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After months of middle-of-the-night crying jags, she worked up the courage to tell her husband she wanted out. He didn't take it well.
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"I wanted to explore one aspect of myself set against the backdrop of each country, in a place that has traditionally done that one thing very well," she writes in Eat, Pray, Love. "I wanted to explore the art of pleasure in Italy, the art of devotion in India and, in Indonesia, the art of balancing the two."
The book is a travelogue of Gilbert's four months in each of those three countries as well as her own interior landscape. She revels in the sensual pleasures of Italy (primarily its food; she'd sworn off sex for the duration of her time there) and its language, which she'd decided to learn simply because of its beauty. In India she stays at an ashram, moving from a neophyte who can't stop her thoughts long enough to meditate to someone who assists others on their spiritual journey. While in Bali, she raises enough money (from her family and friends back home) to buy a plot of land for a single mother about to be rendered homeless. And, oh yes, she finds love. (And some great sex, too.)
The strength of Eat, Pray, Love is Gilbert's eminently likeable prose and the way her stance shifts slowly from humorous skepticism to (admittedly less humorous) earnestness. The transition, she says, is reminiscent of when she herself first went to the New York Open Center 10 years ago.
"I took my first yoga class when I was really stressed and really confused and really anxious, and I went there half ironically," she laughs. "I went there the way I went into this book -- half sort of rolling my eyes saying, 'I can't believe I'm falling for this freakin' yoga shit,' and halfway, like: 'Save me.' "
"I think the whole New Age movement -- if that's what we're gonna call it -- like many fields, could just use a little bit more irony, you know?" Another laugh.
Since returning from her journey two years ago, Gilbert no longer lives in New York. She bought a small deconsecrated church in rural New Jersey, about an hour outside the city, which is perfect since it's close enough that she can pop into the city but far enough away that she's not easily distracted.
After living in New York for about 15 years, she no longer feels the need to live here; she's been changed.
"I did see my friends sort of differently than I did before I left," she explains. "Not less lovingly but I just suddenly realized: God, they are living at this screaming pace, you know? And sort of howling through their lives with all this relationship pressure and all this work pressure and all this money pressure. I'm not at all the first person to say this or notice this or think it, but travelling to all these places I was saddened by the idea that we are exporting so much more of our pace than we are importing from the places where we oughtta be taking a little bit of a lesson, you know? In Italy now the word " stressato" is common. And that's sort of a new word that everybody says all the time -- because they are. Suddenly they're stressato, just like us. And my friend in Bali is catching it too. It's like a virus."
And Gilbert had her own year of trials after she came back from the journey.
Last spring, as she and her new love (who goes by the name Felipe in the book) were flying into the United States, he was detained in Dallas by Homeland Security and sent back home to Australia because they didn't like his visa. They were advised by an agent that the only way around the problem was for the two of them to get married -- which they had sworn up and down they were not interested in. (He too had had a first marriage that exploded.)
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Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a business center, and dry cleaning/laundry services. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
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The Highest Stake
Chapter 1
In the room was the smell of the alcohol. The few men, that were not sleeping yet, but weren't sober anymore, tried to argue, and the arguments of each of them concerned different things, while none of them noticed it.
Someone laughed.
Above the heads rose the smoke of cigarettes. It was the dark, late night, and the room was lit by several lamps. From the nearby room a noise reached them.
No one paid it attention.
The door opened, and out of the room walked a boy. Some heads turned to him, and one man asked
-"Where is the chief?"
-"I won."-Answered the boy.
One of the men exchanged glances with his companions; he stood up and entered a room, which out the boy walked previously. There, on the floor was lying a man. He strode to the body, and carefully checked the pulse. The man was dead.
-"Everything was by the rules and the deal we made."-Spoke the boy; he stood still in the doorframe. His red hairs resembled the blood. He was serious and confident; not even a muscle moved on his face. The man closed the eyelids of the dead man, and watched the back of the leaving boy. One of his companions peeked inside the room. He was terrified, but after receiving the sign by the hand, he nodded, and followed the boy into the street, disappearing in the darkness.
End of flashback
-"...Abarai fukutaicho, it's time for us to go... Abarai…"
-"Let me try."-The bald head leaned to the left ear of the lieutenant, and shouted-"Abarai!! Aizen attacks!!"
-"What?!!!"-Lieutenant quickly jumped up, with the shikai prepared in his hand.
-"Enough with the daydreaming! I swear... 'I'll get a rest under the shadow for five sec' my ass!"
Somewhere in Rukongai, in the wide clearing, the snake was crawling on the grass burned by the sun. The heat was rising from the stones, and no animal had any desire to leave their homes; not even the birds wanted to fly. Suddenly the earth trembled, and from afar could be seen the strange cloud of dust. The group of officers was crossing these lands and fields in high speeds, and everything would be fine if not for the big' chested blonde stumbling and seeing the snake under her feet; she squeaked, freaking out the rest. The white haired captain kicked the snake away with his foot, and it flew some meters aside.-"Watch your feet, Matsumoto!"-He said tiredly, and with the same speed, they continued to move.
"In a day so hot like this, it is better to stay in your office, turn on the conditioner and read your daily horoscope…" thought Matsumoto, throwing glances at her workaholic of a captain in a misery. But with every glance at her captain she was losing her discontent and the wish of getting revenge, giving the space for the pity. Hitsugaya was choking, and losing his breath as his mouth was widely opened. He was sweating profusely, not used to that kind of weather… Inwardly, he tried to put in front of his eyes the picture of the cool waterfall or lakes and the caves, but the only thing it did was tease him, and he prayed for the cup of water at the end of the road. The captain Kuchiki seemed to stand his ground, even though his face was pink in color, especially his cheekbones and… nose. His lieutenant was moving ahead of him and Byakuya with all of his grace, and skills, imperceptibly was trying to hide in his wide shadow. The officers of the 11 squad had no shame. They took off their upper clothes, rolled up their pants to knees, and were taking the sun bath…
Yamamoto taicho informed them of the special, express mission. There was a possibility, that Gotei may not manage to stop Aizen, and he will create the 'key', that will give him access to the house of the king. But there are few artifacts, that could possibly prevent the gates from opening and they are hidden in the different sectors of the Soul Society. The officers formed the groups, and moved in different directions, to get it. Maybe they will have a chance to buy it, or maybe they will have to fight for it. Either way, they knew they will not be given it easily.
The group of the captain Kuchiki traveled to the north of Rukongai, to the farthest sector, where shinigami rarely appeared. The weather was cruel to them that day, and by the end of the road they were deadly tired. Their destination was surrounded by the high wall, and by the guards clad in black uniforms. The guard glanced at the tired, undressed and sweat covered group and blocked the entrance.
-"Who are you and what have you come for?"
Ikkaku tsk'ed, tilting his haloed head.-"And here it begins… Hey, bourgeois, can't ya see we're shinigami? Open the gates."
