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jewel star, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pandakidgame.jewelstar; BOOK OF THE WEEK <br><br>Koh-i-Noor: The Hi story Of The World 's Most Infamous Diamond<br><br>by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand<br><br>(Bloomsbury £16.99)<br><br>The Koh-i-Noor diamond, which weighs 105 carats (or 21 grams), currently resides in the Queen Consort's crown, kept under guard in the Tower of London.<br><br>The Queen Mother wore it to State Openings of Parliament during the reign of George VI, and its last public outing was upon the cushion on the coffin at her state funeral in 2002.<br><br>Its next wearer is likely to be ‘Queen' Camilla at the coronation of King Charles III. If the Duchess of Cornwall reads this book about its history, however, she may start to have misgivings.<br><br>Coronation gem: The Queen Mother wearing the Koh-i-Noor (circled) in 1937, with Princess Elizabeth <br><br>‘The gem rained misfortune on unworthy mortal custodians,' we are told by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand.<br><br>On the very day it arrived in London in 1850, Queen Victoria was hit on the head by a would-be assassin and former prime minister Robert Peel was thrown from his horse — an accident that killed him.<br><br>The Koh-i-Noor, with its ‘short but irregular crystal tails', got its name (meaning ‘mountain of light') from its resemblance to ‘declivities falling from a Himalayan snow-peak'.<br><br>RELATED ARTICLES<br>Previous<br><br>1<br>Next<br><br>Beastly swots, jolly japes and very big knickers: Julie... 'It was a bug more deadly than bullets or bombs': How in... <br>Share this article<br>Share Indian diamonds are alluvial, sieved and extracted as natural crystals from the sand and gravel of riverbeds.<br><br>Quite where the Koh-i-Noor came from nobody knows — it may have been the eye of an idol in a temple in southern India, stolen by marauding Turks. But we do know it was at the centre of centuries of bloody conquests as it bounced bewilderingly between rulers and despots.<br><br>By 500BC in Asia, diamonds were fashioned into rings — ‘gods were supposed to dwell in a particle of diamond' — and in the Indian royal courts, jewellery rather than clothing was the principal form of adornment. Princes and their concubines were covered in ‘a fabulous profusion of jewelled ornaments' as a conspicuous display of power.<br><br>Koh-i-Noor: The Hi story Of The World 's Most Infamous Diamond by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand<br><br>Dalrymple and Anand first find a mention of the Koh-i-Noor in 1547. It next turns up in the despatch of a British ambassador in 1616, who described the Mughal emperors as ‘laden with diamonds, rubies, pearls'.<br><br>Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, acquired the jewel in 1656, and believed it made him ‘a sun king, almost a sun god'.<br><br>At the Red Fort in Agra he commissioned the Peacock Throne, ‘designed to resemble and evoke the fabled throne of Solomon', which had a canopy studded with gems and held aloft on a column of emeralds. The Koh-i-Noor was set in the peacock's crown and was guarded by eunuchs.<br><br>Jahan was imprisoned by his sons and died in captivity. His successors were variously murdered — one of them was first blinded with a hot needle, the father of another ruler was ‘forced off a precipice on his elephant' and wives and mothers were strangled.<br><br>Delhi was then invaded by Persians and, in 1739, the populace put to the sword. ‘It seemed as if it were raining blood, for the drains were streaming with it,' ran a report.<br><br>Nader Shah, the scourge of the Ottoman Empire, transported the Mughal treasury to Tehran in a caravan consisting of 700 elephants, 4,000 camels and 12,000 horses. He'd received the Koh-i-Noor from the defeated Mughal emperor, Mohammud Shah, who wore it in his turban.<br><br>Nader Shah was the kind of despot who had his son blinded ‘and his eyes brought to him on a platter'. When he was assassinated, the Koh-i-Noor was spirited away to Kandahar. Nader Shah's grandson had molten lead poured over his head to try to force revelation of its whereabouts.<br><br>The jewel next appeared in the possession of Ahmad Shah, who had a gangrenous ulcer on his face that ravaged his brain.<br><br>The Koh-i-Noor diamond, which weighs 105 carats (or 21 grams), currently resides in the Queen Consort's crown, kept under guard in the Tower of London.<br><br>‘By 1772, maggots were dropping from the upper part of Ahmad Shah's rotten nose into his mouth and food as he ate.' He ingeniously hid the Koh-i-Noor from his enemies in a crack in the wall.<br><br>Examining poems, illuminated manuscripts and sculpted friezes, Dalrymple and Anand next spot the jewel on a bracelet in Kabul. Was it taken there by an Afghan bodyguard or a harem attendant? New owner Maharaja Ranjit Singh ‘loved the Koh-i-Noor with a rare passion and wore it on all public occasions'.<br><br>By this stage, the British were establishing themselves in India. When Ranjit died, English diplomats were appalled to have to witness the ‘abominable ceremony' of suttee, in which his wives, ‘devoted to their husband in life and beyond', were compelled to incinerate themselves on his cremation pyre.<br><br>As the cruelties mount up — dismembering troublesome relatives and leaving them to bleed to death; protracted poisonings; so-called accidents with ‘a double-barrelled fowling-piece'; the plundering of people's property — it is evident that the Koh-i-Noor was, quite simply, a spoil of war.<br><br>In fact, the jewel never peaceably changed hands. Within a few years of Ranjit's death in 1839, three Maharajas who hoped to possess it were murdered.<br><br>Its next wearer is likely to be ‘Queen' Camilla at the coronation of King Charles III. If the Duchess of Cornwall reads this book about its history, however, she may start to have misgivings<br><br>Ten years later, on the British conquest of the Punjab, the Koh-i-Noor, as ‘the single most valuable object in India', was handed to the Earl of Dalhousie, representing Queen Victoria. It was transported to England — though an outbreak of cholera on the ship put the vessel in danger of being forcibly sunk for quarantine purposes.<br><br>Once safely in England, it was the star item at the Great Exhibition in 1851. But the diamond was deemed disappointingly dull, so it was cut and polished by Garrard, the Crown jewellers — a process in which it lost 42 per cent of its original weight.<br><br>Queen Victoria wore it on a sash during a visit to Paris, ‘wordlessly conveying a sense of the power and reach of the British monarch'.<br><br>Today, as ‘a sort of historical emblem of conquest in India', the presence of the diamond in London is contentious. India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and even the Taliban have asked for its return, and it is now a ‘diplomatic grenade'.<br><br>When, however, James Callaghan was pestered by the prime minister of Pakistan in 1976, it is his response which remains masterly: ‘In the light of the confused past history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, the clear British title to it [in the 1849 peace treaty with the Maharaja of Lahore, which concluded the Second Anglo-Sikh War], and the multiplicity of claims which would undoubtedly be made to it if its future were ever thought to be in doubt, I could not advise Her Majesty that it should be surrendered to any other country.'<br><br>In light of its poisoned chalice status, the Queen, we note, ‘is taking no chances' and has never personally worn the Koh-i-Noor.<br><br><br><br><br> 
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For over 40 years, LABCO Welding has offered a broad range of machining capabilities and services to a wide variety of industries in the Connecticut area. With all of our machining experience, aluminum fabrication in CT is an area that LABCO Welding excels in. Please either log in or enter your email address to view this job opening. You also have the option to receive jobs like this via email as soon as they become available. ATTENTION! Do not make any advance payments to any seller on Mobofree, not even for delivery! You may get scammed by unfair seller. Please report abuse to help us stop scam! To keep yourself safe, make sure to follow our Safety tips ! If you are contemplating a radical change in life, moving to another country is a great start, and if it is for work even better: we have 3 Aluminium fabrication jobs in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Wages for labour etc. have been taken as per the rate prevailing at the time of preparation of the project profile. In the market all kinds of security doors and lock business have been brisk. Moreover, additional accessories like alarm system, CCTV, sensor system etc. have become a regular choice of people. This proves that the vulnerability is quite imminent and it's time to secure your home, if you haven't done so far. Let's find out some aspects of security doors before you zero down to your purchase.

