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Following in the footsteps of celebrated store managers of old like the legend Malcolm Lyell, it is with immense pleasure I share the latest interview of our greatly admired showroom manager, Steven Harridence, who has been serving our clients with style and great care for well over a decade.
Where did you grow up?
I had a humble childhood & grew up in a semi industrial area called Sparkhill in Birmingham, which funnily enough was in walking distance of the Gunmaking firms "The B.S.A" & Parker Hale.
Who inspired you to get into sporting retail?
When I was 11 years old I had an interest in guns, particularly air guns, and remember visiting a gun shop in Stratford Upon Avon whilst there on a day out with my Sister. She kindly bought me a copy of Airgun World magazine and that was the beginning of my desire to learn more about them. I then starting buying copies of The Shooting Times and was very inspired by the contents. Some 7 years later I saw an advertisement for the vacancy at William Powell's and duly applied, so I would say I inspired myself.
What did your early years in the industry entail?
My entry into the industry began on my 18th Birthday when I started work at William Powell & Son Gunmakers.
I was employed as a sales assistant in Powell's Birmingham city centre showroom. I enjoyed both serving customers and speaking with enthusiasts in this gentleman trade, hearing stories of shoots, stalks & salmon caught. I stayed there for 20 years rising to the position of General Manager.
What path would you have taken if you hadn't have moved into retail?
I'm not sure what path I would have taken other than retail. I always enjoyed wood and metal work but my passion is for the retail industry, in particular looking after and pleasing clients.
Who would you have counted as mentors in the industry?
David Powell who was the Managing Director inspired me, he had a lot of class and I looked up to him. Simon Clode however was on another level. He developed many new skills in me and I am delighted that he too gave me a chance when Powell's sold their Business in 2008.
I can honestly say that I have never met a man that knew so much about so many subjects. Simon had great empathy and would speak with royalty and tradesmen exactly the same way. He enriched all of our lives.
What is the most extravagant item a customer ever requested?
In terms of extravagance, I think it would be a full compliment of our luggage completed in our client's gameskin, which he brought back from a safari in Tanzania. Adding a holster to the inside of the rucksack to house his Colt 1911 - He used it as a gym bag from memory!
What is your favourite customer story of using a Westley Richards product at home or in the field?
Nothing springs to mind about a favourite story but periodically clients do kindly send me images from camp or in the field. It is great fun to see the pictures and count all the products that we have supplied to them over the years, and see them in use.
Something that amused me though was when a regular client of ours met Trigger by chance on a shoot. He was kitted out from head to toe in our apparel and when commented upon by Trigger, he replied - the thing he liked most about our clothing is that it is so reassuringly expensive, he was guaranteed to see no-one else wearing it!
What do you most enjoy about working as the retail store manager?
For me, the most enjoyable part of my job is positive feedback and compliments from clients. I always like to treat customers new and old the way I would wish to be treated. It sometimes comes as a shock to hear of poor service experienced by customers elsewhere - and in my view there really is no need. To this extent I regard many as friends. Of course we don't always get it right but my word we try!
You are often asked by the design team to try out new sample products before production. What do you think customers look for in a Westley Richards product?
Clients generally want from us something which is going to do the job, be practical, durable, comfortable in the case of clothing & of course it has to look good! Many items are investment pieces & over the years we have improved where necessary our designs. We now, to my mind use the best designers, the best materials & the best manufacturers for our clothing, and our leather workers are second to none.
Finally, what is your favourite product from the Westley Richards retail collections and why?
I can't single any product out, they're like malt whiskies all damn good!


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Quad Rock training week six recap
Week six (of 19) is done.
12 hours, 36 minutes
56.7 miles
9495 ft D+
I did some tempo running on Tuesday, a hard hill workout on Wednesday, and 35+ miles on the weekend. Saturday and Sunday I reigned myself in and kept those miles comfortable in an effort to keep building my aerobic base. It's tempting to get sucked into measuring my fitness by how fast I can climb Mill Creek or South Ridge one time, but most of the races I'm running this year will be longer and slower. Running at an average pace of 13:45-14:30 minutes per mile for 9-10 hours, as I did, feels so slow, but if I can do that for 50 miles on the same terrain I will achieve my goal of finishing Quad Rock in under 12 hours. I can't finish in less than 12 hours alternating between hard running and walking to recover. I really do have to increase the pace I can run all day long. Running even one minute per mile slower at Never Summer would get me an excellent 16 hour finish.
Saturday, while heading north on the Westridge trail my eye was caught by this shiny thing hammered into the ground.
The forest up here is being thinned in an effort to make the park less susceptible to catastrophic fires. I guess that the photo point is part of a plan to monitor what happens to the undergrowth afterwards.
On the subject of trees, I stopped below Horsetooth Mountain to snack and trade an empty bottle in the front pocket of my vest for one stashed in the back and noticed for the first time this little stand of aspen trees.
Natural aspen are rare at 6500 feet on the Front Range. They're more common above 8000 feet. I wonder if these are remnants of an older wild stand or are descendents of trees planted by early 1900s homesteaders.
At the end of my run the sun came out again and I stopped to remove a layer and admire this view of Horsetooth Mountain. Now that's a nicely thinned forest. At the bottom of the photo you can see piles of dead wood that will be burned later this winter.
There was ice on the usual spots Saturday and without traction I crashed twice, bruising my right elbow and the heel of my right hand. Nothing serious and it didn't hold me back on my second long run today.
Next week: rest, family time, letting my body adapt to all the work of the past three weeks.


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Let me lay this out nice and simple for you all: it's not companies, or products, or services that make us go to work.
It's people. To be more specific, it's the leader you work for.
I came to this realization when I looked back on my own career. I looked at why I stayed in certain jobs for too long. I looked at why I gave a damn about finance when in my head I hated it.
The answer came to me late one night as I was trying to think about how to get myself out of this crappy career situation I'd found myself in where I literally didn't give a stuff about business anymore.
Then it hit me: I'm following a leader I love.
It's not the company.
The company doesn't make you love your work, sorry.
No video on company culture or fancy office with stand up desks and indoor plants is going to change that. A company is a legal entity which revolves around a group of people who all work together towards a common goal that makes money.
None of us will be inspired by this incredibly dry thing called 'a company'
A company is a figment of our imagination. Some people in the company rock. Some people in the company suck.
And that applies to all companies including Google, DropBox and any other company you think is sexy because of its uber cool culture and work from home days.
Working for a leader you love.
Why the hell would you bother?
It's because it's in our human nature to be led by someone who touches the deepest, darkest places that we don't want to go to but must in order to survive.
Those dark places look like:
- Leading a team of people
- Doing public speaking
- Admitting you're wrong in a major argument
- Quitting your career because it's wrong
- And even breaking up with a lover
These are the things a leader made me do. I didn't want to do any of it although I had to.
This made me want to come to work every day and work for this leader because in the work I was doing, I was discovering myself and finding a way to grow into the person I'd avoided becoming for so long.
No one wants to face the darkness, but when a leader guides you, you'll find a way and be forever grateful that you did.
From one company to the next.
You see many people go from one company to the next. They're not chasing the idea of a company or trying to find a better company.
"We go from one company to the next because in most cases we're chasing a leader"
Finding that leader you love working for is not easy. You'll have to work for many useless leaders before you find a couple that are worth dedicating your entire career to.
The process of finding a leader you love working for is so difficult that once your search ends and you find those rare individuals, your standards will be forever raised and anything less will piss you off.
In my own career, I've met 1–2 amazing leaders and every other leader that is not them ends up making me want to move on.
Not finding a leader I love.
I end up moving on because the leaders I don't love working for focus on the following: numbers, email signatures, the share price, managing people into the ground in favor of 'productivity' and overcomplicating business.
That last one is the most important. Business revolves around understanding how people think, what motivates them and how to get them to take ownership.
"To put the people part to one side is to completely Mess up the most simplest idea that has ever existed in the business world"
The process goes like this:
- Hire one good leader
- Support that leader
- Allow them to hire incredible human beings
- Stay the heck out of their way
Hiring the right leader and then letting them hire people who love working for them is the number one consistent approach I've seen from looking at many of the unicorn tech companies that have gone on to define the future of the human race.
