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CARTA DE UM EXCEPCIONAL
MAMÃE
Num raro momento de felicidade,
recobrei a consciência
e por alguns instantes libertei-me do corpo.
Livre dos embaraços físicos pedi a Deus
a oportunidade de comunicar-me com você.
Sei o quanto sofre ao ver-me no corpo excepcional
onde me abrigo como filho do teu coração,
por isso quis falar-lhe:
Saiba mãezinha querida, antes de receber-me
carinhosamente em seu ventre, eu era um náufrago
nos mares espirituais do sofrimento,
foi você a praia que me acolheu
devolvendo-me a segurança.
Não pense que se eu tivesse morrido ao nascer
teria sido melhor para nós dois, é um engano cruel,
pois o que mais importa para mim é viver ,
o seu amor é a força que pode prolongar-me a vida.
O corpo disforme que hoje sustenta-me a vida,
representa para mim um tesouro de bênçãos
onde reeduco o meu espírito aprendendo
a valorizar a vida que tantas vezes desprezei.
Sei que sofres por eu não poder
dar-lhe as alegrias de uma criança sadia,
porém reconforta-me saber
que para as mães como você,
Deus reserva as alegrias celestiais.
Ser mãe é missão natural das mulheres.
Ser mãe de alguém como eu é missão que
Deus só entrega a mulheres especiais como você.
Vou retornar ao corpo, assim como uma ave
que retorna ao ninho onde se abriga das
tempestades,mas antes rogo a Deus que lhe abençoe,
colocando nesta rogativa a força da gratidão
de um filho que teve a felicidade
de ter um Anjo como mãe.
LETTER OF AN EXCEPTIONAL
MOTHER
At rare a moment of happiness, I recovered the conscience and per some instants I became free myself of the body. It exempts of the physical embarrassments, I asked for to the God the chance to communicate me with you. I know how much it suffers when seeing me in the bonanza body where me shelter as son of your heart, therefore it wanted to speak to it: I know mother beloved, before receiving me in its womb affectionately, age a shipwreck in the seas spirituals of the suffering, beach was you it that received returning me to me to it security. It does not think that if I had died to the rising I would have been better for we two, is a cruel deceit, therefore what more it matters for me is to live, its love is the force that can draw out me it life. The deformed body that today supports me it life, represents for me a treasure of blessings where reduced my spirit learning to value the life that as many times I disdained. I know that you suffer for I not to be able to give the joys to it of a healthy child, however comforts to know me that for the mothers as you, God reserve the celestial joys. To be mother is natural mission of the women. To be mother of somebody as I it is mission that God alone delivers the women special as you. I go to return to body, as well as bird that returns to the nest where if it shelters from the storms, but before supplicates the God that bless to it, placing in this rogation the force of the gratitude of a son who had the happiness to have an Angel as mother.
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Situé à un jet de pierres du cœur historique de la Cité ardente, le Port des Yachts de Liège, est un véritable havre de paix. Facilement accessible toute l’année, le port de plaisance de Liège offre au total 120 emplacements aux plaisanciers de passage ou sédentaires et vous propose toute une palette de services et de prestations de qualité. Une société de gardiennage en assure la sécurité.
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Ace up a Satin Sleeve
Trumping with an Ace
I had met the Fab Four at the posh early evening reception they were quests of. They, of course, assumed I was a guest also, why wouldn’t they?
Of course, this would be their first mistake. One that many before them have made.
I first met them outside, behind the venue I was targeting.
They were hanging out at a small park across the street from a back entrance to that venue.
I myself had come from the opposite direction of the park, having left my deep green sports coupe in a nearby church lot 2 blocks away.
I saw them before they saw me, saw the shine of fine clothing, glittering of even finer jewellery, and like a bee to nectar, zeroed in on them.
It was a clique of four young darlings of around 17 that I stopped by to say hello to and admire the beautiful attire of the girls.
And make no mistake, it was all beautiful.
The Fab Four I tagged them. And they happily acknowledged me as I came upon them.
A close-knit group made up of a brother, sister act. Twins, Craig and Cadie, and the sister’s two friends pretty Ginny and diminutive Lilly. They all were obviously pups of wealth-infused parents.
Craig, a red-headed male, wore a nicely fitted tux, black with a shiny gold brocade patterned vest. an old-style tie on a brown silk shirt., The tie with Newport School stripes was held with a real gold tiger eye pin. He was also wearing a thick silver wristwatch and a silver tiger eye pinky ring, as well as a gold school ring.
His red-haired twin sister Cadie is breathtakingly radiant, wearing a far too wickedly lovely long satin dress of a rich hue of chocolate brown. The dress was embroidered with flickering rhinestones outlining her small round breasts and the thin-tied sash waistline, from which an exquisite leaf-shaped diamond broach was pinned off to one side.
Long chocolate brown satin gloves graced her hands up to her elbows. The shiny gown flows elegantly down along the girl's delightful svelte figure.
And adorning that well-pointed figure is a rather healthy, (or in some cases, unhealthy) royally full display of flickering diamonds that are undeniably, expensively, and deliciously real.
Their friend Ginny was wearing a long fluttering black satin Kimono style dress with a lime green interior. A dragon formed with dazzling rhinestones reached up along the kimono's front, a glittering claw wedged between her breasts as it was grasping up. I believe she wore no bra, nor needed one, to hold her youthfully plump breasts in place.
Her cascading, eye-boggling expensive jewels were silver set with emeralds. Included in the set was a gorgeous emerald/diamond pendant with fringed chains of rhinestones that resembled the flowing dragon's beard.
Ginny also was wearing green mascara, her long fingernails were coated with emerald green and sparked. As were her bare toes sticking out from silver sandals. A very pretty package all around.
The fourth, a short petite young lady named Lilly was very attractively wearing a brite shiny red satin high-necked, long puffy sleeved blouse with long cuffs and with it, a black tiered silk skirt that simply poured down along her youthful figure, spilling out from her petite waist which was encircled with a rhinestone filled black leather belt. She also wore a very mouth-watering, eye-catching full collection of solid gold jewelry expensively set with synthetic rubies and real diamonds. Hair, ears, neckline, wrists and four gloveless fingers all were decked out with some form of ruby/diamond-enhanced baubles.
We happily chatted for a few minutes about the wedding reception we were all at. I gathered a few tidbits that should be useful if questioned by someone to prove I belonged there, which of course, I didn’t.
As we chatted I was able to get an expert eyeful of the jewellery worn by the girls. This gave me an hors d'oeuvre like taste for what I would be found inside this evening to satisfy my appetite.
Seeing they were in no hurry to join in the reception, I reluctantly left them to their own devices as I went across the street to make my way in with an arriving swarm of gown-swishing arriving guests
I snuck in with the group of chatty females who accepted me as one of the groom’s invitees ( after I learned they were from the bride's side). Finding them to be easily distracted, I lifted a gold Cartier watch from a well-dressed lady's wrists as we squeezed in the narrow back side door they were using rather than the main two-door entrance around the front.
It was too easy, like shooting fish in a bowl easy.
I was wearing a thin gown of black satin that I had adapted to include several hidden pockets. One of which now held the solid gold Cartier wristwatch. I was also wearing real 2-carat stud earrings, my only jewels, but enough to make a statement of my own of being well off.
Once inside I began to mingle, making myself at home to be on the prowl to do a bit more lifting.
And what a “home” it proved to be. As indicated by the way the Fab Four were decked out, this affair was a gold mine, or is that a diamond mine? It was a fact, all the guests here were very wealthy, and were wearing their finest.
A “dips” smorgasbord of delight. And here I was in the thicke of it. Security was surprisingly light, and I took advantage of that as I selected my marks.
My second score was a young lady wearing a short gold lame dress and sparkling diamonds. I spotted her at the bar lighting a cigarette and jostled her as I sat next to her. Apologizing I place my arm on her wrist(covering her diamond bracelet) as I excitedly talked about being here. She squirmed her way from me making an excuse, as I squeezed her wrist and lifted off her bracelet.
A handsome tux-clad male whom I hugged (mistakenly thinking he was someone I knew) lost his gold pocket watch to my nimble fingers.
A second male was left alone at a table watching over the valuables of three ladies who had left him to head to the dance floor. Minks were hung on the backs of chairs, and an expensive clutch purse made up of rhinestones was laying across from him. Two more purses hung from chairs. He was lighting a cigarette as I walked past, I bumped his elbow sending his lighter to the floor. As he bent down to pick it up. I did a circle around the table and lifted the small rhinestone clutch and shoved it inside my purse.
Then an adorable young lady, darling in a long sheer silk peach coloured dress, was nice enough to pick up my purse, dropped conveniently at her gown covered painted toes. Later she would discover her long pearl necklace had mysteriously disappeared.
Likewise, yet another female mark, this one in a luxurious and luscious lavender rhinestone decked gown, sitting next to me at the bar, helped me by retrieving my lighter as it was “accidentally “ knocked to the floor. as she stood up. As she was bending over to retrieve it, her gown tightly outlined her fine figure, and the diamond pendant that had been hanging from around her throat, somehow, vanished?
Then there was the snooty thirteen-year-old devil doll-faced girl, bratty to her parents, who were delightedly dressed and decked up like a princess. Sweeping satin with lace and loaded down with her grandmother’s real diamonds.
Countless people (including me)were stopping and coddling her over her admitted cuteness, as she ignored her parent's advice to stay close to them.
Somehow, somewhere(though not believed at the same time), the pair of vulgarly expensive old-fashioned clasp diamond earrings she was wearing, both disappeared from her silky let-down hair-covered ears. I’m sure it was a true mystery to some, but not me.
Now as much as I’d love to delve into the more delicious details of the picks I made at the reception that day, the truth is that my lifts at that party are not the reason I am writing the story, and I don’t want to bog down the telling of it too much.
So with that being said….
During the course of my “raid,” I kept an eye out for any peek of the Fab Four.
They did eventually come inside, and I saw them from time to time in the cavernous room filled with several hundred guests.
I could see the brother was sweet on the kimono-wearing chick Ginny by the way he teased and kept taking her out onto the dance floor, the pair getting dangerously close in a rather provocative manner.
Which was a pity, I really coveted lifting that diamond-filled “bearded” emerald pendant from pretty Ginny. But could not see any way to do so as of yet, with Craig hogging all her attention.
But I was captivated and kept close tabs on the Fab Four who stayed together thicke as thieves. To thicke it appeared for me to make any lifting attempts.
Though I did spy Cadie walking with an older lookalike, either an older sister or a quite young mum. Either way, her walking mate appeared like a klutzy one, which is a favorite characteristic of mine to see in someone that has something of value I’d like to lift. And, blimey, this one did!
The lady was very attractive, carrying an aire of wealth about her. Her long reddish brown hair was up in an elegant bun, held by a deep blue sapphire-trimmed thin tiara that rippled blue sparks as she and pretty Cadie walked on.
The lady beautifully wore a sky blue, too-tight, taffeta dress that shone with a slick wet appearing sleekness along her still very svelte figure.
Aside from the tiara, the rest of her jewels, like her daughters, were noteworthy.
The silver diamond set consisted of pierced earrings, set with 4-carat round stones with a full 8-carat pear-shaped larger stone dangling. The necklace was a silver chain with 5 round 5-carat diamonds in a v pattern. Hanging from the two end and middle round stones were three 8-carat pear-shaped diamonds, the same size as the ones swinging from her earrings. There was also a 12-carat diamond pinky ring, with a pear-shaped diamond flamed on each side with 6 smaller round diamonds, which the happy lady was wearing on her right pinky. She also was wearing an impressively large diamond engagement and wedding band set.
I whistled under my breath. There was easily a cool £150,000 in “Ice” staring me in the face, being temptingly worn by the two females swishing by, combined.
I pondered, as I often do, that it would be brilliant to watch the reactions of ladies dressed up like these two, if they could read my thoughts at that moment, without knowing who was thinking them!
Salivating, I watched them disappear, then I gave a deep sigh. The more I saw of the guests in this place, the more tingly I felt from head to toe, cementing my feelings about my quest in this place’s being a proper corker.
My fingers were constantly prickling with anticipation, as I continued casing the room full of happily drinking very well-dressed guests. For obvious reasons, I avoided the wedding party proper, staying out on the still richer fringes of lesser-invited well-wishers.
I worked over that patch the rest of the afternoon until late evening. It may not appear that I made many lifts, but they were very satisfactory and profitable ones.
I soon acquired two men’s billfolds surprisingly thicke with notes, and a lady's large diamond pin to add to my already pocketed ill-gotten gains.
The billfolds had been easy lifts, one from a groping young male who asked me to dance, the other from an older gent who I had “bumped” into.
The lady had been more of a challenge. Dressed in a dusty pink velvet and silk gown. I had to endure her endless chattering about herself before I was able to extract myself by placing a hand on her shoulder and pretending I was being summoned by an Aunt. As I pulled my hand away, the pricey 8-carat diamond pin she wore on that shoulder had been extracted also.
I had made quite a little haul during my time there, thoroughly enjoying myself in the hunt.
And I was not through yet I murmured to myself as I saw the 13-year-old devil doll-faced princess all alone as she was hovering over a deserted cocktail cart.
She had slipped the time-out invoked by her parent’s after her earrings had both disappeared without any explanation as to how?
But they foolishly did not have her hand over her remaining diamonds for safe keeping, as I saw she still had a sparkling necklace of them hanging down around her throat.
My finger’s tingling as I watched the hardly innocent brat’s necklace with its expensive shimmer. I slipped off and began to circle around my new prey as I could see her lifting a full cocktail glass.
