – $579,600
AP 'Marcus edition' Grand Complication – $378,000
Richard Mille white gold skeletonized dual time tourbillon wristwatch, Caliber RM003 – $315,000
Patek Philippe Celestial Reference 5102 – $529,200
Four Patek Philippe reference 5270 watches – combined $1.5 million
High demand for watches
Eighty-nine percent of the lots sold at this auction, with 96 percent selling within or above their estimates, Sotheby's says.
The average price was $121,570, up 118 percent compared to last year.
A total of eight timepieces sold for more than $500,000.
Zagoory says the results "continue to demonstrate the resiliency and buoyancy in the watch-collecting market".
"From vintage timepieces to today's best-in-class models, our sale was reflective of the ever-growing fascination with watches around the world, and its performance sets another important benchmark for the company, as we surpass $100 million for global watches sales year-to-date, firmly putting us on track to have another record-breaking year."
Rival auction house Christie's is also seeing a bumper year of watch sales.
Over two auctions last week, it made more than $21.7 million in watch sales, "a new record for the highest total ever for a watches auction at Christie's New York".
"We are pleased with strong results for watches throughout this season, having achieved a new record for the highest valued watches sale at Christie's New York in only 137 lots," Christies Americas head of watches Keith Davis said.
"Overall, the auction realized a robust sell-through rate of 97 percent by lot with results by renowned and independent watchmakers. It is a true testament to the strong demand for watches of exceptional provenance and rarity."
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TEKTON undertakes custom works, manufacturing unique elements and fully adapting them to the needs of each client. The construction system we use in TEKTON provides all the elements that will integrate our metal structures and enclosures. Our planning and strict control of each process allow us to deliver all of our projects on time, minimizing possible deviations.
The structures that we develop in TEKTON have many advantages over other types of building systems. First, they make easier the longitudinal and lateral expansions that may arise regarding the initial project, minimizing the costs. Moreover, the bolted joints (not welded) improve the mechanical attributes. In addition, these structures allow to easily recover materials, save on foundations and ensure tighter deadlines. Aesthetically, this system ensures a better use of the actual height of the roof and, in regard to maintenance, allows painting to have a final cost well below the one that would exist in other types of constructions.
This way we follow the set mechano-bolted standards for the purpose of easing and makig faster the assembly, which leads up to significant cost savings and a precise budget, avoiding possible deviations of the work.
To a large extent, optimisation of manufacturing processes determines quality and effectiveness in assembling metal structures. At TEKTON, we know that excellence begins in the production stage. Accordingly, we invest in cutting-edge technology in the service of a highly qualified human team, allowing us to develop top-quality solutions, regardless of their technical difficulty, fully adapted to our customers' requirements.
Precision:
optimal operation of the production chain in our metal structures factories lets us ensure excellent production capacity. We use automated systems to throroughly check every piece and guarantee that of everything is controlled to the millimetre.
strict supervision by the technical department during production stages is the key to achieving a meticulous finish and top quality. TEKTON's specialized professionals take measurements, make checks in situ and produce the instructions for the parts breakdown on site.
Specialisation:
Automation of production processes does not affect us when developing personalised technical solutions. We work with the versatility and flexibility required by simple jobs or works of great technical complexity, adapting to all requirements.
If automated processes are a key part of the production line, in the assembly stage we rely on an exclusive fully removable screw-fixed system that provides us with a number of advantages in construction, such as:
Faster, safer and more functional assembly
Architectural tidiness in constructions
Maximum precision in intersections and joints
Excellent protection from external agents, atmospheric conditions and cracking
Our technical resources, our human team's work capacity and the experience accumulated over more than a decade of work let us deliver each project properly and on time, guarantee maximum quality in our assemblies and strictly comply with regulations in effect.
Ongoing Improvement
At TEKTON we provide an integral service that includes design, production, assembly and personalised technical advice.
We work in full coordination to build realities, structuring every action from the beginning of the work to the end with three goals:
Increase safety in our works
Improve preventive training for all personnel
Minimise the situations of risk
Our sales team is in charge of solving and speeding up, transparently, effectively and quickly, all the steps and procedures necessary up to delivery of the building. So we always listen to our customers and support them.