Renji, who stood behind his captain, made a step aside, when Byakuya, turning around, let his cold, piercing gaze fall on the third seat officer. Ikkaku fell silent. Byakuya turned to the guards and spoke calmly
-"I am a head of the Kuchiki clan, Kuchiki Byakuya. We are shinigami, and we came here under the order from the first captain, with this document.-He gracefully took out of the inner pocket a square envelope with a seal.-"This, I can give to your master only."
The guards exchanged glances and one of them left through the door, undoubtedly to inform their master about the guests.
-"Hey, come on, Byakuya? Maybe I just swing over that old thing once. We'll get in smoothly, take what we need, and leave. We'll only waste our time on the 'bows' thing."-Suggested Zaraki.
His tempting comment did not go unnoticed by Hitsugaya, but as a captain he couldn't let himself agree with it aloud. Captain Kuchiki did not react to this idea in any way. The guard, fortunately, came back before the situation got serious, and the gates were opened. They walked inside the walls of the compound, and came face to face with the different country. Overall, the clan is a small kingdom with its heirs, rules and the territory that belonged to it solely. The buildings in here were different from those of the nearby sector. The streets were clean, the parks looked after, and everything said about the wealth of the owner. Four guards led them to the centre where was the main house, which belonged to the master. Ikkaku whistled, Yumichika sighed in amazement, Hitsugaya raised a brow, and only Byakuya muttered-"Tasteless."
The house, or rather, a mansion, had enormous size. The sculptures decorated fountains, the roads were formed from mosaics, and the servants appeared here and there, fulfilling the orders of the not so patient master. They walked through the garden that smelled with any and every possible flower, and entered verandah. Someone ran to inform the master of the visitors, while the guards stayed to have the eyes on foreigners.
-"There was an attack on your master not too long ago?"-The question from Hitsugaya was casual, but the guards looked at him strangely.
-"What gave you the idea?"
Toshiro tilted his head in direction of the garden, where the camouflaged ninja were hiding.-"Lots of bodyguards."
Zaraki laughed loudly, a moment later his squad did too.-"If you ask me, I'd say he's just a coward with complexes."
Renji looked around at the walls, and crossing his arms examined the floor and the ceiling.-"He just doesn't know what to do with the money."
-"You are correct."-Agreed Byakuya.
-"In the beginning, the house was a lot smaller, and separate parts of it were added in the different times through the centuries. Here was what to look at, half a thousand years ago, but the new owner of this place, unfortunately, has no taste."
Byakuya was speaking calmly, almost quietly, so that only his companions could hear him. The guards observed them from a distance, so his words did not reach them. The servants brought the tea and other drinks. Hitsugaya sat down, and finally, with pleasure, was drinking the water. Matsumoto let herself have some coffee with milk and time after time she was glancing at the porcelain cup in her hands, examining it; its edges were decorated with gold.
-"Captain, what do you think, can I take this with me as a souvenir?"
-"Have you lost your mind?"
-"But, that plate at least!"
-"You disgrace me, Matsumoto..."
After some time, when everyone got comfortable on verandah and after Matsumoto, supported by 11th squad, complained about the lack of alcohol on the table, they were confronted. Byakuya stood up.
-"The Master is ready to see you."
Byakuya nodded. Hitsugaya stood up too; Matsumoto put the cup and the pastry away, willing to join them, but Toshiro stopped her by grabbing her shoulder. –"Stay here. Zaraki taicho, I would like you to stay here too; who knows, what may happen."
-"Do I need that anyway? Watching these fattass fools," - not bothering in his choice of words, replied the captain. And sleepily closing his eyes, he started to wave at his face with a fan.
Toshiro followed Kuchiki taicho, and the black haired man turned around for a moment to call for his subordinate. –"Abarai fukutaicho, you're coming with us."
Renji joined them with a smile, and Matsumoto mumbled in the mock jealousy. -"You're lucky! Remember to tell us later, how that wealthy looks."
The trio was led through the wide corridor, passing the rooms with expensive wooden doors; they entered the office, which had wide windows that let in the daylight. To the right side of them sat the Master. He was a brunet with short hairs; on his face started to form a beard, as he did not touch the skin on his face in days. His eyes were black, sneaking, and his nose was straight but aquiline. He wore the silky black kimono, and on his neck and hands was jewelry, gold, with expensive stones and metals. There were seen two unusual rings with the imitation of the checkmate board on the fingers of his right hand, and among the others a special pendent formed as a horseshoe on the golden chain around his neck. He uncaringly fell back on the pillows, and ate cherries. He spat the pests in the bowl, which was placed on the pillow by him, and he didn't raise his head, when the visitors entered a room.
The guard closed the door behind the trio. They stopped before the man, and waited. He ate one more berry, and uncaringly raised his hand. Byakuya looked at his palm and frowned. The Master looked up at him, and Byakuya in displeasure written upon his face, took out the envelope again, and put it in the man's hand. The Master ripped the paper of the cover, and pulled out the document. His eyes ran along the lines, and then he handed the letter back to the captain with words
-"I'm not giving it."
-"What do you mean 'you do not'?"- asked Byakuya before he could stop himself.
-"If I said I'm not giving it, then it means, you won't get it."
-"You have no rights,"-Stated Toshiro. –"This is the ownership of the Gotei, and you were in possession of it only temporarily, as this document states."
-"I don't really care," - replied the man lazily.-"You should have spoken with the man you gave it to."
-"Your ancestor is long dead," - coldly stated Kuchiki.
-"All right, fine. How much do you want for this?" - changed the topic Hitsugaya, taking the route number 2. He was counting in his mind how much it would cost, while examining the decorations on the walls, and he got terrified at the numbers, that formed before his eyes.
-"I want nothing." –The captains saw the hope in that pause, but he continued.-"I don't sell anything."
The captains looked at each other. The script was taking a third route, which Zaraki taicho was waiting for. They were giving each other the signs of readiness, when the Master spoke.
-"There is a way for you to get what you want."
The captains silently waited for a man to continue, but he busied his mouth with another cherry instead.
-"So, what do you suggest?" -asked Toshiro, tired of waiting.
-"Let's play."
The trio dumbly stared at the Master. That kind of offer was unexpected.
-"What do you mean?" - Byakuya had a bad feeling about this.
-"Simple. I'll put at stake the thing you're interested in, you will put something too, and we will play poker."
-"A poker?"-repeated Renji in a dry tone.
-"Kuchiki-san, do you play poker?" - asked Hitsugaya, disappointed.
-"We need to discuss your offer."-Toshiro was ready to put everything on the shoulders of Zaraki taicho, if the man could take it.
-"You may."
Hitsugaya pulled with him the representatives of the 6th squad, and using his memory, got back to the same verandah. Zaraki and Ikkaku already snored; Yumichika and Matsumoto were taking care of their looks, checking their reflections in the small mirrors that each of them had with themselves.
-"How was it?"- Not loosing her focus, asked Matsumoto. Totally ignoring her, Toshiro strode to the sprawled on the floor captain Zaraki, and kicked him lightly in the side. Matsumoto noticed that habit that appeared in her captain in the times of irritation; he has many times kicked doors in his office, and for his subordinates it was the first sign of his bad mood.