It's this counter-intuitive, somewhat magical approach that makes us stay working for a leader we love. Until, of course, we may not need to work or decide to go off and start our own thing.
The leader makes it all worth it.
So from this day forth, I'm committed to only working for a leader I love. If you mess that part up, you'll probably find me saying goodbye.
I'd encourage you to think the same way.
The leader you work for makes it all worth it. It's knowing someone has your back, someone cares and someone is simultaneously going to push you to the next level whether you like it or not that will not only define your career but your life.
Don't. Settle. Ever.
Find a leader you love working for.


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Effects On Consumers Of Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts, June 2015 [CHART]
Some 47% of consumers surveyed across 9 countries say that they've told friends or family about a company's corporate social responsibility efforts at some point in the past year. That's according to a recent survey from Cone Communications and Ebiquity, which also found more than one-third (37%) having researched a company's business practices or support of social and environmental issues. Source: Cone Communications / Ebiquity [PDF]


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Chapter one
Reception at Spaceport Pacifica
Three returning travelers walked off their ship. They were all very happy to be on Mother Earth once again. The journey had been long in distance yet so short in time that they were all still exhausted from a long and terrible struggle with an immense destructive power that had attacked their new home; Planet Pacifica. Three pioneers returned to their old home, a country that borders the gray whale's coast of north America, a country now known as Nation Pacifica.
Three pioneers standing on Earth had returned from their new home on the far side of the fifth galaxy away from Earth's galaxy, the Milky Way. The human pioneers had chosen to name their new planet in honor of their old home. That is how they came to name their new home Planet Pacifica. They had returned from where they started and brought a new intelligent specie with them called Delfinians, a highly intelligent and technologically advanced water specie. The delfinians were were still on the ship in their travel tanks as the humans stood together in alert silence warily peering toward an odd vision.
Rising spaceport runway heat waves created a rippling mirage difficult to see through. Rapidly approaching vehicles were stretched upward from distorted ground level heat waves extending about three stories high to crystal clear and magnified roofs. The top half of each vehicle hovered on a ruler-straight line which was the same eerie height for large trucks as well as small cars.
Something about the combination of flashing lights and the determined approach worried the small group's leader, a kindly, soft-spoken old admiral named Inocente Castro. Almost everyone but his closest friends simply referred to him as the Admiral. The travelers stood in a line with the Admiral in the center. They had embraced in celebration upon reaching solid ground. He still had one arm on the pilot's shoulder and the other around the co-pilot and navigator, his granddaughter.
Eddy, the pilot, felt the Admiral stiffen. His granddaughter, Rima, felt it too. She looked at her grandfather questioningly. Their Delfinian passengers sensed something interesting was happening and stretched to see out the windows from their water filled tanks. Delfinians are water people who are not comfortable on dry land for long periods yet are okay on land for short periods of time. They had traveled to Earth so they could meet dolphins and whales.
The Admiral let go of Rima and Eddy. He shielded his eyes from the sun with both hands and strained to see inside the mirage. "Now I'm wishing that we hadn't turned off the ship's engines," he mused quietly to himself.
"What's the matter Grandfather?" Rima asked.
"I didn't turn the engines all the way off," Eddy said, unconsciously adopting his leader's quiet voice, including the soft growl. He had spoken at the same time as Rima and the Admiral had heard them both..
"You didn't turn the power off?" the admiral asked.
"No, Sir."
The sound of fast moving helicopters suddenly came from behind them. First they heard the high pitch scream and throbbing blades of a small attack chopper, then the more distant booming of large and heavy props echoed from beyond view. The big helicopters were over the ocean and behind a line of sand dunes. They were flying low at top speed directly toward the the pioneer trio.
"You two run to the ship and get it started. I'll be right behind you," the Admiral shouted over the pulsing roar that suddenly surrounded them.
Rima looked at her grandfather with concern.
"Move!" He commanded. "I'll be in the door before you're ready to go."
Rima spun around and saw Eddy bounding up the ship's ramp. She cast a worried glance back at her grandfather and started running.
They were at the bottom of a small boarding ramp and not far from the ship. Rima was up the ramp in a flash. She hooked the door frame with one hand, yanked herself around the corner and flung herself toward the flight controls. A quick glance over her shoulder confirmed her grandfather was not far behind. Eddy was already in the pilot's seat and frantically bringing the ship to full power as she slid into the copilot seat. They heard the Admiral burst through the door and hurry aft to the cargo area where the delfinian's were waiting in their travel tanks.
"Close the door!" Eddy shouted as he eased the lift-off and speed controls forward. They were actually off the ground before the boarding ramp was retracted and the door was fully sealed. Eddy didn't want to hurt the Admiral with sudden movement but he had to consider the safety of the Delfinian's and the ship as well. He gently eased forward on the controls, then, gritting his teeth, he turned the ship directly at the approaching helicopter fleet and briefly turned on full spaceship power.
The attackers boomed over the sand dune crest and immediately began a desperate scramble for safety. Helicopters scattered out of the way like windblown leaves as Eddy plowed the spaceship straight into their formation and then quickly accelerated far beyond their speed and range. The spaceship was fifty kilometers out to sea before the helicopters had a chance to turn around and regroup.
"Are you all right, Admiral?" Eddy asked over the intercom as he swung the ship back toward shore and turned on the weapon systems.
"No problem here, son. That was close, though."
"What do you think is going on?" Rima and Eddy asked in unison.
"I don't know what to think," the admiral responded. 'Run a radio scan and find out what you can learn. I'll help work out a plan for the delfinians back here in the cargo area." The Admiral turned to the five delfinians, who were calm but had concerned and curious expressions as they waited for his explanation.
Admiral Inocente Castro straightened his posture and put on a translation collar delfinian scientists had developed for interspecie communication. He turned and addressed Cecric. She was the first Delfinian he met and he had grown quite fond of her during the life threatening struggles they had recently endured together. He especially liked her playful sense of humor, a trait many of her kind seemed to share. Her keen intellect was respected by everyone who knew her, himself included.
"Our greeting committee seemed a little less than friendly," Cecric said in her wry understated manner that accentuated questioning eyes that said more than her words.
The other four delfinians, Perko, Sudor, Dawn, and Landra swam to the edge of their tanks. They folded their arms and laid their chins on their hands just like any person in a swimming pool leans on the pool side while in the water. "We're all ears," Landra commented dryly.
The Admiral unbuckled his seat belt, stretched his arms, and shrugged, "We've been away from Earth almost three years. I suspect the United States of Earth has somehow muscled its way into Nation Pacifica. It must have happened when we were fighting to save ourselves and Planet Pacifica. We were too busy to keep track of what was happening here on Planet Earth."
He stood up and switched the computer monitor views to examine a full circle around the ship's position. "We can't hover out here for ever but it's obvious we can't land at the spaceport either. What do you want to do?" He asked the delfinians.
"Well, we came here to contact Cetaceans and there really isn't much we can do to help you when we are in these travel tanks. We might as well get off the ship right here." Perko suggested. "This place is as good as any other."
Inocente was suddenly a concerned friend rather than an admiral. He bagan pacing nervously and when he spoke his voice was slightly strained; "But Melodian technology accelerated the trip unimaginably. You have not had time to study Earth's Cetaceans."
The Admiral was referring to the almost instantaneos travel time accomplished with the extraordinary technologies given to them by Melodians; a third sentient specie in their alliance for survival. All of them, humans and delfinians alike would have perished without the Melodians.
"We'll do just fine without the study." Cecric answered, assuringly. "Bring us some towels so we can get out of these tanks and avoid spreading water all over the ship."
The Admiral was completely surprised but as a good friend quickly walked to the bathroom linen closet and returned with a stack of towels. "I've never seen you out of the water," he said as he handed them the towels.
"It's not hard for us," Dawn answered his unspoken question. "We can stand on our tail hand, and somersault from one spot to the next as fast as you can walk." She dried off her upper body with the towel, flapped it once, leaned over the tank edge, and spread it on the floor. She then vaulted out of the tank and onto the towel. "Hand me another towel," she said with a smile.