Sarwar Amin. At present serving as Deputy GM at Transcraft Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh, country's largest newspaper printing house. Transcraft prints the Daily Prothom Alo (vernacular), The Daily Star (English language) newspapers, own by Transcom Group, a conglomerate of the country. Both the Dailies are number one in circulation and objectiveness in their respective field.
After completing graduation and a Diploma in Printing Technology locally, he has studied a special Diploma Program in printing technology at GMDC-SDU, Netherlands under DenHaag Varsity in 1993 having a Dutch Govt. Fellowship. Also participated in a post-graduate program at London College of Printing, South London in 1994.
Mr. Amin had the opportunity to take part in on-the-job training programs in Japan, Singapore, Korea, China etc. on various purposes of newspaper printing system to boost his knowledge and experience. He is a 5 times participator in Drupa Print Fair in Düsseldorf, Germany.


This elevated, four storey house with commanding sea views, loads of accommodation and a lovely rear garden nestled at the foot of the Table Mountain. There was however no usable sea-facing outdoor living space to take in the sunsets while entertaining outdoors. It also suffered from a confused identity with a combination of Mediterranean style columns, wrought iron balustrades and contemporary aluminum stacking doors.
Our turnaround solution was to create two simple, overlapping, rectangular steel boxes to support and extend the upper living area into a covered, outdoor, sea-facing room with a braai area. The lightweight structure was smartly designed to float off the existing concrete frame. Columns were squared off and balustrades replaced with frameless glass to create a contemporary and striking new identity.


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namespace DiscUtils.Optical
{
    using System;
    using System.IO;
    using DiscUtils.Partitions;

    /// <summary>
    /// Represents a single optical disc image file.
    /// </summary>
    public sealed class DiscImageFile : VirtualDiskLayer
    {
        internal const int Mode1SectorSize = 2048;
        internal const int Mode2SectorSize = 2352;

        private IDisposable _toDispose;

        private SparseStream _content;
        private OpticalFormat _format;

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the DiscImageFile class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="stream">The stream to interpret</param>
        public DiscImageFile(Stream stream)
            : this(stream, Ownership.None, OpticalFormat.None)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the DiscImageFile class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="stream">The stream to interpret</param>
        /// <param name="ownsStream">Indicates if the new instance should control the lifetime of the stream.</param>
        /// <param name="format">The disc image format</param>
        public DiscImageFile(Stream stream, Ownership ownsStream, OpticalFormat format)
        {
            if (ownsStream == Ownership.Dispose)
            {
                _toDispose = stream;
            }

            if (format == OpticalFormat.None)
            {
                if ((stream.Length % Mode1SectorSize) == 0 && (stream.Length % Mode2SectorSize) != 0)
                {
                    _format = OpticalFormat.Mode1;
                }
                else if ((stream.Length % Mode1SectorSize) != 0 && (stream.Length % Mode2SectorSize) == 0)
                {
                    _format = OpticalFormat.Mode2;
                }
                else
                {
                    throw new IOException("Unable to detect optical disk format");
                }
            }
            else
            {
                _format = format;
            }

            _content = stream as SparseStream;
            if (_content == null)
            {
                _content = SparseStream.FromStream(stream, Ownership.None);
            }

            if (_format == OpticalFormat.Mode2)
            {
                Mode2Buffer converter = new Mode2Buffer(new StreamBuffer(_content, Ownership.None));
                _content = new BufferStream(converter, FileAccess.Read);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a value indicating if the layer only stores meaningful sectors.
        /// </summary>
        public override bool IsSparse
        {
            get { return false; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a value indicating whether the file is a differencing disk.
        /// </summary>
        public override bool NeedsParent
        {
            get { return false; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the Geometry of the disc.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Optical discs don't fit the CHS model, so dummy CHS data provided, but
        /// sector size is accurate.
        /// </remarks>
        public override Geometry Geometry
        {
            // Note external sector size is always 2048 - 2352 just has extra header
            // & error-correction info
            get { return new Geometry(1, 1, 1, Mode1SectorSize); }
        }

        internal override long Capacity
        {
            get { return _content.Length; }
        }

        internal override FileLocator RelativeFileLocator
        {
            get { return null; }
        }

        internal SparseStream Content
        {
            get { return _content; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the content of this layer.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="parent">The parent stream (if any)</param>
        /// <param name="ownsParent">Controls ownership of the parent stream</param>
        /// <returns>The content as a stream</returns>
        public override SparseStream OpenContent(SparseStream parent, Ownership ownsParent)
        {
            if (ownsParent == Ownership.Dispose && parent != null)
            {
                parent.Dispose();
            }

            return SparseStream.FromStream(Content, Ownership.None);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the possible locations of the parent file (if any).
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Array of strings, empty if no parent</returns>
        public override string[] GetParentLocations()
        {
            return new string[0];
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Disposes of underlying resources.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">Set to <c>true</c> if called within Dispose(),
        /// else <c>false</c>.</param>
        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            try
            {
                if (disposing)
                {
                    if (_toDispose != null)
                    {
                        _toDispose.Dispose();
                    }

