Prince Kumar, became famous in India when he was successfully rescued from a 60-feet deep and 16 inch wide borewell after a 50 hour ordeal shown live on major news channels in India. Prince, who was six on the day of his rescue, had been playing near the irrigation shaft on July 21, 2006 when he fell through an empty sack which shielded the entrance to the 60ft hole. He plunged to the bottom of the well, which is just wide enough to take a child but too narrow for an adult.
Prince Kumar spent 50 hours in the hole before he was rescued by Indian Army personnel of "65 Engineers regiment" with the help of Indo-Tibetan border police, civilians and local law enforcement agencies.
Media Coverage
The rescue effort was shown live on all major news channels in the country and was criticized by some as a media circus. The incident was reminiscent of the highly popularized 1987 rescue of an 18-month old baby, Jessica McClure.
Rescue Procedure
Villagers were alerted to his plight only when they heard his wails. Local villagers lowered ropes into the hole to pull him out. Prince was able to hold on to the rope until he was pulled 25 feet up, at which point he slipped from the rope. Although Prince slipped back into the hole from 25 feet he was not injured much since the small diameter of the hole provided gradual descent rather than a free fall.
After the villagers and local police failed to retrieve the boy, they called in the army. For two days, soldiers used their hands to clear mud from a disused well 10 metres from the shaft, careful not to use heavy machinery that might dislodge loose soil.
Meanwhile, news networks beamed haunting images of the child to viewers worldwide. Zee News began covering the story on Saturday, July 22, 2006 and soon millions were captivated. Throughout that night, concerned viewers bombarded the station’s offices with messages of sympathy and support. Some children had asked to speak to Prince.
From the morning of July 23, 2006 most news television channels in India scrapped their schedules to follow the rescue effort live as soldiers pumped oxygen down the shaft. Early on the day, Prince could be heard pleading with his father, waiting to be rescued. Later he reassured his father that he was feeling all right, as rescuers sent milk and chocolate, along with biscuits and tea made by his mother.
Once the rescuers reached the required depth, they burrowed towards the shaft, eventually breaking through. They brought the boy back through the tunnel and up the abandoned well to daylight and safety, cheered by well-wishers.
Prince Kumar spent 50 hours in the hole before he was rescued by Indian Army personnel of "65 Engineers regiment" with the help of Indo-Tibetan border police, civilians and local law enforcement agencies.
Media Coverage
The rescue effort was shown live on all major news channels in the country and was criticized by some as a media circus. The incident was reminiscent of the highly popularized 1987 rescue of an 18-month old baby, Jessica McClure.
Rescue Procedure
Villagers were alerted to his plight only when they heard his wails. Local villagers lowered ropes into the hole to pull him out. Prince was able to hold on to the rope until he was pulled 25 feet up, at which point he slipped from the rope. Although Prince slipped back into the hole from 25 feet he was not injured much since the small diameter of the hole provided gradual descent rather than a free fall.
After the villagers and local police failed to retrieve the boy, they called in the army. For two days, soldiers used their hands to clear mud from a disused well 10 metres from the shaft, careful not to use heavy machinery that might dislodge loose soil.
Meanwhile, news networks beamed haunting images of the child to viewers worldwide. Zee News began covering the story on Saturday, July 22, 2006 and soon millions were captivated. Throughout that night, concerned viewers bombarded the station’s offices with messages of sympathy and support. Some children had asked to speak to Prince.
From the morning of July 23, 2006 most news television channels in India scrapped their schedules to follow the rescue effort live as soldiers pumped oxygen down the shaft. Early on the day, Prince could be heard pleading with his father, waiting to be rescued. Later he reassured his father that he was feeling all right, as rescuers sent milk and chocolate, along with biscuits and tea made by his mother.
Once the rescuers reached the required depth, they burrowed towards the shaft, eventually breaking through. They brought the boy back through the tunnel and up the abandoned well to daylight and safety, cheered by well-wishers.
The McQueen Sisters are fictional characters in the hit Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks.
They are Jacqui Malota, Mercedes Owen, Tina Reilly, Carmel McQueen & the youngest of the McQueen family Michaela McQueen. They have the same mother Myra McQueen, however Jaqui & Mercedes have the same father, Carmel & Michaela have the same father while Tina was conceived during a one night stand with an unknown man.