Dawn patted herself with the dry towel and then quickly somersaulted to the viewing port next to the cargo room loading door. She unwound gracefully to a standing position and looked out. "We appear to be slowly drifting away from shore at a height of about one kilometer," she said as the other delfinians repeated her moves and joined her at the windows. Admiral Castro noted for future reference that delfinians really could move as quickly and easily as a walking human, for a short distance on a smooth floor.
Sudor was visibly the most excited when he saw the vast Pacific Ocean. He gazed quietly for a moment and then slid down to a sitting position. He curled his lower tail hand under himself appearing equally as comfortably as a human sitting and leaning against a wall. "That is one beautiful ocean," he sighed. "I didn't have a chance to get in the water back on Planet Pacifica. I'm ready to swim, let's move this ship down to where we can jump."
The Admiral, normally a quick thinker, was almost speechless with surprise. He looked at the delfinians and thought to himself how beautiful and strong they were. He worried briefly about their safety, then realized any hungry creature that tried to eat one would surely regret it. The third paddling hand at the end of their tail looked to him as if it could almost reach around a human waist. Their upper arms could easily be as strong as his legs, probably much stronger considering his age.
He watched Cecric bend her neck downward and press her somewhat dolphin-like face against the window. Although her face in some ways looked like a high-speed, streamlined dolphin, her face and head were also proportioned and set on her neck very much like a standing human. "She is as pretty as any mermaid could possibly be," he thought as he reached to switch on the ship intercom.
"What's going on out there?" He asked.
"A squadron of planes has taken off from the spaceport," Eddy responded. "I'm maintaining the distance between us and the planes. Rima is monitoring radio communications. As near as we can figure out; Nation Pacifica has been taken over by the United States of Earth."
"More airplanes are coming toward us from the south," Rima interjected just as they felt the ship turn and accelerate upward.
"They are launching antiaircraft missiles at us!" Rima shouted out a warning.
"Okay, that's the last straw," the Admiral said grimly. "Shoot them down."
"The planes?"
"No-no. Just the missiles."
"Yes, Sir." Eddy said with an audible sigh of relief that impressed the delfinians.
"He actually doesn't want to hurt anyone, even though they are trying to kill us," Sudor commented approvingly from his position on the floor. He was holding onto a cargo tie-down ring between the computer monitor and the windows and quickly stood up to watch from the nearest window.
They felt the ship turn toward shore and heard a low whine as the joy generators briefly surged. The ship then made a coasting turn in a southerly direction and accelerated gently along the coast on a slight angle toward shore via the Santa Barbara Channel. Eddy knew Melodian technology completely eliminated gravity forces when maneuvering the Admiral's spaceship, even so, joy power harvests the force that binds the atomic nucleus and stores it in a surprisingly small container. He always touched lightly on controls capable of delivering time warping deep-space speed, especially when flying as close to a planet as they were.
"What's happening now?" the Admiral asked.
"Eddy wants to scatter the fighter planes and herd one of them out to sea," Rima answered.
"Don't hurt anyone," the Admiral responded with a chuckle. He glanced to the delfinians. As a fun loving specie, they were grinning widely, too.
"No, Sir," Eddy and Rima answered with unintentionally sarcastic laughter on their voices.
"Those young warriors are having fun," Cecric said. She used the title Star Song had bestowed on Eddie after giving him advanced flight training. A training that Rima seemed to have absorbed in her own way as navigator and ship's copilot in cooperation with Eddie and the Melodians during the battle for survival. They fought together and defeated a planet and life consuming form of evil designed to grow faster and faster for ever. A gigantic, almost star sized monster they called Doom Cloud,
The Admiral nodded, turning to address the delfinians as a group. "We should finalize a plan for all of you leaving the ship so we can tell the pilots. I'm suddenly feeling sad. How would you like us get back in touch with you?"
Cecric turned to Sudor with a look which would have been raised, questioning eyebrows on a human. He turned slowly to the Admiral, who at that moment realized Sudor was the delfinian's leader and that he probably should have noticed it sooner. Though Sudor spoke less than the others, when he did speak it was usually at a point when agreement was close yet something was unsettled or not clearly understood. Now Sudor was visibly pondering what to say. Everyone, including the Admiral, could feel him weighing his words carefully.
"We are not exactly planning to, as you put it, 'get back in touch.' I am what you might call a president, though my position among Delfinians does not carry the same notion of command or authority that humans bestow on presidents. Although we have not yet told you our complete story, we have not lied to you, either. We actually didn't know exactly what we were going to do until this hostile reception at the spaceport. We have seen Earth's ocean and now we know what to do. The time has come for us to be free in the sea."
"But why did you send your president on an exploration mission?" the Admiral wanted to know.
"We are not exploring, Admiral. We are the first permanent Delfinian settlers on Planet Earth. It was never our intention to leave before others arrived. We are colonizing your home planet. You are the first to know."
"Others are coming?"
"Yes. Full transport ships will soon be on the way. One day there will be a half million delfinians living here on Earth. Nobody can stop us. Though your frigate spaceship may be more powerful than anything on this planet, it would need help to defeat even one of our large transports."
Sudor waved away the Admiral's next question. "No delfinian would be alive today if it were not for human pioneer bravery. We will never forget what you have done for us. Even so, we've studied your home planet and decided it is a good place for us to live." Sudor eyed the Admiral for a moment but gave him no chance to interrupt.
"From now on, whatever comes next, that awful power out there must attack two planets at once to wipe out what remains of the Delfinian race."
"Just as importantly, Cetaceans need our help." Dawn interjected.
The Admiral walked to the window and and stood beside Cecric and looked out at the Pacific ocean. "I don't care if you wish to live on Earth, but why didn't you say something?"
"Try to understand," Perko said softly. "There are a little over a million delfinians back on Planet Pacifica. Each and every one totally loves human pioneers. You saved us from certain death. Yet, at the same time, we are not happy about what other humans are doing to the cetacean environment here on Earth. Some day you will learn our full history and then you will know that we actually have no choice in this matter. We are compelled to do something to help whales and dolphins."
"We are here to save the whales and dolphins from human pollution and greed." Cecric said firmly. "When you know us better you will understand why we have no choice."
Sudor smiled warmly at his delfinian companions before turning back to Inocente. "We are here to help Cetaceans. We do not intend to let them suffer the terror of human attacks or sickness from human pollution any longer. Dolphins and whales are part of our family even though we are from far, far away. We have no choice. We are bound by family and our unique history to defend all cetaceans."
A warning beeper suddenly interrupted them. At the same time a red light began flashing, and Rima's voice came over the intercom. Hang on everybody! The fighter jets are all around us!"
The ship banked one way and then the other, next it began to climb rapidly. The passengers all lunged for the nearest hand holds before realizing Melodian technology ensured that they were okay standing as they were.
"I've caught one," Eddy yelled. "It can't get away!" He let out a hoot. "Hang on! They're shooting missiles as thick as hornets!"
The joy generators changed to a slightly higher pitch as they blasted their way through a thicket of missiles and darted after the plane. Eddy had indeed cut one of the fighters out of the formation. He was forcing it to fly further out to sea every time it tried to elude their ship and return to the other planes. The sound of Rima's laughter came over the intercom clearly.
"What's so funny?" the Admiral demanded, as he started chuckling along with the sound of his laughing granddaughter.
"Eddy's skidding and twirling around like a kid on ice," Rima giggled.
"Be careful," the Admiral admonished, "and put your views on our wall monitor so we can see what's happening." He was still chuckling and Rima heard him.
Everyone watched spellbound as the lone fighter jet struggled to find a way around them. Eddy deftly blocked it each time the human pilot tried a new move. The distance between the fighter and its companions gradually grew larger. They knew the jets had used half their fuel when the main squadron turned back toward shore. The lone fighter tried desperately to fake a roll one way and then dive under the spaceship, which suddenly moved in front and forced it even further out to sea.
"It looks like he will be able to run it out of fuel and the pilot will have to parachute into the ocean," Sudor commented.
"What are you going to do when it runs out of fuel, Eddy?" Sudor asked.
"Pick up the pilot for questioning."
"That would be a good time for us to get off," said Perko.
"The delfinians want to get off the ship when we pick up the pilot," the Admiral reported, sadly.