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I was standing by a neglected cocktail cart. as one does, allowing the 13-year-old devil doll to sneak in an adult drink. My hand was caressing her sleek gown, as I sinfully was working off the antique diamond necklace from the distracted female brat. The pricy diamond necklace was far too tempting a target to allow the bratty girl to wear it any longer. I already had lifted her antique diamond-encrusted earrings earlier, so now I had doubled the value by having the complete matched set.
It was then I happily had spied Cadie’s overly jewel-burdened mum( I had figured it wasn’t her sister, too much panache) who had come up to the bar to order a drink while I was otherwise entertained.
I finished slipping off the girl’s expensive diamonds, pocketed them, squeezed her as she was looking at the glass with a disgusted gaze, and took my leave.
Cadie’s Mum was leaning over the bar, her tight blue satin-covered rear end just sticking out enough to make her a decent target.
Coincidently, from the speaker came the announcement for the bridal bouquet toss.
Approaching the bar area I saw that my target had started to reach back to straighten her shiny blue dress, diamond pinkie ring blazing up magnificently like the fancy bugger was daring me.
My fingers were tingling like wildfire as I made my approach. I had wanted a chance at lifting from this lady the moment I saw her walking with my “Chocolate Delight”
As the commotion that an announcement like the bridal toss brings began, I moved along the bar, acting like one of the single ladies scurrying to join in with the bridal fun.
I bumped into Cadie’s mum in doing so. One hand caught her by the silken waist for “support” while I wedged her ring-bearing hand between her tight blue satin-clad buttocks and my very damp crotch. My free hand caught up her fingers and easily pulled down, then off from her pinkie her diamond ring.
A textbook lift.
I apologize. She sweetly looked at me with the understanding of why I was in a hurry as I quickly moved off.
My heart was beating up like a storm. The diamond pinkie ring I had just lifted from Cadie’s wealthy mum was worth a dizzying payday.
I could/should have just kept walking straight out the door.
But I couldn’t pass up on the bridal bouquet toss.
My favorite part of any reception raid I am on.
As I was pocketing her mum’s ring, I spotted a diamond-bearing chocolate delight(as I was calling Cadie) with pretty ruby-burdened Lilly, the one wearing the touchable red satin blouse. But the third Emerald displaying Ginny, wearing the black satin kimono, was curiously not with them. Pity, for I would have gotten in with them to attempt lifting Ginny’s necklace. As it was there were more profitable targets in that gathering storm of flickering jeweled-up females.
I wedged myself in the midst of the well-dressed chattering females, heart pounding furiously from the excitement of the hunt.
As the bride threw her bouquet of white roses I delved into that squirming crowd of satin and silk-clad females and came away with, not the bouquet, but a fancy wide gemstone set bracelet from the gloved wrist of a lady wearing a deliciously fitted taffeta gown of burgundy.
As we all broke up I decided I was done for the night. A nice evening's work for me had been accomplished. Both profitable and jolly fun.
As I left I saw Cadie and Lilly off in a corner talking like a couple of puppy cute conspirators over something.
They were standing under an incandescent light that made the diamonds and rubies they wore blaze into provocative life as they moved in place.
I murmured to myself as I placed a hand over my still fast-beating heart.
“Girls, again you have my curiosity.”
I went over to say toodles and for a last look at the pair of beautifully attired young girls. They stopped talking as I approached and chirped happy greetings. Brother Craig joined and said to the two girls.
“Ready?”
I pounced on that, saying…
“Oh you’re leaving too, could I walk out with you?”
The 3 of them happily obliged and we walked out together.
Lilly had a friendly arm wrapped around Cadie’s sleek svelte waist. I was very jealous that it wasn’t my arm there fingering that pretty broach Cadie was wearing.
With that thought in mind, I moved closer, ready to make a lift for her broach should an opportunity arise.
It didn’t and Cadie reached the exit door still wearing her diamond broach.
As we went outside, On a total whim, I stated I was going to a pub and asked if they cared to join me for a drink, knowing full well they were all underage. So I was merely dangling what I’d hoped would be tempting bait.
They all laughed Lilly saying they were all too young yet to be served drinks.
But had I caught a sad tone to her voice and if I was reading Cadie and Craig’s expression correctly, all three were vulnerable game to be out drinking.
So I tried to set the hook I felt these wealthy youngsters may have been nibbling at.
I place my hand on Lilly’s extremely soft shoulder and put a finger to my lips, leaning in. They all followed suit giggling, as I whispered.
“Tell you what. I can pick up a bottle of wine and we can meet in that little park yonder. You know maybe I will share a bit of it!”
I made a drinking motion.
“No one will know”
Craig looked at his sister, who nodded, making her long earrings flicker.
Then he looked at Lilly who also nodded agreement, her earrings also breaking out and doing a blazing ruby dance of their own.
It made my heart melt, it did, the show those pretty jewels of theirs did along with their deliciously attractive attire. And I was that much closer to, well, you know (winks).
Craig looked at me
“We actually have a private spot that we hang out at, an unused cemetery down old Abbots Chase Road. Can you meet us there ?”
Played and hooked em. Licking my lips I readily agreed
“Certainly darlings.”
Cadie quickly explained how to get there, it was 20 minutes away, only a few kilometers from a village where I could purchase the wine.
The four of us happily left, me probably being the happiest as I took a renewed interest in chocolate delight’s diamonds and meek little Lilly’s savory rubies.
We parted ways at the park and with a gleeful step I made quick way to my sports coupe.
As I drove off I tried to curtail my excitement, not wanting to jinx any luck I may end up having. Definitely Chocolate Delight’s diamond-burdened figure would be a victim of my light touch.
But I would hate to let the delightful rubies young Lilly was wearing left out of the fun.
And I had more than one plan up my sleeve to acquire far too darling jewels.
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Easily finding the village I went to a local and purchased a bottle of cheap red wine.
I headed off on the mostly tree-lined Abbots Chase Road. At one point crossing a bridge over a wide river, after which I passed what appeared to be an old university, on my left then more trees, and finally the cemetery on my right.
The only car parked was theirs, they had pulled in straight. I backed in under the shadows of a bush hanging over the old wrought iron fence. I broke off a small branch and stuck it in my front plate, obscuring most of the numbers.
I had no problems locating the tro hanging out on the wide steps of a large pavilion.
For tonight’s moon was full, and nothing sparkles in the light of a brite moon more than expensively real diamonds and pricy synthetic rubies. Even little Lilly’s rhinestone belt shone like a bloody beacon exploding with frenzied bursts of light, all of it giving them away as rich targets.
I’ve heard that some pickpockets could lift a person's belt as easily as a wallet. And Lilly’s would be just the type of belt worth a lifting.
I smacked my lips over that thought.
“Cheers,” they gleefully hailed me as I approached.
Sitting down next to Lilly, two steps below Cadie and Craig, I reopened the bottle and handed off to Craig who took a healthy swig and handed it to Lilly, who took a rather large gulp, giggling as I watched her diamond/ruby-filled necklace flashing from down the sheer front of her red satin blouse.
Then Cadie took it, diamond bracelet and rings flashing, and also took a healthy swallow before handing it back to me.
I pretended to drink as I watched the three of them happily continue chatting away not paying me any real heed.
Cheers, I said, another round, I’m buying.
The girls giggled at that as the bottle was passed around again, I was given another front seat show of their heart-wrenching jewels sparkly dance.
As I watched over the cheery lot. I was also keeping an eye on the road. No cars were coming either way. We were alone and it appears it would stay that way.
I daringly asked what had happened to their (adorably jeweled up) friend Ginny.
“Where is your friend, Ginny I think her name was?”
Cadie said proudly …
“Yes, Ginny. She had left early with her parents. Her mum is a judge .”
Craig cut in dryly…
“with higher political aspirations”
Cadie nudged her brother coyly before continuing…
“Her Mum had an important fundraiser tonight.”
Craig added sadly,
“And Ginny not attending with her parents wasn’t a bloody option.”
I looked at him with sincere disappointment, sharing his feelings that Ginny was not there, albeit for a very different reason.
“Aye laddie, too bad she isn’t here for the fun. Those stuffed-shirted politicians can be a dreary lot to hang with.
Cadie giggled…
“I know right, Ginny wanted Lilly and me to go with her, didn’t she now? But Lilly’s parents said no. So I decided to say with Lilly now didn’t I.”
I took the bottle back from Craig and held it up. Let’s drink to Lilly’s parents, otherwise, I would not have the pleasure (opportunity) being here with you three luvs.”
Cadie rose and hugged me from behind, her king earrings hitting my face as she bent over me saying.
“Aww, thank you., that’s a sweet thing to say.”
I handed her the bottle and she happily took a deep swig, then passed it to Lilly.
Cadie sat down and began sleepily fingering her handsome necklace, diamonds dripping down from it, spilling the sparklers out onto the front of her chocolate satin gown, she looked so pretty, and I was hungry for that sweet necklace shimmering so delectably from her shiny gloved fingers.
Lilly passed the bottle to Craig who had been sulking, he happily took a swig, and another healthy gulp. Then yet another. I saw his eyes then begin to droop down to being half closed.
He gently put an arm around Cadie, his fingers gently caressing his sister's waist and side. I was envious, for I could imagine how tingly they must have felt touching that rich brown satin gown she wore. he leaned on her shoulder and soon fell asleep.
Cadie and Lilly both giggled at this, and I joined in, taking the bottle from his hand, and saying to Cadie.
“Here let’s not have that spill over your pretty party dress.
I handed the bottle to Cadie and asked.
“How did you all happen to be hanging out here, at a cemetery?
Cadie, my little chocolate delight, explained it to me after gulping wine, and as I listened, feeling the time was finally coming, in anticipation I took in a full inventory of Cadie’s expensively glittering collection of diamonds as she spoke.
She explained in great detail how this backed the woods behind their house…
As she said house I pictured a mansion.
She said that the cemetery was not used anymore so it became a place to play their games.
“And a nice place to play mine.” I thought.
I now had the bottle and handed it to Lilly as Cadie finished.
I asked her...
“Don’t you ever feel frightened out here at night?”
Cadie accepted the quickly emptying bottle from Lilly as she slowly answered, her words a wee bit slurred.
“Sometimes, though I’ve never seen anything here at night that would harm us.”
I had to ask.., now that Craig was out of the protective equation
“Even this evening with us all dressed up, can I feel safe here?”
Chocolate Delight then thoughtfully took another gulp of wine, passing it to me, I passed it on to Lilly. Craig stirred in his sleep.
“Of course luv, I cannot think of any reason someone would bother us tonight?”
I heard Lilly giggle from behind.
“Nor something “
I looked at them both, at their brightly flickering jewels and far too richly shiny attire thinking to myself...
(I just bet the two of you really haven’t a clue as to what makes a thief tick!)
I said apologetically…
“I guess you’re right, silly of me to worry. You know choc…Cadie That’s a perfectly lovely necklace you are wearing. May I?”
She happily held it up, and I fingered it. Her eyes reflected a total innocence, obviously she felt no danger wearing out jewellery like this. No matter how hard I tried to steer her thoughts in that direction.
“Gorgeous, simply lovely, not real are they though, of course.”
Cadie giggled,
“They are ever so real. These are all mums, aren’t they? Papa keeps them at the bank. Says they are very valuable. He worries too much Mum said to him,” hun, it’s not like we’re in London tonight…. Then mum said I looked so pretty that she insisted I wear her diamonds instead of my own.”
Lilly chimed in…
“I like getting dressed up and going to London. Ever so much fun. “
I chuckled thinking certain parts of London would just love to see these two wealthy pups walking down their street dressed up like they were tonight. But what I said was something quite different…
“Parents do worry too much. Though I guess I’m surprised they let you come out here alone. And Lilly, you do dress up very beautifully.“
Lilly(blushing)and Cadie both answered together
“Oh we didn’t think to tell them, no reason really, we’re always out here now, aren’t we now.”
Cadie added...
“After all, we’re far from London., right?”
“Right,” I said, patting her shoulder, my excitement rising as I see how sleepy she is also getting.
“No reason I could mention.”
Cadie now passed the bottle to me almost dropping. It. Poor thing is tired I thought.
As Cadie’s eyes closed and she cuddled in and soon was falling asleep against her brother's shoulder.
I felt my fingers trembling with anticipation.
Meanwhile, Lilly had taken a sip of wine and was also swaying like she was tipsy as she was holding the now mostly empty bottle.
I moved and sat next to her.
Lilly lifted the bottle giggling .sayin “Cheers” to the still sleeping Craig as she saluted him with it before taking a long pull.
“Here sweetie, those two don’t know how to hold their liquor like we do.”
I put my arm around her, lovingly stroking her hair, and then petted her backside as I spoke. Spotting her ruby bracelet peeking out from the long cuff of her red satin blouse, I felt my heart beating fast.
“Lilly looked up at me with glazed-over eyes, saying with concern….
“I always find this place a little scary at night. I’m glad you’re here with us. ”
I held Lilly’s hand, the one holding the wine bottle. Her rings digging into deliciously into my palm as I helped her lift the bottle to her lips. She obediently took another swig. Her flashy ruby necklace hanging down was glimmering away.
I reached over and lifted it, lovingly looking at the desirable rubies and diamonds it held, licking my red lips with growing delight.
Feeling the girl slipping off into sleep. I whispered soothingly.
“I am glad to be here too luv. Your rubies were a very nice touch to wear out tonight. ”
Lilly cuddled into my side,
“Thank you, I’m so happy you, you like my R…rub…..”