She kept quiet.
Zaraki opened his eyes, and unmoving, mumbled. –"What?"
-"Zaraki taicho, do you play poker?"
-"You need that right now?"
-"Right now."
Ikkaku woke up too, and sat up, gazing at them and listening, not hiding his curiosity.
-"He doesn't want to give, he doesn't want to sell, but we can win it. How well do you play?"
-"Well enough to get his fatty ass back in its place."- Zaraki stood up, ready to smash and splash some heads into walls. In that moment the Master walked out to his guests, and placed his fists on his hips. "-So, have you decided?"
-"Yes," -Hitsugaya started.
-"I will play."
All looks turned to Abarai, who suggested his candidature as the opponent in the game.
-"I ask of you to forgive me, Zaraki taicho," - he continued, -"but that man plays poker better than anyone on this side of Rukongai."
-"Why do you think so?" -asked Zaraki, looking at the man and searching for the signs of him being a good poker player.
-"The horseshoe on your chest; I know who you are."-Renji spoke to the Master.
-"And why are you so suddenly familiar with me, ornamented officerie?"
The guards caught the tone of their Master and surrounded the guests. Shinigami gripped the handles of their swords, ready for any attack, but then, Abarai did something unexpected. He lifted his right foot, and took off the sandal.
Then the sock.
And then with individual, his own personal grace he ceremoniously raised his bare foot and stuck it in the face of the Master. The man grimaced, and pushed the leg aside, where for a moment it was seen by the rest of the officers; on the heel was a symbol for 'south'.
-"And what did you want to say by it?"-the Master asked without any interest.
-"Well... You have to know... Everything is by the rules… Or am I mistaken?"
Renji was lost. Maybe he really took him for someone else. But the man, after the long and unpleasant stare lifted up a palm, with which he ate the cherries before. There was a symbol for 'north'. With the same hand he gave a sign to his guard, and they lowered weapons. Shinigami did the same.
-"I can't believe my eyes. You were described differently."-mumbled the Master, now visibly in lifted spirits.
-"You weren't described at all."-added an insult Abarai.
That was the start of a cold war. The Master called one of his subordinates, and he, receiving the task, disappeared at once.
-"Everything's by the rules, just like you wanted."
The man retreated back in his house, and the guard left with him. Zaraki, realizing, that party was yet to start, lay on the fluffy pillows. Byakuya poured himself a cup of tea. Matsumoto was pushing a cup of coffee in a face of her captain, but he was openly pushing it away. –"And now what?"– He asked everyone, especially Abarai.
-"We wait."
-"And that's all?" - Ikkaku got comfortable to listen to the interesting stuff.
-"And what else do you want?"- Renji turned away, confused.
-"Details, Abarai fukutaicho; what kind of compass do you have on your heel, when and where have you met with that man…"
-"I don't know him at all."-Renji cut him off and walked out into the garden, showing that he is not going to share with the details.
-"Ah? And what are we waiting for?" - asked Yumichika who was correcting his brows all this time.
The day was turning evening. Some of the flowers in the garden were slowly closing. The sun was setting, but it was still stubbornly warming everything with its orange rays. It was warm, but there was no wind, that would at least slightly shift the thickest of leaves. The officers were walking down the main territory of the compound. Closer to the main house was striding the blue eyed blond man with a heartful smile on his face. He had a white coat on; it had the red flames drawn on its edges. Renji was slowly moving in his direction, lost in his reverie, and he did not notice the new guest. The blond man, still smiling, questioningly examined Abarai, and then spread his arms widely for an embrace.
-"Rose-chan?" - He asked.
-"And if I am…?"
The blond warmly encircled him in his arms. -"I'm so happy! I've dreamed of that day for so long, but had no occasion to meet you. And here, finally, I get it!"
-"And you are…"
-"Namikaze Minato, the Yellow Flash. You may call me just flash."
-"Aha… The 'East'?"
-"That's right!"- The blond man lightly, with curiosity picked and pulled at his clothes.-"What an unusual uniform… Shinigami?"
-"I became an officer forty years after I was walking the streets of Rukongai with that name."
-"Oh, I understand. So, what is the reason for such an important call?"
-"The game starts, for the four."
-"Understood. The stakes are placed yet?"
-"The first one."
-"That's wonderful!"
Matsumoto was walking in a garden hand in hand with her taicho; she tried to force him to relax, along the way taking with her all the flowers she liked. She noticed Abarai not too far from them, and another man by him. Placing a flower in her hairs, she asked
-"And who's that man, Renji's so familiar with?"
Hitsugaya frowned, remembering all the faces of Gotei shinigami, but he couldn't recall seeing that man before. His phenomenal memory did not have a picture of his face, just as of that coat…
-"What is going on here, would anyone finally tell me?!"
-"Shiro-chan, you should take from life what's the best!"-Caringly, Matsumoto pushed her captain's face in her chest.-"All the rest is of no significance!"-She waited, as he fought against her hold, until he calmed down, and then stroked his head.
In direction of the house was coming one more man. His height was average, but he was built well. His right eye was tightly covered with the blue fabric, and in his ear was the earring with the sapphire. His kimono was blue too. He walked to verandah, and the wide shadow fell on his thin face. He didn't like the presence of shinigami, so he stopped and didn't make any step farther. Captains Zaraki and Byakuya checked his looks, but just like him, they kept quiet. Hitsugaya and Matsumoto walked out of the garden, and from the opposite direction appeared Renji with the new companion, and all of them stopped by the entrance to the house in verandah, where walked out the Master himself, now in a different, more expensive robe, with the bearded old man, that frighteningly resembled Yamamoto.
-"Well",-started the old man,-"that kind of thing happens rarely, but, by the rules, if one side starts the fight with the other, in that fight all the four sides must be present. As the permanent, and the main judge of Rukongai, I will make sure you follow the rules. I will not support any of you, but I will not be against any of you as well. Now, greet each other."
The four of them, Renji, Minato, the Master and the new guest with the covered eye, stood up in front of each other in a square. The last one was gazing at Abarai without sympathy; he thought of shinigami as his enemies. Minato stomped with his left foot and then disappeared for a moment, then, in his place was a yellow flash, and in the same second he was back in his place.
-"The Yellow Flash,"-he announced proudly.
-"Stop making a show and being a fool,"-the old man looked at him accusingly and in a warning-"Introduce yourself properly."
-"But I really am called 'Yellow Flash'! I was called like that my whole life! After all, I am the fastest shinobi among the five nations!!"
-"As you were! Who you were in your past life, isn't anyone's business. Behave properly, or you will be given a warning."
Minato disappointedly sighed, and with a lowered head took out of his inner pocket a small bowl for rice. The judge continued in his place.-"The Bowl of rice; has received his title, by beating the previous East with one stake, the bowl of rice."