"What? No, not yet," Eddy responded. "We've received a brief message from Luna. We think it might be Walker and Shawn's parents. I think we should fly up above the atmosphere and park in orbit for awhile. We can figure out what this message means from there. We'll be safe in orbit and we can question the pilot at the same time."
The Admiral glanced quickly at Sudor. He nodded an agreement, "It's okay with us, that jet is burning fuel so fast it won't be able to stay up too much longer anyway."
"There it goes now," Cecric said, pointing to the computer wall monitor.
Eddy brought their ship closer to the fighter and followed along behind it. A small puff of white vapor blew outward as the pilot ejected from the plane, which slowly rolled to one side and then plunged into the sea. They were hovering over the pilot within moments of splash down. Rima clicked the door switch and the cargo room door slid open. She then let down a rescue line and quickly winched the pilot to the cargo bay hatch and then into the ship.
The Admiral and the delfinians reached out and helped the wide-eyed pilot into the ship. Eddy immediately began a slow climb to a higher elevation. When the cargo door was closed he swiftly moved above the atmosphere and locked into an easy orbit.
"We might as well go back to our tanks and moisten," Perko said. He smiled and bowed in an exaggerated version of a butler comedian that he'd seen in an old black and white Earth movie as he handed a dry towel to the downed fighter pilot, who slowly reached up and took it from his hand.
Chapter 2
Earth Base One continues the story of Pacifica. The question remains whether a peaceful human relationship with Earth will forever remain political fantasy.


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CEO Above, Me Below - Chapter 656
Comments for chapter "Chapter 656"
I think the same as you but I think it will be revealed later by the author to balance the weight of the character to say she has the background to marry Aubery or live with him and these children
will she turn into a bitch later?
On life i felt this way after i saw her trembling too!??
Poor dude is gonna get blamed it if they succeed!
In the beginning of this book I hated him and was pissed at myself for feeling any empathy for who I THOUGHT the monster was.
But out of the two of them, she was the one causing the most damage and her only consistency is being inconsistent
And let's not pretend like everything with this "shrink" isn't Nina's fault k. She said she loved him but then turned around and tried to manipulate him with a shrink so he wouldn't have doubts about something she herself doubted. If she truly chose him then she wouldn't have tried to force him to change. (ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL THE F****** PROMISES SHE MADE!!)
i hope she can me a lancester or even more powerful than mona and the kungs so that she can slap them right on there faces "karmas a bitch yk" but sometimes karma is the best thing what the kungs and mona is is the taste of there own med which is only possible with the help of karma.!
So then she was actively deliberately putting Aubrey through the same pain she's now saying is like death itself. And she seems to think that's fine as long as it is her doing it to him but once his mother says that it's going to happen to her suddenly it's not okay and it's unacceptable to do to somebody how hypocritical she is. I hope Aubrey takes both babies cuz clearly she's an unfit mother. And he still needs to go to some sort of counseling so he's not such a damn control freak I mean he's not much worse offer than her but still he should be trying to better himself
Based on the trajectory of the story I'm just going to guess that Charles is going to show up around the time Aubrey starts to really change and have his final Arc and character growth and of course by that time he's going to have to compete with some douchebag probably Charles to get her to choose him and all this crap she's been doing to him this whole time this is going to be ignored
Yep and unfit mother going to kill her babies just to keep control over Aubrey it sucks but it also kind of looks like perhaps the two babies are going to be separated at birth and they may go with each individual parent and it all be met up later on but by that point she'll probably have some other dude pretending to be the dad probably Charles we didn't see him die so there's no way his plane crash killed him. Most likely Charles will get her from this island a little before Aubrey comes to save her from the island and then he'll have to try to compete with Charles to get her back but being that he's not trying to use his old message it's going to be a lot harder for him and he'll feel hopeless again
I very much agree with you but when you look at the times where they are happy with eachother thats how you know they love eachother but I still feel bad for what aubrey put her through but also she is putting aubrey in the worst states every so I understad where you are coming from
I swear I feel like they are jst toxic for eachother and they are never happy because they are always drama
I hate how the characters relationship is toxic but nina and aburey i like their relationship all i want is for aubrey to get curde and stuff but I like the relationship and i hate it at the same time cause i feel bad for nina for all the things that aubrey did to her but when you look at the good times you can tell they are meant for eachother and nina still loves aburey and aburey still loves nina and thats it 🙂
Honestly I feel so bad for her like there's never a chapter where she's just chilling and happy like let Mina get dragged a bit for a change😭😭😭


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and now, the end is near
and so i face the final curtain
my friend, i'll say it clear
i'll state my case, of which i'm certain
i've lived a life that's full
i've traveled each and ev'ry highway
but more, much more than this
i did it my way
regrets, i've had a few
but then again, too few to mention
i did what i had to do
and saw it through without exemption
i planned each charted course
each careful step along the byway
but more, much more than this
i did it my way
yes, there were times, i'm sure you knew
when i bit off more than i could chew
but through it all, when there was doubt
i ate it up and spit it out
i faced it all and i stood tall
and did it my way
i've loved, i've laughed and cried
i've had my fill; my share of losing
and now, as tears subside
i find it all so amusing
to think i did all that
and may i say - not in a shy way
"no, oh no not me
i did it my way"
for what is a man, what has he got?
if not himself, then he has naught
to say the things he truly feels
and not the words of one who kneels
the record shows i took the blows
and did it my way
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We must pretend no longer; let's look into the eye of the storms and admit with quivering lips: autumn is upon us. It's pretty painful that we've all missed out on a proper summer, or at the very best shoehorned it into a few weeks of masked-up holibobs and subsequent quarantine quandaries.
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Following each game in the 2019-2020 Pittsburgh Steelers season I will be giving you my ten takes. These aren't going to be hot takes and meant to shock the world. This will be instant reactions to the game written while still in that period just following the game when the emotions are high and the ideas are fresh. Included will be thoughts, observations, queries and reasons that caused me to yell at the television.
Week – Preseason game 2
Opponent – Home vs the Kansas City Chiefs
1. Ugly first quarter – NFL players are creatures of habit on game day. They have their routine that they like to follow to prepare for the game. You throw in a lengthy rain delay and everything seemed ugly from the start. A three and out on the first drive. 3 fumbles (Vance McDonald, Donte Moncrief and Diontae Johnson), Chukwuma Okorafor got beat for an easy sack, multiple penalties, a drop by Xavier Grimble. It wasn't pretty but I'm going to chalk it up to them being out of rhythm.
2. Good things coming from the starting OLB's – TJ. Watt looked really good right from the get go. He had a nice bull rush vs Laurent Duvernay-Tardiff to get some pressure and then uses a rip on the outside shortly after. In the second quarter he knocked the ball out of the QB's hand on a speed rush up the outside. Lots of good things. Perhaps a bit more surprising was Bud Dupree's performance. He too was very active and he even looked a bit leaner. He got good penetration to the inside on a stunt, got his hand up on screen to knock down a pass and went around the edge for a sack. He did get sucked inside and lost contain on the edge a couple times. Being in a contract year isn't always an indicator but sometimes players step up their game trying to get that next big contract.
3. Is Artie Burns' confidence back? – As the Steeler Depot team has pointed out Burns performs well in the preseason. To me he looked to have some confidence back in his game. He looked to be in good position in coverage on the plays I noticed, made a tackle on Tyreek Hill early and recovered a fumble. He is another player on the last year of his contract. Could he step up his game as well? If he does, at some point, he could take that starting position back.
4. Can we bubble wrap Vance McDonald? – Another thing we've mentioned before is the depth of the tight end position. I wanted to give it a couple games to see what would happen with the players they have. If McDonald were to go down for an extended period I am not comfortable having someone takeover the starting position from what they have currently. Grimble doesn't impress me. Zach Gentry has good potential but he is far from ready. I'm sure they'll watch the waiver wire when the cuts start but they may need to trade for and experienced player who could take over if needed.
5. Trade from depth – If they are going to need to trade for a tight end or any other player they'll have to do it from where they have depth. There are a few areas of depth where other teams may have interest. Quarterback has three backups that have looked pretty good so far. Offensive line has very good depth and is always a need around the league. Wide receiver is a solid group through receiver #6 but Diontae Spencer could push enough to make someone available.