Finally, she succumbed to sleep. I wrapped an arm around her warm satiny figure and cuddled her next to me as her breathing became heavier, I felt her leaning lifelessly up against me, out cold.
I looked over, Craig also still out, cold leaning against his now sleeping sister.
I trembled with delight while gently prying Lilly from my side and placing her head onto Craig’s lap.
I rose and deliciously looked over their very well-attired figures. Their ample valuables glistened in that late evening full moons bath.
“Ripe for the picking!”
I lit a cigarette and watched the trio, teasing myself with the temptation of the view. As I muttered
“From vulnerable sweet jewel-laden prey lured out, to now my innocent sleeping victims to soon be cleaned out”
I shivered with a delighted prickliness of sheer pleasure at my truly wicked thoughts.
It had actually worked, the whimsical ace I had “ carried up my sleeve” for some time.
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Now three years ago at a formal garden party that spilled out into the evening, I was befriended by an older velvet and lace-clad lady who had taken a liking to me, especially since I was there alone. I had taken a liking to her diamonds.
We had ended up in the deserted gardens carrying glasses of wine. Sitting on a bench enjoying the moon I had the opportunity to nick from her the fancy gem-encrusted bracelet she was wearing
But much later that evening as I was in bed unable to sleep I mulled over how it seemed a pity not to have gotten away with lifting more of that lady’s diamonds.
I thought up different scenarios as I was falling asleep. Suddenly my eyes opened wide.
How easy it would have been to slip her a “Mickey”, by placing knockout drops in her wine, and as she was unconscious I could have had her diamond rings, necklace, and earrings, as well as her fine purse in an easy haul.
I studied up on it later and ever since had
carried a small bottle of knockout drops contained in a perfume bottle which happened to have an ace of diamonds etched on the crystal glass.
I carried it with me, well because one just never knows if lightning will strike twice.
But in all those years, in all the many posh receptions, parties, and the ilk that I had raided, I never came close to using my little “ace” that I had added to my “raiding” arsenal.
But just maybe, tonight I could pull it off. Risky as it was I had thought, which is why I had suggested buying wine.
I had bought cheap Red because it had a stronger acidic taste, which was useful for covering the taste of the ace up my sleeve that I was about to use.
Because Red wine will mask the taste of the knock-out drops better than white.
I had pulled off into a deserted parking area by the bridge, opened the wine bottle, took out a perfume bottle and poured in 1/8 of its contents, then shook the wine well before recapping it.
Man as I did, I was hoping my little plan would work.
It appears it had.
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So I crushed out my cigarette.
“Time to work them over.”
I went over to sister Cadie first with the sinister intention of making a proper job of it.
My fingers took the opportunity to delightfully stroke with caressing pets, what was the absolute sensuousness of touching her chocolate brown satin gown's thick texture. I lifted the dazzling necklace from her chest the diamonds dangling down. They were far too enchanting to gaze at up close. I laid them back down upon her sleek chest.
I leaned in and whispered in Cadies ear
“Cadie, can you hear me?”
She didn’t budge.
“Cadie, I’ve a confession, I’m a thief…”
Still no answer. She was dead to the world.
I petted my fingers down to her waist and worked off her broach, laying it on her lap.
Then I reached around behind her throat, undoing her fine gemmed encrusted necklace, then slipped it off, laying it reverently curled upon the broach. Her ears were quickly relieved of the long diamond earrings, then I ran my fingers through her silky curly hair, pulling out her, sorry, her mum’s long diamond clip.
I caressed down her silky red locks till they framed her cherub-like face.
Lifting each limp gloved wrist I worked off her rings, then lastly her diamond bracelet, adding them to the satisfyingly growing, glittering pile.
I then pulled off her long deep brown satin gloves.
Lastly, I did a thorough pat down of her figure to make sure nothing was missed. I went from head to dark brown high heels, where her painted toenails stood out. It was around her left little toe where I found a shiny solid gold toe ring she had been wearing.
As I pulled it off I said to her sleeping form.
“I’ll be having this also, dearie.”
I then turned my full attention to the brown-haired sleeping Lilly.
I leaned in and whispered in her ear.
“Lilly darlin…”
No response, I stuck a finger into her chest, watching closely…
“This is a stickup, hand over your Rubies honey.”
She didn’t move.
I then lifted her dead to the world figure and carried her to a nearby stone bench. I sat her up in a corner, her head down, short hair covering her face.
I delved my fingers into her silky hair and located each of her delicious ruby earrings. Reaching behind me and adding them to the glistening pile laid out upon young Cadie’s satin-covered lap.
I then lifted the ruby necklace and pulled it around till the clasp was exposed. Easily flicking it open, I pulled the shimmery beauty from around her throat.
I watched it swaying from my hand, rubies glistening a red fire, diamonds sparkling white. I then added it to the pile.
I then lifted each of her petite hands petting them as I worked off her surprisingly tightly fitting rings. Peeling back the long cuffs of her sleeves, exposing her dazzling bracelets which I worked off from her wilted wrists and happily added to my growing pile.
I then ran my fingers slowly along her downy soft clad figure. Making sure nothing was missed.
I will admit I was taking longer than necessary to do this, on both sleeping girls, but it was an exciting experience that I wanted to take the fullest advantage of.
My efforts with Lilly were rewarded when I found that she was wearing a small 1/2 Carat diamond in her navel. I had to fish up under her satin blouse to remove it.
Then I scooped up all the jewels that lay in a glimmering heap upon sweetly passed out chocolate delight’s lap and stuffed them all into my purse.
After gleefully stripping the girls of their valuables, I turned my attention to the sleeping male who should by all rights have been their protector.
“Okay laddie, let’s see what’s in your pockets.”
I patted my fingers along his satin gold calico vest while peeling back his tux jacket where I pulled a thin billfold filled with small denomination notes from a breast pocket. I placed that down the front of my dress to join the others lifted earlier.
I unfastened his watch and pulled off his rings placing them both inside my purse.
Then pulled out the cat's eye tie pin and also dropped it inside my purse
Undoing the tie I pulled it from around his neck, laying it on top of his sister’s brown satin gloves.
I then checked his trouser pockets, noticing he a bulge had risen from his crotch. Inside his pockets I came across a gold money clip with larger denominations of notes, and his car keys. The clip went into my purse and the keys I laid on the step. His rising bulge I left alone.
Then searching in his vest pocket I felt something hard and unusually shaped.
Curiosity turned to a shock that swept over me as I pulled out the very rhinestone-fringed diamond/emerald pendant that the missing chick Ginny had been so deliciously wearing with her black satin kimono. The very one I couldn’t take my eyes off at the reception.
I whispered to the passed-out lad…
“What’s up with this?”
Was he a budding thief or a lad who likes to play games? Which as a young lass is how I had started out.
I shrugged, stowing away the necklace in a special pocket.
I unceremoniously pulled him off the bench and holding his shoulders up, dragged him over behind the gazebo and set him up behind a long stone cross. Using his school tie I gagged him mum, using his sister’s long satin gloves I tied his hands and bound his legs. He would work off of his bounds eventually, but it would add to my escape time once he came to.
I went back and picked up the car keys, thought for a moment before I tossed them up on the gazebo floor
That should buy me some time. I wickedly smiled to myself.
I went back. The girls were also still out cold.
I looked them both over. Those pretty frocks would fetch a nice price.
I shook my head, lectured myself as I said no.
But I did take the sleeping girl's fancy designer purses and swinging them happily I made my way to the sports coupe and hid them, along with mine, in my sports coupe’s boot.
Closing it I looked back over towards the gazebo and let out a long sigh.
I could see Lilly’s rhinestone belt shining and shimmering, filling me with a shivering desire.
A thought, like a dog worrying an old shoe, would not let me go.
“I would probably never have another opportunity like this again.”
Was it with it to make a few quid more?
Or do I skedaddle with my over £70,000 in takings and not press my luck?
I chose the latter..
Firing up the engine I pulled onto Abbots Chase Road , and drove back down the road heading towards the village.
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Now if this was a movie( one I’ll admit I would love to watch) the story would end at that point. Not knowing the outcome.
And in movies, a thief keeps pushing the envelope enough so that they eventually end up in cuffs.
Oh to have a crystal ball
The rational thing for our thief would have been to take off at that point. Drive back through the village and cleanly make her get away without taking any more risks.
Though if she had been thinking that way she would have left the wedding reception and avoided that last meeting with Lilly and Cadie, thus missing out on the cemetery score all together
But I’ve always been interested in life’s paths. What if one took the path less traveled sort of thing?
So I did that, I wrote another ending. One that I could not just leave on the cutting room floor. One that in a movie would. Have been possibly the risk gone too far and ending up being caught, or ending up with a bigger payday?
But then this isn’t a movie, though it would be fun to watch if it was.
So, let’s just take the other path, the one not usually chosen.
Now then, onto part two, for those who want to know just what I’m babbling on about
To be continued
Gotham city airport
Amongst the no nonsense hustle and bustle of an airport Jeremy Seinfeld sits quietly waiting for a plane that will leave the airport but certainly won’t land at another and he knows it won’t. Slightly sweating for the nerves, he stares endlessly at his pocketwatch, observing the way it ticks, tocks and ticks again. 3:59 and 57 seconds.58 seconds.59 seconds
Jeremy Seinfeld: four o clock
His eyes dart to a nearby air plane that has finally begun to lift off into the air after a tiresome period of preparation
Jeremy Seinfeld: people of Gotham!!! Listen to my words!
Under the presumption that he’s just another crazy preacher, most walk by but some glance a bit
Jerry Seinfeld: listen to my words I said. I come with knowledge. No I am no preacher nor saviour no I am here to save. Save lives!
At the other side of the airport two somewhat unfocused security gaurds, sit at Some rundown airport bar, chatting endlessly and stuffing their faces. When bending to pick up his dirty napkin, a guard catches the bright blue cloth of Jerry’s tunic in the corner of his eyes
Airport security guard: Oh shit...marv “. We got a nutcase
Jerry Seinfeld: i go by many names but non of which have stuck as much as that of: the zodiac master! I see the future and it is dark. An aircraft which you’ll see has left will not make it far! Please listen to my plea for lives are on the line!
Security guard 1: get down from there. We’re not going to hurt you.
Jerry Seinfeld: that I do not doubt but the people on that plane however, you are murdering with your ignorance!!
Security guard 2: what do you know about the plane. Empty fuel tank, dodgy wing? What?!
Jerry Seinfeld: I read it
Security guard 1: read it?
Jerry Seinfeld: yes I read it! In the stars!! They tell a great many things of the future. Some things good and some things bad!
Security guard 1: cuff him marv. Could be a threat
Security guard 2: and the plane?
Security: you kidding? He’s off his head. Take no notice
Jeremy Seinfeld: you’re making a mistake! A big mistake I tell you. You’re killing them!!!
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Airport control centre
Before a crowd of untidy bulky plastic boxes known as computers, is a huge glass window, stretching all about the room. In the centre stands the leader of the operation, with one of the most important jobs in the whole building. Making sure all the planes take off....and making sure they all land. Today he might just loose that job.
Behind one of the oversized computers, sits, uncomfortably, a tall, dark haired woman of about 30. Shocked by some knew found news she rushes without hesitation to the head controllers ear where she whispers the new and disturbing news
Controller Powell:what?! No fuel? How the hell dis it leave the ground?!
The controller answers: that’s the strange thing. They’ve said it was all fuelled up when it left. It’s been in the air 140 minutes. And the fuel is almost completely gone
Controller Powell: a hole in the tank?
Controller: no but I think it’s better we work on getting it down safely
Controller powell: of course. Get security. Have them look for anything suspicious on the cameras or seen by the public. Anything
Controller: uh. Well that’s something else. They put a man in a cell for that night. He claimed to have information about the plane going down before takeoff
Controller: and it wasn’t reported! Have them fired. And have some proper detectives question the man properly but that’s not our job and we have a job to be doing so we best get to doing it. Oh and call the gcpd too...the armed gcpd
Featured in Tomorrow Never Dies, the "Bulletproof Beemer" came equipped with a security system that would deliver electrical shocks via the door handles to would-be thieves unless disarmed by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone.
The car also had 2 secure compartments hidden behind the section of the dashboard where the airbag supposedly was (and could only be opened by Bond (played by Pierce Brosnan) sliding his finger from right-to-left on a hidden fingerprint-scanner located directly under the "SRS Airbag" logo). These two compartments (after being revealed when the "airbag-compartment" flips up) could be each opened by pressing a button on the 'door' of the [respective] compartment itself. The left compartment slid out a tray with a integrated "cut out" intended to hold Bond's Walther PPK, as well as a silencer for the gun. The right compartment (also a "slide-out" tray) was basically an empty tray to hold anything that would fit in it. In the movie, the right compartment was used by Bond to store the "red box" which contained the [American] GPS Encoder stolen by Carver's henchman (and pseudo-"I.T. guy") Henry Gupta. The 750iL could be remotely driven and controlled via Bond's Ericsson phone, which opened up to show an LCD screen displaying the driver's view of the car (that would have front-mounted hidden microscopic cameras, to allow the remote-control "driver" to see what was in front of the car). Weapons and defense systems included unguided explosive rockets mounted in a hidden hatch in the roof which replaced the car's standard sunroof, self-sealing and re-inflating tires, a retractable cable-cutting device mounted underneath the front hood emblem, tear gas sprayers, and caltrops that dropped from a dispenser hidden behind the extendable rear bumper to shred the tires of any following cars.