The player in the blue kimono clasped his hands and took off the cloth that covered his eye. His right eye was identical to the left, but it was easy to see that it was artificial, and probably, made of glass.-"The wolf's eye, West. I received my title some three hundred years ago, and I don't remember how anymore."-He introduced himself.
-"You won the game of dice."-reminded the old man.
The Master clasped his hands, and took out of his pocket an old, broken and rusty till blackness horse shoe. Looking at it, he introduced himself too, with the sarcasm heard in his voice.-"The Black horse. I won the battle against the previous North, and received my title defeating and killing him with this horse shoe."
Renji stomped with his right foot. He took out of his pocket the bud of the red rose, and introduced himself to the rest.-"Bara (rose), the South. I defeated the Storm in poker, making one stake with this symbol."
For his colleges the meaning of the symbol stayed a mystery, but the judge nodded, satisfied, and the players entered a house. Matsumoto crossed her arms under her chest, raising it teasingly.-"Can we watch the game?"
-"You have a right to do so."-The old man answered-"But do not interfere."
One of the chambers was prepared for the game, or rather the war upon the table. In the middle was a square table, and on it, was a small casket. Around this table were pillows, chairs and mats. The players sat in the compass order, and the judge placed the cards on the surface of their battlefield. The North took the cards and started to handle one by one to the players; he was the first to take the cards in his hands because he was the initiator of the game. The West took off the earring, and placed it by the casket. The East placed on the table shuriken, and the South put a ring with a ruby. The game has started.
It was late, the opened door led from the game room outside, where crickets sang in the courtyard. The night brought the fresh air and the long awaited coolness. The moon gently shone on the pool with reeds. Everything breathed with calmness and cleanness. Shinigami got tired; they ate the late supper and were offered the rooms for the night. After lots of bottles of sake Zaraki, Matsumoto and Yumichika fell asleep, right in the main game room, and with their snoring they soothed the growing tension in the air.
-"You know Abarai quite well, Ikkaku,"-quietly muttered Toshiro. He drank the cool cocktail through the straw, intently observing the players. He, Ikkaku and Kuchiki taicho rested by the wall; they were not sleepy yet.-"Did you know… that he has some business there… on the South?"
-"I didn't even know he played; he kept repeating that he has never held cards in his hands."
Byakuya was watching the table and did not recognize his lieutenant. All the four players sat without the upper garments, their hands were uncovered so they could not use any tricks. Their hairs were loose, and they took off the jewelry in the beginning. Their behavior was restrained, and mockingly polite. On the table already were papers with signatures and seals made by the judge. The stakes were upped, and it seemed it was only start of the game. They didn't eat yet and didn't take a break. Their muffled voices reached him with incomprehensible words and by their reserved expressions it was hard to guess what they talked about. The cards were handled again.
By the dawn was announced a break. On the table, everything had to stay as it was, and there were several people who were responsible for the order of things; two slaves of the Master, one servant of the West and Ikkaku. The players left the room; the North said that he will take a bath, the West left to sleep, and the East vanished somewhere. Renji walked out and strode to the pool. There, hidden by the thickest from the curious eyes, he swam.
He lay on the shore, drying himself under the morning sun.
He fell asleep, and had a dream. He did not like dreams. They were always too much alike reality, but with important differences. In the dreams he found a lot more details and colors that stayed in his memories. These details revealed themselves in his subconsciousness, making him remember.
He didn't sleep longer than half an hour, waking up and sharply raising off the earth. He knew it was a dream, but even though he still wanted to rest, he refused to go back there. He stood up and jumped into the water, to drive away the memories of the past.
A few hours later Matsumoto woke up and sleepily looked around. She saw her captain, who sat by her and was watching her.
-"Captain, why are you looking at me like that?"
Blushing, Hitsugaya quickly turned around.-"I am not looking at you, foolish woman. You snore too loudly."
His blush was evident to her, and she opened her eyes widely.-"Taicho, you were looking at my breasts!"
-"I was not looking anywhere, Matsumoto!"
The players got back to the table. In the time of their absence they did not speak to anyone, and officers, as much as they wanted to solve the mystery, had to resign themselves to the silence of the lieutenant of the sixth squad.
After hours of the game, appeared the first misunderstandings. The West sharply stood and the East followed him to calm the man down.
-"Everything is right, I just chose the words wrongly, judge?"-Minato turned to the old man, waiting for him to speak.
-"The rules were not broken, continue the game, please."
The players got back to their seats.
-"The territory in the 22 sector has a good soil, are you sure you want to make that stake?"-the North did not care of anyone's business, but he did not like mistakes in such a serious case. The West answered with a turn of one eye, and placed his cards on the table.
-"I am not keen on manuring. Your stake, East?"
-"Five hectares in 21 sector. We can reveal our cards."
The players turned their cards to show pictures, and the mood of most of them got worse again, the East had the highest combination once more. Everyone graced him with the questioning, distrustful look.
-"Gentlemen, I swear, I hardly understand the rules of the game, I am simply lucky all the time."
The North turned to the judge.-"Is that acceptable, if he really wins every time, just because he's damn lucky?"
-"Even if it is so, it does not change anything. You are equal to each other, more so, you play against each other for a first time… and maybe the last. Continue the game, gentlemen, and please, no complains of that kind."
The game got harsher. The players started to sweat. Renji gathered his hairs into ponytail; the North was wiping his face with a wet towel. The West rubbed his bare feet and only the East felt no discomfort, curiously observing his companions. One more hour later, when it was dark outside and the light was turned on in the room, the North decided to take a risk.
-"I put my axe at stake."-He called his servant and the man placed in his hands the axe with the black handle. He placed his weapon, and it meant that to continue the game the other players had to do the same. The West did not plan to leave the table, so he pulled out his eye, placing it in the middle of it. The East was thoughtful, but he quickly made his decision and widely smiled.-"I pass."
He stood up and bowed.
-"Why do you quit? You are winning."-Asked Renji.
-"My kunai are too important for me, I do not wish to lose them in this, or any other game. I can easily become a winner, but to you this game is more important, than to me. If you don't mind,"-he turned to the judge,-"I will stay and observe."
The old man positively nodded, and Minato sat by Byakuya. Abarai turned to his colleagues. –"I have no right to make a decision like this. I need your permission."
End of chapter 1
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The Botch That Almost Left STEVE AUSTIN with a Broken Neck
STEVE AUSTIN and OWEN HART Each Tell Their Version of What Went Wrong
August 3rd, 1997 is a day Steve Austin will never forget. An Intercontinental Championship matchup was lined up between two seasoned greats, Owen Hart and Steve Austin, two men who knew how to dance in the ring. What was supposed to be a reverse that fed into a pile-driver, led to an amazing gaffe that changed Steve Austin's life forever. The original plan was for a Tombstone piledriver which is why many speculate Austin positioned his head so. Instead, Owen turned the move into his Hart Driver and the rest is history.
Read about the infamous botch which resulted in a bruised spinal column and temporary paralysis for Austin, from the men involved.