6. The pass interference challenge rule – This was a knee jerk reaction to a ridiculously bad missed call in the playoffs last year and it already looks like a mistake much like the catch rule. We've seen how this has gone with all the other challengeable plays. It seems the final decision is wrong just as much as they get it right. I'm not a fan of challenges to begin with but this one is clearly going to be awful this season.
7. Special teams coverage – I like it a lot. On each kickoff and punt I am seeing a bunch of young, hungry football players racing down the field and making tackles. I could name the guys that have made plays but the list would be long. Maybe it's the competition of these guys trying to make an impression that is bringing out the best of them. I hope the coverage teams can do this all year.
8. Jamming the tight end – Covering the tight end has been an issue for some time and it's not a simple fix. They aren't going to change one thing that will make it all better. But there was a glimmer of hope to help the coverage issue. Travis Kelce was in a 2 point stance in a tight slot and I believe it was Sean Davis who lined up across from him. Davis jammed him and didn't let him off the line of scrimmage. I saw it at least one time later in the game with a different combination of players. More please, Keith Butler.
9. Number 2 running back – This is another scenario I don't want to see but if James Connor were to miss time I'm not starting Jaylen Samuels. I like him as a player and I really like him as a receiver but if I need to give the ball to someone for 15-20 carries I want it to be Benny Snell. He's the more natural runner and I trust him more to find the open gaps and create when needed. Samuels does a nice job of taking advantage of good blocking but doesn't create as much when the holes aren't there.
10. Kick returner – Is there a need any more to have a player on your roster designated the kick returner? In 2018, 18 of 32 teams had 60% or more of their kickoffs go for touchbacks. 27 of 32 teams had a least half (50%) of their kickoffs go for touchbacks. There were 17 players who averaged at least 1 return per game. Of those only 9 players averaged more than 25 yards per return. Stick a couple of shifty guys back there. If it goes in the end zone, take a knee. If it doesn't get what you can vertically.
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Location. Location. Location. Creating a centralized area for all your organizational needs starts with picking the best place to set up camp.
Find an area that gets a lot of traffic. A corner of the kitchen, a spot in the hallway, or an easy-access home office.
By centralizing your command center it'll be easier for everyone to get on board with things like checking the calendar or properly filing documents. It'll also force you to keep the area neat and orderly, since it won't be hidden away.
Sit down with your family and lay down the ground rules about the dos and don'ts of your command center. Talk about what belongs or doesn't belong.
Bills, schedules, and school documents should be kept there, where junk mail, backpacks, purses, kids' homework, etc. all should be stored elsewhere.
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That is the (assumed) start to the comedian's story about the time he found his movie "The Big Sick" posted in full on the popular adult film website.
The kicker to the whole thing?
"I swear it was under the category 'Interracial,'" Nanjiani quipped to Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter.
Not that he's mad about any of it.
"I'm just like a little kid from Pakistan — and then to end up on PornHub?" he celebrated the good fortune. "That's the American dream!"
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Azerbaijani President Declared Nagorno-Karabakh Status Issue of the Past – MFA's Comment on European Parliament's Resolution
Leyla Abdullayeva, the spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, commented on the latest resolution adopted by the European Parliament, according to Azerbaijan in Focus, reporting Trend News, citing the ministry.
According to Abdullayeva, the reporting document again reflected the EU's unequivocal support for the territorial integrity of the Eastern Partnership countries (including Azerbaijan) within their internationally recognized borders.
"As to some unfounded and belated issues, reflected in the resolution, firstly, our position on the future status of the region, security, and heritage of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh is clear and has been unambiguously stated many times," she said.
"We once again bring to the attention of the deputies unfamiliar with this position that the President of Azerbaijan has declared the status issue as left in the past. As for the security of the Armenian population and heritage, the rights of all citizens on the territory of Azerbaijan, regardless of nationality and religion, are ensured by the Constitution of Azerbaijan, and historical and cultural monuments are protected at the state level," noted the spokesperson.
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The Embassy of Bangladesh is located in Pretoria which is the city of South Africa.
Moving towards the Head of Mission of the embassy of Bangladesh located in South Africa is Shabbir Ahmad Chowdhury, High Commissioner. The primary purpose of an Embassy is to provide assistance to the citizens who travel or want to live in the host country. You need to have several documents for this purpose, and an embassy provides you all of the consulate services. To visit the embassy, you must make your appointment and choose the date/time that is available on the schedule.
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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced today the release of the Hunt Illinois website, which pulls together public hunting information in Illinois.
Good, it's a shift in the right direction.
The most usable part, by my view, is the calendar with listings of permit and season dates.
But it leaves in place one of the most galling features in my view, both as a dad and an outdoors professional.
The listings for safety classes remain by 102 counties rather than by date. That just blows my mind.
Here's why it matters. The kids who are hardcore hunters will find a way to squeeze in their hunter safety classes, but the kids who will hunt as a social or family activity need all the help they can get. As an outdoors and hunting community, those tangential kids may be the most important ones to keep in the fold.
Sorting through class listings by county is infuriating, if you are a parent trying to squeeze another event into a kid's schedule of band, soccer, church youth group, Scouts, theater, National Honor Society, music lessons and family events. Trust me I know this firsthand on multiple occasions.
I don't think I'm much different than other parents in this: I would be willing to drive roughly 1 1⁄2 hours to take a kid to a class. In our case, that means 14 counties. Do you know what a pain in the ass it is to wade through 14 counties of listings instead of just going down one listing by date?
Most things are made easier by having them online, not in the case of listing hunter safety classes by county.
What makes this even more galling is that the IDNR at one time did it right. Make it 20-plus years ago. One day John Allen, then PIO for the IDNR in Chicago (back then there was such a position), on his own initiative, started compiling a statewide list of classes and sending them out weekly. If I remember right, he pulled the list together on Friday afternoons, which tend to be a bit of a down time. His list was a freaking dream. I say that both as a dad and as a member of the outdoors media relaying information of what and when classes are available.
I groused and digressed. Now I am done.
Here is the announcement from the IDNR:
IDNR Launches New 'Hunt Illinois' Website
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) today announced the launch of the new Hunt Illinois website – an online resource for Illinois residents and visitors to the state interested in hunting in the Land of Lincoln.
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Specialists that you always need a specific gaming laptop for playing games on PC with the advanced technological and clear graphics. PC games are so into trend now, as they are becoming more popular with every passing day.
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Best Gaming Laptops 2023
The question is "where to buy gaming laptops within affordable prices and spectacular specs?" we have found the answer! You don't have to bother yourself anymore for this, just go through the reviews of best gaming laptops that we have done so far. And you'd probably find the one according to your preferences.
Comparison Table of Best Gaming Laptops 2023
|ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14 Gaming Laptop
|New Apple MacBook Pro
|Acer Nitro 5 Gaming Laptop
|AORUS 17 Extreme Gaming Laptop
|Dell XPS 15
|ASUS TUF506IV-AS76 TUF Gaming A15 Gaming Laptop
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List of Best Gaming Laptops 2023 – Highly Rated
1. ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14 Gaming Laptop
- 14in Full HD Display with 1920 x 1080 Resolution with 120Hz refresh rate, Latest AMD...
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q graphics Backed by 6GB GDDR6 dedicated video memory,...
- Best battery life
- Excellent performance
- Thing and light-weighted
- Reliable
- Easy to use
- No web-cam
You might have found many gaming laptops in market but we are sure that they would never meet the features and performance of ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14, as it is considered as one of the best gaming laptop 2023 for some reason. Let's find out those reasons.
At first, let's talk about the important features and specs of this wonderful gadget. It has a CPU that is AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS-9 4900HS. Moreover, it has graphics of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 along with the RAM that is up to 16GB. 14inch Non-Glare HD display adds to its marvelous features. This laptop has 512GB / 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 storage.
Although, it doesn't have a web cam but this laptop is just close the perfect. This is an absolute beast of a gaming laptop, delivering an incredible performance with its AMD Ryzen 4000 processors and NVIDIA RTX 2060 graphics card. It is touching best in class battery that will last with you all day long. Moreover, a fat display with 120Hz refresh rate and light weight and ultra-thin design.