Features: Ballistic bulletproof armored body panels, bulletproof and impact-proof glass all round (although a 40mm Grenade projectile fired from a rifle launcher wielded by one of Carver's henchmen managed to pierce and hole the front windscreen, but not shatter it), security system which electrocutes intruders through the door handles unless disarmed by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone, security compartments hidden behind section of dashboard where airbag is (the compartments are accessible only by Bond sliding his finger from right-to-left on a hidden fingerprint-scanner located directly under the "SRS Airbag" logo), can be driven and controlled completely remotely by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone, retractable cable-cutter, tear gas sprayers, and a rear-mounted caltrop dispenser.
[Text from Jamesbondwiki.com]
www.jamesbondwiki.com/page/BMW+750iL
This Lego miniland-scale BMW E38 750iL Saloon - (Tomorrow Never Dies 1997) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 101st Build Challenge, titled - 'A Matter of Life and Death!'. In this challenge, any vehicle can be built that associates with the themes of life or death.
Got some news for you, flickr mates! Last Friday I succeeded my bachelor presentation and of course I also succeeded my bachelor thesis. Great news, isn't it? And the next thing: I also got a job, finally. You remember my application for Bonn? From 04.10.2011 I call myself "Junior IT-Security Specialist" for BWI Systeme GmbH. And I brought this photo with me to symbolize lights at the end of the tunnel.
A shot I made a little bit earlier than the moonlight one. I focused manually on the green to create a nice and colorful bokeh of "Kaufpark Eiche" in the back. I hope you like the overall setting!
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Featured in Tomorrow Never Dies, the "Bulletproof Beemer" came equipped with a security system that would deliver electrical shocks via the door handles to would-be thieves unless disarmed by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone.
The car also had 2 secure compartments hidden behind the section of the dashboard where the airbag supposedly was (and could only be opened by Bond (played by Pierce Brosnan) sliding his finger from right-to-left on a hidden fingerprint-scanner located directly under the "SRS Airbag" logo). These two compartments (after being revealed when the "airbag-compartment" flips up) could be each opened by pressing a button on the 'door' of the [respective] compartment itself. The left compartment slid out a tray with a integrated "cut out" intended to hold Bond's Walther PPK, as well as a silencer for the gun. The right compartment (also a "slide-out" tray) was basically an empty tray to hold anything that would fit in it. In the movie, the right compartment was used by Bond to store the "red box" which contained the [American] GPS Encoder stolen by Carver's henchman (and pseudo-"I.T. guy") Henry Gupta. The 750iL could be remotely driven and controlled via Bond's Ericsson phone, which opened up to show an LCD screen displaying the driver's view of the car (that would have front-mounted hidden microscopic cameras, to allow the remote-control "driver" to see what was in front of the car). Weapons and defense systems included unguided explosive rockets mounted in a hidden hatch in the roof which replaced the car's standard sunroof, self-sealing and re-inflating tires, a retractable cable-cutting device mounted underneath the front hood emblem, tear gas sprayers, and caltrops that dropped from a dispenser hidden behind the extendable rear bumper to shred the tires of any following cars.
Features: Ballistic bulletproof armored body panels, bulletproof and impact-proof glass all round (although a 40mm Grenade projectile fired from a rifle launcher wielded by one of Carver's henchmen managed to pierce and hole the front windscreen, but not shatter it), security system which electrocutes intruders through the door handles unless disarmed by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone, security compartments hidden behind section of dashboard where airbag is (the compartments are accessible only by Bond sliding his finger from right-to-left on a hidden fingerprint-scanner located directly under the "SRS Airbag" logo), can be driven and controlled completely remotely by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone, retractable cable-cutter, tear gas sprayers, and a rear-mounted caltrop dispenser.
[Text from Jamesbondwiki.com]
www.jamesbondwiki.com/page/BMW+750iL
This Lego miniland-scale BMW E38 750iL Saloon - (Tomorrow Never Dies 1997) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 101st Build Challenge, titled - 'A Matter of Life and Death!'. In this challenge, any vehicle can be built that associates with the themes of life or death.
This is Oslo's first steel-reinforced office building.
Here is a description of the structure in Googlese, the synthetic language of Google Translate. With enough time and patience, one could untangle the text. Since I'm short on the former, I'll trust viewers to deduce the meaning from the context. (One linguistic puzzle I haven't yet solved is the frequent use of "farm" in translations having to do with Norwegian real estate. It may have something to do with the appearance of the word gården in the names of buildings and streets.)
Tostrupgården is a monumental business building on Karl Johans gate 25 in Oslo . The farm is located opposite Stortings Square , vis-à-vis Stortingsbygningen .
The building is designed by the architects Christian Fürst , Waldemar Hansteen and Torolf Prytz, and built 1896-1898 for the jewelery company J. Tostrup , by building two older buildings. It is on five floors and is one of the oldest in Norway with bearing structures in steel . The two lower floors are dressed in polished black labrador , the rest of the faulty marble . The farm has rich decorations in wrought iron and cobbler , and has a tower with a spire .
Prytz got the idea of the building after a visit to the World Exhibition in Chicago in 1893, The World's Columbian Exposition . It was planned by architect Daniel Burnham and the landscaping architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and showed the best of American city art, with the central area The White City as a main attraction.
Prytz also experienced new high-rise buildings with steel structures and modern technical installations, designed by Louis Sullivan and others. The Tostrup farm is due to a Chicago high-rise building with reduced altitude, both because of its architectural equipment and its constructive solutions. It was among the first to get elevator and electric lighting, but otherwise followed the pattern of the many business palaces that were erected in Kristiania in the "job time" of the 1890s with carved stone in the facades and shops with large mirror glass windows in both the two lower floors. The building has its status as veritable .
In the period 1907-1911 , Grand Cinematographer , Oslo's first cinema, was in the town hall.
Kristianiabohemen Hans Jæger lived his last year in a hospice room in Tostrupgården Private Hotel . When he died of cancer, he wanted to end his days in what had been his "home" in recent years. Jægers close friend Edvard Munch has conquered the death camp in the painting "Bohemian death."
During the Second World War , the center administration for Milorg had branch offices on the 5th floor.
Bryn's patent office, which later became part of Zacco, remained in the building until 2005 . Their employees Johan Vaaler is mistakenly known for finding out the link .
In the basement was the famous restaurant Tostrup Cellar and later the Press Club which was a place for media people and politicians. Later it moved to Egertorget .
Today, the building has shops in the two lower floors and offices in the rest. The Progress Party has a party office in Tostrup Farm. In addition, the clothing chain Zara , Morgenbladet , IT security firm Protego, the recruitment company Service Broker AS and the law firm Horgen and Horgen AS are in the building. Outside the building lies Storting's space , also known as the Dasslokket in the public domain .
Featured in Tomorrow Never Dies, the "Bulletproof Beemer" came equipped with a security system that would deliver electrical shocks via the door handles to would-be thieves unless disarmed by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone.
The car also had 2 secure compartments hidden behind the section of the dashboard where the airbag supposedly was (and could only be opened by Bond (played by Pierce Brosnan) sliding his finger from right-to-left on a hidden fingerprint-scanner located directly under the "SRS Airbag" logo). These two compartments (after being revealed when the "airbag-compartment" flips up) could be each opened by pressing a button on the 'door' of the [respective] compartment itself. The left compartment slid out a tray with a integrated "cut out" intended to hold Bond's Walther PPK, as well as a silencer for the gun. The right compartment (also a "slide-out" tray) was basically an empty tray to hold anything that would fit in it. In the movie, the right compartment was used by Bond to store the "red box" which contained the [American] GPS Encoder stolen by Carver's henchman (and pseudo-"I.T. guy") Henry Gupta. The 750iL could be remotely driven and controlled via Bond's Ericsson phone, which opened up to show an LCD screen displaying the driver's view of the car (that would have front-mounted hidden microscopic cameras, to allow the remote-control "driver" to see what was in front of the car). Weapons and defense systems included unguided explosive rockets mounted in a hidden hatch in the roof which replaced the car's standard sunroof, self-sealing and re-inflating tires, a retractable cable-cutting device mounted underneath the front hood emblem, tear gas sprayers, and caltrops that dropped from a dispenser hidden behind the extendable rear bumper to shred the tires of any following cars.
Features: Ballistic bulletproof armored body panels, bulletproof and impact-proof glass all round (although a 40mm Grenade projectile fired from a rifle launcher wielded by one of Carver's henchmen managed to pierce and hole the front windscreen, but not shatter it), security system which electrocutes intruders through the door handles unless disarmed by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone, security compartments hidden behind section of dashboard where airbag is (the compartments are accessible only by Bond sliding his finger from right-to-left on a hidden fingerprint-scanner located directly under the "SRS Airbag" logo), can be driven and controlled completely remotely by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone, retractable cable-cutter, tear gas sprayers, and a rear-mounted caltrop dispenser.
[Text from Jamesbondwiki.com]
www.jamesbondwiki.com/page/BMW+750iL
This Lego miniland-scale BMW E38 750iL Saloon - (Tomorrow Never Dies 1997) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 101st Build Challenge, titled - 'A Matter of Life and Death!'. In this challenge, any vehicle can be built that associates with the themes of life or death.
Commentary.
St. Peter’s Parish Church in West Firle
dates from the 12th. Century.
Like many others, additions
in developing styles, followed
from the 13th. to 19th. Centuries.
A squat Flint Tower is topped by a
equally squat, tiled pyramidal spire.
The Nave and Chancel are also mostly made of Flint.
Being set on a small hill,
the church is easily visible from
Firle Beacon, in the South Downs,
and Firle Place Estate, alike.
Hours are struck to mark the passage of time.
Just as the seasons and farming customs vary,
the colours, activities and annual events
find their place on the calendar.
Change has been plentiful and
significant in the last two centuries,
but the quiet continuity of this rural community
gives it security and a strong uniting bond.
Featured in Tomorrow Never Dies, the "Bulletproof Beemer" came equipped with a security system that would deliver electrical shocks via the door handles to would-be thieves unless disarmed by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone.
The car also had 2 secure compartments hidden behind the section of the dashboard where the airbag supposedly was (and could only be opened by Bond (played by Pierce Brosnan) sliding his finger from right-to-left on a hidden fingerprint-scanner located directly under the "SRS Airbag" logo). These two compartments (after being revealed when the "airbag-compartment" flips up) could be each opened by pressing a button on the 'door' of the [respective] compartment itself. The left compartment slid out a tray with a integrated "cut out" intended to hold Bond's Walther PPK, as well as a silencer for the gun. The right compartment (also a "slide-out" tray) was basically an empty tray to hold anything that would fit in it. In the movie, the right compartment was used by Bond to store the "red box" which contained the [American] GPS Encoder stolen by Carver's henchman (and pseudo-"I.T. guy") Henry Gupta. The 750iL could be remotely driven and controlled via Bond's Ericsson phone, which opened up to show an LCD screen displaying the driver's view of the car (that would have front-mounted hidden microscopic cameras, to allow the remote-control "driver" to see what was in front of the car). Weapons and defense systems included unguided explosive rockets mounted in a hidden hatch in the roof which replaced the car's standard sunroof, self-sealing and re-inflating tires, a retractable cable-cutting device mounted underneath the front hood emblem, tear gas sprayers, and caltrops that dropped from a dispenser hidden behind the extendable rear bumper to shred the tires of any following cars.
Features: Ballistic bulletproof armored body panels, bulletproof and impact-proof glass all round (although a 40mm Grenade projectile fired from a rifle launcher wielded by one of Carver's henchmen managed to pierce and hole the front windscreen, but not shatter it), security system which electrocutes intruders through the door handles unless disarmed by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone, security compartments hidden behind section of dashboard where airbag is (the compartments are accessible only by Bond sliding his finger from right-to-left on a hidden fingerprint-scanner located directly under the "SRS Airbag" logo), can be driven and controlled completely remotely by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone, retractable cable-cutter, tear gas sprayers, and a rear-mounted caltrop dispenser.
[Text from Jamesbondwiki.com]
www.jamesbondwiki.com/page/BMW+750iL
This Lego miniland-scale BMW E38 750iL Saloon - (Tomorrow Never Dies 1997) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 101st Build Challenge, titled - 'A Matter of Life and Death!'. In this challenge, any vehicle can be built that associates with the themes of life or death.
I worked with skiprockcreative in Rome on a series of posters for the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UNO). The series is for internal use to teach FAO employees about IT security.
Commentary.
St. Peter’s Parish Church in West Firle
dates from the 12th. Century.
Like many others, additions
in developing styles, followed
from the 13th. to 19th. Centuries.
A squat Flint Tower is topped by a
equally squat, tiled pyramidal spire.
The Nave and Chancel are also mostly made of Flint.
Being set on a small hill,
the church is easily visible from
Firle Beacon, in the South Downs,
and Firle Place Estate, alike.
Hours are struck to mark the passage of time.
Just as the seasons and farming customs vary,
the colours, activities and annual events
find their place on the calendar.
Change has been plentiful and
significant in the last two centuries,
but the quiet continuity of this rural community
gives it security and a strong uniting bond.
Jimmy at La Torche, Bretagne
Description: ***
La Torche is one of the best spots in Brittany, the point gets good waves on both sides, I guess the northern side is more consistent. It has a nice rip underneath, that you can use as a conveyer belt, but pay attention, many people get ripped out to the sea and have to get rescued or even die out there.
The spot can become pretty packed on holidays and weekends, combine surf schools, lots of travellers and very competitive locals, than you know what i'm talking about.
Hygiene: *
I never realized if there are any health issues, but with many people in the water... i don't have to say that, do I?
Water: ?
Same as most of Brittanny, if it wouldn't be salty, I'd drink it!