Samsung Electronics Co () and Taiwan's HTC Corp () declined to comment. Shenzhen-based Coolpad () was not immediately available to comment. The deal, which marks a 27 percent increase from the $75 a ton premium in the previous quarter, is the first quarterly increase in three quarters. Our in-house fabrication dept gives us the flexibility to bend, notch, cut, drill, miter, chamfer, debur an extrusion or tube. We have 3 dedicated CNC milling machines to help with precise fabrication requirements. Some Asian handset makers have been talking with the world's two biggest suppliers of raw sapphire glass: U.S.-based Rubicon Technology (RBCN.) and South Korea's Sapphire Technology (). What are the benefits of choosing aluminum for your next project? Aluminum has many advantages; since it is lightweight, it is easy to transport. It is easy to shape but it is also strong and sturdy and holds its shape well. Because aluminum is easy to transport it also costs less to move, and when mixed with other alloys which contain a higher density, it can become even stronger while still retaining its lightness. It takes less pressure to shape aluminum, which saves money during the fabrication process—money which is passed on to you as the customer in the form of savings. Aluminum is also an attractive metal, and even without finishing it can provide a finished, professional look.

Guangdong is an aluminum fabricating base in China, the world's top consumer and producer of aluminum. Any unexpected move in exports could drive global prices. But declines in base metals picked up the pace on Friday, with copper the biggest loser in the commodities complex. Keep an eye on that inbox! You should receive your first newsletter within the next week. The quarterly pricing negotiations began last month between Japanese buyers and global producers, including Alcoa Inc , Rio Tinto and South32 Ltd, with offers ranging between $80 and $82 a tonne. Over the years we've worked closely with companies that make a diverse array of products. We have learned about the needs of several different industries because we've devised customized aluminum fabrication and manufacturing strategies to meet their specifications. However, we understand every company or product is different even if they belong to the same industry. We tailor-make solutions for every client's company, goals, and aluminum needs. This refers to toys, bookmarks, etc. It is fun to put some aluminum beads to a toy elephant. The bookmark you can use or give to a friend as present. It sure will be appreciated. You can make flower arrangements with different colors of beads, or make a hit with some woven works that include beads.

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The current bear consensus is predicated on a view of oversupply in the copper market, a function both of rising production and slowing demand growth, particularly in China. Thanks for being a great patron @nnamex. We are ready to supply you our materials whenever you renovate or build a new house and the installation is done by our certified technician that are as advanced as the job they do. They take measurement of you windows, doors, and glass needs and build you a master piece surpassing your expectation = to customer total care and satisfaction. End-users have reduced aluminium purchases due to high prices and because of transportation bottlenecks, said fabricator sources in Guangdong, China's aluminium products manufacturing base. hi! I am interested to work in dubai I have an experience in working in hotels, asst. cook, housekeeping, hotel attendant and dining, also in sales I experience working in an Insurance agency for a year. In an effort to address those concerns, the LME has proposed that as of next April, a warehouse company with wait times of more than 100 days in a single location must load out more metal than it loads in, according to a formula.