The interesting thing is that you can get all of this in an affordable price that is suitable than the others. However, to be honest we are also surprised that a laptop could offer these features in a good price.
2. New Apple MacBook Pro
- Ninth-generation 6-Core Intel Core i7 Processor
- Stunning 16-inch Retina Display with True Tone technology
- Touch Bar and Touch ID
- Build quality
- Apple care
- Color accurate display
- Large storage capacity
- Long term battery life
- No SD card slot
- Over priced
Apple MacBook pro is considered as the top gaming laptop for some reasons. Let's find out them!
Talking about the specs, it has 16-inch diagonal LED backlit display with IPS technology, 3072-by-1920 native resolution at 226 pixels per inch, along with the 500 nits' brightness, wide color p3, and true tone and up to 60HZ refresh. Moreover, it features 2.6GHz Intel core i7 processor with turbo boost up to 4.5GHz.
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- Long term battery life
- Stunning graphics
- Affordable
- Full HD display
- A little noisy
Finding a gaming laptop isn't a big achievement but finding a best one is!
If a laptop is best for gaming due to its marvelous specs along with the affordable price, so isn't it a great deal? Well, Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop is one of those best gaming laptops 2023 that have incredible features with an affordable price. Yes, these laptops do exist.
Let's first talk about the specs of this laptop, you'll be amazed. It has 15.6 inch HD widescreen IPS LED-Backlit display. Not only this, it has NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Graphics with 6GB of dedicated GDDR6 VRAM, which provides you the best gaming experience.
Moreover, it has 16GB DDR4 2666MHz memory and 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD, along with the one hard drive bay. Last but not least, it has a backlight keyboard along with the Acer Cool Boost technology with twin fans and dual exhaust fans.
Finally, its long term battery life provides you the mental peace of at least one whole day.
Now, you might be agreeing with our point about the incredibility of this laptop, aren't you?
4. AORUS 17 Extreme Gaming Laptop
- 17 3" Thin Bezel AUO FHD 1920x1080 240Hz anti-glare Display
- Intel Core i9-9980hk
- Intel UHD Graphics 630 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 GDDR6 8GB
- Dominating all-around performance
- Gorgeous display
- Mechanical keyboard is a dream
- Reliable
- Excellent battery life
- RTX 2080 model needs two power adapters
You might have listened about AORUS 17 YA-9US2452SH 17 as it is one of the best gaming laptop 2021. You just heard about this laptop but we going to tell you about this laptop in an explained way.
Talking about the specs, it has 19th Gen Intel core i7-i9 along with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 16 series- RTX 20 super series. This laptop has RAM up to 64GB, which most of the other laptops don't have.
Moreover, talking about the display, it has 17.3 inch Bezel FHD 1920×1080 240Hz Anti-Glare display along with the ITB SSD PCIe, 2TB HDD storage. There's no doubt that this laptop is not for everyone due to its breathtakingly steep price but if you are looking for a laptop in this rage, you couldn't get a better gaming laptop than this. As, this one's got the face melting performance that you have been looking for.
As explained above, this laptop has the high performance CPU along with the NVIDIA's most powerful GPUs for gaming that give an absolutely stunning gaming experience.
Last but not least, it has a long term battery life which means that you can enjoy playing PC games for straight one day without any break.
5. Dell XPS 15
- 【Intel Core i7-1255U Processor】 Intel Core i7-1255U Processor (10 Cores, 12...
- 【Display】15.6" Touchscreen Anti-Glare LED Backlit WVA FHD (1920 x 1080) Display.
- 【High-Speed RAM And Enormous Space】64GB DDR4 high-bandwidth RAM to smoothly run...
- Stunning display
- SD slot
- Great value
- Excellent battery life
- Reliability
- No front cover
- RAM configurations
You might be having problem while looking for a gaming laptop that turn out to be your best companion through this journey of gaming. Dell XPS 15 is perfect for you as it is also considered as one of the best gaming laptops 2023.
Let's talk about the specs first. It has a 15.6 inch diagonal 1920×1080 infinity edge display, along with 100% sRGB; 500 nits. Moreover, it has a 9th generation Intel core i7-9750H, including the storage capacity of 256GB SSD and RAM is 8GB-32GB DDR4-2666MHz.
Next, it features Intel UHD Graphics 630 with advanced NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5. Besides all these features, it has 1 HDMI v2.0 port, 1 thunderbolt 3 with power delivery and display port, 2 USB 3.1 Gen port and 1 Universal audio jack.
The Dell XPS is the best value gaming laptop in the market you'd ever find. It has strong performance capabilities along with the quality unibody design. So, if you are looking to enjoy the best gaming experience than, it is a best option so far.
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6. ASUS TUF506IV-AS76 TUF Gaming A15 Gaming Laptop
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB Graphics with ROG Boost
- 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Processor 45W (8M Cache, up to 4.2GHz)
- 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) 144Hz IPS-Type display
- Great 1080p performance
- New AMD processors
- Very good battery life
- Reliable
- Advanced graphics
- Noisy fans
- Design won't be for everyone
Having a best gaming laptop is a dream of every youngster now a days along with the professional gamers they also desire to have a professional gaming laptop. For this purpose, we are showing you the best gaming laptop 2023. Let's have a look at its specs.
This gaming laptop has AMD Ryzen 5 4600H- 7 4800H CPU along with the graphics by NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660TI RTX 2060 that enables you to enjoy the incredible gaming experience. RAM of this laptop ranges up to 32GB SDRAM. ASUS TUF5061V- AS76 TUF A15 has 15.6 full HD 60Hz Anti-Glare with IPS level panel display. Storage of this laptop is up to 1TB 5400rpm SATA HDD- 256GB/ 512GB / ITB PCIe Gen3 SSD.
Furthermore, along with the fantastic gaming experience this laptop also provides a great value gamming rig with a long battery life and military grade durability as well.
Whether you play a lot of PC games or need a rugged laptop, this one is the perfect.
7. Alienware M15 15.6″ Gaming Notebook
- Processor Manufacturer: Intel
- Processor Type: Core i7
- Processor Generation: 8th Gen
- Great performance
- Great built quality
- Reliability
- Long term battery life
- HD Graphics
- NVIDIA Max-Q GPU a little limited
While choosing a laptop, you have to check the specs first, so first have a look at the specs of Alienware M15 gaming notebook.
It has a 10th Gen Intel core i9 10980 HK CPU along with the super NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 graphics. It features 15.6″ FHD 1920 x 1080 / 144Hz 7ms 300-nits 72% NTSC – 15.6″ OLED UHD 3840 x 2160 / 60Hz 1ms 400-nits DCI-P3 display. That provides an ultimate gaming experience.
Moreover, it has up to 4TB RAID0 + 512GB SSD storage. This laptop has gained its name in the market by itself and now enlisted as one of the best gaming laptop 2023. After reading all the specs you might have admitted that this laptop is worth spending money for.
Long term battery life adds to the stunning specs of this laptop.
8. Razer blade 15
- Aspect Ratio:16:9
- More power: The 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10750H processor provides the ultimate level...
- Ray-tracing: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is powered by the NVIDIA Turing GPU...
- Crazy performance
- Aesthetic
- Groundbreaking display
- Aluminum unibody frame house
- Long term battery life
- Little over priced
- Lack of repair options
Discussing the specs, first let's talk about the display. It has 15.6 full HD 144Hz, 100% sRGB, 4.9 mm bezel, and factory calibrated feature.
It has a 10th Gen Intel core i7 10750H (2.6-5.GH) processor along with the SSD storage of 512GB. Razer blade 15 has a RAM up to 16GB dual-channel. Moreover, it has NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 with Max Q-design GPU.
Additionally it has USB 3.1 Gen 1 × 2 that is USB-A, USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 and thunderbolt 3 that is USB-C. This laptop is considered as a best gaming laptop 2023.
So, if you are a fan of Razer brand esthetics than spending money on Razer blade 15 isn't a bad decision.