Security: **
Lifesaving service equipped, but I'm not sure about lifeguards, never been there in the summer.
Surf: ***
One of the best spots in Brittany, can get huge, holds up to 3-4m. Crowds are a problem sometimes, but as long as you don't go there in the holidays on a weekend, you're fine.
Camping: ***
A few campgounds and hotels, no wild camping, authorities check that all the time and you can get hassles.
Please excuse the softness, but the combination of a Beroflex 500m f8 + bad scanner doesn't make the best picture quality
Canon A1 + Beroflex 500m, f8 on Velvia 50, scannned with Canoscan 4800
I worked with skiprockcreative in Rome on a series of posters for the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UNO). The series is for internal use to teach FAO employees about IT security.
homs
Hims (Arabic:حمص , transliteration: Ḥims, also spelled Homs and anciently called "Emesa"[1] (Greek: ἡ Ἔμεσα) is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Hims Governorate. It is 501 metres (1,640 ft) above sea level and is located 162 kilometres (101 mi) north of Damascus.[2] Located on the Orontes River, Hims is also the central link between the interior cities and the Mediterranean Sea coast.
Hims did not emerge into the light of history until the 1st century BCE at the time of Seleucids. It later became the capital of a kingdom ruled by the Emesani dynasty who gave the city its name. Originally a pagan center of worship for the Sun god El-Gabal, it later gained importance in Christianity under the Byzantines. It was conquered by the Muslims in the 7th century and made capital of a district that bore its current name. Throughout the Islamic era, Muslim dynasties contending for control of Syria sought after Hims due to the city's strategic position in the area. It began to decline under the Ottomans and only in the 19th century did the city regain its economic importance when its cotton industry boomed.
Today, Hims is a major industrial center in Syria, and with a population of 823,000, it is the third largest city in the country. Its population reflects Syria's general religious diversity, composed mostly of Arabic-speaking Sunni Muslims, with a Christian minority. The city boasts a number of historic mosques and churches and is near the Krak des Chevaliers, a world heritage site.
Etymology
"Emesa" is a compound of "Ham-Es", with the Es representing an assemblage of the locally-revered sun god in (El-Gabal) in ancient times.[3] The name "Emesa" or "Hemesa" is also attributed to "Emesenoi", the name of the Arab tribe that ruled the area before its incorporation into the Roman Empire.[4] When the name of the tribe became attached to the city is indiscernible, but is generally thought to have been used under the Romans.[5]
"Emesa" was called "Hems" or "Hims" by its Arab inhabitants, many of whom settled there prior to the Muslim conquest of Syria.[5][6] This name has been preserved throughout the period of Islamic rule continuing to the present day. It was known as "la Chamelle" by the Crusaders, although they never ruled the city.[7][8] A second possibility about the origin of the city's modern name is that it is an Arabic form of the city's Latin name "Emesus", derived from the Greek "Emesa" or "Emesos".[9]
History
For roughly 2,000 years, Hims has served as a key agricultural market, production site, and trade center for the villages of northern Syria. It has also provided security services to the hinterland of Syria, protecting it from invading forces.[5]
Emesani dynasty and Roman rule The Emesa temple to the sun god El-Gabal, with the holy stone, on the reverse of this bronze coin by Roman usurper Uranius Antoninus
Excavations at the Citadel of Hims indicate that the earliest settlement at the site dates back to around 2300 BCE. Biblical scholars have identified the city with Zobah mentioned in the Bible.[10][5] In 1274 BCE,[11] a battle took place between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River near Hims.[12] It was possibly the largest chariot battle ever fought, involving perhaps 5,000–6,000 chariots.[13][14]
Hims itself may have been founded by Seleucus I Nicator who established the Seleucid Empire upon the death of Alexander the Great, though the city did not emerge in the light of history until the 1st century BCE. At this time, Greek philosopher Strabo spoke of a tent-dwelling tribe called the "Emesani" living in the area around the Orontes and south of the Apamea region.[5] They were an Arab tribe in the area and settled in Emesa—which derived its name from them. Upon Pompey's incorporation of the Seleucid state of Syria into the Roman Empire in 64 BCE, the Emesani dynasty were made vassals to the Romans for aiding their troops in various wars. Their chief at the time, Samsigeramus I, gained the status as king of the Emesanis, but their capital was at Arethusa, a city north of Emesa, also along the Orontes River. At its greatest extent, the kingdom's boundaries extended from the Bekaa Valley in the west to the border with Palmyra in the east, and from Yabrud in the south to al-Rastan (Arethusa) in the north. Semsigeramus's kingdom was the first of Rome's Arab clients on the desert fringes.[4]
The city of Emesa grew to prominence after the new-found wealth of the Emesani dynasty, governed first by Samsigeramus's son Iamblichus who made it the kingdom's capital.[4] The Emesani proved their loyalty to Rome once more when they aided Caesar in his siege of Alexandria in 41 BCE, by sending him army detachments. Subsequently, they became embroiled in the Roman Civil War between the rebelling Mark Antony and the pro-Caesar Octavian. King Iamblichus took the side of Octavian, and so upon encouragement from Antony, the king's brother Alexas usurped the throne and put him to death in 31 BCE. Octavian's forces prevailed in the war, however, and as a result the kingdom's throne was reverted to Iamblichus II after Alexas was executed for treason. Under his stable rule emerged a new era of peace from 20 BCE and 14 CE, known as Emesa's "golden age". In 32 CE, Heliopolis and the Bekaa Valley came under the kingdom's control.[4]
Relations with the Roman government grew closer when King Sohaemus inherited the kingship. Under him, Emesa sent the Roman military a regular levy of archers and assisted them in their siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE. His loyalty to Rome gained the Emesani dynasty little, however; in 75 CE the Kingdom of Emesa was completely incorporated into the Roman Empire, diminishing the dynasty's autonomy. It is unclear whether King Sohaemus abdicated his throne or had died with an incapable heir, prompting the Romans to annex the territory.[15]
Some frescoes inside the Church of Saint Elian date back to the 6th century
Under the Romans, Emesa began to show attributes of a Greek city-state and traces of Roman town planning still remain. Its transformation into a major city was completed under the reign of Antoninus Pius (138-161) when Emesa began to mint coins.[5] By the 3rd century, it grew prosperous and well-integrated into the Roman Orient. This was partly due to the marriage of Septimus Severus to a woman from a family of notables based in Emesa. It attained the coveted status as a Roman colonia by Severus, and two other emperors of Severan Dynasty were raised in Emesa. One of them was Elagabalus who served as the high priest at the Temple of El-Gabal, the local sun god. He brought the image of this god, a conical black stone, to the Elagabalium in Rome.[16][17]
Emesa also grew wealthy because it formed a link in the eastern trade funneled through Palmyra, however, this dependence also caused the city's downfall when Palmyra sank to insignificance in the 4th century. Nonetheless, Emesa at this time had grown to rank with the important cities of Tyre, Sidon, Beirut, and Damascus. It also continued retain local significance, because it was the market center for the surrounding villages. The city remained a strong center of paganism, because of the Temple of El-Gabal. After one of his victories over Zenobia, emperor Aurelian visited the city to pay thanks to the deity.[16]
Due to the strength of the pagan sun-cult in Emesa, Christians initially did not settle in the city. Eusibius writes that Silvanus, the city's first bishop, had no jurisdiction over the city, but the surrounding villages. He was executed aside Emperor Julian and succeeded by Bishop Antonius—the first bishop to settle Emesa.[18] By the 5th century, Christianity was well-established under the Byzantine Empire; however, few ancient Christian inscriptions exist in Hims today.[16] Under the Byzantines, it became an important center for Eastern Christianity.[19] Initially a diocese, Hims was given the status of ecclesiastical metropolis after the discovery John the Baptist's head in a nearby area in 452.[16]
Arab Caliphate The mausoleum of Khalid ibn al-Walid is in a mosque in Hims that bears his name
Prior to the Muslim conquest of Syria, Arab tribes, particularly the Banu Kalb settled around Emesa, ensuring its position as an important Yemeni center. The Byzantine emperor Heraclius abandoned the city—which served as his headquarters[20]—after the defeat of his army to that of the Rashidun Muslims under Umar ibn al-Khattab during the Battle of Yarmouk in southern Syria. In 637 CE, the Rashidun army led by Khalid ibn al-Walid captured Emesa peacefully as the city agreed to pay a substantial ransom of 71,000 to 170,000 dinars.[16][21][22] Afterward, they renamed the city "Hims". The caliph Umar established Hims as the capital of Jund Hims, a district within the province of Bilad ash-Sham, encompassing the towns of Latakia, Jableh, and Tartus along the coast, as well as the Palmyra in the Syrian Desert and the territory in between, including the town of Hama.[23] Hims was probably the first city in Syria to have a substantial Muslim population.[24]
The Muslims transformed half of St. John's Church into the city's Friday Mosque (Great Mosque of al-Nuri) and Hims soon became a center of Islamic piety since some 500 companions of Muhammad settled there after its conquest.[16] The tombs of Ibn al-Walid, his son Abd ar-Rahman, and Ubaid Allah, the son of Umar are located in the city.[25] During the conflict between the Umayyads and Ali, the inhabitants of Hims allied themselves with Ali and when the latter was defeated, the Umayyad caliph Mu'awiyah hived the northern half of Jund Hims to form a separate district, Jund Qinnasrin, apparently as punishment.[16] Ali's oratory (mash-had 'Ali) was located in the city, and Islamic tradition claims his fingerprints are engraved on it.[22] Despite repression by the Umayyads, Hims remained a center of Shia Islam for a while longer. As a stronghold of the Banu Kalb, the city became involved in its conflicts with the Qais tribal faction. The last Umayyad caliph, Marwan II, enjoyed the support of the latter tribe and subsequently razed the city walls. In 750 CE the Abbasids wrested control of Syria, including Hims, from the Umayyads, but the Arab tribes continued to revolt against the Caliphate.[16]
The interior of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri
During the reign of caliph Harun al-Rashid from 796 to 809 and after his reign, the Abbasid authorities sent numerous punitive expeditions against Hims and although the city was quite prosperous in this era, Abbasid rule was generally not welcomed.[16] Under the reign of al-Mutawakkil, in October 855, an uprising by the Christians of the city erupted in response to additional taxation. The caliph put down the revolt by expelling Christians from the city, burning down its churches, and executing members of its leadership.[26] With Abbasid rule over the Caliphate weakening in the mid-9th century, Hims became sought after by rebel dynasties contending for control of Syria due to the city's strategic position.[16]
Initially, the Egypt-based Tulunids came into control of it, but they were forced out by the Aleppo-based Hamdanids who were briefly succeeded by the Qarmatians,[16] after their Turkish rebel ally Aftakin invaded northern Syria and made Hims his base.[27] In 891 CE, geographer al-Yaqubi wrote that Hims was situated along a broad river from which the inhabitants drink.[28] It was one of the largest cities in Syria and had several smaller districts surrounding it. In 944, the Hamdanids took definitive control of the city dominated it until 1016.[16] Arab geographer al-Mas'udi noted in the early 10th century, that Hims was "noted for the personal beauty of its inhabitants".[28] In 985, al-Muqaddasi claimed that Hims was the largest city in all of Syria, but it had suffered "great misfortunes" and was "threatened with ruin". He stated that when the city was conquered by the Muslims they turned half of its church into a mosque.[29]
For roughly thirty years during the 10th century, Hims was raided by the Byzantines and its inhabitants were subject to slaughter and plunder and the city's mosque was briefly restored to become a church. Throughout most of the 11th century, the Byzantine raids receded greatly and the Mirdasids of the Banu Kalb tribe ruled over Hims, replacing the Hamdanids. Inclined towards Shia Islam, they did not oppose the Shia Fatimids of Egypt who were aiming to extend their rule into northern Syria and Iraq at the time. This precipitated a Sunni reaction led by the Seljuk Turks who occupied Hims under Aq Sunqur al-Hajib in 1090.[16]
Seljuk, Ayyubid, and Mamluk rule Romantic illustration of Hims by Louis-Francois Cassas. The artist in the foreground is shown sketching the Citadel of Hims, surrounded by his guards and the inquisitive locals
The First Crusade was launched in 1096, and in 1098, the Crusaders captured Antioch to the northeast, looted Ma'arat al-Numan, and finally besieged Hims itself. Although they managed to cut the city off from its main port Tartus, they failed in taking the city. Soon after, Hims came under the control of the Seljuk ruler of Damascus who turned it into a large, fortified camp and key fortress effectively preventing the Crusaders from penetrating deeper into Muslim territory. Immune from attack, the city became a point where the Muslims could marshal their forces and launch raids against Crusader holds along the Mediterranean coast.[16] In the early 12th century, the Seljuks affianced in internal fighting, during which Hims was often a prize. In 1149, the Mosul-based Zengids under Nur al-Din captured Hims in 1149.[30]
al-Idrisi reports in 1154, that the city was populous, had paved streets, possessed one of the largest mosques in Syria, contained open markets, and was frequented by travelers attracted to its "products and rarities of all kinds". He also noted that its residents were "pleasant; living with them is easy, and their manners are agreeable. The women are beautiful and are celebrated for their fine skin."[31] A series of earthquakes in 1157 inflicted heavy damage upon Hims and its fortress, then in 1170, a minor quake finished off the latter. Yet because of its strategic importance, being opposite of the Crusader County of Tripoli, the city and its fortifications were soon restored. In 1164, Nur al-Din handed Hims over to Asad ad-Din Shirkuh as a fief, but reclaimed it five years later after Shirkuh's death. The latter's nephew, Saladin, came into control of the city in 1175 and in 1179, after reorganizing northern Syria, he restored the fief to his Ayyubid dynasty who retained it for nearly a century until 1262. In 1225, geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi mentioned that Hims was large, "celebrated", and walled, having a strongly fortified castle on its southern hill.[22]
During the later Ayyubid period of rule, Hims remained a centerpiece of the wars between them and the Crusaders, as well as internecine conflicts with the Mongol Empire and the Mamluks.[30] The first battle between the Mongols and the Mamluks took place on December 10, 1260, ending in a decisive Mamluk victory. A second battle was fought on October 29, 1281, also ending in a Mamluk victory. The Mamluks were finally defeated in the Battle of Wadi al-Khazandar, also known as the "Third Battle of Hims", in 1299.