(Side note: Despite what is often reported, Steve Austin did not actually break his neck during this match. Austin himself has cleared this up numerous times on his Podcast.)
"The crowd was right where we wanted them. Everything was perfect. I could do no wrong…
Everything [Steve] did, the crowd responded to. He was the fan favorite and I was the bad guy.
It's like [having] a dance partner. You go out there and you do your stuff and everything is going well…and then all of a sudden in a split second…" [snaps fingers]
"I remember we went into the pile-driver deal…I picked him up and then we reversed that and he picked me up… "
"I saw his neck – there was a bit of a push; an impact on my thighs – and his neck is so vulnerable… I knew that Steve had a bad neck prior to us going in the ring. He'd had a trapped nerve for awhile…a few months…it was really bugging him. Even if you just shoved him from behind, if his neck kinked back he would get lightning bolts [of pain]…"
"My head was about, I dunno, six or eight inches below the bottom of his legs and he jumped up and spiked me."
"I dropped him on his head. The match went from utopia to hell in a second. I knew right then; there's something wrong…"
"As soon as my head hit that mat, I was thinking Christopher Reeve. Cause I thought I was never gonna walk again, ever.
I couldn't feel anything from my neck down…"
"He said, 'I can't feel my fingers.'
All of a sudden my first concern became 'Is he paralyzed?'
That twenty seconds…it felt like forever. Slow motion, you know? What do you do? Do I look at the promoter and tell him this isn't part of the match? There's a point where you've gotta say, 'What's more important?' – The guys health, or satisfying this crowd and the cameraman and everybody else…"
"Man, I'm laying there…and now pain's starting to set in…
I couldn't use my hands yet but I could turn over and I could use my forearms to crawl. It took me a long time to straighten my knees to be able to… [but] there was no way I was gonna lay there and let some ambulance or bunch of paramedics carry me out of that ring.
And then finally, I can start using my hands…I hit him with the roll-up…it looks like shit…"
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This time around, Apple CEO Tim Cook has made public the FBI's attempts to order Apple to create software that would create a backdoor to their privacy software.
The FBI Director James Comey testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, March 2nd regarding the government's power to gain limited access to the iPhone belonging to one of the shooters involved in the San Bernardino attack.
According to Comey, a middle path can be blazed between giving the FBI the power to "protect the American people" and the preservation of the constitutional rights of those American citizens. The FBI Director stated that all that was necessary was for the judicial system to create the proper mechanism.
The Director went on to state that new electronic communications have transformed society and that the creation of strong encryption technology that protects public institutions, private businesses, and individual citizens against cybercriminals and anyone else that might make an effort to gain access to sensitive data.
However, he said, it's important to note that this encryption technology has consistently been utilized by terrorists and other criminals to enable them to evade the government.
"We have always respected the fundamental right of people to engage in private communications, regardless of the medium or technology," stated Comey. "Whether it is instant messages, texts or old-fashioned letters, citizens have the right to communicate with one another in private- without unauthorized government surveillance- not simply because the constitution demands it, but because the free flow of information is vital to a thriving democracy."
"However, groups like the Islamic State have used social media to recruit and radicalize individuals to commit terrorist attacks," warned Comey. "Law enforcement needs additional tools to gather evidence to prosecute cases and in some instances prevent the acts from occurring."
According to Comey, what the FBI specifically wants from Apple is a software that would help it to open the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone in the following way: it wants the ability to bypass the encryption and spread out the time between individual attempts to guess a password. Then the FBI would attempt to break into the phone itself.
Comey was asked repeatedly by the House Judiciary Committee about whether it had gone to private companies or agencies to try to use alternative methods for unlocking the phone. Comey's response was to claim that he was not a technology expert and that the FBI and other government agencies had not been able to break into the phone themselves.
According to San Bernardino County spokesperson David Wert, the FBIO had asked for assistance in retrieving data from the iPhone last December, when the shootings occurred.
"The statements that have been made contending that resetting the Apple ID password is what made the backup impossible are incorrect. The fact that the phone was off and PIN locked is that made a cloutd backup impossible before the Apple ID password was reset," he stated.
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"At that point, the county said that the best that could be done was to check the cloud for any past data uploads, but we would need to reset the Apple ID password because no one knew it. The FBI asked the county if it would do that, and the county agreed, unlocking the cloud and providing the FBI with the data that was in the cloud."
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Twitter has been a battleground for all people from all walks of life and with a variety of opinions. The issue lately has been figuring out what Twitter's role should be in tailoring which opinions get aired, as often the site can be used for calls for violence that are, tragically, responded to with real action.
The panel will be called the Trust & Safety Council and be made up of over 40 members. It's all part of a strategy that Twitter is using to make people feel more sage when they express themselves on the site.
"As we develop products, policies and programs, our Trust & Safety Council will help us tap into the expertise and input of organizations at the intersection of these issues more efficiently and quickly," stated Patricia Cartes, Twitter's head of global policy outreach.
The individuals and collaborative groups that will make up the council include safety advocates, scholars and researches focused on children, media literacy, digital citizenship and efforts that promote greater companion and empathy on the internet. The council will also be composed of grassroots advocacy groups that use Twitter to build movements and momentum and community organizations that work to prevent abuse, harassment and bullying, as well as those involved in mental health and suicide prevention.
"Twitter is trying got put al little mores structure and formal process around the work they've been doing, like a lot of other social media companies, in getting input from advocacy organizations and civil rights and civil liberties groups about what Twitter's content policies are and how those policies affect their users," stated Emma Llanso, who directs the Center for Democracy % Technology's Free Expression Project. Llanos will be a member of the Trust & Safety Council.
"Instead of doing a lot of one-off conversations or ad hoc discussions when an issue reaches a boiling point, Twitter will have something a little bit more consistent and regular in place to consult about policies and ideas that they are considering or working on."
The effort is also part of a larger effort among multiple social media companies to make the free speech platforms that their websites create become more productive forums instead of festering arguments filled with hate-speech.
"These platforms introduce, like all human relationships, social problems and complexities, like feeling excluded or flaming or bullying or aggressive speech or hate speech," stated Dacher Keltner, a psychology professor teaching at UC Berkeley. Keltner will also be a member of the council.
"This group that Twitter's brought together are people devoted to figuring out how to use Twitter to promote more productive free speech."
This isn't Twitter's only effort to change fundamental aspects of how their company works; in response to their lowest stock values in history, Twitter has bene proposing a myriad of changes including revised algorithms regarding which tweets surface in users' timelines and even an end to its extremely characteristic 140-character limit.
Can Awareness Be Digitized?
23-year-old billionaire and Russian media mogul Dmitry Itskov is famous for his prediction that by 2045, human beings will be able to be backed up to the cloud. In other words, a human being's consciousness will be able to be digitized, stored, and potentially uploaded onto a synthetic brain with a robotic host.
Dmitry Itskov has certainly received a lot of flack for his idea; his intention to live forever as a hologram (known as the 2045 Initiative) seems more fitting for a crackpot science fiction character than a precocious industry tycoon. That said, his immortal aspirations are age-old, and his belief that technological advancements will hold the key to the fountain of youth is shared by more successful people than one would care to think.