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9. MSI GS65 Stealth-1668 Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop
- 15.6" FHD, Anti-Glare Wide View Angle 144Hz 3ms 72%NTSC NVIDIA GeForce GTX1660Ti 6G...
- Intel Core i7-9750H 2.6 - 4.5GHz Intel 9560 Jefferson Peak (2x2 802.11 ac)
- 16GB (8G 2) DDR4 2666MHz 2 Sockets; Max Memory 64GB
- Beautiful design
- Excellent performance
- Durable
- Best battery life
- Advanced HD graphics
- Underside gets very hot
Just according to the tradition, let's talk about the specs first. It has Intel core i7 CPU, along with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB GDDR5X VRAM, Max-Q). RAM of this laptop ranges from 16GB-32GB. Providing an ultimate gaming experience with 15.6-inch FHD (1,920 x 1,080) anti-glare, wide-view 144Hz panel display.
Moreover, this one of the best gaming laptop 2023 has 256GB SSD – Super RAID 4 1TB SSD storage. It enables you to play the high quality best PC games on the go without any break with its long term battery life.
This laptop comes with a very light-weighted and beautifully designed body and stunning internal features. And whatever you want to play on this laptop, it won't get slow at any cost.
Due to these features, it is surely the perfect gaming laptop to rule the gaming world.
Buying guide for best gaming laptops 2023:-
When choosing the best gaming laptop, there are some things that you must need to keep under consideration.
- Performance
First and foremost thing that everybody needs to check in a gaming laptop is its laptop. Whether it has the capability of play high quality PC games or not. So, before buying do check the ratings and reviews about the laptops before clicking the BUY button.
- Display
Display is the second most important thing to check, as if the laptop has a HD display along with the advanced NVIDIA graphics that ensure to provide the best quality view and gaming experience.
Do check the specs to check the display features of the laptop.
- Processor
Any laptop whether it is gaming or not, it is necessary to have a look on the specs of the processor, as entire functioning of the laptop depends upon the processor. It should be advanced and based on new technologies, so that it might not get slow while playing the heavy duty PC games.
Final verdict:
Gaming laptops are in the trend from the start but now the usage is increasing day by day as not only gamers are desiring to buy the latest gaming laptops but it's the dream of every youngster nowadays. There are some specs of every laptop that makes it unique and considerable than the other. Money also matters, as you have to look at your pocket too. We have reviewed 9 best gaming laptops 2023, there are some that are highly priced but there are some laptops that are affordable too, but this doesn't mean that if they are cheap so wouldn't be working well.
Gaming laptops are in the trend from the start but now the usage is increasing day by day as not only gamers are desiring to buy the latest gaming laptops but it's the dream of every youngster nowadays. There are some specs of every laptop that makes it unique and considerable than the other. Money also matters, as you have to look at your pocket too. We have reviewed 9 best gaming laptops 2023, there are some that are highly priced but there are some laptops that are affordable too, but this doesn't mean that if they are cheap so wouldn't be working well.
Just read the reviews and you'd be finalizing one according to your choices.
Best overall "ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14 Gaming Laptop"
Affordable "Acer Nitro 5 Gaming Laptop"
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The conduct of few senior TDP leaders' is costing the TDP party dearly. With 2019 AP Assembly Elections a year from now, the TDP boss seems to be worried about the conduct of his own party members than anyone else. There is no need to mention about the foolish comments made by YS Jagan; proposal of renaming Krishna District as NTR district, and the lost story of Janasena Chief Pawan Kalyan, who's Twitter-attack was compared to a child's tantrums.
Following the same line, the TDP leaders are harming their own party. In less than a month, three incidents have shed shadow on the image of the Telugu Desam Party.
Beginning with Chintamaneni episode, where the TDP leader slapped a common man for questioning his over-reaction on a torn-poser of CBN on an APSRTC bus, 'casteist' remarks by Varla Ramaiah once again put the party in trouble.
Adding insult to the injury is the stone pelting attack on BJP National President at Tirumala has irked the neutral voters. Even Buddha Venkanna's uncouthly statements on YSRCP MLA Roja did not go well in the Telugu News Channels.
Despite a sweet warning from BJP Rajya Sabha MP GVL Narasimha Rao about the coming changes in AP Politics, the TDP leaders are putting the party in a wrong state of affairs.
With already failing to get the 'Special Category Status' to the state these incidents are deeply hurting CBN. If the TDP Supremo doesn't quickly act, he can expect more incident like these to take place.


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Top rated Business Litigation attorney in Houston, TexasMouer Huston PLLC
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Licensed in Texas since: 1996
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Attorney Penn C. Huston is a partner with the MouerHuston PLLC law firm in Houston, Texas. Widely regarded as one of the leading business litigation attorneys in his region as well as the entire country, Mr. Huston has achieved significant success representing the rights and interests of a diverse range of clients throughout the greater Houston Metro and surrounding areas who are dealing with legal challenges involving any of the following:
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No matter the issues his clients are facing or how complex their needs, Mr. Huston delivers highly personalized counsel and aggressive advocacy to help them achieve the best possible outcomes efficiently and cost-effectively. He has received many positive reviews from his clients who remark about his attentiveness, legal knowledge and dedication to producing the favorable results they seek.
Although a successful trial attorney, Mr. Huston strives to help his clients resolve their matters and settle their disputes without the need for expensive, protracted court battles. However, he prepares each case he handles as if it were to go to court, and he is always ready to litigate his clients' matters when necessary to ensure they achieve the positive results they expect and deserve.
Honored for his outstanding professionalism and service, Mr. Huston has received designation from The Legal 500 as a recommended energy litigator, and he has earned numerous other accolades from his peers. He has also had many of his cases reported, which further demonstrates his effectiveness as a trial attorney.
A 1992 graduate of Rice University, Mr. Huston attended The University of Texas School of Law, where he obtained his Juris Doctor with honors in 1996.
Practice areasBusiness Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business/Corporate, Employment & Labor: Employee, Securities Litigation
Focus areas
- 60% Business Litigation
- 10% Alternative Dispute Resolution
- 10% Business/Corporate
- 10% Employment & Labor: Employee
- 10% Securities Litigation
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Professional Webpage: https://mouerhuston.com/lawyers/penn-huston/
- Noram Drilling Co. v. Michael Hornsby; Cause No. 2008-37498; 157th District Court, Harris County Texas Lead trial lawyer secured jury verdict in favor of client in amount of $1,853,381, 2012
- Graduated with Honors, UT Law School
- Rice University B.A. in Economics/English Literature, 1992
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Wondering who to buy from Team of The Week 35? Don't worry we've got everything you need to know.
So the Premier League season is over, and your chance to pack some Premier League players TOTW cards is also done. Well, it is until the end of the week when the latest team goes out of packs. That being said, we have got some excellent new cards in this the 35th team of informs since the launch of FIFA 18.
So, who should you be hoping to pack or look to splash the cash out on? Well, as usual, we have had a look at who we think some of the best players are, and who you should totally get.
With that being said, let's get on with the two apparent buys and one that you might not have thought about before.
1. Gareth Bale: 800k – 1mil
If you pack this beaut, you will not only get a fantastic player but one of the best ways to make some quick cash. His last inform was worth around 600k so you should have no problem in selling him on for close to a million this time around.
If you keep him, you get someone who can play as not only a right midfielder but someone who could be converted into a right-forward, and given a chance to play a centre-forward on seven chem.
Even on that seven chem, you will be getting a player with a whopping 97 pace, 93 shooting, 91 dribbling and 83 physical. The best stats may just be the 96 shot power and 96 long shots which will make you want to hit some thunderb*st*rds.
Still wondering who to buy from Team of The Week 35? Yeah, well it has to be Bale!
2. Leroy Sane: 150k – 200k
While I would have gone for Mario Balotelli, Sane is an absolute gem of an inform this week. The reason behind this was the fact that it is unlikely that you managed to pack his Team of the Season card last week, or if you can't afford him. That being said, this inform is a perfect alternative.
Obviously, it is not going to be as good as that TOTS card, but with 96 pace, 84 shooting, 85 passing and 91 dribbling, he's still very nice. The 95 agility combined with his pace and dribbling will make him a true menace for full-backs.