Hims declined politically after falling to the Mamluks under Baibars because they effectively drove out the Crusaders and Mongols from the entirety of Syria. At the beginning of the 14th century, the city was merely the capital of the smallest province of Syria and was often included in the province of Damascus.[30] Ibn Batuta visited Hims in 1355, writing that it had fine trees, good markets, and a "fine Friday Mosque", noting that all of its inhabitants were Arabs.[32] Timur seized the city in 1400, and later in the 15th century as Mamluk weakness had brought insecurity to the countryside, Hims was ravaged by Bedouin raids; In 1510, the powerful tribe led by al-Fadl bin Nu'ayr were sent on an expedition by the governor of Damascus to loot the city markets as Hims had failed to pay for his "services".[30]
Ottoman rule Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque, an example of Ottoman architecture in Hims See also: Ottoman Syria
In 1516, Hims was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire and consequently suffered a greater political eclipse, but it continued to thrive as an economic center, processing the agricultural and pastoral products that flowed to it from surrounding districts.[33] Hims was particularly well-known for silk and wool weaving, especially the alaja, which was mottled muslin run through with gold threads and used in feminine apparel. This silk was exported to as far as the Ottoman capital Istanbul. In addition to weaving industries, there were olive oil presses and water mills for wheat and sesame, while grapes and rice, grown in the surrounding marshlands from the 16th century, were found in abundance in the city's markets. Moreover, the markets of Hims were the center of a trade in animal, where flocks of sheep and goats coming from Aleppo met camels and cows moving north from Damascus.[30]
The coming of the Ottomans brought administrative change to Hims, now becoming the center of a sanjak ("district") attached to the wilaya ("province") of Tripoli—its old rival.[34] At this time, a French visitor noted that the city walls and citadel were in good repair, all within was in decay and only its covered markets "retained their beauty". French traveler, Volney wrote in 1785 of the city's one_time great importance and its current "miserable" condition. He described it as large, but ruined village administratively dependent on Damascus. The Ottomans did little to revitalize Hims or ensure it security against Bedouin raids. Tribal unrest throughout the 17th and 18th centuries resulted in the sacking of its markets on several occasions. Security was even more hampered, when in the 18th century, the Ottomans tore down the gates of the city's walls.[30]
The countryside of Hims saw an increase in Bedouin ravages in the first half of the 19th century, interrupted by it and Syria's occupation by Muhammad Ali's Egypt led by Ibrahim Pasha between 1832 and 1840.[35][33] The city revolted against Egyptian rule, and its citadel was destroyed when the Egyptians were suppressing the revolt. Ottoman rule was soon restored and up to the 1860s, Hims was large enough to form a discrete economic unit of trade and processing of agricultural products from its satellite villages and the neighboring Bedouin tribe.[30]
The local economy was stimulated when the Ottoman government extended security to the city and its surrounding area; new villages were established and old ones were resettled. Hims found itself faced with European economic competition since Ottoman rule was restored. Hims' economic importance was boosted again during the depression of the 1870s, as its cotton industry boomed due to a decline European textile production. The quality and design of cotton goods from Hims satisfied both the lower and upper classes of the local, Ottoman, and even the foreign market. There were around 5,000 looms in Hims and nearby Hama, and one British consul referred to Hims as the "Manchester of Syria".[30]
Modern era A street in downtown Hims
Throughout the 20th century Hims held high political importance in the country and was home to several heads of state and other high-ranking government officials.[30]
Under the French mandate Hims was part of the State of Damascus. In Autumn 1925, the city joined Damascus and the southern Druze chieftains in a full-blown revolt against French rule.[36] In 1932 the French moved their military academy from Damascus to Hims, which was the only military academy in Syria until 1967.[37] The Hims Military Academy played a major role in the years following the independence, as many of its graduates went on to become high ranked officers in the Syrian Army and many of them took part in the series of coup d'états that were to follow. Most important of them was Hafez Assad who was to become the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000.[38]
An oil pipeline between Tripoli and Kirkuk was built in Hims in the early 1930s and it followed ancient caravan route between Palmyra and the Mediterranean. 1n 1959, an oil refinery was built to process some of this oil for consumption by Syria.[30] Israel bombed the Hims oil refinery during the Yom Kippur war in 1973.[38] The city flourished under the newly formed Syrian state due to its central location and partial destruction of its rival city Hamah in 1982 when Hafez al-Assad ordered the Syrian army to quell the Muslim Brotherhood rebellion.
Geography
The Governorate of Hims is the largest in Syria. Hims, the governorate's capital, is located in central western Syria, situated along the east bank of the Orontes River in a particularly fertile area. The city is in between the southern outliers of Jabal Ansayriya located to its west and Mount Lebanon, overlooking the Hims Gap. Because of the gap, the area around Hims receives much more rainfall than interior regions to its north and south.[37] To the east of Hims, is the Syrian Desert. Lake Hims is to the southwest, lying some 125 kilometers (78 mi) south of Aleppo and 34 kilometers (21 mi) south of Hama, halfway on the road between the capital Damascus and Aleppo.[5] The Orontes River splits the city into two main sections: To the east, on a flat land lies the city center and the main neighborhoods; to the west, lies the more recent and modern suburb of al-Waer. The city spans an area of 4,800 hectares (19 sq mi).[39]
Hims is located 162 kilometres (101 mi) north of Damascus, 193 kilometres (120 mi) south from Aleppo, 47 kilometres (29 mi) south Hama, and 186 kilometres (116 mi) southeast from Latakia.[2] Nearby towns and villages include al-Qusayr to the south, Fairouzeh to the southeast, Marmarita and Zweitina to the west, Qatna to the northeast and Ar-Rastan to the north.
Old City and subdivisions The Atassi quarter in the Old City of Hims A building in the neighborhood of al-Mahatta See also: Gates of Hims
The Old City is the most condensed area of Hims, and it includes the neighborhoods of Bab Tadmur, Bab al-Dreib, and Bab Hud and the area around the citadel, covering an area of 1.2 square kilometres (0.46 sq mi).[39] Little remains of the Old City; its walls and gates were demolished in the Ottoman era, but a short section of fortified wall with a circular corner tower still exists. Half a kilometer to the south, a large earth mound marks the site where the citadel once stood.[40] To the north of the citadel lies the Christian Quarter, known as "al-Hamidiyah".[41] This neighborhood is one of the few areas of Hims that retains its older look, with most of the black-and-white stone buildings dating from the Mamluk era. They are still used as shops and dwellings, and there has been recent renovation.[42]
At the time of the Abbasids, Hims was known for its seven gates. They were Bab al-Souq (Gate of the Market), Bab Tadmor (Gate of Palmyra), Bab al-Dreib (or Bab al-Deir), Bab al-Sebaa (Gate of the Lions), Bab al-Turkman (Gate of the Turkmen), Bab al-Masdoud (Closed Door), and Bab Hud (The Gate of Hud).[30] Only two gates—Bab Tadmor and Bab al-Dreib—remain today.[43] The oldest of Hims' mosques and churches are located in the Old City.[40]
Hims consists of several subdivisions outside the Old City. The large neighborhood of Khaldiyah spreads along its northern edge, while the more modern neighborhoods of al-Sabeel, al-Zahra, and Jub al-Jandali are situated to the east of the Old City. South of it are the neighborhoods of Bab al-Sebaa, al-Mreijeh, al-Nezha, Akrama and beyond them lay the Karm al-Zaytoun and Karm al-Loz neighborhoods.[41] The modern commercial center lies to the west in the neighborhood of Jouret al-Shayyah, and further west are the upscale neighborhoods of Qusoor, al-Mahatta and al-Ghouta. The suburb of al-Waer is located even further west, separated from the city by areas of farmland called al-Basateen and the Orontes river forming a green belt where it is forbidden to build anything.[41] The al-Baath University complex and dormitories are located on the western-southern edge of the city next to the neighborhood of Akrama.[41]
Climate
Hims' location ensures that it receives softening influences and breezes from the Mediterranean Sea . As a result, the city has a much milder climate than nearby Hama, with higher average rainfall of 18 inches (457.2 mm) instead of 14 inches (355.6 mm), but it also experiences greater winds.[5]
Whole Foods
Baton Rouge, La.
52 second exposure
ND1000 Filter
I actually got harrassed by a Whole Foods security guard in a tricked-out golf cart while taking this...are you kidding me! He actually had flashing police lights on it!!
Security Guard: Just exactly what is going on here.
Me: Uh...nothing?
Security Guard: Who do you work for?
Me: General Electric.
Security Guard: What form of media is that?
Me: Dude, really?
Security Guard: I'm gonna have to ask you to put that camera up...this is private property.
Me (as I'm waiting for the long exposure to finish, then checking it in the viewfinder): OK, I'll put it away.
Unbelievable.
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In 2003, Robert Herjavec founded The Herjavec Group, a security software integrator and reseller, of which he is currently the CEO.
Robert Herjavec: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Herjavec
Herjavec was born in Varaždin, Croatia (formerly Yugoslavia) and emigrated with his mother and father to Virginia at the age of eight, after escaping communism in former Yugoslavia. Herjavec’s father was incarcerated for speaking out against Marshal Josip Broz Tito’s communist regime. Herjavec has become well known for his family’s “rags to riches” story of success, arriving to Halifax with a single suitcase. The Herjavec family arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Cristoforo Colombo in 1970. The family eventually settled in Toronto where they lived in the basement apartment of a family friend’s home for 18 months.
Herjavec graduated from New College at the University of Toronto, with a degree in English literature and political science. To make a living and help support his family, Herjavec took on a variety of minimum wage jobs such as waiting tables, delivering newspapers and retail sales
Herjavec’s first career was in film at an early age. He quickly moved behind the camera in various production roles. Herjavec worked in several productions as a 3rd AD (assistant director) including Cain and Abel and The Return of Billy Jack. His early film career culminated with the position of Field Producer of the XIV Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina for Global TV – where he was given an honour as one of the youngest producers of Olympic coverage.
In between productions Herjavec found himself looking for work. Through his roommate, Herjavec learned of an opening at a computer startup called Logiquest selling IBM mainframe emulation boards. Herjavec found himself under-qualified for the position but talked his way into the role by offering to work for free for the first six months to earn his stay. In order to pay the rent during this “free“ period, Herjavec waitered nights at Remy’s restaurant in Yorkville. He eventually ended up as General Manager of Logiquest. In 1990, he left to found BRAK Systems, a Canadian integrator of Internet security software, from the basement of his home. BRAK Systems was sold to AT&T Canada in 2000.
After a three-year retirement as a stay-at-home father to his three children, Herjavec founded the Herjavec Group in 2003, a security solutions integrator, reseller and managed service provider, of which he is currently the CEO. The Herjavec Group is one of Canada's fastest-growing technology companies and the country's largest IT security provider, according to the Branham Group. The Herjavec Group (THG) has grown from three employees in 2003 to 150 employees as of 2013, with a 643% growth rate from 2007–2012 and sales from $400K in 2003 to over $125 million in 2012. The company has done over $500 million in sales in the last 10 years. Herjavec and the Herjavec Group Inc. have been the recipients of numerous entrepreneurial and business achievement awards.
Robert Herjavec starred in the CBC Television series Dragons' Den from season 1 to 6, but did not return for season 7. He was also selected by Mark Burnett to appear on Shark Tank, the U.S. version of Dragons' Den. (Wikipedia)
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Featured in Tomorrow Never Dies, the "Bulletproof Beemer" came equipped with a security system that would deliver electrical shocks via the door handles to would-be thieves unless disarmed by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone.
The car also had 2 secure compartments hidden behind the section of the dashboard where the airbag supposedly was (and could only be opened by Bond (played by Pierce Brosnan) sliding his finger from right-to-left on a hidden fingerprint-scanner located directly under the "SRS Airbag" logo). These two compartments (after being revealed when the "airbag-compartment" flips up) could be each opened by pressing a button on the 'door' of the [respective] compartment itself. The left compartment slid out a tray with a integrated "cut out" intended to hold Bond's Walther PPK, as well as a silencer for the gun. The right compartment (also a "slide-out" tray) was basically an empty tray to hold anything that would fit in it. In the movie, the right compartment was used by Bond to store the "red box" which contained the [American] GPS Encoder stolen by Carver's henchman (and pseudo-"I.T. guy") Henry Gupta. The 750iL could be remotely driven and controlled via Bond's Ericsson phone, which opened up to show an LCD screen displaying the driver's view of the car (that would have front-mounted hidden microscopic cameras, to allow the remote-control "driver" to see what was in front of the car). Weapons and defense systems included unguided explosive rockets mounted in a hidden hatch in the roof which replaced the car's standard sunroof, self-sealing and re-inflating tires, a retractable cable-cutting device mounted underneath the front hood emblem, tear gas sprayers, and caltrops that dropped from a dispenser hidden behind the extendable rear bumper to shred the tires of any following cars.