Martine Rothblatt, for example, is the executive and founder of both Sirius XM and the biotech firm United Therapeutics. As a telecommunications lawyer, a transhumanist, and the founder of the Terasem Movement, Rothblatt believes that it's time to consider the rights of cyber-iterations of human consciousness.
But what would the task of digitizing human consciousness entail? First off, we would need to develop the ability to map the human brain down to a tee; every neural structure and synapse would need to be understandable and capable of being stored. Electrical signals would need to be translated into code and hardware would need to be created that could then run this digitized version of you.
Itskov divides the process into four phases of what he calls the Avatar Project. Avatar A involves developing a robot that can be controlled by the human brain. Avatar B is the discovery of a process by which the human brain can be transplanted into this robot, which acts as a synthetic body. Avatar C involves finding a way to upload the contents of the biological brain into a synthetic brain (which presumably has a synthetic body). Avatar D is the process by which the biological body and brain are replaced with a hologram or other avatar that hosts the digital version of human consciousness.
Itskov has spent millions of dollars on this plan and has also funded other similar projects by transhumanists like Randal Koene. Koene is a neuroscientist and the founder of Carboncopies.org. He's worked with similarly minded transhumanists for over a decade, attempting to frame the idea and process of whole-brain emulation. The steps they have narrowed down include mapping the structure of the brain, deciphering neural connections and their functions, and developing software and hardware that could host consciousness on a silicon computer chip.
Mapping the human brain has been an aspiration far before the transhumanist movement picked up steam. Similar to the Human Genome Project and Human Microbiome Project, the Human Connectome Project is an effort to make sense of the plethora of data surrounding human biology; in this case, the complex system of the brain's neural pathways.
The process won't be easy; the human brain contains an estimated 100 billion individual neurons, and each individual neuron is connected to as many as 10,000 other neurons to which messages are fired. This sequence of events is behind every aspect of each individual human, so to map this area would help us profoundly deepen our understanding of what it means to be human.
Calyx Founder Wins 11 Year Case Against Federal Government
Over 11 years ago, Nicholas Merrill sued to lift a nondisclosure order imposed on his company by an FBI National Security Letter. MErrill is the founder of Calyx, an internet service provider. Apparently over a decade ago, the FBI attempted to suppress any information leaks regarding an attachment it sent Calyx requesting a broad range of personal information regarding Calyx's clientele.
The letter allegedly requested customers' names and user names as well as their mailing, residential, business and email addresses. They even wanted the customers' billing and payment information.
The FBI dealt with the case in such a way that it brought upon itself scathing statements from the court. Apparently it attempted to modify the letters it sent in an attempt to underplay the amount of information requested.
In terms of its distaste, the court did not hold back:
"Redactions that defy common sense- such as concealing a single letter at the end of a word- diminish the force of the government's claim to 'good reason' to keep information under seal, and undermine its argument that disclosure of the currently-redacted information in the attachment can be linked to a substantial risk of enumerated harm."
This came in response to the government's attempt to modify a letter so that one of the words was changed from plural to singular, effectively changing the meaning of an important sentence.
Amanda Lynch of the Yale Law School's Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic had this to say: "Mr. Merrill's case shows that the FBI interprets its power to collect information about U.S. citizens without a warrant very broadly."
Lynch explained that relevant precedent for this case came in the form of a prior U.S. Justice Department legal opinion, which claimed that NSLs (National Security Letters) could request only those categories of information parallel to subscriber information and toll billing records for ordinary telephone service.
Lynch, Merrill, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York were in agreement in regards to the information requested from Calyx being of a different standard of detail.
Despite the ruling made by the court, the gags on Calyx haven't been immediately lifted. Lynch pointed out that the court "rejected the government's argument that secrecy could be maintained indefinitely, based on potential harm to any future negotiations." Instead, the court held that it was up to the government to establish a good reason that the disclosure of the requested information would effectively harm the investigation that prompted the request in the first place.
Yasha Heidari of the Heidari Power Law Group is among the worried spectators of the trial:
"The FBI is essentially using the NSL to not only seek information but to also ensure that the parties responsible for providing the information were silenced… It's almost unfathomable to think this sort of conduct would be permissible in the United States, as it shakes some of our core constitutional values."
How Do Capacitive Touch Screens Work?
Gone are the days when touch screen technology was an exciting and futuristic technological advance. Now every device, from computer monitors to kindles to TV screens, absolutely must have a touch screen to stay current. If you're ever wondered how those things even work, here's a quick run-down:
Capacitive touch screens are constructed from materials like copper or indium tin oxide that store electrical changes in an electrostatic grid of tiny wires, each smaller than a human hair.
Touch-sensitive interfaces operate by detecting changes in capacitance in the screen area.
Capacitance is the ability of an object to store an electrical charge. It is the measure of the capacity of the electrical storage capability of the object. For example, a metal object has much more capacitance than a plastic object. This is expressed in physics as the dielectric constant of a material; the higher the constant, the more charge the object can hold.
Distance can also have an effect on capacitance; capacitance is almost always thought of as being between two adjacent objects, where the objects are separated by a non-metal substance like air or even just a vacuum. This is called mutual capacitance and is generally the normal conceptualization of capacitance, but if an object is floating in the middle of outer space with nothing around it, it will have a different (lower) capacitance than if it is on Earth among other objects.
Anyway, in the context of touch-sensitive interfaces, all you need to know is that when a user makes contact with a touch-screen, he or she alters the capacitance of that area in a way that's detectable to the device with the positive lyand negatively charged atoms of which he or she is composed.
Quick and relevant vocabulary lesson:
Voltage: the difference in charge between two points (measured in volts). The volts measure the potential energy difference between two points that will impart one joule of energy per coulomb of charge that passes through it.
Charge: the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field. Electric charges can be either positive or negative.
When you touch a surface touch screen, you don't alter the voltage through the screen, but you do alter the charge.
For surface capacitive touch screens, sensors located in the four corners of the screen locate where your finger is contacting the screen. It does this via a layer that stores electrical charge that is placed over the glass panel of the screen. When your finger touches the touch screen and co-opts a tiny electrical charge, the resulting drop in charge is understood by corner sensors, which calculate, from the relative differences in charge at each corner, exactly where the couch event took place. They then relay that information to the touch-screen driver software.
There are also projective capacitive touch screens that have a grid of rows and columns with a separate chip for sensing where the screen is being touched.
Meet the Magic Leap
Rony Abovitz is the CEO of Magic Leap, a developing forerunner in the race to virtual reality, or in this case, augmented reality.
What intrigues tech lovers about the Magic Leap is its ability to map the virtual world onto the real, offering a distinctively different experience than that being pursued by the Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard and other VR developers. The Magic Leap instead offers an Augmented Reality, or AR.