3. Andrea Consigli: 40k – 70k
If you need a goalkeeper that is not only totally incredible but on the cheaper side, then look no further than this man. This is his third inform card, and he has gone from an 82 to an 87 this season.
With all goalkeeping stats other than kicking (75) and positioning (89) in the 90s, what more could you want? If you're triggered by the 89 positioning, you could always add a chemistry style, and it will boost him up.
You might be able to get him for around 50k, and it will be well worth it even if you can't get him on 10 chem for your team.
Looking for a goalkeeper and who else to buy from Team of The Week 35? Look no further than this man!


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Length up to 2.5 cm, with four apple-green
spots on its black back, the four-spot midget is a very distinctive and
attractive damselfly`1. Females may be one of two forms, and whilst some
are like the previous description, others are orange. Immature four-spot
midgets are greyish but still have four pale spots visible on the back
Unlike many damselflies, the four-spot
midget does not leave the site in which they emerged, and instead will
stay in the reed community where they will spend their entire adult life.
Adult four-spot midgets can be seen flying about their habitat from late
May to early August. Like the larvae, the adults are generalized, opportunistic
feeders, which prey on smaller flying insects, such as midges and mosquitoes.
The four-spot midget is a weak flier, and adopts a sit-and-wait tactic
when searching for prey or mates. Its weak flying abilities, along with
its small body size and bright colouration, especially of the males, may
mean it is particularly vulnerable to predation. The average lifespan of
this damselfly is estimated to be around 35 days
The majority of the populations are
associated with brackish marshes, but populations have also been found
in coastal freshwater streams. In Hong Kong the adults have been recorded
in mangrove habitat, but the larvae have never been found there. Larvae
of Mortonagrion hirosei have a relatively high survival rate in brackish
water of saline concentrations of up to 15%.
Occurs in Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
It may also exist in mainland China. The species is confined to the coastal
regions of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the east coast of Honshu, Japan. There
is a single record from an inland site in Gutoushan, Guangdong, China.
The four-spot midget is classified
as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List. This vulnerable insect is
threatened by habitat loss and degradation (1). In Japan, the extent of
reedbeds has been substantially reduced by river alterations and the destruction
of wetlands, and suitable habitat in mainland China is similarly being
lost to city development, reclamation and dam construction


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What's new in DashBod Version 1.35.2
We are proud to release DashBod Version 1.35.2, with several notable few features and improvements made to improve the user experience. These enhancements will be rolled out to all DashBod users in the upcoming week.
What's New
Enhancements to Invoice
1. Option to add "Attention To" annotation
Users will now have the option to add an "Attention To" annotation in invoices. This will allow users to include a contact name associated with a certain project.
Below is a sample of the invoice:
2. Mandatory Bank Addresses on Invoice
It is now mandatory to input the address when adding a bank account in DashBod.
This will ensure that the address of your chosen bank will always appear on invoices by default.
Feature to add a Sub Chart of Account
This is a new enhancement to the Charts of Account (COA) & Profit & Loss Reporting function allowing users to have a sub-account tagged to the parent account to have a better view of their accounting transactions.
As seen in the Profit & Loss sheet below, the new sub-account (Sales — App) is tagged to the Sales chart of account.


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Jan returns home minus underwear!
My wife Jan and I have been happily married for 32 years, over that time there has been many times when one us has looked somewhere else for sexual pleasure, this story tells of Jan's late night return minus her underwear and carrying another naughty secret.
When our children were little we only went out individualy as someone needed to look after the kids, this was a Saturday night when Jan was going out, she got ready in her normal way taking time to chose what dress to wear, what shoes went best with them, asking me all along what looked good, all the time in her bra and g-string, Jan is a g-string wear rather thong wearer as she prefers the tighter fit and less material to give that "no underwear" look in a tight short dress, in the course of her getting ready we had sex which was normal, a quickie with her bent over the dressing table, I pulled her tiny white g-string to one side and pounded for a few minutes until I came, Jan was keeping me happy so I thought, Jan finished getting ready, short tight clingy minidress, tiny g-string and bra.
The husband of a friend was taking her and two other into town where they were meeting a big group of girls for a birthday night out, settled down for a night in, watched so rubbish television and hit the sack at about 11 thinking I'll be disturbed at 2 or 3 in the morning when she gets in.
I'm woken by the sound of a car outside the house, I look and it's Jan getting out of a taxi, then look at my watch and it's 5am, wow that's been some night out, I get back into bed turn on the bedside light and wait for her to come into the bedroom, to door open and I can't see much but notice Jan is not as smart now as she was when she left the house, she say hi honey goes into the onsuite pulls her dress over her head and notice no underwear at all, no bra no g-string which for me is how I would love her to be all the time, she reaches into the washing basket and pulls out a red g-string and puts it on, strange I think but it's all turning me on so I'm going with the flow thinking I'll have drunken sex were her which is always good as she looses her inhibitions, she removes her makeup and comes to the bed and gets in, strange I think as we both sleep naked and only wears underwear to bed if she is on her period or we have just had sex.
We chat a little about her night out and how good it must have been as she got in so late, I give her a kiss and tell her how horny I'm feeling and put my hand on her g-string covered pussy and she pulls away starts to give me a blow job which again is strange as she hates doing it as she has a small mouth, we continued for a while but I need more stimulation so I move around so I could lick her, Jan's very reluctant but I get my way, I slide off the g-string from wash basket then I realise why she has tried to keep we from her pussy and asshole.
Her asshole is a sticky mess, along with her pussy, as I prod my tongue into her asshole fluid starts to leek out I insert a finger as well as my tongue in her asshole Jan is now stating to cum as she moans I remove my finger from her, her asshole opens slightly and contacts with thrill of the orgasm coming every opening she pushes a glob of what I now realise is spunk out on to my tongue and face, with that she came causing me to blow my load from her frantic tossing of my cock, it felt like the biggest and hardest evacuation I've ever had!
Jan pulled her g-string on, I kissed her and said someone's been a naughty girl, I went to on suite clean my still hard cock am washed my face and went back to bed where Jan is now asleep.
It's Sunday morning so it's a lie in for one of us, me I'm up getting the kids breakfast and doing the chores, my curiosity gets the better of me so I decide to check the washing basket, her little minidress had small light brown stain low down on the back, no bra no white g-string.
I take Jan a cup of tea late morning and she is hanging, she has my spunk in her hair I've managed to shoot spunk onto her bedside light, the bed sheets have a light brown stain similar to that on her dress.
When Jan finally gets up mid afternoon she looks hanging but is overly nice to me we get through the day with out a mention of what happened, when in bed that night I broach the subject of what went on, she said did I enjoy the sex? I said yes, she said let's just leave at that for now.
We have now moved on many years from that day/night and the facts have now come out, Jan got delegated from her friend and while waiting got talking to guy who charmed her off her feet, they kissed a bit before he asked her back to his flat of which she was happy to do, she knew his flat mate might be there but was drunk so didn't care, he fucked while his flat mate watched, he came in her, his flat mate came in her, then after the flat mate had finished he started playing with her asshole which with a bit of lube ended in full anal sex (lucky bastard!), this all took place over couple of hours, he phoned her a taxi and paid for it, but asked if he could keep her underwear, on the way home in the taxi spunk was leaking from both holes hence the brown stain on her dress!
To this day I still have not had anal with Jan, a finger or tongue in there but no cock, she say I'm too big which is why which makes me feel slightly better about her night out, but it did help me tick off the box licking someone else's cum from my wife.
This is really a true story.


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A new restaurant is opening up in our neighborhood, and their sign is a great reminder of why we are studying the heart language of this place. The company's name isn't actually translated here at all–it's just spelled out using the local alphabet. The result is unintentionally humorous and ironic, because the sign has a picture of a woman, but the local word for father (mama) on it.
Why do we study language and culture? Because we know that the deep truths of God's word can get lost in translation if we can only speak them in English and out of our own cultural context. Praise be to God for His work and help as we continue the language journey.


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Hello everyone,
I am working on a software project that when completed I will need a website to put it on.
However, I suck at web design. So I am looking for a free web design program where I can just drag and drop to create my website.
What are some really good one's you guys know of?
Thanks in advance,
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