Features: Ballistic bulletproof armored body panels, bulletproof and impact-proof glass all round (although a 40mm Grenade projectile fired from a rifle launcher wielded by one of Carver's henchmen managed to pierce and hole the front windscreen, but not shatter it), security system which electrocutes intruders through the door handles unless disarmed by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone, security compartments hidden behind section of dashboard where airbag is (the compartments are accessible only by Bond sliding his finger from right-to-left on a hidden fingerprint-scanner located directly under the "SRS Airbag" logo), can be driven and controlled completely remotely by Bond's Ericsson mobile phone, retractable cable-cutter, tear gas sprayers, and a rear-mounted caltrop dispenser.
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This Lego miniland-scale BMW E38 750iL Saloon - (Tomorrow Never Dies 1997) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 101st Build Challenge, titled - 'A Matter of Life and Death!'. In this challenge, any vehicle can be built that associates with the themes of life or death.
sketch
Say No to drugs..
You're just making the drug lords rich and powerful
From the script:
Dr. Jose Rizal: Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan
Drug Sindicate: Sisirain ko ang kanilang kanabukasan
Bata1: Napagtripan ng mga addict ang ate ko at pinatay. Sya san ang magpapa-aral sa kin.
Bata2: Kapit bahay namin pusher
Bata3: Tatay ng classmate ko druglord. Ang yaman nga nila, gusto ko ganun din ako pag laki ko
Bata4: Wala kayo, tatay at nanay ko addict pati kuya ko.
Nene: Hay naku, di na bago yan
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Rhea have worked on graphics for Idealworld management ltd, Asian International Ltd., Surroundpix.com.au., Tongalei.com.ph, Bellaluce.com, Philippine Nature foundation, Sea Marine International, Bijouelry.com, Pixografx, Fast print inc and NGO's, working for mediategy.com and other freelance projects.
Now working on book illustration and caricature
Awards and Certificates Received: Venue Year
Philippine International Comics, cartoon and Animation membership The Block Edsa 2010
National Certificate II in Computer Hardware Servicing TESDA 2009
Artistic Award Island Cove Resort 2008
Certificate of Attendance, 3rd Cavite I.C.T. Youth Convention SM Bacoor 2008
Topics: IPV6, IT Security Analytics, Visual Studio 2008,
Mobile Programming and Animation
Certificate of Attendance in Kapnayan Festival UPLB 2003
Theme: “Science and Technology as the corner stone in upholding the society”
2nd place On the Spot Painting Contest) Island cove Resort 2003
Sagip-Ilog Counci, DENR (level 2)
1st place On the Spot Portrait Contest (Divisional) Dasma High School 2004
7th place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) Imus, Cavite 2004
Theme: “Undas”
3rd place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) San Pablo City, Laguna 2003
Theme: “Pasko”
Artist Award (Graduation) Kawit, Cavite 1999
4th place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention month
1st place District on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention mont
Certificate of participation, Girls Scout of the Philippines Imus, Cavite 1997
Slogan Theme: “Kalayaan Noon, Droga Ngayon”
4th place Regional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Mandaluyong City 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Naic, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Imus, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level On the Spot Poster Making Contest Kawit, Cavite Parish Church 1996
Theme: “Si Hesus; Noon, Ngayon at Magpakaylanman”
Other list of awards not included
Rhea Finished a formal education of Japanese language and currently pursuing her goal to become a translator and a skilled artist.
*I am offering Japanese language, adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop tutorials
Please text or call:09323397495 look for Rhea
I am accepting creative jobs for publishing and printing:
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comics
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I am also doing Photoshop and illustrator home based tutorial. 500php per session
I am also accepting Japanese language both written and speech tutorial. Welcome for beginners, home based tutorial
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30 January 2020
Today I attended Computerworld's Strategic IT Security 2020 summit.
Here we are learning about latest trends in Cyber Fraud, FaaS or Fraud as a Service.
ISO 312 - 1/35 sec - f/2.0 - 4 mm
João Camões, Chefe da Divisão de Estruturas de Comunicações e Segurança da Secretaria-Geral da Economia, foi entrevistado em direto no palco da IT Security Conference.
Direitos de Imagem: MediaNext Professional Information
English/Anglais
IS2009-9823
October 19, 2009
WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
A Canadian Forces CH-146 Griffon helicopter from 424 Search and Rescue (SAR) Squadron, Trenton, ON, is seen prior to a SAR mission during Exercise SPARTAN RINGS near Whistler, BC.
In preparation for securing the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Exercises PEGASUS GUARDIAN 3 and SPARTAN RINGS are taking place in the Vancouver and Whistler areas from October 19 to 23, 2009. These full-scale police and Canadian Forces exercises are focused on validating the readiness of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police-led V2010 Integrated Security Unit (ISU) and test communications, planning and interoperability among various law enforcement agencies and the Canadian Forces.
At the conclusion of PEGASUS GUARDIAN 3 and SPARTAN RINGS, the V2010 ISU and its security partners will prepare for the final Privy Council of Canada-led confirmation exercise. Exercise GOLD will be held from November 2 to 6, 2009.
V2010
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Photo credit: Sergeant Frank Hudec, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
Français/French
IS2009-9823
Le 19 octobre 2009
WHISTLER, COLOMBIE BRITANNIQUE
On aperçoit un hélicoptère CH-146 GRIFFON du 424e Escadron de Recherche et sauvetage (SAR) en provenance de Trenton, Ontario, avant le début d’une mission SAR dans le cadre de l’exercice SPARTAN RINGS près de Whistler, C.B.
Les exercices PEGASUS GUARDIAN 3 et SPARTAN RINGS sont initiées dans les régions de Vancouver et Whistler du 19 au 23 octobre 2009 afin de préparer les mesures de sécurité pour les Jeux olympiques et paralympiques d’hiver de 2010 à Vancouver. Sous l’égide de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada, ces exercices à grande échelle, impliquant les services de police et les Forces canadiennes, se concentrent sur la validation de l’état de préparation de l’Unité de sécurité intégrée (USI) V2010, ainsi que la vérification des communications, de la planification et de l’interopérabilité entre un éventail d’organismes d’application de la loi et les Forces canadiennes.
À la fin des exercices PEGASUS GUARDIAN 3 et SPARTAN RINGS, l’USI V2010 et ses partenaires dans le domaine de la sécurité se prépareront pour l’exercice de confirmation final mené par le Conseil privé du Canada, l’exercice GOLD, qui se tiendra du 2 au 6 novembre 2009 prochains.
Photo : Sergent Frank Hudec, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes
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Josué Delgado, CISO do Grupo Lusíadas Saúde, participou no painel "A Proteção dos Serviços Cloud".
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If you have a plane which averaged US$24–30 million per unit [1] lying on a completely open space while the ship set sail, you would bind it security on the deck also, with multiple chains, as seen here on the deck of the USS Peleliu (LHA-5).
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+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'41" N 114°10'2" E
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: AV-8B Harrier on USS Peleliu (LHA-5), United States Navy
Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01599
+ Series: Photojournalism, 形 Forms
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1. McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II
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Rules n instructions :-
Dear nbors, this brainstorming word puzzle is for all to hv fun. This pic is just an example. Everyday, I will come up with a puzzle (3 alphabets only wil b given) for u to solve. However, clues like it is a food item or an animal, will b given. Once you know the answer, post it on my wall. You have 1 day to solve the puzzle. For a start, each player will be given 50 points. Every right answer will score 20 pts while 10 pts will be deducted for a wrong answer. If i dont receive an answer by next day,10 pts will also be deducted. The game will start on 11 Apr for 4 days n we'll see who will emerge the champion. So, are u game enough to take up this challenge? Register on my wall ASAP. Participants can get their nbors n friends to root for them on my wall. Win or lose doesnt matter. Just have fun n good luck!!!
Day 1 of Challenge :-
The word puzzle challenge starts now on 11 Apr 2012 at 12 pm. Participants are given 1 day to solve the puzzle that is on my farm now. Only 3 alphabets (i e o) are given and it is a food item. It should read horizontal first, then vertical. If u know the answer, post it asap. Any suggestions, comments n complaints r welcome. I will msg participants daily to start the challenge. Good luck everyone. Ready, Steady, Go go go!
Day 2 of Challenge :-
Yes, the answer for Day 1 puzzle is "grilled salmon". Hahaha fairygodmamao was wicked enough to mislead players into thinking it was CHICKEN!! It was no CHICKEN!! It was a FISH!! I think i m a "genius" like wad some nbors said. Lol. But Panda FunE is a greater genius. She saw through the trick first and gave me the right answer but at the wrong time!! What a pity!! Panda gave this right answer only after she posted her first. Uh oh! So sorry Panda. No changing of answer is allowed. So think carefully first before posting. I really enjoyed n lol over all the messages received. They r so funny. Caro couldn't figure out the second word. She too was tricked. Now shes looking forward to day2 puzzle. C'sBaby was totally stumped n asked for additional alphabets while Jace said his brain is working overtime. Bonnie said its too tricky while Bubs totally forgot about the game despite reminders. She's busy designing to meet birthday dateline. Too bad! 1 non nbor Grace took part but her msg dropped off my wall n I couldn't reach her. Searched all over, just couldn't locate her. Must declare her as MISSING together with those who did not give an answer! Hahaha. Ok. mamaos gonna be good today. Day2 puzzle is straightforward. No tricks. It's an occupation/job. The 3alphabets given are " e t a". Once you know the answer, post it on my wall. Gd luck everyone!!! Go Go Go!!!
What Participants, Nbors n Supporters say .......
Mrs Earth - oh so tough!! Must put on thinking cap. I think PandaE 's got it.
Caro - I can't get the second word. Sorry mamao.
I think PandaE has it too....not v easy mamao!! Bring on the next one!
Paula - hmmm..I m a foodie,but this is going to keep me up ALL nite. Thx for keeping my brain young
Bonnie - wow, tricky,nooooo I don't know it.
MAMAO, u tricked us lol lol, I read flickr, what fun!!! Lol, oh boy, i was wayyyyy off on that first one lol. Ok here we go on no.2
Moose Mooosie - I can't figure it out yet, I hv to think more. Thx for the fun puzzles.
Jace - got the first but the second eludes me! Wow! Brain is working overtime. Lol
Pixie Dust - wow, u do know how to make the brain work. U r creative n wonderful. Hugs to u.
Pebbles - hmmm this is a toughie, think will take abit n even then I probably won't get it, lol
Bubs - hmmm it's either chicken something or something salmon. I can't decide! Got half points if either is correct??? Lol. I need ta nurse my BRANE cells now. Lol. New puzzle??!! So fast?? Am I over the deadline? I was too late??!! Forgot! Sorry. Was busy designing yesterday.
Panda FunE - my dear mamao, u r a true genius for making up these wonderful games. You r a true S_EE_ HE__T.
Bubs - Panda is absolutely right!!! You r a sweetheart!! Luv ya! Now I shall go crack my BRANE again. Ugh!
Jace - jace n I send our love all the way from Florida! U hv become a special person in our lives! Thk u for all the smiles u bring
Day 3 of Challenge :-
Bingo! yes, the answer for day2 puzzle is "security guard". Wow PandaFunE knocked me out within minutes!!! "You are awesome! will u marry me?" hahaha. 4 other players, Bonnie, Caro, Bubs n C's Baby got the right answer within an hour or so!!! Ricky Bobby's confession made me lol lol n lol till i almost fell off my seat. Its not your fault Ricky. When C'sBaby posted, i was on the half of the world sleeping. You r just lucky. However, your sincere confession has won my admiration. You r awesome. Haha. Hmmm, not going be so nice this time round. Going give so tough a nut that no one can crack it. I promise!! BONUS ANNOUNCEMENT!! Anyone who can solve today's puzzle correctly will get, on top of the 20pts, an extra 10 bonus points, total 30pts!!! And the first person to msg me the right answer will get an extra 30 points, total 50pts!!! Generous mamao right? (pretences! all the marks are about the same. that's the only way to sieve out the one and only CHAMPION!!) haha. Ok. Day3 puzzle starts now. It's a thing. The 3alphabets given are "e i e". Post yr answ asap to get the extra earlybird 30 bonus pts. Gd luck. Go everyone go!
What Participants, Nbors n Supporters say .......
Caro - yay.. Gd mornin MAMAO. U r a wonderful problem setter.
CsBaby - oooo!!oooo!! I think I got this one! Is it security guard? You r too much fun, mamao! Luv ya.
Grace - grrr didn't get it. I think C's baby figured it out tho!!
Pixie dust - I think so too. Hugs fren.
Farmerbob's mom - I m w C's baby on this one has to b security guard. Hugs sweetie.
Ricky Bobby - my brain is melting away ... melting away.... Ok ok I confess. I scrolled down n saw the answer. Can u forgive me. I m not a bad person. I m weak.
Susan - I m stumped but I wyf. I think everybody is havin a blast with this thx for all the fun!!
Day 4 of challenge :-
Hohoho todays puzzle is the last and thx to Bubs, I forgot to announce the Prizes!! Yes, the CHAMPION will get to pay for a two way ticket to invite mamao over to personally deliver 1000 gems n some dbowls!!! So CHAMPION, do your sums and see if its worth the while to meet dear mamao! Hahaha. Ok as for day3 puzzle, fantastic PandaFunE solved it within an electric speed of a few minutes!! Omg, u must have a triple PhD. But I hv phd too. Mine stands for permanent head damage! Haha. That's why I was crooked enough to put a 2nd hurdle to trip you all!! Panda!! Caro!! Why didnt u think of brewing a steaming hot coffee with yr electric kettle!! Yes! The answer is "electric kettle"!! Bubs the only one who by luck selected kettle. Grrrrr. Ok today's last puzzle is a place.3 alphabets are "a a o". The first person who can solve it right will get an outright reward of 100 pts. Go panda go! For a right answer, u will get an outright score of 50 pts!! Generous right? After being so mean! Hahaha. Gd luck everyone. Go go go!