                    _toDispose = null;
                }
            }
            finally
            {
                base.Dispose(disposing);
            }
        }
    }
}


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The Red Room by H.G. Wells Essay
The Red Room by H.G. Wells
The title 'The Red Room' immediately attracts the reader's attention;
it is symbolic but leaves unanswered questions. ?What is the red
room?? Is this room dangerous? Overall the title raises so much
curiosity wanting us to read on and find answers to our questions. Red
is a very strong colour and is generally associated with blood,
danger, warning, hell, and above all, fear, the title also shows the
setting of the story. It makes you wonder why the room is called the
red room and if it is actually red.
The Red Room contains all the elements of a ghost story; the story is
written to illustrate the nature of fear and is an insight into how it
affects the human mind. This story contains all the features of a 19th
century novel; it is set in an old derelict house, it involves moving
through dark passages, and it involves a ghost/haunted room. It also
contains all the features of a good short story. It has an effective
opening, a realistic setting, a limited number of believable
characters and has a plot with a clear conflict, a plot that builds
suspense, excitement, and the plot has a twist at the end. The story
is structured to create and sustain suspense, from the very beginning
right through to the climax of the story where the man is overcome by
total darkness.
The Red Room is based upon the myths concerning a haunted room within
an old derelict castle.
The story is told in first person, which makes it very personal and
allows the reader to feel as if he/she were there. It is about a young
man who volunteers to go and stay overnight in the ?Red Room?. The
room is known to be haunted and there are many myths and legends about
death that are brought up during the story....
... when his fear has taken his sense of reasoning and he tries
to leave the room and accidently knocks him out. When he finally wakes
up the next morning he realises that there was nothing supernatural
about the room but only peoples fear of the unknown.
The story keeps the reader guessing right up to the end of the story.
The answer is not particularly clear and does not provide the reader
with a final, conclusive answer. This keeps the reader wondering about
the story after he/she has read it. The story reveals that there is no
ghost in the room, just one man?s battle with fear:
?There is no ghost at all; but worse, far worse?Fear!?
This makes you question whether he would have injured himself if he
had not been told about the ghost story at all by the old people. This
still gives a sense of mystery about the room after the answer has
Essay about The Sense of Mystery and Fear in Herbert George Wells' 'The Red Room'
- In 1896 Herbert George Wells wrote 'The Red Room' and using a heavy Gothic theme, which is popular for ninetieth century stories, he invites the reader to become engaged with the mystifying events that he creates. Wells captures and sustains the reader's imagination using suspense, setting, gothic convention and language techniques which allow for a remarkably eerie tale to be told. The significance of the title immediately creates a sense of mystery, as the reader does not know why the adjective 'red' is used to describe the room and this colour is usually associated with danger, blood, hell and fear, suggesting that Wells is preparing the reader for anguish.... [tags: Herbert George Wells, Red Room, gothic,]
Fear in H. G. Wells' "The Red Room" and the "Red-room Episode" in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre
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- The Red Room and The Cone by H.G. Wells Both stories are Gothic mystery stories and were written around the late eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century. These sorts of stories usually have a setting of a dark, abandoned and scary place. The Red Room is about a young man who visits a castle and feels he must spend a night in a mysterious room that is suspected to be haunted. The Cone is about a woman having an affair with a man called Raut. The story is based around the husband who is called Horrocks seeing Raut with his wife.... [tags: The Red Room The Cone H.G. Wells Essays]
The Signalman by Charles Dickens and The Red Room by H.G. Wells Essay
- The Signalman by Charles Dickens and The Red Room by H.G. Wells 'To be denied of information as a reader is far more powerful than to know the truth.' In this assignment I will be looking at the two short stories written in the 1800's: "The Red Room" by H.G.Wells where a man goes into an apparently haunted room and although he is warned by other old characters he does not listen and the tension builds up as he goes into the room where fear gets the better of him in a room which might not be haunted in the end.... [tags: Wells Dickens Red Room Signalman Essays]
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Gothic Horror in Susan Hill's The Woman in Black and H.G. Wells' The Red Room