The Magic Leap is a head-mounted virtual retinal display that almost looks like a set of safety glasses. It is able to create the illusion of the presence of 3D computer-generated images in the actual world of the wearer by projecting a digital light field into the user's eye.
What exactly does that mean? According to Magic Leap, the illusions are projected onto your retinas, creating the same neurological effects as real life objects perceived around you. This is a distinctly different process than the developing VR technology that has hit/is soon to hit the market. With VR, generally the illusion of presence in a different world is created by placing a flat screen in front of the user's eyes, splitting an image into two and magnifying it for a 3D, wrap-around effect.
In the Leap's now viral demo video, viewers can see a strange robotic creature floating underneath the desk of a very real office. The creature notices that it is being watched with a bit of a start, then waves. During another scene, a cubicle sits beneath a giant solar system with planets actively orbiting the sun and moons actively orbiting the planets.
According to Abovitz, the Magic Leap possesses software that senses and maps elements of the environment. This allows for digital objects to be projected into feasible places in the real world.
Magic Leap is still developing their product, but they did raise an astounding $542 million last year with the help of Google, Qualcomm, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, and an array of other big-name investors.
The Magic Leap has been compared to the Microsoft HoloLens, a similar product that also projects CG images into the user's actual surroundings. The HoloLens is better known and has released more information regarding their product, which has been running on Windows 10 since late April. It seems more bent on creating handy screens to be mounted on the user's wall or which can follow the user around, which is spooky but admittedly handy, and would definitely save on monitors and E-waste.
That said, the Magic Leap may unlock potential previously unseen by Microsoft and the Hololens' developers. The start-up remains in "stealth mode," meaning it is purposefully keeping its potential breakthroughs quiet.
The Magic Leap does seem more committed to creating characters, like CGI creatures that interact with the wearer directly and even react to eye contact. The HoloLens, on the other hand, seems to be devoted to more utilitarian needs. That said, surely the creators of either could do both.
It's an exciting time to be alive, we'll have to just wait and see what happens to reality next.
Distinctive Types of Computing Technologies being utilized as a part of cutting edge days
Computer Technology has made some amazing progress over a brief time of time. We'll talk about here a rundown of the early phases of Computer and how it has created so far. The primary programmable computerized Computer was created in 1944 by an association in the middle of IBM and Harvard. This was not however an absolutely electronic Computer. It was built from switches, transfers, pivoting shafts, and grips. This machine measured 5 tons and utilized 500 miles of wires, stood eight feet tall and was fueled by a 5 hp electric engine. The machine ran ceaselessly for a long time.
Where We've Come from and Where We Are
The prior variants of printers, for example, Impact and Pen-based plotters have now either ended up out of date or are utilized as a part of some exceptionally uncommon applications just. In Impact printers like Typewriter-determined printers, Daisy wheel printers, and Teletypewriter-inferred printers, the ink is squeezed coercively on the paper like activity of. There are foreordained characters in such printers and for the most part these were monochrome printers that can be utilized as a part of a solitary typeface at once, and for bolding and underlining over-striking is finished. Spot Matrix printers are still utilized as an ease elective in different homes and organizations. In the past Pen based plotters were regularly utilized as a part of building and design lives up to expectations. There were mechanically run pens to make content and pictures.
With Technology advancing as quickly as it is at the present, it is a marvel we don't have another mass-showcased device seeming at regular intervals. Computer, once anticipated to be possessed by an insignificant modest bunch of people, are all over these days. On the off chance that you are an understudy a Computer is for all intents and purposes a need. Going with the perpetually expanding fame of the Computer is a plenty of devices and innovative progressions. Despite the fact that it may not be like clockwork, it appears as if each couple of months we catch wind of a Computer with more storage room or another gadget that one can associate with their Computer.
A few gadgets that show up available are either totally unnecessary or not all that open to the aggregate of the populace, whether it is a result of their expense or their constrained supply. The excessive gadgets are saved to the individuals who can bear the cost of them, until some new device replaces them and the cost of these machines diminishes, much like any new Technology that shows up available. Those contraptions, which are pointless, are not excessively pragmatic and the business sector for these manifestations is embodied for the most part of those with a partiality for such gadgets. Developments like webcams, while they are positively amusing to play with, are basically pointless as they have no bearing on the genuine operation of the Computer and are utilized generally for relaxation Computer exercises.
Numerous Computer owners discover themselves longing for more space to store melodies or different documents and regularly longing that their Computer were faster. Despite the fact that numerous Computer delivered today have an unreasonable storage room, that is, it is about difficult to fill a Computer to limit, these sorts of headways license a much speedier and more productive working Computer.
The situation:
Imagine a situation when you come to realize that all the files that you saved and stored in the USB drive and the drive suddenly does not respond? This is the most sickening thing that could happen to a person after a long day at work and generating vast amount of data only to be lost at the end of the ordeal of the day. Many have faced this situation and it is not new to many of us who have been through it and this is such a heart wrenching place to be in and you would do anything to run away from the boss when this happens at the workplace. Many would feel as though they have been stuck through a heart attack kind of such situation. When this happens in an emergency moment, it is all the worst.
The solution:
Information technology was developed to find solutions for such issues that make our day hard and long. But the good news is that you need no longer suffer a situation such as this as there are means for flash drive data recovery and it is done in a very meticulous manner by the relevant software which can be downloaded free of cost from the internet. There are many new techniques which you can employ to recover the data from the flash drive or the pen drive as we call it commonly.
The process:
The data recovery from a flash drive is becoming easier these days than before as there are new and efficient ways and processes that will help you do the recovery process step by step. The steps have been explained and re user friendly. All you need to do is to follow the given steps in the order and then you will have all the precious data that you generated from the dead or corrupt flash drive. The process is very easy and can be done even the first time with ease.
The symptoms:
There are certain symptoms which you can look for if you feel there is something wrong with your flash drive. There are some situations which might cause the drive to lose data or if you feel that the data are deleted without your knowledge. If you have virus attack on the drive or you have done formatting of the pen drive by mistake, you have a power problem where you experience power fluctuation then it might be a sign that the flash drive might have become so vulnerable to the attack and thereby losing the data stored in it. The mishap can happen even from your own side by accidentally deleting the data from the flash drive.
It is versatile:
The software is effective in both the windows and the Mac operating systems which makes it quite versatile and built for any platform. This is possible for all types of flash drives such as SD cards, and other such devices which are optimum for data storage. The type of data is no constraint for the software as it can recover any type of file such as videos, photos and word documents. This can recover data from the SD cards in cameras as well for which it was originally developed.
The cost:
Though there are free software tools available on the internet, there are other software data recovery tools available for purchasing online as well. The cost is about thirty nine dollars which quite a reasonable price for the valuable service that is to be had from the software. The flash drive data recovery software is a reasonable addition to your tools.
It is indeed serious!