What Participants, Nbors n Supporters say .......
Bonnie - YIKES...this one looks hard mamao. I better get to a thinking.
Mrs Earth - Thx for alert! Cking in n puttin on my thinking cap.
Bubs - electric kettle? Electric heater?grrr.oh I don't know! Any how guess!!brane cells drying up mamao. What's the PRIZE??
Caro - oooh, don't be too unkind to us mamao...it was lucky today. It just "clicked". Gd morning mamao. It's a cold one here n haha I had to turn on the heater n I thought hey! Could this be it? I hope so as my husband is home today n I hv no time for anything...grrr..love ya sweetie. Oh yes. It could be that n I think I'd got it ...hey ho!
Linda meme - these would drive me more nuts than I m. Can't play them. Lol, but hv fun.
Mrs Earth - I m taking a chance here n going with electric beater.
Aidan's Acres (known as Moxies Place earlier) - I m trying to gather a cheering section
Debby - I m not going to admit how long I stared at yr wall.
Panda FunE - yes..I would marry u if I wasn't already happily married...luv ya
Mamao in reply - hohoho Panda, u accept concubine or mistress?hahaha
Panda FunE - concubines...mistress....hold on..let me discuss this w hubby (one millisecond later). He said "YES"
THE CHAMPION :-
BINGO! Day4 answer is " grand canyon" and Awesome Aidan's Acres solved it within minutes!! How could u? It took me days to set up all the tricks n trips!! Hahaha. Although Aidan's Acres was down with only 20 pts, but that 1st n right answer won her an outright 100 pts!! Yes! Her total score of 120 earned her the CHAMPION of this Challenge!! Thousand congrats to you. Now, you must decide whether to accept the prize!! Hahaha. As for Panda, she too solved the puzzle in a jiffy. However, she was a little unlucky as she had no wifi connect soon after i posted puzzle. What a pity dear. Its also a pity that the leading player, bubs, did not reply. Again, she was busy designing to meet dedications. U r great bubs. C's Baby's great too. She was on vacation! But she still squeezed out time for this game! U r awesome. As for my dearest Bonnie, no extra pts for watering my trees!! Bribery not allowed! LOLOL. I must thank all of you for taking the time to play this game n making it so fun n enjoyable n more importantly, we r brought together like a big family. Although many nbors' braincells were drained n some stumped by these hard toenail puzzles, I hope u all had a wonderful fun time. Win or lose is not important. As for me, I really really enjoyed every moment n lol n rofl over all the messages posted. Panda! thx for accepting me as yr long distance concubine or mistress or whatever. Yay, I m taken at last!! Hahaha. Will be doing another very fun game for all, young n old, to play as long as you know how to spell. Keller, my cute 3yr old nbor, can you spell? If so, join in the fun! Dun worry, this time u dun hv to crack yr brain or drain yr brain juice. Its REVENGE TIME! All u need to do is to crack MY BRAIN n pull my hair to see what's stored inside!! Hahaha!! Fun right? Get to crack mean mamao up! Look out n take part early. So, till then, take good care n luv u all.
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What Participants, Nbors n Supporters say .......
Jace - luv u mamao! You r really making us think! Lol. I can't afford to lose any more points.
Moose Mooosie - I can't afford to lose pts either. I have a guess but I know it's wrong.
Farmer Sophie - oooo, vowels only. U r a tough taskmaster, mamao!
Aidan's Acres - my finger nails r nubs now. U hv a beautiful mind mamao!!
Bonnie - ooooh new one, here we go,come on brain,we can do this!! Wtd yr trees too! Do I get a pt for that??LOLOL! Luv u.
Bubs - my BRANE cells r drying up mamao!! What's the PRIZE?? I needed BRANE boosters ASAP!
Ricky Bobby - I m glad u ladies r smart. I don't hv the brain power for this kinda thing. " RB, what did you get yrself into now!?"
Mrs Earth - oh my BRAINZ short circuiting out!! Fun puzzles but tough as toenails
Debby - I m tearing my hair. It's been driving me bonkers.I luv it. U r such a sweetheart.
Bubs - I forgot to give u an answer! LMAO
Thank you speeches ......
Caro - thx mamao, it's been such fun!
Panda FunE Farm - dear mamao..the security guard just poured me some coffee fr his electric kettle.. Goin to hv some grilled salmon while I plan my trip to the grand canyon.
Dear mamao, thk u for such an amazing time. So much fun. Luv u dear "mistress mamao".
Bonnie - mamao that was such fun, buyin crops..fun, buy things w gems,exciting,playing this game w friends, priceless! n my sweet sweett fun friends, so are u.
Moose Mooosie - Thx for the fun games.
Caro- thx mamao...u r soooo funny...looking forward to next comp..u r awesome.
Paula - luv the games! GREAT FUN!
Jace - u r the best mamao!
C's Baby - that was a blast mamao. Luv ya.
Ricky Bobby - thk u amao. It was fun even if I m no gd. Was out of town for wkend,no Internet.sorry to miss the finale.
Grace - I do not know when yr next game is but pl include me!!!
Gracie girl - thx for letting me play!!it was fun!! I wish I was better!
Mrs Earth - thx mamao! Ure the funniest!wow..so much luv n time put into ur games! Luv u! Big hugs!!
Panda FunE - Yr flickr post was sooo funny. I m honoured to hv u as a concubine/mistress/sweet friend..luv ya lots. U really know how to spread the love among us.
Mamao - oh Panda, you r so clever to coin the whole game into one sentence. Amazing. I hv no regrets being yr mistress/concubine. Hahaha. Thk u all so much for the fun n happiness which no dollars or gems can buy.
What the CHAMPION say ......
Aidan's Acres - Oh mamao I hv lil over 3million in fs coins, 10 dbowls 19 gems, will that buy yr ticket to Oklahoma??
Mamao - hahaha, u ask me?? U shud ask the airline if they accept fs coins gems n dbowls for their tickets.lolol. U r awesome. Luv ya.
Aidan's Acres - if not I will send fly pig to get u lol !! The game was wonderful. I m pinching myself to see if I m dreaming!? I luv u my sweet sweet mamao.
Mamao - YIKES!! What if yr pig gets hungry midway? Will it eat me up? No thx honey. Forget about yr prize n seeing mamao. I will appear in yr dreams, ok?
Following r yr rankings n total scores :-
CHAMPION - Aidan's Acres (Moxies Place) - 120
2nd Place - Panda FunE Farm - 100
2nd Place - Bonnie - 100
2nd Place - Bubs - 100
2nd Place - Caro - 100
3rd Place - Moose Mooosie - 70
4th Place - C's Baby - 40
4th Place - Ricky Bobby - 40
5th Place - Grace - 10
5th Place - gracie girl - 10
5th Place - Jace - 10
5th Place - Jeni - 10
5th Place - Mrs Earth - 10
5th Place - Susan - 10
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Current location: Metro Manila Philippines
Contact number:
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Rhea CAN DO:
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Rhea have worked on graphics for Idealworld management ltd, Asian International Ltd., Surroundpix.com.au., Tongalei.com.ph, Bellaluce.com, Philippine Nature foundation, Sea Marine International, Bijouelry.com, Pixografx, Fast print inc and NGO's, working for mediategy.com and other freelance projects.
Now working on book illustration and caricature
Awards and Certificates Received: Venue Year
Philippine International Comics, cartoon and Animation membership The Block Edsa 2010
National Certificate II in Computer Hardware Servicing TESDA 2009
Artistic Award Island Cove Resort 2008
Certificate of Attendance, 3rd Cavite I.C.T. Youth Convention SM Bacoor 2008
Topics: IPV6, IT Security Analytics, Visual Studio 2008,
Mobile Programming and Animation
Certificate of Attendance in Kapnayan Festival UPLB 2003
Theme: “Science and Technology as the corner stone in upholding the society”
2nd place On the Spot Painting Contest) Island cove Resort 2003
Sagip-Ilog Counci, DENR (level 2)
1st place On the Spot Portrait Contest (Divisional) Dasma High School 2004
7th place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) Imus, Cavite 2004
Theme: “Undas”
3rd place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) San Pablo City, Laguna 2003
Theme: “Pasko”
Artist Award (Graduation) Kawit, Cavite 1999
4th place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention month
1st place District on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
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Certificate of participation, Girls Scout of the Philippines Imus, Cavite 1997
Slogan Theme: “Kalayaan Noon, Droga Ngayon”
4th place Regional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Mandaluyong City 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Naic, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Imus, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level On the Spot Poster Making Contest Kawit, Cavite Parish Church 1996
Theme: “Si Hesus; Noon, Ngayon at Magpakaylanman”
Other list of awards not included
Rhea Finished a formal education of Japanese language and currently pursuing her goal to become a translator and a skilled artist.
*I am offering Japanese language, adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop tutorials
Please text or call:09323397495 look for Rhea
I am accepting creative jobs for publishing and printing:
banners
illustrations
drawings
art projects
photo editing
photo enhance
retouching
graphic designs and template
editorial cartooning
comics
logos,t-shirt and sticker designs
I am also doing Photoshop and illustrator home based tutorial. 500php per session
I am also accepting Japanese language both written and speech tutorial. Welcome for beginners, home based tutorial
YHVH
DorukNet outspammed Turkey again in January 2013 SpamRankings.net
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Spam ranked as a sneeze for infosec disease (SpamRankings.net), , .
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All local companies in Karlsruhe that are in the frontline of IT security have shown up united at the Anti-PRISM-Party www.anti-prism-party.de/programm/programm.html, providing educational contents to protect unauthorized access to citizens’ emails, browser searches and social media interaction. The bottomline answer is encryption.
Medical churn in December 2012 SpamRankings.net
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Spam ranked as a sneeze for infosec disease (SpamRankings.net), , .
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In recognition of Black History Month, the Black Employee Strategy Team hosted a panel discussion featuring some of the future leaders of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 13, 2019. Participants from left, are Tamiko Fletcher, Kennedy’s chief security information officer in IT Security; Anthony Harris, chief, Facility Systems Branch in Safety and Mission Assurance; Charmel Anderson-Jones, senior cross program quality engineer in the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, Exploration Ground Systems Division; and Malcolm Boston, contracting officer representative in the Launch Services Program. They shared personal testimony about their journey toward NASA employment, leadership styles and keys to their success. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin
Book cover and illustrations
caricatures
I am also offering cartoon Illustrtion, adobe Illustrator and adobe Photoshop tutorials(home based)
Current location: Metro Manila Philippines
Contact number:
09062258355
(046) 484-7458
*Open for foreign clients
E-mail address: drift_getche@yahoo.com
rhea.cenizal11@yahoo.com
office: genrerhe11@gmail.com
Rhea CAN DO:
BOOK COVER AND ILLUSTRATION(FREEHAND TRADITIONAL)
MURAL PAINTING ( RELIGIOUS, STILL LIFE, SURREALISM, CARTOON)
Rhea have worked on graphics for Idealworld management ltd, Asian International Ltd., Surroundpix.com.au., Tongalei.com.ph, Bellaluce.com, Philippine Nature foundation, Sea Marine International, Bijouelry.com, Pixografx, Fast print inc and NGO's, working for mediategy.com and other freelance projects.
Now working on book illustration and caricature
Awards and Certificates Received: Venue Year
Philippine International Comics, cartoon and Animation membership The Block Edsa 2010
National Certificate II in Computer Hardware Servicing TESDA 2009
Artistic Award Island Cove Resort 2008
Certificate of Attendance, 3rd Cavite I.C.T. Youth Convention SM Bacoor 2008
Topics: IPV6, IT Security Analytics, Visual Studio 2008,
Mobile Programming and Animation
Certificate of Attendance in Kapnayan Festival UPLB 2003
Theme: “Science and Technology as the corner stone in upholding the society”
2nd place On the Spot Painting Contest) Island cove Resort 2003
Sagip-Ilog Counci, DENR (level 2)
1st place On the Spot Portrait Contest (Divisional) Dasma High School 2004
7th place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) Imus, Cavite 2004
Theme: “Undas”
3rd place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) San Pablo City, Laguna 2003
Theme: “Pasko”
Artist Award (Graduation) Kawit, Cavite 1999
4th place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention month
1st place District on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention mont
Certificate of participation, Girls Scout of the Philippines Imus, Cavite 1997
Slogan Theme: “Kalayaan Noon, Droga Ngayon”
4th place Regional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Mandaluyong City 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Naic, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Imus, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level On the Spot Poster Making Contest Kawit, Cavite Parish Church 1996
Theme: “Si Hesus; Noon, Ngayon at Magpakaylanman”
Other list of awards not included
Rhea Finished a formal education of Japanese language and currently pursuing her goal to become a translator and a skilled artist.
*I am offering Japanese language, adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop tutorials
Please text or call:09323397495 look for Rhea
I am accepting creative jobs for publishing and printing:
banners
illustrations
drawings
art projects
photo editing
photo enhance
retouching
graphic designs and template
editorial cartooning
comics
logos,t-shirt and sticker designs
I am also doing Photoshop and illustrator home based tutorial. 500php per session
I am also accepting Japanese language both written and speech tutorial. Welcome for beginners, home based tutorial
YHVH