They have two brothers/half-brothers, John-Paul McQueen and Niall Rafferty.
In late January the fictional sisters will hijack Big Brother in E4's Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack.
Cast
*Jacqui McQueen: Claire Cooper
*Mercedes McQueen: Jennifer Metcalfe
*Tina Reilly: Leah Hackett
*Carmel McQueen: Gemma Merna
*Michaela McQueen: Hollie-Jay Bowes
They are Jacqui Malota, Mercedes Owen, Tina Reilly, Carmel McQueen & the youngest of the McQueen family Michaela McQueen. They have the same mother Myra McQueen, however Jaqui & Mercedes have the same father, Carmel & Michaela have the same father while Tina was conceived during a one night stand with an unknown man.
They have two brothers/half-brothers, John-Paul McQueen and Niall Rafferty.
In late January the fictional sisters will hijack Big Brother in E4's Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack.
Cast
*Jacqui McQueen: Claire Cooper
*Mercedes McQueen: Jennifer Metcalfe
*Tina Reilly: Leah Hackett
*Carmel McQueen: Gemma Merna
*Michaela McQueen: Hollie-Jay Bowes
Ryu Goto (五嶋�, born 1988 in New York) is a Japanese concert violinist and the younger brother of Midori Goto. He made his professional debut in Japan at the age of seven playing Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1, and has since performed with numerous orchestras in the United States, Europe, and Africa. He recently played a concert at the Japanese embassy in Ghana during Harvard's final examination period. He plays a 1715 Stradivarius and records under the Deutsche Grammophon label. In 2006, Goto entered Harvard University as an undergraduate.
Discography
*Ryu – July 2005
*Live in Suntory Hall 2004 – August 2007
Discography
*Ryu – July 2005
*Live in Suntory Hall 2004 – August 2007
Dark Systems BBS (DS BBS) was a computer Bulletin Board System created by SysOp Dark Warrior and later co-SysOp'ed by Dark Master.
Geographical Location
DS BBS was based out of Peterborough, Ontario Canada.
History
DS BBS was started in 1992 on an 80286 12MHz AT running Remote Access v1.10, and went off-line in 1996 running Remote Access v2.50.
At the time, SysOp Dark Warrior was in Grade 9 at Adam Scott Collegiate and Vocational Institute.
DS BBS initially had a 2400bps Hayes 8bit ISA modem.
In the summer of 1993, DS BBS was upgraded to a Boca 14.4Kbps 16bit ISA modem, making it one of the first to break the 9600bps barrier in the Peterborough area.
By the end of DS BBS's 5 year run, it had grown to be the largest single node BBS in the Peterborough area.
In late 1993 DS BBS had a change of address due to Dark Warrior's parents divorcing.
DS BBS was off-line for approx. 6 months while his family was moving into a new house.
The new house was literally across the street from the old one, however, a new phone number for the BBS was required.
DS BBS Features
DS BBS was known locally for it's huge collection of files and online doors (aka, games).
Software archives offered were not only for Intel architecture, but also featured file area for Amiga, Commodore 64 and Macintosh computers.
Some of the top user rated on-line doors (games) were:
- Solar Realms Elite (SRE)
- Barron Realms Elite (BRE)
- The Pit
- Legend of the Red Dragon (LORD)
Registration fees for Legend of the Red Dragon (LORD) was donated by a husband & wife team who were active on all the area's BBS's at the time.
Another first DS BBS brought to the Peterborough BBS scene was the use of a Mitsumi caddyless single speed CD-ROM drive (as advertised in Sierra's InterAction magazine, where the entire drive slid out of it's housing when a CD was loaded).
The entire BBS (excluding the file base) was backed up to an Archive Corp. brand external tape backup unit on 40MB tape cartridges.
Demoscene Connection
DS BBS was a distribution site for the Demoscene.
Dark Warrior would connect to various BBS's across the UK and download the latest demos, music disks, tracker music, disk mags, etc... and make them freely available for Canadian enjoyment (as Canada was relatively isolated from the UK Demoscene at this time).
As a distribution site, people would call in long distance to access Demoscene content.