Granted the computer is an integral part of our lives. Be it a desk top or a lap top, or any other such device, the importance of the computer cannot be overemphasized. Whatever the data is that the hard drive is holding, it is important to the individual who has generated and carefully saved it for future use. The personal computer has become a faithful companion all through our lives that any small damage to the equipment is considered a wound on our own selves. Indeed this is serious and more so because of the preciousness of the data it has stored. As matter of fact, it is taken as an extension of oneself and demands the care and attention that a human being might need in its upkeep and preservation. The well maintained hard drive is worth the amount the owner puts on it. For some it would mean the world by virtue of what is holding in itself. The data lost is so precious that the years that were spent in generating and safeguarding goes in vain when the hard disk crashes.
The antidote!
Technology has developed so far that it is capable of reaching into the hard drive in order to detect the reasons for a hard drive failure and if the hard drive can actually be repaired. Here is where the help of the hard drive data recovery service provider comes handy and lifts you off the quandary situation.nit is true that the data saved inside the hard disk is what makes or breaks an individual's career sometimes as it is as important as life itself and when a lifetime's work is lost, the cost of beginning it all together is quite an onerous task and some of the data may be lost forever never o be had again which might put a career on risk.
The process:
The process of data recovery starts with the detection and examination of the computer hard disk which can be detached from the personal computer and taken to the service provider's office where it is done diligently and carefully. The data recovery is done by using the best of software available for the same exact purpose. The data that is considered most important is retrieved first and the recovery can be carried out on any brand of hard disk such as the Mac, the Unix, DOS, windows, Linux and other platforms. This makes it a versatile system to work with. When it involves business data, the risk of losing such data has to be felt to be realized as it involves the very future of the business and every care and attention is paid to recover this valuable data from the hard disk.
It is expert work!
When it comes to data recovery, the job involves the right kind of talent and also to take a decision about what can actually be recovered from the hard drive. The expert also examines if it is possible to retrieve the data at all. The seriousness of the damage caused to the disk also can be found in this case. The percentage of data that can be retrieved, and if the disk is dead can be found if an expert is involved.
Safety measures:
As far as the hard disk of a computer is concerned, the prevention of damage is prudent than to go after recovering the data from a dead hard disk. Antivirus installation is essential in this case it is better than taking it to the hard drive data recovery services provider.
In all matters:
It is the least to say that technology has become our constant companion without which a human cannot think of doing any productive work and the companionship has definitely extended the reach of humans to quite a long distance and in many ways. When you have technology in your hands, it is a sign that you are going to be more than what you expected to achieve. While talking of the technology, that we are surrounded with these days, the tools that technology in the form of applications is also not to be underestimated. We cannot imagine our lives without taking the technology into our homes and our offices. The good news is that with every passing year, the developments in the field are also growing which makes us free and our lives are becoming easier than before.
This is mandatory:
There are a multitude of technological machinations that are available for us to use and take advantage of. The most important among these various equipments is the laptop which has become so much a part of our lives and our work. We cannot imagine even a very small work without the help of the all important laptop. Stating from school to higher studies and also in research, this plays a major role in our work and reduce the amount of hard work we ought to do. Owning a laptop is a mandatory aspect of knowledge work be it in education, and all walks of life.
The brands:
Thinking of the variety of laptop brands and the makes and models of these all essential machinery, we need no two opinions as to how we can make use of the same. Whereas our lives are becoming more and more complicated, technology is bringing some sort of sunshine into our lives by improving the quality of life. There are several brands available in the market. These are very competitive and are quite efficient in all work types starting to work as a work station and as a personal computer. Having understood the need for the equipment in our daily lives, many brands have sprung up to offer the most essential of the services through well made and smart built laptops which was unthinkable a few decades ago. The marketers want to take advantage of the prevailing situation and demand for the product and have come with more and more sophisticated products which look and perform better than the next one.
The advantages:
Among the many uses of the laptop, there are those advantages that we all benefit from such as making life easier and convenient, and apart from that, it saves a lot of time, it saves a lot of effort we put in reaching the target that is set before us. It is hard to imagine even the smallest word processing activity. Unlike the desktop, the laptop as we all know is portable and this is what makes it the most sought after among all the devices that are in use today. It is like having an assistant right beside you fulfilling your every command. This is light weight, portable, easy to carry, and very stylish and has become a style statement with the younger generation of our times.
The cost:
The cost that we pay for all the work that we get out of the laptop is nothing compared to its advantages. The laptop has been developed and is still undergoing vast changes and developments and the evolution has never stopped ever since it was fabricated to provide a well rounded life and work culture.


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I am a woman in my mid thirties who is starting off on a trip to journey around the world hopefully for 1 to 2 years. I am currently in Barcelona, which is where my one way ticket brought me and everything else is pretty much an open road from here on. Being an Australian from Sydney, I am keen on warmer climates, bush walking where possible and the odd yoga class would be great (I have my yoga mat with me!). Having spent 9 years as a teenager living in Belguim, I have travelled through most of Europe and am really most interested in travelling in the Middle East and Africa.
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The Moving and Big Suprise
It was Jaunary the 8th and dad and mum and I packed our bags ready to go to Vancover.I was really sad at the time leaving all my mates behind,but I had to go to Vancover to live because dad was looking foreword to be a doctor ,and I didnt want to let him down.I could see in my mothers eyes that she was sad aswell but she didnt show it .Then we were off on the plane.I felt the sadness in my heart while looking through the window while we were taking off ,I could feel a teardrop on my cheek it was so cold .While i sat on the plane I caught a glimpse of the good memories at calarfornia while I was liveing their.
As I listend to some rock music I felt happier because rock music always cheer me up even when im far away from home.Me and my Mp3 were like sisters and rock were on my playlist evrytime stuff like Muse and Green Day and classical Rock.Dad sat next to me and he was asking me if I was okay evrytime he was getting on my nerves really.
After some hours we were there,we were in Vancover and I could see the sea and the tinny white dot of people as we flyed across Vancover . It was more chilli in Vancover than Calarfornia and it almost rained evry day here.My mother and dad said they had a suprise for me when we got to the new house a Big suprise.While I sat in the red BMW car I looked around and saw lots of green trees and beatifull sceanary.
At last we were at the new house it was beatifull it was a small house that was white and it had a car outside and I was puzzeld and so confused at the time.Then mu and dad Shouted Suprise I was gob smaked.They bought me a silver shiny Volvo,I wasunt haveing my birthday till a week and i wasunt 17 till then but I was pleased my dream car was standing in frount of me and I said to myself,this is a brand new life and im gonna change myself compleatly.
And after I said that I Raned into the house like I was a four year old wanting some chocolate and then mum let me pick my room and oviously i picked my room by the trees of the forestside and there was a nice balcony and the room was just small and comfortable .
Then suddently I realized I felt like it was better than My original home in calarfornia,I had that good feeling that made me happy that I Jamped on my bed as I was full of Joy.Mum told me I was gonna go to the minerschool tommorow so I picked my best outfit and I slept good .
As I dreamed I felt happy but nervers that i had to go to school tommorow and me looking like this I was a Pale,fragile girl that wassuppose to be tan because i camed from a hot place that i really loved .