- Gothic Horror in Susan Hill's The Woman in Black and H.G. Wells' The Red Room As with all things, the gothic horror genre of literature did not begin at one definable point, but evolved gradually. Gothic horror evolved out of gothic fiction (as opposed to classical fiction, for example the novels of Jane Austen), before establishing itself as a genre in its own right. However, many literary scholars and critics would point to "The Castle of Otranto", written by Horace Walpole and first published in 1764, as the first true gothic horror novel, containing as it does many of the clichs prevalent throughout the genre.... [tags: Wells Red Room Hill Woman Black Essays]
Compare H.G. Wells' The Red Room and Farthing House by Susan Hill Essay
- Compare H.G. Wells' The Red Room and Farthing House by Susan Hill "There was no mistake about it. The flame vanished, as if the wick had been suddenly nipped between a finger and thumb, leaving the wick neither glowing or smoking, but black." Ghost stories use dark and fear of it as a key element, and most occurrences happen in the night, and/or in the dark. The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast the two short stories - The Red Room by H.G. Wells and Farthing House by Susan Hill. The Red Room was written pre twentieth century and Farthing house was written post twentieth century.... [tags: Farthing Red Room Hill Wells Essays]
The Red Room by H.G Wells and The Signalman by Charles Dickens Essay
- The Red Room by H.G Wells and The Signalman by Charles Dickens `'The Red Room' by H.G Wells and 'The Signalman' by Charles Dickens are two short stories set in the later 19th century ('The Red Room' 1896, 'The Signalman' 1860s). 'The Red Room' is a Gothic horror story while 'The Signalman' is a story containing many elements of Gothic horror from the earlier 19th century. They both mention the supernatural although 'The Signalman' is questioning it and 'The Red Room' is a story made to prove that there is no such thing as the supernatural.... [tags: H.G. Wells Signalman Dickens Red Essays]
The Red Room by H.G. Wells Essay example
- The Red Room by H.G. Wells The Red Room is a chilling tale of the quest of a brave man to come face to face with a ghost that is said to haunt an old castle. This castle has a history of unexplained deaths and misery, that, in the tradition of old tales is ascribed to unseen forces and ghosts. The setting for this story is a castle that is almost deserted, except for three old people, who bear witness to unexplained tragedies that have befallen countless people in the past.... [tags: Papers]
- The Red Room by H.G. Wells This essay will be based on gothic techniques that H.G Wells used and will also explain how gothic features can be identified in a play. The gothic elements in 'The Red Room' are used frequently but often in a very subtle way. One key gothic element of the story lies in the way Wells wrote. Firstly his style is old- fashioned and formal, for example he uses phrases such as, 'eight and twenty years,' this technique suggests that the play was written at the start of the nineteenth century.... [tags: Papers]
Essay about The Red Room by H.G. Wells
- The Red Room by H.G. Wells During the Victorian period, readers became engrossed with gothic horror and psychologically thrilling literature. Subsequently making these genres to be among one of the most read story lines; it has remained a popular genre since. H. G. Wells wrote science-fiction novels such as 'The first men in the moon', but he also created 'The Red Room', written in 1894, which was based on Gothic Horror. 'The Red Room' is comparable to numerous horror novels today as it has the supernatural climax that is featured in countless admired story lines.... [tags: Papers]
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For more than a decade, Kris Hollington has written best-selling books about police and criminal underworlds. But there's one crime story he's never told: his own.
He arrived in London in September 1990 aged 18, fresh from a childhood spent in the sleepy and conservative retirement seaside town of Worthing. He'd never seen illegal drugs, let alone tried any, and thought that anyone who used any drug, even cannabis, was an addict likely to rob their granny for a fix.
Less than two years later, he was supplying all of Camden, along with other parts of north London and the Home Counties with all the hashish it could smoke.
He overdosed on just about every illegal drug known to man, including magic mushrooms, LSD, speed, cocaine, ecstasy and heroin and became addicted to every drug I could get my hands on - he was addicted to getting high – higher than the sun.
After fighting a losing battle with reality, his story culminates with a 'one last chance' drug deal, a deal that would have allowed him to walk away from this increasingly dangerous world. But he was betrayed by his closest ally and left for dead with a broken skull in a building site car park.
He ended up living rough on London's streets before finding work as a cycle courier. Even while couriering, he slept on the stone floor of a disused church in Kentish town. Higher Than The Sun concludes with his recovery in the 'real world' of work and education.
Higher Than The Sun is a unique descent-into-the-underworld/coming-of-age addiction story featuring mega-squats, illegal music/drugs festivals, magic mushroom parties, Hell's Angels, Hari Krishnas, Lou Reed, stabbings, overdoses, police raids, smuggling missions, break-ins, fake weddings and my attempted murder. It's a strange, sometimes hilarious and ultimately tragic tale that readers are unlikely to forget.