Demoscene content was very unique and exceedingly rare on Canadian BBS's in the early 1990's.
many other Canadian BBS's would contact DS BBS to "leech" Demoscene related files for their own archives (whiich was completely acceptable).
Dark Warrior created and released several small demos and .MOD music songs to the scene community, most of which are now lost to time.
However, he is still active on the free Demoscene radio station SceneMusic.eu under the handle "HappyDude".
Advertising
DS BBS helped offload it's monthly operating costs by selling advertising space to local businesses.
An ad consisted of a single ANSI page with the businesses logo, address, contact information and a brief message.
Some advertisers of note were:
- Summit Software
- Jim's Pizza
- Saturn Saab Isuzu of Peterborough
Technical Specifications
1992 - BBS went on-line running on a 12MHz 80286, 2400bps modem and Remote Access v1.10
1996 - BBS went off-line running on a 20MHz 80386, Boca 14.4Kbps modem and Remote Access v2.50
The fossil driver used was the X00 Fossil driver
Mail exchange with other BBS's was achieved using Front door
Geographical Location
DS BBS was based out of Peterborough, Ontario Canada.
History
DS BBS was started in 1992 on an 80286 12MHz AT running Remote Access v1.10, and went off-line in 1996 running Remote Access v2.50.
At the time, SysOp Dark Warrior was in Grade 9 at Adam Scott Collegiate and Vocational Institute.
DS BBS initially had a 2400bps Hayes 8bit ISA modem.
In the summer of 1993, DS BBS was upgraded to a Boca 14.4Kbps 16bit ISA modem, making it one of the first to break the 9600bps barrier in the Peterborough area.
By the end of DS BBS's 5 year run, it had grown to be the largest single node BBS in the Peterborough area.
In late 1993 DS BBS had a change of address due to Dark Warrior's parents divorcing.
DS BBS was off-line for approx. 6 months while his family was moving into a new house.
The new house was literally across the street from the old one, however, a new phone number for the BBS was required.
DS BBS Features
DS BBS was known locally for it's huge collection of files and online doors (aka, games).
Software archives offered were not only for Intel architecture, but also featured file area for Amiga, Commodore 64 and Macintosh computers.
Some of the top user rated on-line doors (games) were:
- Solar Realms Elite (SRE)
- Barron Realms Elite (BRE)
- The Pit
- Legend of the Red Dragon (LORD)
Registration fees for Legend of the Red Dragon (LORD) was donated by a husband & wife team who were active on all the area's BBS's at the time.
Another first DS BBS brought to the Peterborough BBS scene was the use of a Mitsumi caddyless single speed CD-ROM drive (as advertised in Sierra's InterAction magazine, where the entire drive slid out of it's housing when a CD was loaded).
The entire BBS (excluding the file base) was backed up to an Archive Corp. brand external tape backup unit on 40MB tape cartridges.
Demoscene Connection
DS BBS was a distribution site for the Demoscene.
Dark Warrior would connect to various BBS's across the UK and download the latest demos, music disks, tracker music, disk mags, etc... and make them freely available for Canadian enjoyment (as Canada was relatively isolated from the UK Demoscene at this time).
As a distribution site, people would call in long distance to access Demoscene content.
Demoscene content was very unique and exceedingly rare on Canadian BBS's in the early 1990's.
many other Canadian BBS's would contact DS BBS to "leech" Demoscene related files for their own archives (whiich was completely acceptable).
Dark Warrior created and released several small demos and .MOD music songs to the scene community, most of which are now lost to time.
However, he is still active on the free Demoscene radio station SceneMusic.eu under the handle "HappyDude".
Advertising
DS BBS helped offload it's monthly operating costs by selling advertising space to local businesses.
An ad consisted of a single ANSI page with the businesses logo, address, contact information and a brief message.
Some advertisers of note were:
- Summit Software
- Jim's Pizza
- Saturn Saab Isuzu of Peterborough
Technical Specifications
1992 - BBS went on-line running on a 12MHz 80286, 2400bps modem and Remote Access v1.10
1996 - BBS went off-line running on a 20MHz 80386, Boca 14.4Kbps modem and Remote Access v2.50
The fossil driver used was the X00 Fossil driver
Mail exchange with other BBS's was achieved using Front door